Grants and Awards

• Community Foundation of Greater Flint is a community foundation that provides personal service and local expertise to deliver the greatest impact for charitable giving.
• Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan offers grants, scholarships and awards to those who aim to improve the quality of life for Southeast Michigan residents.
• Council of Michigan Foundations is a nonprofit association of more than 350 Michigan grantmakers.
• DMC Foundation supports projects that promote health, wellness or community vitality in Metro Detroit.
• The Ethel and James Flinn Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation that helps improve the quality of mental health services in Michigan.
• Kalamazoo Community Foundation is a community foundation working to to advance racial, social and economic justice.
• Michigan Health Endowment Fund works to improve the health of Michigan residents and reduce the cost of health care. 
• Michigan Women’s Foundation is a public, statewide foundation devoted to improving the lives of women and girls.
• Otsego Community Foundation is a nonprofit organization that collaborates with donors to help build a stronger community. 
• Portage Health Foundation is a nonprofit community organization that supports the health needs of residents in Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon counties.
• The Skillman Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation that develops good schools and good neighborhoods for children.
• Superior Health Foundation is a grant-giving organization with a mission to assist Upper Peninsula residents with unmet health care needs, with health education, and with programs and research on preventing illness and promoting health.

• Michigan Department of Health and Human Services provides services for people who have a mental illness or a developmental disability, and services for people who need care for substance use disorder.

• The Annie E. Casey Foundation is a  private charity dedicated to building better futures for disadvantaged children.
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation is a foundation dedicated to reducing health disparities.
• The Commonwealth Fund is a private foundation working toward a high performance health system.
• Council on Foundations is a national nonprofit association of more than 1,700 grantmaking foundations and corporations.
• The David & Lucile Packard Foundation is a foundation that works to improve the lives of children, families, communities and our planet.
• The Fetzer Institute is an institute that fosters awareness of the power of love and forgiveness in our global community.
• Grantmakers in Health is a nonprofit organization that helps grantmakers improve the health of all people.
• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is a nonprofit, private foundation that provides information on the major health care issues facing the U.S.
• The Jed Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to protecting mental health and preventing suicide for teenagers and young adults.
• The John A. Hartford Foundation is a foundation dedicated to improving health care for older Americans.
• The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is an independent foundation committed to building a better world.
• Kresge Foundation aims to improve arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services, and community development in urban areas.
• The National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to transforming health care through evidence and collaboration.
• The Pew Charitable Trusts is an independent nonprofit dedicated to improving society.
• The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation is a foundation focused on active lifestyles for kids and preparing them for success, as well as caregivers and entrepreneurship and economic development.
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is a foundation dedicated to improving the health and health care of all Americans.
• The Steve Fund is a nonprofit that focuses on the mental health and emotional well-being of young people of color.
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation is a foundation that helps vulnerable children.

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is the health services research arm of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
• National Institutes of Health is the largest public funder of health research in the world. 
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation.

Annals of Surgery (lww.com)
Private Equity Investment in Surgical Care
Justin Dimick, MD

Ophthalmology Science 
Demographic and Metabolic Risk Factors Associated with Development of Diabetic Macular Edema among Persons with Diabetes Mellitus

Dr. Anjali Shah

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Journal
Utilizing Rapid Hydrogen Peroxide Generation from 6-Hydroxycatechol to Design Moisture-Activated, Self-Disinfecting Coating
Dr. Bruce P. Lee/Ms. Seyedehfatemeh Razaviamri

Effect of Beta Blockers on the Hemodynamics and Thrombotic Risk of Coronary Artery Aneurysms in Kawasaki Disease
J. of Cardiovasc. Trans.
Res. Alireza Asadbeygi

A preliminary study of intensive transgender-specific cultural competency training: Implications for social workers and psychologists who work with rural transgender clients
Journal of Gay & Lesbian 
Jared Boot

Understanding Dying Concerns in Parents with Advanced Cancer (PWAC) with Dependent Children for their Co-Parent: A Phenomenological Study
The Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing 
Cinzia Caparso

Training Michigan School Providers (Nurses And Mental Health Specialists) In Pediatric Pain Management Strategies: Increasing Access To Care In Rural Communities
Journal of Pain
Natoshia Cunningham, Ph.D.

Cervical Health in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Women’s Health Reports 
J. Patricia Dhar, MD

Life after "no": barriers to behavior change for persons declined hernia repair due to high-risk features
Surgical Endoscopy
Anne Ehlers, MD

Understanding refugee and immigrant health literacy and beliefs toward antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology 2023; 3(1): e175.
Joseph Ladines-Lim, MD

Eye Banking: Ongoing Impacts of the Pandemic
Cornea 
Onkar Sawant, PhD

Reducing Ileostomy Readmissions: Using Implementation Science to Evaluate the Adoption of a Quality Improvement Initiative
Diseases of the Colon and Rectum 
Pasithorn Suwanabol, MD

B - 23 The Effects of Family Functioning on Medication Adherence in Pediatric Cancer Patients
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
Kaitlin Tuinstra

Effect of aortic curvature on bioprosthetic aortic valve performance.
J. Biomech Eng.
Brennan Vogl

Trust and distrust in low‐income Michigan residents during the early COVID‐19 pandemic: A qualitative study
Health Expect 
Gavisha Waidyaratne    

Factors associated with mental health treatment among Michigan Medicaid enrollees with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, 2012–2015
General Hospital Psychiatry 
Kara Zivin, PhD     

Oral Health Recovery: A Peer-Delivered Oral Health Intervention for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities
Psychiatric Services

Dr. Adrienne Lapidos

Right ventricular dysfunction in acute heart failure from emergency department to discharge: Predictors and clinical implications; The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Nicholas Harrison, MD

Point‐of‐care echocardiography of the right heart improves acute heart failure risk stratification for low‐risk patients: The REED‐AHF prospective study; Academic Emergency Medicine
Nicholas Harrison, MD

Aster proteins mediate carotenoid transport in mammalian cells; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Onkar Sawant, PhD

Something fun to look forward to: lessons from implementing the Prescription for Health farmers’ market initiative in rural upper Michigan; Health Promotion Practice
Michelle Seguin, MD

Initiating gender-affirming hormones for transgender and non-binary people: A qualitative study of providers’ perspectives on requiring mental health evaluations; PLOS ONE
Daphna Stroumsa, MD, MPH

Michigan men’s diabetes project (MenD): protocol for a peer leader diabetes self-management education and support intervention; BMC Public Health
Jaclynn Hawkins, PhD

Congenital cytomegalovirus infection; BMJ Group
Megan H Pesch, MD

Development and implementation of preoperative optimization for high-risk patients with abdominal wall hernia; JAMA Network Open
Ryan Howard, MD

The impact of surgeon adherence to preoperative optimization of hernia repairs; The Journal of Surgical Research
Ryan Howard, MD

Post-acute care utilization and episode of care payments following common elective operations; Annals of Surgery
Ryan Howard, MD

The impact of surgeon adherence to preoperative optimization of hernia repairs; Journal of Surgical Research
Ryan Howard, MD

The impact of nonpharmacological interventions on patient experience- opioid use- and health care utilization in adult cardiac surgery patients: protocol for a mixed methods study; JMIR Research Protocols
Alexander A Brescia, MD

Test-retest consistency of hippocampal subfields volumetric measures in a developmental sample: implications for longitudinal developmental studies; Journal of Neuroscience Research
Roya Homayouni

High-risk prescribing of controlled medications; BMC Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Cynthia Arfken, PhD

Congenital cytomegalovirus infection presenting with hyperbilirubinemia and splenomegaly in a term infant with trisomy 21; Case Reports in Pediatrics
Megan H Pesh, MD

SARS-CoV-2: is it the newest spark in the TORCH?; Journal of Clinical Virology      
Megan H Pesh, MD

Improving obstetric provider congenital cytomegalovirus knowledge and practices; Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Megan H Pesh, MD

Hospital and surgeon variation in 30-day complication rates after ventral hernia repair; The American Journal of Surgery
Ryan Howard, MD

Statewide approaches to drug shortages; The Oncologist             
Andrew Shuman, MD

Happy@Home: training personal care aides to administer online therapy for depression in homecare seniors; Research on Social Work Practice
Xiaoling Xiang, PhD

Antibiotic use during pregnancy and antibiotic resistance in offspring; PLOS ONE
Sarah Comstock, PhD

Brain health: attitudes towards technology adoption in older adults; Healthcare
Raza Haque, MD

Sarcopenia as a predictor of survival and morbidity in spinal metastasis; Neurosurgery
Ankush Chandra, BS, MS