Total Amount Awarded: $448,534
EMF Career Development Grant
Applicant: Lance D. Wilson, MD $50,000
Institution: MetroHealth Medical Center
Project: Cellular Alternans as a Novel Mechanism of Arrythmogenesis in Heart Failure
Type: Laboratory
Applicant: Rita Kumar, PhD $50,000
Institution: Wayne State University
Project: Insulin Blocks Activation of the Intrinsic Apoptosis Pathway After Transient Global Brian Ischemia
Type: Laboratory
EMF Research Fellowship Award
Applicant: Ari M. Lipsky, MD, BS $75,000
Institution: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Project: Multicenter Bayesian Decision-Theoretic Clinical Trials
Type: Clinical
Reducing Medical Errors Research Grant
Applicant: Robert L. Wears, MD, MS $96,836
Institution: University of Florida
Project: Safety Implications of Information Technology Solutions for Emergency Department Whiteboards
Type: Health Services
ED Overcrowding Research Award
Applicants: Paula Tanabe, PhD, RN / Michael Gisondi, MD $20,000
Institution: Feinberg School of Medicine - Northwestern University
Project: Should You Close Your Waiting Room? The Effect on Emergency Department Overcrowding
Type: Health Services
EMF Resident Research Grant
Applicant: Henry Gresham III, MD $5,000
Institution: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Project: Organophosphorus (OP) Hydrolase for Acute OP Poisoning
Type: Laboratory
Applicant: Renee Yuen-Jan Hsia $5,000
Institution: Stanford University
Project: Evaluating the Effectiveness of "Prudent Layperson"
Legislation: Has it Decreased Out-of-Pocket Expenses for Emergency Department Visits on a National Level
Type: Clinical
Applicant: Hao Wang, MD, PhD $5,000
Institution: Louisiana State University Health Science Center
Project: Mechanism for the Effects of Alcohol on B Cell Differentiation
Type: Laboratory
Directed Research in Acute Congestive Heart Failure Grant
Applicant: Douglas Ander, MD $50,000
Institution: Emory University School of Medicine
Project: BNP Therapy Observation Unit Outcomes Study (BOOST)
Type: Clinical
EMF/NHTSA Emergency Department Screening and Intervention for Alcohol Abuse
Applicant: Michael J. Mello, MD, MPH, FACEP $74,952
Institution: Rhode Island Hospital
Project: Project Integrate: A Model for Integrating Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention in a Community Emergency Department
Type: Health Services
EMF/SAEM Medical Student Grants
Applicant: Amy R. Auerbach, BA $2,400
Institution: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Project: Access and Potential Use of Online Resources by ED Patients
Type: Epidemiology
Applicant: Meredith Chiaccio, BS* $2,400
Institution: Thomas Jefferson University
Project: Can Arginase Activity Predict the Outcome of Vasoocclusive Sickle Cell Crisis
Type: Clinical
Applicant: Anne Finefrock, BS, MA $2,400
Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Project: Mental Status Screening in the Emergency Department: Study to Evaluate the Clinical Norms of the Quick Confusion Scale
Type: Clinical
Applicant: Neil Masangkay, BA $2,400
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Project: Rapidly Triggered Post-Ischemic Neuronal Apoptosis
Type: Laboratory
Applicant: Johanna Moore, BA $2,400
Institution: Hennepin County Medical Center
Project: Oral Oxycodone Versus Intravenous Morphine for the Treatment of Pain Due to Pediatric Extremity Fractures in the Emergency Department
Type: Clinical
* Recommended for William Spivey Award
2004-2005 EMBRS Research Grant Award
Applicant: Scott Rudkin, MD, MBA $4,746
Institution: Regents of the Universuty of California
Project: Prospective Correlation of Arterial versus Venous Blood Gas Measurements in Trauma Patients
Type: Clinical