Who We Are Funding

Since 1986, the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) has funded more than $59 million in research grants and programs. Below is a list of our 2025 grant recipients.

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2025 Grant Recipients

Dieter Adelmann, MD, PhD*
Mentored Research Training Grant
Primary Mentor: Matthieu Legrand, MD, PhD, Msc
Secondary Mentor: Sachin Kheterpal, MD, MBA
Tertiary Mentor: Nicholas Douville, MD, PhD
Additional Collaborator: David Chen, PhD
Perioperative Blood Pressure Management in Kidney Transplantation: Variations in Practice Patterns and their Association with Graft Outcomes

University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

*Dr. Adelmann is designated as the 2025 Alison Cole, PhD, Mentored Research Training Grant Awardee, with his grant partially funded by the the Alison Cole, PhD, Fund.

Brittany Burton, MD, MHS, MS
SOAP-FAER Mentored Research Training Grant
Primary Mentor: Keith Norris, MD, PhD
Secondary Mentor: Christina Han, MD
Tertiary Mentor: Maxime Cannesson, MD, PhD
Additional Collaborators: Alex Bui, PhD; Eilon Gabel, MD; Rodney Gabriel, MD; Li-Jung Liang, PhD
Determinants of Health and Machine Learning for Healthcare Utilization in Obstetric Care

University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Lauriane Guichard, MD
Mentored Research Training Grant
Primary Mentor: Matt Mauck, MD, PhD
Secondary Mentor: Daniel Clauw, MD
Tertiary Mentor: Meredith Adams, MD, MS
Additional Collaborators: Xinming An, MS, PhD; Afton Hassett, PsyD; Christopher Hughes, MD, MSc; Vijay Krishnamoorthy, MD, MPH, PhD; Samuel McLean, MD, MPH
Predictors of Nociplastic Pain after Cardiac Surgery Requiring Intensive Care

University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Elizabeth Leimer, MD, PhD
Mentored Research Training Grant
Primary Mentor: Bradley Taylor, PhD
Secondary Mentor: Ajay Wasan, MD, MSc, MA
Tertiary Mentor: Keith Vogt, MD, PhD
Brainstem Mechanisms in a New Model of Chronic Low Back Pain

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Justin Mark Lunderberg, MD, PhD
Mentored Research Training Grant
Primary Mentor: Simon C. Robson, MB, ChB, FRCP, FAASLD, PhD
Modulation of Inflammatory and Metabolic Effects of Ischemia-reperfusion Injury

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Paul Potnuru, MD*
Mentored Research Training Grant
Primary Mentor: Holger Eltzschig, MD, PhD
Secondary Mentor: Daniel Sessler, MD
Tertiary Mentor: Xiaoqian Jiang, PhD
Safety and Efficacy of a Vadadustat for the Treatment of Pathogen-Associated Nonintubated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Phase IIa Randomized Controlled Trial

UTHealth Houston
Houston, Texas

*Partially funded by the Association of University Anesthesiologists (AUA)

Joseph Scarpa, MD, PhD
GEMSSTAR Grant
Primary Mentor: Jan Krumsiek, PhD
Additional Collaborators: Michelle Humeidan, MD, PhD; M. Carrington Reid, MD, PhD; Elizbeth Whitlock, MD
The Impact of Biological Age on Surgical Outcomes

Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York

Kirsten Steffner, MD
Mentored Research Training Grant
Primary Mentor: Euan Ashley, MD, Dphil
Secondary Mentor: Charles Brown, MD, MS
Additional Collaborator: Mirabela Rusu, PhD, MS
Deep Learning for the Echocardiographic Assessment of Right Ventricular Function and Prediction of Hemodynamic Measurements

Stanford University
Redwood City, California

Laura Tetri, MD, PhD
SPA-FAER Mentored Research Training Grant
Primary Mentor: Bereketeab Haileselassie, MD, MHSc
Secondary Mentor: Daria Mochly-Rosen, PhD
Tertiary Mentor: Eric Gross, MD, PhD
Impact of Pediatric Perioperative Fasting on Mitochondrial Dynamics and Function

Stanford University
Redwood City, California

Arissa Torrie, MD, MHS
GEMSSTAR Grant
Primary Mentors: Nathan O’Hara, PhD, MHA; Gerard Slobogean, MD, MPH
Additional Collaborators: Jay S. Magaziner, PhD, MSHyg; Mark Neuman, MD, MSc; Robert V. O'Toole, MD
Association of Peripheral Nerve Blocks with Postoperative Outcomes and Readmissions in Older Adults Undergoing Hip Fracture Surgery

University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Theodora Wingert, MD*
Mentored Research Training Grant
Primary Mentor: Maxime Cannesson, MD, PhD
Secondary Mentor: Eran Halperin, PhD
Tertiary Mentor: Eric Cheng, MD, MS
Additional Collaborators: Julia Galvez Delgado, MD, MBI; Lena Sun, MD; Robert Whittington, MD
Predicting Pediatric Postoperative Complications using Waveform and Electronic Health Record Data

University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

*Partially funded by the Society of Academic Associations of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine (SAAAPM)

Mitsukuni Yoshida, MD, PhD
Research Fellowship Grant
Primary Mentor: Rajendra Apte, MD, PhD
Secondary Mentor: Robert Gereau, PhD
The Role of Myeloid Cholesterol Metabolism in the Development of Neuropathic Pain

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri

Luca Zazzeron, MD
Mentored Research Training Grant
Primary Mentor: Fumito Ichinose, MD, PhD
Secondary Mentor: Jason Roh, MD
Continuous Inhaled Nitric Oxide Treatment in a Murine Model of Pregnancy at High Altitude

Mass General Brigham
Boston, Massachusetts

Additional Grant Information

• FAER Grant Instructions
• Transition to Independence Grant Instructions
• APSF-FAER Mentored Research Training Grant (MRTG) Instructions
• Download the list of all FAER funded grant recipients (1973-2021) (PDF).

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