Funded Projects Disclaimer
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 Brock VHS and Sentara researchers. Please see below for the list of grant awardees.
Jonathan Mark, MD
Affiliations: Brock VHS
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 Brock VHS
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: Brock VHS
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: Brock VHS
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: Brock VHS/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.EDU; QiaoX@EVMS.EDU
Round 5 Funded Projects - 2020
Cristina Baldassari, MD
Affiliations: Brock VHS
Title/Project Focus/Care Categories
Correlation of Endocan Levels with Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Contact/Submission Email: BaldasC@EVMS.EDU
Tetsuya Kawakita, MD
Affiliations: Brock VHS
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: Brock VHS
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: Brock VHS
Title/Project Focus/Care Categories
Mentoring4Health - Assessing Health Impacts of Adding Home Monitoring of Blood Pressure and Weight for Food Pantry Clients Enrolled in the Connect4Health Wellness Coaching Model
Contact/Submission Email: BaumgaMY@EVMS.EDU
Carrie Elzie, PHD
Affiliations: Brock VHS
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: Brock VHS
Title/Project Focus/Care Categories
Effectiveness of a Dedicated "Goals of Care Team" for Older Patients in the Intensive Care Unit
Contact/Submission Email: galicimc@evms.edu
Alexandra Leader, MD
Affiliations: Brock VHS
Title/Project Focus/Care Categories
Examining Hampton Roads' Most Socially Disadvantaged Populations
Contact/Submission Email: LeaderAP@EVMS.EDU
Paul Aravich, PHD
Affiliations: Brock VHS
Title/Project Focus/Care Categories
Computer Engagement in Cognitively Impaired Nursing Home Patients
Contact/Submission Email: AravicPF@EVMS.EDU
Tracy Fu, PHD
Affiliations: Brock VHS
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: Brock VHS
Title/Project Focus/Care Categories
Rapid Identification of Acute Kidney Injury in Hospitalized Patients
Contact/Submission Email: McCuneTR@EVMS.EDU
Aaron Nelson, MD
Affiliations: Brock VHS
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: Brock VHS
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: Brock VHS
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: Brock VHS
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: Brock VHS
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, robertbl@evms.edu
Abby Van Voorhees, MD
Affiliations: Brock VHS
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
John Brush, MD
Affiliations: Sentara, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University
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: Brock VHS, 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: Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University
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: Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University, 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: Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University, Dermatology, Public Health (M.P.H.)
Title/Project Focus/Care Categories
Social Determinants of Treatment Disparities in Cutaneous Melanoma
Contact/Submission Email: martinbc@evms.edu
Deborah Morris, MD
Affiliations: Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University, 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: Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University, Sentara
Title/Project Focus/Care Categories
Outcomes before and after implementation of an integrated Cardiovascular Diabetes Program at Sentara Heart Hospital
Contact/Submission Email: sirajes@evms.edu
