Past Grants & Awards

2023 Awards trifold

CUSHING’S

* Quality of Life Changes in Participants of the SEISMIC Extension Trial in the Treatment of Signs and Symptoms of Endogenous Cushing’s Syndrome  Daphne Adelman

* Sustained Clinical Improvement After Discontinuation of Mifepristone: Unexpected Remission of Hypercortisolism  Robin Anderson, Neven Pesa

DIABETES

* Feasibility of a Patient-centered, Telehealth-delivered Diabetes Foot Care Educational Program  Hsiao-Hui ‘Joyce’ Ju

* Ulcer Healing and Recurrence: A Comparison of MD and NP practice  Carol Gramse

* Health-related Quality of Life in Diabetics following Vascular Surgery  Carol Gramse

* The incidence of Unaddressed Hyperglycemia in In-patients  Bridget Recker

* The Socio-Cultural Influences and Process of Living with Diabetes for the Migrant Latino Adult   Dawn Weiler

* Patterns of Self-Care Decision Making in Women of African Descent with Type 2 Diabetes Living in Urban America  Margaret Norton

* Diabetes Visit Questionnaire: A Tool for More Efficient Use of Practitioner Time  Molly Solares 

* Assessment in Diabetics with Lower Extremity Wounds  Carol Gramse

GENETIC DISORDERS

* Declining Estrogen Use in Young Women with Turner’s Syndrome  Eileen Lange

* Compliance with Estrogen Replacement Therapy in Turner Syndrome  Lori Hanton

MENOPAUSE

* Evaluation of the Efficacy of Avlimil in Menopausal Women with Low Libido     Deborah Cameron

OSTEOPOROSIS

* Osteoporosis: A Community Education Project   J Morrisette & P Hubbard

* Fall Prevention & Recognition of Home Health Hazards   Patricia Via

* Outcomes of an Integrated Osteoporosis Education Program  Patricia Via

* Osteoporosis-related Health Disparities in Young Women with Spontaneous Premature Ovarian Failure  Vien Vanderhoof

* Support Group for Women with Osteoporotic Fractures-Nutritional Focus   Betsy Love McClung

* Effects of Education on Hormone Replacement Compliance in Women with Osteoporosis    Betsy Love McClung

PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA

* Pheochromocytoma: Preoperative and Postoperative Nursing Care  Marissa Mallek

PITUITARY—Acromegaly

* Cognitive Mood Disorders Affecting Patients with Pituitary Disease  Tracy Benstock

* A Preliminary Study to Establish Patient Satisfaction in a Specialist Endocrine Centre with Regards to the Practical & Cosmetic Aspects of Living with Acromegaly        Margaret Roberts

* Time Saving Self or Partner Administration of Lanreotide in Acromegalic Patients: Results from the Salsa Study  Daphne Adelman

* Management of Adverse Events in Patients with Acromegaly Treated with Pasireotide LAR   Daphne Adelman & Chris Yedinak

* An Unusual Case of Acromegaly  Margaret Roberts

PITUITARY—Growth Hormone Deficiency

* The National Cooperative Metabolic Study (NCMS): a Contemporary Study of AGHD & it’s Treatment   Fran Waite

* Tittration of GH Replacement in GH Deficient Adults  M Miller, M Cook

SEX HORMONES

* Creation & Collection of Stories about Premature Ovarian Failure  Catherine Corp

* Implementing a Computerized Education Program for Hypogonadal Men Requiring Androgen Replacement  Marge Ewertz

* Serum Inhibin as an Additional Marker for Trophoblastic Disease-A Case Study  Pamela Mammers

* Testosterone Replacement in Practice: Are We Giving Enough?  Rachel Smith

* Induction of Spermatogenesis in Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism: Time Course to Paternity  Sandra van der Westhuizen

* Unheard Voices:  The Experience and Illness Perceptions of Women with Kallmann Syndrome   Andrew Dwyer

THYROID

* Prevalence and Risk of Side-effects Following Radioactive Iodine (131-I) Treatment for Thyroid Cancer  Rebecca Qualey

* Case Report: Management of an Inoperable Goiter with Mediastinal Extension with I-131  Debra Greenspan

* Patient Confidence in rhTSH-mediated testing - Thyroid Cancer  Marge Ewertz

MISC

* Medication Mixing Errors by Patients in the Outpatient Setting  Molly Solares

* Appropriate Utilization of a Symptom Scale Leads to an Accurate and Safe 48-hour Fast  Sonja Preston

* Lispro Insulin vs Regular Insulin for GH Stimulation Testing  Marie Cook

MALE 

* Quality of Life in Veteran Men with Osteoporosis  Patricia Via

* Long term Adherence to Osteoporosis Treatment with Bisphosphonates in Men  Valentina Petkov

* Screening Men for Osteoporosis by Heel Ultrasound Bone Densitometry   Valentina Petkov

* The Health Promotion Model and Rare Disease Patients: A Mixed Methods Study Examining Adherence to Treatment in Men with CHH  Andrew Dwyer

* Discovering Quality of Life in Adults with Klinefelter's Syndrome: A Qualitative Study Using Phenomenological Research  Brien Mehmet 

PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY

* Supportive Nursing  Care in the Management of Two Siblings with Non-Classical CYP11B1 Deficiency Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia   Stephanie Ward

* Comparison of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children to a Self-report Questionnaire in Screening for Anxiety and Depression in Children with Cushing's Syndrome   Margaret Keil

* Multi-Site Study of Divorce Co-parenting for Children with Type 1 Diabetes   Leesa McBroom

* An Intervention Program Significantly Improves the Precision of Linear Growth Measurement in Primary Care Practices  Fran Waite

* Quality of Life in Children with Cushing's Syndrome Before and After Treatment    Margaret Keil