Caryl Towsley Moy, PhD, Endowed Fund for Collaborative Research

The Caryl Towsley Moy, Ph.D., Endowed Fund for Collaborative Research was established by the family of Dr. Moy to honor the life and work of the former University of Illinois Springfield professor who also taught at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. Its purpose is to provide funding for collaborative, team-based research initiatives undertaken jointly by faculty from the University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS) and the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (SIU-SOM). Awards are granted through a competitive review and selection process. Application materials and review criteria can be found on the UIS Faculty Research and Scholarship Support page.

2020 Award

None

2019 Award

Modulation of Ryanodine Receptor by Peptide Toxins

  • Julio A. Copello, Co-Principal Investigator, Associate Professor of Pharmacology (SIU-SOM)
  • Stephen R. Johnson, Co-Principal Investigator, Associate Professor of Chemistry (UIS)

2018 Award

School Shootings and mental illness: A study of offender and incident characteristics

  • Janice R. Hill, Co-Principal Investigator, Research Instructor of Psychiatry (SIU-SOM)
  • Sheryl Reminger, Co-Principal Investigator, Associate Professor of Psychology (UIS)

Outcome: Takahashi A, Hill-Jordan J, Reminger S, Botchway A. An Ecological Analysis of Targeted School Shootings. Am Acad of Chil & Adol Psychiatry Annual Meeting. 2018, 1.65, Seattle, WA.

2017 Award

Assessing health and geographic disparities in asthma and COPD morbidity: A GIS approach

  • Wiley Jenkins, Principal Investigator, Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine; Science Director, Population Science Program; Associate Director, Center for Clinical Research; Co-Director, MD-MPH Program (SIU-SOM)
  • Egbe Egiebor, Senior Researcher, Assistant Professor of Public Health (UIS)
  • Maithili Deshpande, Researcher, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy (SIUE)
  • Kristin Osiecki, Researcher, Assistant Professor of Public Health (UIS)
  • Amanda Fogelman, Research Assistant, Research Development Coordinator (SIU-SOM)

2016 Awards

SIU Health Care Pediatrics Big Data Analysis

  • Sameer Vohra, Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (SIU-SOM)
  • Yanhui Guo, Co-Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor of Computer Science (UIS)
  • Elham Khorasani, Senior Researcher, Assistant Professor of Computer Science (UIS)

Outcome: Buxton EK, Vohra S, Guo Y, Fogleman A, Patel R. Pediatric population health analysis of southern and central Illinois region: A cross sectional retrospective study using association rule mining and multiple logistic regression. Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2019 Sep;178:145-153. doi: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2019.06.020. Epub 2019 Jun 18. PMID: 31416543.

Identification of Patterns of Use of Electronic Record System in an Ambulatory Health Care Setting

  • Hamed Qahri Saremi, Co-Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems (UIS)
  • Robert Robinson, Co-Principal Investigator, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine (SIU-SOM)
  • Rassule Hadidi, Senior Researcher, Professor of Management Information Systems (UIS)
  • Stacy Sattovia, Researcher, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine (SIU-SOM)

Outcome: Qahri-Saremi H,  Mueller-Luckey G, Robinson R, Hadidi R, Sattovia S.  Actualization of Electronic Health Records Affordances: An Empirical Investigation of Users’ Personal and Behavioral Antecedents. Hawaii International Conference Systems Sciences. 2018. 

2015 Award

None

2014 Awards

A Pilot Study of EEG-Derived Predictors of Treatment Success in Major Depressive Disorder with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

  • Karen Reinke, Co-Principal Investigator & Project Coordinator, Associate Professor of Psychology (UIS)
  • Jeffrey Bennet, Co-Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (SIU-SOM)
  • Janice R. Hill, Faculty Research Instructor, Department of Psychiatry (SIU-SOM)

Outcome: Hill-Jordan J, Reminger S, Nordby H, Botchway A. The Role of Mental Illness and Ecological Factors in Targeted School Shootings. American Psychiaric Association Conference. 2019 Aug.  doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.14142.84804.

Geospatial Analysis of Potential Environmental Causes of Cancer in Illinois

  • Wiley Jenkins, Principal Investigator, Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine; Science Director, Population Science Program; Associate Director, Center for Clinical Research; Co-Director, MD-MPH Program (SIU-SOM)
  • Dennis Ruez, Associate Professor and Chair, Environmental Studies (UIS)

Outcome: Mueller GS, Clayton AL, Zahnd WE, Hollenbeck KM, Barrow ME, Jenkins WD, Ruez DR. Geospatial analysis of cancer risk and residential proximity to coal mines in Illinois. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2015;120:155-62.