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Sue Dahl-Popolizio, DBH, OTR/L, and M. Abbey Glenn, OTD, OTR/L, CBIS, ASHS Occupational Therapy, “Using a Web/Phone-Based App for Patient Care: Assessing Student Confidence and Perceived App Effectiveness,” Arizona Occupational Therapy Association, $600, April 2024 - May 2025.
*Brittney Hulsey, DMSc, MSPAS, MS, PA-C (pending HRSA approval), 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 5, Health Resources and Services Administration–Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students, $600,000, July 2024 - June 2025.
*Kim Kochanoff, 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 5, Health Resources & Services Administration, $299,336, July 2024 - June 2025.
*Kim Kochanoff, MS, 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 3, Health Resources and Services Administration, $296,727, July 2024 - June 2025.
Patricia Sexton, DHEd, FNAOME, KCOM Medical Education, “Core Competency Capstone for DOs (C3DO) Pilot Project,” National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners, $40,000, December 2023 - March 2025.
*Vineet Singh, PhD, KCOM Microbiology, “Impacts of Host Lipid Composition on Antimicrobial Susceptibilities of Staphylococcus aureus” Year 2, National Institutes of Health–National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01) (University of Georgia Prime, Sub to KCOM), $22,903, December 2023 - November 2024.
*Dwight McLeod, DDS, MS, Grishondra Branch-Mays, DDS, MS, and Poonam Jain, BDS, MS, MPH, MOSDOH, “Addressing Social Determinants of Health and the Oral Health Needs of Vulnerable Populations: A Transformative Approach to Predoctoral Dental Education” Year 3, Health Resources and Services Administration, $299,334, July 2024 - June 2025.
*Herbert Silva, DMD, MOSDOH Clinical Education, “Smiles for Veterans Program,” Health Resources and Services Administration (Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Office of Dental Health Prime, Sub to MOSDOH), $60,000, April 2024 - August 2024.
*Satish Kumar, DMD, MDSc, MS, ASDOH Pre-Doc Education, and Robert Trombly, DDS, JD, ASDOH Administration, “Supporting a Faculty Workforce to Prepare Compassionate Community-Minded Oral Health Healers” Year 4, Health Resources & Services Administration Bureau of Health Workforce, $250,000, September 2024 - August 2025.
*Brittney Hulsey, DMSc, MSPAS, MS, PA-C (pending HRSA approval), 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 5, Health Resources and Services Administration– Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students, $600,000, July 2024 - June 2025.
*Ivonne Maldonado De la Rosa, PhD, CCC-SLP, Maria Centeno-Vasquez, PhD, CCC-SLP, and Beatriz Barragan Serrano, PhD, ASHS Speech-Language Pathology, “SPEAK OUT! Therapy and Research Center Grants,” Parkinson Voice Project,” $50,000, May 2024 - May 2029.
*Kim Kochanoff, 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 5, Health Resources and Services Administration, $299,336, July 2024 - June 2025.
*Kim Kochanoff, MS, 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 3, Health Resources and Services Administration, $296,727, July 2024 - June 2025.
*Tiffany Hines, PhD, MEd, ASHS Speech Language Pathology, “Bridging the Gap: Mentoring Future BIPOC SLPs and AUDs,” American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, $11,963, August 2024 - October 2025.
*Keith Elmslie, PhD, KCOM Pharmacology, “Autonomic PASC Syndromes Arising from Functional Autoantibodies against G-protein Coupled Receptors,” National Institutes of Health (University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Prime, Sub to KCOM), $167,792, July 2024 - June 2026.
*Sumitra Miriyala, PhD, MPH, MBA, FAHA, KCOM Anatomy, “Enhancing Osteopathic Education through 3D-Printed Temporal Bone Models,” Advocates for the American Osteopathic Association, $5,595, September 2024 - September 2025.
*Sumitra Miriyala, PhD, MPH, MBA, FAHA, KCOM Anatomy, “Cardioprotective Mechanisms Post- Pediatric Anticancer Therapy: Unraveling the Impact on Lysolipid Axis and Subsequent Adult Stress,” National Institutes of Health, $1,312,480, April 2025 - March 2030.
*Saroj Misra, DO, FAAFP, FACOFP, KCOM Clinical Affairs, and Teresa Leatherman, MHA, KCOM AHEC, “MAHEC 2022-2027: A Statewide Network to Transform Missouri's Health Workforce by Targeting the Needs of Rural and Underserved Communities” Year 3, Health Resources and Services Administration, $1,009,750, September 2024 - August 2025.
*Vineet Singh, PhD, KCOM Microbiology, “Impacts of Host Lipid Composition on Antimicrobial Susceptibilities of Staphylococcus aureus” Year 2, National Institutes of Health–National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01) (University of Georgia Prime, Sub to KCOM), $22,903, December 2023 -November 2024.
*Dwight McLeod, DDS, MS, Grishondra Branch-Mays, DDS, MS, and Poonam Jain, BDS, MS, MPH, MOSDOH, “Addressing Social Determinants of Health and the Oral Health Needs of Vulnerable Populations: A Transformative Approach to Predoctoral Dental Education” Year 3, Health Resources and Services Administration, $299,334, July 2024 - June 2025.
*Ammar Musawi, BDS, MDS, MPH, MOSDOH Administration, and Herbert Silva, DMD, MOSDOH Clinical Education, “Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health Scholarship Program,” Health Resources and Services Administration (Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Office of Dental Health Prime, Sub to MOSDOH), $40,000, June 2024 - August 2024.
*Herbert Silva, DMD, MOSDOH Clinical Education, “Smiles for Veterans Program,” Health Resources and Services Administration (Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Office of Dental Health Prime, Sub to MOSDOH), $60,000, April 2024 - August 2024.
*Britani Javed, DO, FAAP, SOMA Clinical Science Education, LeAnn Allgood, MD, SOMA Anatomy, and Eboni Anderson, DHEd, MSW, MEd, SOMA Public Health, “Diversity Beyond the Numbers: How Mission-Oriented Recruiting and Holistic Admissions Review Promotes URM Enrollment in Medical Education,” American Medical Association, $39,000, July 2024 - June 2026.
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