Research
Grant
Research Grant Application and
Information
(includes
Eligibility, Procedure for Submission of Application,
Application Checklist, and the Grant
Application.)
The Research Grant winner of 2004 was
awarded to Carmen Dooley. Read about the
research...
CANNP awarded a Research Grant
for the first time at the 2004 conference. The
recipient was Carmen Dooley from MUSC.
The research grant is awarded to an active member of CANNP
who is engaged in a research project. The project must be
IRB approved prior to applying for the
grant.
Carmen
offered the following update about the research that she
won the grant for. :
Five NNPs at MUSC were involved in the development and
implementation of a research study on secondary surfactant
deficiency and are listed as co investigators. These
NNPs are:
- Cheryl Carson
- Robin
Bissinger
- Mary Kay
Colliton
- Margaret
Conway-Orgel
- Carmen Dooley.
- The primary investigator and mentor is
Dr. Doe Eichler.
With Dr. Eicher’s assistance,
the five NNPs created the research design, applied
for and obtained IRB approval and implemented the
study. These five NNPs obtained consent from parents
for the study as well. The entire NNP team at MUSC
was involved in the implementation of the study.
Patients had to be screened, data was collected and
infants were dosed when surfactant was indicated. The
entire NNP team took responsibility for
this.
In the study, we gave surfactant to infants who were
over 7 days of life and had a qualifying respiratory
decompensation. Infants received two doses of
surfactant 12 hours apart. The data is currently
being analyzed.
Dr.
Eicher will be speaking about secondary surfactant
deficiency and the preliminary results of the study
at the annual neonatal pharmacology conference
offered through MUSC and the CON in Charleston. This
year's conference dates are Nov.
14-16.
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