{"id":78898,"date":"2024-04-29T13:14:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T17:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/?page_id=78898"},"modified":"2025-05-05T13:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T17:12:11","slug":"funding-awardees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/research\/research-funding-administration\/funding-opportunities-for-sargent-faculty-and-students\/funding-awardees\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding Awardees"},"content":{"rendered":"

2025 Awardees<\/h2>\n
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Congratulations to this year’s recipients of Sargent College internal grants!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Clinical Faculty Scholarship Grant<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Hayford Avezdi
\n<\/span><\/b><\/span>Department of Health Sciences
\n<\/span><\/span>Project Title<\/span><\/i>:\u00a0<\/span>ObaaPa: Strengthening Maternal and Child Health Through Digital Innovation<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lisa Brown
\n<\/span><\/b><\/span>Department of Physical Therapy
\n<\/span><\/span>Project Title<\/span><\/i>:\u00a0<\/span>Revising the Clinical Practice Guideline for the Use of Ankle Foot Orthosis and Functional Electrical Stimulation Post Stroke<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Laura Driscoll and Anne Escher
\n<\/span><\/b><\/span>Departments of Physical Therapy\u00a0and Occupational Therapy
\n<\/span><\/span>Project Title<\/span><\/i>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Corrections Officers\u2019 Experiences on an Older Adult Reentry Unit: Impact on Work Satisfaction and Quality of Life\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mary Beth Holmes
\n<\/span><\/b><\/span>Department of Physical Therapy
\n<\/span><\/span>Project Title<\/span><\/i>:\u00a0<\/span>Examining Master Adaptive Learner Characteristics, Learning Strategies, and Academic Success in First-Year DPT Students\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Innovations in Teaching and Learning Grant<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Temor Amin-Arsala
\n<\/span><\/b><\/span>Department of Occupational Therapy
\n<\/span><\/span>Project Title<\/span><\/i>:\u00a0<\/span>Enhancing Clinician-to-Client Reasoning Through a Multimedia Interpersonal <\/span>Reasoning Library<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Student Research Grant<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Kaityn Contino<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
\n<\/span><\/span>Project Title<\/span><\/i>:\u00a0<\/span>Toddler Motor Planning at 2 years as a Predictor of Language Development<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Deirdre Galvin-McLaughlin<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Ph.D. program in Rehabilitation Sciences
\n<\/span><\/span>Project Title<\/span><\/i>:<\/span>\u00a0Improving Access to Augmentative and Alternative Communication Services in Early Intervention Through Tailored Implementation Strategies<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Paris Gappmayr<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Ph.D. program in Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
\n<\/span><\/span>Project Title<\/span><\/i>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Factors Influencing Gaze Patterns During American Sign Language Perception<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Gil Grunfeld<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Ph.D. program in Rehabilitation Sciences
\n<\/span><\/span>Project Title<\/span><\/i>:\u00a0<\/span>Daily Experiences of Loneliness in Early Psychosis Recovery: Exploring Stigma, <\/span>Symptom Burden, And Social Connection<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Xiwen Su<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Ph.D. program in Rehabilitation Sciences
\n<\/span><\/span>Project Title<\/span><\/i>:\u00a0<\/span>Exploring Reaching Kinematics and Cortical Activation in Infants at Risk for <\/span><\/span>Cerebral Palsy<\/span><\/p>\n

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2024 Awardees<\/h2>
<\/p>\n

Clinical Faculty Scholarship Grant<\/h2>\n

Jennifer Bentley, <\/strong>Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Project<\/strong>: Patient Perspectives on Auditory Training: Factors Influencing Awareness, Interest, and Adherence<\/p>\n

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Laura Driscoll, <\/strong>Department of Physical Therapy
Project<\/strong>: The Provision of Healthcare for Older Adults in a Massachusetts Jail: Perspectives from Providers<\/p>\n

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Mary Beth Holmes, <\/strong>Department of Physical Therapy
\nProject<\/strong>: Investigating the Nexus of Pain, Fatigue, Distress, and Patient Expectations: Implications for the Optimization of Physical Therapy Care<\/p>\n

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Leanne Yinusa-Nyahkoon,<\/strong>Department of Occupational Therapy
Project<\/strong>: Moving Occupational Therapy into Perinatal Care: A Proposed OT\/OB Partnership<\/p>\n

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Innovations in Teaching and Learning Grant<\/h2>\n

Caroline Brinkert, <\/strong>Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Project<\/strong>: Teaching the Clinical Application of AI to SLP Graduate Students<\/p>\n

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Lisa Brown, <\/strong>Department of Physical Therapy
Project<\/strong>: Self-Directed Interactive Learning Modules in Neurologic Physical Therapy<\/p>\n

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Student Research Grant<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Chi Whan Choi, <\/strong>Ph.D. program in Rehabilitation Sciences<\/p>\n

Project<\/strong>: Application of Forward Simulation Framework to Predict Gait Biomechanics in Individuals with Obesity<\/p>\n

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Daria Dragicevic, <\/strong>Ph.D. program in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Project<\/strong>: Quantifying Which Acoustic and Kinematic Metrics Drive Listener Perception of Articulatory Imprecision in People with Parkinson\u2019s Disease<\/p>\n

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Yeook Kim,<\/strong>Ph.D. program in Rehabilitation Sciences
Project<\/strong>: Understanding the Associations between Community Participation and Well-being in Autistic Young Adults<\/p>\n

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Sharada Krishnan, <\/strong>Ph.D. program in Rehabilitation Sciences
Project<\/strong>: A Qualitative Investigation of Trauma and Mental Health in Autistic Adolescents<\/p>\n

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Juliana Ronderos, <\/strong>Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Project: <\/strong>Bilingual Parents\u2019 Beliefs and Self-Efficacy Perceptions Influencing Parent-Child Shared Reading<\/p>\n

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Nicholas Siegel, <\/strong>Didactic Program in Dietetics\/Master of Science in Nutrition &amp; Dietetic Internship
Project<\/strong>: Modulation of the Gut Microbiome by Plant-Based Diets and the Associated Risk of Metabolic Syndrome<\/p>\n

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Faculty Collaborative Research Development Grant
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Robin Newman and Dan Fulford, <\/strong>Department of Occupational Therapy
Project: <\/strong>Connection after Cancer: Social Isolation and Loneliness in the Daily Lives of Cancer Surviving Parents of Young Children<\/p>\n

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2023 Awardees<\/h2>
<\/p>\n

Tenure-Track Faculty Research Grant<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Emily Rothman, <\/strong>Department of Occupational Therapy
Project<\/strong>: Abortion law changes and occupational therapy practice in the US<\/p>\n

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Clinical Faculty Scholarship Grant<\/h2>\n

Mary Beth Holmes, <\/strong>Department of Physical Therapy
Project<\/strong>: Exploring the relationship between the therapeutic alliance and patient reported outcome in physical therapy for individuals with knee osteoarthritis<\/p>\n

\n

Karen Hutchinson, <\/strong>Department of Physical Therapy
Project<\/strong>: Can cadence be a proxy measure for exercise intensity post-stroke?<\/p>\n

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Shannon Peters, <\/strong>Department of Health Sciences
Project<\/strong>: A pilot project exploring gender-competent care of folx with eating disorders in LGBTQ+ communities<\/p>\n

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Faculty Innovation in Teaching and Learning Grant<\/h2>\n

Alyssa Boucher and Anne Carney, <\/strong>Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Project<\/strong>: Mini modules: A just-in-time approach to clinical readiness<\/p>\n

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Jesse Moreira, <\/strong>Department of Health Sciences
Project<\/strong>: New course proposal: Clinical measurements of cardiovascular function<\/p>\n

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Student Research Grant<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Erin Carpenter, <\/strong>Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Project<\/strong>: Bilingualism as a cognitive reserve factor: The behavioral and neural underpinnings of cognitive control in bilingual aphasia<\/p>\n

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Kelsey Davison,<\/strong>Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Project<\/strong>: Examining parental oral reading prosody in relation to children\u2019s language and emergent literacy skills<\/p>\n

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Paris Gappmayr, <\/strong>Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Project<\/strong>: The role of sign type, sign familiarity, and signer proficiency on gaze patterns during sign perception<\/p>\n

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Soyoung Lee, <\/strong>PhD program in Rehabilitation Sciences
Project<\/strong>: Cortical function, gait automaticity, and central sensitization in people with knee osteoarthritis<\/p>\n

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Michael Scimeca, <\/strong>Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Project<\/strong>: Assessment of real-time written sentence processing in bilinguals with aphasia<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

2022 Awardees<\/h2>
<\/p>\n

Faculty Research Grant<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Paula Quatromoni, <\/strong>Department of Health Sciences
\n<\/span>Project: <\/strong>Building capacity for web-based dietary assessment methodology<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Faculty Scholarship Grant<\/h2>\n

Lisa Brown<\/strong>, <\/span>Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training
<\/span>Project<\/strong>:<\/strong> K<\/span>ey challenges in functional electrical stimulation clinical practice guideline implementation<\/span><\/p>\n

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Karen Hutchinson, <\/strong>Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training
<\/span>Project<\/strong>:<\/strong> A<\/span>ssessing exercise intensity while walking with sensor-driven musical stimuli post-stroke<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mary Beth Holmes, <\/strong>Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training
<\/span>Project: <\/strong>How do patients participating in physical therapy for musculoskeletal pain conditions experience common non-specific factors in the patient-provider relationship and perceive their influence on outcomes?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Robin Newman,<\/strong><\/span>Department of Occupational Therapy
<\/span>Project<\/strong>:<\/strong> S<\/span>cholarship related to cancer rehabilitation<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Pedro Almeida,<\/strong><\/span>Department of Occupational Therapy
<\/span>Project:<\/strong> D<\/span>eveloping a client-centered, occupational-based joint-protection protocol: the feasibility of the CO-OP approach for clients living with hand osteoarthritis<\/span><\/p>\n

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Faculty Innovation in Teaching and Learning Grant<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Leanna Katz,<\/strong><\/span>Department of Occupational Therapy
<\/span>Project: <\/strong>Video case studies to improve occupational therapy students\u2019 clinical reasoning using the rehabilitation treatment specification system (RTSS)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pedro Almeida, <\/strong>Department of Occupational Therapy
<\/span>Project: <\/strong>Orthotics in real life: bridging the gap between classroom and clinic<\/span><\/p>\n

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Student Research Grant<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Jessica Mow, <\/strong>Department of Occupational Therapy
<\/span>Project:<\/strong> Neural<\/span>\u00a0correlates of social motivation and functioning in schizophrenia<\/span><\/p>\n

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Emily Braun, <\/strong>Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
<\/span>Project:<\/strong> B<\/span>ehavioral and neural examination of spoken discourse production in individuals with aphasia<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nirali Shah, <\/strong>PhD In Rehabilitation Sciences
<\/span>Project: <\/strong>Telehealth exercise and mindfulness for pain in osteoarthritis (TEMPO): a feasibility study<\/span><\/p>\n

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Arti Gandhi, <\/strong>PhD In Rehabilitation Sciences
<\/span>Project:<\/strong> L<\/span>oneliness in schizophrenia: the role of maladaptive social cognitions<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

2021 Awardees<\/h2>
<\/p>\n

Clinical Faculty Scholarship Grant<\/h2>\n

Tatiana Pontes,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Department of Occupational Therapy<\/span>
\nProject:\u00a0<\/strong>Psychometric evaluation of the Occupational Repertoire Development Measure: validity and reliability analysis<\/span><\/p>\n

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Shelly DeBiasse,\u00a0<\/strong>Department of Health Sciences
\nProject:\u00a0<\/strong>Dress Codes for Dietetics Programs: A Discourse Analysis<\/p>\n

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Mary Beth Holmes,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training<\/p>\n

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Lisa Brown,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training<\/span>
\nProject:<\/strong>\u00a0A Survey of Clinical Practice and Perceived Needs of Physical Therapist for the Use of Ankle Foot Orthosis and Functional Electrical Stimulation<\/span><\/p>\n

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Leanne Yinusa-Nyahkoon,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Department of Occupational Therapy<\/span>
\nProject:<\/strong>\u00a0CLOTHES: Clinical Lab of Occupational Therapy and Health Equity at Sargent<\/span><\/p>\n

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Innovations in Teaching and Learning Grant<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Alyssa Boucher,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences<\/span>
\nProject:\u00a0<\/strong>From Infused Curriculum to Explicit Teaching: Toward Effective Pedagogy to Promote Antiracist and Inclusive Practices in Speech-Language Pathology<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dori Hutchinson,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation<\/span>
\nProject:\u00a0<\/strong>LEAD Espa\u00f1ol: A Collegiate Resilience Program for Spanish-speaking BU Students<\/span><\/p>\n

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Anne Sullivan-Soydan,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Department of Occupational Therapy<\/span>
\nProject:\u00a0<\/strong> Empathy Everywhere<\/span><\/p>\n

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Shelley Brown, <\/strong><\/span>Department of Health Sciences<\/span>
\nProject:\u00a0<\/strong>Developing a Strategic Public Health Workforce at the Undergraduate Level<\/span><\/p>\n

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Student Research Grant<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Anna Roto, <\/strong>PhD program in Rehabilitation Sciences, <\/span>Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training<\/span>
\nProject:\u00a0<\/strong>Enhancing poststroke exercise intensity with a gait-restorative soft robotic exosuit: effects on brain-derived neurotrophic factor and motor learning<\/span><\/p>\n

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Katherine Marks, <\/strong>doctoral fellow<\/span>,\u00a0Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences<\/span>
\nProject:\u00a0<\/strong>Validation of a Novel Acoustic Outcome for Adductor Laryngeal Dystonia<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ran Li,<\/strong> PhD in Speech-Language Pathology<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences<\/span>
\nProject:\u00a0<\/strong>Investigation of language impairment and treatment-induced recovery patterns between verbs and nouns in Mandarin-English bilinguals with aphasia<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alexandra Kapadia,<\/strong> PhD in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences,\u00a0<\/span>Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences<\/span>
\nProject:\u00a0<\/strong>Intracortical myelin network organization in dyslexia<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jenna Zajac, <\/strong>PhD program in Rehabilitation Sciences,\u00a0<\/span>Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training<\/span>
\nProject:\u00a0<\/strong>MedRhythms: Analysis of Motor Learning and Impact on Gait Performance in Parkinson Disease
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

2020 Awardees<\/h2>
<\/p>\n

Faculty\u00a0Research Grant <\/span><\/h2>\n

Simone Gill<\/strong>, <\/span>Department of Occupational Therapy
<\/span>Project<\/strong>: Increasing Physical Activity in Adults following Bariatric Surgery<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clinical Faculty Scholarship Grant<\/h2>\n

Dustin Allen<\/strong>, Department of Health Sciences
Project<\/strong>:\u00a0Using a Heat Acclimation Protocol to Increase Simulated Firefighter Performance and Cardiovascular Health<\/p>\n

\n

Magdalen\u00a0Balz<\/strong>, Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
Project:<\/strong> Predictability of cognitive impairment in Parkinson\u2019s disease using discourse analysis<\/p>\n

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Lisa<\/strong> Brown<\/strong>, Department of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training
Project:<\/strong> A Survey of Clinical Practice and Perceived Needs of Physical Therapists for the Use of Ankle Foot Orthoses or Functional Electrical Stimulation to Improve Outcomes Post-Stroke<\/p>\n

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Malwina<\/strong> Carrion<\/strong>, Department of Health Sciences
Project<\/strong>:\u00a0Chagas Disease in Massachusetts: Raising Awareness in At-Risk Populations through a Comprehensive Public Health Campaign<\/p>\n

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Mary Beth<\/strong> Holmes<\/strong>, Department of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training
Project<\/strong>: Empathy in Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) training<\/p>\n

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Elizabeth<\/strong> Hoover<\/strong>, Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
Project:<\/strong> Beyond complete utterances: A pilot study to explore the use of PICA scoring in narratives of people with aphasia<\/p>\n

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Robin<\/strong> Newman<\/strong>, Department of Occupational Therapy
Project<\/strong>: Eliciting Patient and Caregiver Perspectives to Guide Supportive Program Development in Community Based Oncology Settings<\/p>\n

\n

Innovation in Teaching and Learning Grant<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Joan<\/strong> Salge Blake<\/strong>, Department of Health Sciences
Project:<\/strong>\u00a0Plan, produce, and record episodes for the nutrition, health, and wellness podcast, Spot On!<\/p>\n

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Kaytlin<\/strong> Eldred,<\/strong> Department of Health Sciences
Project:<\/strong> HS 4** Advanced Research<\/p>\n

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Craig<\/strong> Slater<\/strong>, Department of Occupational Therapy
Project<\/strong>: Course development for a new \u2018Interprofessional Leadership in Healthcare\u2019 Certificate<\/p>\n

\n

Student Research Grant<\/h2>\n

Ariel<\/strong> Schwartz,<\/strong> Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Project<\/strong>:\u00a0Identifying socially valid content and intervention features for sexuality and sexual health education for young adults with intellectual\/developmental disabilities<\/p>\n

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2025 Awardees Congratulations to this year’s recipients of Sargent College internal grants!\u00a0 Clinical Faculty Scholarship Grant Hayford Avezdi Department of Health Sciences Project Title:\u00a0ObaaPa: Strengthening Maternal and Child Health Through Digital Innovation Lisa Brown Department of Physical Therapy Project Title:\u00a0Revising the Clinical Practice Guideline for the Use of Ankle Foot Orthosis and Functional Electrical Stimulation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23276,"featured_media":0,"parent":61028,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78898"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23276"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78898"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82616,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78898\/revisions\/82616"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}