Grants

Dr. Heavner has been involved in several grant-funded research projects, including the following:

  • Heavner MS (Primary Investigator), Chen XY, Smith SE, Keats K, Seckel M, Martin G, Sikora A (Co-Investigators). Optimizing Pharmacist Team-Integration for ICU patient Management (OPTIM). American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Foundation Optimizing Technology Solutions Innovation Grant, $29,999. 2024-2025. Percent effort, 3%.
  • Smith SE (Primary Investigator), Chen XY, Heavner MS, Keats K, Sikora A (Co-Investigators). Impact of critical care pharmacy board certification on quality of care and outcomes of critically ill patients: a planned analysis of the Optimizing Pharmacist-Team Integration for ICU patient Management (OPTIM) cohort. Board of Pharmacy Specialties Seed Grant, $5,000. 2023-2025. Percent effort, 0.
  • Sikora A (Primary Investigator), Smith SE, Keats K, Heavner MS (Co-Investigators). Optimizing Pharmacist Team-Integration for ICU patient Management (OPTIM): an exploration of pharmacist-to-patient ratio. American College of Clinical Pharmacy Critical Care Practice & Research Network Multidisciplinary Research Network Grant, $15,000. 2023-2024. Percent effort, 0.
  • Tisherman SA (Primary Investigator), Morris N, Archibald M, Chui SH, Heavner MS, Neustein B, Price R, To K, Craft S (Co-Investigators). In-situ, interprofessional simulation to improve the response to rapidly deteriorating patients. University of Maryland Medical Center Innovation Challenge Grant, $125,000. 2021-2023. Percent effort, 0.
  • Verceles A (Primary Investigator), Wickwire E, Rogers V, Gonzales J, Heavner MS, Dorsch J (Co-Investigators). Assessing the relationship of sleep and circadian pattern to incidence of delirium in older critically Ill patients. University of Maryland Baltimore Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging Pilot Funds for Aging Research, $5,000. 2017-2018. Percent effort, 0.
  • Gonzales J (Primary Investigator), Shah N, Wilson T, Dixon R, Davenport J, Yeung SY, Heavner MS, Tisherman S (Co-Investigators). A new era of “see one, do one, teach one.” Using an interprofessional education module to learn, teach, and optimize the treatment of sepsis. University of Maryland Baltimore Interprofessional Education Seed Grant, $15,000. 2017-2018. Percent effort, 0.