Round 6 Funded Projects - 2021
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
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
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
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
Round 4 Funded Projects - 2020
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
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
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 Email
Alexandra Leader, MD
Affiliations
EVMS
Title/Project Focus/Care Categories
Examining Hampton Roads' Most Socially Disadvantaged Populations
Contact/Submission Email
Round 3 Funded Projects - 2019
Paul Aravich, PHD
Affiliations
EVMS
Title/Project Focus/Care Categories
Computer Engagement in Cognitively Impaired Nursing Home Patients
Contact/Submission Email
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
Thomas McCune, MD
Affiliations
EVMS
Title/Project Focus/Care Categories
Rapid Identification of Acute Kidney Injury in Hospitalized Patients
Contact/Submission Email
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
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
Round 2 Funded Projects - 2018
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
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.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
Affiliations
Sentara
Title/Project Focus/Care Categories
Evaluation of the Emergency Department usage after a Hurricane: Identifying At-Risk Populations
Contact/Submission Email
gsweingart@gmail.com
Round 1 Funded Projects - 2017
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
Affiliation
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
