Health System Research Conference

Fawaz Mzayek, MD, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
University of Memphis

Dr. Anne Zachry, PhD, OTR/L
Occupational Therapy Chair & Associate Professor
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Department of Occupational Therapy

Dr. Jerry Lee Williams, OTD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Department of Occupational Therapy

Let Their Voices Be Seen: Using Photovoice to Understand the Experiences of Sickle Cell Patients in the Emergency Department
Cori Grant, PhD,MBA, Research Associate, AMGA

 Using Digital Storytelling in the MODEL Study
Cardella Leak PhD, Research Leader, CHSI

Plans for Using Photovoice and Digital Storytelling for the Tennessee Heart Health Network
Jim Bailey, MD, MPH, Director, CHSI

Improving treatment adherence to buprenorphine-naloxone for individuals with opioid use disorder

Karen Derefinko, PhD
Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine
University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Diuretic Comparison Project: a Pragmatic VA Cooperative Study Comparing Chlorthalidone and Hydrochlorothiazide

William C. Cushman, MD
Co-Chair, VA Hypertension-Lipid Field Advisory Committee
Chief, Preventive Medicine Section, VA Medical Center
Professor, Preventive Medicine, Medicine, and Physiology
University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Andrea Cherrington, MD, MPH, Session Coordinator
Professor of Medicine
Director, Clinical and Population Health Sciences Program
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Perceptions of Facility and Household Disaster Preparedness: Results from a Nationally Representative Survey of Employees of the Veterans Health Administration

Aram Dobalian, PhD, JD, MPH
Director of the Division of Health Systems Management and Policy
Professor, School of Public Health, University of Memphis

Changes in the Co-morbidity Network by Weight Class for Middle Age Patients

Charisse Madlock, PhD, MLS
Assistant Professor
Health Informatics and Information Management

One Health:  Building a New Ecosystem of Care for Complex Patients

Susan Cooper, MSN, RN, FAAN

Sr. Vice President and Chief Integration Officer
Center for Population Health and Clinical Innovation
Regional One Health

Medically Underserved Patient Perspectives Regarding Healthy Meal Preferences and Best Primary Care Approaches to Support Healthy Eating and Weight Loss for Patients with Obesity

Sierra Gaffney
UTHSC College of Medicine 2022 
2019 NIH Medical Student Research Fellow
Center for Health System Improvement

Michelle Jones
UTHSC College of Medicine 2022 
2019 NIH Medical Student Research Fellow
Center for Health System Improvement

Cardella L. Leak, MPH
Research Leader
Center for Health System Improvement

African American Patient Experience with Health Coaching, Text Messaging, and Health Education to Improve Diabetes Self-Care

Paige Fairrow-Davis
UTHSC College of Medicine 2022 
2019 NIH Medical Student Research Fellow
Center for Health System Improvement

Mary Lou Gutierrez, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Carolyn Graff, PhD, RN, FAAIDD
Professor, Program Director, Nursing Science

The State of Weight: Does Excess Weight Really Matter?

Stephanie A. Rose, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Clinical Title Series
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine

An Update on the Tennessee Clinical and Translational Institute: Accelerating Clinical and Translational Science at UTHSC
 
Michelle Martin, PhD, FACSM 
Professor 
Director, Center for Innovation in Health Equity Research (CIHER)
Co-Director, Tennessee Clinical and Translational Science Institute (TN-CTSI)
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Karen C Johnson, MD, MPH
Professor
Co-Director, Tennessee Clinical and Translational Science Institute (TN-CTSI)
Department of Preventive Medicine,  University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Prevalence of Obesity-Related Multimorbidity Combinations in the United States
 
Charisse Madlock-Brown, PhD, MLS
Assistant Professor
Health Informatics and Information Management,  University of Tennessee Health Science Center
 
Rebecca B. Reynolds, EdD
Professor
Health Informatics and Information Management,  University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Pediatric Obesity and Bariatric Surgery: The Role of Exercise Prescription
 
Webb Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics-Obesity, University of Tennessee Health Science Center 

Applying Artificial Intelligence to Identify Physiomarkers Predicting Severe Sepsis in the PICU
 
Rishi Kamaleswaran, PhD
Center for Biomedical Informatics, Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Oguz Akbilgic, PhD
Center for Biomedical Informatics, Department of Pediatrics,  University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Robert L. Davis, MD, MPH 
Center for Biomedical Informatics, Department of Pediatrics,  University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Samir H. Shah, MD, MBA, FRCPC
Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics,  University of Tennessee Health Science Center 

An analysis of the association between an established Chief Experience Officer position and hospital patient experience scores within three states
 
William R. Breen, Jr., DSc
Senior Vice President of Physician Alignment, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare