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DFM Faculty Research Interests
Alan Shahtaji, DO
- Primary research project: Sports concussion
- Role: Principal Investigator
- Key Words: Sports Concussion, Healthspan Nutrition, Exercise as Medicine
Allison Lynch, MD
- Key Words: Dermatology, Curriculum development
Alice I. Chen, DO
- Primary research project: Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine patients after in acoustic neuroma resection Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine in patients with cancer
- Role: Principal Investigator
- Key Words: Osteopathic manipulative medicine for acutely ill hospitalized patients, OMM for traumatic brain injury, OMM for pain management
Amelia Eastman, DO
- Primary research project: Lumbar intra-disc injections
- Role: Co-Investigator
- Key Words: Back pain, Sciatica
Akbar Rahman, MD, PHD
- Key Words: Health disparities, Effects of bias/prejudice on clinical care of vulnerable/marginalized populations, Primary care in global health, Intersection of clinical medicine with public health/population health
Amy Leu, DO
- Primary research project: Epidemiology of COVID19 Returning student athletes
- Role: Co-Investigator
- Key Words: Sports medicine, Injury prevention, Biomechanics
Bill Sieber, PhD
- Primary research project: Improving integration of behavioral health in primary care
- Role: Co-Principal Investigator
- Key Words: Behavioral medicine, Mind-body interactions, Health behavior change
Caitlin MacMillen, DO
- Key Words: Women's health, family planning, Primary care outcomes, Preventive medicine, Physician advocacy & advocacy education, Osteopathic medicine
Chad Osborne, MD
- Key Words: Use of technology and electronic medical records in clinical care, Sleep medicine, Residency education
Chris Searles, MD
- Primary research project: Effectiveness of leadership training in developing and maintaining a sense of safe and effective work culture
- Role: Co-Principal Investigator
- Key Words: Leadership, Psychological safety, Culture of trust
Christine Thorne, MD, PhD
- Primary research project: Improved management of hypertension and hyperlipidemia.
- Role: Contractor
- Key Words: Cardiovascular disease, Chronic Disease management, Diabetes Population Health System based management and quality improvement Implementation science
Daniel Slater, MD
- Key Words: Integrative, Nutrition, Lifestyle, Mind-Body, Meditation, Exercise, Acupuncture, Allergies, Autoimmune, Longevity, Optimizing Health, Health Coaching, Herbal remedies, Supplements, Pain management without Prescription Medication
David E.J. Bazzo, MD
- Primary research project: Physician assessment - screening of late career physicians, and evaluation of health issues that impact the safe practice of medicine
- Role: Principal Investigator
- Key Words: Physician assessment, Late-career health screen of physicians health issues that impact physician safe practice Sports Medicine
Deepa Sannidhi, MD
- Primary research project: Implementation and feasibility of an integrative weight loss program
- Role: Principal Investigator
- Key Words: Integrative Health Obesity Nutrition Lifestyle Medicine Lifestyle Medicine Education Dissemination and implementation (not an expert in this area) Community based participatory research (co-mentoring a medical student through a D&I project)
Divya Reddy, MD
- Primary research project: Communication with patients
- Role: Co-Principal Investigator
- Key Words: Physician-patient communication, Shared decision making
Dustin Lillie, MD
- Primary research project: Medication Assisted Therapy in Primary Care
- Role: Principal Investigator
- Key Words: Quality improvement, Medical education
Ellen Beck, MD
- Primary research project: Impact of the food prescription/food insecurity program at Student Run Free Clinic
- Role: Principal Investigator
- Key Words: Underserved Food insecurity, Health literacy, Empowerment models, Mental health interventions, Transforming Medical student education, Inner wisdom, Fear Management
Esmat Hatamy, MD
- Key Words: Improvement of health care or education
Gary Buckholz, MD
- Primary research project: ACGME back to bedside
- Role: Co-Investigator
- Key Words: Education Communication
Gene A. Kallenberg, MD
- Primary research project: Assessing patient concerns about returning to F2F care in our offices.
- Role: Co-Principal Investigator
- Key Words: EMR, Patient preferences, COVID19, Patient surveys
Geneen T. Gin, DO
- Primary research project: 1. Mid career transition in female physicians 2. POCT device for gonorrhea, chlamydia , trichmoniasis
- Role: Co-Investigator
- Key Words: Women's health, Faculty development/ academic promotion, Application of emr/ technology in medicine/clinical practice
Hollis Heaton King, DO, PhD
- Primary research project: Parkinson's disease
- Role: Principal Investigator
- Key Words: Parkinson's Glaucoma Concussion/TBI Alzheimer's/Dementia
Holly Salzman, MD
- Key Words: Women's health, Clinical practice, Diabetes management
Jennifer Wu, MD
- Key Words: Women's health, Obstetrics, Breastfeeding headaches
Jesse Sozanski, MD
- Primary research project: Use of CoQ10 in Gulf War Syndrome
- Role: Medical Supervisor
- Key Words: Integrative Medicine
Julie Celebi, MD
- Key Words: Physician wellness, Family centered maternity care, LGBT healthcare/disparities, Inter-professional education/collaboration, Narrative medicine
Katrin Seifert, PsyD
- Key Words: Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care, Multidisciplinary Chronic Pain Management, Improving Behavioral Health treatments in primary care, Improving multidisciplinary consultation in primary care
Kenneth Taylor, MD
- Primary research project: New injectable for Knee OA New Blood flow restriction technique for knee OA
- Role: Principal Investigator
- Key Words: Sports Medicine, Sports Ultrasound
Kurt Lindeman, MD
- Primary research project: PTSD screening and treatment in the Primary Care setting
- Role: Co-Investigator
- Key Words: Screening and treatment of mental health in Primary Care
Laura Sudano, PhD, LMFT
- Primary research project: Behavioral health provider and patient experience providing/receiving behavioral health care through telehealth
- Role: Principal Investigator
- Key Words: Behavioral health, Integrated behavioral health, Patient experience, Behavioral health provider, Telehealth
Leslie D. Wilkinson, MD
- Key Words: Scribe/Scribing Research Clinical Practice Administration/How to Improve Clinical Care Family Medicine/Primary Care
Melanie Fiorella, MD
- Primary research project: Microbiome, Diet and IBS, Recruitment for breast cancer screening.
- Role: Co-Principal Investigator
- Key Words: Microbiome, Integrative medicine, Nutrition, GI health
Michelle Johnson, MD
- Primary research project: Compassion and education Compassion and Free Clinics Telemedicine in a Free Clinic setting
- Role: Co-Investigator
- Key Words: Underserved medicine, Free Clinic clinical outcomes
Natalie Rodriguez, MD
- Primary research project: Medical Spanish Education (National Standardized Curriculum Study)
- Role: Co-Principal Investigator
- Key Words: Medical Spanish Education
Rebecca Rosen, MD
- Primary research project: Patient-physician shared decision making.
- Role: Co-Investigator
- Key Words: Patient centered Clinical Collaborative Initiative
Regina Wang, MD
- Primary research project: diversity curriculum evaluation & department support human trafficking victim identification addiction medicine curriculum and physician perceptions
- Role: Principal Investigator
- Key Words: Diversity/Anti-racism Human Trafficking Addiction Medicine Underserved Populations Resident Curriculum
Rina Edi, MD
- Primary research project: Point of Care Testing for STIs
- Role: Co-Investigator
- Key Words: Women's health
Samuel Galloway, MD
- Key Words: Family Medicine, Sports Medicine, Point of Care, Ultrasound
Sarah Linke, PhD, MPH
- Primary research project: Integrating exercise evaluation and prescription into primary care settings
- Role: Principal Investigator
- Key Words: exercise/physical activity health promotion behavioral medicine implementation science quality improvement projects
Sarah Merrill, MD
- Primary research project: Substance use disorder, eating disorders, sideline injuries, firefighter injury rates
- Role: Co-Principal Investigator
- Key Words: Sports, Injuries, Yoga, Firefighters
Sheldon Morris, MD, MPH
- Primary research project: HIV prevention
- Role: Principal Investigator
- Key Words: HIV prevention and treatment, Sexually transmitted infections, Vaginal health, Gender affirming health
Suraj Achar, MD, FAAFP
- Primary research project: COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
- Role: Co-Principal Investigator
- Key Words: Sports Medicine, Error prevention, Legal medicine, Prescribing, Technology
Terri Cheng, MD
- Primary research project: Improving gyn curriculum in residency
- Role: Co-Investigator
- Key Words: Women's health, Family planning
William A Norcross, MD
- Primary research project: PACE Program Outcomes
- Role: Co-Investigator
Willie Novotny, MD
- Key Words: Latinx health disparities, Border health, Diversity within the workforce, Residency
Zephon Lister, PhD, LMFT
- Primary research project: RE-LINK Program
- Role: Co-Investigator
- Key Words: Integrated Behavioral Health