Research and Education Pilot Award Recipients
Research and Education Pilot Award Recipients
Congratulations to all of our Department of Medicine Education, Clinical and Research Pilot Grant recipients!
2025 Recipients
Mark Marinescu, MD. Division of Cardiology. “Silent Pollutants: Characterizing the Infusion of Microplastics to Patients Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass.”
Dominick Roto, DO. Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine. “6-Minute Walk Test Compared to Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test.”
Adnin Zaman, MD. Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism. “Impact of Weight Gain Perceptions on Hormonal Contraceptive Selection: Examining Differences Across BMI Categories.”
Ehsan Hoque, PhD. (Ronald Epstein, MD, co-Investigator). Department of Computer Science/Oncology. “SOPHIE: AI-Driven Virtual Avatar Platform to Improve Clinicians’ Communication Skills with Older Patients with Advanced Cancer.”
Farhan Bajwan, MD. Division of Cardiology/Oncology. “Study for Optimization of Cardiac Imaging in Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer (POCEB).”
Adam Bracken, MD. Division of Hospital Medicine. “Evaluation of Curriculum Training Hospital Medicine Division and Internal Medicine Residents in Caring for Patients with an Eating Disorder.”
Previous Recipients
2024
2023
2022
2021
- Olga Astapova, MD, PhD
- Francis Coyne, MD and Ashley Jenkins,MD
- Ajay Dakal, MBBS
- Eric Huselton, MD
- Jennifer Readlynn, MD
2020
- Angela Branche, MD
- Thomas Fountaine, MD
- Brian McGarry, PhD
- Jennifer Pascoe, MD and Amy Blatt, MD
- Rachael Roswell-Turner, MD, PhD
2019
- Kaval Chhabra, MPharm, PhD
- Cynthia Monaco, MD, PhD
- David Nagel, MD, PhD
- William Novak, MD and Valerie Lang, MD, MHPE
- Jessica Stern, MD
2018
- Douglas Anderson, PhD
- Daniel Croft, MD, MPH
- David Levy, MD
- Susanne Miedlich, MD
- Melissa Mroz, MD
- Tanya Sahay, MD
- Maria Slack, MD
- Lisa Vargish, MD
- Himabindu Vidula, MD, MS
2017
2016
- Aritro Sen, PhD and Mike Sellix, PhD
- R. Matthew Kottmann, MD
- Allison Magnuson, DO
- Ananta Paine, PhD