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Collaboration Area	ASU Investigators	Partner Investigators	Research Description
Center for Healthy Outcomes in Aging/Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence	Colleen Keller, Ph.D., RN-C College of Nursing and Health Innovation	Dean Coonrod, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology	Randomized Clinical Trials using "bouts" of physical activity for sedentary postpartum Latinas Changing body fat, fat tissue inflammation, and depression symptoms
Center for Healthy Outcomes in Aging/Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence	Colleen Keller, Ph.D., RN-C College of Nursing and Health Innovation		Evaluates the efficacy and feasibility of the intervention among older Latinas Promoting the initiation and maintenance of regular PA Reducing cardiovascular risk
Clinical Research Platform Design	Graciela Gonzalez, Ph.D. Biomedical Informatics	Sarada Panchanathan, MD Pediatrics Madhumita Sinha, MD Pediatrics-Emergency	New clinical research platform to use research questions for pediatric burn and head trauma outcomes, to test the accuracy and ease with which data can be extracted
Colorectal Screening	Linda Larkey, Ph.D. College of Nursing and Health Innovation		Testing storytelling versus standard, didactic learning methods of teaching about importance of CRC screening and procedures for prep and scheduling in low-income clinics
Coronary Artery Disease	Chad Borges, Ph.D. Biodesign Institute, Molecular Biomarkers	Christian Breburda, MD Cardiology	Circulating oxidized HDL can be correlated to clinical and diagnostic variables of coronary artery disease in patients with coronary artery events
Diagnostics	Chad Borges, Ph.D. Biodesign Institute	Christian Breburda, MD Cardiology	Develop and validate finger-prick based assays for specific in vivo-oxidized blood plasma proteins that can be used to provide a direct measure of the in vivo efficacy of antioxidant dietary supplements (ADS)
Healthcare Delivery	William Johnson, Ph.D. CHIR/Biomedical Informatics	MIHS Burn Center	Examine the distribution of patients, conditions and treatments for burns at MIHS burn center relative to other health care organizations
Healthcare Delivery	Denis Cortese, MD Biomedical Informatics	Betsey Bayless President and CEO	Develop novel healthcare delivery models that better address the needs of their most vulnerable and costly patient populations
Immigrant Women’s Health Initiatives	Flavio F. Marsiglia, Ph.D. MSW Monica Parsai, Ph.D. School of Social Work, Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center	Dean Coonrod, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology	Identify assets for and barriers to access to prenatal and interconception care among Latina patients
Immigrant Women’s Health Initiatives	Monica Parsai, Ph.D. Flavio F. Marsiglia, Ph.D. MSW School of Social Work, Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center	Dean Coonrod, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology	Increase the health literacy of Latinas about cervical cancer and the importance of timely screening. Increase participants’ utilization of cytologic screening and/or HPV vaccines
Patient Registry	William G. Johnson, Ph.D. Biomedical Informatics		AZHQ repository and CHiR Trauma Registry project
Patient Registry	Diana Petitti, Ph.D. Biomedical Informatics	Sarada Panchanathan, MD Pediatrics	Project seeks to identify the barriers to flow of information provided by MIHS to populate the state immunization registry back to clinicians and patients
Postpartum Depression Support Group for Spanish-speaking Latinas	Linda Luecken, Ph.D. Psychology	Dean Coonrod, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology	Co-regulatory processes and postpartum depression in Mexican-Americans
Postpartum Depression Support Group for Spanish-speaking Latinas	Kathryn Records, Ph.D. RN College of Nursing and Health Innovation		Metric Equivalent Testing of Depression Study Materials
Refugee Women’s Health Initiatives	Flavio F. Marsiglia, Ph.D. Crista Johnson, Ph.D. Wendy Wolfersteig, Ph.D. School of Social Work, Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center	Dean Coonrod, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology	Develop a sustainable model for providing reproductive healthcare for newly arrived refugee communities in Maricopa County and improve health literacy
Refugee Women’s Health Initiatives	Crista Johnson, Ph.D. Wendy Wolfersteig, Ph.D. School of Social Work, Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center	Phyllis Hardy	Breast Cancer Education for Somali Refugee Women
Refugee Women’s Health Initiatives	Flavio F. Marsiglia, Ph.D. Crista Johnson, Ph.D. Wendy Wolfersteig, Ph.D. School of Social Work, Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center	Dean Coonrod, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology	Establish a community partnership with Iraqi and Bhutanese refugee women and their children that will utilize the strengths of women in the refugee community