Grants & You Newsletter Spring 2017: Grants Submitted - Good Luck!

*Joy Lewis, DO, PhD, FACP, and Kate Whelihan, MPH, SOMA Public Health, “Million Hearts (National Association of Community Health Centers Prime, Sub to SOMA),” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $20,000, January – June 2017.

*Joy Lewis, DO, PhD, FACP, and Kate Whelihan, MPH, SOMA Public Health, “Transformation Project – Cancer Screening (National Association of Community Health Centers Prime, Sub to SOMA),” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention $20,000, January 2017 – June 2017.

**Inder Makin, MD, PhD, SOMA Basic Medical Science, Deborah Heath, DO, SOMA, Chandhana Pedapati, MS, SOMA Osteopathic Principles and Practice, and Joy Lewis, DO, PhD, FACP, SOMA Public Health, “Combined Peripheral Vascular Parameter Recording with Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) by Years 2 and 3 Osteopathic Medical Students,” American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, $5,000, July 2017 – December 2018.

**Lise McCoy, EdD, SOMA Medical Humanities, Joy Lewis, DO, PhD, FACP, SOMA Public Health, Harvey Simon, MD, JD, FAAP, SOMA Clinical Science Education, Lee Herskowitz, DO, MBA, SOMA Clinical Education Department, and Christine Morgan, EdD, SOMA Graduate Medical Education,  “Speak Up: Principles of Collaboration–An IPE Mobile Game,” American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, $5,000, July 2017 – December 2018.

*Lise McCoy, EdD, SOMA Medical Humanities, “Interprofessional Education Community of Practice: Connecting IPE Training to Collaborative Practice in Community Health Settings–Phase III,” Arizona Nexus Innovation Incubator, $20,000, April – November 2017.

*Frederic Schwartz, DO, FACOFP, SOMA, “Physician Assistant Course for Medication-Assisted Treatment (PA-CMAT) Generation Summit (Wright Center GME Prime, Sub to SOMA),” Health Resources and Services Administration, $18,071, July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018.

**Jeffrey Alexander, PhD, FAACVPR, ACSM-CES, ATSU Aging Studies, “Randomized Trial to Reduce Fall Risk in Older Adults: A Matter of Balance plus Balance Exergaming (MOB-BalExX) Intervention Compared to Matter of Balance Alone (University of Arizona College of Nursing Prime, Sub to ATSU Aging Studies),” National Institutes of Health – National Institute on Aging (R01), $12,226, September 2017 – August 2021.

**Barbara Maxwell, PT, DPT, MSc, ATSU Interprofessional Education & Collaboration, SD Shanti, DDS, PhD, MPH, ASDOH, Lise McCoy, EdD, SOMA Medical Humanities, Annlee Burch, PT, MPH, EdD, ASHS Dean, “Population Health Studies: Impacting Health through Evidence-Based Community and Clinical Interventions,” Association for Prevention Teaching and Research, $38,232, March – August 2017.

*Byunghee (Henry) Han, PhD, KCOM Pharmacology, “Natural Amentoflavone: Multi-functional Effects on Amyloid Pathogenesis,” National Institutes of Health – National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R15), $377,468, September 2017 – August 2020.

**Tim Ostrowski, PhD, KCOM Physiology, “Cardiorespiratory Dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease, Changes in nTS Physiology and the Role of ROS,” American Heart Association, $231,000, July 2017 – June 2020.

**Vineet Singh, PhD, KCOM Microbiology, “Impact of Unsaturated Fatty Acids on S. aureus Membrane Properties (Illinois State University Prime, Sub to KCOM),” National Institutes of Health, $12,000, September 2017 – August 2019.

*Margaret Wilson, DO, KCOM, “PCTE Supplemental Funds, Medication Assisted Treatment for the Opioid Crisis,” Health Resources and Services Administration, $23,360, July 1, 2017 – June 20, 2018.

*Patricia Inks, RDH, MS, MOSDOH St. Louis Clinic, “Dental Health Initiative for St. Louis Seniors,” Retirement Research Foundation, $23,263, July 2017 – June 2018.

**Michelle DiBaise, DHSc, MPAS, Danielle Kempton, DHSc, MMS, PA-C, Bob McMullen, EdD, PA-C, and Albert Simon, DHSc, PA-C, ASHS Physician Assistant, “A Comparison of Competency-Based Education versus Traditional Andragogy in PA Education: A Learner-Centered Approach,” Physician Assistant Education Association, $49,980, March 2017 – February 2019.

James Lynskey, PT, PhD, ASHS Physical Therapy, “Assessing the Potential of Startle-evoked Movement to Enhance Upper Extremity Function Following Stroke (Arizona State University Prime, Sub to ASHS),” American Heart Association, $14,684, July 2017 – June 2019.

**Tamara Valovich McLeod, PhD, ATC, FNATA, ASHS Athletic Training, “Youth Sport Concussion Prevention: An Incentivized Data-Driven Intervention Approach (University of Georgia Prime, Sub to ASHS),” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $200,000, September 2018 – August 2021.

**Cailee Welch Bacon, PhD, ATC, ASHS Athletic Training Program, “Exploration of the Advanced Clinical Practice Doctorate in Athletic Training,” National Athletic Trainers’ Association, $11,500, September 2017 – August 2018.

**Cailee Welch Bacon, PhD, ATC, ASHS Athletic Training Program, “Characteristics of Patient Encounters and the Impact of Clinical Experiences for Professional Athletic Training Students (Old Dominion University Prime, Sub to ASHS),” National Athletic Trainers’ Association, $9,761, September 2017 – August 2019.