Demystifying the SAEM Foundation Grant Review Process (Grants Committee Sponsored)

Elizabeth Burner, MD, MPH, PhD

SAEM Grants Committee Chair / Associate Professor, Clinical Emergency Medicine

University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine

Dr. Elizabeth Burner is an Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Research Director for the Department of Emergency Medicine, and a Faculty Instructor with the SC-CTSI Workforce Development core. In 2013, Dr. Burner joined the faculty at the Keck School and has worked clinically in the emergency department at the LAC+USC hospital, the Jail Urgent Care based in the LA County Twin Towers Correctional Facility, as well as several community hospitals in the Los Angeles area. Dr. Burner's research interests center on investigating emergent health communication tools to reach health disparity groups, and directing patients to chronic care and medical homes as appropriate. She is committed to engaging patients in healthier lifestyles. She conducts mixed methods research to better understand the viewpoints of marginalized populations, particularly urban Latino immigrants. Her work has been supported by several NIH, institutional, and local grants.

Bryn E. Mumma, MD, MAS

Member-at-Large

University of California, Davis

SAEM has been essential to my own career development, and I would be honored to give back to this organization by serving on the Board of Directors. Emergency Medicine is at a crossroads, as we emerge from the COVID pandemic, face unprecedented clinical volumes, address the recent workforce study findings, educate the next generation of Emergency Medicine physicians, expand into new clinical areas, and drive research that will advance care for our patients. The next SAEM Board of Directors will be influential in shaping our response to these challenges.

I graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the University of Pittsburgh Affiliated Residency Program. I continued my training with a Research Fellowship at UC Davis, where I also earned my M.A.S. degree in Clinical Research, prior to joining the faculty there.

I have been an active SAEM since I was a medical student, and I currently chair two important SAEM committees: the Bylaws Committee and the Grants Committee. On the Bylaws Committee, I have developed a deep understanding of the guiding principles of the organization and commitment required from Board members. As Chair of the Grants Committee, I have also served on the SAEM Foundation Board of Trustees and gained and appreciation for the close relationship between SAEM and the SAEM Foundation. I have also seen firsthand the way in which SAEM has invested in and launched the careers of many junior researchers. My commitment to the organization is further evidenced by my participation as faculty for the Grant Writing Workshop, Research Learning Series, and ARMED Course.

If elected to the Board of Directors, I will engage with my colleagues to advance the SAEM mission and initiatives. First, I will expand national opportunities for collaboration and mentoring to support current and emerging Emergency Medicine researchers and educators. These opportunities are crucial to SAEM achieving its vision of being “the premier organization for developing and supporting academic leaders and shaping the future science, education, and practice of emergency and acute care.” To achieve and maintain this position, SAEM must continue to grow and innovate its programs. Virtual events allow us to harness the energy of the in-person annual meeting and foster connection among SAEM members year-round. Bringing together teams of researchers with the goal of building on existing NIH studies and submitting new applications will increase funding to answer critical research questions in Emergency Medicine.

Second, I will build on SAEM’s progress in increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in academic Emergency Medicine. I am in formal leadership positions involving diversity efforts in my own department as the Chair of our DEI Research Subcommittee and a member of our DEI Executive Committee. A portion of my research portfolio is dedicated to studying health disparities that affect both women and under-represented racial and ethnic minorities, and the majority of my mentees are women and under-represented minorities. I will bring these voices, experiences, and perspectives to the SAEM Board of Directors.

Finally, I will advance SAEM’s initiatives to support EM physician wellness and mental health. COVID brought these smoldering issues to the forefront in a new way, and we have an opportunity to change the conversation around wellness and mental health in a way that benefits not only current but also future EM physicians. As the co-chair of our regional Women in Emergency Medicine Retreat focused on wellness, I developed programming to address imposter syndrome, work-life integration, negotiation, and self-compassion. Discussing these aspects of wellness that disproportionately affect women and under-represented minorities and supporting EM physicians in identifying and addressing mental health needs will allow EM physicians to thrive in their careers.
I would be honored to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of SAEM and appreciate your support.

Sophie Terp, MD

Taylor McCormick, MD, MSc

Denver Health

Colin Greineder, MD, PhD

Dr. Greineder attended the Yale School of Medicine and completed Emergency Medicine residency at the University of Michigan. After a year working in the community, he returned to academia to pursue a PhD in Pharmacology and post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. Throughout this long period of scientific training, Dr. Greineder continued to work as an attending in a variety of academic and community ERs, including UPenn, Thomas Jefferson, Geisinger Medical Center, and the Crozer-Keystone Health System. He was awarded a K08 Career Development award from the NHLBI and returned to Michigan Medicine in 2018 as a tenure track faculty in Emergency Medicine and Pharmacology. Dr. Greineder’s laboratory focuses on development of novel pharmacologic therapies for the treatment of emergent ischemic, thrombotic, and inflammatory disorders. The primary focus is affinity ligand delivery of biotherapeutics to endothelial cells as a means of restoring their homeostatic functions and elucidating their role in disease pathogenesis. Additional interests include pharmacokinetic modeling, coagulofibrinolytic changes in critical illness, and risk stratification and management of venous thromboembolism.