Currently Funded Research Projects

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February 14, 2012

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Currently Funded Research Projects

Title: Development and Maintenance of Case-Mix Software
Principal Investigator: Jonathan Weiner, DrPH
Agency: Contract to Computer Service Corporation (CSC)
Objective: To develop and disseminate ACG case-mix software.

Title: Primary Care Training Grant
Principal Investigator: Jonathan Weiner, DrPH
Agency: AHRQ
Objective: To train both pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellows in the areas of health services research.

Title: Rehabilitation and Function Recovery After Hip Fracture
Principal Investigator: Yuchi Young, DrPH
Agency: National Institute of Aging
Objective: To improve understanding of the effectiveness of post-acute rehabilitation of functional recovery among older hip fracture patients and on the costs incurred during recovery.

Title: Psychiatrists' Adoption of Schizophrenia Guidelines
Principal Investigator: Donald Steinwachs, PhD
Agency: National Institute of Mental Health
Objective: To identify sources of information used by psychiatrists to learn about advances in diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders.

Title: Effects on Children of Treating Maternal Depression
Principal Investigator: Anne Riley, PhD
Agency: National Institute of Mental Health
Objective: Examine the effects of treating major depression in mothers on the functioning psychiatric status, and health of their children 4-13 years old.

Title: Center for Research on Services for Severe Mental Illness
Principal Investigator: Donald Steinwachs, PhD
Agency: National Institute of Mental Health
Objective: Support for research program on financial and organizational factors affecting the care and outcome for severly mentally ill persons.

Title: Johns Hopkins Home Hospital
Principal Investigator: John Burton, MD
Agency: John A. Hartford Foundation
Objective: To conduct a national multisite demonstration and evaluation of the Home Hospital (HH) care model and evaluate its effectiveness.

Title: Outcomes of Dementia Assessment and Treatment
Principal Investigator: Peter Rabins, MD
Agency: National Institutes of Health
Objective: The specific aims are focused and are highly relevant to important issues of aging and service research.

Title: Access to Supportive Services and Unmet Needs for Care Among Elderly People with Medicare and Medicaid Coverage
Principal Investigator: Judith Kasper, PhD
Agency: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Objective: To describe variations in access and unmet needs for supportive services among elderly dual enrollees and to evaluate the role of state Medicaid policy.

Title: Community Health Scholars Program
Principal Investigator: Lee Bone, MPH, RN
Agency: Kellogg Foundation
Objective: A 1-2 year postdoctoral program to enable schools to develop and enhance their skills in working with communities and engaging in community-based participatory research.

Title: The Economics of Trichiasis Surgery in Tanzania and Other Elements of the SAFE Strategy
Principal Investigator: Kevin Frick, PhD
Agency: rachoma Initiative
Objective: To model the effects of the different arms of the trachoma control SAFE strategy (surgery, antibiotics, face washing, and environment).

Title: Development of Medicaid Performance Profiles
Principal Investigtor: Jonathan Weiner, DrPH
Agency: Center for Health Care Strategies/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Objective: Collaborate with Maryland Medicaid program to develop risk-adjusted quality oriented profiles for contracting MCOs for use in performance-based purchasing.