Grants & You: Summer 2022: Grants Funded

*Donald Altman, DDS, DHSc, EdD, MPH, MBA, and Terry Wise, PhD, JD, DMin, CGHS Master of Public Health, “Strengthening Missouri’s Public Health Workforce and Infrastructure to Advance Health Equity and Address Social Determinants of Health Related to COVID-19 Health Disparities among Populations at High-Risk and Underserved” (Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services Prime, Sub to CGHS Master of Public Health), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $3,306,000, May 2022 – May 2023.

*Hong Chartrand, DrPH, KCOM AHEC, and Sarah Thomas, MSW, LCSW, ATSU Counseling, “Initiative to Address COVID-19 Health Disparities among Populations at High-Risk and Underserved, including Racial & Ethnic Minority Populations and Rural Communities” (Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services Prime, Sub to KCOM AHEC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $1,000,000, May 2022 – May 2023.

*Hong Chartrand, DrPH, KCOM AHEC, “State Support for Missouri Area Health Education Centers Network," Year 5, Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services, $367,387, June 2022 – May 2023.

*DeEtta Jones, LPN, KCOM AHEC, “Northeast Missouri Regional Arthritis Center," Year 38, Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services, $46,557, July 2022 – June 2023.

**Hong Chartrand, DrPH, KCOM AHEC, “Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program" Year 7 - Amendment (St. Louis University Prime, Sub to KCOM), Health Resources & Services Administration, $18,600, July 2021 – June 2022.

*Dwight McLeod, DDS, MS, Grishondra Branch-Mays, DDS, MS, and Poonam Jain, BDS, MS, MPH, MOSDOH Administration, “Addressing Social Determinants of Health and the Oral Health Needs of Vulnerable Populations: A Transformative Approach to Predoctoral Dental Education,” Health Resources & Services Administration, $1,498,630, July 2022 – June 2027.

*Michelle DiBaise, DHSc, PA-C, DFAAPA, ASHS Physician Assistant Studies, Clinton Normore, MBA, ATSU Diversity, and Deanna Hunsaker, DHEd, ATSU Enrollment Services, “Recruiting, Retaining, and Placing Disadvantaged Students as Primary Care Physician Assistants in Underserved Communities," Year 3, Health Resources and Services Administration–Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students, $600,000, July 2022 – June 2023.

*Michelle DiBaise, DHSc, PA-C, and Kim DeVore, MS, PA-C, ASHS Physician Assistant Studies, “Primary Care Physician Assistants as Change Leaders: Improving Access to Quality Behavioral and Mental Health Care for the Nation's Rural and Underserved," Year 3, Health Resources & Services Administration, $299,688, July 2022 – June 2023.

*Kim DeVore, MS, PA-C, Michelle DiBaise, DHSc, PA-C, and Amy Wing, MMS, PA-C, ASHS Physician Assistant Studies, “Addressing Rural Health Disparities: Transformative Primary Care PA Education and Preceptor Development," Year 1, Health Resources and Services Administration, $299,527, July 2022 – June 2023.

*Valerie Sheridan, DO, SOMA, “Pathways to Primary Care Behavioral Health Integration in the Nation’s Health Centers: Creating Master Adaptive Learners Where the Need is Greatest," Year 4, Health Resources and Services Administration, $399,887, July 2022 – June 2023.

**Joy H. Lewis, DO, PhD, FACP, Eboni Anderson, DHEd, Debosree Roy, PhD, SOMA Public Health, and Curt Bay, PhD, ASHS Interdisciplinary Health Science, “Healthy Together" (NACHC Prime, Sub to SOMA), Health Resources and Services Administration, $12,000, May 2022 – June 2022.