2025 Pilot Awardees

Enabling Self-Care for Pessary Users in Rural Settings

• Kris Strohbehn, M.D. (Contact Principal Investigator (PI))
  Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
  Dartmouth College

Site PIs:

• Jaime Long, M.D.
  Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
  Penn State

• Catherine Bradley, M.D.
  Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Urology and Epidemiology
  University of Iowa

• Carolyn Swenson, M.D.
  Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
  University of Utah

From Heat Maps to OR Outcomes: Leveraging Privacy-Preserving Geospatial Methods to Assess Extreme Heat Impacts on Surgical Complications

• John F. Pearson, M.D. (Contact PI)
  Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
  University of Utah

• Jill Mhyre, M.D. (Site PI)
  Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
  University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Development of a Virtual Nutrition Lab and Educational Experience: Piloting Immersive Virtual Reality (iVR) with Adolescents Living in Rural Communities

• Sara Maksi, Ph.D. (Contact PI)
  Assistant Professor, Nutritional Sciences
  University of Kentucky

• Courtney Luecking, Ph.D. (Co-PI)
  Assistant Professor, Extension Specialist for Early Childhood Nutrition
  University of Kentucky

• Travis Masterson, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor, Nutritional Sciences (Site PI)
  Penn State

The “PlatfoRm clinICal trIal of patientS on ECMO usIng electrONic health record harvested data” (PRECISION)

Joseph Tonna, M.D. (Contact PI)

Associate Professor, Department of Surgery

University of Utah

Site PIs:

• Todd D. Morrell, M.D.
  Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
  Dartmouth College

• Elizabeth Moore, RN, BSN
  Associate Director, Clinical Operations
  University of Iowa Heart and Vascular Center

• Jonathan Marinaro, M.D.
  Professor and Chief, Center for Adult Critical Care
  University of New Mexico

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