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2019
UNDERSTANDING THE PERSPECTIVES AND NEEDS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN & LATINO CAREGIVERS OF PERSONS WITH ALZHIEMER’S DISEASE & Related-DEMENTIAS IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
Purpose: Gain insight into the cultural perspectives & experiences of ADRD caregivers within Upstate South Carolina to inform the future development of culturally-sensitive programs of support Investigator: Melissa Bailey-Taylor, DO, MPH, CMD – Prisma Health - Upstate Nicole J. Davis, PhD, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, GNP-BC – Clemson School of Nursing
A Virtual Reality Experience to Enhance Empathy in Pre-Clinical Medical Students
Investigator: Shannon Stark Taylor, PhD; Ann Blair Kennedy, DrPH; Lauren Fowler, PhD
Universal Trichomoniasis Testing of All Pregnant Adolescents and Young Adults
Study Purpose: to assess if universal T. vaginalis pregnancy screening reduces the rate of negative pregnancy outcomes compared to current clinical standards Investigator: Melissa Nolan, PhD, MPH
2018
Reducing Disparities in Birth Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial on Centering Pregnancy
Reducing Disparities in Birth Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial on Centering Pregnancy

Investigator: Amy H. Crockett, MD, MSPH, Maternal & Fetal Physician, Greenville Health System; Sarah Covington-Kolb, MSW,MSPH, Centering Pregnancy Program Coordinator, Greenville Health System
Utilizing Photovoice to Describe Shared Decision Making in an Orthopaedic Care Setting
From: University of South Carolina Health, Arnold School of Public Health, Department Health Services, Policy, & Management (AO, MC, SF) and Greenville Health System Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas

Investigators: Alicia Oostdyk, Doctoral Student; Melanie Cozad, PhD, Assistant Professor; Sarah Floyd, PhD, Research Assistant Professor; Michael Kissenberth, MD, Orthopaedic Surgeon; Paul Siffri, MD, Orthopaedic Surgeons; Anna Nourse, Research Coordinator, CEROrtho
A Patient Engaged: Examining the Benefits of Formal Patient Engagement
Examining the Benefits of Formal Patient Engagement

Investigators: Jeanne Petrizzo, Masters Student, Clemson University; Kristen Okamoto, PhD, Clemson University; Ann Blair Kennedy, DrPH, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Division of Behavioral, Social, and Population Health and Director, Patient Engagement Studio
Expanding Access to Care through Enhancing the Practice of Medicine
From Organizational Transformative Initiatives Greenville Health System (CN and KS) and Department of Emergency Medicine Greenville Health System (ML)

Innovators: Marty Lutz, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine Greenville Health System; Claire Neal, DrPH, Organizational Transformative Initiatives Greenville Health System; Kayce Sams, Organizational Transformative Initiatives Greenville Health System
Designing a Tool that Communicates a Patient’s Colonoscopy Screening Options
From the Care Coordination Institute (C.c. and S. H.); Department of Health Services Policy and Management, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health; Steadman Hawkins Foundation, South Carolina Center for Effectiveness Research in Orthopedics (M.J.C.); Department of Oncology, Greenville Health System (M.H.)

Investigators: Cassie Craddock, PhD; Scott Hultstrand, PhD; Melanie Cozad, PhD, Matt Hudson, PhD., MPH
Walking Inspires Seniors—WISE Study
From the College of Nursing, University of South Carolina (B.P. and M.K.); Center for Integrative Oncology & Survivorship, Greenville Health System (R.F.)

Investigators: Bernadine Pinto, PhD; Regina Franco, MSN, ANP-C, and Madison Kindred, Ph.D.
Review of Diabetes Injection Education Video (From Interactive Insulin Teaching by Pharmacists Prior to Hospital Discharge Project)
From the Department of Pharmacology, Greenvile Health System (J.O., A.G.B, and A.H.)

Investigators: Department of Pharmacology
Redefining the Surgical Care Pathway to Improve Value-based Care for the Surgical Oncology Patient
From the Department of Perioperative Services (R.A.); Department of Psychology, Clemson University (M.S.; D. V.) and the Department of Surgical Oncology (W.B.)

Investigators: Robert Allen, PhD; Marissa Shuffler, PhD; Dana Verhoeven, William Bolton, MD
A Longitudinal Study to Assess the Efficacy of Virtual Reality (VR) for Pain and Anxiety Management in Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Patients
From the Department of Industrial Engineering, Clemson University (L.M.S, J.B., and V.G.P.), Medical Oncology, Greenville Health System (E.C., H.B.) Pediatric Oncology, Greenville Health System (A.S.), and School of Computing, Clemson University (L.H.)

Investigators: Laura M. Stanley, PhD, Department of Industrial Engineering, Clemson University; Joshua Biro, PhD student, Project Coordinator, Department of Industrial Engineering, Clemson University; Elizabeth Cull, MD, Medical Oncology, Greenville Health System; Larry F. Hodges, PhD, Professor, School of Computing, Clemson University; Vishnunarayan Girisham Prabhu, MS student, Department of Industrial Engineering, Clemson University; Aniket Saha, MD, Pediatric Oncology, Greenville Health System; Heather Bowers, ND, Medical Oncology, Greenville Health System
An innovative approach with group counseling and Mindfulness Training among prediabetes patients (JUMP 101)
From the Department of Public Health Sciences (L.S. and S. L.); Department of Medicine M.J.)

Investigators: Lu Shi, PhD; Meenu Jindal MD; Snehal Lopes
Implementation of Group Medical Visits for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at a Community-Based Primary Care Clinic
From the Department of Family Medicine, Greenville Health System (J.E., S.S.T, I.A. and S.P), Department of Pharmacy, Greenville Health System (J.O.), Diabetes Management, Greenville Health System (M.S.), USC School of Medicine Greenville (M.W.), and USC School of Medicine Greenville, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Division of Behavioral, Social, and Population Health (ABK and SST)

Investigators: Investigators: John Emerson, MD, Department of Family Medicine, Greenville Health System; Shannon Stark-Taylor, PhD, Department of Family Medicine, Greenville Health System and the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Division of Behavioral, Social, and Population Health; Irfan Asif, MD, Department of Family Medicine, Greenville Health System, Seth Patterson, MD, Department of Family Medicine, Greenville Health System, Jessica Odom, Pharm. D. Department of Pharmacy, Greenville Health System and South Carolina College of Pharmacy; Michelle Stancil, RN, BSN, CDE, Diabetes Management, Greenville Health System, Michael Wiederman, PhD, USC School of Medicine Greenville; Ann Blair Kennedy, DrPH, USC School of Medicine Greenville, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Division of Behavioral, Social, and Population Health
Interactive Insulin Teaching by Pharmacists Prior to Hospital Discharge
From the Department of Clinical Pharmacy (J.O., A.G.B.); Institute for the Advancement of Community Health Furman Universtiy (M.F., E. H.); Department of Endocrinology Greenville Health System (S. W); Department of Biology (E.H.)

Investigators: Jessica Odom, PharmD, BCPS, BC-ADM; Alyson Ghizzoni-Burns, PharmD, BCPS, Melissa Fair, MPH, Sandra Weber, MD, Eli Hestermann, PhD
Cost Saving Methods for Prescription Co-payments for Medicare Patients
From the Honors Program in the University of South Carolina, Columbia

Investigator: Julia Niemczura
Inpatient Link to Addiction Recovery – A Pilot Program
From the Department of Internal Medicine, Greenville Health System (P. R.; M. J.; L. R.); University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville (L.D.D.; K. D., L.C.; B. R.; J.C.); Department of Psychology Clemson University (K.B.)

Investigators: Investigators: Lauren D. Demosthenes, MD; Prerana Roth, MD; Kaileigh Byrne; Meenu Jindal, MD; Laura Roache, MD; Katy Dumas, Leah Cooper, Ben Ramsey, Jennifer Cull
Efficacy of Virtual Reality for Operative Pain and Anxiety Management
From the Department of Industrial Engineering, Clemson University (L.S., M.G., V.G. P.; Greenville HealthCare Simulation Center (R.M.); School of Computing, Clemson University (L.F. H.); Department of Surgery (K.J.; B.B.) Department of Anesthesiology (B.C.); Clinical Trials Research (S.T.); Hawkins Foundation (A.S.; K.A.). Regulatory Readiness (K.R.); Physical Therapy (R. F.) ATI Physical Therapy (D.W.)

Investigators: Investigators: Laura M. Stanley, PhD, Maher Ghalayini, PhD student, Robert Morgan, MD, Larry F. Hodges,PhD, Vishnunarayan Girishan Prabhu, MS student, Kyle Jeray, MD, Brian Burnikel, MD, Brett Cook, MD, Stephanie Tanner, MS, Allison Sandago, Kyle Adams, Kerrie Roberson, RN, Rhonda Felder, PT
Review of Research Presentation for Diabetes Studios
From the Department of Oncology, Greenville Health System

Investigator: Matt Hudson, PhD, MPH
Resilience and Cellular Health among South Carolina Women: Do psychosocial factors protect against the adverse impact of stress on cellular aging processes?
From the Department of Health Promotion, Education and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina (S. M.); Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine Greenville (A.B.K.) and Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics Greenville Health System (A.C.)

Investigators: Spencer Moore, PhD, MPH, Anne Blair Kennedy, LMT, BCTMB, DrPH, Amy Crockett, MD, MSPH
Quality of GHS Health Care Experiences: Children with Autism
From the Department of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics Greenville Health System Greenville SC

Investigator: Tara Cancellaro, MD
“A Person is a Person No Matter How Small”: Utilization of Elementary School Students to Teach Communication and Health Literacy Skills to Third Year Medical Students
From the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Division of Behavioral, Social, and Population Health (ABK and RSS) and University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville (AS)

Investigators: Ann Blair Kennedy, DrPH, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Division of Behavioral, Social, and Population Health; Rebecca Russ-Sellers, PhD University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Division of Behavioral, Social, and Population Health; Angela Sharkey, MD, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
CU Healthy Greenville County Integrated Services for Diabetes Prevention and Management
From the Nutrition and Education Health Extension Program, Clemson University

Investigators: Danielle McFall and Michelle Parisi, PhD, RD
A Patient Presents . . . Confident Care Through Evidence-Based Storytelling
From the Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine Greenville, University of South Carolina, Greenville, SC (C.B., W.R.)

Investigators: Connor Brunson (Editor-in-Chief), William Roudebush, PhD. HCLD
2017
Review of a Patient-centered Mobile Health Application (iHeartU) for Self-management of Heart Failure
From the Department of Public Health Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC (L.Z., S.B., R.G., J.W.); Department of Internal Medicine, Greenville Health System, Greenville, SC (M.J.)

Investigators: Lingling Zhang, ScD; Sbrish Babu, PhD; Ronald Gimbel, PhD; Joel Williams, PhD; Meenu Jindal, MD
Genetic Information Discrimination Policies: What do Patients and Their Families Need to Know?
From the Departments of Nursing and Healthcare Genetics, Clemson University

Investigator: Mary Beth Wilson Steck, PhD, FNP-BC
Greenville Health System Diabetes Prevention Program Evaluation
From the Greenville Health System

Investigator: Michelle Stancil
Estimating the Value of Orthopedic Treatments
From the Department of Health Services Policy and Management, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, SC; Steadman Hawkins Foundation, South Carolina Center for Effectiveness Research in Orthopaedics, Greenville, SC.

Investigator: Sara Bauer Floyd, PhD.
The CONNECT Study: COordiNated wellNess in familiEs with Children with disabiliTies
From the Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Greenville, SC (A.B.K., R.R.S.); Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (M.S.)

Investigators: Ann Blair Kennedy, DrPH; Rebecca Russ-Sellers, PhD; Michaela Schenkelberg, PhD(c)
Advance Care Planning in Faith-Based Communities
From the Department of Palliative Care Greenville Health System, Greenville, SC (T.G., J. D.); Furman University (A. C., C. C.)

Investigators: Teny Gomez, MD; Jennifer Dill, M. Div, BCC; Anna Cass, MPH, PhD; Colleen Christensen
Cognition in the Multiple Myeloma Patient
From the Department of Orthopaedics, Roger C. Peace Rehabilitation Center, Greenville Health System, Greenville, SC (V.B.); Department of Blood & Marrow Transplant Program, Greenville Health System, Greenville, SC (S.R.); Mary Black School of Nursing, University of South Carolina Upstate (L.G.)

Investigators: Valorie Brooks, CRRN; Sara Roman, MS; Lynette Gibson, PhD
Food Insecurity--A Social Determinant of Health
From University of South Carolina Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities, Columbia, SC (S.J., A.D.L., R.E.D.); Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, SC (S.J., R.E.D.); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, SC (A.D.L.)

Investigators: Sonya J. Jones, PhD; Angela D. Liese, PhD; Rachel E. Davis, PhD
Usability Assessment of a Patient-centered Mobile Health Application (iHeartU) for Self-management of Heart Failure
From the Department of Public Health Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC (L.Z., S.B., R.G., J.W.); Department of Internal Medicine, Greenville Health System, Greenville, SC (M.J.)

Investigators: Lingling Zhang, ScD; Sbrish Babu, PhD; Ronald Gimbel, PhD; Joel Williams, PhD; Meenu Jindal, MD
Depicting Treatment priorities: What Do patients Understand? An Exploration of Graphical Literacy
From the Department of Health Services Policy and Management, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health; Steadman Hawkins Foundation, South Carolina Center for Effectiveness Research in Orthopedics (K.C., M.J.C.)

Investigators: Kait Crosby, MHA; Melanie J. Cozad, PhD
Why do South Carolina Breast Cancer Survivors Continue or Discontinue Endocrine Therapy?
From the Department of Public Health Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC (J.S., R.M., L.C., W.S., L.D., K.J.); the Center for Integrative Oncology & Survivorship, Greenville Health System, Greenville, SC (R.F.)

Investigators: Julie Summey, EdD; Rachel Mayo, PhD; Liwei Chen, PhD; Windsor Sherrill, PhD; Lori Dickes, PhD; Karyn Jones, PhD; Regina Franco ANP-C, MSN
2016
Comparative Effectiveness of Surgical and Conservative Treatment for Rotator Cuff Tears in the Elderly:  What Can Be Learned from Changing Rates
From the Department of Health Services Policy and Management, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, SC; Steadman Hawkins Foundation, South Carolina Center for Effectiveness Research in Orthopaedics, Greenville, SC (C.G.C., M.J.C., S.F., J.M.B.)

Investigators: Cole G. Chapman, PhD; Melanie Cozad, PhD; Sarah Floyd, PhD; John M. Brooks
Estimating Patient-Centered Treatment Effect Concepts using Observational Data:  Assessing Validity and Interpretation of Local Instrumental Variable Estimators
From the Department of Health Services Policy and Management, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, SC; Steadman Hawkins Foundation, South Carolina Center for Effectiveness Research in Orthopaedics, Greenville, SC (C.G.C., M.J.C., J.M.B.); University of Iowa College of Public Health (M.S.)

Investigators: Cole G. Chapman, PhD; Melanie J. Cozad, PhD; Jennifer Robinson, MD, MPH; John M. Brooks, PhD; Mary Schroeder, PhD
Screening Program for Age-Related Cognitive Decline
From the Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Greenville, SC (M.T.); Department of Health Services Policy and Management, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health (R.H.)

Investigators: Matthew Tucker, PhD; Ronnie Horner, PhD
Evaluation of SmartExam as a Population Health Initiative:  Impact on GHS Patients, Health System and Greenville Population
From the Department of Health Services Policy and Management, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health (R.H.)

Investigator: Ronnie Horner, PhD
Stroke Education with Middle School Students
From the Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Greenville, SC (T.N)

Investigator: Thomas Nathaniel, PhD
Motivation of Patients in the Emergency Department (MOPED)
From the Department Emergency Medicine, Greenville Health Systems, Greenville, SC (Z.K., P.B.); University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Greenville, SC (Z.K., P.B.)

Investigators: Zachary Kahler, MD, MS; Page Bridges, MD
Comparison of Two Survey Methods:  Patient Preferences Shoulder Pain
From the Department of Health Services Policy and Management, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, SC; Steadman Hawkins Foundation, South Carolina Center for Effectiveness Research in Orthopaedics (M.J.C.); University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Greenville, SC (M.C.); Department of Health Information Technology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (F.A.)

Investigators: Melanie J. Cozad, PhD; Margaret Caulkins, Medical Student; Faisal Alabutti, Graduate Student
Tele-Discharge Pilot Study
From the Department of Care Coordination, Greenville Health System, Greenville, SC (T.W., A.H.); Department of Clinical Integration, Greenville Health System, Greenville, SC (C.N.)

Investigators: Tracy Weaver; Christianna Novacovik; Ami Hinkle
Patient Preferences in the Treatment of Shoulder Pain
From the Department of Health Services Policy and Management, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, SC; Steadman Hawkins Foundation, South Carolina Center for Effectiveness Research in Orthopaedics, Greenville, SC (M.C.)

Investigator: Melanie J. Cozad, PhD 
Evaluation the Effects of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Taxane Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
From the Department of Basic Science Education, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (R.L.); Department of Oncology, Greenville Health System, Greenville, SC (M.O.); Oriental Medicine Associates, Greenville, SC (W.H.); Center for Integrated Oncology Survivorship, Greenville Health System, Greenville, SC ( R.F.)

Investigators: Renee LeClaire, PhD; Mark O'Rourke, MD; William Hendry, DAOM; Regina Franco, ANP-C, MSN