Research

RESEARCH: General Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care

General Medicine faculty conduct research in patient safety and quality, treatment of chronic illness, competency-based medical education, bioethics, palliative care, and other topics of urgent national concern.

The “Wisdom through Adversity” study, funded by the John Templeton Foundation and led by division chief Margaret Plews-Ogan and colleagues Natalie May and Justine Owens, bore fruit in 2012-2013 with a documentary that aired on PBS and a book, “Choosing Wisdom: Strategies and Inspiration for Growing through Life-Changing Difficulties,” that was featured at the Virginia Festival of the Book in March 2013.

 

Research grants active during 2012-2013 include:

Laurie Archbald-Pannone:

• NIH K23 AI074681-05 – “Evaluation of C. difficile severity in epidemiologic studies and in animal models” (6/2008 – 5/2013)
• NIH RO3 – “Probiotics to improve outcomes of Clostridium difficile infection in older adults” (7/2012 – 6/2014; Nasia Safdar, PI; L. Archbald-Pannone, consultant)
• UVA Department of Medicine research award – “Establishing best practices for administration of fecal microbiota transplant for recurrent C. difficile infection” (3/2013–7/2013)

Seki Balogun:

• Virginia Geriatric Education Center – VCU Subcontract Through SON (7/2010 – 06/2015; K. Fletcher, PI; S. Balogun, consultant)

Daniel Becker:

• NIH SBIR sub-award 9R44TR000360-02A1 – “Modeling professional attitudes and teaching humanistic communication in Virtual Reality (m-PathicVR)” (9/2013 – 1/2015)

Leslie Blackhall and Joshua Barclay (co-investigators):

• CMS– “Modeling professional attitudes and teaching humanistic communication in Virtual Reality (m-PathicVR)” (7/2012 – 6/2016)

Leslie Blackhall:

• CMS Innovations in Health Care award 1C1CMS331031 – “Pro-active palliative care and palliative radiation model.” (7/2012 – 6/2015; Paul Read, PI; L. Blackhall, program leader)
• Macy Foundation – “Bridging the gap: developing, implementing, and assessing the impact of innovative undergraduate inter-professional education (IPE) experiences based on collaborative care best practice models” (9/2011 – 5/2014)

Ira Helenius and Daniel Becker, co-investigators:

• UVA Department of Medicine research award – “Health and design” (3/2013 – 7/2013)

Jennifer Marks:

• Academy of Distinguished Educators Medical Education Research grant – “Teaching pain management to undergraduate medical and nursing students using an inter-professional approach” (9/2012 – 8/2014)

Mohan Nadkarni:

• Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation – “Call2Health” (7/2011 – 10/2013 NCE)

John Philbrick and John Voss, co-investigators:

• UVA Graduate Medical Education grant, “WEB-based evidence-based medicine training for residents with outcomes assessment” (2/2011 – 6/2013)

Margaret Plews-Ogan:

• Macy Foundation award – “Collaborative faculty development project” (5/2012 – 5/2014)
• UVA Department of Medicine research award – “Facilitating personal growth in patients through surgery” (3/2013 – 7/2013)

Preston Reynolds, PI:

• UVA Department of Medicine research award – “Enabling faculty to prepare residents as authentic healers and compassionate professionals” (3/2013 – 6/2013)
• Arnold P. Gold Foundation – “Enabling faculty to prepare residents as authentic healers and compassionate professionals [ACGME core competency: Professionalism w/ inter-professional and communication skills]” (12/2011 – 3/2014)
• National Institute on Minority Health & Health Disparities – “Reducing health disparities through transformation of the learning environment” (9/2011 – 9/2013)

Diane Snustad, PI:

• NIH SBIR II Sub-Award /Barron Associates – “Telephone Monitor for the Elderly (TELEHOME)” (10/2012 – 5/2013)

John Voss, PI:

• Pfizer Foundation – “Quality Initiative” (8/2012 – 8/2013)