Meet the 2021 SAEMF Grantees

We’re proud to showcase this year’s SAEMF grantees who were selected from a competitive applicant pool after a rigorous NIH-style review. These bright stars demonstrate excellence in pursuit of a career in academic EM research.

SAEMF Research Training Grant - $300,000 Taneisha Wilson, MD, ScM

Brown University / Rhode Island Hospital "Emergency Department Focused Assessment and Treatment in a Triage Chair (ED FAST-Chair)”

SAEMF Research Large Project Grant - $150,000 Masashi Okubo, MD, MS

University of Pittsburgh "Resuscitation Culture of EMS Systems for Out-ofhospital Cardiac Arrest”

SAEMF Education Research Grant - $50,000 Christine Luo, MD, PhD

Oregon Health & Science University "Faculty Development for Academic Emergency Physicians: A Needs Assessment”

SAEMF ARMED Pilot Grant - $25,000 Bennett Lane, MD, MS

University of Cincinnati "Identifying Rate and Characteristics of Interhospital Transfers by Air Transport”

SAEMF Education Project Grant - $20,000 Michelle Lee, MDCM

The Hospital for Sick Children "Climbing the Learning Curve in Ocular Point-ofCare-Ultrasound Interpretation”

SAEMF/NIDA Mentor-Facilitated Training Award - $12,000 Betty Chang, MD

NewYork–Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center "Tele-Bupe Program”

SAEMF/NIDA Mentor-Facilitated Training Award - $12,000 Jennifer Love, MD

Oregon Health & Science University "Project BEEP”

MTF/SAEMF Toxicology Research Grant - $10,000 Cynthia Santos, MD

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School "Genotypes Associated with Dosing and Relapse in Patients with OUD Receiving Buprenorphine”

SAEMF/AEUS Research Grant - $10,000 Michael Gottlieb, MD

Rush University Medical Center "Automated vs Manual Assessment of B-Lines for Diagnosing Pulmonary Edema with Ultrasound”

SAEMF/GEMA Research Pilot Grant - $10,000 Julian Hertz, MD

Duke University "Barriers to Myocardial Infarction Care Among Persons Living with HIV in Tanzania”

SAEMF/Simulation Academy Novice Research Grant - $5,000 Julie Gesch, MD

The Andrew Levitt Center for Social Emergency Medicine "Improve Emergency Department Ischemic Stroke Care With In Situ Simulation”

SAEMF/AWAEM Research Grant - $5,000 Melissa Parsons, MD

University of Florida "Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling: Networking Best Practices for Women in EM”

SAEMF/ADIEM Research Grant - $2,600 Jessica Bod, MD

Yale University School of Medicine "Bystander Intervention Training for Emergency Medicine Residents”

SAEMF/RAMS Resident Research Grant - $5,000 Ai Xin Chen, MD

UCLA-Harbor Medical Center "Food Pharmacy Rx”

Elizabeth Scott, MD

UCLA-Harbor Medical Center "Food Pharmacy Rx”

SAEMF/RAMS Medical Student Research Grant - $2,500 Shashank Somasundaram, BS

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University "Using Best Practice Advisories to Reduce Cancer Patient Admissions from the ED”

EMF/SAEMF Medical Student Research Grants - $5,000 each

Kristy Blackwood, BA, Brown University

“Firearm Violence and Safety Training in Undergraduate Medical Education: Evaluation of First Year Clinical Skills Curricular Intervention”

Eshani Goradia, BA, Stony Brook University

“Comparison of the Effects of a Bromelain and Collagenase Based Enzymatic Agent on Inflammation and Eschar Debridement in a Partial Thickness Porcine Model”

Kendall Burdick, BA, University of Massachusetts David Helfer, BS, University of Pennsylvania