Faculty Research Projects

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