 Nineteen projects received amounts ranging from nearly $1,000 to
more than $73,000. Ten grants went to Southern Illinois University
School of Medicine and the remaining nine to projects that enhance
education, research, technology and patient care throughout Memorial
Health System.
Since 1984, the foundation has distributed an estimated $7.5
million in health-related grants. The deadline for the next round of
grant applications is Nov. 1.
"These grant applications are outstanding initiatives that will
help advance patient care, education and clinical research that will
benefit the people and communities we serve," said Elena Kezelis,
the foundation's executive director.
The grant recipients are:
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SIU School of
Medicine/Memorial Health System: $73,340 to buy two lifelike
human simulators for the SIU surgical skills lab in the Memorial
Center for Learning and Innovation.
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Mental Health
Centers of Central Illinois: $70,780 to expand integrated
depression care in primary care to the Springfield physician
clinic locations of Memorial Physician Services. A previous
foundation grant helped to embed therapists in Memorial
Physician Services' locations in Petersburg and Lincoln.
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SIU School of
Medicine Urology Department: $58,900 to fund a pilot study of
biomarkers and their response to platinum-based chemotherapy as
a prelude to developing personalized treatment options for
patients with bladder, ovarian, fallopian tube and peritoneal
cancer.
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SIU School of
Medicine Department of Plastic Surgery: $39,476 to study the
quality of life after discharge for patients from Memorial
Medical Center's Regional Burn Center and their use of mobile
applications.
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SIU School of
Medicine Internal Medicine Department: $31,826 to study the
management of chronic non-cancer pain. Funding will provide for
the development of educational videos, tablet acquisition,
survey development and analysis, and conduct of group sessions.
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SIU School of
Medicine: $30,685 to fund a randomized clinical trial using a
prophylactic antiviral drug for burn patients with herpes
simplex virus, which can complicate burn recovery via infection,
delayed wound healing, pain and scarring.
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SIU School of
Medicine Department of Plastic Surgery: $27,937 to continue
advancements in tissue engineering by developing a novel hair
follicle stem cell transplant system for individuals who suffer
from male pattern baldness.
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Memorial Medical
Center's Infection Prevention and Control Department: $21,840 to
implement digital wound photography and provide team members
with an efficient and objective wound assessment. It will
decrease nursing resources and supplies currently used to change
dressings multiple times for each health care provider to
visualize the wound.
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Memorial Center
for Learning and Innovation: $17,105 to support needs in the new
facility scheduled to open in early 2015.
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SIU School of
Medicine: $16,762 to help fund a randomized, controlled
international clinical trial of 400 patients (six sites in the
United States and Canada, including SIU) who undergo carpal
tunnel surgery.
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SIU School of Medicine: $16,740 to fund
a study to compare the effectiveness of treatment-as-usual
models with a living-well public health strategy that uses
weekly in-home caseworker visits in the management of mental
health patients between 18 and 55 years old who have had two or
more emergency room visits within six months for psychiatric
complaints.
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SIU School of
Medicine Department of Vascular Surgery: $15,367 to conduct a
pilot study of 20 patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty in
order to evaluate changes in calf muscle pump function.
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Memorial Medical
Center's Nursing Administration: $8,350 to fund an all-day
conference for Memorial nursing team members about
medical-surgical nursing and management of changing patient
conditions and bedside emergencies.
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Memorial Medical
Center's Nursing Operations: $8,350 to fund a one-day
comprehensive critical care conference for registered nurses and
other professional colleagues to share evidence-based practices
in critical care units at Memorial.
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Memorial Medical
Center's Social Services/Case Management Department: $7,500 to
host a summit to encourage new relationships between local
agencies and physician offices, to encourage development of new
services to fill community gaps, and to streamline and demystify
the referral processes. Memorial and the Sangamon County Medical
Society intend to convene this summit annually.
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SIU School of
Medicine Department of Plastic Surgery: $2,251 to buy a device
for use in conjunction with fat-grafting surgery to provide a
safe and effective alternative for breast construction in
appropriate patients.
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Memorial Medical
Center's Nursing Research Council: $2,205 to provide funding for
the 2014 Nursing Research Council conference titled "Celebrating
20 Years of Nursing Excellence: A Tapestry of Research."
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Memorial Medical
Center's Food and Nutrition Department: $2,128 to purchase three
iPads for inpatient registered dietitians to improve bedside
nutrition services.
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Memorial Medical Center's Division of
Nursing: $999 to certify critical care and progressive care
nurses through The American Association of Critical Care Nurses.
The Memorial Medical Center Foundation secures financial support
and awards grants for health-related services that benefit people
served by Memorial Health System, its affiliates and other
not-for-profit community organizations.
The foundation makes grants only to central Illinois
organizations with 501(c)(3) classifications in communities served
by Memorial Health System. Grants are not awarded to individuals.
For more information about the foundation's programs and services
or its grant application process, call 217-788-4700. Information and
grant applications also are available on the foundation's
website at
MemorialMedicalFoundation.com.
The foundation's officers are Bridget L. Lamont, chair; Rob
Pietroburgo, vice chair; Ann Coombe, secretary; Gary D. Neubauer,
treasurer; Robert W. Kay, assistant treasurer; and Edgar J. Curtis,
president.
Other board members are R. Lee Allen, Geri Lynn Arrindell,
Virginia Conlee, Dr. David L. Griffen, Jennifer Isringhausen,
Cherrilyn Mayfield, J. William Roberts, Henry Dale Smith Jr., Val
Yazell and Dr. Donald H. Yurdin.
[Text from file received from
Memorial Health System] |
