Grants & You Fall 2020: External Grants Funded - Congratulations!

**Ann Boyle, DMD, MA, ATSU Academic Affairs, “A.T. Still University's Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act: Project to Address Institutional Needs,” US Department of Education, $269,910, July 2020 – July 2021.

*Hong Chartrand, DrPH, KCOM AHEC, “Area Health Education Centers Program COVID Supplement,” Health Resources and Services Administration, $95,455, May 2020 – April 2021.

*Hong Chartrand, DrPH, KCOM Area Health Education Center, “MAHEC 2017-2022: A Statewide Network for Interprofessional Healthcare Workforce Development and Practice Transformation in Rural and Underserved Missouri," Year 4, Health Resources and Services Administration, $1,037,645, September 2020 – August 2021.

*Julie Hessler, DO, KCOM Family Medicine, Preventive Medicine, & Community Health, “Community Mentors Project,” Adair County SB40, $24,349, June 2020 – July 2021.

*DeEtta Jones, KCOM AHEC, “Northeast Missouri Regional Arthritis Center," Year 36, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, $29,666, July 2020 – June 2021.

*Joan Davis, PhD, and Patricia Inks, RDH, MOSDOH St. Louis Dental Education & Oral Health Center, “Improving Quality of Life: Oral Care for STL Older Adults," Year 1, St. Louis Senior Fund, $257,039, July 2020 – June 2021.

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**Jim Farris, PT, PhD, ASHS Physical Therapy, “Evaluation of Special Olympics of Arizona Health Activities (Special Olympics International Prime, Sub to ASHS),” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $29,957, July 2020 – June 2021.

*Kelsey Picha, PhD, ATC, ATSU Research Support; and Alison Snyder Valier, PhD, AT, FNATA, and Cailee Welch Bacon, PhD, ATC, ASHS Athletic Training Program, “Athletic Trainers’ Perceptions and Observation of Social Determinants of Health," Year 2, National Athletic Trainers’ Association, $7,260, September 2020 – August 2021.

*Cailee Welch Bacon, PhD, ATC, ASHS Athletic Training Program, “Former Residents' and Employers' Perceptions of the Impact of Residency Training in Athletic Training," Year 2, National Athletic Trainers' Association, $13,000, September 2020 – August 2021.

*Joy H. Lewis, DO, PhD, FACP, SOMA Public Health; Kelli Glaser, DO, FACOFP, SOMA Clinical Science Education; and Valerie Sheridan, DO, FACOS, FACS, SOMA Clinical Education, “Leading and Teaching in the Nation’s Health Centers: The Primary Care Transformation Executive Fellowship," Year 3, Health Resources and Services Administration, $399,962, September 2020 – August 2021.

**Joy H. Lewis, DO, PhD, FACP, Eboni Anderson, DHEd, and Debosree Roy, PhD, SOMA Public Health; and Curt Bay, PhD, ASHS Interdisciplinary Health Science, “Million Hearts: Preventing Heart Attacks and Strokes in Primary Care (NACHC Prime, Sub to SOMA),” Year 3, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $30,000, August 2020 – July 2021.

*Fred Schwartz, DO, FACOFP, SOMA Clinical Science Education, “Serving, Teaching, and Learning Where the Need is Greatest (The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education Prime, Sub to SOMA),” Year 5, Health Resources and Services Administration – Primary Care Training Enhancement, $89,403, July 2020 – June 2021.

**Maureen Munnelly Perry, DDS, MPA, MAEd, and Scott Howell, DMD, MPH, FSCD, ASDOH, “Teledentistry as a Risk Reduction Strategy During the COVID Pandemic,” Dental Trade Alliance Foundation, $25,000, October 2020 – December 2021.