SHP Faculty Grants
The SHP Faculty Grant call for applications is open!
Submit an Application
Submit an application, as a single PDF, via email with a subject line: SHP RESEARCH PILOT or SHP EDUCATION INNOVATION GRANT – (PROJECT LEADER LAST NAME) to
Thank you,
Office of Associate Dean for Research and Innovation
Available Grants
Research Pilot Grant
This grant will provide an award of up to $25,000 for up to two years. Award recipients will be faculty from SHP departments with new research ideas, those establishing new collaborations, and/or those needing more preliminary data to be competitive for externally funded grants. Faculty are expected to be working toward an identified externally funded grant mechanism.
Education Innovation Grant
This grant will provide an award of up to $15,000 for one year. Award recipients will be SHP faculty who are developing new approaches, strategies, technology, and student experiences to enhance student learning, creativity, productivity, and cognitive skills.
2024 Winners
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Harshavardhan Singh (Research Pilot)
Harshavardhan Singh
The winner of the 2024 SHP Research Pilot award was Harshavardhan Singh, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy. His project is titled: “Feasibility and response of loaded high intensity circuit training (LOHIC) on dynamic balance in adolescents with cerebral palsy.” The total award is $25,000.
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Erin Blanchard (Education Innovation)
Erin Blanchard
One of the winners of the 2024 SHP Education Innovation Grant is Erin Blanchard, PhD, Assistant Professor in in the Department of Health Services Administration. The title of their project is “Examining stress response in Physician Assistant students using virtual reality simulation.” Total amount of the grant is $6,800.
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Samantha Giordano-Mooga (Education Innovation)
Samantha Giordano-Mooga
One of the winners of the 2024 SHP Education Innovation Grant is Samantha Giordano-Mooga, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences. The title of her project is “Developing undergraduate resilience to increase retention of future healthcare workers.” Total amount of the grant is $5,900.
2023 Winners
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Alexandra Evancho (Junior Faculty Grant)
Alexandra Evancho
Co-Investigators: Keith McGregor and Jamie Tyler
Title: Enhancing Neurorehabilitation with Neuromodulation for individuals with Parkinson’s Disease
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Seung-Yup (Joshua) Lee (Interdisciplinary Collaborative Grant)
Seung-Yup (Joshua) Lee
Co-Investigators: Bunyamin Ozaydin, Leslie Hayes, Steven Howard, Jane Banaszak-Holl
Title: Data-Driven Decision Support to Proactively Prioritize Diabetes Cases in the Face of a Staffing Shortage
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Megan Carpenter (Education Innovation)
Megan Carpenter
Title: Preparing Students for Interprofessional Service Learning for Clients with Traumatic Brain Injury
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Elizabeth Wylie (Education Innovation)
Elizabeth Wylie
Title: Preparing Students for Interprofessional Service Learning for Clients with Traumatic Brain Injury
2022 Winners
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Abdulaziz Ahmed (Junior Faculty Research)
Abdulaziz Ahmed
The winner of the 2022 SHP Junior Faculty award was Abdulaziz Ahmed, PhD. Assistant Professor in Health Services Administration. Dr. Ahmed’s project is titled: “A machine learning framework for addressing emergency department over-crowding problem”. The total award is $25,000.
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Wei Li (Outstanding Collaborative Unit)
Wei Li
One of the winners of the 2022 SHP Outstanding Collaborative Unit award is Wei Li, PhD. Associate Professor in Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences' Physician Assistant Studies program. The title of their project is “Differentiating Alzheimer’s disease from healthy subjects using plasma elemental profile.” Total amount of the grant is $25,000.
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Muhammad Maqbool (Outstanding Collaborative Unit)
Muhammad Maqbool
One of the winners of the 2022 SHP Outstanding Collaborative Unit award is Muhammad Maqbool, PhD. Associate Professor in Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences' Health Physics program. The title of their project is “Differentiating Alzheimer’s disease from healthy subjects using plasma elemental profile.” Total amount of the grant is $25,000.
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Tino Unlap (Outstanding Collaborative Unit)
Tino Unlap
One of the winners of the 2022 SHP Outstanding Collaborative Unit award is Tino Unlap, PhD. Associate Professor in Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences' Biotechnology program. The title of their project is “Differentiating Alzheimer’s disease from healthy subjects using plasma elemental profile.” Total amount of the grant is $25,000.
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Valley McCurry (Education Innovation)
Valley McCurry
One of the winners of the 2022 SHP Education Innovation Grant is Valley McCurry, PhD, MBA, OTR/L, Assistant Professor in Occupational Therapy. The title of their project is “Interprofessional acute care hospital simulation-based learning activity.” Total amount of the grant is $16,000.
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Tara Pearce (Education Innovation)
Tara Pearce
One of the winners of the 2022 SHP Education Innovation Grant is Tara Pearce, PT, DHS, Associate Professor in Physical Therapy. The title of their project is “Interprofessional acute care hospital simulation-based learning activity.” Total amount of the grant is $16,000.
2021 Winners
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Haiyan Qu (Outstanding Collaborative Unit)
Haiyan Qu
The winner of the 2021 SHP Outstanding Collaborative Unit Grant Award was Dr. Haiyan Qu from the Department of Health Services Administration. Dr. Qu’s project is titled “Development of a Home-Based Multimodal Prehabilitation Program for Potential Liver Transplant Candidates.” Dr. Qu will provide an update of her progress at a spring, 2022 SHP Town Talk.
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Matthew Ithurburn (Junior Faculty Research)
Matthew Ithurburn
The winner of the 2021 SHP Junior Faculty Research award was Dr. Matthew Ithurburn from the Dept. of Physical Therapy. Dr. Ithurburn’s project is titled: “Temporal Associations Between Daily Physical Activity and Daily Pain in Individuals with Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome: A Pilot Study.” Dr. Ithurburn recently accepted a position as Director of Clinical Research at the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham and was unable to complete the project at UAB. However, we know he will be doing great research in his new position.