Linking Interprofessional Networks for Collaboration, or LINC, is UT Health San Antonio’s Quality Enhancement Plan for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges accreditation. LINC annually administers a competitive seed grant program to support the development of innovative interprofessional education projects. Organized by the LINC Faculty Council, funding is prioritized for projects that involve learners from two or more schools, meet an established educational need, and demonstrate potential for scalability, sustainability, scholarship and integration into a programs’ curricula. Teams are allowed to request up to $5,000 in support of their proposed project.
The LINC Faculty Council is proud to announce awardees of the 4th annual LINC Seed Grant Program, which are listed alphabetically by project title below:
Building Clinical Collaboration within a Dental Clinic: The Crossroads of Dental and SLP Delivery
- Angela Kennedy, SLP-D, CCC-SLP, co-principal investigator, director of clinical education, assistant professor, School of Health Professions.
- Noorpret Kaur, BDS, MPH, co-principal investigator, assistant professor, School of Dentistry.
- Casey Taliancich-Klinger, PhD, CCC-SLP, assistant professor, School of Health Professions.
Enhancing Perceived Confidence, Communication, and Teamwork Collaboration of Allied Health and Nursing Students Using Interprofessional Critical Care Simulation Experience
- Bobby Belarmino, PT, DPT, PhD, CCS, principal investigator, assistant professor, School of Health Professions.
- Isabell Stolz, DNP, MN, RN, CCNS, assistant professor/clinical, School of Nursing.
- Autumn Clegg, EdD, OTR, associate professor/clinical, academic fieldwork coordinator, School of Health Professions.
- Tabatha Dragonberry, DHSc, MBA-H, MEd, RRT-NPS, RRT-ACCS, AE-C, CPFT, C-NPT, assistant professor, director of online learning, School of Health Professions.
- Mei-Ling Lin, PhD, OTR, assistant professor, School of Health Professions.
Improving Effective Communication with Acquired Language-Impaired Patients: A Pilot Study of a Clinical Interprofessional Experience for Future Healthcare Providers
- Catherine Torrington Eaton, PhD, CCC-SLP, principal investigator, assistant professor, School of Health Professions.
- Angela Kennedy, SLP-D, CCC-SLP, director of clinical education, assistant professor, School of Health Professions.
- Laura Novak, OTD, OTR, BCG, assistant professor, School of Health Professions.
- Rebecca Moote, PharmD, adjoint associate professor, Long School of Medicine,
clinical associate professor, assistant division head, UT Austin College of Pharmacy. - Leticia Bland, DHSc, MPAS, PA-C, assistant professor/clinical, associate clinical coordinator, School of Health Professions.
Interprofessional Training Between Dietetic, Dental, and Nursing Students: A Clinical Approach
- Georgiana Gross, MPH, RDN, LD, principal investigator, assistant professor/clinical, School of Dentistry.
- Liset Vasquez, PhD, assistant professor in practice, dietetic director, College for Health, Community and Policy, The University of Texas at San Antonio.
- Moonju Lee, PhD, RN, assistant professor/clinical, School of Nursing.
- Beatriz Hicks, MA, RDH, associate professor/clinical, School of Dentistry.
Congratulations to this year’s award-winning teams, whose projects bring the total number of LINC Seed Grant awards to 22 since inception. To view a complete list of past awardees, visit the LINC Seed Grant Program webpage.
LINC would like to acknowledge Keith Krolick, PhD, who has led the program on behalf of the LINC Faculty Council since its inception, and extend our heartiest congratulations on his recent retirement. We would also like to thank the following individuals who served on this year’s seed grant review committee: Kelly Lemke, DDS, MS, director of admissions, assistant professor/clinical, School of Dentistry; Sean E. Garcia MD, FHM, professor/clinical, Long School of Medicine; Pamela Recto, PhD, RN, assistant professor, School of Nursing, assistant director, South Texas Area Health Education Center; Heidi J. Worabo, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, associate professor/clinical, School of Nursing; and Rekha Kar, PhD, associate professor/clinical, Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy.