2025-26 Medical Education Innovation Grants awarded to four faculty and trainees

The Department of Medicine (DOM) Education Committee recently awarded Medical Education Innovation Grants to four department faculty and trainees for 2025-2026.

The Medical Education Innovation Grants provide up to $20,000 to DOM faculty members or learners for educational projects that either support developing key skills in teaching, program development, scholarship, and career development, or enhance the practice skills of all learners and educators in clinical settings.

This year’s Innovation Grant recipients are:

• Kelly Biermann, DO, fellow, Lindsay Taylor, MD, MS, assistant professor, and Jessica Tischendorf, MD, MS, assistant professor, all Infectious Disease - “Exploring Antimicrobial Decision Making Among Trainees and Providers to Inform Targeted Interventions to Optimize Outcomes for Vulnerable Patients”
• Jon Leja, MD, clinical assistant professor, Geriatrics and Gerontology, and Jennifer Woodard, MD, clinical assistant professor, Hospital Medicine and Geriatrics and Gerontology - “Mixed Learner Simulation for Geriatric and Clinical Teaching Skill Development” (funding will come from the Stern Family Geriatrics Fund)
• Sameer Mathur, MD, PhD, associate professor, Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine - “Enhancing Clinical Education with National Partnerships”
• Gabriel Moreno, MD, PG-2, internal medicine residency, and Alexandra Wick, MD, clinical assistant professor, Hospital Medicine - “Development of a Role-Reversal and Standardized Patient Simulation to Teach Residents Effective Communication Practices with Patients Who Have Limited English Proficiency”

Congratulations to all!

Article updated 5/16/25 to reflect Dr. Jennifer Woodard as co-PI with Dr. Jon Leja, and again on 5/19 to more accurately reflect the source of funding for their project.