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Grants and Scholarship
Our nationally-recognized faculty engage in normative, empirical and pedagogical research that explores ethical and practical issues in clinical care, clinical research and health policy.
Current Grants
| Investigator | Role | Funder | Title | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christine E. Bishop, MD | Co-I | The Rita and Allex Hillman Foundation | Nurse-Led Model for Delivering Perinatal Palliative Care to Rural Families | 2025-26 |
| Howard Degenholtz, PhD | MPI | AHRQ | The Pitt IMProving Access to Culturally relevant long COVID care and Treatment (IMPACCT) Program | 2023-28 |
| Howard Degenholtz, PhD | Co-I | AHRQ | Integrating Medicare and Medicaid coverage in managed care: effects on quality, utilization, and disparities | 2023-28 |
| Howard Degenholtz, PhD | PI | Pennsylvania Department on Aging | Direct Care Workforce Blueprint | 2025-26 |
| Howard Degenholtz, PhD | PI | Jewish Healthcare Foundation and John A. Hartford Foundation | Teaching Nursing Home Coalition: Independent Evaluation | 2023-26 |
| Howard Degenholtz, PhD | PI | Donaghue Foundation | Effect of Medicaid Managed Care on Behavioral Health | 2023-26 |
| Howard Degenholtz, PhD | PI | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | Community HealthChoices Evaluation | 2015-27 |
| Gary Fischer, MD | Co-I | NIH/NIA | Reducing High Risk Polypharmacy Using Behavioral Economics Through Electronic Health Records (HRPP) | 2022-26 |
| Daniel Hall, MD | PI | VA HSR&D | Improving surgical decision-making by measuring and predicting long-term loss of independence after surgery | 2021-26 |
| Daniel Hall, MD | MPI | VA QUERI | Inpatient Safer Aging through Geriatrics-Informed Evidenced-Based Practices (iSAGE) | 2025-30 |
| Daniel Hall, MD | Co-I | VA HSR&D | PAtient-centered mUltidiSciplinary care for Veterans undergoing surgery (PAUSE): a hybrid 1 comparative effectiveness-implementation trial | 2021-26 |
| Daniel Hall, MD | Primary Mentor | Kern National Network for Flourishing in Medicine | Translating the KNN Framework into Muslim Contexts-A Graduate Fellow Award | 2025-28 |
| Daniel Hall, MD | Mentor | Association of VA Surgeons | Evaluating the Impact of Community Care Expansion on Surgical Oncology Outcomes for Veterans | 2025-26 |
| Daniel Hall, MD | Mentor | VA National Oncology program | Access, Delivery, and Value of Care for Veterans with Breast Cancer | 2025-27 |
| Daniel Hall, MD | Mentor | VA HSR&D CHERP | VA National Formulary’s Criteria For Use Effected on Clopidogrel Prescribing and Lower Extremity Outcomes Following Endovascular Revascularization for Peripheral Artery Disease | 2024-26 |
| Lisa S. Parker, PhD | Co-I | NIH/NHLBI | Health care workers as human subjects in implementation research | 2024-26 |
| Lisa S. Parker, PhD | Expert Advisory Committee Member | NIH/NHGRI | From Research to Clinic: Addressing Ethical and Policy Challenges Facing the Gene Therapy Ecosystem | 2024-27 |
| Lisa S. Parker, PhD | Co-I | NIH/NICHD | Equity in Maternal and Birthing Outcomes and Reproductive Health through Community Engagement Center | 2024-30 |
| Jennifer Seaman, PhD, RN | Co-I | NIH/NIA | ED-LEAD: Emergency Departments LEading the Transformation of Alzheimer's and Dementia care | 2025-27 |
| Jennifer Seaman, PhD, RN | Co-I | NIH/NIA | Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center | 2025-30 |
| Jennifer Seaman, PhD, RN | Co-I | NIH/NHLBI | The Maximizing Extubation outcomes Through Educational and Organizational Research (METEOR) Trial | 2021-26 |
| Jennifer Seaman, PhD, RN | PI | McElhattan Foundation | Equipping Frontline Providers to Deliver High-Quality End-of-Life Care: Interprofessional Certificate and Continuing Education Program for End-of-Life Care and Communication | 2022-26 |
| Douglas White, MD, MAS | PI | NIH/NHLBI | Mentored Patient Oriented Research in Improving Surrogate Decision Making for Patients with Advanced Respiratory Failure | 2019-29 |
| Douglas White, MD, MAS | Co-I | NIH/NIA | Using video games to increase implementation of clinical practice guidelines in trauma Triage | 2023-27 |
| Douglas White, MD, MAS | Site PI | NIH/NINR | Communication Quality during Family Meetings in the Intensive Care Unit: How does Quality Impact Outcomes? | 2023-28 |
Current Scholarship
| Investigator | Citation |
|---|---|
| Peer-reviewed journal articles | |
| Christine E. Bishop, MD | Bishop CE, Manian M. Reversal of Roe v. Wade and implications of legal restrictions for neonatal care. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2025 Apr 1;37(2):165-172. doi: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000001445. Epub 2025 Feb 7. PMID: 39918416. |
| Julie Childers, MD | Zhou A, Hamm M, Merlin JS, Childers JW. Patient Perceptions of the Palliative Recovery Engagement Program (P-REP) Clinic, a Novel Outpatient Model for Patients With Advanced Illness and Substance Misuse. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2025 Mar 29:10499091251328977. doi: 10.1177/10499091251328977. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40156553. |
| Julie Childers, MD | Downer K, Tan D, Childers J. Applying adult learning theory to goals of care training for physical medicine and rehabilitation residents. PM R. 2026 Jan;18(1):95-100. doi: 10.1002/pmrj.13428. Epub 2025 Jun 6. PMID: 40476392. |
| Howard Degenholtz, PhD | Degenholtz HB, Lampenfeld N, Kastner K, Yauch J, Mentch H, Szymanski G, Pierce J, Hancock K, Albert SM. Can Age-Friendly Communities Also be Disability Friendly: What do Surveys of Older Adults and People With Disabilities Tell Us? J Appl Gerontol. 2025 Nov 29:7334648251400881. doi: 10.1177/07334648251400881. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41317316. |
| Kristen Ehrenberger, MD, PhD | Barr J, Doroshow D, Olszewski T, Ehrenberger KA. Who Wins? Professional Identity and the American Association for the History of Medicine's Early Career Scholar Awards. J Hist Med Allied Sci. 2025 Dec 24;81(1):111-120. doi: 10.1093/jhmas/jraf018. PMID: 41251538. |
| Daniel Hall, MD, MDiv, MHSc, FACS | Jacobs MA, Jacobs CA, Intrator O, Makineni R, Youk A, Boudreaux-Kelly MY, McCoy JL, Kinosian B, Shireman PK, Hall DE. Long-Term Trajectories of Postoperative Recovery in Younger and Older Veterans. JAMA Surg. 2025 Jan 1;160(1):56-64. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.4691. PMID: 39441611; PMCID: PMC11500012. |
| Daniel Hall, MD, MDiv, MHSc, FACS | Tessler RA, Vaughan Sarrazin MS, Gao Y, Jacobs MA, Jacobs CA, Hausmann LRM, Hall DE. Area Deprivation, Fragmented Care, and Colectomy Case Acuity in the Veterans Health Administration. Dis Colon Rectum. 2025 May 1;68(5):627-636. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000003659. Epub 2025 Feb 11. PMID: 39932214; PMCID: PMC12239883. |
| Aleksandra Olszewski, MD, MA | Olszewski AE, Shah SK, Barrera L, Castillo L, Kolaitis I, Goodman DM, Paquette E. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Conflict Management Perspectives Among Physician and Nurse Leaders. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 May 1;8(5):e259783. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.9783. PMID: 40372757; PMCID: PMC12082374. |
| Gina Piscitello, MD, MS | Piscitello GM, Arnold RM, Schell JO, Kruser JM. Characterizing the Documentation of Time-Limited Trials in Goals of Care Notes. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2025 Aug;70(2):e129-e136. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2025.04.007. Epub 2025 Apr 17. PMID: 40252856; PMCID: PMC12363427. |
| Gina Piscitello, MD, MS | Piscitello GM, Huber MT, Meyer L, Lyons PG, Parker WF, DeMartino ES. US State Statutes Addressing Unilateral Clinician Decisions About Life-Sustaining Treatment. JAMA Health Forum. 2025 Aug 1;6(8):e253508. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.3508. PMID: 40880106; PMCID: PMC12397882. |
| Jennifer Seaman, PhD, RN & Douglas White, MD, MAS | Butler RA, Seaman JB, Felman K, Stonehouse W, San Pedro R, Morse JQ, Chang CH, Lincoln T, Reynolds CF 3rd, Landefeld S, Happ MB, Song MK, Angus DC, Arnold RM, White DB. Randomized Clinical Trial of the Four Supports Intervention for Surrogate Decision-Makers in Intensive Care Units. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Mar;211(3):370-380. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202405-0931OC. PMID: 39586017; PMCID: PMC11936126. |
| Sylk Sotto, EdE, MBA, MPS | Sotto-Santiago S, Pangelinan M, Orrel Z, Jones I, Lynch DO, Hudson B, Wiehe SE. "Deserved Trust": Perspectives in trust and trustworthiness by biomedical researchers in clinical and translational sciences. J Clin Transl Sci. 2025 Dec 9;9(1):e284. doi: 10.1017/cts.2025.10211. PMID: 41523629; PMCID: PMC12780794. |
| Mark Wicclair, PhD | Wicclair M. Two Justifications for Refusing to Provide Medical Interventions. Am J Bioeth. 2025 Mar;25(3):30-33. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2025.2457696. Epub 2025 Feb 24. PMID: 39992829. |
| Daniel Wilkenfeld, PhD | Wilkenfeld DA, Johnson CM. Contextualism about disability. Res Philosophica. 2025;103(1):89-103. |
| Books & Book chapters | |
| Michael Deem, PhD & Robin Grubs, PhD | Deem MJ, Grubs RE, Farrow EG, editors. The Oxford handbook of genetic counseling. New York: Oxford University Press; 2025. 792 p. |
| Michael Deem, PhD | Deem MJ. Nondirectiveness in genetic counseling: conceptual and normative dimensions. In: Deem MJ, Grubs RE, Farrow EG, editors. The Oxford handbook of genetic counseling. New York: Oxford University Press; 2025. p. 477-493. |
| Jonathan Fuller, MD, PhD | Fuller J. The new modern medicine: disease, evidence, and epidemiological medicine. New York: Oxford University Press; 2025. |