2022 Grant Recipients

Since 1986, the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) has funded more than $55 million in research grants and programs. Below is a list of our 2022 grant recipients.

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2022 Grant Recipients

Jessica Ansari, MD
Mentored Research Training Grant
Primary Mentor: Brian Bateman, MD, MSc
Secondary Mentor: Steven Shafer, MD
Tertiary Mentor: Sean Mackey, MD, PhD
Calcium Chloride for the Prevention of Blood Loss During Intrapartum Cesarean Delivery: A Single Center Randomized Controlled Trial

Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California

Mark Arcario, MD, PhD
Mentored Research Training Grant
Primary Mentor: Wayland W.L. Cheng, MD, PhD
Secondary Mentor: Grace Brannigan, PhD
Understanding Allosteric Modulation of Pentameric Ligand-Gated Ion Channels by Fatty Acids

Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri

Jalal Baruni, MD, PhD
Mentored Research Training Grant
Primary Mentor: Liqun Luo, PhD
Secondary Mentor: Boris Heifets, MD, PhD
Tertiary Mentor:  Scott Linderman, PhD
Deconstructing Serotonergic Modulation of Brain State

Stanford University
Stanford, California

Ruma Bose, MD
Research in Education Grant
Primary Mentor: Robina Matyal, MD, MBBS
Secondary Mentor: Cullen Jackson, PhD
Developing Proficiency in Rescue Echo Guided Crises Management Using a Modular Competency Based Curriculum for Advanced Learners in Anesthesia

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Erin Ciampa, MD, PhD
Mentored Research Training Grant
Primary Mentor: Samir M. Parikh, MD
Secondary Mentor: Philip Hess, MD
Mitochondrial and Metabolic Effectors from the Aging Placenta May Trigger the Onset of Labor

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Odinakachukwu Ehie, MD
Research in Education Grant
Primary Mentor: Christy Boscardin, PhD
Secondary Mentor: Renee Navarro, PharmD, MD
Development and Evaluation of a Longitudinal Diversity Curriculum for Trainees: Applied Behaviors to Confront Unconscious Bias

University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Hina Faisal, MD, MRCS, MBBS
GEMSSTAR Grant
Primary Mentor: Stephen T.C. Wong, PhD
Co-Mentors: Eugene C. Lai, MD; Faisal N. Masud, MD
Virtual Reality-Based Cognitive Intervention For The Prevention of Delirium & Cognitive Impairment In Geriatric Surgical Patients

Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Houston, Texas

Candida Goodnough, MD, PhD
Mentored Research Training Grant
Primary Mentor: Eric R. Gross, MD, PhD
Secondary Mentor: Hemal H. Patel, PhD
Tertiary Mentor: Boris D. Heifets, MD, PhD
Understanding Anesthetic Mechanisms in the East Asian Population

Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California

Dayle Hodge, MD, PhD
Research Fellowship Grant
Primary Mentor: Karina Nakayama, PhD
Secondary Mentor: Nabil Alkayed, MD, PhD
Aligned Collagen Nanofibrillar Scaffolds and Hypoxia Synergistically Drive Endothelial-Mesenchymal Transition

Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, Oregon

Elvedin Lukovic, MD, PhD
Mentored Research Training Grant
Primary Mentor: Charles W. Emala, MD, MS
Secondary Mentor: Shengmin Sang, PhD
Targeting Airway Hyperresponsiveness and Antioxidant Responses in Airway Smooth Muscle by Ginger-inspired Compounds: A Potential Novel Therapeutic Class for Asthma

Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York City, New York

Marsha Ritter-Jones, MD, PhD
Mentored Research Training Grant
Primary Mentor: Kathryn Albers, PhD
Secondary Mentor: Brian Williams, MD, MBA
Tertiary Mentor: Senthil Sadhasivam, MD, MPH, MBA, FASA
The Role of Neuronal-Derived MD-1 on Cutaneous Inflammation

University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Daniel S. Rubin, MD
GEMSSTAR Grant
Primary Mentor: Megan Huisingh-Scheetz, MD
Mentoring Team: Daniel Corcos, PhD; Margaret Danilovich, PhD; Mark Ferguson, MD; Jacek Urbanek, PhD
 At-home Gait-cadence Functional Assessment and Recovery Trajectory for Older Adults Undergoing Major Abdominal Surgery

University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Tori Sutherland, MD, MPH
Mentored Research Training Grant
Primary Mentor: Mark Neuman, MD, MSc
Secondary Mentor: Scott Hadland, MD, MPH
Pain Management, Prolonged Opioid Use and New Chronic Pain Among Adolescents Undergoing Surgery: A Mixed Methods Analysis

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Nabil Thalji, MD, PhD
Mentored Research Training Grant
Primary Mentor: Lindsey George, MD
In Vivo Characterization of the Kinetics of Clot Initiator Termination

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Elizabeth Townsend, MD, PhD
Mentored Research Training Grant
Primary Mentor: Loren C. Denlinger, MD, PhD
Secondary Mentor: Thomas McDowell, MD, PhD
The Role of Alveolar Macrophage-derived Eicosanoids in the Regulation of Airway Inflammation

University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

Additional Grant Information

• FAER Grant Instructions
• Transition to Independence Grant Instructions
• APSF-FAER Mentored Research Training Grant (MRTG) Instructions
• Download the list of all FAER funded grant recipients (1973-2021) (PDF).

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