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Blog

Engagement Project Yields Unexpected Dividends

Published: 
June 9, 2017
Author(s): 
Lia Hotchkiss, MPH
Topics: 
Research
Engagement Blogs
Funding Awards
When she applied for a Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award, Sharron Close, PhD, of Atlanta never dreamed it would lead her all the way to the Georgia capitol and Governor Nathan Deal. Close, a researcher at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University, was leading a PCORI-...
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Updates to the Engagement Awards Program

Published: 
June 7, 2017
Author(s): 
Lia Hotchkiss, MPH,
Ivey Wohlfeld
Topics: 
Research
Engagement Blogs
Funding Awards
Since our establishment, PCORI has been committed to meaningful involvement by patients, caregivers, clinicians, and other healthcare stakeholders throughout the research process. As part of our Engagement program, the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards have supported more than 200 projects...
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Research to Aid Decisions about Prostate Cancer Treatment

Published: 
June 6, 2017
Author(s): 
Ronald C. Chen, MD, MPH,
David F. Penson, MD, MPH
Topics: 
Research
Guest Blogs
This spring, the US Preventive Services Task Force updated its recommendations for prostate cancer screening , saying that men age 55 to 69 years should consult their doctors to make individual decisions about whether to undergo this screening. They can take into account current evidence of its...
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New Drugs for Fighting Hepatitis C: Prioritizing Quality of Life as Well as Cure

Published: 
May 24, 2017
Author(s): 
David R. Nelson, MD,
Summer Wadsworth
Topics: 
Research
Guest Blogs
Choosing the right treatment for hepatitis C virus infection can be difficult. Patients and doctors want to conquer the infection and prevent liver damage without introducing other problems. In the past decade, drug development has occurred so rapidly that patients and clinicians must base their...
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Patient Perspectives on Arthritis Research

Published: 
May 23, 2017
Author(s): 
Cindy Kimberly,
Anjie Vago
Topics: 
Research
Guest Blogs
Nearly one-quarter of American adults have been told by a doctor that they have arthritis. The lived expertise of people with the condition informs PCORI research on arthritis, which includes patients at every step of the way—from topic generation to study design and conduct to dissemination of...
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PCORI Celebrates National Women's Health Week

Published: 
May 16, 2017
Topics: 
Research
Research that focuses on women’s health has been at the center of PCORI’s portfolio from the beginning. PCORI’s research is providing information that women need to make educated decisions about their health and health care. This research covers health concerns that are specific to women and health...
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Comparing Treatments to Lower Cholesterol

Published: 
May 10, 2017
Author(s): 
Diane E. Bild, MD, MPH
Topics: 
Research
Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, the so-called bad form of cholesterol, is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, which is the leading cause of death in the United States. Patients with high cholesterol that requires treatment usually receive prescriptions for statin drugs, which...
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Engaging Communities in Asthma Studies: How We Can Make a Difference

Published: 
May 2, 2017
Author(s): 
Alex D. Federman, MD, MPH,
Bradley Kramer, MPA
Topics: 
Research
Engagement Blogs
Guest Blogs
Funding Awards
While the United States has some of the best asthma care in the world, that care is not equally accessible to all children and families. Some communities have historically been left behind as we study what works in asthma care. But we are taking steps to change that through purposeful action to...
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Progress and Promise: Celebrating PCORI's PCORnet Initiative

Published: 
April 26, 2017
Author(s): 
Joe V. Selby, MD, MPH
Topics: 
Research
PCORnet Blogs
Executive Director's Blog
Three years ago, PCORI began an ambitious journey to address an urgent national need: creating a platform that could help us conduct patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) and related studies faster, less expensively, and with more power than previously possible. That’s...
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It's Looking Like a Banner Year for Results from Our Funded Studies

Published: 
April 18, 2017
Author(s): 
Joe V. Selby, MD, MPH
Topics: 
Research
Executive Director's Blog
Spring’s arrival always heralds the promise of good things to come. This year at PCORI, it has brought a major wave of scientific publications reporting the results from PCORI-funded comparative clinical effectiveness (CER) studies. In the past few weeks, we’ve seen a half-dozen articles in major...
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About the PCORI blog

Welcome to the PCORI blog, an online forum designed to discuss and share information about patient-centered outcomes research. Blog postings are from PCORI staff, Board and Methodology Committee members, and external partners.

We encourage you to post comments and link to and share our content within PCORI’s Terms of Service.

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Research & Results

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Engagement

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Funding Opportunities

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Meetings & Events

July 12
FasterCures: Partnering For Cures, Boston (July 2017)
July 12
Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Delivery for Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorders (OUD) Applicant Town Hall - Cycle 2 2017
July 12
Symptom Management for Patients with Advanced Illness Applicant Town Hall - Cycle 2 2017

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