Current Research
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Network
Site Investigator - Alfred Connors, MD
Funding Agency - NIH/NHLBI
The goal of the Network is to efficiently test promising agents, devices, or management strategies to improve the care of patients with ARDS.
African Americans and Obesity
Primary Investigator - Peter Whitt, MSW, LSW (Cleveland State University)
Funding Agency - NIH/NCMHD
Researchers at Cleveland State University’s Center for Health Equity have collaborated with residents and organizations from Cleveland’s Central neighborhood to determine if Community based participatory research (CBPR) methodologies will yield greater success in health interventions compared to those existing community health interventions that were initiated using traditional methodologies.
Dr. Mosavel contributes her CBPR expertise to this project.
Cervical Cancer and the Mother Daughter Relationship in South Africa
Primary Investigator - Maghboeba Mosavel, PhD
Project Coordinator - Catherine Oakar, BA
Funding Agency - NIH
The goal of this project is to explore whether women can be motivated to obtain screening for cervical cancer through utilization of the mother-daughter relationship.
Closing the Gap
Primary Investigator - John Daryl Thornton, MD, MPH
Project Coordinator - TBA
Funding Agency - Saint Luke’s Foundation
The goal of this project is to test interventions to decrease tobacco use and respiratory complications among persons attending an inner city medical clinic.
Cohort Study of Chronic Renal Insufficiency
Site Investigator - Patricia Kao, MD
Project Coordinator - Kimberly Bauchens, BSN, RN
Funding Agency - NIH/NIDDK
This is a multicenter prospective cohort study to determine factors predicting decline in renal function and CV disease in patients with renal insufficiency.
Community Advocacy Program
Primary Investigator - Harry Walker, MD
Evaluator - Janeen Leon, MS, RD, LD
Funding Agency - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Local Initiative Funding Partners Program
The goal of this project is to evaluate impact on medical outcomes of patients receiving legal services in a medical-legal collaborative program.
Engaging the African-American Community in Reducing Obesity and Its Consequences: Testing CBPR Methodologies in Cleveland, Ohio
Primary Investigator - Peter Whitt, MSW, LSW (Cleveland State University)
Funding Agency - NIH/NCMHD
This project utilizes a community-based participatory to develop and evaluate an intervention to reduce obesity in the African-American community.
Fast Food Analysis: Phosphorus and Potassium
Primary Investigator - Janeen Leon, MS, RD, LD
Project Coordinator - Cathy Sullivan, MS, RD, LD
Research Assistants - Srilekha Sarathy, MS, RD, LD, Marquisha Marbury, AAB
Funding Agency - National Kidney Foundation
Interpreters as Advocates
Primary Investigator - John Daryl Thornton, MD, MPH
Project Coordinator - Marilyn Alejandro-Rodriguez
Funding Agency - NIH/NCMHD
The Interpreters as Advocates project is focused on improving the communication between Spanish speaking patients with hypertension and healthcare providers.
Lance Armstrong Grant
Primary Investigator - Maghboeba Mosavel, PhD
Co-Primary Investigator - Kimberly Sanders, MPA (Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services, Inc.)
Project Coordinator - Catherine Oakar, BA
Funding Agency - Lance Armstrong Foundation
This project is focused on conducting a needs assessment of low-income cancer survivors in Cleveland.
Organ Donation Project
Primary Investigator - John Daryl Thornton, MD, MPH
Project Coordinator - Jennifer Wanchick, BA
Funding Agency - NIH / Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The goal of the organ donation project is to increase the number of organ donors among individuals who are getting their driver's license for the first time.
Phosphorus Additives
Primary Investigator - Ash Sehgal,MD, Janeen Leon, MS, RD, LD
Project Coordinator - Cathy Sullivan, MS, RD, LD
Research Assistants - Srilekha Sarathy, MS, RD, LD, Marquisha Marbury
Funding Agency - NIH, Leonard C. Rosenberg Foundation
The Phosphorus Additives project looks to reduce the intake of food with phosphorus additives among hemodialysis patients using an educational intervention.
Project HYPE
Primary Investigator - Maghboeba Mosavel, PhD
Project Coordinator - Ayella Shams, BS
Funding Agency - NIH/NCMHD
Project HYPE is a community based research project aimed at identifying the social context of hypertension management.
Project REECH
Primary Investigator - Maghboeba Mosavel, PhD
Project Coordinator - Karen Tabb, MSW
Funding Agency - NIH/NCMHD
Project REECH's aim is to reduce the divide between health institutions and the community they serve in hopes of reducing health disparities.
Transplant Navigator Project
Primary Investigator - Ash Sehgal, MD
Project Coordinator - Cathy Sullivan, MS, RD, LD
Funding Agency - NIH/NCMHD
The Transplant Navigator Project will train kidney transplant recipients to help hemodialysis patients navigate the kidney transplant system.
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