Disclaimer

From 2017-2022, RISE was under the organizational structure of the Healthcare Analytics and Delivery Science Institute (HADSI), which offered pilot funding support for projects led by EVMS and Sentara researchers. Please see below for the list of grant awardees.

Jonathan Mark, MD

Affiliations: EVMS

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Prospective Trial Comparing Anesthetic Efficacy of an Intranasal Tetracaine/Oxymetazoline Foam to Cotton Pledget Application for Flexible Nasolaryngoscopy

Contact/Submission Email: MarkJR@EVMS.EDU

Chinelo Okigbo, MD

Affiliations EVMS

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Reducing diabetes distress in people with newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes: A pilot study

Contact/Submission Email: OkigboCC@EVMS.EDU

Ellen Pudney, PhD

Affiliations:EVMS

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Evaluation of a Community-based Family Focused Weight Coaching Program

Contact/Submission Email: PudneyEV@EVMS.EDU

Jerri Waller, MD & Lindsay Robbins, MD

Affiliations: EVMS

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Racial Disparities in Maternal Cardiovascular Disease

Contact/Submission Email: WallerJA@EVMS.EDU; RobbinLS@EVMS.EDU

Joshua Sill, MD and Xian Qiao, MD

Affiliations: EVMS/Sentara

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Efficacy of Speech Language Pathology Treatment for Brain Fog in Patients after COVID-19 Infection

Contact/Submission Email: SillJM@EVMS.EDUQiaoX@EVMS.EDU 

Round 5 Funded Projects - 2020

Cristina Baldassari, MD

Affiliations: EVMS

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Correlation of Endocan Levels with Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Contact/Submission Email: BaldasC@EVMS.EDU 

Tetsuya Kawakita, MD

Affiliations: EVMS

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Outcomes of Women with Body Mass Index 60 or Greater: Planned Cesarean versus Indication of Labor

Contact/Submission Email: KawakiT@EVMS.EDU 

Hamid Okhravi, MD

Affiliations: EVMS

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

The Effects of an Aerobic Exercise Regimen on Sleep Quality, Quantity and Stress Level in COVID-19 Health Professionals: A Feasibility Study

Contact/Submission Email: OkhravHR@EVMS.EDU 

Margaret Baumgarten, MD

Affiliations: EVMS

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Mentoring4Health - Assessing Health Impacts of Adding Home Monitoring of Blood Pressue and Weight for Food Pantry Clients Enrolled in the Connect4Health Wellness Coaching Model

Contact/Submission Email: BaumgaMY@EVMS.EDU 

Carrie Elzie, PHD

Affiliations: EVMS

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Use of Virtual Reality to Improve Understanding, Empathy, and Self-efficacy in Caregivers of Dementia Patients

Contact/Submission Email: ElzieCA@EVMS.EDU 

Marissa Galicia-Castillo, MD

Affiliations: EVMS

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Effectiveness of a Dedicated "Goals of Care Team" for Older Patients in the Intensive Care Unit

Contact/Submission Emailgalicimc@evms.edu

Alexandra Leader, MD

Affiliations: EVMS

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Examining Hampton Roads' Most Socially Disadvantaged Populations

Contact/Submission Email: LeaderAP@EVMS.EDU 

Paul Aravich, PHD

Affiliations: EVMS

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Computer Engagement in Cognitively Impaired Nursing Home Patients

Contact/Submission Email: AravicPF@EVMS.EDU 

Tracy Fu, PHD

Affiliations: EVMS

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Effect of the 2016 CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain and the Subsequent Legislations on Pain Relief Drug Prescription and Patient Outcomes in Hampton Roads

Contact/Submission Email: FuH@EVMS.EDU 

Thomas McCune, MD

Affiliations: EVMS

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Rapid Identification of Acute Kidney Injury in Hospitalized Patients

Contact/Submission EmailMcCuneTR@EVMS.EDU 

Aaron Nelson, MD

Affiliations: EVMS

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Efficacy of Flash Glucose Monitoring during the Transition from Inpatient to Outpatient Care in Patients Who have had Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery

Contact/Submission Email: nelsonab@EVMS.EDU

Hamid Okhravi, MD

Affiliations: EVMS

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Effects of Antipsychotic Medication Reduction on Morality and Incidence of Major Cardiovascular Events in Long-term Nursing Home Residents

Contact/Submission Email: OkhravHR@EVMS.EDU 

Marybeth Hughes, MD

Affiliations: EVMS

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Individual and neighborhood predictors of late stage colorectal cancer and mortality, Virginia 2008-2016

Contact/Submission Email: HughesMS@evms.edu 

Michael Hooper, MD

Affiliations: EVMS

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Determining the Association between Dysfunctional High Density Lipoprotein Levels and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Severe Sepsis

Contact/Submission Email: hoopermh@evms.edu

Jeff McTavish, MD

Affiliations: Sentara

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Early Diagnosis of Lung Cancer through Barrier Identification and Process Improvement

Contact/Submission Email: Jennifer May jlfreema@sentara.com; Jeff McTavish jeff.mctavish@gmail.com

Beverly Roberts-Atwater, DO, PhD

Affiliations: EVMS

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Prescribing Opioids: Patterns of Use, Disparities and Functional Outcomes, From Trauma to Post-Acute Rehabilitation

Contact/Submission Email: Ashley Dixon, dixonac@evms.edurobertbl@evms.edu

Abby Van Voorhees, MD

Affiliations: EVMS

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Health Disparities in Misdiagnosis: An Examination of the Prevalence of Pseudocellulitis and Cellulitis in Adult Patients in the Hampton Roads region using the Sentara Healthcare System Electronic Health Record

Contact/Submission Email: vanvoos@evms.edu

Greg Weingart, MD

AffiliationsSentara

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Evaluation of the Emergency Department usage after a Hurricane: Identifying At-Risk Populations

Contact/Submission Email: gsweingart@gmail.com

John Brush, MD

Affiliations: Sentara, EVMS

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Epidemiology, Outcomes, and Disparities Among Patients with Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus Undergoing Cardiovascular Revascularization Procedures

Contact/Submission Email: jebrush@sentara.com

Megan Clay, RN

Affiliations: SNVMC, SQRI

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Benefits of a Mobile Health Clinic on Health Outcomes in an Underserved Community: A Program Evaluation

Contact/Submission Email: mmclay@sentara.com

Marissa Galicia-Castillo, MD

Affiliations: EVMS, Sentara

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Relationship of Advanced Care Plans (ACP) in the seriously ill patient and quality and cost of care during hospitalization

Contact/Submission Email: galicimc@evms.edu

Kent Lam, MD

Affiliations: EVMS

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Indications, Outcomes, and Utilization Trends in the Surgical Management of Epistaxis: An Evaluation within the Sentara Healthcare System 2000-2017

Contact/Submission Email: lamkk@evms.edu

David Lieb, MD

Affiliations: EVMS, Sentara

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Epidemiology and disparities of thyroid cancer in Hampton Roads; whether quality outcomes are associated with health disparities

Contact/Submission Email: liebdc@evms.edu

Brian Martin, PhD

Affiliations: EVMS Derm., Grad. Program in Public Health

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Social Determinants of Treatment Disparities in Cutaneous Melanoma

Contact/Submission Email: martinbc@evms.edu

Deborah Morris, MD

Affiliations: EVMS, Sentara

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Cohort Validation Study of PREDICT: Automated Mortality Risk Assessment Tool in EMR

Contact/Submission Email: morris01@evms.edu

Elias Siraj, MD

Affiliations: EVMS, Sentara

Title/Project Focus/Care Categories

Outcomes before and after implementation of an integrated Cardiovascular Diabetes Program at EVMS-Sentara Heart Hospital

Contact/Submission Email: sirajes@evms.edu