EM Research Seed Grants
Funding the next idea in Arizona EM.
$1,000 awards to AzCEP members pursuing emergency-medicine research. Past winners back to 2011.
About the program
How it works
The AzCEP EM Research Seed Grant is a $1,000award open to AzCEP members — residents, fellows, attendings, and medical students with a faculty advisor — pursuing original research in emergency medicine. Awards have funded everything from rural ultrasound education to opioid-mortality work to refugee ED utilization studies. Applications open annually each fall; Education Committee reviews in December, awards announced late January.
Apply for the next cycle →Past awardees
24 grants funded across 15 years
2025
1 award
Dignity Health / CUEVA
Impact of continuous glucose monitoring on metabolic health in a cohort of Emergency Medicine physicians
Dr. Jessica Diaz
AzCEP mentor: Seneca Carrillo, MD; Sara Dimeo, MD, MEHP
2024
1 award
COPA
Heat-related ED visits dispatch location retrospective review (summer 2023)
Megan McElhinny, MD; Paul Pugsley, MD; Beth Mangin, MD; Scott Austin, MD
2023
1 award
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Challenges and Successes in Introducing Coronary CT Angiography in an Emergency Medicine-Run Observation Unit
Catherine Williams; Robert Kelly; Bri Tomlinson; Matthew Van Ligten; Charis Wang
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2022
1 award
Abrazo
Caring for Emergency Department Patients in Immigration Custody
Dr. Amy Kristensen
AzCEP mentor: Dr. Ilana Mayer
2021
4 awards
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Return Rates for Opioid versus Nonopioid Management of Patients with Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department
Zachary Ginsberg; Summer Ghaith
AzCEP mentor: Dr. Rachel Lindor
Ginsberg Z, Lindor RA, Campbell RL, Ghaith S, et al. Return Rates for Opioid versus Nonopioid Management of Patients with Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department. J Emerg Med. 2023 Apr;64(4):e1-e10. PMID: 36997433. Follow-on publication: Ghaith S, Campbell RL, Ginsberg Z, McElhinny M, et al. Characteristics, Interventions, and Outcomes for Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Abdominal Pain. Acad Emerg Med. 2026 Jan. PMID: 40764816.
Read the paper →Valleywise
Virtual training for EM residents in Maputo, Mozambique
Dr. Anisa Mughal
AzCEP mentor: Dr. Pat Connell
Presentations
- Mughal A. Virtual Training for EM Residents in Maputo, Mozambique. AzCEP Annual Meeting, August 2022.
- Mughal A. Virtual Training for EM Residents in Maputo, Mozambique. African Conference on Emergency Medicine (AfCEM), Accra, Ghana. 2022.
- Mughal A. Virtual Training for EM Residents in Maputo, Mozambique. Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress (MEMC), 2022. (tentative, pending confirmation)
Valleywise
Refugee ED utilization and clinic follow-up review
Dr. Katrina Lettang; Dr. Ellen Dowling
AzCEP mentor: Dr. Megan McElhinny
Valleywise
Nitroglycerin effects on venodilation for IV access
Dr. Richard Cunningham; Katherine Barlow
AzCEP mentor: Dr. Geoff Comp
2020
3 awards
UofA EM/Peds
Pediatric mental health ED utilization analysis
Dr. Jeremy Gneck
AzCEP mentor: Dr. Hillary Franke
Kingman
Low-cost ultrasound media comparison
Dr. Sasha Reid
AzCEP mentor: Dr. Heesun Choi
Creighton University Arizona Health Education Alliance / Maricopa EM Residency
Interfacility Patient Transfers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Methods Study
Michael B. Henry, MD
AzCEP mentor: Geoff Comp, DO, FACEP
Henry MB, Funsten E, Michealson MA, Albright D, Crandall CS, Sklar DP, George N, Greenwood-Ericksen M. Interfacility Patient Transfers During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Methods Study. West J Emerg Med. 2024 Sep. doi:10.5811/westjem.20929. PMID: 39319807.
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2019
1 award
MMC
Resident mentorship of student interpreters for minority recruitment
Dr. Megan McElhinny; Dr. Kimberly Weidenbach; Dr. Richie Cunningham; Hong Chen; Monica Sadhu
AzCEP mentor: Dr. Carl Mitchell
2018
1 award
UofA, South Campus
STORM: Stemming the Tide of Opioid Related Mortality in Arizona
Dr. Michael Wyman
AzCEP mentor: Dr. Mazda Shirazi
2017
1 award
MMC
Adult emergency department naloxone education and prescription program: Video and pamphlet education comparison
Dr. Chea; Dr. Carter Powell; Dr. McElhinny
AzCEP mentor: Dr. Kara Geren
McElhinny M, Chea K, Carter-Powell A, Mishler A, Bhattarai B, Geren K. Adult emergency department naloxone education and prescription program: Video and pamphlet education comparison. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2021 Aug;127:108346. doi:10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108346. PMID: 34134864.
Read the paper →Presentations
- Chea KM, Carter Powell AE, McElhinny ML, Thomas AM, Mishler A, Bhattarai B, Geren KI. The Fill Rate of Naloxone Prescriptions after Video v Written Education Programs. Western Society of Emergency Medicine Oral Presentation, Sonoma, CA. March 2019.
- McElhinny M, Chea KM, Carter Powell AE, Thomas AM, Mishler A, Bhattarai B, Geren KI. Video v. Pamphlet in Encouraging Take-home Naloxone. Arizona Public Health Association Spring 2018 Conference Poster Session, Phoenix, AZ. March 2018.
- McElhinny M, Chea KM, Carter Powell AE, Thomas AM, Mishler A, Bhattarai B, Geren KI. The Fill Rate of Naloxone Prescriptions after Video v Written Education Programs. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting Poster Presentation, Philadelphia, PA. November 2019.
2016
1 award
UofA, Tucson Campus
The Effects of Dexamethasone on the Time to Pain Resolution in Dental Periapical Abscess
Dr. Georgia Perrian
AzCEP mentor: Dr. Noah Tolby
Baumann GP, Robertson WL, Guinn A, Curtis K, Phillipi M, Truitt MS, et al. The Effects of Dexamethasone on the Time to Pain Resolution in Dental Periapical Abscess. J Emerg Med. 2021 Apr;60(4):420-428. doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2020.12.007. PMID: 33483197.
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2015
2 awards
MMC
Geolocalization of Influenza Outbreak Within an Acute Care Population: A Layered-Surveillance Approach
Dr. Vijay C. Kannan
AzCEP mentor: Dr. Carl Mitchell
Kannan VC, Hodgson N, Lau A, Goodin K, Roach R, Pournouri S, Sotelo M, Karunamuni N, Karthikeyan KK, Spaite DW, Bobrow BJ. Geolocalization of Influenza Outbreak Within an Acute Care Population: A Layered-Surveillance Approach. Ann Emerg Med. 2016 Nov;68(5):605-613. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.04.012. PMID: 27772674.
Read the paper →Banner UMC
Sonographic approach for diastolic dysfunction identification
Dr. Elaine Situ-LaCasse
AzCEP mentor: Dr. Srikar Adhikari
2014
2 awards
UofA
Biological markers of acute fracture in children
Dr. Clifford Ellingson
AzCEP mentor: Dr. Dale Woolridge
MMC
Nebulized vs. IM epinephrine for acute allergic reactions
Dr. Jennifer Prosser; Dr. Ryan McDermott; Dr. Hannah Malashock
AzCEP mentor: Dr. Brad Butler
2013
2 awards
MMC
IV ibuprofen and morphine combination for renal colic
Dr. Pedro Roque
AzCEP mentor: Dr. Dan Quan
MMC
Measuring and improving cardiopulmonary resuscitation quality inside the emergency department
Dr. Chris Crowe
AzCEP mentor: Dr. Ben Bobrow
Crowe C, Bobrow BJ, Vadeboncoeur TF, Dameff C, Stolz U, Nuño T, Sotelo M, Spaite DW. Measuring and improving cardiopulmonary resuscitation quality inside the emergency department. Resuscitation. 2015 Aug;93:8-13. doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.04.031. PMID: 25963706.
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2012
2 awards
UofA, South Campus
Ketamine and morphine vs. morphine alone for acute pain
Dr. Javia Larsen
AzCEP mentor: Dr. Matthew Berkman
MMC
Lung ultrasound for pneumonia diagnosis by non-experts
Dr. Pedro Roque; Dr. Anne Klokow
AzCEP mentor: Dr. Teresa Wu
2011
1 award
UofA
Internal training module impact assessment (grant unused)
Dr. Stephen Charbonneau; Dr. Whitney Kiebel
AzCEP mentor: Dr. Dale Woolridge