Stanford Emergency Medicine Department Seed Grants

Since 2020, Stanford University’s Department of Emergency Medicine has awarded seed grants that encourage early-career physician-scientists in the department to explore new territories in emergency medicine.

  • Emergency Department Avoidance and Delays in Seeking Care Among LGBTQ+ Adults: A National Cross-Sectional Study
    Elaine Hsiang, MD

  • Identification of Characteristics in Prehospital Pediatric Seizure Management Using Natural Language Processing
    John Su, MD

  • Assessing the Impact of a Novel Hybrid Ultrasound Training Program on Clinical Decisions in the Emergency Department at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali
    Michelle Feltes, MD

  • Development and Validation of a Tele-Palpation Device for Remote Abdominal Examinations
    Dong-hao Yao, MD

  • Impact of Challenges to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) on Healthcare System Costs and Expenditure
    Pierre-Carole Tchouapi, MD

  • Diversity Characteristics Improve ACS Screening Predictions for Vulnerable Populations when Screening for STEMI
    Gabrielle Bunney, MD

  • Promoting Emergency Physician Retention: Strategies for Inclusion and Structural Transformation (PERSIST)
     Serena Hua, MD; Sally Mahmoud-Werthmann, MD

  • Female Altitude Physiology - Exploring Progesterone’s Role in Acute Mountain Sickness
    James Marvel, MD; Patrick Burns, MD

  • CompassionNet: Universal Screening for Care Needs
    Nick Ashenburg, MD; David Kim, MD

  • A Pediatric Emergency Department-Based Program to Prevent Violence Against Youth
    Preeti Panda, MD

  • Linkage to Care of At-Risk Emergency Department Patients
    Christianna Sim, MD; Ayesha Khan, MD

  • The Impact of restrictive state abortion law on Emergency Physician clinical practice
    Monica Saxena, MD, JD

  • Development of a Pregnancy Disclosure and Options Counseling Curriculum
    Carl Preiksaitis, MD

  • A Study to Evaluate the Impact of a Pilot Mentorship Mobile Application for UIM Emergency Medicine Residents
    Sally Mahmoud-Werthmann, MD

  • Performance of Nasal Alar Pulse Oximetry Probe in Aeromedical Transport 
    Alfredo Urdaneta, MD

  • Using Augmented Reality to Improve Learner Familiarity with Pediatric Resuscitation Carts
    Sara Krzyzaniak, MD

  • Real-Time Time-to-Event Analytics at the Emergency Department Bedside
    Dev Dash, MD

  • A Novel Application of Motion Analysis Software to Assess the Current State of Social Distancing Practices Among Visitors to Yosemite National Park
    James Marvel, MD

  • Development of a Novel Deep Learning Algorithm for the Classification of Emergency Department Renal Point of Care Ultrasound
    Ting Xu Tan, MD; Youyou Duanmu, MD MPH