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DDP Small Grant Program Completed Projects

2016	Zeko-Underwood, Elda	Northeastern University	PhD		Emerging Challenges on Access: Phenomenological Study of non-US Citizens experience during SSI Application Process
2016	Aquino, Katherine	Seton Hall University	PhD		Higher Education and the Disability Determination Process: Accessing SSI/SSDI in Postsecondary Education
2016	Berkowitz, Lindsay	UC Berkeley	PhD		An Exploratory Study to Assess the Evaluation of Chronic Pain in the SSA Disability Determination Process
2016	Lowder, Evan	North Carolina State University	PhD		Application-level and State level Predictors of SSI/SSDI Outcomes in a National Sample of Adults at Risk of Homelessness
2016	Erin, McCauley Samples, Leah	Vanderbilt University	PhD		Qualitative and Quantitative Study of SOAR in the CJ Setting
2016	Zach, Morris	UC Berkeley	PhD		How to Intervene Early with SSDI Applicants; Lessons From a New Return To Work Program in Denmark
2016	Stanley, Megan	Northwestern University	PhD		Fresh Perspectives: How Claimants Understand the Adult Disability and Function Reports
2016	Prenovitz, Sarah	Cornell University	PhD		Effects of DI on Health and Financial Well-Being
2016	Bagnall-Munson, Adrianna	Columbia University	PhD	Sociology	SSI in Transition; Benefits Application and Transition Planning for Youth in Special Education
2015	Dezieck, Mackenzie	Assumption College	MS	Rehabilitation Counseling	Enhanced Claiment Participation for Veterans with Mental Health Disabilites in Evaluating Functional Limitations & Severity
2015	Lowder, Evan	North Carolina State University	PhD	Psychology	The Role of the SOAR Model in Successful Community Reintegration
2015	Olzenak, Dana	University of Rochester	PhD	Epidemiology	Adding Motor Assessment to the Disability Determination Process in School-Aged Children with ASD: Implications for Participation
2015	Sechrist, Sarina	University of Pittsburgh	MS	Rehabilitation Counseling	A Conceptual Harmonization between the SSA Disability Determination Process and ICF and DOT Frameworks: A Guide to Assessing the Mental Residual Functional Capacity of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders"
2015	Skenzich, Ann	University of Minnesota	PhD	Health and Rehabilitation Sciences	A Full Research Study Formally Analyzing an Objective, Functional Measurement of Pain with the use of a Validated Visual Analog Scale for Chronic Pain Patients for the Purposes of a Disability Determination Program
2014	Burke, Shanna	Simmons College	PhD	Social Work	A Systematic Review of Idiopathic Basal Ganglia Calcification for Possible Inclusion in the Social Security Administration’s Compassionate Allowances Program
2014	VanDerwerken, Angela	University at Albany	PhD	Economics	Effect of New Psychotropic Pharmaceuticals on Disability Insurance Applications: Evidence from Matched SIPP/Administrative Data
2014	Johnson, Anna	DePaul University	MSW	Social Work	Homelessness and SSI: Comparing SSI Applications for Individuals Accepted and Denied Disability Income
2014	Vella, Lea	University of California-San Diego	PhD	Clinical Psychology	Cognitive Impairment and Disability Determination in the Sheltered Homeless
2014	Stone, Mary Ellen	Case Western Reserve University	PhD	Sociology	Making the Transition: Influence of Self-Reported Work Disability on Labor Force Careers
2014	Skenzich, Anne	University of Minnesota	PhD	Health Policy and Research	A Proposal to Measure Chronic Pain: From subjective or non-measurement to Objective and Scientific Measurement of Chronic Pain for Purposes of Disability Evaluation
2014	Sechrist, Sarina	University of Pittsburgh	MS	Rehabilitation Counseling	Incorporating ICF and Employment Concepts and Terminology in Residual Mental Functional Capacity Ratings: A Proposed Modification for Autism Spectrum Disorder
2014	Morris, Zachary	University of California-Berkley	PhD	Social Welfare	Measuring Capabilities and Requiring Work: Comparing the Work Capability Assessment in Great Britain with the United States Disability Process
2014	Keesler, John	University at Buffalo	PhD	Social Welfare	The Application Process for Supplemental Security Income for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A National Survey of Service Coordinator and Family Experiences
2014	Arthur, Paul	University of Florida	PhD	Rehabilitation Science	Empirical Approach to Linking the ICF to the Dictionary of Occupational Titles
2014	Pulcini, Christian	Tufts University School of Medicine	MD	Medicine	Identifying and Explaining Co-morbid Conditions among Children and Adolescents Qualifying for SSI under the Mental Health Impairment Category
2013	Burke, Shanna	Simmons College	PhD	Social Work	A Systematic Review of Three Conditions for Possible Inclusion in the Social Security Administration’s Compassionate Allowances Program
2013	Hooyer, Katinka	Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	PhD	Medical Anthropology	The “Trauma Pitch”: How Stigma Emerges for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans in the PTSD Disability Claims Process
2013	Jung, Sharon	Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP)	PsyD	Clinical Psychology	Ecological Validity of Neuropsychological Tests: Role of Memory and Executive Skills in Predicting Functional Ability in a Clinical Population
2013	Lanza, Allyssa	Antioch University New England	PsyD	Clinical Psychology	The WISC-IV and Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disability: Evaluating for Hidden Floor Effects in the US Version
2013	Nevill, Rose	The Ohio State University	PsyD	Psychology	Improving Knowledge Transfer to Families of People with Disabilities on the SSI Application Process
2013	Wu, Kathy	Northeastern University	PhD	Counseling Psychology	The “Lived Experiences” of a Chronically Homeless, Urban Population: Systemic Challenges to Achieving Their Vocational and Rehabilitation Dreams
2013	Pulcini, Christian	Tufts University School of Medicine	MD	Medicine	Explaining Growth of Mental Impairments among Children and Adolescents receiving SSI
2013	Keesler, John	University at Buffalo	MSW	Social Welfare	A Pilot Study of Service Coordinator and Family Experiences in Applying for Supplemental Security Income for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Identifying Strengths, Obstacles and Recommendations for Improvement
2012	Telford, Robin	University of South Florida	PhD	Public Health	Justice-Involved Adults with Serious Mental Illness and the Disability Determination Process
2012	Jung, Sharon	Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP)	PsyD	Clinical Psychology	The Impact of the DSM-5’s Dimensional Classification System on SSDI and SSI Rolls
2012	Brown, Kate	Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences	MBS	Bioscience	Disability Determination Process: Compassionate Allowance List
2012	Stone, Mary Ellen	Case Western Reserve University	PhD	Sociology	The Rising Visibility of the Work-Disabled Population: Influence of Self-Reported Work Disability in Applying for SSDI
2012	Sogar, Christina	University of California, Berkeley	PhD	Social Welfare	The TANF-SSI Transition
2012	MacGregor, Casey	University of California, Los Angeles	PhD	Social Welfare	Case Study of a Program to Help Clients of a Homeless Shelter and Supportive Housing Residence with SSI/SSDI Applications