2023 Pilot Awardees

Developing thermal imaging as a biomarker to augment “remote visits” where physical exams are not possible

• Philip M. Polgreen, MD, MPH (Lead)
  Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine
  University of Iowa
  

• Stephen Waller, MD
  Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine
  University of Kansas Medical Center

Program Implementation Barriers and Facilitators for Adapting Better Exercise Adherence after Treatment for Cancer (BEAT Cancer) in Racially and Ethnically Diverse Rural Cancer Survivors

• Benjamin C. Amick, PhD
  Associate Dean for Research & Proessor of Epidemiology
  University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  

• Cindy Blair, PhD, MPH
  Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
  University of New Mexico
  

• Jessica Gorzelitz, PhD
  Assistant Professor, Health and Human Physiology
  University of Iowa
  

• Jaimi L. Allen, PhD, CHES
  Instructor in Epidemiology, College of Public Health
  University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  

• Jure Baloh, PhD, MHA
  Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health
  University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  

• Cristobal Francisco Calvillo Martinez, PhD
  Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Overcoming barriers to clinical trial enrollment- creation of culturally competent recruitment strategies for rural, underserved patients with bladder cancer

• Patrick J. Hensley, MD (Lead)
  Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, Pathology
  University of Kentucky
  

• Eugene K. Lee, MD
  Associate Professor, SUO Fellowship Director, Department of Urology
  University of Kentucky
  

Lung Pathophysiology and its Impact on Cognitive Dysfunction

• Sean B. Fain, PhD (Lead)
  Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Radiology
  University of Iowa
  

• Peter Niedbalski, PhD
  Research Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
  University of Kansas Medical Center

Defining, Developing and Disseminating Effective Team Responses for Patient Prejudice Towards Perioperative Physicians through Simulation and Cognitive Task Analysis

• Michael Andreae, MD, PhD (Lead)
  Professor of Anesthesiology
  University of Utah
  

• Karen Dickinson, MBBS, BSc, MD
  Director of Inter-professional Simulation and Clinical Skills Education
  University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  

• Anita Fernander, PhD
  Professor & Executive Diversity Officer, Family & Community Medicine
  University of New Mexico
  

Overcoming barriers to researching drug checking technologies: Fentanyl test strips in evolving community and policy environments

• George Pro, PhD (Lead)
  Assistant Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
  University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  

• Megha Ramaswamy, PhD
  Professor, Population Health
  University of Kansas Medical Center