Research

Our faculty engage in cutting edge research on diverse and emerging topics of importance in Global Health, primarily in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). Our current research priorities include:

Impact of trauma and injury in LMICs
Emergency care systems development in LMICs
Controlling non-communicable diseases in East Africa
Developing effective palliative care in low-income countries due to reduce suffering and medical impoverishment
Humanitarian health and the health impacts of war and conflict

Publications

2024

The state of emergency medicine in Greece: at critical momentum.Tsiftsis D, Ulrich A, Notas G, Patrikakou A, Reid E. Int J Emerg Med. 2024 Apr 3; 2024 Apr 3. PMID: 38566013.
Enhancing the health knowledge and health literacy of recently resettled refugees through classroom-based instructional methods.Agrawal P, Phadke M, Du N, Hosain F, Koons L, Brown C, O'Malley S, Cheng FY. Health Educ Res. 2024 Mar 20. PMID: 38244587.
Epidemiology of burns in a humanitarian setting: A national study among refugees in Lebanon.Presser E, Farhat M, Michael M, El Asmar K, Jaber L, Moustafa M, Mowafi H, Al-Hajj S. Burns. 2024 Feb 13; 2024 Feb 13. PMID: 38402117.
Damage to medical complexes in the Israel-Hamas war: a geospatial analysis.Poole DN, Andersen D, Raymond NA, Grace R, Smith T, Khoshnood K, Mowafi H. BMJ Glob Health. 2024 Feb 11; 2024 Feb 11. PMID: 38346771.

2023

Self-care and healthcare seeking practices among patients with hypertension and diabetes in rural Uganda.Tusubira AK, Ssinabulya I, Kalyesubula R, Nalwadda CK, Akiteng AR, Ngaruiya C, Rabin TL, Katahoire A, Armstrong-Hough M, Hsieh E, Hawley NL, Schwartz JI. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023; 2023 Dec 11. PMID: 38079386.
Palliative care needs and barriers in an urban Ugandan Emergency Department: A mixed-methods survey of emergency healthcare workers and patients.Reid E, Lukoma M, Ho D, Bagasha P, Leng M, Namukwaya L. Afr J Emerg Med. 2023 Dec; 2023 Nov 25. PMID: 38162896.
SAEM Response to the National Institutes of Health request for information: Future directions in violence against women research.Stanford KA, Macias-Konstantopoulos W, Linden J, Agrawal P, Cortes E, Barron RJ, Stoklosa H, Dekker AM, Paxton J, Knack S, Sharp WW. Acad Emerg Med. 2023 Nov; 2023 Jul 18. PMID: 37423251.
Emergency medicine physician workforce attrition differences by age and gender.Gettel CJ, Courtney DM, Agrawal P, Madsen TE, Rothenberg C, Mills AM, Lall MD, Keim SM, Kraus CK, Ranney ML, Venkatesh AK. Acad Emerg Med. 2023 Nov; 2023 Jun 23. PMID: 37313983.
A legacy in emergency medicine: Remembering Gloria Kuhn, DO, PhD, FACEP.Lall MD, Sethuraman KN, Agrawal P, Clem KJ, Madsen TE, Poznanski S, Safdar B, Watts S, Choo E. Acad Emerg Med. 2023 Oct; 2023 Jun 12. PMID: 37221923.
A response to: "The termination of an ectopic pregnancy is not an abortion".Samuels-Kalow ME, Agrawal P, Rodriguez G, Zeidan A, Love JS, Monette D, Lin M, Cooper RJ, Madsen TE, Dobiesz V. Acad Emerg Med. 2023 Aug; 2023 Mar 28. PMID: 36916860.
Closing the gender pay gap in emergency medicine: Paradigms to consider for leaders, faculty, and trainees.Elia T, Temin E, Chekijian S, Raukar N, Gottlieb A. AEM Educ Train. 2023 Jun; 2023 Jun 27. PMID: 37383830.
Representation of patients with non-English language preferences in motor vehicle collision trauma and emergency medicine research.Smith M, Tibbetts C, Agrawal P, Cordone A, Leff R, Smith RN, Moran TP, Brackett A, Zeidan A. Inj Prev. 2023 Jun; 2023 Feb 28. PMID: 36854627.
A response to "Post-Roe emergency medicine: Important considerations for adolescents".Samuels-Kalow ME, Agrawal P, Rodriguez G, Zeidan A, Love JS, Monette D, Lin M, Cooper RJ, Madsen TE, Dobiesz V. Acad Emerg Med. 2023 Jun; 2023 Feb 28. PMID: 36762871.
Provider-identified barriers to performance at seven Nigerian accident & emergency units: A cross-sectional study.Muhammad MI, Umoga K, Acquaye A, Fleischer B, Konkwo C, Ogunyemi KO, Ngaruiya C. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023; 2023 May 22. PMID: 37216332.
The interrelationship between food security, climate change, and gender-based violence: A scoping review with system dynamics modeling.Agrawal P, Post LA, Glover J, Hersey D, Oberoi P, Biroscak B. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023; 2023 Feb 24. PMID: 36962962.
The Beirut ammonium nitrate blast: A multicenter study to assess injury characteristics and outcomes.Al-Hajj S, Farran SH, Zgheib H, Tfaily MA, Halaoui A, Wehbe S, Karam S, Fadlallah Y, Fahd F, Toufaili L, Arjinian S, Al-Zaghrini E, Al Hariri M, El Hussein M, Souaiby N, Mowafi H, Mufarrij AJ. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Feb 1; 2022 Aug 24. PMID: 35999664.
Limited English Proficiency as a Barrier to Inclusion in Emergency Medicine-Based Clinical Stroke Research.Zeidan AJ, Smith M, Leff R, Cordone A, Moran TP, Brackett A, Agrawal P. J Immigr Minor Health. 2023 Feb; 2022 Jun 2. PMID: 35652977.
Stroke care in Armenia: Recent developments.Yeghiazaryan N, Isahakyan A, Zubalova L, Hovhannisyan Y, Sahakyan G, Chekijian S, Khachatryan SG, Skon Muratoglu M, Aghasaryan M, Babikian VL. Eur Stroke J. 2023 Jan; 2022 Jul 12. PMID: 36793742.

2022

Integrating crisis leadership in academic medicine.Chekijian S, Hertelendy A, McNulty E, Ciottone GR. BMJ Lead. 2022 Dec; 2022 Mar 28. PMID: 36794603.
When women win, we all win-Call for a gendered global NCD agenda.Ngaruiya C. FASEB Bioadv. 2022 Dec; 2022 Nov 25. PMID: 36479209.
Hybrid warfare and public health: Conflicts in Ukraine and Nagorno-Karabakh raise the alarm.Kricorian K, Khoshnood K, Chekijian S. Public Health Pract (Oxf). 2022 Dec; 2022 Nov 11. PMID: 36420420.
Post-Roe emergency medicine: Policy, clinical, training, and individual implications for emergency clinicians.Samuels-Kalow ME, Agrawal P, Rodriguez G, Zeidan A, Love JS, Monette D, Lin M, Cooper RJ, Madsen TE, Dobiesz V. Acad Emerg Med. 2022 Dec; 2022 Nov 3. PMID: 36268814.
Prevalence and correlates of depression and substance use disorders in emergency department populations: A cross-sectional study at East Africa's largest public hospital.Iheanacho T, Maciejewski KR, Ogudebe F, Chumo F, Slade T, Leff R, Ngaruiya C. Afr J Emerg Med. 2022 Dec; 2022 Jul 20. PMID: 35892005.
Early palliative care in newly diagnosed cancer in Ethiopia: feasibility randomised controlled trial and cost analysis.Reid EA, Abathun E, Diribi J, Mamo Y, Wondemagegnhu T, Hall P, Fallon M, Grant L. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2022 Nov 22; 2022 Nov 22. PMID: 36414402.
Health services access, utilization, and barriers for Arabic-speaking refugees resettled in Connecticut, USA.Elreichouni A, Aly S, Maciejewski K, Salem I, Ghossein N, Mankash MS, Dziura J, Mowafi H. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Nov 11; 2022 Nov 11. PMID: 36369007.