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Past recipients of the AME Mentored Innovations Award

2024-2025 AME Medical Education Award

Harmony in Anatomy: A Collaborative Exploration of Cardiac Insights through Integrative Porcine Dissection
Cheen Alkhatib, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine
AME Mentor: Sarah Keim, PhD
Professor, Surgery

Student Research Mentorship Program (SRMP)
Lyndsey Kilgore, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Surgery
AME Mentor: Christa Balanoff M.D. 
Associate Professor, Surgery

Scholarship, Enrichment, and Enhancement: Developing Areas of Distinction for Medical Students
Dorothy Hughes, PhD
Assistant Professor, Population Health
Laurel Witt, M.D.
Associate Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health
AME Mentor: Joseph Fontes, PhD
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Antibiotic Stewardship for Medical Students: An AI and App-Based Approach
Rachel Sigler, DO, MPH
Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases
AME Mentor: Jessica Newman, DO, FACP, FIDSA
Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases

2023-2024 AME Medical Education Award

Culinary Medicine SER Week Curriculum for Medical Students
Marissa Love, M.D.- PI
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
AME Mentor: Margaret Smith, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine & Community Health

Beyond the Feedback: A Student-Directed CBCL Review Committee
Jessica Newman, DO- PI
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
AME Mentor: Joseph Fontes, PhD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Assessing the Impact of Dual Roles in Medical Education: Perspectives from Student-Parents
Tessa Rohrberg, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine- Wichita
AME Mentor: Kari Nilsen, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine- Wichita

2021-2022 AME Medical Education Award

Understanding Medical Student Perceptions of the Learning Community in Achieving Structural Competency
Carrie Francis, M.D.- PI
Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
AME Mentor: Margaret Smith, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine & Community Health

Re-evaluation of the Clinical Objective Measures: Creating an OSCE through the eyes of RIME
Jennifer Fink, M.D.- PI
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
AME Mentor: Jessica Newman, DO
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

Experiential Learning and How Medical Students Choose a Specialty (ELMSS study)
Erin Hecker, M.D.- PI
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
AME Mentor: Scott Moser, M.D.
Associate Dean for Curriculum, Professor of Family & Community Medicine- Wichita

2020-2021 AME Medical Education Grant

The Relationship Between Medical Student Enrichment Activities and Entrustable Professional Activities
Dorothy Hughes, Ph.D., MHSA- Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health- Kansas City
AME Mentor: Tyler Hughes, M.D.
Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery

Enhancing Developmental Disability Education for Medical Students
Leni Swails, Ph.D. - Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics- Kansas City
AME Mentor: Buddy Poje, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences- Kansas City

KU School of Medicine

University of Kansas Medical Center
KU School of Medicine Office of Medical Education
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Mailstop 1055
Suite 3056 Robinson Hall
Kansas City KS 66160
Phone: 913-588-8220
Fax: 913-588-7235