Recently Funded Career Development Award Grants

K01: Mentored Research Scientist Development Award

2010/2011

Principal Investigator	Grant Number	Institution	Title
Baer, Heather	K01 HS019789	Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston	Use of Electronic Health Records for Addressing Overweight and Obesity in Primary Care
Chung, Sukyung	K01 HS019815	Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute	Measuring and Compensating Primary Care Physician Effort
Gurses, Ayse	K01 HS018762	Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore	Improving the Safety of Care Transitions for Cardiac Surgery Patients
Hernandez-Boussard, Tina	K01 HS018558	Stanford University	Prioritizing Quality Improvement in Surgery through Patient Safety Indicators
Marshall-Traino, Heather	K01 HS018113	Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond	Increasing Communication about Live Donor Kidney Transplant: A Proof of Concept
Nembhard, Ingrid	K01 HS018987	Yale University	Understanding the Implementation of New Practices in Health Care Organizations
Ryan, Andrew	K01 HS018546	Weill Medical College of Cornell University	Estimating Hospital Outcome Quality: Applications to Pay-for-Performance
Wen, Kuang-Yi	K01 HS019001	Fox Chase Cancer Center	MyHealthPortal: Using an Electronic Portal to Empower Patients with Breast Cancer

1999-2009

Principal Investigator	Grant Number	Institution	Title
Brown, Jeremiah	K01 HS018443	Dartmouth College	Patient Safety and Acute Kidney Injury
Concannon, Thomas	K01 HS017726	New England Medical Center Hospitals	Triage and Allocation Model for Primary PCI After STEMI
Del Fiol, Guilherme	K01 HS018352	Duke University	Context-Aware Knowledge Delivery into Electronic Health Records
Malouin, Rebecca	K01 HS017955	Michigan State University	Defining and Building a Patient-Centered Medical Home
McCarthy, Melissa	K01 HS017957	Johns Hopkins University	The Quality of Emergency Care and Relationship to Patient-Reported Outcomes
Mello-Thoms, Claudia	K01 HS018365	University of Pittsburgh	MammoTutor: An Internet-Based Computer Tutoring System to Teach General Radiologists
Rassen, Jeremy	K01 HS018088	Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA	Comparative Effectiveness Methods for Evaluation of In-Hospital Exposures
Trinacty, Connie	K01 HS018072	Harvard Pilgrim Health Care	Disparities in Diabetes Care: Health Plan Focus and Physician Responsiveness

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K02: Independent Scientist Awards

1999-2011

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Principal Investigator	Grant Number	Institution	Title
Chen, Alex	K02 HS018087	Children's Hospital, Los Angeles	Measuring Quality of Primary Care in Complex Pediatric Patients
Haukoos, Jason	K02 HS017526	Denver Health and Hospital Authority	Strategies to Identify Undiagnosed HIV Infection in the Emergency Department
Herring, Brad	K02 HS018455	Johns Hopkins University	Improvements in Health Outcomes from Health Insurance Coverage
Hung, Dorothy	K02 HS017007	Columbia University	Strategies for Improving the Quality of Preventive Services in Primary Care
Jonsson Funk, Michele L.	K02 HS017950	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	Doubly Robust Elimination: Best Practices for Comparative Effectiveness Research
Likosky, Donald	K02 HS015663	Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical School	Redesigning Cardiac Surgery to Reduce Neurologic Injury
Setoguchi-Iwata, Soko	K02 HS017731	Brigham and Women's Hospital	Improving Methods for Comparative Effectiveness Research

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K08: Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award

2010/2011

Principal Investigator	Grant Number	Institution	Title
Chen, Jersey	K08 HS018781	Yale University	Geographic Variation in the Use of Imaging with Cardiac Stress Testing
Khare, Rahul	K08 HS019005	Northwestern University, Chicago	Improving ED Quality and Safety by Enhancing Operations and Quality Management
Khazani, Nayer	K08 HS019816	Stanford University	Comparative Effectiveness of Mitigation Strategies for Pandemic Influenza
Lin, Grace	K08 HS017723	University of California, San Francisco	Measurement of Decision Quality in Coronary Artery Disease
Litvin, Cara	K08 HS018984	Medical University of South Carolina	Improving Recognition and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease in Primary Care
Meddings, Jennifer	K08 HS019767	University of Michigan at Ann Arbor	Targeting Hospital-Acquired Complications: Impact on the Care of Complex Patients
Miller, David	K08 HS018346	University of Michigan at Ann Arbor	Physician Organization and the Efficiency of Surgical Specialty Care
Mitchell, Suzanne	K08 HS019771	Boston Medical Center	Shared Decision Making in Diverse, Disadvantaged Populations; Addressing Health Disparities
Pakyz, Amy	K08 HS018578	Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond	Evaluating Clostridium Difficile Infection in Hospitalized Patients
Peterson, Pamela	K08 HS019814	University of Colorado, Denver	The Comparative Effectiveness of Single versus Dual Chamber Cardioverter Defibrillator
Volandes, Angelo	K08 HS018780	Massachusetts General Hospital	Improving End-of-Life Care for Cancer Patients with Video Decision Aids

1999-2009

Principal Investigator	Grant Number	Institution	Title
Alexander, Gregory	K08 HS016862	University of Missouri-Columbia	Assessing the Relationship Between IT Sophistication and Nursing Home Quality
Armstrong, April	K08 HS018341	University of California, Davis	Patient-Centered Online Care Model for Follow-up Management of Atopic Dermatitis
Barnett, Steve L.	K08 HS15700	University of Rochester	Deaf People and Healthcare
Carr, Brendan G.	K08 HS017960	University of Pennsylvania	The Comparative Effectiveness of Time-Adjusted Trauma Center Care on Mortality
Chien, Alyna	K08 HS017146	University of Chicago	Do Performance Incentives Improve Healthcare Quality for Vulnerable Populations?
Cochran, Gary	K08 HS018059	University of Nebraska Medical Center	Comparing the Effectiveness of Medication Use Systems in Small Rural Hospitals
Daiello, Lori	K08 HS017735	Rhode Island Hospital	Neglected by the Evidence: The Intersection of Medical Complexity and Dementia
Dalton, Vanessa	K08 HS015491	University of Michigan at Ann Arbor	Evaluating Treatment Options and Patterns of Care in Early Pregnancy Failure
Dimick, Justin	K08 HS017765	University of Michigan	Composite Measures of Surgical Performance
Gesteland, Per	K08 HS018538	University of Utah	Using Health Information Technology to Support Population-Based Clinical Practice
Goldman, L. Elizabeth	K08 HS018090	University of California, San Francisco	Evaluating and Improving Present-on-Admission for Performance Reporting
Govindarajan, Prasanthi	K08 HS017965	University of California, San Francisco	Impact of Regionalization of Care in Acute Stroke Patients
Halpern, Scott	K08 HS018406	University of Pennsylvania	Measuring and Mitigating Patient Safety Threats Due to Strains on ICU Capacity
Haut, Elliott	K08 HS017952	Johns Hopkins University	Does Screening Variability Make DVT an Unreliable Quality Measure of Trauma Care?
Kesselheim, Aaron	K08 HS018465	Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston	Off-Label Prescribing: Comparative Evidence, Regulation, and Utilization
Koopman, Richelle J.	K08 HS017948	University of Missouri-Columbia	Patient Readiness To Use Internet Health Resources
Kozower, Benjamin	K08 HS018049	University of Virginia	Mortality Assessment in Lung Cancer Resection
Kutney Lee, Ann	K08 HS018534	University of Pennsylvania	Changes in Hospital Care Organization and Outcomes
Lafleur, Joanne	K08 HS018582	University of Utah	Knowledge Engineering for Decision Support in Osteoporosis
Laskey, Antoinette	K08 HS016564	Indiana University	Racial Stereotypes and the Recognition of Child Abuse
Morgan, Daniel	K08 HS018111	University of Maryland, Baltimore	Improving Patient Safety and Disease Management While on Contact Isolation
Nagykaldi, Zsolt	K08 HS016470	University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center	Using Health Risk Appraisal to Prioritize Primary Care Interventions
Nuckols, Teryl K.	K08 HS017954	University of California, Los Angeles	The Value of Hospital-Related Patient Safety Interventions to Key Stakeholders
Okumura, Megumi	K08 HS017716	University of California at San Francisco	Barriers & Facilitators to Health Care: Transitioning Youth with Special Needs
Olomu, Adesuwa	K08 HS018104	Michigan State University	Closing the Research-to-Practice Gap in Cardiac Care of Minority and Low Income Populations
Rand, Cynthia	K08 HS017951	University of Rochester	Using Health Information Technology to Improve Delivery of HPV Vaccine
Sarkar, Urmimala	K08 HS017594	University of California, San Francisco	Interactive Health IT to Promote Ambulatory Safety Among Vulnerable Diabetes Patients
Shaikh, Ulfat	K08 HS018567	University of California, Davis	A Telehealth Learning Collaborative for Pediatric Obesity in Rural Primary Care
Theodoro, Daniel	K08 HS018092	Washington University	Improving and Assessing Outcomes of Central Lines in the Emergency Department
Were, Martin	K08 HS018539	Indiana University	Improving Management of Test Results that Return after Hospital Discharge

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Archived Awards

Completed Career Development Award Grants have been archived. For information on completed awards, please go to: http://archive.ahrq.gov/fund/training/kawarch.htm.

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Current as of March 2012

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Internet Citation:

AHRQ Funded Career Development Award Grants. March 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/training/Kawards.htm

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