Health Sciences Design and VIP announce seed grant awards
Health Sciences Design
Proposals from more than 10 academic units were among the recipients of the 2023 Catalyst Seed Grants from Vertically Integrated Projects. The focus of the grants was the creation of new undergraduate research opportunities that are embedded in faculty- or staff-led projects.
Applications were open to researchers from any UArizona department, with preference going to interdisciplinary teams involved in long-term, large-scale investigations. The grants were funded by the VIP program’s Provost’s Investment Fund award (fall 2021 cycle), as well as matching funds from the UArizona Health Sciences. The matching funds, under the administration of Health Sciences Design, were included to promote outstanding health- and wellness-related research within the VIP program.
A panel of faculty and staff evaluated the submitted proposals and selected 17 for awards.
Below are the awarded proposals that received Health Sciences matching funds.
Proposal Title: Assessing discharge paperwork in trauma patients and its impact on patient health literacy and health outcomes
PI/Team Leader: Abdul Tawab Saljuqi, MD, DrPH
Proposal Title: Automation in and across expert professions
PI/Team Leader: Daniel Menchik, PhD
Proposal Title: Collaborative Anthropology of Reproduction and the Environment (CARE)
PI/Team Leader: Janelle Lamoreaux, PhD
Proposal Title: DISCAPAZ: Disability experiences in the borderlands
PI/Team Leader: Jacy Farkas, MA, ABD
Proposal Title: Diverse student inquiry in community engaged research: Community gardening programs for melanoma patients as an approach to individual and public health resilience
PI/Team Leader: Meghan Skiba, PhD, MS, MPH, RDN
Proposal Title: Driving undergraduate research to explore the gut microbiome of shelter animals
PI/Team Leader: Kerry Cooper, PhD
Proposal Title: Sleep studies with obstructive sleep apnea
PI/Team Leader: Salma Patel, MD, MPH
Proposal Title: Orthopaedic biomaterials for bone health, healing and regeneration
PI/Team Leader: David Margolis, MD
Proposal Title: Understanding the prevalence, transmission and the epidemiological trace back investigation of Cyclospora cayetanensis in Fresh Produce Growing Regions
PI/Team Leader: Gerardo Lopez, PhD