Denver Health Office of Research

Our surgery chief and one of Denver Health’s most accomplished clinician-researchers and trauma surgeons, Ernest "Gene" Moore, MD has been published in JAMA and The JAMA Network / JAMA Surgery. ??Moore's study, Bioengineered Human Arteries for the Repair of Vascular Injuries, explores using bioengineered human arteries as a novel solution for vascular injury repair. ?? The findings highlight a promising alternative for patients with extremity trauma who lack suitable autologous veins, potentially improving outcomes in both civilian and military settings. ??We’re proud to celebrate Dr. Moore and his dedicated research team for their contributions to this vital field and for his commitment to pioneering innovations that advance our high-quality, equitable patient care. ??https://lnkd.in/gWPqENSR #learninghealthsystem #traumacare #surgeryresearch

As a learning health system, Denver Health applies excellence in research, quality improvement and program evaluation to improve the high quality and equitable care to our patients. One of the ??s of this work is our Pilot Study Grant Program. Recent awardee Jason Mansoori talks about his research and what he hopes to accomplish with it. #researchequity #researchexcellence #essentialhospital

If you know anyone who has used an intrauterine device (IUD), there is a good chance you have heard that person describe anxiety, fear or pain around the procedure. Share this post with them! Denver Health nurse practitioner Sarah Warsh has long been advocating for more expansive, targeted interventions in our learning health system while planning research that gives patients the opportunity to share their experiences. When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released its new IUD insertion pain-management guidelines, Denver Health was ahead of the game. Warsh and Nicki Nguyen, MD, obstetrics physician, launched a study last month to learn more from their patients regarding IUD procedures. The study is offered in all visits at which patients request information on birth control at Denver Health.??????????? Share this post and read the whole story in our patient newsletter!?https://lnkd.in/g_AewiMq #researchexcellence #researchequity #learninghealthsystem

Another fun post for the week??. We had an offsite (really an onsite!) that included lots of wrapping gifts in our third annual birthday gift drive via Foster Fête to benefit Denver Health's Connections for Kids Clinic. ?? The clinic is a medical home for children in welfare custody and is run by Denver Health physician and researcher James Kaferly, MD. ???Foster Fete provides birthday bags to kids needing some extra support around their birthdays. https://lnkd.in/gzeJsCP5 #researchexcellence #givealittle #kinshipfamilies (Four pictures of a large group in a conference room wrapping gifts and one picture of the entire group posing around the gifts).

We had to share this picture of senior research assistant Ellie D. posing as Ernest "Gene" Moore, MD, trauma surgery physician and one of our learning health system's favorite clinician researchers. Dr. Moore's academic contributions to our system are impossible to list. For today, please also enjoy his office, which itself provides some spooky sights! ?? Here's to the craziness in our jobs using research to fortify the high-quality and equitable care at Denver Health. #researchexcellence #halloween #halloween2024 #learninghealthsystem

Thank you to Public Health Institute at Denver Health (PHIDH) and the great work they do in research on infectious disease. See their opinion piece on World Health Organization's End TB Strategy by 2035.

??Bringing you a 49.3 second Friday scroll-stop. Denver Health's mission is to offer the highest quality and equitable care. Our research fortifies that care by centering equity in research. Research associate Kerry Cavanaugh talks about our work with The National Institutes of Health All of Us Research Program, which accelerates health research and medical breakthroughs, enabling individualized prevention, treatment, and, speaking to our Denver Health??, care for everyone. Join us! https://lnkd.in/eW5gnbtY #researchequity #essentialhealthcare #researchexcellence #learninghealthsystem

?? Congratulations to the latest awardees of our Pilot Study Grant Program, which is core to our work in advancing our learning health system. This round, Denver Health Office of Research is providing Andres Camacho, MD, Megan Smith, PT, DPT, OCS, Dale Terasaki, MD, MPH, and Jason Mansoori, MD, MS with financial resources to support their research which later may be leveraged to seek external funding. Their pilot studies are: -Dr. Camacho: “Prehospital Patients with a Preference for a Language Other Than English: A Mixed Methods Study” -Dr. Smith: “Blood Flow Restriction in Patients with Lower Extremity Fractures” -Dr. Terasaki: “PEth as a Remotely Obtained Outcome: Feasibility for Inpatient Trials (PROOF-IT)” Dr. Mansoori: “Implementation of a Critical Care Nudge unit within the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Denver Health” #researchexcellence #researchequity #highqualitycare #learninghealthsystem

?? Denver Health's learning health system is anchored by research that supports and shapes high quality and equitable care. ?? Our department of orthopedics, led by Cyril Mauffrey MD, FRCS, FACS, has published two papers addressing diverse representation in the writing and publishing of research, which has grown considerably over the last several years. 1?? The first empowers orthopedic researchers, and researchers in general, with a simple framework for writing a research manuscript using available checklists and general research knowledge. 2?? The second creates and validates a comprehensive author diversity scoring system that quantifies authorship diversity in orthopedic manuscripts. ?? https://lnkd.in/gGvMkjGq https://lnkd.in/ghNCeC4V #researchequity #researechdiversity #learninghealthsystem

We are returning to you with more work from Sonia Okuyama, MD, division chief of Hematology and Oncology, and her team, as they continue to advance high-quality, equitable care for patients in our learning health system. The team has published two more studies in hematology-oncology research following their work published this summer on characterizing demographic factors associated with those undergoing genetic testing for hereditary cancer syndromes (HCS). (Read our post on this study here: https://lnkd.in/gM3gj7Xf). 1?? The first recent study shows the results of a clinical trial that Dr. Okuyama specifically opened to treat one of her patients with PNH, an extremely?rare form of blood disorder. Accepted by PLOS ONE, the study examined the effects of replacing eculizumab with a different inhibitor therapy called pegcetacoplan, which showed improvement in outcomes and reduced fatigue. 2?? The team’s second study, “Feasibility of an electronic patient-facing cancer family history tool in medically underserved populations" (https://lnkd.in/gMVtFh2T) involved the development of an electronic patient-facing family history collection tool that is compared with information collected by genetic counselors. The study concluded that implementation of such a tool could increase identification of people at risk for HCS, including those with barriers to health care access. ??This study has led to the funding of follow-up research that will further develop the electronic collection tool. The award is a PREMMplus R01 award initiative that is in collaboration with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and includes researchers from Harvard University, Yale University, Vanderbilt University and Kaiser Permanente. #learninghealthsystem #researchequity #researchexcellence