Brick Builder Grant Winners 2025
Empowering Global Medical Education
The Brick Builder Grant is a ScholarRx initiative empowering educators and students worldwide to create innovative, free, open-access digital learning modules, or "Bricks," focused on underrepresented medical topics. By providing essential tools and support, the grant aims to revolutionize global medical education through innovation.
What do winners receive?
- $500 in funding
- Free access to the ScholarRx curriculum authoring platform and the Rx Bricks digital library
- Expert training and support from ScholarRx
2025 Grant Winners
We are excited to announce 50 winners from 47 institutions across 9 countries who will be using the Brick Builder Grant to develop innovative medical educational resources.
| NAME | INSTITUTION | BRICK TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| Abigail Gilbert | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Decoding the ANA: A guide to antinuclear antibody testing |
| Abigail Oyedokun | College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria | Heat, Floods, and Fevers: A Clinical Guide to Climate-Responsive Healthcare |
| Adam Burch | East Carolina University | Post-Translational Processing of Proteins |
| Alexis Woida | Medical College of Wisconsin | Complex Care Medical Technology |
| Amelie Oshikoya | Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine | Unlocking Hidden Pathways: Empowering Medical Students to Explore Underrepresented Specialties |
| Andrew Binks | Virginia Tech University | Understanding and Managing Dyspnea: an acute sign and a chronic symptom |
| Athena Reich | Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine | Fertility and Family Planning in Transgender and Gender-Diverse Patients |
| Billie Ruden | University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine | Specialty Snapshots - a useful tool for both students and advisors |
| Bryan Nicolalde | Norwalk Hospital | Tailoring obesity treatment: Anti-obesity medications, endoscopic, and surgical treatments |
| Charles Gullo | Gullo Consulting (self) and West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (Co-Author) | Experiential learning Bricks for student and faculty with emphasis on TBL and PBL. |
| Connie Wong | Lane Medical Library | From Search Results to Strong Evidence: A Guide to Critical Appraisal |
| Deeksha Sikri | Wake Forest University School of Medicine | The "X" syndrome- Deconstructing a Novel and Fictional Disease with Foundational Sciences |
| Desiree Franco Lugo | Anahuac Mexico University/ Osmosis Medical Education Fellowship Program | Healthcare Management |
| Eman mahmoud | national liver institute | Smart Infection Control: Leveraging Data and Technology for Real-Time Decision Making |
| Emelia Moore | Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine | Exercise Physiology |
| Emma Cowles | Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine | Impacts of Urban Living on Health |
| Evergiste Singizwa | University of Global Health Equity | Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: A Clinical Overview with Global Perspectives |
| Gabrielle Walcott-Bedeau | St. George's University | First Encounters: Trauma-Informed Communication in Healthcare |
| Henry Moon | Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University | Generative AI in Medical Education: Applications, Ethics, and Best Practices |
| Hien Thi Thu Ngo | Phenikaa School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Phenikaa University | Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica and Silicosis Prevention in Emerging Industries |
| Ian Schultheiss | Lincoln Memorial University - DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine | Using 3D Printing to Develop Accurate Models for Anatomic Education |
| Itisha Jefferson | Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine | Inclusive Dermatology: Enhancing Care for Individuals with Disabilities |
| Jane Newman | Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine | Biochemistry-Physiology Integrated Basic Sciences Bricks |
| Janet Kennedy | Western New England University | Rewired: Understanding Addiction Through Brain Chemistry and Human Experience |
| Jennifer Panczyszyn | Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV | Neurodivergent Communication in Clinical Encounters: Identification, Application, Connection Skills |
| Jennifer Ross | Boston Children's Hospital | Identifying, Managing, and Treating Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents |
| Jill Forbess | Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine, Belmont University | Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome |
| Jim Fiordalisi | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Organizational principles of applied autonomic pharmacology |
| Joshua Owolabi | Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine | PCOM | The Mind- Generative AI Collaboration for Optimizing Learning |
| Jyotsna Needamangalam Balaji | Panimalar Medical College Hospital & Research Institute | Red Flag Prescribing: Understanding Drug Contraindications Across Common Clinical Conditions |
| Katerina Venderova | Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine | Disability Inclusion and Accessibility in Medical Education and in Medicine |
| Kathryn Eisenmann | University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences | Public Health of Oncology |
| Kirsten Porter-Stransky | University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville | Lifestyle Medicine for Brain Health |
| Lamese Saab | Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine | The Biochemistry and Health Impacts of Sugar Alcohols |
| Linda Chang | University of Illinois Chicago | Clinical Pharmacogenomics |
| Miklos Fogarasi | Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University | Cancer Survivorship in Primary Care |
| Mustafa Alshareefi | University of Baghdad, College of Medicine | Open Pedagogy in Health Professions Education |
| Ou Zhang | California University of Science and Medicine | Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) |
| Paul Langevin | Rocky Vista University Montana College of Osteopathic Medicine | Greenman's Dirty Half Dozen in Failed Low Back Syndrome |
| Peter Barbosa | San Juan Bautista School of Medicine | Autoimmune Disorders (any of 18 - see below) |
| Ritesh Soule | McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston | Hearts Divided: The Rivalry that Reshaped Medical Ethics and Professionalism |
| Samiksha Prasad | Nova Southeastern University, College of Allopathic Medicine | Providing Care for Neurodivergent Individuals |
| Samridhi Arora | Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi | Intersexuality Explained: From Genes to Gender Respect |
| Sarah Saffa | Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences | Principalism and Biomedical Ethics |
| Sumitra Miriyala Miriyala | Kirksville College of Medicine | Introduction to Machine Learning in Medical Diagnostics and Decision-Making |
| Tafline Arbor | Wake Forest School of Medicine | Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education: A Beginner's Guide |
| Tetyana Cheairs | New York Medical College | Environmental Toxicology. Role of environmental chemicals in human disease |
| Tipsuda Junsanto-Bahri | Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine | Dermatology Fundamentals: Sun Safety, Cancer Screening, Treatment, and Patient Empowerment |
| Tuoen Liu | West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine | Targeted therapy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) |
| Yanfei Qi | Duquesne University College of Osteopathic Medicine | Acute (abortive) and preventive (prophylactic) treatments for migraines |