2025 Research Competition

The Proposal Topics:

• Stabilizing Delaware’s essential healthcare workforce: Understanding and supporting the social determinants of work and drivers of professional satisfaction for medical assistants to improve retention as a population health initiative
• Emergency Preparedness for People with Chronic Disease: A Community-Based Assessment and Engagement Initiative Using the HEPI Tool
• The Delaware Perinatal Health Breastfeeding Village Project

The Winners:

Stabilizing Delaware’s essential healthcare workforce: Understanding and supporting the social determinants of work and drivers of professional satisfaction for medical assistants to improve retention as a population health initiative

The Researchers:

• Maureen Leffler, DO, MPH, ChristianaCare
• Holly Antal, PhD, ABPP, Nemours Children’s Health
• Thomas Vaughan, MD, Bayhealth
• Kathryn Godfrey, PhD, ChristianaCare
• Jim Highberger, MPA, ChristianaCare
• Caitlin Tharp, MS, CHES, ChristianaCare