E. Brooke Lerner Research Fund

After late NAEMSP member Brooke Lerner, PhD, FAEMS was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, she expressed the desire to promote the growth of EMS by establishing a research fund for early career researchers. NAEMSP, in partnership with the GMR Foundation for Research and Education, created the E. Brooke Lerner Research Fund to realize Dr. Lerner’s vision and honor her commitment to EMS research and researchers.

“I’ve spent my ‎career on improving prehospital care, and I wanted to leave something behind to keep that legacy ‎moving forward,” Brooke said of the fund shortly after its creation.‎

This research fund, available to any member of NAEMSP in good standing, will support new ideas and out-of-the-box thinking for the purpose of improving prehospital care. The fund will support one pilot research study this year, and NAEMSP expects to continue to develop the program so that at least one project can be funded consistently each year or every other year if two years of funding are requested and justified. Prioritized projects will be those that have the potential to develop into a larger federally funded study.

Please consider contributing to this fund to honor Brooke’s legacy and continue our collective mission of advancing the field of prehospital care. NAEMSP mourns Brooke and thanks her for all she has done for EMS. You can read more about her here.