The Application Process for Foundation Research Funding (Research Committee Sponsored)

Dr. Hogan is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago. She is a national leader in Geriatric Emergency Medicine (GEM), with expertise in emergency pain management, quality improvement implementation, and graduate medical education. Dr. Hogan has recieved extensive funding from private philanthropy in addition to funding from the National Insitutes of Heath. She will discuss the different approaches to private funding, how to seek support through shared mission and goals. She will discuss how to build a successful career building relationship with private funders. Dr. Hogan is a founding member of the Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative and is implementing Geriatric Emergency Department (GED) Guideline based initiatives in the Emergency Departments of hospitals across the United States. Dr. Hogan is a founding member of the American College of Emergency Medicine, GED Accreditation Board of Governors, determining which departments meet standards of excellence in the care of older adults. She is a member of the SAEM Academy of GEM. Dr. Hogan is the co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Geriatric Emergency Medicine, which provides an open- access, peer reviewed, quality education platform enabling providers in all disciplines the evidence needed to improve emergency care of older adults.

Dr. Nicholas Mohr is Professor of Emergency Medicine, Anesthesia Critical Care, and Epidemiology at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. He is also the Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Director of the Rural Telehealth Research Center, which is a collaborative center funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration. Dr. Mohr is interested in novel care delivery models such as telehealth, rural emergency care, and management of critical illness, and his work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Veterans Health Administration, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). 

Dr. Wong is a physician-scientist in the Department of Emergency Medicine, with a focus on teamwork, patient safety, behavioral health, and healthcare disparities. He is the Research Director and Associate Fellowship Director at the Yale Center for Medical Simulation. He also has expertise in qualitative and mixed-methods techniques for health services research.

He received his Bachelor of Science from the University of British Columbia in Microbiology & Immunology in Vancouver, Canada and attended Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. Ambrose obtained his Emergency Medicine residency training at NYU & Bellevue Hospitals Center in New York City, serving as chief resident physician in his final year. He subsequently completed a medical simulation fellowship at NYU School of Medicine & New York Simulation Center for the Health Sciences. He received a Master of Science in Health Professions Education at Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions.

Dr. Wong applies healthcare simulation technology to address workplace violence and improve behavioral care in the emergency setting. He has authored 25 peer-reviewed publications on behavioral emergency care and received an NIH NCATS KL2 & YCCI Scholar Award to implement an agitation code team response intervention. He is the current recipient of multiple federal awards to investigate the use of health IT and patient-centered methods to improve the care of agitation management while maintaining safety of staff and healthcare workers.