Ongoing Research Projects and Initiatives
NIH HEAL Initiative
Leveraging Data to Action: Accelerating Emergency Department OUD Care by Improving Data Access and Infrastructure.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Investigators: Arjun Venkatesh, Kathryn Hawk, and Andrew Taylor
Through collaboration with the American College of Emergency Physicians’ (ACEP), this project seeks to advance national overdose prevention efforts through the development of emergency care data systems within a national data registry.
INSPIRE: Innovative Support for Patients with SARSCOV2 Infection Registry
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Investigators: Arjun Venkatesh, Erica Spatz, and Andrew Ulrich
This project is assembling the largest prospective national registry to study the long-term patient reported outcomes following SARS COV-2 infection with a particular focus on characterizing long-covid.
Yale University Partnership for the Joint Disaster Medicine and Public Health Research Ecosystem
Henry M. Jackson Foundation
Project Team: Arjun Venkatesh
The Joint Disaster Medicine and Public Health Ecosystem serves as a national resource and is comprised of leading organizations across the US that have demonstrated excellence in disaster medicine and public health. The Ecosystem may be leveraged before, during, and after disaster-level events for the purpose of advancing science, operations, and education in preparing for, and response to, disasters and other health emergencies.
ACEP Emergency Quality Network (E-QUAL)
ACEP E-QUAL Funding
Project Team: Arjun Venkatesh, Craig Rothenberg, and Rohit Sangal
Project Objective: to analyze and track emergency department performance metrics nationwide and provide annual emergency department performance metric reports for roughly 400 hospitals across the United States. Reports focus on opioid prescribing, chest pain management, avoidable imaging, stroke management, and sepsis.