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Project Title
Project Status
Project Type

Comparing Two Ways to Prevent Suicide among Alaska Native Young People -- The BeWeL Study

RAND Corporation
| Pennsylvania
Elizabeth D'Amico, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Ways to Manage Lymphedema among Head and Neck Cancer Survivors

The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania
| Pennsylvania
Jie Deng, PhD, MSN, RN
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Treatments to Help Cancer Survivors with Anxiety -- The MELODY Study

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
| New York
Jun Mao, MD, MSCE
Project Status:
In progress; Enrollment complete
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Ways to Improve Heart Health for Black Birthing People

Temple University
| Pennsylvania
Sharon Herring, MD, MPH
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Building Capacity for Research: Engaging Patients with Pulmonary Fibrosis and their Care Partners

Temple University College of Public Health
| Pennsylvania
Ilene Hollin, MPH, PhD
Project Status:
Awarded; In progress
Project Type:
Engagement Award Project

Building a Network of Access Points to Engage Teenagers in Adolescent Health Research

Pennsylvania State University Hershey Medical Center
| Pennsylvania
Deepa Sekhar, MD, MS
Project Status:
Awarded; In progress
Project Type:
Engagement Award Project

Comparing Ways to Monitor and Treat High Blood Pressure in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease -- The PRESERVE Study

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
| Pennsylvania
Christopher Forrest, MD, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

Developing Methods to Help Identify Patients with Rare Diseases in Electronic Health Records

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
| Pennsylvania
Daniel Herman, MD, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruitment not applicable
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

Health Equity Activation and Research Team (HEART): Partnerships for Inclusion Health PCOR/CER

Lehigh Valley Hospital, Inc.
| Pennsylvania
Abby Letcher, MD
Project Status:
Awarded; In progress
Project Type:
Engagement Award Project

Establishing a Distribution Approach for the On the Move Group Exercise Program

University of Pittsburgh
| Pennsylvania
Jennifer Brach, PhD, PT
Project Status:
Awarded; In progress
Project Type:
Engagement Award Project, Dissemination Project

PARTNER: PAtient-centered Research in pediatric TransplaNt-Engaging families+Recipients

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
| Pennsylvania
James Squires, BA, MD, MS
Project Status:
Awarded; In progress
Project Type:
Engagement Award Project

Comparing the Effectiveness of Behavioral Health Supports for Publicly Insured Perinatal Women

UPMC Center for High ValueHealth Care
| Pennsylvania
Ellen Beckjord, PhD, MPH
Project Status:
Awarded; Contract not executed
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Three Ways to Treat Children with Inactive Spondyloarthritis -- The BACK-OFF JSpA Study

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
| Pennsylvania
Pamela Weiss, MD, AB
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

Developing Methods to Analyze Data Missing Due to Death in Cluster Randomized Trials

Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
| Pennsylvania
Michael Harhay, PhD, MPH, MA, MS
Project Status:
In progress; Recruitment not applicable
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Three Ways to Treat PTSD among Veterans

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
| Pennsylvania
Keith Bredemeier, PhD, BA
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Ways to Deliver Remote Mental Health Support during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Research Foundation For The State University of New York
| New York
Yu-Ping Chang, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Enrollment complete
Project Type:
Research

Developing Methods for Combining and Analyzing Electronic Health Record Data

University of Pennsylvania
| Pennsylvania
Yong Chen, PhD, MA
Project Status:
In progress; Data collected
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

Comparing Two Ways to Provide Follow-Up Care to Patients with Heart Failure after Hospital Discharge -- MIGHTY-Heart

The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
| New York
Ruth Masterson Creber, PhD^
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

Comparing Two Types of Prostate Biopsy

Weill Cornell Medicine
| New York
Jim C. Hu, MD, MPH
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Three Programs to Increase Access to Mental Health Care for Pregnant and Postpartum Patients

The Research Foundation for The State University of New York on behalf of State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University (SUNY DHSU)
| New York
Thomas I. Mackie, PhD, MPH
Project Status:
In progress; Enrollment complete
Project Type:
Research

Implementing Team-based Outpatient Palliative Care in Parkinson Foundation Centers of Excellence

University of Rochester
| New York
Benzi M. Kluger, MD, MS
Project Status:
In progress; Recruitment not applicable
Project Type:
Implementation Project (Limited Competition D&I PFA)

Comparing Ways to Monitor Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions after They Return Home from the Hospital for an Infection -- The ACCOMPLISH Study

UPMC Center for High ValueHealth Care
| Pennsylvania
Dr. Kalpana Char, MD*
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Improving Antibiotic Prescribing in Children with Ear, Sinus, and Throat Infections

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
| Pennsylvania
Jeffrey Gerber, MD, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruitment not applicable
Project Type:
Implementation Project (Open Competition PFA: Implementation of Findings from PCORI’s Research Investments)

Comparing Two Programs for Managing Hearing Loss among Older Adults in Assisted Living Facilities

University of Pittsburgh
| Pennsylvania
Catherine Palmer, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Data collected
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Five Treatment Approaches for Men with Prostate Cancer -- The PC CONCEPT Study

Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
| New York
Jim C. Hu, MD, MPH, and Ronald C. Chen, MD, MPH
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

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