Total Amount Awarded: $603,882
2004-2006 Reducing Medical Errors Research Grant
Applicant: Adam J. Singer, MD ($99,999)
Institution: Stony Brook University
Project: Development of A Computerized System to Reduce Medical Errors in the Emergency Department
Type: Health Policy
Underwriter:ACEP Council
2004-2005 EMF/Riggs Family Health Policy Research Grant
Applicant: Thomas Flottemesch, PhD ($50,000)
Institution: HealthPartners Research Foundation
Project: Estimating the Costs of ED Crowding
Type: Health Policy
Underwriter:Riggs Family
2005-2006 Natriuretic Peptide Therapy for Acute Congestive Heart Failure Award
Applicant: Deborah B. Diercks, MD ($50,000)
Institution: University of California Davis Medical Center
Project: Impact of Natriuretic Peptide therapy on Renal Function in a Low to Moderate Risk Population of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Patients
Type: Clinical
Applicant: Phillip D. Levy, MD ($49,990)
Institution: Wayne State University
Project: A Comparison Trial of Nesiritide Versus Bolus Intravenous Nitroglycerin for the Treatment of Severe Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
Type: Clinical
2004-2005 Research Fellowship Grant
Applicant: Jason Stoner, MD ($75,000)
Institution: Ohio State University
Preceptor: Mark G. Angelos, MD
Project: Cellular Redox State and Intracellular Hydrogen Peroxide During Reperfusion of the Isolated Ischemic Rat Heart
Type: Laboratory
Applicant: Michael S. Runyon, MD ($75,000)
Institution: Carolinas Medical Center
Preceptor: Jeffrey Kline, MD, FACEP
Project: Pulmonary Vascular Hyperplasia in Pulmonary Embolism
Type: Laboratory
2004-2005 Career Development Grant
Applicant: Alan Jones, MD ($49,780)
Preceptor: Jeffrey Kline, MD, FACEP
Institution: Carolinas Medical Center
Project: Diagnostic Significance of Nontraumatic Emergency Department Hypotension
Type: Clinical
Applicant: Craig D. Newgard, MD, MPH ($50,000)
Preceptor: Jerris Hedges, MD, MS
Institution: Oregon Health & Science University
Project: Development of a Comprehensive State Trauma Registry to Investigate Interhospital Transfer Practices
Type: Clinical
Applicant: Stephen Trzeciak, MD ($50,000)
Preceptor: Steven Hollenberg, MD
Institution: Cooper Health System
Project: Investigation of Microcirculatory flow in Early Goal-Directed Therapy of Sepsis-Induced Hypoperfusion States in Humans
Type: Clinical
2004-2005 EMF/ENA Foundation ED Overcrowding Award Team Grant
Applicant: Peter Viccellio, MD, FACEP ($20,000)
Co-Applicant: Carolyn Santora, RN, MS
Institution: Stony Brook University
Project Title: Impact of Hospital Length of Stay and Emergency Department Turnaround Time When Admitted Patients are Moved to Hallway Beds
Type: Health Policy
Underwriter:ENA Foundation
2004-2005 Resident Research Grant
Applicant: Nathan P. Anderson, MD ($5,000)
Preceptor: Brent Asplin, MD
Institution: HealthPartners Research Foundation
Project: Emergency Department Crowding and Delay to Common Interventions
Type: Clinical
Underwriter:EMRA
Applicant: Mark Danahy, MD ($4,713)
Preceptor: James Miner, MD
Institution: Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation
Project: Etomidate vs. Propofol for Procedural Sedation in the Emergency Department
Type: Clinical
Applicant: Tracy M. Vogrin, MD, MS ($5,000)
Preceptor: Clifton Callaway, MD
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Project: The Effects of Inducing Mild Hypothermia Via Cold Intravenous Fluids on Core Body Temperature in Normal Subjects
Type: Clinical
2004-2005 Reducing Medical Errors Research Grant
Applicant: Adam J. Singer, MD ($99,999)
Institution: Stony Brook University
Project: Development of A Computerized System to Reduce Medical Errors in the Emergency Department
Type: Health Policy
Underwriter:ACEP Council
2004-2005 EMF/SAEM Medical Student Research Grant
William H. Spivey Recipient
Applicant: Vannita Simma-Chiang, BA ($2,400)
Preceptor: Sean Henderson, MD
Institution: LAC+USC Medical Center
Project: Asthma: Effect of Genotype on Emergency Department Response to Therapy
Type:
Underwriter:Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Applicant: Maura Kennedy, BA ($2,400)
Preceptor: Nathan Shapiro, MD, MPH
Institution: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Project: Epidemiology of Bacteremia in the Emergency Department
Type: Clinical
Underwriter:Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Applicant: Richard Clinton, BA ($2,400)
Preceptor: John Duldner, MD, M
Institution: Akron General Medical Center
Project: Referral Bias in Cerebral Hemorrhage
Type: Clinical
Underwriter:Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Applicant: Michael Blake, BA, MPH ($2,400)
Preceptor: Jon Hirshon, MD, MPH
Institution: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Project: Medical Factors Contributing to Morbidity in Emergency Department Patients
Type: Epidemiology
Underwriter:Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Applicant: Sehra D. Sampson, BS ($2,400)
Preceptor: Kenneth Bizovi, MD
Institution: Oregon Health Sciences University
Project: The Effect of a Clinical Decision Support System to Improve Compliance with Guidelines for the Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia
Type: Clinical
Underwriter:Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Applicant: Robert Yates, BA ($2,400)
Preceptor: Brian Hiestand, MD
Institution: Ohio State Universty Research Foundation
Project: The Relationship Between Race, Sex, and Age to Time to First ECG in ED NSTEMI Patients
Type: Clinical
Underwriter:Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
2004-2005 EMBRS Research Grant Award
Applicant: Sharon E. Meieran, MD, JD ($5,000)
Institution: University of Cincinnati
Project Title: Comparison of Users of an Emergency Department Versus Users of Community Health Clinics with a Similar Complaints Profile - a Patient-Centered Approach
Type: Clinical
Underwriter: Pfizer, Inc