Active Projects

Improving secure messaging in primary care (Indiana CTSI Young Investigator KL2 Award (NIH/NCATS), PI: Shekhar) 2018-2019.  A mixed-methods study with purposive sampling that elicits patient preferences for specific attributes in secure messaging and establishes the design of an education intervention to improve physician messaging. Role: Project PI .

Helpful or Harmful? Evaluating Electronic Messages between Outpatients and Primary Care Clinicians (Indiana CTSI (NIH/NCATS), PI: Shekhar) 2017-2019. Feasibility study of research establishing clinician rationales and patient preferences in electronic messaging between patients and providers in primary care. Role: Project PI.

Population Health and the IU Simon Cancer Center Catchment Area (NCI, PI: Loehrer) 2018-2019. Data will be collected from at least 1000 individuals seen at Indiana University Health, who reside in counties with higher than average cancer mortality rates, will help the IU Simon Cancer Center and its partners to understand cancer-related knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors, including cancer information-seeking behaviors, in a way that has not been previously possible. Role: Co-Investigator.

Brain health patient safety learning laboratory (P30 - AHRQ, PI: Callahan) 2015-2019. The project aims to reduce the use of unsafe medications with anticholinergic side effects and prevent repeated episodes of hypoglycemia among older adults with diabetes. Role: Co-Investigator.