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Search a repository of PCORI-funded comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies, as well as projects that seek to encourage engagement in research, disseminate and implement PCORI-funded research findings, and improve the nation's capacity to conduct patient-centered CER, among others. Learn more about the Portfolio

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Project Title
Project Status
Project Type

Future Planning and Well-Being for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and Family Caregivers

The Feinstein Institute For Medical Research
| New York
Sophia Jan, MD, MSHP
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Does Including a Health Coach in Well-Child Care Visits Improve Preventive Care for Families with Low Incomes?

Seattle Children's Research Institute
| Washington
Tumaini Coker, MD, MBA
Project Status:
In progress; Recruitment not applicable
Project Type:
Research

Testing a Program to Improve Quality of Life among Latina Breast Cancer Survivors and Their Partners

University of South Florida
| Florida
Dinorah Martinez Tyson, PhD, MPH, MA
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Four Ways to Reduce Pregnancy Complications among Black Mothers -- The ACURE4Moms Study

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
| North Carolina
Jennifer Tang, MD, MS
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Weight Loss Programs for Latina Women

Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
| California
Lisa Rosas, PhD, MPH
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Ways to Improve Mental Health among Youth with Disabilities -- The BEST Study

University of Illinois at Chicago
| Illinois
Benjamin Van Voorhees, MD, MPH
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
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

Comparing Two Ways to Offer Remote Therapy for Depressive Symptoms in People with Heart Disease

University of Kentucky
| Kentucky
Debra Moser, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Enrollment complete
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Ways to Improve Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Use for HIV Prevention

Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc.
| California
Albert Liu, MD, MPH
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Ways to Improve Communication between Healthcare Teams and People with a Communication Disability

University of Colorado Denver
| Colorado
Megan A. Morris, PhD, MPH, CCC-SLP
Project Status:
In progress; Enrollment complete
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Three Ways to Help People with Opioid Use Disorder Take Medicines as Prescribed

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
| Maryland
Kenneth Silverman
Project Status:
In progress; Enrollment complete
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Two Ways to Promote Healthy Weight Gain and Prevent Obesity in Early Childhood

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
| Tennessee
William J. Heerman, MD, MPH^
Project Status:
In progress; Data collected
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

Comparing Two Ways to Offer Behavioral Therapy for Children with ADHD from Families with Low Incomes -- The PASS Study

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
| Pennsylvania
Thomas Power, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Ways to Help African-American and Latino Patients with HIV to Receive and Retain Care

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
| Maryland
Kathleen Page, MD
Project Status:
In progress; Data collected
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Ways to Help Hispanic Patients Manage Type 2 Diabetes

Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
| New York
Renee Pekmezaris, PhD
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Ways to Train Healthcare Clinic Staff to Ask Patients about Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Fenway Community Health Center
| Massachusetts
Kenneth H. Mayer, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®
Has Results

Comparing Ways to Treat Insomnia among Black Women

Boston University
| Massachusetts
Lynn Rosenberg, ScD, MS, and Eric Zhou, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Ways to Help Primary Care Providers Prescribe Opioids Safely

University of Pittsburgh
| Pennsylvania
Kevin Kraemer, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®
Has Results

Comparing Two Programs to Maintain Weight Loss among Black Women with Obesity

University of Florida
| Florida
Carolyn M. Tucker, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Identifying and Treating Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska -- The Hearing Norton Sound Study

Norton Sound Health Corporation
| Alaska
Samantha Kleindienst Robler, AuD, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Two Programs to Help Latino Men Lose Weight -- The HOMBRE Trial

Stanford University School of Medicine^
| California
Lisa G. Rosas, MPH, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Does a Web-Based Platform for Caregivers Help People with Down Syndrome Get Recommended Health Services?

Massachusetts General Hospital
| Massachusetts
Brian Skotko, MD, MPP
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Using an iPad App in School Health Centers to Support Latina Teens Making Choices about Birth Control -- The Health-E You/Salud iTu Intervention

University of California San Francisco
| California
Kathleen P. Tebb, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Testing a Program to Improve Patient-Clinician Communication for Patients Who Speak Limited English

University of California San Francisco
| California
Leah S. Karliner, MD, MAS
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Ways to Treat Arm Weakness Due to Stroke

The Ohio State University
| Ohio
Deborah Larsen, PhD, FAPTA, FASAHP^
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research

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