Dean’s Intramural Grants Program Award Recipients
Congratulations to the SHP Dean’s Intramural Grant Award Recipients
2025-2026 Grant Award Recipients
Seed Research Grant
These are 1-year awards in the amount of $35,000 each.
Zhaomeng Niu, Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Informatics, Jean-Francois Daneault, Associate Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences, and Rahul Mittal, assistant professor on the Department of Health Informatics.
Dean’s Intramural Collaborative Educational Innovation Pilot Grant
This is a 1-year award in the amount of approximately $25,200 each.
PI: Rahul Mittal, Assistant Professor Health Informatics
Co-PI: Barbara Tafuto, Assistant Professor Health Informatics
2024-2025 Grant Award Recipients
Seed Research Grant
This are 1-year awards in the amount of $35,000 each.
Dr. Young Hwa Michelle Chang, Assistant Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences and Dr. Qinyin Qiu, Assistant Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences for their project, “Enhancing Rehabilitation Outcomes in Cerebral Palsy through Gamified Multidisciplinary Interventions: Integrating Speech and Upper Extremity Motor Therapy.”
Bridge Research Grant
This is a 1-year award in the amount of $35,000.
Dr. Shristi Rawal, Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical and Preventive Nutrition Sciences for the project titled, “Leveraging game-based mHealth to limit excessive weight gain and retention among pregnant women with overweight and obesity”.
Dean’s Intramural Collaborative Educational Innovation Pilot Grant
This is a 1-year award in the amount of approximately $35,000 each.
Dr. SunHee Jang Eissenstat, in Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions and Ni Gao,Professor in the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions for the project, “Nourish Your Mind with AI-Powered Simulation.”
Dr. Ken Gill, professor in Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions, Dr. Ann Murphy, Assistant Professor in Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions, Dr. Michelle Zechner, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions for the project, “Building Enhanced Treatment through Engagement and Responsiveness to People with Mental Illness (BETTER-MI).”
2023-24 Grant Award Recipients
Seed Research Grant
These are 1-year awards in the amount of $35,000 each.
Dr. Suchismita Ray, associate professor in the Department of Health Informatics for her project, “Mindfulness Oriented Recovery Enhancement as an Adjunct to Buprenorphine Medication in Opioid Use Disorder.”
Dr. Soha Saleh, assistant professor in the Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences for her project, “Personalized Neuromodulation to treat motor and cognitive symptoms in aging population.”
Bridge Research Grant
This is a 1-year award in the amount of $35,000.
Dr. Weili Lu, associate professor in the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions for the project titled, “Navigating Higher Education: Telehealth Transdiagnostic CBT and Supported Education for Post-Secondary Students with Mental Health Conditions.”
Teaching Innovation Award
This is a 1-year award in the amount of $3,000.
Bhagavathi Ramamurthy, assistant professor and Claire O’Connell,
associate professor in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies and Practice for the project, “A novel integrated simulation exercise to foster an interprofessional approach to patients with renal disease.”