See study description.
Sutter Health Research Enterprise
St.
City, CA, 00000
(000) 000-0000
email@email.com
Primary Research Interests
- Aging and Longevity
- Breast Cancer
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Disease Management
- Environmental Exposure
- Food and Nutrition
- General Cardiology
- Genetics
- Gestational Diabetes
- Health Disparities
- Health Policy
- Health Services
- Heart Failure
- Maternal and Infant Health
- Medical Informatics
- Mental Health
- Obesity
- Pharmacoepidemiology
- Smoking
- Women's Health
Research Studies
Advance Care Planning in Older Adults With Multiple Medical Conditions Undergoing High-Risk Surgery
Goal is to determine the prevalence of preop documentation of ACP among older, high-risk
surgical pts with multiple conditions.
Investigators: Ellis C. Dillon Ph.D., Assistant Scientist, External PI Principal Investigator
Beyond Consent: Patient Preferences for Governance and Use of Clinical Data and Samples
Utilize mixed methods to identify patient preferences for consent and governance of
data in research utilizing existing EHR data and biobank samples.
Investigator: External PI Principal Investigator
Breast Cancer Chemoprevention in Primary Care at Geisinger
Identify PCPs’ awareness of breast cancer risk assessment and breast cancer chemoprevention
knowledge, and identify perceived barriers and clinic solutions.
Investigators: External PI Principal Investigator, Xiaowei (Sherry) Yan PhD, MS
Cardiovascular Disease Among Asians and Pacific Islanders (CASPER)
Examine: CVD prevalence & outcomes among Asians and Pacific Islanders; demographic,
clinical, psychosocial factors to explain prevalence & outcomes differences.
Investigators: Jiang Li Ph.D., MPH, Assistant Scientist, External PI Principal Investigator
Effect of Therapeutic Class on Generic Drug Substitutions
Evaluate and rank-order generic substitution rates by therapeutic class, as well as
examine factors associated with higher/lower rates of generic substitution.
Investigators: External PI Principal Investigator, Robert Romanelli Ph.D., MPH, Associate Scientist
Engaging Self-Regulation Targets to Understand the Mechanisms of Behavior Change and Improve Mood and Weight Outcomes
Goal: To identify, validate and refine assays to measure self-regulation targets,
and to engage these targets to optimize behavioral tx of obesity & depression.
Investigator: External PI Principal Investigator
Hyper-localized Air Pollution Measures and Preterm Birth in the Bay Area
Investigate association between hyperlocal (within city block) measures of air pollution
and preterm birth, gestational hypertension, and diabetes in Bay Area.
Investigators: External PI Principal Investigator, Sylvia Sudat PhD
Implementing Universal Lynch Syndrome Screening Across Multiple Healthcare Systems: Identifying Strategies to Facilitate and Maintain Programs in Different Organizations Contexts
To describe and explain variations in Lynch syndrome (LS) screening implementation
across healthcare systems and create a toolkit for implementing LS screening.
Investigators: Su-Ying Liang Ph.D., Research Economist, External PI Principal Investigator, Monique de Bruin M.D., MPH
Improving the Outcomes of Older Adults with Psychosocial Vulnerability Undergoing Major Surgery.
Dr. Dillon will lead the qualitative research--data collection and analysis.
Investigators: Ellis C. Dillon Ph.D., Assistant Scientist, External PI Principal Investigator
Interpretable Deep Learning Model for Longitudinal Electronic Health Record and Applications to Heart Failure Prediction
Develop advanced deep learning model to predict early onset heart failure using EHRs,
including structured and unstructured data.
Investigators: External PI Principal Investigator, Xiaowei (Sherry) Yan PhD, MS
Lung Cancer in Never Smokers: Incidence, Risk Factors and Molecular Characteristics in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Women
The goal of this project is to document incidence and risk factors for lung cancer
by smoking status, among AANHPIs, focusing especially on female never smokers.
Investigators: Su-Ying Liang Ph.D., Research Economist, Harold (Hal) Luft Ph.D., Senior Scientist, External PI Principal Investigator
Pilot Program to Expand Behavioral Health Care for Adolescents Within Palo Alto Medical Foundation and Mills-Peninsula Health Services
This is a 5-year program to implement and evaluate integration of behavioral health
into PAMF primary care settings, focusing on adolescents.
Investigators: Ellis C. Dillon Ph.D., Assistant Scientist, External PI Principal Investigator
Prevalence, Treatment and Outcomes of Asian Subgroups with Coronary Artery Disease in the U.S.
Fill impt gaps in knowledge regarding CAD health disparities across Asian subgroup
populations.
Investigators: Jiang Li Ph.D., MPH, Assistant Scientist, External PI Principal Investigator
Risk-Benefit Trade-Offs for Whole Genome Sequencing
Describe the clinical pathway of genetic testing at PAMF, and assess and obtain preliminary
data on the use of genetic tests at PAMF.
Investigators: Su-Ying Liang Ph.D., Research Economist, Harold (Hal) Luft Ph.D., Senior Scientist, External PI Principal Investigator
Statin Use and Risk Prediction of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Minority Subgroups (SURPASS) Study
Overall goal of this study is to address gaps in knowledge about CVD prediction and
treatment in understudied racial/ethnic minority populations.
Investigators: Jiang Li Ph.D., MPH, Assistant Scientist, External PI Principal Investigator
Sutter Health’s Advanced Illness Management program
Expand pilot of SH's Advanced Illness Management program across entire Sutter Health
system to study quality of care, total care cost, and implementation.
Investigators: External PI Principal Investigator, Sylvia Sudat PhD
Using Arrays of Qualitative Data to Advance PCOR
This project seeks to develop new methods for visually displaying qualitative data
in order to expand and improve the integration of these data into patient-centered
outcomes research.
Investigator: External PI Principal Investigator