| Current Projects |
| Implementation of a Centralized Screening Unit to Increase Lung Cancer Screening and Downstage Tumors in the Bronx (LCS) |
Dean Hosgood, PhD (PI) |
Implementation Study |
Investigator |
This research aims to study the extent/degree of full implementation of a centralized screening unit for lung cancer screening, to assess its impact on lung cancer screening referral rates in minoritized and low-income communities, and to determine the “success” of the screening unit as measured by the extent of down-staging of lung cancer tumor stage at diagnosis. |
| Measuring Racial Equity and Institutional Racism in Primary Care (EQUIP) |
Andrew Telzak, MD, MSc (Site PI) |
Mixed Methods (Multisite) |
Investigator |
The overall goal of this research is to develop measures within primary care that can be used to (1) identify both equity-promoting processes and processes that may reflect practice-level institutional racism, and (2) determine their association with variation in Black-White disparities in health outcomes across practice settings. |
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Pragmatic Evaluation of Events and Benefits of Lipid-lowering in Older Adults (PREVENTABLE)
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Carlos Rodriguez, MD (Site Co-PI)
Andrew Telzak, MD, MSc (Site Co-PI)
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Pragmatic Clinical Trial (Multisite) |
Investigator |
PREVENTABLE is a multi-center, randomized, parallel-group, placebo-controlled superiority study among community-dwelling older adults without cardiovascular disease (CVD) or dementia, with the aim of demonstrating the benefit of statins for reducing the primary composite of death, dementia, and persistent disability and secondary composites including mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and cardiovascular events. |
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Improving the Quality of Care for Asthma Patients at Risk of Exacerbations
(iCARE)
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Elliot Israel, MD (PI)
Andrew Telzak, MD, MSc (Site Co-PI)
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Pragmatic Clinical Trial (Multisite) |
Investigator |
The goal of this trial is to compare two known effective asthma strategies, MART (maintenance and reliever therapy) and PARTICS (patient-activated reliever-triggered ICS), head-to-head. |
| HPV Self-swab Screening for Cervical Cancer Prevention in Primary Care |
Jonathan Ross, MD (PI) |
Pilot Implementation Study |
Investigator |
This mixed-methods study will characterize the acceptability and feasibility of HPV self-swab screening for cervical cancer prevention in primary care. |
| Past Projects |
| Penicillin Allergy De-Labeling Initiative (PADI) |
Chris Oh, MD (PI) |
Pilot Implementation Study |
Investigator |
This study aims to study the implementation of penicillin oral challenge protocols in the primary care setting, with the goal of de-labeling penicillin allergies from patients incorrectly assigned an allergy in the Electronic Medical Record. |
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Patient Empowered Strategy to Reduce Asthma Morbidity in Highly Impacted Populations (PREPARE)
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Diane McKee, MD, MS (Site PI) |
Comparative Effectiveness Trial (Multisite) |
Investigator |
The goal of this study was to understand whether patient-activated reliever-triggered inhaled corticosteroid reduced asthma exacerbations in Black and Hispanic patients. |
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Enhancing the Community Health Worker (CHW) Model to Promote Diabetes Technology Use in Young Adults from Underrepresented Minority Groups (YA-URMs) with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) (CATCH-T1D)
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Shivani Agarwal, MD (PI) |
Randomized Clinical Trial |
Investigator |
The objective of this study is to test the early effects and implementation of an enhanced community health worker (CHW) model (T1D-CATCH) that encourages and supports diabetes technology use in young adults from underrepresented minority groups (YA-URMs) with type 1 diabetes (T1D). |
| NYC Cancer Outreach Network in Neighborhoods for Equity and Community Translation Randomized Controlled Trial (NYC CONNECT) |
Bruce Rapkin, PhD (MPI) |
Randomized Controlled Trial |
Consultation |
This study aims to assess the relative effectiveness of two evidence-based strategies to increase cancer screening rates for breast, colorectal, and cervical cancer, comparing enhanced usual care (with cancer screening education) with a patient navigation strategy to connect patients to cancer screening and address unmet social needs. |
| 5-Cog Paradigm to Improve Detection of Cognitive Impairment in Primary Care (5-Cog 2.0) |
Joe Verghese, MBBS, MS (PI) |
Pragmatic Clinical Trial (Multisite) |
Investigator |
This study uses a hybrid Type 1 effectiveness-implementation design to test the 5-Cog paradigm of cognitive assessment paired with clinical decision-making support in a pragmatic, cluster-randomized trial across 22 primary care sites in the Bronx and Indiana. |
