The candidate, Said A. Ibrahim, MD, MPH, is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine and core faculty in the Center for Research on Health Care at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also core faculty in the VA national Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion in Pittsburgh, PA. This application details how the K24 Mid-Career Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research will enable the candidate to advance his innovative and progressive research program focused on addressing the racial/ethnic disparities in the utilization of knee/hip joint replacement in patients with knee/hip osteoarthritis (OA). It will also ensure that the candidate has adequate protected time to devote to mentoring the next generation of medical students, residents, clinical and post-doctoral fellows and junior faculty trainees, particularly those from under-represented minorities, in patient-oriented health disparities research. The research and career goals of the candidate and this proposal are consistent with the US Department of Health and Human Services' national initiative to reduce or eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care by 2010 and the NIH mandate from Congress to address health care disparities. ? ? The candidate's research will be conducted in 2 phases. In Phase I (Years 1-3), he will direct 2 investigator initiated studies on understanding and intervening on racial disparity in joint replacement utilization for knee/hip OA. In Phase II (Years 4-5), he will expand his research to examine the efficacy of joint replacement disparity interventions in a nationally representative sample with adequate representation of women and minorities. Health care research trainees and junior faculty mentored by the candidate will be integral participants in his research activities throughout the award period. Over the course of the award, the candidate will mentor approximately 5 medical students and residents, 6 clinical and/or post-doctoral fellows, and 5 junior faculty members in health disparities research. Research training and education experiences, tailored to the level of the mentee, will include mentored health disparities research projects, participation in a weekly journal club, regular research seminars, and formal training as appropriate. ? ? The proposed research and mentoring programs will be conducted at the University of Pittsburgh, which has a strong institutional commitment to the professional development of the candidate and a mission to support health care research throughout its many affiliated health sciences schools, departments, and centers. These schools provide a myriad of clinical research training programs, including NIH-funded fellowship programs in Medicine, a Clinical Research Training Program (K30), a Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Scholars Program (K12), and a Clinical and Translational Science Award Program. ? ? ? ?

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Type
Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (K24)
Project #
5K24AR055259-02
Application #
7483745
Study Section
Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Special Grants Review Committee (AMS)
Program Officer
Panagis, James S
Project Start
2007-08-15
Project End
2012-07-31
Budget Start
2008-08-01
Budget End
2009-07-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2008
Total Cost
$129,182
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Pittsburgh
Department
Internal Medicine/Medicine
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
004514360
City
Pittsburgh
State
PA
Country
United States
Zip Code
15213
Hausmann, Leslie R M; Ibrahim, Said A; Kwoh, C Kent et al. (2018) Rationale and design of the Staying Positive with Arthritis (SPA) Study: A randomized controlled trial testing the impact of a positive psychology intervention on racial disparities in pain. Contemp Clin Trials 64:243-253
Fang, Michele; Hume, Eric; Ibrahim, Said (2018) Race, Bundled Payment Policy, and Discharge Destination After TKA: The Experience of an Urban Academic Hospital. Geriatr Orthop Surg Rehabil 9:2151459318803222
Ibrahim, S A (2017) Racial/ethnic variations in knee and hip elective joint replacement in the UK. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 25:435-437
Hong, Chuan; Ning, Yang; Wang, Shuang et al. (2017) PLEMT: A NOVEL PSEUDOLIKELIHOOD BASED EM TEST FOR HOMOGENEITY IN GENERALIZED EXPONENTIAL TILT MIXTURE MODELS. J Am Stat Assoc 112:1393-1404
Ibrahim, Said A; Blum, Marissa; Lee, Gwo-Chin et al. (2017) Effect of a Decision Aid on Access to Total Knee Replacement for Black Patients With Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Surg 152:e164225
Hausmann, Leslie R M; Brandt, Cynthia A; Carroll, Constance M et al. (2017) Racial and Ethnic Differences in Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System, 2001-2013. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 69:1171-1178
Bowen, Mary Elizabeth; Rowe, Meredeth; Ersek, Mary et al. (2017) The Physical and Cognitive Performance Test for Residents in Assisted Living Facilities. J Am Geriatr Soc 65:1543-1548
Johnson, Tiffani J; Ellison, Angela M; Dalembert, George et al. (2017) Implicit Bias in Pediatric Academic Medicine. J Natl Med Assoc 109:156-163
Baker, Joshua F; Long, Jin; Mostoufi-Moab, Sogol et al. (2017) Muscle Deficits in Rheumatoid Arthritis Contribute to Inferior Cortical Bone Structure and Trabecular Bone Mineral Density. J Rheumatol 44:1777-1785
Giacomino, Bria D; Cram, Peter; Vaughan-Sarrazin, Mary et al. (2016) Association of Hospital Prices for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting With Hospital Quality and Reimbursement. Am J Cardiol 117:1101-6

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