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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

Engaging Stakeholders to Promote Equity in Cancer Care for People with Serious Mental Illness

Massachusetts General Hospital
| Massachusetts
Kelly Irwin, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Engagement Award Project, Dissemination Project

Bridging the Chasm between Pregnancy and Women's Health Over the Life Course

Boston University School of Public Health
| Massachusetts
Lois McCloskey, DrPH
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Engagement Award Project
Has Results

Does a Decision Aid Help Older Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease Choose Treatment? -- The DART Study

Trustees of Tufts College
| Massachusetts
Keren Ladin, PhD, MS
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
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

Understanding the Effect of Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy on Sexual Health and Depression for Transgender Adults

Brigham and Women's Hospital
| Massachusetts
Sari L. Reisner, ScD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research

Blacks Addressing Mental Health Concerns and Healing Through Comparative Effectiveness Research

The Transformation Center
| Massachusetts
Deborah Delman, BS
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Pipeline to Proposal, Tier A

Healthy Aging in Place for Racial/Ethnic Minority Underserved Populations

Center for Community Health Education Research and Service, Inc.
| Massachusetts
Elmer Freeman, MSW
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Pipeline to Proposal, Tier A

Community Engagement to Address Tuberculosis Infection in Persons Experiencing Homelessness

Brigham and Women's Hospital
| Massachusetts
Courtney Yuen, PhD
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Pipeline to Proposal, Tier A

Building a National Partnership to Identify the Mental Health Priorities of Young Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (YA with I/DD)

Boston University
| Massachusetts
Jessica Kramer, PhD, OTR/L
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Pipeline to Proposal, Tier A

Promoting the Intersection of Research on Health Literacy and Patient-Centered Care

Boston University Medical Center
| Massachusetts
Michael Paasche-Orlow, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Engagement Award Conference

Comparing Ways to Provide Palliative Care for Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer

Massachusetts General Hospital
| Massachusetts
Jennifer S. Temel, MD
Project Status:
In progress; Enrollment complete
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Developing New Methods for Comparing Treatments in Case-Control Studies

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
| Massachusetts
Goodarz Danaei, MD, MS, DSc
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Approaches to Improve Black Patients’ Chances of Getting Live Donor Kidney Transplants

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc
| Massachusetts
James R. Rodrigue, PhD
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research

Comparing the Effects of Three-Week versus Five-Week Courses of Radiation Therapy for Women with Breast Cancer Getting Mastectomy with Breast Reconstruction

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
| Massachusetts
Rinaa Sujata Punglia, MD
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research

Engaging Patients with Life-Limiting Illnesses on Receiving Palliative Care - Tier III

University of Nevada-Las Vegas
| Nevada
Jay Shen, PhD
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Pipeline to Proposal, Tier III

Improving Oral Health for Vulnerable Populations - Individuals with IDD - Tier III

Tufts University
| Massachusetts
John Morgan, DDS, MS
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Pipeline to Proposal, Tier III

After the ICU - Tier III

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Pulmonary and Critical Care Department
| Massachusetts
Daniela Lamas, MD
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Pipeline to Proposal, Tier III

Community Engagement to Improve Prevention and Treatment of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection - Tier II

University of Massachusetts Medical School
| Massachusetts
Laura Gibson, MD
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Pipeline to Proposal, Tier II

Engaging Cancer Survivors in the Community for Assessing Nutritional Needs and Barriers - Tier II

Tufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
| Massachusetts
Fang Fang Zhang, MD, PhD
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Pipeline to Proposal, Tier II

Into the Light: Using Health Technology to Develop a Mother/Family Centered Peer Support Network - Tier II

University of Massachusetts Medical School
| Massachusetts
Shannon Hennig
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Pipeline to Proposal, Tier II

Patient Engagement Efforts to Reduce (PEER) Diabetes Among Vietnamese Americans - Tier II

Boston College
| Massachusetts
Tam H. Nguyen, PhD, MSN/MPH, RN
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Pipeline to Proposal, Tier II

The Tulumbe Project - Tier II

Multicultural AIDS Coalition
| Massachusetts
Chioma Nnaji, MPH, Med
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Pipeline to Proposal, Tier II

Unhealthy Substance Use Among Community-Based Older Adults: What is the Role of Home Health Aides? - Tier II

Home Care Aide Foundation
| Massachusetts
Hayley P. Gleason, MS, MSW
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Pipeline to Proposal, Tier II

Healing Families: Parental Involvement in the Treatment of Low-Income Teens Diagnosed with a Mood Disorder - Tier II

Families for Depression Awareness
| Massachusetts
Susan Weinstein, JD
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Pipeline to Proposal, Tier II

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