Research Projects

Active Research Grants 

PI: Erin Adams, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

• myCHOICE

PI: Vineet Arora, Department of Medicine (General Internal Medicine)

• Identifying Messages to PROmote Value & Education of (IMPROVE) Generic Prescribing
• Mentoring Patient-Oriented Research: Sleep & Activity During/After Hospital Stay  
• SIESTA (Sleep for Inpatients: Educating Staff to Act)
• TEACH STRIVES: Spreading Teen-Research Inspired Videos to Engage Schoolmates

PI: Kathleen Cagney, Department of Sociology

• Health Services Research Training Grant

PI: Robert Gibbons, Department of Public Health Sciences

• A New Statistical Paradigm for Measuring Psychopathology Dimensions in Youth

PI: Elbert Huang, Department of Medicine (General Internal Medicine)

• Preferences, Management & Outcomes of the Oldest Patients with Diabetes

PI: Andrea Kass, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience 

• Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Behavioral Interventions for Pediatric Obesity

PI: David Meltzer, Department of Medicine (Hospital Medicine)

• A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effects of Oral Health on Systemic Health, Oral Health & Health Care Among Older Adults
• African American Cardiovascular Pharmacogenetic CONsorTium (ACCOuNT): Discovery & Translation           
• CAPriCORN - Phase II
• Changing Long-Term Care in America: Policies, Markets, Strategies, and Outcomes
• CMS Practice Transformation Network
• Comprehensive Care, Community & Culture Program
• Disseminating the Comprehensive Care Program 
• Hospital Medicine Collaborative Group (CRG)  
• Longitudinal Effects of Integrated Inpatient/Outpatient Care for Patients at Increased Risk of Hospitalization       
• MD-PhD Program in Medicine, the Social Sciences, and Aging
• Mobile Mothers Overcoming Mood Symptoms (MOMS)
• NETE Solutions
• Northwestern University-University of Chicago HSR Postdoctoral Training Program
• Program in Oral Health, Systemic Health, Well-Being and the Social Sciences
• Short Term Aging-related Research (STAR) Program
• The University of Chicago Patient-Centered Outcome Research K12 Training Program

PI: Tamar Polonsky, Department of Medicine

• Myocardial Ischemia and Transfusion (MINT)

PI: Micah Prochaska, Department of Medicine (Hospital Medicine)

• The Effect of Red Blood Cell Transfusion on Fatigue, Activity and Fatigability in Hospitalized Patients with Anemia

PI: Greg Ruhnke, Department of Medicine (Hospital Medicine)

• Measuring the Impact of Accreditation on Diagnostic Accuracy & Health Outcomes in Echocardiography            

PI: Julian Solway, Department of Medicine (Molecular Medicine)

• Re-engineering Translational Research at the University of Chicago (CER Core)

PI: Linda Waite, Department of Sociology

• Specialized Training Demography & Economics of Aging

PI: James Zhang and David Meltzer, Department of Medicine

• A Multi-Attribute Metric of Anti-Cancer Medication Utilization, Adherence & Disparities (Prime) Zhang/Meltzer
• A Novel Big Data Screening Tool to Identify and Reduce CRN