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Center for Reducing Health Disparities
Working to Reduce Disparities through Research, Education, and Community Partnerships |
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Past Research Projects
| Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Network
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| Site Investigator: |
| Alfred Connors, MD |
| Funding Agency: |
| NIH/NHLBI |
| Description: |
| The goal of the Network is to efficiently test promising agents, devices, or management strategies to improve the care of patients with ARDS. |
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| Site Investigator: |
| John Daryl Thornton, MD, MPH |
| Project Coordinator: |
| Meia Jones, BS |
| Funding Agency: |
| Saint Luke’s Foundation |
| Description: |
| The goal of this project is to test interventions to decrease tobacco use and respiratory complications among persons attending an inner city medical clinic. |
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| Cohort Study of Chronic Renal Insufficiency |
| Site Investigator: |
| Edward Horowtiz, MD |
| Project Coordinator: |
| Jacqueline Theurer, MBA |
| Funding Agency: |
| NIH/NIDDK |
| Description: |
| This is a multicenter prospective cohort study to determine factors predicting decline in renal function and CV disease in patients with renal insufficiency. |
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| Community Advocacy Program |
| Site Investigator: |
| Harry Walker, MD |
| Evaluator: |
| Janeen Leon, MS, RD, LD |
| Funding Agency: |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/
Local Initiative Funding Partners Program |
| Description: |
| The goal of this project is to evaluate impact on medical outcomes of patients receiving legal services in a medical-legal collaborative program. |
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| Interpreters as Advocates |
| Primary Investigator: |
| John Daryl Thornton, MD, MPH |
| Project Coordinator: |
| Marilyn Alejandro-Rodriguez |
| Funding Agency: |
| NIH/NIMHD |
| Description: |
| The Interpreters as Advocates project is focused on improving the communication between Spanish speaking patients with hypertension and healthcare providers. |
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| Primary Investigator: |
| John Daryl Thornton, MD, MPH |
| Project Coordinator: |
| Marilyn Alejandro-Rodriguez |
| Funding Agency: |
| NIH / Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
| Description: |
| 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. |
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| Primary Investigators: |
Ash Sehgal, MD
Janeen Leon, MS, RD, LD |
| Project Coordinator: |
| Cathy Sullivan, MS, RD, LD |
| Funding Agency: |
| NIH, Leonard C. Rosenberg Foundation |
| Description: |
| The Phosphorus Additives project looks to reduce the intake of food with phosphorus additives among hemodialysis patients using an educational intervention. |
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| Primary Investigator: |
| Eileen Seeholzer, MD |
| Project Coordinator: |
| Meia Jones, BS |
| Funding Agency: |
| NIH/NIMHD |
| Description: |
| Project HYPE is a community based research project aimed at identifying the social context of hypertension management. |
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| Project REECH (Research Engagement for Community Health) |
| Primary Investigator: |
| John Daryl Thornton, MD. MPH |
| Project Coordinator: |
| Felicia Adams, MPA |
| Funding Agency: |
| NIH/NIMHD |
| Description: |
| Project REECH's aim is to reduce the divide between health institutions and the community they serve in hopes of reducing health disparities. |
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| Transplant Navigator Project |
| Primary Investigator: |
| Ash Sehgal, MD |
| Project Coordinator: |
| Cathy Sullivan, MS, RD, LD |
| Funding Agency: |
| NIH/NIMHD |
| Description: |
| The Transplant Navigator Project will train kidney transplant recipients to help hemodialysis patients navigate the kidney transplant system. |
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| Community Voices: Genetics Research and Health Disparities |
| Primary Investigator: |
| Patricia Marshall, PhD |
| Project Coordinator: |
| Laura Morello |
| Description: |
| A series of focus groups and individual interviews will be conducted to examine beliefs and experiences that influence understanding of genomic research and its application to health disparities among underserved and minority populations in Cleveland, Ohio. |
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