Research Initiatives

Presentations

The academic research findings of the department's faculty are often accepted for presentation at local, state and national meetings. In addition, many of our faculty are often invited to present their educational and clinical research findings - both nationally and internationally. Listed below (alphabetically by faculty name, though many presentations included faculty from other departments/institutions) are some of the more recent presentations made by departmental faculty:

Ron Adler and Beth Murphy:
"Think QuiC!: Using Mr. Potato Head to Teach Quality Improvement" (Academic Pediatric Association Region I Meeting)

Ron Adler:
"The Patient-Centered Medical Home: A Model for Delivering and Enhanced and Equitable Care"
(Student National Medical Association Regional Annual Medical Education Conference)
"Adressing the Challenges of Practice Transformation: Lessons Learned on the Journey from Disease-Specific Collaboratives to PCMH" (Conference on Practice Improvement/STFM and AAFP)

Nicholas Apostoleris:
"Determinism and Free Will: Exploring the Implications of Our Explanatory Paradigms" (45th Annual Spring Conference of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine)
"Behavioral Health for Community Health Workers in Health Care for the Homeless Programs" (webinar presented at the National Healthcare for the Homeless Council)

Bob Baldor:
"Adult and Pediatric Constipation" (American Academy of Family Medicine Scientific Assembly)
"Autism" (American Academy of Family Medicine Scientific Assembly)

Jeff Baxter:
"Safe Use of Opiod Medications" (Pain Center of Arizona and the Arizona Academy of Family Physicians)
"The use of the Massachusetts State Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to Enhance Medication Monitoring in Methadone Treatment Programs" (American Association of the Treatment of Opiod Dependence national conference)

Chad Beattie:
"Shoulder Pain and Weakness in a Collegiate Lacrosse Player" (New England American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting) 

Chad Beattie, Jennifer Schwartz and Herb Stevenson:
"A Systematic Review on Neuromuscular ACL Prevention Programs for Female Athletes" (UMass/UConn Sports Medicine Symposium)

Joseph Bernard:
"Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in a Collegiate Swimmer" (American College of Sports Medicine annual conference)
"Determining Appropriate Weight for Competition in Wrestlers" (UMass/UConn Sports Medicine Fellowship Conference)
"Shoulder Instability" (New England American College of Sports Medicine conference)

Alexander Blount:
"Successful Cultural Integration: Strategies to Address the Most Serious Barrier to Integration Between Primary Care and Behavioral Health" (World Congress Annual Leadership Summit on Integrating Behavioral Health into Patient-Centered Primary Care and Medical Homes)
"Publish and Flourish: Meet the Editors of Families, Systems, & Health" (Collaborative Family Health Care Association Conference)
"Orientation to Collaborative Care for Mental Health Specialists" (Collaborative Family Healthcare Association's 12th Annual Conference)

Alexander Blount and Ali Connell:
"The Expanding and Transforming Role of Care Managers in Integrated Primary Care and the PCMH" (Collaborative Family Health Care Association Conference)

Alexander Blount, Ali Connell and Daniel Mullin:
"Developing a Care Advisors Program with Behaviorally Enhanced Care Managers" (World Congress Annual Leadership Summit on Integrating Behavioral Health into Patient-Centered Primary Care and Medical Homes)

Alexander Blount, Frank Domino, Ben Miller and Carlos Cappas:
"Five Minutes to Change: Practical Counseling Skills for the Primary Care Provider" (STFM Annual Spring Conference)

Phil Bolduc:
"Moving Toward a Primary Care Model for HIV Care" (National HIV Over Fifty Conference)

Alexandra Bonardi et al:
"Definition and Case Finding for Health Surveillance in the US Population with Intellectual Disability" (2012 International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability World Congress)
"Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services Medication Review" (National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services Reinventing Quality Conference)
"An Intervention to Monitor and Reduce Fall Rates Among Adults with Intellectual Disability" (2012 International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability World Congress)

Lucy Candib:
"Our Fathers Ourselves: Family Medicine in Our Families of Origin" (45th Annual Spring Conference of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine)
"Continuity of Care: Antique Tradition or Advanced Practice?" (Northeast Regional STFM Education Consortium)
"Reflections on Reading 'A Fortunate Man'" (Society of Teachers of Family Medicine annual conference)

Lucy Candib and David Gunther:
"Refugees and Asylum Applicants: Family Doctors Making a Big Difference" (Northeast Regional STFM Education Consortium)

 Stephanie Carter-Henry, Dan Mullin et al:
"Introduction of a Teaching Video to Model Collaborative Care in Family Medicine Training" (45th Annual Spring Conference of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine)

Suzanne Cashman:
"Optimizing Reflection as a Teaching and Learning Tool in Community-University Partnerships" (International Conference on Service-Learning and Community Engagement)
"A System-Wide Working Group on Civic Engagement and Service-Learning: How, Why, and So What"? (International Conference on Service-Learning and Community Engagement)
"Service-Learning: Principles, Practice, and Pedagogy" (Community Campus Partnerships for Health annual meeting)

Suzanne Cashman, Marie Caggiano, Lisa Carter, Konstantinos Deligiannidis, Heather-Lyn Haley, Stacy Potts and Warren Ferguson:
"Missed Opportunities for Prevention and Population Health Integration: Finding Opportunities through Faculty Development" (Association for Prevention and Teaching annual meeting)

Suzanne Cashman et al:
"Promoting Prevention and Wellness: The Case of Tick Borne Illness in an Endemic Area" (American Public Health Association annual meeting)
"Lessons from Cuba: Tailoring Public Health for Integrated Care" (American Public Health Association annual meeting)
"Primary Prevention for Refugees: Discovering the Burden of Choice" (American Public Health Association annual meeting)
"Eat, Walk, Sleep Discuss: Building Participatory Research Using Many Small Steps" (American Public Health Association annual meeting)

Suzanne Cashman:
"Paying for YMCA Access After Getting It for Free: Impact of a Membership Fee on YMCA Usabe by Low-income patients" (poster; American Public Heallth Association Annual meeting)

Felix Chang:
"Accupuncture for Pain Management" (American Academy of Family Medicine Scientific Assembly)

Robin Clark and Mihail Samnaliev:
"Does Counseling or Psychotherapy Reduce Relapse Rates for Buprenorphine Patients?" (Addiction Health Services Research Conference)

Marco Cornelio and Daniel Mullin:
"A Rural Health Center's Community Garden: Educating Patients and Engaging Team Members" (45th Annual Spring Conference of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine)

Linda Cragin:
"MassAHEC Network Promoting an Equitable Health Care System in MA Through the PCMH1" (National AHEC Organization)
"Strategies to Make Money and Improve Language Access" (National AHEC Organization)
"Fostering Consumer Engagement: A Toolkit for Practices on the Journey to Patient-Centered Medical Homes" (Conference on Practice Improvement/STFM and AAFP)


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