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This issue’s C4 Center Affiliate Spotlight features clinician scientist, Dr. Amber Johnson.  Dr. Johnson is a practicing general cardiologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Division of Cardiology whose research expertise includes the assessment of social determinants of ideal cardiovascular health and implementation of mobile health interventions to address disparities in health outcomes.  

Dr. Johnson’s research employs community-engaged and geospatial analyses to understand health disparities and improve clinically relevant cardiovascular outcomes. She also uses survey and qualitative methodologies to examine contributors to disparate care in the management of patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD).  Dr. Johnson presently is working to test a mobile health intervention to improve quality of life outcomes in patients with CVD from under-resourced communities, funded by a NHLBI Diversity Supplement grant. Her next project will evaluate hypertension self-management in resource-limited settings. This project will be supported by a NHLBI K23, pending NOA.

To learn more about Dr. Johnson’s work, see her UPMC provider profile and full list of publications on PubMed.

C4 Center-Wide Seminar: All of Us PA

February 22nd, 2023, 12:00 - 1:00 PM

The All of Us Research Program is a national health data repository comprised of data from EMRs, biospecimens, surveys and more collected from a large and diverse national sample of volunteers. At this seminar, members of All of Us PA team will introduce their health database and Researcher Workbench tool. This reach health database promises to be a valuable resource for complex chronic condition research. Zoom registration will be sent to C4 Center Members and Affiliates via email. Anyone is welcome to attend and can email complexcaring@pitt.edu for the link.

VA HSR&D QUERI National Meeting 2023: February 8th-10th

Steven Manners Research Development Awards: Through the University Center for Social and Urban Research (UCSUR) at Pitt, this award will support pilot research that works to improve communities and address social, economic, health, and policy issues most relevant to society. LOI due March 3rd.

American Public Health Association (APHA) National Meeting 2023 abstract due: March 30th 

Submit your complex care publications to The Better Care Playbook for People with Complex Needs with this quick form to be submit a Resource for their Playbook, or a topic for their blog.

The Better Care Playbook (the Playbook) makes it easier to find evidence-based and promising practices for improving complex care. This online resource center helps health care stakeholders — including providers, health systems, health plans, community-based organizations, and policymakers — move evidence to action and accelerate adoption of best practices in complex care.

PAR-22-092: Health Care Models for Persons with Multiple Chronic Conditions from Populations that Experience Health Disparities: Advancing Health Care towards Health Equity (R01 Clinical Trials Optional) National Instutitues of Health; Next applicaton cycle: 02/05/2023

PAR-19-381: Patient Activation for Self-Management of Chronic Conditions (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health; Next application cycle: 05/07/2023

Impact of Electronic Health Record-Coaching Features in Weight Change: A Secondary Analysis from the MAINTAIN-pc Randomized Trial. Cedillo M, Kukhareva PV, Larsen SM, McTigue KM, Bryce CL, Barone Gibbs B, Hess R, Huber K, Conroy MB. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2022 Dec 7. doi: 10.1002/oby.23595. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36479831.

Association of Race and Ethnicity with Oral Anticoagulation and Associated Outcomes in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Findings from the Get With The Guidelines-Atrial Fibrillation Registry. Essien UR, Chiswell K, Kaltenbach LA, Wang TY, Fonarow GC, Thomas KL, Turakhia MP, Benjamin EJ, Rodriguez F, Fang MC, Magnani JW, Yancy CW, Piccini JP Sr. JAMA Cardiol. 2022 Dec 1;7(12):1207-1217. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2022.3704. PMID: 36287545; PMCID: PMC9608025.

Assessment of Depression and Adherence to Guideline-Directed Medical Therapies Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Lapa ME, Swabe GM, Rollman BL, Muldoon MF, Thurston RC, Magnani JW. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Dec 1;5(12):e2246317. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.46317. PMID: 36508214.

Partnering for Prevention in Under-Resourced Communities: A Randomized Pilot Study. Caldwell AR, Terhorst L, Krall JS, Thum DW, Uman HR, Dodd JL, Haus EE, Bendixen RM. Nutr J. 2022 Nov 25;21(1):72. doi: 10.1186/s12937-022-00824-7. PMID: 36434698; PMCID: PMC9700929.

Continuous-Time Modeling of the Bidirectional Relationship Between Incidental Affect and Physical Activity. Ruissen GR, Beauchamp MR, Puterman E, Zumbo BD, Rhodes RE, Hives BA, Sharpe BM, Vega J, Low CA, Wright AGC. Ann Behav Med. 2022 Nov 18;56(12):1284-1299. doi: 10.1093/abm/kaac024. PMID: 35802004; PMCID: PMC9672348.

Design, rationale, and baseline characteristics of a randomized controlled trial evaluating a mobile relational agent to enhance atrial fibrillation self-care. Althouse AD, Abebe KZ, Paasche-Orlow MK, Lalama CM, Ferry D, Lancet M, Swabe G, Bickmore T, Magnani JW. Contemp Clin Trials. 2022 Nov 17;124:107015. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2022.107015. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36402276.

Two-Year Change in Latent Classes of Comorbidity Among High-Risk Veterans in Primary Care: A Brief Report. Hutchins F, Thorpe J, Zhao X, Zhang H, Rosland AM. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Nov 12;22(1):1341. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-08757-x. PMID: 36371216; PMCID: PMC9652993.

Best Case/Worst Case: Protocol for a Multisite Randomised Clinical Trial of a Scenario Planning Intervention for Patients with Kidney Failure. Haug K, Buffington A, Zelenski A, Hanlon BM, Stalter L, Kwekkeboom KL, Rathouz P, Bansal AD, Cheung K, Crews D, Frazier R, Koncicki H, Lam D, Moss A, Rao M, Wolfgram DF, Yi J, Brill C, Kendrick R, Campbell TC, Jhagroo R, Schwarze M. BMJ Open. 2022 Nov 3;12(11):e067258. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067258. PMID: 36328383; PMCID: PMC9639110.

Effectiveness of a Health Coaching Intervention for Patient-Family Dyads to Improve Outcomes Among Adults With Diabetes: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Rosland AM, Piette JD, Trivedi R, Lee A, Stoll S, Youk AO, Obrosky DS, Deverts D, Kerr EA, Heisler M. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Nov 1;5(11):e2237960. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.37960. PMID: 36374502; PMCID: PMC9664266.

Impact of COVID-19 on a Community Health Coalition and Its Residents in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: Insights Into Adaptation From Focus Groups and Evaluation Reports. Christian SN, Casas AD, Moehling Geffel K, Gary-Webb TL, Hardy HE, Harris R, Mendez DD. Health Promot Pract. 2022 Nov;23(1_suppl):174S-184S. doi: 10.1177/15248399221112965. PMID: 36374594.

Attending with Family Members, Completion Rate and Benefits Accrued from Chronic Disease Self-Management Program. Shi J, Ferretti L, McCallion P. Chronic Illn. 2022 Dec;18(4):784-795. doi: 10.1177/17423953211032263. Epub 2021 Jul 20. PMID: 34282954.

Predictors of Unrelieved Symptoms in All of Us Research Program Participants with Chronic Conditions. Dreisbach C, Grayson S, Leggio K, Conway A, Koleck T. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 Dec;64(6):555-566. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.08.018. PMID: 36096320.

Gender Differences in Social Support for Diabetes Self-Management: A Qualitative Study Among Veterans. Gray KE, Silvestrini M, Ma EW, Nelson KM, Bastian LA, Voils CI. Patient Educ Couns. 2022 Nov 23;107:107578. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2022.107578. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36463824.

Improving Care for People Living with Dementia and Diabetes: Applying the Human-Centered Design Process to Continuous Glucose Monitoring. Savoy A, Holden RJ, de Groot M, Clark DO, Sachs GA, Klonoff D, Weiner M. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2022 Nov 17:19322968221137907. doi: 10.1177/19322968221137907. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36384313.

Outcomes of Delay of Care After the Onset of COVID-19 for Patients Managing Multiple Chronic Conditions. Rose GL, Bonnell LN, Clifton J, Natkin LW, Hitt JR, O'Rourke-Lavoie J. J Am Board Fam Med. 2022 Nov 17:jabfm.2022.220112R1. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2022.220112R1. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36396416.