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Title:
Prescription for Health
Source: Robert Woods Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
PI: Paul Dassow, M.D.
Dates: 07/03 – 09/04
This study will bring the Integrative Health Improvement Plan to
primary care practices in the Kentucky Ambulatory Network. Outcomes
measured will be patient and physician satisfaction as well as patient
progress through the IHIP program.
Title: Residency Training in Primary Care
(Family Medicine)
Source: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
PI: A. Stevens Wrightson, M.D.
07/01/03 – 06/30/06
This grant focuses on two areas. (1) A community medicine experience
providing care for the underserved urban and rural setting. (2)
Increasing the number of physicians who practice in rural underserved
areas.
Title: Academic Administrative Units in Family
Medicine
Source: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
PI: Samuel C. Matheny, M.D., M.P.H.
Dates: 09/01/03 – 08/31/06
The primary goals are to 91) expand the influence and scope of
activities of our Department of Family Practice and Community medicine
in research, teaching and service related to rural health disparities,
including at-risk elderly populations; and (2) support and expand the
activities of our emerging rural primary care practice-based research
network, the Kentucky Ambulatory Network (KAN) which is administered by
our Department.
Title: Faculty Development in Primary Care
Source: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
PI: Kevin Pearce, M.D., M.P.H.
Dates: 07/01/03 – 06/30/06
The primary goals of this grant are to (1) train four family physicians
to be successful clinician-researchers, with an emphasis on aging
research, through a full-time two-year fellowship and MPH; and (2)
enhance Community-Based Faculty (CBF) using teaching modules delivered
via conferences, the internet and video-conferencing.
Title: Informatics to Enhance Kentucky
Ambulatory Network (IEKAN)
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
PI: Kevin Pearce, M.D., M.P.H., Co-PI: James Andrews, Ph.D.
Dates: 09/30/02 – 09/29/04
Through this planning grant a complete assessment will occur of the
members of the Kentucky Ambulatory Network (KAN) our Practice Based
Research Network (PBRN) in place since 2000 and funded through the
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). We will assess the
current capabilities, needs, desires, and barriers related to the
adoption and implementation of computerized information and
communication technologies that would be useful for individual
practitioners and for our PBRN. This would result in the construction
of a realistic plan for building a network-side computerized data and
communications system, with evidence-adaptive decision support
components.
Title: Predoctoral Training in Primary Care
Source: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
PIs: Jennifer Joyce, M.D.; Paul Dassow, M.D.
Dates: 09/01/02 – 06/30/05
Funding is being provided to develop a rural training track in primary
care. Components of this track will begin in the 1st and 2nd year
(rural specific topics/groups associated with 1st/2nd year courses as
applicable) and will continue throughout and into the 3rd/4th years of
medical school. Recruitment for students interested in pursuing a
career in rural/primary care practices will begin with this year's
incoming 1st year class.
Title: Cardiovascular Risk Education and
Social Support (CaRESS)
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
PI: Kevin Pearce, M.D., M.P.H.
Dates: 09/01/02 – 08/31/05
The long-term goal is to reduce the incidence and severity of
cardiovascular disease among high-risk patients treated in primary care
settings by improving their adherence to prescribed treatments. The
objectives of the study are to (1) test the effectiveness of an
original and practical intervention designed to foster the involvement
of a relative or friend in cardiovascular risk reduction for patients
with type 2 diabetes, focusing on using this type of social support to
improve adherence to prescribed treatments, and (2) investigate the
intervention’s theorized cognitive-behavioral mechanisms of action.
Title: Increasing Colorectal Screening Rates
Among Kentucky’s Women
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH)/BIRCWH
PI: Paul Dassow, M.D.
Dates: 08/02 – 12/03
This study will determine if targeted mail-out messages to patients can
lower barriers to colorectal cancer screening and increase screening
rates among women over age 50 who receive primary care. Funding was
awarded through the NIH sponsored University of Kentucky College of
Medicine training program “Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers
in Woman’s Health” (BIRCWH) program.
Title: Child Health Care Visits: Adult Cancer
Prevention
Source: National Cancer Institute (NCI)/Appalachian Cancer Network (ACN)
PI: Margaret Love, Ph.D. Co-PI: Jennifer Joyce, M.D.
Dates: 09/15/02 – 3/31/03
This study will describe the demographic characteristics and health
care needs of low-income adults who bring their children to rural
health care centers, toward developing an opportunistic mechanism for
delivering preventive health care messages to these adults.
Title: Interdisciplinary Complementary and
Alternative Medicine Curriculum Model
Source: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
PI: William Elder Jr., Ph.D.
Dates: 07/01/02 – 06/30/07
The major goal of this project is to develop an interdisciplinary
complementary and alternative medicine education curriculum model at
the University of Kentucky.
Title: Prevalence of Chlamydia in a Central
Kentucky Practice-Based Network
Source: American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
PI: Shersten Killip, M.D.
Dates: 06/01/02 – 02/28/03
This study is to pilot a larger one designed to determine the true
prevalence of genitourinary Chlamydia infection among people who attend
primary care practices in central and eastern Kentucky.
Title: Kentucky Health Services Research (HRS)
Development
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Co-PI: Margaret Love, Ph.D. PI: Steven Fleming, Ph.D.
Dates: 10/01/01 – 9/30/03
The major goals of this project are to develop health services research
infrastructure and capacity at the University of Kentucky through
collaboration between its Center for Health Services Management and
Research and the Department of Family Practice. The two major
components are: (1) research training, mentoring, protected time and
pilot project seed funding for three junior family practice faculty
members; and (2) implementation of a pilot office systems intervention
research project to improve delivery of preventive services in
community primary care physician offices. This is a Building Research
Infrastructure and Capacity (BRIC) award.
Title: Physicians Oral Health Education in
Kentucky
Source: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Co-Investigator: Wanda Gonsalves, M.D. PI: Gerald Ferretti, DDSMS
Dates: 10/01/01 - 09/30/04
The purpose of the grant is to interface oral health care with the
existing Family Practice Residency Curriculum.
Title: Understanding the Physician-Patient
Relationship for Individuals with Asthma
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH)/K30
PI: Margaret Love, PhD
Dates: 04/01/01-06/30/03
The purpose of the present study is to apply qualitative research
methods toward understanding the physician-patient relationship from
the perspective of persons with asthma. The funding was awarded through
the University of Kentucky College of Medicine NIH-sponsored K30
training program, Career Training in Therapeutics and Translational
Research.
Title: A Randomized Single Blinded Comparison
of the Efficacy and Safety of Synvisc & Arstopan in Patients with
Osteoarthritis of the Knee (SYNVISC)
Source: ICON Clinical Research
PI: Thomas Armsey, M.D.
Dates: 12/2000 – 10/2002
This grant examines the safety and efficacy of Synvisc and Arstopan in
individuals with osteoarthritis of the knee.
Title: The Midwest Health Professions Learning
Consortium
Source: Corporation for National Service through Wright State
University
Institutional PI: Wanda Gonsalves, M.D. PI: Katherine Cauley, Ph.D.
Dates: 09/01/00 – 8/31/03
This study advocates service learning teaching methodologies by
presenting educational workshops in service learning across the state.
Title: Academic Units: Expansion of Research
Infrastructure
Source: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
PI: Samuel Matheny, M.D., M.P.H.
Dates: 9/01/00 – 8/31/03
The major goals of this project are to expand the research
infrastructure of our Department of Family Practice by the creation of
a primary care practice-based research network. The Kentucky Ambulatory
Network (KAN) membership currently includes over 100 community
clinicians and the eight Kentucky Family Practice residency programs.
Title: Residency Training in Primary Care
Source: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
PI: Wanda Gonsalves, M.D.
Dates: 07/01/00 – 06/30/03
This grant focuses on two areas. (1) A community medicine experience
providing care for the underserved urban and rural setting. (2)
Increasing the number of physicians who practice in rural underserved
areas.
Title: Faculty Development in Primary Care
Source: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
PI: Kevin Pearce, M.D., M.P.H.
Dates: 07/01/00 – 06/30/03
Major Objectives of the Grant: (1) Increase the number of Family
Practice physicians trained and prepared to pursue careers as clinician
researchers. (2) Increase the number of community-based faculty
involved in Family Practice education and enhance their teaching skills |
