Research Learning Series (RLS) - What Your Research Team Wishes You Knew

Moderator: Cole Ettingoff, MPH

Panelists: Julie Stilley, PhD, Rebecca Cash, PhD, NPR, and Valerie Mika, MS

 

Objectives:  

  1. Recognize the important role of non-clinical researchers within emergency medicine research and the wealth of knowledge they offer

  2. Identify best practices for optimizing working relationships between clinical and non-clinical researchers

Authors

  • Cole Ettingoff, MPH

    Medical Student

    Trinity School of Medicine

    Cole Ettingoff is a medical student at Trinity School of Medicine. He serves on several SAEM committees, chairs the ACEP Social EM Section working group on program evaluation and implementation, and leads several projects within NAEMSP. Prior to medical school, Cole worked in public health; first for the city of San Francisco, where his focus was on social determinants of health and improving quality of care. Then, in Montgomery County, Maryland, Cole helped lead the county-wide COVID task force and helped build a mobile integrated health program. He has been active in several leadership roles in the American Public Health Association and the American Association of Public Health Physicians, including chair of APHA's 2024 Symposium on Responding to Behavioral Health Emergencies. He is passionate about improving the quality of care for acute conditions in the prehospital and ED settings. He has a special interest in integrating the principles of EM, EMS, and public health in embracing EM's role as the ultimate safety net to collaborate and offer improvements for health outcomes.

  • Julie A. Stilley, PhD

    Director of EM Research

    University of Missouri

    Julie Stilley, PhD, is an Assistant Research Professor at the University of Missouri and the Director of Emergency Medicine Research. Originally trained as a traditional bench scientist, she was invited to restructure the Research Division in the Department of Emergency Medicine in the School of Medicine. There she facilitates all aspects of research from state-wide EMS programs, grant-funded projects and collaborations, medical student and resident research mentorship, and investigator-initiated or sponsored clinical trials. She has experience in a wide variety of research activities, but finds mentorship most rewarding.
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    Rebecca Cash, PhD, NPR

    EM Researcher

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Rebecca E. Cash, PhD, NRP is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School and research staff at Massachusetts General Hospital. She completed her PhD in Epidemiology at The Ohio State University, during which she was an EMS Research Fellow at the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians. As an epidemiologist and health services researcher, Dr. Cash’s research focuses on occupational health and safety of the emergency medical services workforce and prehospital care for high-stakes, time-sensitive clinical conditions.
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    Valerie Mika, MS

    Administrative Director for Research

    Wayne State University

    Valerie Mika is the Director of Clinical Research Operations in the Department of Emergency Medicine Research at Wayne State University. She overlooks operations at Detroit Receiving Hospital, Sinai Grace Hospital, and Harper University Hospital.   She has been working in the Department for the past 16 years.  She received her B.S. in Biomedical Physics with University Honors and her M.S. in Biomedical Engineering at Wayne State University. Valerie has helped submit three large NIH funded consortium grants that have been funded in the department. She is currently finishing up her PhD in Biomedical Engineering.  Valerie’s passion is emergency research.

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