Aspects of this work were externally funded by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
2025-2026
The US Public Health Service and the Interprofessional Education Collaborative recognized our program with a 2026 honorable mention (of 5 nationally), for the Excellence in Interprofessional Education (IPE) Collaboration Award, in the Community Empowerment and Education category
Submitted a proposal under-review to the Spencer Foundation in March 2026, for a $392k 3-year implementation research grant to fund a rigorous evaluation of blood pressure-focused library programs nationally in partnership with the American Heart Association’s Libraries with Heart initiative.
2024-2025
2024 Stony Award Finalist, SB You Award (to Dr. Lisa Benz Scott, as Director of HeLP, on behalf of HeLP team)
2023-2024
2023 AMA Student BP Measurement Module Implementation Grant Program for Medical, Nursing, and Physician Assistant Programs. Principal Investigator: Lynn Timko-Swaim. Co-Principal Investigators: Lisa Strano-Paul, Wei-Hsin Lu, Mandeep Patel, Lani Blanco, Sofia Marie Reyes. Collaborators: Lisa Benz Scott and the Stony Brook HeLP. Project Title: "Stony Brook BP Education Program for Students in the Health Professions". Funder: The American Medical Association. Funding Period & Amount: July 2023-July 2024 | $20,000. Accepted June 2023.
The US Public Health Service and the Interprofessional Education Collaborative recognized our program with a 2023 honorable mention (of 5 nationally), for the Excellence in Interprofessional Education (IPE) Collaboration Award, in the Public Health Infrastructure Category.
2022-2023
The Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions Interprofessional Collaboration Grant. Principal Investigator: Lisa Benz Scott. Collaborators: Amy Hammock, Carol Della Rata, Gabriella Pandolfelli. Project Title: "The Healthy Libraries Program: An Innovative IPE Model in a Community Setting". Funder: The Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions Interprofessional Collaboration Grant. Funding Period & Amount: September 2022-August 2023 | $11,571. Accepted August 2022
2021-2022
Project Title: "Healthy Libraries Program (HeLP): A Community Impact Pilot with Inter-Professional Teams". Participating public libraries: Brentwood Public Library, Huntington and Huntington Station Public Libraries, Patchogue Medford Public Library, and the Longwood Public Library. Funder: The Long Island American Heart Association's Board of Directors Community Impact Award. Funding Period & Amount: January 2020-March 2021 | $10,000