Current Research Initiatives
| Title | Telephone care coordination for smokers in mental health clinics |
| Principal Investigator | Scott Sherman |
| Funding Agency | VA |
| Project Dates | 10/1/2008 - 9/30/2011 |
| Description: | This study will implement a smoking cessation telephone care coordination program for patients in VA mental health clinics, a very high-risk smoking population. The program has previously been successful in primary care clinics, and this study represents the first test of how effective it will be in mental health clinics. |
| Title | Treatment Study Using Depot Naltrexone (3/6) NY/Bellevue Protocol Treatment Site. |
| Principal Investigator | Joshua Lee |
| Funding Agency | NIH |
| Project Dates | 7/15/2008 - 5/31/2013 |
| Title | Medical Residency Training in Primary Care |
| Principal Investigator | Sondra Zabar |
| Funding Agency | HRSA/ Bureau of Health Professions |
| Project Dates | 7/1/2008 - 6/30/2011 |
| Title | Promoting Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes to Improve Blood Pressure Among Hypertensive Latino Older Adults |
| Principal Investigator | Senaida Fernandez |
| Funding Agency | American Heart Association (Heritage Affiliate) |
| Project Dates | 4/1/2008 - 6/30/2009 |
| Title | Multi-Site RCT for BP Control in HTN African Americans (CAATCH) |
| Principal Investigator | Olugbenga Ogedegbe |
| Funding Agency | NHLBI |
| Project Dates | 4/1/2008 - 6/30/2009 |
| Description: | This five-year project, funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), will test the effect on BP control, of a multi-component, multi-level intervention targeted at clinicians and 1058 hypertensive black patients, who receive care in 30 community-based primary care practices. The long-term goal of this project is to refine the intervention as a result of the data obtained and to develop a standardized protocol that can be integrated into the usual care procedures, thereby maximizing the likelihood that the intervention will be translated into practice at each of the participating Community Health Centers. |
| Title | Counseling Older Adults to Control Hypertension (COACH) |
| Principal Investigator | Olugbenga Ogedegbe |
| Funding Agency | Nat Ctr on Minority Health & Health Disparities |
| Project Dates | 2/1/2008 - 1/31/2013 |
| Description: | The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of a senior-center-based comprehensive therapeutic lifestyle intervention versus a patient education control condition on blood pressure reduction among 200 minority elders (age 60 years). |
| Title | Queens South Asian Action for Diabetes Education Programs and Treatment (ADEPT) |
| Principal Investigator | Jyotsna Changrani |
| Funding Agency | Beth Israel Medical Center |
| Project Dates | 1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008 |
| Title | Research Training in Health Protection and Preparedness |
| Principal Investigator | Marc Gourevitch |
| Funding Agency | CDC Foundation |
| Project Dates | 9/30/2007 - 9/29/2009 |
| Description: | The primary goal of this project is to train a cadre of physicians in the conduct of applied research at the interface of medicine and public health, through participation in a combination of classroom teaching and mentored research in front line settings. |
| Title | Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Project |
| Principal Investigator | Allen Keller |
| Funding Agency | Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) |
| Project Dates | 9/30/2007 - 9/29/2009 |
| Title | Substance Abuse Research Education and Training(SARET) |
| Principal Investigator | Marc Gourevitch |
| Funding Agency | NIH |
| Project Dates | 9/1/2007 - 5/31/2012 |
| Description: | The primary objective of this initiative is to design, implement and evaluate a substance abuse research training program for physicians, nurses and dentists that will stimulate participants’ interest in pursuing careers in drug abuse research. Learners, motivated by their participation in this curriculum will be offered participation in a broad range of NIDA-funded research opportunities, fostering research engagement with seasoned mentors. |
| Title | Outpatient Cardiovascular Guidlines Applied in Practice(GAP) study |
| Principal Investigator | Nirav Shah |
| Funding Agency | Johnson (Robert Wood) Foundation |
| Project Dates | 7/1/2007 - 6/30/2010 |
| Title | Bellevue /NYU Program for surviors of Torture |
| Principal Investigator | Allen Keller |
| Funding Agency | Open Society Institute |
| Project Dates | 6/1/2007 - 5/31/2009 |
| Title | Accessing breast cancer clinical trials for immigrants (ABC CiTI) |
| Principal Investigator | Francesca Gany |
| Funding Agency | Komen New York City |
| Project Dates | 4/1/2007 - 3/31/2009 |
| Description: | The goal of ABC CiTI is to bridge the language barrier between limited English proficient (LEP) patients and physicians. ABC CiTI is developing an online training program for physicians, fellows, and staff on enrolling LEP patients in breast cancer trials, and a program for LEP patients on clinical trials. |
| Title | Vivitrol Study - Extended Release Naltrexone (Vivitrol) for Treatment of Alcohol Dependence in Urban Primary Care |
| Principal Investigator | Marc Gourevitch |
| Funding Agency | Cephalon, Inc |
| Project Dates | 1/23/2007 - 8/31/2009 |
| Description: | The primary goal of this initiative is to evaluate the feasibility of integrating pharmacologic treatment (with injectable extended release naltrexone) for alcohol dependence into a general internal medicine clinic in a large municipal hospital setting. |
| Title | Prescription Opioid Agonist Treatment Study (POATS) |
| Principal Investigator | Marc Gourevitch |
| Funding Agency | NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse |
| Project Dates | 9/1/2006 - 6/30/2009 |
| Description: | The primary objective of this study is to determine whether the addition of individual drug counseling to the prescription of Buprenorphine/Naloxone (BUP/NX) with Standard Medical Management (SMM) for subjects dependent on prescription opioid analgesics improves outcome both during (a) an initial 4-week treatment with taper and (b) a 12-week stabilization treatment for those who do not respond successfully to the initial treatment with taper. |
| Title | New York University Medical Center IAIMS Planning |
| Principal Investigator | Marc Triola |
| Funding Agency | NIH |
| Project Dates | 4/1/2006 - 3/31/2009 |
| Title | Explanatory Models of Hypertension in Nigeria |
| Principal Investigator | Olugbenga Ogedegbe |
| Funding Agency | FIRCA |
| Project Dates | 2/1/2006 - 1/30/2009 |
| Description: | The goal of this two-phase study to evaluate beliefs about hypertension and its influence on medication adherence and blood pressure control among 220 hypertensive patients followed in a primary care practice at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital in Nigeria. |
| Title | Torture Survivors Program |
| Principal Investigator | Allen Keller |
| Funding Agency | United Nations |
| Project Dates | 7/1/2000 - 12/31/2008 |