2026-2027 Grantees

Aaron Barrera-Alvarez was awarded the David E. Wilcox, MD, FACEP Medical Student Research Grant, a $5,000 one-year grant, for the project titled "Impact of Point-of-Care Ultrasound on Emergency Department Diagnostic Workflow and Patient Disposition in Critically Ill Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis at a Quaternary Academic Institution."

Simran Bhutia was awarded the EMF/SAEMF Medical Student Research Grant in Honor of Amy H. Kaji, MD, PhD, MPH, FACEP, a $5,000 one-year grant, for the project titled "Evaluating the Sensitivity and Specificity of Shared Decisions in Long Bone Fracture Detection."

Dr. Bunch was awarded the EMF/EMRA Resident Research Grant, a $10,000 one-year grant, for the project titled "The Auto-Heparinization-in-Trauma Study (A-HIT): Quantifying Endogenous Anticoagulant Activity and Endotheliopathy in Severe Injury."

Dr. Chaudhari was awarded the Investigator Initiated Research Grant, a $249,988 two-year grant, for the project titled "Point-of-Care Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Young Children with Head Trauma (BRAINCHILD)."

Dr. Dylla was awarded the Pilot Research Grant, a $100,000 one-year grant, for the project titled "Early Stroke Identification Using Natural Language Processing of 9-1-1 Call Audio."

Daniel Guerra was awarded the EMF/SAEMF Medical Student Research Grant in Honor of Amy H. Kaji, MD, PhD, MPH, FACEP, a $5,000 one-year grant, for the project titled "Predicting Risk and Investigating Outcomes Using Patient-Reported and Community-Level Social Determinants Data in Vulnerable Populations (PRIORity)."

Dr. Hazekamp was awarded the US Acute Care Solutions Implementation Research Grant, a $24,995 one-year grant, for the project titled "Harnessing Mixed Methods Data Collection Guided by CFIR to Identify Determinants of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment in the Emergency Department."

Dr. Hughes was awarded the EMF/EMRA Resident Research Grant, a $10,000 one-year grant, for the project titled "The Emergency Department as an Entry Point: Expanding Access to Methadone Through an Educational Toolkit."

Dr. Lee was awarded the Pilot Research Grant, a $98,320 one-year grant, for the project titled "Multicenter Identification of Incident Delirium in Older Emergency Department Patients."

Dr. Light was awarded the US Acute Care Solutions Implementation Research Grant, a $25,000 one-year grant, for the project titled "Evaluating the Effect of Emergency Department in Situ Simulations on Sepsis Outcomes."

Dr. Pany was awarded the EMF/EMRA Resident Research Grant, a $10,000 one-year grant, for the project titled "Examining the Impact of Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions on Emergency Department Operations, Patient Mix, and Patient Outcomes."

Drupad Patel was awarded the EMF/SAEMF Medical Student Research Grant in Honor of Amy H. Kaji, MD, PhD, MPH, FACEP, a $5,000 one-year grant, for the project titled "Prognostic Value of NeurOs Cerebral Oximetry (StO₂) Monitoring on 90-Day Outcomes in Post-Thrombectomy Patients: A Prospective Observational Study."

Sarah Petelinsek was awarded the EMF/SAEMF Medical Student Research Grant in Honor of Amy H. Kaji, MD, PhD, MPH, FACEP, a $5,000 one-year grant, for the project titled "Examining the Exam: Pelvic Pain Workups in the Emergency Department."

Dr. Peters was awarded the Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Pre-Hospital Noninvasive Respiratory Support Grant, a $99,980 one-year grant, for the project titled "Prehospital Management of Respiratory Distress: Current Practices and Opportunities for Noninvasive Approaches."

Dr. Rising was awarded the Pilot Research Grant, a $100,000 one-year grant, for the project titled "Increasing Cervical Cancer Screening in the Emergency Department through a Shared Decision Making, Patient Preference Study."

Dr. Scott was awarded the EMF/EMRA Resident Research Grant, a $10,000 one-year grant, for the project titled "The Impact of the No Surprises Act on Patient Financial Outcomes After Emergency Department Care."

Dr. Shapiro was awarded the Early Career Research Development Grant, a $150,000 two-year grant, for the project titled "As-needed vs. Routinely Scheduled Follow-up Trial in the Emergency Department (AFTER): Evaluating Post-discharge Care for Children with Bronchiolitis."