Carolina Quezada, MD, SOMA Clinical Education, “Assess the Food Insecurity Awareness and Screening Practices Among Healthcare Providers in Central California Community Health Centers,” $975. Collaborators: Kelsey Picha, PhD, ATC, ASHS Interdisciplinary Health Sciences; Jeffrey Andrion, PT, PhD, MA, ASHS Physical Therapy; Marie Jackson, PhD, MBA; and Wendy Hardina, A.T. Still Research Institute.
Daniel J. Smith, PhD, MBA, CGHS Master of Public Health, “A Retrospective Data Analysis of Pre and Post Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Device Prescriptions and Other Blood Pressure Control Strategies at El Rio Health,” $9,000. Collaborators: Marie Jackson, PhD, MBA, and Wendy Hardina, A.T. Still Research Institute.
Sue Dahl-Popolizio, DBH, OTR/L, Adam Story, PT, DPT, OTR/L, PTD, MTC, Jennifer Radziak, OTD, OTR/L, CHT, Lacee Andrews, OTD, OTR/L, CHT, ASHS Occupational Therapy, J.A. Graves, PT, DPT, ASHS Physical Therapy, Kellie Bliven, PhD, ATC, ASHS Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, and Thomas C. Hartman, DMSc, PA-C, ASHS Physician Assistant, “In-Home Exoskeleton Use with Functional Activities,” $20,146.50.
Alondra Luna, SLP, '25, and Lourdes Martinez-Nieto, PhD, ASHS Speech Language Pathology, “Adoption Challenges with Augmentative Alternative Communication in Hispanic Families,” $1,000.
Christian McSweeny, D3, Ann Spolarich, RDH, PhD, FSCDH, ASDOH Administration, Carleigh Canterbury, DDS, and Austin Shackelford, DMD, ASDOH Pre-Doc Education, “Oral Nicotine Pouches: Histological Examination of Oral Mucosa with Chronic Use,” $2,964.53.
Nicole Vian, D3, Mark Kerr, DDS, and Samantha Yineman, DMD, MPH, ASDOH Pre-Doc Education, “Endodontic Testing in Patients with Down Syndrome: Response Pattern and Efficacy,” $1,663.50.
Amy Spies, PhD, ASHS Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, “A Geometric Morphometric Analysis of the Crania of Undocumented Border Crossers: A Forensic Anthropological Perspective in the Context of Structural Violence and Inequity,” $10,000.
Tamara Valovich McLeod, PHD, ATC, FNATA, FNAK, FNAP, Alison Snyder Valier, PhD, ATC, ASHS Athletic Training Program, Kenneth Lam, ScD, ATC, and Curt Bay, PhD, ASHS Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, “Validation of the Concussion Quality of Life Youth (Version 2) Patient-Reported Outcome Measure,” $10,000.
Shanu Markand, PhD, KCOM Anatomy, “Investigating the Role of Homocysteine in Age-related Macular Degeneration: Evaluation of Coenzyme Q10 as a Potential Therapeutic Intervention,” $10,000.
Leila Nasiry Khanlar, PhD, MSc, DDS, Dave Kojic, DMD, MS, PhD, Hannan Omar, BDS, MSC, PhD, Graziela Batista, DDS, PhD, and Mohamed Rahhal, PhD, MOSDOH Education, “Investigating the Influence of Surface Texture Variation on Bonding to 3D-printed Zirconia,” $8,800.
Sunku Kwon, PhD, ATC, ATSU Research Support, Kellie Bliven, PhD, ATC, ASHS Interdisciplinary Health Sciences. Alison Valier, PhD, ATC, ASHS Athletic Training Program, J.A. Graves, PT, DPT, ASHS Physical Therapy, “Descriptive Analysis of External and Internal Workloads in Youth Baseball Players During Sport and Non-Sport Activities,” $9,983.06.
Soha Garadat, PhD, ASHS Audiology–Residential, and Elizabeth Palmer, AuD, ASHS AFA Balance & Hearing Institute, “Insights into Tinnitus: A Wholistic Approach to Advancing Tinnitus Assessment,” $10,000.