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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

Methods for Reconciling Conflicting Results From Randomized Trials

The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania
| Pennsylvania
Ellen Caniglia, Sc.D.
Project Status:
Awarded; In progress
Project Type:
Research

Development of a Scalable Method for Identifying Ethical Issues Arising From Healthcare Artificial Intelligence

Stanford University School of Medicine
| California
Danton Char, M.D., M.S.
Project Status:
Awarded; In progress
Project Type:
Research

Assessment of Pediatric Anthropometric Data Quality to Guide Analysis Planning and Interpretation

Pennsylvania State University Hershey Medical Center
| Pennsylvania
Carrie Daymont, M.D., M.S.
Project Status:
Awarded; In progress
Project Type:
Research

Developing New Methods to Study Secure Electronic Messages between Doctors and Patients -- The ECLIPPSE-CER Study

The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco
| California
Dean Schillinger, M.D.
Project Status:
Awarded; Contract pending
Project Type:
Research

Diagnostic Tools for Quality Improvement of Machine Learning-Based Clinical Decision Support Systems

University of California, San Francisco
| California
Jean Feng, PhD, MS
Project Status:
In progress; Recruitment not applicable
Project Type:
Research

Improving Instrumental Variables Methods for Non-Randomized Studies

The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania
| Pennsylvania
Luke Keele, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruitment not applicable
Project Type:
Research

Developing Methods to Identify and Communicate Benefits and Harms of Digital Health Research Studies

The Regents of the University of California, San Diego
| California
Camille Nebeker, EdD, MS
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Developing a New Method to Combine Different Types of Trial Data in Meta-Analyses

The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco
| California
Mi-Ok Kim, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruitment not applicable
Project Type:
Research

Helping Researchers Assess How Well Data Reflect Clinical Context

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
| Pennsylvania
Charles Bailey, MD, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruitment not applicable
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®

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

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®

Path Towards a Learning Health System (PaTH) Clinical Research Network

University of Pittsburgh
| Pennsylvania
Kathleen McTigue, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
PCORnet®: Clinical Research Network (CRN) 2020

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)

Using the Child Health Ratings Inventories (CHRIS) to Improve Care for Children with Type 1 Diabetes

University of California, Irvine
| California
Sherrie H. Kaplan, PhD, MPH
Project Status:
In progress; Recruitment not applicable
Project Type:
Implementation Project (Limited Competition D&I PFA)

Developing Methods to Identify Patients Who Benefit Most from Different Treatments

University of Pennsylvania
| Pennsylvania
Yong Chen, PhD, MA
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

Capacity Building in Nurse-Led Health Centers to Address Substance Use Disorder

National Nurse-Led Care Consortium
| Pennsylvania
Kristine Gonnella, PhD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Engagement Award Project

California's Refugee Reproductive Health Network (ReproNet): Engaging Refugee Women in Research Partnerships

University of California, Irvine^
| California
Heike Thiel de Bocanegra, PhD, MPH, MA
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Engagement Award Project

Does a Counseling Program for Friends and Family Help People with Opioid Use Disorder Stay in Treatment?

Stanford University
| California
Karen Osilla, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Two Ways to Provide Enhanced Prenatal Care to Improve Health in Mothers and Babies -- The EMBRACE Study

University of California, San Francisco
| California
Miriam Kuppermann, PhD, MPH
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Accelerating Systematic Stakeholder, Patient, and Institution Research Engagement (ASPIRE)

University of California, San Francisco
| California
Tung Nguyen, MD
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Engagement Award Project

The STRETCH Project: To Build Capacity Advancing Patient-centered Research in Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Pennsylvania State University Hershey Medical Center
| Pennsylvania
Jane Schubart, PhD, MBA, MS
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Engagement Award Project
Has Results

Developing Methods to Improve the Use of Information about Medicine Refills in Analyses of Electronic Health Record Data

Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
| California
Romain Neugebauer, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruitment not applicable
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Ways to Promote Quitting Smoking for People Referred for Lung Cancer Screenings

University of Pennsylvania
| Pennsylvania
Scott Halpern, MD, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Ways for Patients, Doctors, and Clinics to Improve Blood Pressure Control -- A PCORnet® Study

University of California San Francisco
| California
Mark J. Pletcher, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

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