News from the Department of
Family & Preventive Medicine

February 2020

Just 55 Words from the Chair: 

Dr. Kavalieratos received the 2019 Early Career Investigator Award from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM), the first non-physician to ever receive this honor. Dr. Kavalieratos holds several leadership roles related to palliative care research, including Chair of the AAHPM’s Scientific Subcommittee, member of the Palliative Care Research Cooperative’s Scientific Review Committee, and Co-Director of Palliative Care Initiatives at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Dr. Kavalieratos’ work has been supported by a variety of federal and private organizations, such as the National Palliative Care Research Center, AHRQ, NHLBI, and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. His research has appeared in journals such as JAMA, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the Journal of the American Heart Association, among others. Dr. Kavalieratos is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Palliative Medicine and of Palliative Medicine Reports. We are excited to welcome him to the Department and look forward to future work together!

Transformative Research

Mascaro wins CTSA Best Oral Presentation

Dr. Jennifer Mascaro was awarded Best Oral Presentation at the Southeast Regional Clinical and Translational Science Conference at Callaway Gardens, February 27-29, 2020 for her presentation, "Evaluation of a compassion-informed spiritual consultation to improve hospital inpatient outcomes." 

Culinary Medicine Presentation at STFM

Emory M3 student Brittany Whitlock and Dr. Emily Herndon present preliminary results of the Culinary Medicine Elective at the Society of Teachers in Family Medicine Medical Student Education Conference in Portland Oregon in January. The research team also included Drs. Miranda Moore and Javier Valle.

Upcoming Presentations

Dr. Jodie Guest is giving the following presentations at the International Workshop on HIV and Hepatitis Observational Databases this month: March 26-28 in Sitges, Spain:  

• Trend analysis of cause-specific mortality among HIV-positive veterans: A 35-year study from HAVACS
• Characterization of the association of time to ART initiation from HIV diagnosis and survival to fatal and non-fatal severe events: An analysis of HAVACS
• Understanding the racial disparities in antiretroviral therapy adherence among black and white HIV-Positive men who have sex with men in Atlanta, Georgia. Data from Engagement, a PRISM Health Cohort
• Racial disparities in viral suppression and durability of suppression among MSM

Dr. Guest will also present Explaining racial disparities in viral suppression among MSM living with HIV  in March at the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). CROI brings together top basic, translational, and clinical researchers from around the world to share the latest studies, important developments, and best research methods in the ongoing battle against HIV/AIDS and related infectious diseases. 

Family Medicine Residency Program Research Symposium, March 12th

Recent Funding

Dr. Mo Ali was awarded a 3-year CDC grant to support the Natural Experiments for Translation in Diabetes network.

Recent Publications

Jingkai Wei, MSPH, PhD; Karla I. Galaviz, MSc, PhD; Alysse J. Kowalski, MPH; Matthew J. Magee, MPH, PhD; J. Sonya Haw, MD; K. M. Venkat Narayan, MD, MSc, MBA; Mohammed K. Ali, MD, MSc, MBA. Comparison of Cardiovascular Events Among Users of Different Classes of Antihypertension Mediccations: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(2):e1921618. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.21618. Click here to access article.

Trickey A, May MT, Gill MJ, Grabar S, Vehreschild J, Ferdinand WNM, Bonnet F, Cavassini M, Abgrall S, Berenguer J, Wyen C, Reiss P, Grabmeier-Pfistershammer K, Guest, Jodie L, Shepher L, Teira R, d’Arminio Monforte A, del Amo J, Justice A, Costaglio D, Sterne JAC. Cause-specific mortality after diagnosis of cancer among HIV-positive patients: a collaborative analysis of cohort studies. Int J Cancer 2020 Jan 31. doi: 10.1002/ijc.32895. PMID: 32003460. Click here to access article.

van Rooij, SJH, Smith, Ryan D, Stenson, AF, et al. Increased activation of the fear neurocircuitry in children exposed to violence. Depress Anxiety. 2020; 1– 10. Click here to access article.  

Ali John Zarrabi, MD, Laura J. Morrison, MD, Barbara A. Reville, DNP, ANP, Joshua M. Hauser, MD, Paul DeSandre, DO, Marsha Joselow, LCSW, LICSW, Jane deLima Thomas, MD, and Gordon Wood, MD. Museum-Based Education: A Novel Educational Approach for Hospice and Palliative Medicine Training Programs. J Palliat Med. 2020 Feb 5. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2019.0476. [Epub ahead of print]. Click here to access full article. 

Research Resources

Boilerplate language library

Writing a grant? Emory School of Medicine has a new Boilerplate language library containing descriptions of the schools and centers within Emory. Take a look at https://boilerplate.emory.edu.

SOM Research Workshops

· How the Georgia CTSA Can Support Entrepreneurship
Thursday, March 19, 2020 | noon - 1 p.m. Register
· Integrated Imaging Core — Cool New Techniques
Thursday, April 16, 2020 | noon - 1 p.m. Register​

If you are interested in becoming a more active participant in our department's research, please contact Vice Chair for Research, Dr. Mo Ali (mkali@emory.edu).

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Educational Investments
for our future

Preceptor of the Year: Dr. Gabriel Onofre

The Adult Primary Care Clerkship provided a scholarship to the Preceptor of the Year to attend the 2020 Society of Teachers in Family Medicine Conference on Medical Student Education in Portland, Oregon. The conference took place January 30th – February 2nd. Dr. Gabriel Onofre of Mercy Care-Chamblee attended along with his family. He provided the following statement on his experience:

I had a wonderful experience at the 2020 STMF MSE Conference. I met Family Physicians involved in Medical Education from all over the USA, even a doctor coming from Nigeria. All of us were strongly motivated to pass the baton to the new generation of doctors, all committed to excellent delivery of health care, all committed to work along with our program coordinators, managers, and clinic staff, helping each other on achieving the goal of educating on a nurturing faculty environment.

I thank Emory for giving me such an opportunity, to confirm, to inspire, and to keep the flaming torch of real purpose on being a Family Doc.

 Sincerely, Gabriel Onofre

Updates from Ethiopia

As part of the Emory Global Health Scholars Program, Dr. Mali Khamissi Sobi (PGY-3) spent a month in Ethiopia training Family Medicine providers at Addis Ababa University, Black Lion Hospital, and St. Paul’s Hospital as they develop their Family Medicine residency program. He was joined by Dr. Oguchi Nwosu for one week.

Below: Dr. Sobi teaching suture class

Below: Dr. Nwosu leading faculty development 

Below: In Clinic with Ethiopian colleagues

Teaching the teachers

Dr. Ambar Kulshreshtha was featured on Twitter and in Emory Medicine News in coverage of the Learning to be Better Teachers conference. This conference, held annually in January, is among Emory's most popular faculty development opportunities, and consistently draws repeat participants.

Below: Dr. Cherie Hill (gynecology and obstetrics), Dr. Kulshrehtha, Dr. Lesley Miller and Dr. Kimberly Manning from General Internal Medicine.

Being of Service

Congratulations, Dr. Brachman!

Dr. Laura Brachman is the new Associate Director for the Outpatient Clinic, Emory Palliative Care Center. She begins March 1. 

Emory Farmworker Project Needs You!

The Emory Farmworker Project (formerly the South GA Farmworker Health Project) will be providing care the following dates/locations in June 2020:

June 5-12 Bainbridge, GA

June 12-19 Valdosta, GA

Evidence of our Awesomeness!

Porsha Clayton, Associate Academic Coordinator for Undergraduate Medical Education, named Coordinator of the Year by the School of Medicine. Congratulations!

Tarrance Malone, Senior Business Manager at Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Family & Preventive Medicine-Physician Assistant Program, earned his Juris Master from the Emory University School of Law.

Dr. Miranda Moore has accepted a secondary appointment in the Department of Medicine, Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics. 

Don't miss events and opportunities!

Georgia Academy of Family Physicians
Legislative Day at the Capitol, March 5

Legislative Day at the Capitol
Thursday, March 5, 2020
The Freight Depot - New Location This Year!
65 Martin Luther King Jr Dr - Atlanta, GA 30312 and Georgia State Capitol

Hosted by Patient-Centered Coalition of Georgia (Georgia Academy of Family Physicians; Georgia OBGyn Society; Georgia Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics; Georgia Osteopathic Medical Association; Georgia Chapter – American College of Physicians)

Agenda
8:30 am – 9:15 am                                     Breakfast/Legislative Priorities
9:15 am – 10:15 am                                   Policy Briefing
10:15 am – Noon                                        Legislative Visits at the Capitol
12:15 pm – 2:00 pm                                   Lunch with Legislators

7th Annual Health Services Research Day

Abstracts Due March 13th.

 Health Services Research Day is Wednesday, May 6 | 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
The Georgia CTSA and Emory Health Services Research Center invite you to join in for this symposium and networking opportunity where researchers will learn about ongoing quality, effectiveness, and value-based research activities across the state of Georgia.
Learn more | Register | Submit an Abstract

Medical Education Day, March 23

2020 Emory Quality Conference

Poster Registration DUE March 23rd. All poster submissions will be accepted and displayed during the event.

Please save the date for the 2020 Emory Quality Conference, which will take place Monday, April 13, from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. in the WHSC Auditorium and will be simulcast live to additional locations. This year’s conference will feature speaker Dr. Shivan J. Mehta, Associate Chief Innovation Officer, Penn Medicine Center for Innovation, Perelman School of Medicine. 

2020 Emory Quality Conference Poster Submission Process
As in past years, we would like to recognize our quality accomplishments through a quality improvement poster gallery. Your participation would be greatly appreciated, as we would like to solicit such works from your teams and showcase them at the conference. 

Georgia CTSA: School of Medicine Imagine, Innovate and Impact Education Awards 

Deadline: Wednesday, April 1

Education Awards: The Dean of the Emory School of Medicine (SOM) is soliciting proposals that highlight, promote, and disseminate innovations in medical education and training (degree programs and GME) that enhance the Emory SOM mission. The current Education Strategic Plan framework IRIS (Innovate, Re-Imagine, Inspire, Serve) is being implemented in the coming months. This round of I3 Education Awards will focus on areas of education that are supportive of the IRIS efforts. Click here for more information.
Venture Awards: The Dean of the Emory School of Medicine (SOM) is soliciting innovative research proposals to catalyze promising early-stage concepts with commercial potential that do not yet qualify for funding from external sources. The I 3 Venture Research Awards aim to cultivate inventors, innovators, and entrepreneurs driven to solve medicine’s challenges and create patient impact. Click here for more information.

Save the Date: Bettye Rose Connell Lecture,
April 14th, 2020

Primary Care Consortium Grants

The Emory Primary Care Consortium provides grants up to $2,500 to support any project that involves research, quality improvement, advocacy, development of clinical decision support tools, or educational activities in support of advancements in primary care (as it relates to patient safety, innovations in healthcare delivery, addressing disparities in healthcare, etc.).   The next deadline for application submission is April 15. Awardees will be announced by May 15.

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