GIMGER

Research Programs

The Section of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics has a solid research foundation and is embracing growth and expansion of our research initiatives and programs.  The Section faculty receive funding from several agencies such as the Health Resources and Services Administration, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Louisiana Public Health Institute, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.


Section areas of research interest:

• Chronic Disease Management
• Minority Health Disparities
• Cancer Risk and Prevention in Low Literary Communities
• Health Policy
• Teamwork Training and Quality Improvement in Medical Education
• Transitions of Care
• Genetics of Aging
• Health Communication
• Hospice and Palliative Care 

Research faculty collaborate with other faculty from the Departments of Epidemiology, Pediatrics, Oncology, Tulane School of Public Health, and RAND Gulf States Policy Institute.


Grants Awarded:

• Lydia Bazzano, MD, PhD
  
• • South American Center of Excellence in Cardiovascular Health
  • Heritability and Genome-wide Linkage of Lipid Phenotypes
  • Tulane COBRE in Hypertension and Renal Biology
  • Sodium Sensitivity and Risk of Hypertension
  • Clinical Center for Prospective Cohort Study of CRI
    

• Chayan Chakraborti, MD
• • Tulane Advanced Research  Curriculum for Students (T-ARCS)
    
    
• Princess Dennar, MD
• • Daycare Developmental Surveillance Project Implementation Grant
  • Erasing Barriers--Training Lay Health Care Educators
    
    
• Michal Jazwinski, PhD
• • Determinants of Human Longevity and Healthy Aging (NIH)
  • Cellular Aging in a Yeast Model System (NIH)
    
    
• Lumie Kawasaki, MD, MBA
  
• • Patient-Centered Alternatives to Institutional Care
  • Geriatrics and Extended Care, Palliative Care-PACT Initiative
    

• P. Adam Kelly, PhD, MBA

• Using Multimedia Patient Feedback to Reduce Disparities in VA Healthcare
• Guideline Implementation to Decrease Inappropriate Bacteriuria Treatment
  

• Geraldine E. Ménard, MD
• • Reducing 30 Day Hospital Readmissions and Improving Transitions of Care
    
    
• Chad Miller, MD
• • G-Wish- Physical Diagnosis Mini Grant
    
    
• Eboni Price-Haywood, MD,MPH
• • Using effective provider-patient communication to increase cancer screening among low literacy patients
  • Diabetes Care Management Quality Improvement Beacon Initiative
  • Patient-centered medical home transformation of a safety net clinic
  • Diabetes education in Vietnamese Americans
    
    
• Ashley Wennerstrom, MPH
• • Tulane- RAND Community Health Worker Institute
    
    
• Jeff Wiese, MD
• • HRSA, Grant, Transitions of Care Curriculum
  • HRSA, Academic Administrative Units in Primary Care