2023 Dr. George F. Haddix President’s Faculty Research Fund Awardees
The Dr. George F. Haddix President’s Faculty Research Fund was established to support and enhance the research and scholarly work of full-time faculty at Creighton University. We had 23 proposals submitted from faculty in nearly all of our schools and colleges, both in Omaha and Phoenix. We encourage proposals from new investigators, for new initiatives, focused on the scholarship of teaching and learning, and from interdisciplinary teams.
The following proposals have been awarded:
New Investigator/New Direction
“The Influence of Stroke on the Preparation and Initiation of Shoulder Movement - Evidence from STARTLE”
Rosalind Heckman, PT, DPT, PhD, Physical Therapy
“Development of Nice Counselor Syndrome Scale”
Jiwon Kim, PhD, Education
“The Houndsman, A Novel-in-Progress”
David Mullins, MFA, English
“Longitudinal Assessment of Simulated Surgical Training using Similarity Network Models”
Elham Rastegari, PhD, Accounting and Business Intelligence Analytics
“Quantifying Upper Extremity Motor Performance for Infants with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy to Define Intervention Dose-Response Relationships”
Kimberley Scott, PT, DPT, PhD, Physical Therapy
“Development of Lipid-Polymer Hybrid Nanoparticles of HDAC Inhibitors for Treatment of Retinitis Pigmentosa”
Surabhi Shukla, PhD, Pharmacy Sciences
“The Experience of Pharmacist Burnout: Explaining Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Theory Development”
Mark Siracuse, PharmD, PhD, Pharmacy Sciences
“Mechanism of Aminoglycoside Transport into the Vestibular System”
Peter Steyger, PhD, Biomedical Sciences
Interdisciplinary Teams
“TAKAI: Teaching Human Anatomy with Artificial Intelligence”
Manuel Cevallos, MD, Medical Education
Steven Fernandes, PhD, Computer Sciences, Design and Journalism
“Creighton Women's Health Initiative”
Lesley Conrad, MD, FACOG, Obstetrics and Gynecology
“Significant Student Debt: Creighton Occupational and Physical Therapists Alumni Debt Context”
Brenda Coppard, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Occupational Therapy
“Cognition, Brain, and Intensity Outcomes Associated with High-Intensity Interval Training in Older Adulthood”
Rashelle Hoffman, PT, DPT, PhD, GCS, Physical Therapy
“Implementation of Pharmacogenomic Testing to Improve Mental Health Outcomes: An Interdisciplinary Team Approach”
Trina Walker, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, Nursing
“Infectious Disease Department PCN Skin Testing”
Kelsey Witherspoon, MD, Medicine