First Cohort of Neuro-EM K12 Scholars Funded
The Neuro-EM Scholars Program is pleased to announce that it will fund four scholars starting in 2025. These scholars successfully competed for funding by submitting a K12 grant proposal, then interviewing with program leaders during the inaugural Neuro-EM Retreat in December 2024. Scholars will receive up to three years of K12 funding to support their research and career development, with 75% of their effort dedicated to research and research training.
The funded scholars are:
Adesuwa Akhetuamhen, MD, MS (Emory University School of Medicine): “Health Informatics and Design Thinking to Improve Emergency Department-Based Prevention of Stroke in Populations with Hypertension”
Madeleine M. Puissant, MD, PhD (MaineHealth Institute of Research): “Cardiac Dysfunction and Inflammation after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH) – Interaction of Adrenergic and Neuregulin Signaling Pathways”
Regina Royan, MD, MPH (University of Michigan): “Localizing Delays in Prehospital Care of Patients with Acute Stroke”
Jonathan Tam, MD (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine): “Quantifying Frailty in Acutely Brain Injured Patients and Discovering Modifiable Mediators of Poor Outcome”
The overall Neuro-EM K12 Program and three of the scholars are funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), while one scholar in this first cohort is funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA). Future Neuro-EM scholars may also be funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
Get Involved in the Neuro-EM Scholars Program
Neuro-EM research and career development webinars will begin this spring and will be open to anyone. Those interested can sign up using our contact form to be notified once webinars are scheduled.
Early career emergency medicine physicians (senior residents, fellows, or first- or second-year faculty members) interested in performing research focused on neurological disorders commonly treated in the pre-hospital and emergency department settings may be eligible for the either the Neuro-EM Pipeline Program or the K12 Scholar Program. The next round of Pipeline nominations and K12 grant applications will be due in Fall 2025 (September / October), and the next Neuro-EM Retreat will take place from December 2-5, 2025.