Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States/Johns Hopkins Medicine Research Collaboration Program

The Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States/Johns Hopkins Medicine Research Collaboration Program supports collaborative epidemiologic, health services, and related clinical research to be conducted jointly by Kaiser Permanente and Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers in alignment with both organizations’ strategic priorities.

The program funds research projects that address complex questions concerning health care and health care delivery at both organizations.

2025

Title: Developing a Text-Based Approach to Adverse Drug Withdrawal Event Detection
Investigators: Elizabeth Bayliss, MD, MSPH (KP); Cynthia Boyd, MD, MPH (JHM)

Title: Links of Sleep-Disordered Breathing with Dementia Risk and Healthcare Utilization: Investigating Differences by Race, Sex, and CPAP Adherence
Investigators: Ejaz Shamim, MD, MBA, MS, FAAN (KP); Adam Spira, PhD (JHM)

Title: Factors Associated with Diabetes Prevention Program Access and Participation
Investigators: Michael J. Miller, RPh, DrPH, FAPhA (KP); Eva Tseng, MD, MPH (JHM)

Title: Peer-to-Peer Learning and Assessment to Improve Perioperative Pain Management
Investigators: Gregory Khan-Arthur, DO (KP); Anping Xie, PhD (JHM)

2024

Title: Variability in Genetic Counseling for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer
Investigators: Cabell Jonas, PhD (KP); Juli Bollinger, MS (JHM)

Title: Trends in Cannabis Use among Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain
Investigators: Kristina Phillips, PhD (KP); Jenell Coleman, MD, MPH (JHM)

Title: A Pilot Study to Examine the Availability and Characteristics of Social Needs and Social Determinants of Health Data in the EHR: A Path to Social Data Harmonization and Standardization at JHM and KP
Investigators: Doug Roblin, PhD (KP); Elham Hatef, MD, MPH (JHM)

Title: Disparities in the Treatment of Fuchs’ Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy: A Pilot Study
Investigators: Meraf Wolle, MD (KP); Divya Srikumaran, MD (JHM)

2023

Title: Development of a Pulmonary Embolism Research Database from Electronic Health Record Data
Investigators: Doug Roblin, PhD (KP); Michael Ellenbogen, MD (JHM)

Title: Creating Better Systems to Care for Adolescents at Risk of Suicide
Investigators: Julie Richards, PhD, MPH (KP); Emily Haroz, PhD (JHM)

Title: Frailty, Multiple Comorbidities and Gastric Cancer Surgical Outcomes
Investigators: Monica Ter-Minassian, ScD (KP); Fabian Johnston, MD (JHM)

Title: Adolescent Depression Screening in Pediatric Primary Care: An Examination of Case Disposition and Racial and Ethnic Disparities
Investigators: Nancy Weinfield, PhD (KP); Andrea Young, PhD (JHM)

2024
Awidi A, Woreta F, Sabit A, Hu H, Potu N, Devience E, Wang J, Vupputuri S. “The Effect of Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Differences on Visual Impairment Prior to Cataract Surgery.” Ophthalmolgy. 19 July 2024. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2024.07.021
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Miller M, Eberhart L, Heliste J, Tripuraneni B. “Patient and Health Care Professional Perspectives About Referral, Self-Reported Use, and Perceived Importance of Digital Mental Health App Attributes in a Diverse Integrated Health-System: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study.” JMIR Formative Research. 06/08/2024:59831. doi: 10.2196/59831.
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Ryan L, Solomon B, Miller M, McDonald E, DiNucci A, Omaki E, Shields W, Weinfield N. “Medication Safety Counseling Practices of Pediatric Primary Care Clinicians.” Health Promot Pract. 2024 Jan 30:15248399241228242. doi:10.1177/15248399241228242.
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2023
Awidi A, Dai X, Sabit A, Potu N, Wang J, Hu H, Vupputuri S, Woreta F. “The Association of Social Factors and Race/Ethnicity with Vision Impairment Prior to Cataract Surgery.” Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2023;64(8)2890-2890.
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Seegan P, Miller M, Heliste J, Fathi L, McGuire J. “Efficacy of stand-alone digital mental health applications for anxiety and depression: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.” J Psychiatr Res. 2023;164:171-183. https:///doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.06.019
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Eberhart L, Seegan P, McGuire J, Hu H, Tripuraneni B, Miller M. “Attributes of Provider Referrals for Digital Mental Health Applications in an Integrated Health System, 2019–2021.” Psychiatric Services. 26 Jul 2023 https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220401
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2022
Hatef E, Rouhizadeh M, Nau C, Xie F, Rouillard C, Abu-Nasser M, Padilla A, Lyons LJ, Kharrazi H, Weiner JP, Roblin D. “Development and Assessment of a Natural Language Processing Model to Identify Residential Instability in Electronic Health Records’ Unstructured Data: A Comparison of 3 Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems.” JAMIA Open. 2022 Feb 16;5(1):ooac006
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Miller MJ, Dinucci AJ, Jalalzai R, Rabinovich N, Roblin DW. Time-series Analysis of Recent Antihyperglycemic Medication Prescribing Trends for a Diverse Sample of Medicare Enrollees with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in an Integrated Health System. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2022;79(12):950–959.
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