Current Awards

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See the full list of projects awarded pilot study funding

2025-2026 Pilot Study Awards

Awardee School/Department Project Title Community Partner

PI: Haowen Hsu, PharmD, MPH

 

Co-I's: 

David M. Jacobs; Robert G. Wahler; Huei-Yen (Winnie) Chen; PhD, Ranjit Singh, MB BChir

 

 

School of Pharmacy 

Department of Pharmacy Practice

A Systems-Level Approach to Strengthening Discharge Communication and Reducing Health Literacy Barriers

Erie County Medical Center

"Team Alice" Learning Lab Community Advisory Board

PI: Jamal Williams, PhD

 

Co-I's:

Sara Lowmaster, PhD; Steven L. Dubovsky; AZA Allsop MD, PhD

Students: Allea Frazier, Deborah A. Frimpong 

Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences 

Department of Psychiatry

 

 Music Mindfulness as an Intervention for  Children with ADHD & Anxiety 

 

 Delavan-Grider Community Center 

PI: Tiffany Jenzer, PhD

 

Co-I's:

Brian Clemency, DO, Renoj Varughese,MD; Joshua Lynch, DO; Kimberly Boulden, PhD, 

Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences 

Department of Emergency Medicine

Increasing African American engagement with opioid use disorder treatment resources through clinical competence training of community professionals: a pilot study

The Medication for Addiction Treatment and Electronic Referrals (MATTERS)

UBMD Emergency Medicine: Division of Telehealth (UBMD Telehealth)

 

PI: En-ling Chen, PharmD, MPH 

 

Co-I's:

Christopher J. Daly, PharmD, MBAGina Prescott, PharmD

School of Pharmacy 

Department of Pharmacy Practice

Bridging Healthcare and Community Systems to Reduce Vaccine Hesitancy Among Socially Vulnerable Populations within Western New York

 

 1) Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Network (CPESN); 2) Tops Friendly Markets: Jamie Keller, PharmD, Pharmacy Clinical Programs Manager; 3) Jericho Road Community Health Center (JRCHC)