Mid-Career Research Development

Ryan McCormack, MD, MS
NYU Langone Health
Rapid Induction of Buprenorphine in the Emergency Department
$248,799

VA Fellow to Faculty Career

Matthew Augustine, MD, MS
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, James J Peter VA Medical Center
Using Regional Information Exchanges to Understand VHA and Non-VHA ED Utilization
$200,000

EMF/AFFIRM Early Career Research Development

Kristen Mueller, MD
Washington University in St. Louis
Firearm Injuries and Recidivism at St. Louis Level I Trauma Hospitals
$150,000

Pilot Research

Dowin Boatright, MD, MBA, MHS
Yale University
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Emergency Medicine Residency Milestone Evaluation
$50,000

EMF/CORD Emergency Medicine Education Research

Jeffrey Riddell, MD
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
A Qualitative Exploration of Trust and Credibility Judgments in Educational Podcasts
$25,000

EMF/CORD Emergency Medicine Education Starter

Cynthia Peng, MD
Stanford University
Use of an Online Simulation Platform for Assessing Entrustable Professional Activities During Transition into Residency
$10,000

Michael Gottlieb, MD
Rush University Medical Center
The Impact of Driving on Podcast Knowledge Acquisition and Retention Among Emergency Medicine Resident Physicians
$10,000

EMF/Medical Toxicology Foundation

Daniel Nogee, MD
Yale New Haven Hospital
Machine Learning Enhanced Diagnosis of Toxic Exposures
$10,000

EMF/AFFIRM Medical Student Research

Henry Schwimmer, BA
Emory University School of Medicine Rural Emergency Department Firearm Assessment, Screening, and Treatment (FAST) Trial
$5,000

Emergency Medicine Basic Research Skills (EMBRS)

Kara B. Goddard, PharmD, BCPS
University of Missouri
Expected versus actual concentrations of propofol and ketamine during procedural sedation in the emergency department
$5,000

EMF/EMRA Resident Research

Dana Im, MD, MPP, MPhil
Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Quality Measurement Framework for Emergency Department Care of Psychiatric Emergencies
$7,770

Patrick Tyler, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Thromboelastography to Assess Coagulopathy and Glycocalyx Degradation in Sepsis
$10,000

Nicklaus Ashburn, MD
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Integrating Cutting-Edge Biomarkers into the Emergency Chest Pain Evaluation (ICE-CP)
$10,000

Avi Baehr, MD
University of Colorado, Denver
Adverse Events After ED Discharge for Conditions with High Variability in Discharges
$10,000

Jesse Wrenn, MD, PhD
Vanderbilt University
The Scanned Document Problem: Using Paper Records in Emergency Care
$10,000

EMF/SAEMF Medical Student Research

Kirstin Woody Scott, MPhil, PhD
University of Washington
Assessing Financial Risk Among Uninsured Patients Seeking Emergency Medical Care
$5,000

Tejeshwar Bawa, BS
Wayne State University
Effective Nutritional Analyses as a Predictive Utility for 30-Day Cardiac Recovery
$5,000

Matthew Lippi, BS
University of Colorado School of Medicine
National Trends and Outcomes of Sepsis Readmission
$5,000

Austin Jones, BA, BS
Tulane University
Evaluating Hepatitis C Linkage to Care: Emergency Department Versus Community Clinics
$5,000

Alexandra Flessel, BS
Wayne State University
Investigating Psychosocial Factors, Health Behaviors, and Diabetic Control in Emergency Department Patients
$5,000

EMF/NAEMSP EMS Research

David Hostler, PhD, EMT-P and Brian Clemency, DO, MBA, FACEP
University at Buffalo
Understanding the Nutrition Practices of Dayshift and Nightshift EMS Workers
$5,000

Jason McMullan, MD, MS, FAEMS and Joshua Borkosky, NRP
University of Cincinnati
Paramedic Attitudes to Obtaining Informed Consent for Prehospital Research Trials
$5,000

Gregory Faris, MD; David Rayburn, MD, MPH; and Leon Bell, EMT-P, MS 
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis Emergency Medical Service
Utilizing Simulation to Improve Pediatric Prehospital Medical Care
$3,750

2020–2021 EMF Grant Opportunities Announced

The application deadline is February 7, 2020. RFP’s are available now at EMFoundation.org/ApplyForAGrant. Contact Cynthia Singh with questions.

New Grants

• Nasal High Flow Therapy for Respiratory Compromised Patients in the Emergency Department: $180,000 (1)
• Diagnostics Research: $10,000 (1)
• Reducing Burnout Through Emergency Department Design: $40,000 (1)
• Better Prescribing Better Treatment Impact Research: $15,000 (1)

EMF Funded Grants

• Mid-Career Research Development: $250,000 (1)
• Early Career Research Development: $150,000 (1)
• Pilot Research: $50,000 (1)

Partner Grants

• EMF/ENAF/AFFIRM Research Grant: $75,000 (1)
• EMF/CORD Education Research: $25,000 (2)
• EMF/CORD Education Research Starter: $10,000 (2)
• EMF/EMRA Resident: $10,000 (4)
• EMF/EMRA/AFFIRM Resident: $12,000 (1)
• EMF/Medical Toxicology Foundation: $10,000 (1)
• EMF/SAEMF Medical Student: $5,000 (4)
• EMF/NAEMSP EMS Research: $5,000 (3)

Number in parenthesis indicates number of grant awards available