Grants & You Newsletter Spring 2018: Grants Funded - Congratulations!

Intramural Grants Awarded

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Abbas Charlie, OMS IV, SOMA, Uday Gulati, OMS IV, SOMA, Norma Villanueva, MD, MPH, SOMA Clinical Education Department, “The Butterfly Effect,” $5,000.

John Olson, PhD, SOMA Anatomy, “The Use of Collaborative Whiteboards in Interactive Education,” $350.

Cailee Welch Bacon, PhD, ATC, ASHS Athletic Training Program, Kirsty Gaither, MA, MLIS, ASHS, Library, “Foundations of Competency-Based Education: Building an Infrastructure to Promote a Learner-Centered Experience,” $5,000.

External Grants Awarded:

*Patricia Inks, RDH, MS, MOSDOH St. Louis Dental Education & Oral Health Center, “Dental Health Initiative for Area Seniors,” Wrigley Company Foundation/American Dental Hygienists' Association Institute for Oral Health, $5,000, January – December 2018.

External Grants Awarded:

*Wayne Cottam, DMD, MS, ASDOH Integrated Community Service Partnership, and Scott Howell, DMD, MPH, ASDOH, “Collaborative Community Care Through Telehealth for Youth and Seniors,” Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation, $40,000, March 2018 – February 2019.

External Grants Awarded:

*Joy Lewis, DO, PhD, FACP, SOMA Public Health, “Students Embedded in Community Health Centers to Impact Health Disparities through Contextual Learning, Year 3,” American Medical Association – Accelerating Change in Med Ed, $25,000, January – December 2018.

*Joy Lewis, DO, PhD, FACP, and Kate Whelihan, MPH, SOMA Public Health, “Transformation Project – Cancer Screening, Year 2 (NACHC Prime, Sub to SOMA),” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $20,000, January – June 2018.

**Inder Makin, MD, PhD, RDMS, SOMA Basic Medical Science, and Deborah Heath, DO, CSPOMM, SOMA Osteopathic Principles & Practice, “Multi-institutional Program for Ultrasound Based Training for Osteopathic Practitioners in AZ,” Honor Health, $143,359, February 2018 – January 2019.

*Lise McCoy, EdD, SOMA Medical Humanities, “Team-Centered Care for Vulnerable Populations: A Comprehensive Approach to Educating and Supporting Primary Care Teams (Arizona State University Prime, Sub to SOMA),” The Josiah Macy Jr., Foundation, $6,521, January – December 2018.