Research

Division of General Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care:
RESEARCH

Thanks to $1.6 million in grant funding from organizations such as the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, and the Macy Foundation, to name a few, members of the division have been successful in advancing initiatives related to areas such as patient safety and quality, chronic illness, wisdom in medicine, competency-based education, the culture of academic medicine, historical discrimination, bioethics, and palliative care.

Active research being conducted by the members of the Division in FY 2014 is listed below.

Laurie Archbald-Pannone – Co-PI

Coulter Translational Partnership (UVA). Fecal Micro Transp. 07/01/2014-06/30/2015
National Institutes of Health RO3. “Probiotics to Improve Outcomes of Clostridium difficile Infection in Older Adults.” 2012-2014
Buchanan Endowment (UVA). Fecal Micobiata Transplant Program for recurrent C. difficile infection. 07/01/2013-06/30/2016
NIH/ NIAID K23 Career Development Award. Evaluation of C. difficile Severity in Epidemiologic Studies and Animal Models. 7/1/2008-9/30/2013

Daniel Becker – PI

Medical Cyberworld, Inc (NIH SBIIR: 9R44 TR000350-02A1). “Modeling Professional Attitudes and Teaching Humanistic Communication in VR.” 09/01/2012-01/31/2015

Leslie Blackhall and P. Read – Co-PIs

CMS. “Rapid Response Supportive and Palliative Care Program For Patients with Advanced Cancer.” 07/01/2012-06/30/2016

Leslie Blackhall – PI

Josiah Macy Fdn. “Bridging the Gap: Developing, Implementing, and Assessing the Impact of Innovative Undergraduate Interprofessional Education (IPE) Experiences Based on Collaborative Care Best Practice Models.” 09/01/2011-05/31/2014

Jennifer Marks – PI

ADE. “IPE Pain Management Training Module.” 09/01/2012-08/31/2014

Mohan Nadkarni – PI

Bristol Myers Squibb Fdn. “Together on Diabetes: Focus on African American Women.” 07/01/2011-12/31/2013nce

Margaret Plews-Ogan – PI

Emory/Macy Fdn. “Collaborative Faculty Development Project to Enhance Humanism and Professionalism in Medicine.” 05/15/2012-05/14/2014
Picker Gold Foundation. “Tell Me a Story.” 08/01/2013-07/31/2015

Preston Reynolds, PI

Gold Foundation. “Enabling Faculty to Prepare as Authentic Healers and Compassionate Professionals.” 12/27/2011-06/30/2014
NIH R13: 1R13MD003760-01. “Reducing Health Disparities through Transformation of the Learning Environment.” 09/09/2011-09/08/2013

John Voss, PI

Pfizer (GME). “Quality Initiative.” 09/01/2010-08/31/2014