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Grants & You Newsletter Spring 2016: Grants Funded - Congratulations!

*Full proposal development and support provided by the ATSU Sponsored Programs team     **Technical support provided by the ATSU Sponsored Programs/Research Support team(s)

Grants Funded at ASDOH (January - March 8, 2016)

External Grants Awarded:

*Tony Hashemian, DDSASDOH, “Text2Floss: An Innovative Technology to Improve Oral Health Year 1,” Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation, $15,000, March 2016 – February 2017.

*Heather Johnson, RDH, MEd and Yvette Thornton, RDHASDOH, “Community Outreach Education in a Box,” American Dental Hygienists’ Association/Wrigley Company Foundation, $5,000, January 2016 – December 2016.

Jae H. Park, DMD, MSD, MS, PhD and Dawn Pruzansky, DMDASDOH Orthodontics Academic, “Anterior Openbite Malocclusions in Adults: Recommendations, Treatment and Stability" (National Dental Practice-Based Research Network subaward from University of Alabama at Birmingham to ASDOH), National Institute of Health - National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research, $4,500, November 2015 – February 2019.

**Vy Vy Vu, MPH, D3; Heather Johnson, RDH, MEd; Yvette Thornton, RDH; Ann Spolarich, RDH, PhD; and Bruce White, DDSASDOH, “AAPHD ASDOH San Cristobal, Dominican Republic Dental Public Health Outreach,” American Association of Public Health Dentistry, $3,065, March 2016 – February 2017.

Intramural Grants Awarded:

Christine Castelin, D3; Varisha Parikh, D3; and Clark Chen, DMDASDOH Dental Clinic, “A Pilot Study for Implementing CAD/CAM Dentures into the Prosthodontic Clinic,” SparkTank, $4,914, March 2016 – August 2016.

Grants Funded at MOSDOH (January - March 8, 2016)

External Grant Awarded:

*Kim Perry, DDSMOSDOH, “Missouri Smile Forward Sponsored Project,” Missouri WellCare, $5,000, September 2015 – September 2016.

Grants Funded at ASHS (January - March 8, 2016)

External Grants Awarded:

Elton Bordenave, MEd, ATSU Aging Studies Project, “Safe at Home Community of Care" (East Valley Adult Resources subaward to ATSU), Dignity Health Foundation, $16,529, January 2016 – December 2016.

*James Burkett, MS, ASHS Physician Assistant Program, “Community Care Response Initiative" (Mesa Fire and Medical Department subaward to ASHS), City of Mesa Fire and Medical Department, $30,000, February 2016 – August 2017.

Vikki Driving Hawk, MEdATSU American Indian Health Professions, “Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness,” American Library Association, $250, February 2016 – June 2020.

Intramural Grants Awarded:

Kellie Bliven, PhD, ATCASHS Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Ryan HutmanATSU Academic Technologies, and Inder Makin, MD, PhD, SOMA Osteopathic Principles & Practice, “Infusing Mobile Picture-In-Picture Ultrasound into Musculoskeletal Evaluation for Healthcare Students and Professionals,” SparkTank, $3,850, March 2016 – August 2016.

Cecelia Sartor­-Glittenberg, PT, PhD, NCS; Ann Lee Burch, PT, MPH, EdD; and Cheri Hodges, DPTASHS Physical Therapy; and Curt Bay, PhDASHS Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, “A Brief Intervention Model of Physical Therapy Within the Community Health Center,” ATSU Community Health Center Research Grant, $17,118, September 2015 – August 2016.

Grants Funded at SOMA (January - March 8, 2016)

External Grants Awarded:

**Deborah Heath, DO, SOMA Family Medicine and OMM, and Inder Makin, MD, PhD, SOMA, “Enhancing Osteopathic Medical Education by Incorporating ‘Medical Ultra-Sound Training for DOs,’ (MUST-DO),” John C. Lincoln Health Foundation, $267,430, November 2015 – December 2016.

Intramural Grants Awarded:

Anna Campbell, PhD, and John Olson, PhD, SOMA Anatomy, and Katrina Wilson, OMS III, SOMA Osteopathic and Anatomy teaching fellow, “OneNote and SharePoint: The Basis for Interactive Small Group Experiences,” SparkTank, $4,800, March 2016 – August 2016.

Marvin Dang, OMS III; Uday Gulati, OMS III; and Laura Grady, DO, SOMA Osteopathic Principles & Practice, “ATSU’s Virtual Osteopathic Clinic,” SparkTank, $3,340, March 2016 – August 2016.

Grants Funded at KCOM (January - March 8, 2016)

External Grants Awarded:

Crystal Coleman, OMS III and Tatyana Kondrashova, MD, PhD, RDCS, RVTKCOM Family/Preventive Medicine & Community Health, “Developing better understanding of point-of-care ultrasound through the use of a hand-held ultrasound device,” Kirksville Osteopathic Alumni Association, $19,600, January 2016 – December 2016.

*Michael F. FrenchKCOM AHEC Program, “Missouri Oral Health Workforce Initiative Year 3,” Missouri Department of Health and Senior Service (federal pass through), $100,000, September 2015 – June 2016.

**Debra Loguda-Summers and Heather Rudy, Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, “Digitization and transcription of the business letters of the American School of Osteopathy 1889 – 1900,” Advocates for the American Osteopathic Association, $3,000, February 2016 – April 2016.

Intramural Grants Awarded:

Tatyana Kondrashova, MD, PhDKCOM Family Medicine, Preventive Medicine, and Community Health, “Developing better understanding of point-of-care ultrasound through the use of a hand-held ultrasound device,” Kirksville Osteopathic Alumni Association, $19,600, January 2016 – December 2016.

Shannon McAllister, OMS I; Seth McIntire, OMS I; and Tatyana Kondrashova, MD, PhDKCOM Family/Preventive Medicine & Community Health, “Making Waves:  Integrating 3D/4D Ultrasound Technology into Medical Education,” ATSU Spark Tank, $5,000, December 2015 – December 2016.

Seth McIntire, OMS IShannon McAllister, OMS I; and Jean SidwellMALS, A.T. Still Memorial Library, “3-D Printing and Medical Education,” ATSU Spark Tank, $5,000, December 2015 – December 2016.

Jess Roland, OMS I, and Patricia Sexton, DHEDKCOM Family/Preventive Medicine & Community Health, “Let Food be Thy Medicine: Culinary Medicine Elective,” ATSU Spark Tank, $5,000, December 2015 – December 2016.