Professional Enrichment and Growth (PEG) grants are available to faculty members who wish to engage in an activity that will promote their professional growth and advance the academic missions of the department and institution.
Application Materials for 2022-2023 PEG Grants
PEG Grants are listed below by year and within each academic mission area by faculty member awarded.
Teaching is defined as time spent in direct contact with learners by using techniques that deliver information, stimulate thinking and result in learning. Faculty members distinguish themselves as teachers while others excel in the design, production or evaluation of courses, examinations and instructional materials.
Donald Byars, MD | Professor, Emergency Medicine
PEG grant activity: Complete the EVMS MHPE Scholarship Certificate
Karo Gary Ohanian, MD | Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine
PEG grant activity: UNC Faculty Development Fellowship Program
Caroline Bertolet, PhD | Instructor Graduate Medical Education
PEG grant activity: Take a Gestault online coaching certificate program
Carrie Elzie, PhD | Associate Professor, Pathology & Anatomy
PEG grant activity: George Washington University HOL6100 Diversity & Inclusion in Organizations Course
Glenn Yap, PhD, MS, MBA | Assistant Professor, Master of Public Health, MPA
PEG grant activity: True Colors Facilitator Training tuition
Marta A Ambrozewicz, MD. PhD | Assistant Professor, Pathology & Anatomy
PEG grant activity: Program for Educators in Health Professions, Harvard Macy Institute
Marissa Galicia-Castillo, MD, MPH | Professor, Geriatrics
PEG grant activity: Center to Advance Palliative Care National Seminar plus American Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine & Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Annual Session
Carol McCammon, MD, MPH | Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Medical Education
PEG grant activity: Online Tropical Clinical Medicine Course and a Global Health Course
Jayne Penne, MPA | Assistant Professor, School of Health Professions
PEG grant activity: Academy of Communication in Healthcare’s (ACH) Faculty in Training (FIT) Program
Laurie L. Wellman, PhD | Associate Professor, Pathology & Anatomy
PEG grant activity: Maximizing Technology's Potential in Medical Education, Harvard Macy Institute
Anca Dobrian, PhD | Professor, Physiological Sciences
PEG grant activity: Program for Educators in Health Professions, Harvard Macy Institute
Nicole Holt, MPH, DrPH | Assistant Professor, Public Health
PEG grant activity: Distance Teaching and Learning Conference
Brooke Hooper, MD | Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
PEG grant activity: Healthcare Education 2.0 - Transforming Your Teaching for the Digital Age, Harvard Macy Institute
Alberto Musto, MD, PhD | Associated Professor, Pathology and Anatomy
PEG grant activity: Program for Educators in Health Professions, Harvard Macy Institute
Arun Ram, MBBS, MD | Associate Professor, Physiological Sciences
PEG grant activity: Leading Innovations in Healthcare and Education, Harvard Macy Institute
Heather Newton, EdD | Instructor, Pediatrics
PEG grant activity: Harvard Macy Institute Program for Educators in Health Professions
Catherine Derber, MD | Associate Professor, Internal Medicine
PEG grant activity: Harvard Macy Institute Program for Educators in Health Professions
Brian Martin, PhD | Professor, School of Health Professions
PEG grant activity: Give a lecture within the Bioethics Course at St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada
Lauren Mazzurco, DO | Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
PEG grant activity: Harvard Macy Institute Program for Educators in Health Professions
Dana Ramirez, MD | Associate Professor, Pediatrics
PEG grant activity: Take a business course at W&M Mason School of Business (FLEX MBA program)
Alicia Devine, JD, MD | Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
PEG grant activity: Complete the Developing Faculty Competencies in Assessment: A Course to Help Achieve the Goals of Competency-Based Medical Education course given by the ACGME
Carrie Elzie, PhD | Assistant Professor, Pathology and Anatomy
PEG grant activity: Complete the A Systems Approach to Assessment in Health Professions Education through the Harvard Macy Institute Program
Dorothy L. Faulkner, PhD | Assistant Professor, School of Health Professions
PEG grant activity: Complete The Evaluators' Institute (TEI) at George Washington University
Martin Klinkhammer, MD | Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
PEG grant activity: Attend the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) teaching fellowship for 2015-2016
Margaret Baumgarten, MD | Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine
PEG grant activity: 2015 ACGME Annual Educational Conference (Attend & Present)
Joel Clingenpeel, MD | Associate Professor, Pediatrics
PEG grant activity: Partial funding of completion of MS in Medical Education through the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Bruce Britton, MD | Professor, Family and Community Medicine
PEG grant activity: Attend the 7th International Conference on Interprofessional Practice and Education in Pittsburgh PA
Allison Knight, PhD | Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
PEG grant activity: Attend the four-day training, “Mindfulness for Professionals,” at the Duke University Integrative Medicine Center
Faculty members distinguish themselves in this area through professional excellence, integrity and empathy in treating patients.
Jessica Quirk, MD | Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine
PEG grant activity: Unniverrsity of MInnesota's Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Certificate
Cassyanne Aguiar, MD | Assistant Professor, Pediatric Rheumatology
PEG grant activity: Obtain Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Certification
Cheryl Almirante, MD, FACE | Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
PEG grant activity: ISD meeting & Vertebral Fracture Recognition
Elizabeth K. Collumb, MD, MPH | Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
PEG grant activity: Visiting Fellow Columbia University course in electroconvulsive therapy
Cristina Baldassari, MD | Associate Professor, Otolaryngology
PEG grant activity: Annual Obstructive Sleep Apnea Surgery International Course
Lisa Fore-Arcand, EdD | Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
PEG grant activity: International Program in Addiction Studies Certificate
Jennifer Ryal, MD | Associate Professor, Internal Medicine
PEG grant activity: Interprofessional Care for the 21st Century Conference
John Snellings, MD | Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine
PEG grant activity: Point of Care Ultrasound Educational Conference
Timothy Walls, MD | Assistant Professor, Pathology and Anatomy
PEG grant activity: EPIC User Group Conference
Rebecca Britt, MD | Professor, Surgery
PEG grant activity: Surgeons Leadership Agility Program
Nicole Kreiser, PhD | Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
PEG grant activity: Parent Child Interaction Therapy Course
Kent Lam, MD | Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
PEG grant activity: Basic and Advanced course in Allergy and Immunology
Skye Ochsner Margolies, PhD | Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
PEG grant activity: Acceptance & Commitment Therapy in Mental Health Practice Workshop
Cheryl Almirante, MD | Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
PEG grant activity: International Course of Thyroid Ultrasonography and Minimally Invasive Procedure
Sarah Deaver, PhD | Professor, School of Health Professions
PEG grant activity: Training at the Intensive Trauma Therapy Institute
Craig Goodmurphy, PhD | Professor, Pathology and Anatomy
PEG grant activity: ARDMS Certification, Complete CAD software training and 3D printing application
Serena Neumann, PhD | Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
PEG grant activity: Attend Council of Clinical Health Psychology Training Programs meeting, Attend Association of Psychologists in Academic Medical Centers conference
Jayne Penne, MSPAS, PA-C | Assistant Professor, School of Health Professions
PEG grant activity: Attend the ENRiCH Forum (health care communication course)
Patrick Agnew, DPM | Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine
PEG grant activity: Attend a course in perioperative medicine at the Mayo Clinic or Johns Hopkins
Enrique Calvo-Ayala, MD | Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
PEG grant activity: Obtain a certification from the American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM)
Beverly Roberts-Atwater, DO | Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
PEG grant activity: Design an assessment tool and establish specific accommodative interventions from a physical medicine's perspective, related to the concussed athlete's, "Return to Learn" in the Norfolk/Hampton roads area.
Natasha Sriraman, MD | Associate Professor, Pediatrics
PEG grant activity: Attend the Mini-Fellowship in Primary Pediatric Psychopharmacology by The Reach Institute
Shannon McCole, MD | Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
PEG grant activity: Site Visits to other Ophthalmology Departments
Deborah Morris, MD | Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
PEG grant activity: American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine & Hospice and Palliative Nurses Assoc. Annual Session
Skye Ochsner Margolies, PhD | Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
PEG grant activity: Support the preparation for the Certification in Behavioral Sleep Medicine
Hamid R. Okhravi, MD | Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
PEG grant activity: Attend the University of Wisconsin memory program to observe the Health Geriatric Assessment Center's memory clinic
Suzanne Starling, MD | Professor, Pediatrics
PEG grant activity: Spanish language immersion (Course)
Jagdeesh Ullal, MD, MS, CCD, ECNU, FACE | Associate Professor, Internal Medicine
PEG grant activity: Establishment of a Fracture Liaison Service in EVMS-Sentara Healthcare
Ana Vazquez, MD | Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine
PEG grant activity: Partial funding of nutritional online course at Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine and Tuft University Friedman School of Nutrition
Joseph Han, MD | Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
PEG grant activity: Attend the Guideline International Network workshop and meeting
Jagdeesh Ullal, MD | Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
PEG grant activity: Attend the “Health Care Innovation: Shared Medical Appointments- the Intersection of Quality and Value” continuing medical education program
Faculty members distinguish themselves by contributing new information to a field of study and receiving recognition for their research.
Peggy Gesing, PhD | Assistant Professor, School of Health Professions
PEG grant activity: Attend and present at the American Educational Research Association conference
Ming-Lei Guo, PhD | Assistant Professor, Pathology and Anatomy
PEG grant activity: Attend an online bioinformatic training session and visit a research lab that has been successfully employing single cell RNA sequencing
Nagaraja Nagre, PhD | Assistant Professor, Physiological Sciences
PEG grant activity: Attend the Trans-Agency Meeting on developing medical counter measures to treat acute and chronic effects of pulmonary chemical injuries, as well as the American Thoracic Society international conference
Lifang Yang, PhD | Instructor, Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology
PEG grant activity: Attend Multi-omics Boot Camp, NIH Grant Writing Boot Camp and the 2022 Gordon Research Conference: Extracellular Vesicles
Amanda Burbage, PhD | Assistant Professor, School of Health Professions
PEG grant activity: Present at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual research symposium
David Mu, MD | Professor Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology
PEG grant activity: KEYSTONE SYMPOSIA on Exosomes, Microvesicles and Other Extracellular Vesicles
Mohan Pant, PhD | Associate Professor, School of Health Professions
PEG grant activity: Support for a Data Science Symposium, Introduction to Cloud Computing with R in Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services and Deep Learning Specialization Coursera Certification
Dianne Daniel, PhD | Associate Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology
PEG grant activity: Cold Spring Harbor meeting, Neurodegenerative Diseases: Biology and Therapeutics
Woong-Ki Kim, PhD | Associate Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology
PEG grant activity: BD Biosciences FACSAria Fusion Operator Course and Annual Symposium on Nonhuman Primate Models for AIDS
Julius Nyalwidhe, PhD | Associate Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology
PEG grant activity: Training in Glycobiology and Glycan, University of Georgia’s Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Julia Sharp, PhD | Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology
PEG grant activity: International Complement Workshop
Greg Weingart, MD | Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
PEG grant activity: Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Course: Advanced Research Methodology Evaluation and Design
Rajan Lamichhane, PhD|Assistant Professor, School of Health Professions
PEG grant activity: 3rd Summer Institute in Statistics for Big Data
David Mu, PhD |Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology
PEG grant activity: Big Genomic Data Skills Training for Graduate Professors Course
Amy Tang, PhD|Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology
PEG grant Activity: AACR Annual Meeting, Annual NIH HHS SBIR/STTR Conference
Hadiza Galadima, PhD |Assistant Professor, School of Health Professions
PEG grant activity: Attend the 2016 Women in Statistics and Data Science Conference and the 2017 Esri Southeast User Conference
Aurora Kerscher, PhD|Associate Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology
PEG grant activity: Attend The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC 2016)
Patric Lundberg, PhD| Associate Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology
PEG grant activity: Attend Keystone Symposium's Noncoding RNAs: From Disease to Targeted Therapeutics and the Cambridge Innovation Institute's Conference on Targeting the Microbiome
David Taylor-Fishwick, PhD|Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology
PEG grant activity: 2017 Keystone Symposia “Microbiome in Health and Disease”, Keystone Colorado
Dianne C. Daniel, PhD|Associate Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology
PEG grant activity: Attend the Keystone Symposium joint meeting "Maintenance of Genome Stability"
Eva Forgacs-Lonart, PhD|Associate Professor, Physiological Sciences
PEG grant activity: Attend the "Myosin & Muscle and Many other Motors" meeting
Travonia Hughes, PhD| Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine
PEG grant activity: Conducted pilot test of the Positive Approach Care model and use baseline data collected to apply for NIH-R21 award or NPSASA Award sponsored by the Alzheimer's Association
Woong-Ki Kim, PhD|Associate Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology
PEG grant activity: Attend the Symposium on Nonhuman Primate Models for AIDS and International Workshop on HIV Persistence during Therapy
Neel K. Krishna, PhD|Associate Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology
PEG grant activity: Attend the International Conference on Complement Therapeutics
Margaret Morris, PhD|Associate Professor, Internal Medicine
PEG grant activity: Attend the World Diabetes Congress in Vancouver, British Columbia, as well as meeting with a new collaborator after the meeting
Vivian Wu, MD|Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
PEG grant activity: Attend and Present at the Keystone Symposium entitled, "Exosomes/Microvesicles: Novel Mechanisms of Cell-Cell Communication”
Frank J. Castora, PhD|Professor, Physiological Sciences
PEG grant activity: 70th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (Attend & Present)
Dianne Daniel, PhD| Associate Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology
PEG grant activity: Present at Co-regulation and function of Purgamma and WRN in the CNS at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory NY meeting on “Neurodegenerative Diseases: Biology and Therapeutics.” Attend the Keystone Symposia conference on “DNA Replication and Recombination” and “Genomic Instability and DNA Repair.”
Diane Duffy, PhD|Professor, Physiological Sciences
PEG grant activity: Visit to laboratory of Dr. John S. Davis, PhD at the University of Nebraska Medical Center
David Mu, PhD|Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology
PEG grant activity: Advanced Sequencing Technologies & Applications (Course)
Etta Vinik, MEd| Instructor, Internal Medicine
PEG grant activity: Attend an introductory level biostatistics course at Old Dominion University
Dianne Daniel, PhD| Associate Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology
PEG grant activity: Present at Co-regulation and function of Purgamma and WRN in the CNS at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory NY meeting on “Neurodegenerative Diseases: Biology and Therapeutics.” Attend the Keystone Symposia conference on “DNA Replication and Recombination” and “Genomic Instability and DNA Repair.”
Aurora Kerscher, PhD|Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology
PEG grant activity: Attend the Keystone Symposia conference on RNA Silencing in Seattle, WA and the Genomics Research Conference - Gene Silencing & Epigenetics Track in San Francisco CA
Julius Nyalwidhe, PhD|Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology
PEG grant activity: Attend the 2014 National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Translational Health Disparities Course at the National Institutes of Health Campus in Bethesda, Maryland
Administration includes a broad range of non-clinical professional activities that advance the mission of the department and the institution. This includes leadership and participation in various administrative committees and organizations.
Marisa Galicia-Castillo, MD | Professor, Internal Medicine
PEG grant activity: Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Program
Renee Morales, MD | Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
PEG grant activity: Attend a program focused on coaching/wellness
David Taylor-Fishwick, PhD | Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology
PEG grant activity: Pursue training in leadership/business administration
Jane Glasgow, PhD | Assistant Professor, Pediatrics: Community Health and Research
PEG grant activity: Diversity & Inclusion Certificate from eCornell
Sandip Godambe, MD, PhD | Professor, Pediatrics
PEG grant activity: Support for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Fellowship Program
Natasha Sriraman, MD MPH FAAP FABM | Associate Professor, Pediatrics
PEG grant activity: Support for Career Advancement and Leadership Skills for Women in Healthcare at Harvard University and Advanced Workshop
Steven Brawley MD, PhD | Associate Professor, Family & Community Medicine
PEG grant activity: National Institute for Professional Development Fellowship
Rupa Kapoor, MD | Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
PEG grant activity: Association of Pediatric Directors Leadership in Educational Academic Development Training
Alexandra Leader, MD, MPH | Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Medical Education
PEG grant activity: Executive Programme for Global Health Leadership at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Stephanie Moody Antonio, MD | Associate Professor of Otolaryngology
PEG grant activity: Surgeons as Leaders: From Operating Room to Board Room, American College of Surgeons
Margaret Baumgarten, MD | Associate Professor Of Family and Community Medicine
PEG grant activity: Fundamentals of Physician Leadership Course
Agatha Parks-Savage, EdD | Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine
PEG grant activity: 2018-2019 AAMC GME Leadership Development Certificate Program
Donald Byars, MD | Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
PEG grant activity: Complete the University of New England's Certificate in Program Development in Academic Medicine
Andrew E. Cross, BS | Instructor, School of Health Professions
PEG grant activity: First year’s enrollment in the William and Mary Flex MBA program.
Yumi Imai, MD | Associate Professor, Internal Medicine
PEG grant activity: Complete the Leadership Strategies for Evolving Health Care Executives course at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Marissa Galicia-Castillo, MD | Professor, Internal Medicine
PEG grant activity: Attend the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC): Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar in Austin, TX
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