Monica Aswani

One of the winners of the 2025 SHP Research Pilot award was Monica Aswani, DrPH, Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Services Administration. Her project is titled: “Effects of Section 1115 Waivers to Eliminate Retroactive Medicaid Eligibility.” The total award is $20,000.

Cátia Martins

One of the winners of the 2025 SHP Research Pilot award was Cátia Martins, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition Sciences. Her project is titled: “Ketogenic diets for weight loss maintenance: Impact on energy expenditure and appetite in individuals with obesity.” The total award is $20,000.

Laurie Malone

One of the winners of the 2025 SHP Research Pilot award was Laurie Malone, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy. Her project is titled: “Exploring Perspectives of Adults After Stroke Regarding Access to and Engagement in Community Greenspace Using Photovoice Methodology Guided by the Social Ecological Model.” The total award is $20,000.

Jessica Denton

One of the winners of the 2025 SHP Education Innovation Grant is Jessica Denton, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences. The title of her project is “Development of a Novel Virtual, Case-based Shadowing Experience for Prospective Genetic Counseling Students.” Total amount of the grant is $7,500.

Leandra Celaya

One of the winners of the 2025 SHP Education Innovation Grant is Leandra Celaya, MSc, Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Services Administration. The title of her project is “Developing a high reliability certificate program to expand interprofessional continuing education offerings in SHP.” Total amount of the grant is $7,500.

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.

Erin Blanchard

One of the winners of the 2024 SHP Education Innovation Grant is Erin Blanchard, PhD, Assistant Professor 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.

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.

Alexandra Evancho

Co-Investigators: Keith McGregor and Jamie Tyler

Title: Enhancing Neurorehabilitation with Neuromodulation for individuals with Parkinson’s Disease

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

Megan Carpenter

Title: Preparing Students for Interprofessional Service Learning for Clients with Traumatic Brain Injury

Elizabeth Wylie

Title: Preparing Students for Interprofessional Service Learning for Clients with Traumatic Brain Injury

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.