Honors and Awards
1) Grants
"Student-Centered Pathway to Advance Research and Cancer Careers" (Co-investigator) , National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute, NCI R01 1R25CA298917-01, PI: Janet S. Rader. $1,500,000, Aug 2025-Jul 2030
Flourishing in Health Professions Education Initiative (Faculty), Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation. PI: Dr. Cheryl Maurana. April 2025-2026
"Exploring AWE-Supported Writing Process through an Activity Theory Perspective" (Co-PI), Ministry of Education's Humanities and Social Sciences Research Project in 2021, Chinese Ministry of Education's Department of Social Sciences, 100,000RMB, Aug 2021-March 2024
"Classroom Interaction in Smartphone-supported College English Classes" (Co-PI), Key Projects of Ministry of Education, National Education Sciences Planning Projects of 2017, China, 30,000RMB, July 2017- July 2022
Rissmiller, B. Chen, W., Kumar, S., Dolan, K., Porter, M., DeFrees, M., Akaraborworn, O., Benjamin, J., Sur, M., Jacobs, L., Hassumani, D., Thammasitboon, S.. Advancing the practice and research of serious games in health professions education through a community of practice. Grant awarded (listed as Co-PI), Texas Children’s Hospital Educational Scholarship Award Committee, $ 40,000. 2022-2024
Zheng, B., Bridges, S., Chen, W., Cheung, PY., Lin, CH., & Tipoe, G. (2023-24). Fostering collaborative knowledge construction in blended problem-based learning (bPBL): A mixed-methods study. Funded by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong. $547,594HKD
“Develop and Integrate a Longitudinal Curriculum focused on the Core Principles of EPA3,” (Co-PI), Medical Education Fellowship Awards Committee at University of Virginia, $28,025, Year of 2019.
“Development and Evaluation of Online Geriatrics Curriculum on Fall and Fall Prevention for the 3rd and 4th Year Medical Students at UVa,” (Co-PI), Academy of Distinguished Educators at University of Virginia School of Medicine, $12,000, 2015-2016
"Educational Integration and Performance Evaluation of Situated English Dialogue Simulations,” (Co-PI), Beijing Eleventh Five-Year Education Sciences Planning Research Project for Junior Researchers, Beijing Office for Education Science Planning Leadership Team, 15,000RMB, May, 2006-Dec, 2007.
“Improving Teacher-Student Interaction in Web-based Traditional Class” (PI, so-lo), Beijing Normal University’s Foundation Supporting Undergraduates’ Research, 2,000RMB, 2004-2005.
2) Academic Research Awards
SISLT Student Travel Award for Presentation at AECT 2009, School of Information Science and Learning Technologies at University of Missouri, 2009.
Graduate Student Fellowships for presentation in the 5th Annual Conference on Complexity Science and Education Research, Peking University and Faculty of Engineering at University of Georgia, 2008.
Full scholarship for proposal presentation at Education without Borders2007, supported by Education without Borders2007. Among the student speakers met by Prince Charles of UK.
Second-Place Award in 2006 Chinese national research paper competition on distance education for “Applications of Emerging Media Technologies in Metropolitan Distance Education” (in Chinese) (1st authored). Organized by China Association for Educational Technology’s Academic Journal Professional Committee