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T32 Fellowship Training Program in Health Services Research
Funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Past and Current Fellows
Trainee, Year of Entry Prior Degree & Institution (Mentor Department/Program)
Title of Research Project or Research Topic
Degree
Current Position
and Institution
(grant support
obtained)
Barden, Aba, 1995 MD,
Yale School of Medicine; Residency: Yale
(Carol Mancuso, MD-Medicine and Pamela Williams-Russo, MD)
Social support and outcomes of total hip arthroplasty
(Psychosocial Factors and Outcomes of Hip
Replacement Surgery)
MS
Keohane, Denis, 1995 MD,
Hahnemann University School of Medicine; Residency: Brown
University
(Mary Charlson, MD - Internal Medicine and John Jacobs, MD)
Developing a predictive model to first opportunistic
infection in HIV
(Predictors of Progression of
the Human Immunodeficiency Virus to First
Opportunistic Infection)
MS
Epidemiology of tuberclosis in New York City
(Intravenous Drug Users and Nitric Oxide Resistant
Strains of TB: Is the Phenomenon Explained by
Macrophage-derived Nitric Oxide?
MS
Private Practice,
San Francisco, CA
Brown, Ellen L., 1996 MS,
Removal of side-rails in nursing home beds
Columbia University, Nursing
(Predictors of Falls Following Side Rail Reduction in
(John Allegrante, PhD - Behavioral Science and Pamela Williams- a Nursing Home)
Russo, MD)
MS
Harrison, Melanie J., 1996 MD,
University of Connecticut; Residency: Winthrop University; Fellow:
Winthrop University (Rheumatology)
(Pamela
Williams-Russo, MD - Internal Medicine and Stephen Paget, MD)
MS
Director of Education
and Education
Research, Stein
Gerontological
Institute, Miami
Associate Professor
of Nursing, Florida
International
University,
Miami)
Group Medical
Director for Medical
Safety Assessment in
Cardiovascular
Disease and
Metabolism. Medical
Surveillance Team
Chairman at Bristo Myers Squibb,
Pennington, New
Jersey
Quinn, Geoffrey C., 1995 MD,
Cornell University Medical College; Residency: Cornell University
(Pamela Williams-Russo, MD - Internal Medicine and Lee Riley,
MD)
Nursing home patient satisfaction with care and
cognitive function in lupus patients (Continuity of
Care: a Large Part of Patient Satisfaction in the
Nursing Home)
Senior Director,
Pfizer Speciality
Care, New York City
Boockvar, Kenneth S., 1997 MD,
Early signs of acute illness in nursing home residents
Duke University; Residency: Columbia University
(Mary (Development and Validation of an Instrument for
Charlson, MD - Internal Medicine and Mark Lachs, MD)
Illness Report by Certified Nursing Assistants in
Nursing Homes)
MS
Boutin-Foster, Carla, 1997 MD,
The difficult doctor-patient relationship (Determinants
State University of New York; Residency: Cornell University
of Patient Dissatisfaction with the Doctor-patient
(Mary Charlson, MD - Internal Medicine and John Allegrante, PhD) Relationship)
MS
Pacheco, Paulo, A., 1998 MD,
Brown University; Residency: Cornell University
(Mary Charlson, MD - Internal Medicine and Gila Kaplan, MD)
Development of a quality of life scale for chronic
diarrhea (Development and Validation of a Diseasespecific Quality of Life Instrument for Chronic
Diarrhea)
Associate Professor,
Clinical Medicine,
University of
Pennsylvania
Associate Professor,
Geriatrics &
Medicine, Mount
Sinai School of
Medicine
Associate Professor,
Medicine & Public
Health, Weill Medical
College of Cornell
University. Director of
Center of Excellence
in Disparities
Research and
Community
Engagement
(CEDREC), Weill
Cornell Medical
College
MS
Clinical Assistant
Professor, New York
University School of
Medicine
T32 Fellowship Training Program in Health Services Research
Funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Past and Current Fellows
Trainee, Year of Entry Prior Degree & Institution (Mentor Department/Program)
Title of Research Project or Research Topic
Ogedegbe, Gbenga 1998 MD,
Donetsk Development of a medication adherence self-efficacy
Institute, Ukraine Residency: Montefiore Medical Center
scale in hypertensive African-Americans
(Carol Mancuso, MD - Medicine and John Allegrante, PhD)
(Development and Evaluation of a Medication
Adherence Self-Efficacy Scale in Hypertensive
African American Patients)
Sherman, Eric J., 1998 MD,
Columbia University; Residency: New York University
(David Pfister, MD - Oncology and James Hollenberg)
Prognostic modeling and cost analysis in head and
neck cancer (A Prognostic Model to Predict Survival
in Patients with Head and Neck Tumors Treated with
Larynx Preservation)
Degree
MS
Professor of Medicine
and Director of NYU
Center for Healthful
Behaviour Change at
NYU School of
Medicine
MS
Attending Physician
at Memorial Sloan
Kettering Cancer
Center
Link, Lilli B., 1998 MD,
Coping strategies in cancer patients (Attitude and
University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine; Residency:
Action: a Qualitative Study of Cancer Patients’
Columbia University
Approach to Their Illness)
(Mary Charlson, MD - Internal Medicine and Laura Robbins, DSW)
MS
Figaro, M. Kathleen, 1999 MD,
Yale University School of Medicine; Residency: Cornell University
(Pamela Williams-Russo - Internal Medicine and John Allegrante,
PhD)
Beliefs about arthritis treatments among AfricanAmericans (“I Don’t Want to be Cut” – Aspects of the
Decision for Total Knee Replacement among African
Americans that Lead to Disparities)
MS
Foster, Jordan C., 1999 MD,
State University of New York; Residency: Montefiore Medical
Center
(Mary Charlson, MD - Internal Medicine and Laura Robbins, DSW)
Language barriers in the assessment of chest pain in
the emergency room (Measuring the Impact of a
Spanish Language Barrier on the Emergency
Diagnosis of Chest Pain)
MS
Wold, Eric R., 1999 MD,
University of Pennsylvania; Residency: Yale
(Carol Mancuso, MD - Medicine and Robert Braude, PhD)
Development of a computer educational program for
patients with peripheral vascular disease (The
Presentation of Probabilities in a Visually Interactive
Computer Program Improves Comprehension and
Recall of the Risks and Benefits of Surgery and
Angioplasty for Patients with Peripheral Arterial
Disease Who are Considering Treatment)
MS
Moody, Karen, 2000 MD,
State University of New York; Residency: St. Joseph's University;
Fellowship: New York University
(Mary Charlson, MD - Internal Medicine and Jonathan Finlay, MD)
Randomized trial of neutropenic diet in pediatric
oncology (A Randomized Trial to Compare Infection
Rate in Pediatric Cancer Patients: Neutropenic Diet
vs. Standard Food Safety Guidelines)
Clinical Assistant
Professor, Weill
Cornell Medical
College
MS
Freeman Garrick, Jocelyn, 2001 MD,
University of Southern California; Residency: Montefiore Medical
Center
(Mary
Charlson, MD - Internal Medicine and Carla Boutin-Foster, MD)
Current Position
and Institution
(grant support
obtained)
Psychological outcomes of sexual assault victims
(Identifying Predictors of Acute Stress Disorder and
Depressive Symptoms in Adult Female Victims of
Sexual Assault)
MS
Clinical Fellow in
Endocrinology at
Vanderbilt University
Medical Center
Assistant Clinical
Professor, Columbia
University College of
Physicians and
Surgeons. Adjunct
Assistant Professor
of Clinical Medicine at
Assistant Professor,
New York Medical
College, Valhalla,
New York
Assistant Professor in
the Department of
Pediatrics
(Hematology and
Oncology), Albert
Einstein College of
Medicine
Medical Director,
Family Justice
Center; Assistant
Medical Director for
Emergency Medical
Services; Chair of the
IRB at Highland
General Hospital
Oakland,CA
T32 Fellowship Training Program in Health Services Research
Funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Past and Current Fellows
Trainee, Year of Entry Prior Degree & Institution (Mentor Department/Program)
Lee, Sung Won, 2001 MD,
University of California, San Francisco; Residency: Cornell
University
(Mary Charlson, MD - Internal Medicine and Godwin Ogedegbe,
MD
Title of Research Project or Research Topic
Degree
Mental and physical health effects of qi gong
(Practice of Energy-yoga and Changes in Healthrelated Quality of Life)
MS
Phillips-Ceasar, Erica G., 2001 MD,
Columbia University; Residency: University of Pennsylvania
(Carol Mancuso, MD - Medicine and Susanna Morales, MD)
Work limitations in patients with diabetes mellitus
(The Impact of Diabetes on Work Productivity: a
Cross-sectional Analysis of Employed Patients in a
Primary Care Practice)
Byrne, Michael R., 2002 MD,
New York University; Residency: New York University
(James Hollenberg, MD - Medicine and Carol Mancuso, MD)
Use of information technology to predict future
utilization
Zandieh, Stephanie O., 2002 MD,
Sackler School of Medicine, Israel; Residency: Albert Einstein
Medical College
(John Kuder - Health Services and Mary Charlson, MD)
Medicaid and HMOs in pediatric urban patients
(Negative Perceptions of Heath Care among
Caregivers of Children Assigned to a Medicaid
Managed Care Health Plan)
MS
Current Position
and Institution
(grant support
obtained)
Private practice in
Sedona AZ and
Secretary of the
International Brain
Education
Association (IBREA)
USA, a non-profit
organization
providing education
and training focused
on brain function
Assistant Professor
of Medicine, Weill
Cornell Medical
College; Assistant
Attending Physician,
New YorkPresbyterian Hospital
Private Practice,
Brooklyn, NY
MS
Melniker, Lawrence A., 2002 MD,
State University of New York; Residency: Mount Sinai Medical
Center
(Carol
Mancuso, MD - Medicine and Mary Charlson, MD)
Cost-effectiveness of ultrasound use in the
emergency room (Randomized Clinical Trial of Pointof-care, Limited Ultrasonography for Trauma in the
Emergency Department)
Sajous, Marie-Helene, 2003 MD,
Cornell University Medical College; Residency: Cornell University
Medical College
(Carla
Boutin-Foster, MD - Medicine and Carol Mancuso, MD)
Modifiable barriers to medication adherence among
urban adults with asthma (Inhaled Corticosteroids
and Asthma Treatment: Modifiable Barriers to
Medication Adherence among Urban Adults with
Asthma)
Amirfar, Sam, 2003 MD,
New York University; Residency: New York University
(Salim Karim MBChB, PhD - Epidemiology and James Hollenberg
MD)
Modeling an HIV vaccine for women and infants in
South Africa (Modeling the Impact of a Partially
Effective HIV Vaccine on HIV Infection and Death
among Women and Infants in South Africa)
Lee, Joshua 2003 MD,
University of Tennessee School of Medicine; Residency: New York
University (John Allegrante, PhD - Behavioral Science and
David Vlahov, MD)
Hepatitis C prevention and jail-based interventions
(Attitudes Toward Hepatitis C Prevention and Jailbased Interventions among New York City
Substance Users)
Assistant Professor
of Pediatrics at NYU
School of Medicine
MS
MS
MS
MS
MS
Jones, Joyce L., 2004 MD,
Community peer counselling for HIV (PELOS: A
University of Maryland School of Medicine; Residency: Columbia Training Program for Latina Beauticians to Educate
University
(Carla Their Customers about HIV)
Boutin-Foster, MD - Medicine and Mary Charlson, MD)
MS
Assistant Clinical
Professor of
Medicine, Weill
Medical College of
Cornell University,
and an Attending
Physician and the
Allergist/Clinical
Immunologist,
Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Medical Center
City Medical
Specialist, New York
City Department of
Health & Mental
Hygiene
Assistant Professor in
the Department of
Population Health,
Medicine and
Psychiatry at New
York University
Langone Medical
Center, New York,
NY
Clinical Associate,
Johns Hopkins
University
T32 Fellowship Training Program in Health Services Research
Funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Past and Current Fellows
Trainee, Year of Entry Prior Degree & Institution (Mentor Department/Program)
Title of Research Project or Research Topic
Mann, Devin M., 2004 MD,
New York University; Residency: New York University
(John Allegrante, PhD - Behavioral Science and Mary Charlson,
MD)
How drugs and diet interact in the treatment of
hyperlipidemia
(Steaks and
Satins: How Drugs and Diet Interact in the Treatment
of Hyperlipidemia and the Prevention of
Cardiovascular Disease)
Neuman, Heather B., 2005 MD,
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Residency: University
of North Carolina
(Fabrizio
Michelassi, MD -Gastrointestinal Surgery and Mary Charlson, MD)
Development of a decision aid for familial
adenomatous polyposis (The Role Of Clinical
Decisions Aids In Prophylactic Surgery: Development
Of A Decision Aid For Use In Familial Adenomatous
Polyposis)
Degree
Current Position
and Institution
(grant support
obtained)
MS
Assistant Professor
of Medicine at Boston
University School of
Medicine
MS
Assistant Professor
of Surgery at the
University of
Wisconsin
Dladla, Nonkulie, 2005 MD,
Acculturation in a Caribbean-Black community
Cornell University Medical College; Residency: New York Methodist (Exploratory Evaluation of Acculturation in a
Hospital
(John
Caribbean-Black Community)
Allegrante, PhD - Behavioral Science and Erica Phillips, MD)
MS
Del Rios Rivera, Marina, 2005 MD,
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Residency: St. Luke's
Roosevelt Hospital Center
(Carol Mancuso, MD - Medicine and Lawrence Melniker, MD)
Use of ultrasonography in the emergency room to
diagnosis heart failure (Searching For Comet-Tails:A
Novel Approach In The Emergency Diagnosis Of
Acute Decompensated Heart Failure)
Ito, Kouta, 2006 MD,
Tokyo Medical and Dental University; Residency: Beth Israel
Medical Center; Fellowship: Massachusettes General Hospital
(James Hollenberg, MD - Medicine and Mary Charlson, MD)
Development of a decision model for osteoporosis
screening in men
MS
MS
Miller, Samantha A., 2007 MD,
Albert Einstein School of Medicine; Residency: Cornell University
(Carol Mancuso, MD - Medicine and Carla Boutin-Foster, MD)
Impact of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) on
Diabetes in Low-Income Minority Patients
Thompson, Carrie A., 2007 MD,
Health and Psychosocial Outcomes and Their
St. Louis University; Residency: Mayo Graduate School of Medicine Relationship to Quality of Life in Survivors of Adult
(John Leonard, MD - Oncology and Mary Charlson, MD)
Aggressive Lymphoma
Arnett, Christina M., 2007 MD,
In vitro fertilization and risks of pregnancy loss
University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine;
associated with extremes of body mass
Residency: Women's and Children's Hospital
(Mary Charlson, MD - Internal Medicine and Zev Rosenwaks, MD)
Chen, Melinda A., 2008 MD,
A cross-sectional observational study to understand
Drew/ University of California, Los Angelos; Residency: University the patient care that primary care physicians perform
of California, San Francisco
(Janey
outside of office visits.
Peterson, EdD - Medicine, James Hollenberg, MD, Lawrence
Casalino, MD, and Walid Michelen, MD)
MS
MS
MS
MS
Clinical Instructor in
Medicine at New
York University
School of Medicine,
New York, NY and
Medical Director at
Park Slope Family
Health Center in NY
Assistant Professor
at the University of
Illinois Emergency
Medicine in Chicago,
Illinois
Cost-Effectiveness
Analyst, Division of
Pharmacoepidemiolo
gy and
Pharmacoeconomic,
Department of
Medicine, Brigham
and Women's
Hospital/Harvard
Medical School
Resident,
Department of
Psychiatry,
Montefiore Hospital,
Bronx, NY
Senior Associate
Consultant and
Assistant Professor
of Medicine in the
Hematology Division
Reproductive
Endocrinologist
Advanced
Reproductive Center
of Hawaii
Medical Director in
Clinical Research and
Development,
ActiveHealth
Management, New
York, NY
T32 Fellowship Training Program in Health Services Research
Funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Past and Current Fellows
Trainee, Year of Entry Prior Degree & Institution (Mentor Department/Program)
Downs, Jennifer, 2009 MD,
Weill Medical College of Cornell University; Residency: Columbia
University College of Physicians and Surgeons
(Mary Charlson, MD - Internal Medicine and Dan Fitzgerald, MD Infectious Diseases/International Medicine )
Patel, Mihir, 2009 MD,
Medical College of GA; Residency:
Thomas Jefferson University
(Carla Boutin-Foster, MD, MS - Medicine ,
Phillips-Caesar, MD, MS)
Title of Research Project or Research Topic
An epidemiological study of Tanzanian women
infected with Female Genital Schistosomiasis, to
determine effective cures, and assess its effect on
gynecologic and laboratory abnormalities caused by
the infection.
Degree
MS
A cross-sectional study exploring the knowledge and
perceptions regarding cardiovascular disease in a
cohort of Bengali (a South Asian subethnic group)
Erica patients.
MS
Moreno, Lisa, 2009 MD,
Schneider's Children's Hospital, NY; Residency:
George Washington University School of Medicine
(Janey Peterson, EdD - Medicine , Carol Mancuso, MD)
Pilot Study: Stress management intervention as a
tool for managing persistent asthma in inner city
adolescent patients.
MS
Olson, Kristine, 2009 MD,
Yale University; Residency:
University of Minnesota Medical School, Twin Cities
(Mary Charlson, MD - Internal Medicine , Carol Mancuso, MD)
Jacob, Regina, 2010 MD,
Temple University Hospital; Residency:
George Washington University School of Medicine
(Janey Peterson, EdD - Medicine , Karen Moody, MD)
The Physicians’ Values and Evolving Roles
Assessment.
Rappo, Urania, 2011 MD, PharmD
Drexel University College of Medicine;
Residency: New York University School of Medicine
(Marshall Glesby, MD - International Medicine and Infectious
Diseases , Carol Mancuso, MD)
Clinical outcomes using an expanded multiplex PCR
compared to a limited PCR method for detection of
respiratory viruses.
Instructor in
Medicine, Division of
Infectious Diseases,
Weill Cornell Medical
College; Attending
Physician, New York
Hospital
Attending Physician,
Division of General
Medicine, Section of
Hospital Medicine, St.
Luke's-Rosevelt
Hospital Center
Assitant Professor,
Columbia University
Medical Center,
NYPH Dept. of
Pediatric Allergy and
Immunology
Attending Physician,
Long Island Jewish
Medical Center,
NSUH, Schneider
Children's Hospital
MS
Hospitalist physician
at Yale New Haven
Hospital, New Haven,
CT
MS
Emergency room
physician at the
Manhattan Veterans
Hospital
Coping with Lymphoma to Enhance Adjustment and
Reduce Stress (CLEAR Stress).
Williams, Stephen, 2010 MD,
Psychosocial Factors Predicting Resistant
Mount Sinai Medical Center; Residency:
Hypertension in Patients Adherent To Their
Dartmouth Medical School
(Gbenga Antihypertensive Regimen.
Ogedegbe, MD - Medicine , Joseph Ravenell, MD)
Current Position
and Institution
(grant support
obtained)
Current NRSA Fellow
MS
Current NRSA Fellow
T32 Fellowship Training Program in Health Services Research
Funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Past and Current Fellows
Trainee, Year of Entry Prior Degree & Institution (Mentor Department/Program)
Title of Research Project or Research Topic
Shirley, Daniel, 2012 MD,
Predicting COPD in HIV-Infected Subjects
University of Kansas Medical School; Residency: University of
Colorado Health Sciences Center
(Marshall Glesby, MD - International Medicine and Infectious
Diseases , Carol Mancuso, MD)
Eliach, Pamela, 2012 MD,
New TBD
York Medical College;
Residency: St. Lukes Hospital
( Sunday Clark, MD & Lawrence Casalino, MD)
Fish, Daniel, 2012 MD,
TBD
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons;
Residency: Weill-Cornell Medical Center, Department of Surgery
(Jill Abell, PhD & Larisa Temple, MD)
Degree
Current Position
and Institution
(grant support
obtained)
Current NRSA Fellow
Current NRSA Fellow
Current NRSA Fellow