RESEARCH OVERVIEW
Our research seeks ways to use the emergency department innovatively; as such, we concentrate on identifying and addressing health inequities in our community. Our research interests are diverse and represent relevant issues, from policy scholarship to clinical patient investigation to population screening, education, and disease awareness. We collaborate within the College of Medicine and partner with other schools on campus, including the School of Public Health, the College of Nursing, the College of Pharmacy, the Jane Adams College of Social Work, and other outside agencies, to improve overall population health. Our researchers are currently focused on addressing homelessness, cardiovascular disease, and the application of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), diabetes, hypertension, sickle cell disease, and COVID.
CURRENT RESEARCH
- Accelerated Chest Pain Workup Equity Task Force
- Better Health Through Housing
- Designing a Hypertension Action Plan for Socially Vulnerable Patients
- Illinois Heart Rescue
- HEED the GAP
- Prevention and Screening of Cancer in the Emergency Department Patient Population (PaCE)
- Project HEAL – HIV & HCV Screening, Education, Awareness, Linkage to Care
- Project IDEAL
- Strategies to Innovate Emergency Care Clinical Trials Network (SIREN)
- NIH- TOUCHED – Targeting of UnControlled Hypertension in Emergency Department
- BIRCWH/CRWG/COM Program (Building Interdisciplinary Research in Women’s Health/Center for Research on Women and Gender/College of Medicine)
PREVIOUSLY FUNDED RESEARCH
- COVID-19 Related Research
- A Hypertension Emergency Department Intervention Aimed at Decreasing Disparities (AHEAD2)
- Community Targeting of Uncontrolled Hypertension (CTOUCH)
- The CHICAGO Plan– Coordinated Healthcare Interventions for Childhood Asthma Gaps in Outcomes
- Emergency Patient Interdisciplinary Care Coordination for Frequent ER Visitors (EPIC)
- Heart Rescue India
- Improving Sickle Cell Care in Adolescents & Adults in Chicago (ISAAC)
- ICARE (Improving Cancer Survival and Reducing Treatment Variations with Protocols for Emergency Care)
- Illinois Heart Rescue US- US Heart Rescue Consortium (Phase II)
- IPHI- Alliance for Health Equity Hospital Opioid Treatment and Response (HOTR) Demonstration Project
- Lightning Injury Research Program
- [email protected] Gaining Access to Networks for Advancement in Science ([email protected] GANAS mentorship program)
- Measuring Disparities in the Chain of Survival among Hispanic Communities
- NIH- ROOTS- Reaching Out Of The System
- PMV Sleep Study (The Impact of Sleep Deprivation on Reaction Time Measured by Psychomotor Vigilance Testing in The Emergency Department)