Quick Reference to Research in the Division of General Internal Medicine


		he following is a list of faculty research interests and research projects within the division of general internal medicine. Each links to the appropriate faculty member or research project page. Select the first letter of a topic to go directly to that section of the index: A B C D E F G H I-J K L M-N O P Q R S T U V W-Z A Addiction treatment in medical settings ADHD in adults Aging and dementia Agriculture, occupational health in AIDS care Alcoholism prevention Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Registry Ambulatory care Ambulatory Care Quality Improvement Project (A.C.Q.U.I.P.) Ambulatory conditions, common Ambulatory medicine Androgens in aging Androgens in orthopedic surgery Antibiotic use in respiratory infections Antimicrobal agents in treating various bacterial infections, evaluation of new agents Asbestos-exposed workers, ventilatory loss in Asbestosis Asian populations Asthma health services research B Behavioral approaches to HIV/AIDS prevention Benign breast disease Blue toes syndrome Brain resuscitation Breast cancer screening C Cancer and mutagens Cancer risk, guiding physicians in genetic assessment of Cardiology, preventative Cardiovascular diseases and exercise/diet Cardiovascular diseases epidemiology Cardiovascular Health Research Unit Cardiovascular risk factors Cellulitis Chronic anticoagulation Chronic fatigue Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Cooperative Research Center Chronic heart disease, management of Climate change and health Clinical and technological developments in HIV/AIDS Clinical epidemiology Clinical event monitors Clinical guideline development Clinical skills Commercial, political, and media influences on use of medical technology Communication, physician/patient Community health assessment Community researcher collaboration Community-based health promotion/disease prevention Community-based teaching Computer-based medical records Computers in medical care and education Contraception, male Cost of complications related to diabetes Cost-effectiveness analysis alongside clinical trials Cost effectiveness of different care strategies Cross-cultural medicine Cross-cultural competency curricula D Depression Determining the impact of technology on outcomes of care Development of teaching materials: videotape, website Development of primary care guidelines for evaluation patients with dyspepsia Diabetes and lipid disorders, epidemiology of Diabetes mellitus Diabetes, diagnosis and treatment of foot infections Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Prospective Study of Risk Factors for Diabetic Foot Ulcer Diagnosis and treatment of foot infections in diabetic patients Diagnosis, microbiology and treatment of urinary tract infections in males Diagnostic test methodology Direct-to-consumer marketing of prescription drugs Disclosure of medical errors and adverse events Disease patterns in nuclear weapons workers Diseases of the prostate Domestic violence Dyspepsia, development of primary care guidelines for evaluation of patients E Economic assessment of lung and colon cancer treatments Economic assessment of treatments for emphysema Effective use of insulin and other diabetes treatments in primary care Efficacy of environmental interventions to reduce asthma Electronic media in teaching, evaluation, and distance learning Electronic physician-patient communication Endocrinology Environment and health Epidemiologic methods Epidemiology Epidemiology and prevention, sudden cardiac death Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease, pharmacological Epidemiology of diabetes and lipid disorders Epidemiology, cardiovascular diseases Epidemiology, clinical Epidemiology, HIV and AIDS Ethical and communication issues in conflicts of interest Ethics in Medicine Ethics in Research Ethnomed Evidence-based medicine Evidenced based resource utilization in clinical settings of medical education Exercise/diet and cardiovascular disease F Faculty development in education Fatigue Feedback and evaluations Fibromyalgia Induced hypothermia in resuscitation of brain injured patients Folliculitis Foot infections in diabetic patients, diagnosis and treatment of G Genetic assessment of cancer risk, guiding physicians Genetic screening for colon cancer susceptibility Genetic susceptibility in respiratory disease Genetics of learning disabilities and other neurologic and behavioral disorders Geriatrics, prevention Graduate medical education, internal medicine Graduate medical education H Health care for homeless patients Health effects of diesel exhaust exposure Health plan performance measures, risk adjustment of Health promotion Health promotion/disease prevention, community-based Health services delivery to the non-English speaking poor Health services research Health services Health Services Research and Development Field Program Health status assessment Health status measurement Health status outcomes Hepatic effects, solvent-related HIV and AIDS epidemiology HIV infected patients, primary care of HIV/AIDS prevention and control, public policy regarding HIV/AIDS prevention, behavioral approaches to HIV/AIDS, clinical and technological developments in Homeless patients, health care for Hormone replacement therapy and mammography Human health effects of pesticide exposure Hypertension I-J Illnesses in famous people Immigrant women's health Induced hypothermia to improve neurologic outcomes Inflammatory bowel disease International health International occupational health Intimate partner violence K Klinefelter's Syndrome L Low back pain M-N Male contraception Male hypogonadism Male reproduction Male reproductive physiology Mammography, and hormone replacement therapy Management of chronic heart disease Management of diabetes Managing care on cost and quality of care, impact of strategies Mass media and health care delivery Medical anthropology Medical computing, research and development of Medical education Medical education research Medical education, faculty development in Medical ethics Medical informatics Medical professionalism Mental health and physical well-being Metabolic epidemiology of central obesity, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus Motivating dietary change to decrease fat intake and increase fruit/vegetable consumption Mutagens and cancer Myocardial infarction and stroke O Obesity Observer variability Occupational and environmental medicine, guidelines for ethical practice Occupation and Environmental Medicine Research Program Occupational and environmental respiratory disease Occupational health in agriculture Occupational health surveillance Occupational health, international Office-based opioid addiction treatment OsteoEd Osteoporosis education Outcomes from restructuring clinical care Outcomes research P Panic disorder in primary care Patient-physician communication Patient safety Perioperative medicine Pesticide exposure, human health effects Pharmacoepidemiology Pharmacogenetics Pharmacological epidemiology of cardiovascular disease Physical and mental health effects of caloric restriction Physical diagnosis Physician management Physician social responsibility Physician/patient communication Prescription drug marketing, pricing, and prescribing practices Preventative cardiology Professional satisfaction among faculty Professionalism and role conflict Public policy regarding HIV/AIDS prevention and control Q Qualitative research Quality improvement Quality of medical care, assessment of R Refugee and immigrant health care Reproductive health Research and development of medical computing capabilities Research ethics Risk reduction Ritual female genital surgery Role of sex hormones in central obesity S Self-report measures and clinical assessment Shared decision-making in prostate cancer screening in African-American men Silicosis Sudden cardiac death, epidemiology and prevention T Teaching critical reading of the medical literature Technology assessment Technology assessment, especially cost effectiveness Technology, determining impact on outcomes of care Testosterone replacement Twin studies U Urinary tract infections Use of XML in medical documents V Veterans’ Administration Health Services Research and Development Field Program Venoms, bites, and stings, disorders caused by Visceral adiposity W-X-Y-Z Women and heart disease UW Center of Excellence in Women's Health Women’s health Work and environmental health and safety

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