Can Medicaid Managed Care mitigate race/ethnic health disparities in diabetes?
Principal Investigator: Mohammed K. Ali, MD MSc MBA
Co-investigators: Leslie Johnson, MPH PhD
Funding Agency: NIH
Project Dates: 09/23/2022 – 05/31/2027
Area(s) of Research: diabetes disparities, Medicaid managed care
Project goal(s): To assess whether different State Medicaid Managed Care organization permutations have contributed to narrowing or widening of disparities in care among people with diabetes.
iHEART-SA: Integrating HIV and hEART health in South Africa
Principal Investigator: Mohammed K. Ali, MD MSc MBA
Co-Investigator: Leslie Johnson, MPH PhD
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Project Dates: 09/2020 – 09/2025
Area(s) of Research: Integrated care, implementation science, diabetes, hypertension
Project goal(s): The goal of this project is to develop and test care innovations that integrate HIV, hypertension and diabetes care in a sustainable and scalable way in South Africa.
Adapting and testing an integrated care model for treatment of Type 1 diabetes and mental health co-morbidities
Principal Investigator: Leslie Johnson, MPH PhD
Funding Agency: MQ Mental Health Research/JDRF
Project Dates: 04/01/23—03/31/26
Area(s) of Research: diabetes, integrated care, depression
Project goal(s): To adapt and test an integrated mental health and diabetes care model for patients with type 1 diabetes.
Assessing and Identifying Strategies to Reduce the Postpartum Diabetes
Screening Gap among Women with a History of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in
Georgia
Principal Investigator: Leslie Johnson, MPH PhD
Funding Agency: Georgia Center for Diabetes Translation Research
Project Dates: 7/1/22-6/30/24
Area(s) of Research: gestational diabetes, postpartum health, preventative services
Project goal(s): To measure the postpartum diabetes screening gap in
Georgia and explore barriers to and facilitators of postpartum diabetes screening
to identify potential strategies to improve postpartum screening rates.
Georgia Gear
Principal Investigator: Ted Johnson, MD, MPH
Co-investigators: Miranda Moore, PhD - Lead Evaluator
Funding Agency: Health Resources and Services Administration
Project Dates: 7/1/2019-6/30/2024
Area(s) of Research: geriatric workforce education, Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
Project goal(s): To improve clinical care and the quality of life for older adults and their families. This work would be in: 1) improving geriatric education of physicians, healthcare professionals, and their inter-professional teams; 2) engaging primary care teams in work re-design to allow better address of what matters to older patients; and 3) community level partnering to address the needs of seniors in rural and underserved communities.
Georgia Memory Net
Co-investigators: Theodore Johnson II (Primary Care Provider Consultant, Miranda Moore PhD (Population Health Lead)
Funding Agency: Georgia Department of Human Services, Division of Aging Services
Project Dates: Annual contract 07/01-06/30
Area(s) of Research: dementia, provider education
Project goal(s): The goals of the Georgia (GA) state funded Georgia Alzheimer’s Project, the Georgia Memory Net (GMN), are to (1) improve screening and care of Georgians with memory loss and other cognitive impairment indicative of Alzheimer’s and related dementias via sustainable, primary care driven models; (2) develop, implement, and support regional Memory Assessment Clinics (MACs) to improve Georgians’ access to early and accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders; and (3) improve long-term care and outcomes for cognitively impaired patients and their caregivers through connections between primary care providers and community partners focused on cognitive impairment and caregiving support.
What to wear: Investigating the clinical validity and implementation determinants of consumer health wearables for self-monitoring cardiovascular symptoms of Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS CoV-2 (PASC)
Principal Investigator: Deanna Kaplan, PhD
Funding Agency: Georgia CTSA
Project Dates: Dec 2022 – Dec 2023
Area(s) of Research: PASC, long covid, wearables
Project goal(s): This project investigates the clinical accuracy and implementation determinants of widely adopted consumer health wearables for self-monitoring and management of symptoms associated with Long COVID.
Development of a voice diary app for clinical and health sciences research
Principal Investigator: Deanna Kaplan, PhD
Funding Agency: Georgia CTSA Innovation Catalyst Program
Project Dates: Nov 2022 – Nov 2024
Area(s) of Research: methods, technology innovation
Project goal(s): This project develops a novel, HIPPA-compliant voice diary smartphone app for speech-enabled daily diary research.
InSPIRe: Integrating Specialist Palliative Care to Improve Care and Reduce Suffering in CF Patients
Principal Investigator: Dio Kavalieratos, PhD
Funding Agency: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Project Dates: 03/2020-02/2024
Area(s) of Research: Palliative care, cystic fibrosis
This project is a multi-site randomized controlled trial will test the efficacy of an outpatient palliative care intervention for adults with cystic fibrosis. The intervention comprises symptom management, goals of care elicitation, and care coordination, and is the first palliative care intervention in CF or any such genetic illness without curative options.
CASCADE: CAre Supporters Coached to be Adept DEcision partners
Emory Site Principal Investigator: Dio Kavalieratos, PhD
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Project Dates: 07/2021-06/2026
Area(s) of Research: Palliative care, cancer, caregiving
This project is in collaboration with investigators at the University of Alabama Birmingham; it is a lay navigator-led, telehealth early palliative care intervention to train advanced cancer caregivers how to effectively partner with patients in healthcare decision-making.
Mechanistic Pathways Linking Stress and Cognition
Principal Investigator: Ambar Kulshreshtha, MD
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Aging
Project Dates: 06/2020-05/2025
Area(s) of Research: Role of stress, vascular risk factors, cognition
The goal of this project is to examine the association of stress and cognition, role of CVD risk factors, and related health disparities.
Chaplain-Delivered Compassion Meditation for Patients Receiving Stem Cell Transplantation
Principal Investigator: Jennifer Mascaro, PhD
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Project Dates: 05/2020 - 04/2025
Area(s) of Research: Implementation science, integrative oncology
The goal of this project is to evaluate the implementation of evidence-based intervention strategies embedded in clinical settings to address depression and pain distress during cancer treatment.
Winship Wellness Program
Principal Investigator: Jennifer Mascaro, PhD
Funding Agency: Emory University Winship Cancer Institute
Project Dates: 12/2019 – ongoing
Area(s) of Research: Provider burnout, well-being
This project is a mixed-method study to characterize well-being among oncology providers and to evaluate the impact of new programming.
Assessing a new measure of community level dementia-friendliness
Principal Investigator: Miranda Moore PhD and Alexis Bender
Funding Agency: Alzheimer’s Association
Project Dates: 12/1/2021-11/30/2023
Area(s) of Research: dementia-friendly, African American faith communities, measurement
Project goal(s): Through a partnership with the Alter program, which aims to improve the physical and mental health outcomes of African American church community members using educational and infrastructural interventions, we propose to use survey methodology and factor analysis to create and validate a measure to assess the level of dementia friendliness of these faith communities.
Emory Healthy Kitchen Community
Co-investigator: Miranda Moore, PhD
Funding Agency: Ardmore Institute of Health
Project Dates: 05/09/2022 – 04/08/2024
Area(s) of Research: lifestyle medicine, teaching kitchen, culinary medicine
Project goal(s): This project is a mixed-method study of participant change in biometrics and survey data (perceived stress scale, etc.) due to a healthy teaching kitchen curriculum.
Integrating Costs Into Shared Decision-Making for Heart Failure
FPM Faculty/Role: Miranda Moore, PhD, Co-I/Health Economist
Funding Agency: NIH
Project Dates: 2018 - 2023
Area(s) of Research:
Comparative Effectiveness of Early Integrated Telehealth versus In-Person Palliative Care for Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer
Emory Site Principal Investigator: Tammie Quest, MD
Funding Agency: PCORI
Project Dates: Through 2023
Area(s) of Research: Lung cancer, palliative care, telemedicine
The project is a comparative effectiveness trial of in-person vs telemedicine palliative care for adults with metastatic lung cancer.
Reducing Disparities in the Quality of Palliative Care for Older African Americans through Improved Advance Care Planning
Emory Site Principal Investigator: Tammie Quest, MD
Funding Agency: PCORI
Project Dates: Through 2022
Area(s) of Research: Advance care planning
The project is a comparative effectiveness trial of two established forms of advance care planning for older adults with serious illness.
Better Together: Leveraging primary care and social network resources
Principal Investigator: Megha Shah, MD
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Project Dates: 06/2020-05/2025
Area(s) of Research: Community-engaged research, diabetes, immigrant health
The project is a lifestyle intervention and social network analysis of South Asians in Atlanta for diabetes self-management.
CENSAA: A Community-Engaged Health Needs Assessment of South Asians in Atlanta
Principal Investigator: Megha Shah, MD
Funding Agency: Emory University
Project Dates: 06/2020-06/2022
Area(s) of Research: Community-engaged research, diabetes, hypertension, immigrant health
The project is a mixed-methods data collection of a population-based sample of Asian Indians in Atlanta to understand cardiometabolic disease and risk factors.
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DREAM ATL: Scaling Community-Clinical Linkage Models to Address Diabetes and Hypertension Disparities in the Southeastern U.S.
Principal Investigator: Megha Shah, MD
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Project Dates: 08/2019-ongoing
Area(s) of Research: Community-engaged research, diabetes, hypertension, immigrant health
The project is in collaboration with NYU; it is a CHW-led telehealth intervention to improve HTN control among Bangladeshi's living in Atlanta.
Georgia Center for Diabetes Translational Research Supplement for COVID-19 Testing among Vulnerable Populations
FPM faculty/role: Megha Shah, MD, Co-Investigator
Funding Agency: NIH
Project Dates: 2020 - 2022
Area(s) of Research: COVID-19, metabolic disease
GCDTR will leverage its interdisciplinary expertise and collaborations to rapidly scale a COVID-19 testing program for adults and children who are at high risk due to background metabolic disease (i.e., diabetes, obesity, or elevated risk of diabetes)
Effect of High-Intensity Interval Training on Fasting Hyperglycemia in People with Isolated Impaired Fasting Glucose: A Proof-of-Concept Study
Principal Investigator: Sathish Thirunavukkarasu, PhD
Funding Agency: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NIH Award No.UL1TR002378)
Project Dates: August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2024
Area(s) of Research: precision medicine, prediabetes, prevention of type 2 diabetes, exercise, lifestyle change
Project goal(s): To generate preliminary data on the feasibility of the study conduct and acceptability and efficacy of high-intensity interval training in people with isolated impaired fasting glucose, a prediabetes phenotype
Effect of Dietary Energy Restriction on Reversing Isolated Impaired Fasting Glucose: A Proof of Concept Study
Principal Investigator: Sathish Thirunavukkarasu, PhD
Co-investigators: Mohammed K. Ali, MD MSc MBA
Funding Agency: Woodruff Health Sciences Center Synergy Awards, Emory University
Project Dates: July 1, 2023 to April 31, 2024
Area(s) of Research: precision medicine, prediabetes, prevention of type 2 diabetes, diet, lifestyle change
Project goal(s): To generate preliminary data on the feasibility of the study conduct and acceptability and efficacy of a low-calorie diet in people with isolated impaired fasting glucose, a prediabetes phenotype
Incidence and Risk of New-Onset Diabetes in Long COVID: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Principal Investigator: Sathish Thirunavukkarasu, PhD
Funding Agency: Emory Global Health Institute Field Scholars Awards Program, Emory University
Project Dates: June 1, 2023, to August 31, 2023
Area(s) of Research: COVID-19, new-onset diabetes, long COVID, systematic review, meta-analysis
Project goal(s): To synthesize data on the risk of new-onset diabetes in long COVID patients using a systematic review and meta-analysis approach.
Urine Metabolomics Assessment of Smoke and Dietary Exposures in the PURE Study
Principal Investigator: Sathish Thirunavukkarasu, PhD
Funding Agency: Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Canada
Project Dates: 2021 to 2023
Area(s) of Research: urinary biomarkers, smoking, diet, metabolomics
Project goal(s): To measure a broad panel of urinary biomarkers of tobacco smoke exposure and examine their relationship with tobacco-related diseases in current and non-smokers from 14 different countries.
Urine Metabolomics Assessment of Intoxicants from Tobacco Smoke Exposure in the PURE Study
Principal Investigator: Sathish Thirunavukkarasu, PhD
Funding Agency: New Investigator Fund, Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University, Canada
Project Dates: 2020 to 2023
Area(s) of Research: urinary biomarkers, smoking, metabolomics
Project goal(s): To measure a broad panel of urinary biomarkers of tobacco smoke exposure and examine their relationship with tobacco-related diseases in current and non-smokers from 14 different countries.
iCAREFOR: Interhospital Care Fragmentation in Older Adults with Dementia
Principal Investigator: Sara Turbow, MD MPH
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Aging
Project Dates: 08/2020-05/2025
Area(s) of Research: Aging, dementia, care fragmentation
This project is a secondary data analysis of CMS data to evaluate risk factors for and potential solutions to interhospital care fragmentation in older adults with Alzheimer's disease; also a survey/interview component investigating healthcare provider and health system perspectives on health information exchange.
Identifying the Prevalence and Relationship of Pain, Opioid Use, and Psychological Trauma among People Referred to Specialty Palliative Care
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This study focuses on identifying underlying symptoms of PTSD, chronic pain, opioid dependence, and existential distress in people receiving outpatient palliative care, and how these factors influence care needs.