*Mindy Motahari, DMD, MAEd, Eric Harris, DDS, and Joni Podmanik, RDH, MEd, ASDOH Pre-Doc Education, “Eliminating Barriers to Oral Healthcare in the East Valley” Year 2, Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation, $20,000, January 2025 – December 2025.
*Sumitra Miriyala, PhD, MPH, KCOM Anatomy, “Cardioprotective Mechanisms Post-Pediatric Anticancer Therapy: Unraveling the Impact on Lysolipid,” American Association for Anatomy, $25,000, January 2025 – December 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), $92,393, March 2025 – February 2026.
*Richard LaBaere, DO, MPH, KCOM Department for the Advancement of Osteopathic Education/Still OPTI, “Missouri GME Technical Assistance Center,” Missouri Department of Health & Human Services, $1,800,000, June 2025 – May 2028.
*Dwight McLeod, DDS, MS, MOSDOH, “Addressing Social Determinants of Health and the Oral Health Needs of Vulnerable Populations: A Transformative Approach to Predoctoral Dental Education” Year 4, Health Resources and Services Administration, $299,988, July 2025 – June 2026.
Abimbola Oladayo, BDS, PhD, MPH, MOSDOH Clinical Education, “Trailblazers in Oral Health Research Scholars of African Heritage (TORCH) Fellowship Award,” National Dental Association Foundation/ Colgate Palmolive Co., $40,567.61, November 2024 – November 2025.
*Herbert Silva, DMD, MOSDOH Clinical Education, “Smiles for Veterans Program” Year 2, Health Resources and Services Administration (Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Office of Dental Health Prime, Sub to MOSDOH), $30,000 (additional funds), September 2024 – August 2024.
*Satish Kumar, DMD, MDSc, MS, ASDOH Pre-Doc Education, and Desmond Gallagher, BDS, MA, ASDOH Administration, “Supporting a Faculty Workforce to Prepare Compassionate Community-Minded Oral Health Healers” Year 5, Health Resources & Services Administration Bureau of Health Workforce, $300,000, September 2025 – August 2026.
*Ann Lee Burch, PT, EdD, MPH, FNAP, ASHS Administration, Kelsey J. Picha, PhD, ATC, and R. Curt Bay, PhD, ASHS Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Rebecca L. Wolf, JD, MPH, OTR, ASHS Occupational Therapy, Marisa Hastie, EdD, MS, ACSM-EP, PN-1, FACSM, CGHS Administration, Tamara Roehling, PT, DPT, PhD, ASHS Physical Therapy, and Brittney Hulsey, DMSc, MSPAS, MS, PA-C, ASHS Physician Assistant, “Period Poverty Experience Scale,” Dignity Grows, $59,950, September 2025 – December 2026.
*Malathy Venkatesh, PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHS Speech Language Pathology, “Knowledge to Action for Clinical Fellows (K2A-CF) Training Program: Building Practice-Ready SLPs for Skilled Nursing & Post-Acute Care Facilities,” American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation, $49,999, December 2025 – November 2026.
*Sylvia Dory, MMS, PA-C, and Sara Jiron, MPAS, PA-C, ASHS Physician Assistant Studies, “Addressing Rural Health Disparities: Transformative Primary Care PA Education and Preceptor Development” Year 4, Health Resources and Services Administration, $299,886, July 2025 – June 2026.
*Sumitra Miriyala, PhD, MPH, KCOM Anatomy, “Introduction to Machine Learning in Medical Diagnostics and Decision-Making,” ScholarRx, $500, June 2025 – June 2026.
*Sumitra Miriyala, PhD, MPH, KCOM Anatomy, Debra Loguda-Summers, ATSU Library, and Jamie Carroll, ATSU Academic Technologies, “Transforming Medical Education with 3D Printing: Advancing Anatomical and Procedural Learning,” Spencer Foundation, $49,994, January 2026 – December 2028.
*Christina Vu, OMS II, and Sumitra Miriyala, PhD, MPH, KCOM Anatomy, “Autopsy Simulation as a Model for Pathology Education and Outreach,” ScholarRx, $500, June 2025 – June 2026.
*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 4, Health Resources and Services Administration, $1,036,000, September 2025 – August 2026.
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