New Grants for Division of General Internal Medicine
The Department of Internal Medicine and Division of General Internal Medicine congratulates Drs. Molly Conroy, MD, Professor & Chief; Kensaku Kawamoto, Vice Chair for the Department of Biomedical Informatics; and Casey Gradick, MD, Associate Professor, for their recently awarded grants.
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) within the National Institute of Health have awarded a grant (1R18DK123372-01A1) to the University of Utah to promote real world implementation of an evidence-based weight management program integrated with the electronic health record. This project will run from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2025 and principle investigators include Drs. Molly Conroy and Kensaku Kawamoto.
This project leverages an innovative, EHR-facilitated weight loss maintenance intervention (MAINTAIN) that was previously validated by our research team in a clinical research environment. In this project, the MAINTAIN intervention will be implemented using existing clinical resources and evaluated for its real-world impact. MAINTAIN PRIME will be conducted in 14 primary care practices affiliated with the University of Utah and will capitalize on further advances in health IT and team-based care models to deliver the intervention with minimal support from research staff.
Dr. Casey Gradick was also awarded a new grant (1 D58HP37586) from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to conduct residency training in primary care. This project will also run from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2025.