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The CSSALT lab has received funding from the below institutions.
Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF)
Technology Education Initiative — Course 4 (APSF TEI #4)
Samsun Lampotang (principal investigator); Christopher Samouce (co-investigator).
Dates: 2025–2026
UF faculty grant record: APSF TEI Course 4
Technology Education Initiative — Course 3
Samsun Lampotang (principal investigator); Christopher Samouce (project manager and software development); Michael Kazior, Daniel Rosenkrans, Nikolaus Gravenstein, and Cole F. Dooley (course co-directors); David Lizdas and Simon Mesber (software development).
Dates: 2024–2025
UF announcement: defibrillation, cardioversion, and pacing course
Technology Education Initiative
Samsun Lampotang (principal investigator).
Dates: 2021–2023
UF grant record: Technology Education Initiative
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
VA: TEI 3 Defibrillator Simulation
Samsun Lampotang (principal investigator).
Dates: 2024–2025
UF grant record: VA defibrillator simulation
Interactive Defibrillator Education Prototype Development
Samsun Lampotang (principal investigator); Christopher Samouce (CSSALT team lead); Michael Kazior (project initiator and collaborator).
Dates: 2023–2024
UF announcement: VA defibrillator simulation grant
Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER)
Development and Effect of an Electronic Learning Module on Defibrillator Competence in Anesthesia Providers
Michael Kazior (overall study principal investigator); Christopher Samouce (UF site principal investigator); Soleil Schutte (UF site director); Samsun Lampotang (co-investigator).
Dates: 2024–2025
UF study announcement: FAER-funded defibrillator education
Florida Department of Health — Bankhead-Coley Cancer Research Program
3D Perspective Visualization for Increasing Prostate Biopsy Accuracy
Samsun Lampotang (principal investigator); Thomas Stringer (grant recipient; individual grant role not specified in the award announcement).
Dates: 2023
UF award announcement: prostate biopsy guidance system
Florida Breast Cancer Foundation
Improving breast radiotherapy setup and delivery using mixed-reality visualization
Perry B. Johnson (principal investigator); Samsun Lampotang (co-investigator).
Dates: 2021–2023
UF award announcement: mixed-reality breast radiotherapy
Uromedica
ProACT Simulators
Samsun Lampotang (principal investigator).
Dates: 2022–2023
UF grant record: ProACT simulators
Merck Sharp & Dohme
Virtual Operating Room Simulation Clinical Immersion Program
Samsun Lampotang (principal investigator).
Dates: 2021–2022
UF grant record: virtual operating room program
UF Self-Insurance Program (DBA HEIC)
Automated, Continuous Monitoring of Chest and Urine Drainage Systems via Computer Vision
Samsun Lampotang (principal investigator).
Dates: 2025–2027
UF Smith Award announcement: drainage monitoring
University of Florida — Joachim S. Gravenstein Professorship in Anesthesiology
Supplementary support for CSSALT’s defibrillator education course
Samsun Lampotang (principal investigator of the supported APSF course).
Dates: Reported in 2025
UF course announcement and endowment acknowledgment
University of Florida Office of Technology Licensing
University of Florida Office of Technology Licensing Commercialization Fund
Lampotang (PI) 6/2019-9/2020
Novel Precision Guidance for TRUS Templated and Targeted Biopsy. Design & develop an MRI-less 3D visualization guidance retrofit kit for TRUS prostate biopsy.
Department of Defense (DoD)
DoD W81XWH-13-JPC1-MPI-ARM 13318017
Lampotang (PI) 7/1/14 – 6/30/19
A modular set of mixed reality simulators for “blind” and guided procedures. Design, build and evaluate 5 mixed reality procedural simulators for the US Army.
US Army Pentagon HQDA ASA (ALT) xTech COVID-19 Ventilator Challenge Part 1
Lampotang (PI) 2020/5/4 – 2020/8/31
Design, build and validate a safe, low cost ventilator from nonventilator supply chain parts for ~$400 in quantities of 10,000s.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
NSF/HCC Medium Grant 1161491
Lok (PI) 7/1/12 – 6/30/16
Plug and Train: Multi-Party Mixed Reality Humans. Design, implement and evaluate mixed reality humans to complete a team for facilitating team training.
American Society of Regional Anesthesia (ASRA)
Ihnatsenka (PI) 6/1/14 – 5/31/16
Towards a curriculum for transferrable training in thoracic epidural and paravertebral block using an advanced mixed-reality simulator. Development and evaluation of a curriculum with intelligent tutor for self-study in thoracic regional anesthesia.
I. Heermann Anesthesia Foundation
Simulator for Learning Psychomotor Skills for Placement of Greater and Lesser Occipital Nerve Blocks Under Ultrasound Guidance
Isaac Luria (principal investigator, per UF faculty profile); Timothy Feldheim (2024 award recipient, per UF announcement); Samsun Lampotang (Other, as listed in UF faculty profile).
Dates: 2024–2027
UF faculty grant record: occipital nerve block simulator
Hand-Tracking for Coaching Peripheral IV Technique in a Simulator
Christopher Samouce (principal investigator); Samsun Lampotang (mentor); Adrian Ching (clinical consultant); Yahya Acar (clinical statistics consultant).
Dates: 2023–2025
UF IHAF award announcement: peripheral IV hand tracking
A Curriculum for Teaching and Learning Spinal Anesthesia Using a Mixed Reality Simulator
Soleil Schutte (principal investigator); Svetlana Chembrovich (co-investigator); Christopher Samouce (scientist); Barys Ihnatsenka and Samsun Lampotang (mentors).
Dates: 2023–2025
UF IHAF award announcement: spinal anesthesia curriculum
A Virtual Coach for Learning Foundational Ultrasound Skills
Isaac Luria (principal investigator); Samsun Lampotang (mentor); Barys Ihnatsenka (secondary mentor).
Dates: 2021–2023
UF IHAF award announcement: ultrasound virtual coach
Cameron Smith (PI) 2018/10/1- 2019/9/30
Simulator for learning the manual skills required for the placement of regional anesthetic blocks in the pterygopalatine fossa. Design, build and study the efficacy of a pterygopalatine fossa block (PPFB) mixed reality simulator in changing learning and patient outcomes
Smith (PI) 7/1/12 – 6/30/14
Retained urine volume and bacteriuria in traditional vs. vented urine drainage systems. Evaluate in clinical setting the effect of urine-filled dependent loops on retained urine volume (pilot study).
Ihnatsenka (PI) 9/1/11 – 2/28/14
Simulator for Learning Manual Skills Required for Placement Thoracic Epidural and Paravertebral Blocks.
National Institute of Health/National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM)
The University of Texas San Antonio and the University of Florida have received funding from the NIH/NLM to investigate the use of Mixed Simulators and Virtual Humans in managing inter-patient variability to propofol during conscious sedation.
NIH/NLM 1R21LM010829-01A1
Quarles (PI) 4/1/11 – 3/31/13
A mixed reality conscious sedation simulator for learning to manage variability. Design, implement and evaluate a mixed simulation to teach management of patient variability to propofol.
Florida Blue Foundation
BC/BS Florida Blue Foundation 2014845
Sullivan (PI) 2014/01/01-2016/12/31
Utilizing Simulation Scenarios Involving Interdisciplinary Teams for Improving Perioperative Patient Safety Team and affective skills training using Virtual Humans.