Since 1986, the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) has funded more than $58 million in research grants and programs. Below is a list of our 2024 grant recipients.
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Jessica Cassavaugh, MD
Mentored Research Training Grant
Primary Mentor: Simon C. Robson, MB, ChB, FRCP, FAASLD, PhD
Secondary Mentor: Maria Serena Longhi, MD, PhD
Estrogen, Inflammation and Metabolic Health: Estrogen Dependent Signaling is Protective in Metabolic Disease
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Caoimhe Duffy, MD, MSc
APSF-FAER Mentored Research Training Grant
Primary Mentor: Mark Neuman, MD, MSc
Secondary Mentor: Lewis Jay Kaplan, MD
Tertiary Mentor: Meghan Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP
Additional Collaborators: Ellen O'Sullivan, MD, FCAI; Justin B. Ziemba, MD, MSEd; Rui Feng, PhD
Resilience Training to Prevent Intubation Harm: The One Safe Act-Airway Study
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Melissa Hector-Greene, MD, PhD
Mentored Research Training Grant
Primary Mentor: Kory Lavine, MD, PhD
Secondary Mentor: Michael J. Greenberg, PhD
Pathogenic Mechanisms of R190W Mutation in LMNA-Associated Cardiomyopathy
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri
Michael Kazior, MD
Research in Education Grant
Primary Mentor: Susan Martinelli, MD, FASA
Additional Collaborator: Fei Chen, PhD, MEd, MStat
Development and Effect of an Electronic Learning Module on Defibrillator Competence in Anesthesia Providers
Richmond Institute for Veterans Research
Richmond, Virginia
Sara Neves, MD
Research in Education Grant
Primary Mentor: Robina Matyal, MD
Secondary Mentor: Feroze-Ud-Din Mahmood, MD
Developing Automaticity in Invasive Procedures: Novel Application of an Immersive Virtual Reality (VR) Simulator
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
John Park, MD, PhD
Mentored Research Training Grant
Primary Mentor: Soban Umar, MD, PhD
Secondary Mentor: Mansoureh Eghbali, PhD
Targeting LYSYL-OXIDASE-LIKE-2 in Right Ventricular Remodeling Secondary to Pulmonary Hypertension
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
*Partially funded by the Society of Academic Associations of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine (SAAAPM)
Joseph Scarpa, MD, PhD
Mentored Research Training Grant
Primary Mentor: Olivier Elemento, PhD
Secondary Mentor: Peter Goldstein, MD
Tertiary Mentor: Joshua Mincer, MD, PhD
Additional Collaborators: Luis Diaz Jr., MD; Peter Kuhn, PhD
The Response of Circulating Tumor Cells to Surgical Resection and Intraoperative Ketamine in NonSmall Cell Lung Cancer
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York
Po-Yi Paul Su, MD
Mentored Research Training Grant
Primary Mentor: Zhonghui Guan, MD
Secondary Mentor: Judith Hellman, MD
Activating Transcription Factor 3: The Link Between Nerve Regeneration and Persistence of Post-Surgical Pain?
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California
E. Railey White, MD, PhD
Transition to Independence Grant
Novel Molecules as a Window to Anesthetic Mechanisms
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Xiao Lu Zhang, PhD, DO
Research Fellowship Grant
Primary Mentor: Aftab Ahmad, PhD
Pathogenic Role of Extracellular Vesicles in Aspiration-Induced Acute Lung Injury
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama
Contact the FAER office at (630) 912-2554 or [email protected].
Curated by: BH
Last updated by: BH
Date of last update: September 25, 2024