Meet the 2021 SAEM Foundation Grantees!

Gifts to the SAEM Foundation fund the most promising researchers and educators in academic emergency medicine.
  • 2021 SAEMF Research Training Grant - $300,000

    Learn more about Taneisha Wilson, MD, ScM the recipient of this year's $300,000 SAEMF Research Training Grant.

    Recipient
    • Taneisha Wilson, MD, SCM

      Brown University / Rhode Island Hospital

  • 2021 SAEMF Research Large Project Grant - $150,000

    Learn more about Masashi Okubo, MD, MS the recipient of this year's $150,000 SAEMF Research Large Project Grant.

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      Masashi Okubo, MD, MS

      University of Pittsburgh

  • 2021 SAEMF Education Research Grant - $50,000

    Learn more about Christine Luo, MD, PhD the recipient of this year's $50,000 Education Research Grant.

    Recipient
    • Christine Luo, MD, PhD

      Christine Luo, MD, PhD

      Oregon Health and Science University

  • 2021 SAEMF ARMED Pilot Grant - $25,000

    Learn more about Bennett Lane, MD, MS the recipient of this year's $25,000 ARMED Pilot Grant.

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      Bennett Lane, MD, MS

      University of Cincinnati

  • 2021 SAEMF Education Project Grant - $20,000

    Learn more about Michelle Lee, MDCM, the recipient of this year's $20,000 Education Project Grant.

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      Michelle Lee, MDCM

      The Hospital for Sick Children

  • 2021 SAEMF/NIDA Mentor-Facilitated Training Award - $12,000

    Learn more about Jennifer Love, MD a recipient of this year's $12,000 SAEMF/NIDA Mentor-Facilitated Training Award.

    Recipient
    • Jennifer Love, MD

      Jennifer Love, MD

      Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

      I am a research fellow in the department of emergency medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. I completed an emergency medicine residency at the University of Pennsylvania and medical toxicology fellowship at Oregon Health & Science University.
  • 2021 SAEMF/NIDA Mentor-Facilitated Training Award - $12,000

    Learn more about Betty Chang, MD a recipient of this year's $12,000 SAEMF/NIDA Mentor-Facilitated Training Award.

    Recipient
    • Betty Chang, MD

      Betty Chang, MD

      New York–Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center

  • 2021 MTF/SAEMF Toxicology Research Grant - $10,000

    Learn more about Cynthia Santos, MD the recipient of this year's $10,000 MTF/SAEMF Toxicology Research Grant.

    Recipient
    • Cynthia Santos, MD

      Cynthia Santos, MD

      Assistant Professor

      Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

  • 2021 SAEMF/AEUS Research Grant - $10,000

    Learn more about Michael Gottlieb, MD the recipient of this year's $10,000 SAEMF/AEUS Research Grant.

    Recipient
    • Michael Gottlieb, MD

      Michael Gottlieb, MD

      Rush University Medical Center

      Michael Gottlieb, MD is the Director of the Emergency Ultrasound Division and the Program Director for the Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship at Rush University Medical Center. He is also the co-creator and Chief Strategic Officer for the Academic Life in Emergency Medicine (ALiEM) Faculty Incubator, as well as the Chair of the ACEP Ultrasound Section and Past-Chair of the AAEM Ultrasound Section. He has authored over 450 peer-reviewed publications and has received over $20 million in federal and foundation funding. He is also an editor for 8 journals, has received numerous top peer reviewer awards, and is a nationally-recognized speaker and educator. His academic interests include medical education, ultrasound, infectious diseases, heart failure, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

       
  • 2021 SAEMF/GEMA Research Pilot Grant - $10,000

    Learn more about Julian Hertz, MD the recipient of this year's $10,000 SAEMF/GEMA Research Pilot Grant.

    Recipient
    • Julian Hertz, MD

      Julian T. Hertz, MD, MSc

      Duke University

  • 2021 SAEMF/Simulation Academy Novice Research Grant - $5,000

    Learn more about Julie Gesch, MD the recipient of this year's $5,000 SAEMF/Simulation Academy Novice Research Grant.

    Recipient
    • Julie Gesch, MD

      Julie Gesch, MD

      The Andrew Levitt Center for Social Emergency Medicine

  • 2021 SAEMF/AWAEM Research Grant - $5,000

    Learn more about Melissa Parsons, MD the recipient of this year's $5,000 SAEMF/AWAEM Research Grant.

    Recipient
    • Melissa Parsons, MD

      Melissa Erin Parsons, MD

      University of Florida

  • 2021 SAEMF/ADIEM Research Grant - $2,600

    Learn more about Jessica Bod, MD the recipient of this year's $2,600 SAEMF/ADIEM Research Grant.

    Recipient
    • Jessica Bod, MD

      Jessica Bod, MD

      Yale University School of Medicine

  • 2021 SAEMF/RAMS Medical Student Research Grant - $5,000

    Learn more about Ai Xin Chen, MD & Elizabeth Scott, MD the recipientd of this year's $5,000 SAEMF/RAMS Resident Research Grant.

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      Ai Xin Chen, MD & Elizabeth Scott, MD

      UCLA-Harbor Medical Center

  • 2021 SAEMF/RAMS Medical Student Research Grant - $2,500

    Learn more about Shashank Somasundaram, BS the recipient of this year's $2,500 SAEMF/RAMS Medical Student Research Grant.

    Recipient
    • Somasundaram Shashank, BS

      Shashank Somasundaram, BS

      Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  • 2020-21 SAEMF COVID-19 Research Grant - $25,000

    Learn more about Bernard P. Chang, MD, PhD the recipient of the 2020-21 $25,000 COVID-19 Research Grant.

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      Bernard P. Chang, MD

      Vice Chair of Research and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

      Columbia University

  • 2020-21 SAEMF COVID-19 Research Grant - $25,000

    Learn more about Evan Bradley, MD, PhD the recipient of the 2020-21 $25,000 COVID-19 Research Grant.

    Recipient
    • Evan Bradley, MD, PhD

      Evan Bradley, MD, PhD

      University of Massachusetts Medical School

  • 2020-21 SAEMF Research Training Grant - $300,000

    Learn more about Taylor McCormick, MD, MSc the recipient of the 2020 $300,000 SAEMF Research Training Grant.

    Recipient
    • Taylor McCormick, MD, MSc

      Taylor McCormick, MD, MSc

      Denver Health

  • 2020-21 SAEMF Research Large Project Grant - $150,000

    Learn more about Paul Musey, MD, MS the recipient of the 2020 $150,000 SAEMF Research Large Project Grant.

    Recipient
    • Paul Musey, MD, MS

      Paul I. Musey, Jr., MD, MSc

      Member-at-Large

      Indiana University

  • 2020-21 SAEMF Education Research Grant - $98,826

    Learn more about Danielle Miller, MD the recipient of the 2020 $98,826 Education Research Grant.

    Recipient
    • Danielle Miller, MD

      Danielle Miller, MD

      Stanford University