Pilot Grant Recipients - Round #142 Matt Ryan Fund (12/2024)

3 awards funded
  • Disparities In Health-Related Quality Of Life Following Left Ventricular Assist Device (Lvad) Implantation: Mitigating Individual And Social Determinants ($50,000)
    • PI: Joshua L. Chan, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgical Director, ECMO Program, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
    • Co-I: Neal W. Dickert, MD, PhD, Thomas R. Williams Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology (Secondary), Interim Director, Emory Health Services Research Center, Director, Network Capacity Core and Recruitment Center, Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance
    • Lead Research Fellow: David A. Herbst, MD, Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellow, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
    • Research Fellow: Clayton J. Rust, MD, General Surgery Resident, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
    • Research Assistant: Lucy Avant, BS, Medical Student, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Investigating the Role of Racial Bias in Selection of Deceased Organ Donors and Heart Transplant Outcomes Cancer ($50,000)
    • PI: Raymond Givens, MD, PhD, FACC, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine
    • Co-I: Lakshmi Sridharan, MD, FACC, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
  • Improving Sex and Racial Disparities in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation  ($50,000)
    • PI: Christine Tompkins, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Cardiology, Division of Electrophysiology
    • Co-I: Neil Bhatia, MD; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Division of Electrophysiology
    • Consultant: Neal Dickert, MD, PhD; Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Cardiology; Interim Director, Emory Health Services Research Center
    • Database Support Team: Vishnu Kumar, MPH; Informatics Analyst, Emory University Office of Information Technology
    • Statistical Support Team: CC Cheng, Analyst, Emory Health Services Research Center