Our faculty are actively involved in a variety of clinical research areas. Below, you’ll find a selected number of research studies:
Clinical Trials
| principal Investigator | Title |
|---|---|
| Faheem W Guirgis MD, FACEP | A Multicenter, Adaptive, Randomized Blinded Controlled Trial of the Safety and Efficacy of Investigational Therapeutics for the Treatment of COVID-19 in Hospitalized Adults (ACTT4) |
| Phyllis L Hendry MD, FAAP, FACEP | Collection of Nasopharyngeal and Nasal Swabs for use in the Development of Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Influenza A&B |
| Phyllis L Hendry MD, FAAP, FACEP | Respiratory Specimen Collection for COVID-19 Symptomatic Acute Care Setting Population |
| Phyllis L Hendry MD, FAAP, FACEP & Ashley B Norse MD | Clinical Evaluation of the BinaxNOW® COVID-19 Antigen (Ag) Card |
| Elizabeth L Devos MD, MPH, Phyllis L Hendry MD, FAAP, FACEP & Ashley B Norse MD | HostDx Sepsis in the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Emergency Department Patients with Suspected Infections and Suspected Sepsis |
Federally Funded Grants
| PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR | Title |
|---|---|
| Lauren P Black MD, MPH | A comparative assessment of hypotension-time metrics and risk of adverse outcomes in septic shock (KL2) |
| Jennifer N Fishe MD | Early Administration of Steroids in the Ambulance Setting: An Observational Design Trial “EASI-AS-ODT” (K23) |
| Jennifer N Fishe MD | “Medication Map”: Using Geographic Information Systems to Create Custom Protocols for EMS Agencies (KL2) |
| Faheem W Guirgis MD, FACEP | LIPIDS-P Phase 2 |
| Faheem W Guirgis MD, FACEP | Role and Mechanisms of Lipid and Lipoprotein Dysregulation in Sepsis (R01) |
| Faheem W Guirgis MD, FACEP | The Role of Dysfunctional HDL in Severe Sepsis |
Privately Funded Grants
| PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR | Title |
|---|---|
| Jennifer N Fishe MD | RePEAT-Researching Precision Emergency Asthma Treatment |
| Phyllis L Hendry MD, FAAP, FACEP | Pain Assessment And Management Initiative (PAMI) Pain and Opioid Stewardship Education and Coaching Pilot Project |
| Sophia S Sheikh MD | Emergency Department Alternatives to Opioids Demonstration Program |
| Sophia S Sheikh MD | The Aging and Integrative Pain Management Initiative Project |
| Monika Patel MD & Sophia S Sheikh MD | The neighborhood of Pain- Health Disparity Influence on level of Chronic Pain Interference |
| Jennifer N Fishe MD, Phyllis L Hendry MD, FAAP, FACEP & Sophia S Sheikh MD | Pain Assessment and Management Initiative 3.0: Multimodal Approaches to Improve Pain Outcomes and reduce Opioid Risks |
Internally Funded Studies
| Principal Investigator | Title |
|---|---|
| Elizabeth L Devos MD, MPH | Understanding Patient Factors Associated with Readmission for Sepsis |
| Jennifer N Fishe MD | Researching Precision Emergency Asthma Treatment (RePEAT): Pharmacogenomics of African American Bronchodilator Response |
| Melissa E Parsons MD | Fertility and Childbearing Trends Among Female Emergency Medicine Physicians |
| Sophia S Sheikh MD | Development of a Risk Prediction Screening Tool for Opioid-Prescription Injury (STOP Injury) in Older Adults Initiated on Opioids from the Emergency Department |
| Sophia S Sheikh MD | Linking Epigenomics with Prescription Opioid Abuse and High Impact Musculoskeletal Pain (LEAP) |
| Ashley B Norse MD & Sophia S Sheikh MD | Pain and its Impact on Emergency Department Revisits Within 30 days of an Index-ED visit or Hospital Discharge |
| Monika Patel MD & Sophia S Sheikh MD | Impact of Health Disparity and Epigenetic Variability on Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain in African Americans |
| Phyllis L Hendry MD, FAAP, FACEP | Taking the “Trauma” out of Florida Pediatric Trauma Preparedness and Management: A Multidisciplinary Educational State Initiative – Self Insurance Program |