Emergency Medicine | Research
Clinical research in the Division of Emergency Medicine focuses on the
concentrated areas of pain and injury prevention, bacteremia, and nutrition
and illness in developing nations. The division is currently developing new
projects in clinical decision analysis and sexually transmitted diseases in
adolescents.
Research Interests and Funding
Dee Hodge, III, M.D. h | c
Asthma management, management guidelines and disaster and office preparedness.
David M. Jaffe, M.D., Director h | c
Emphasis on predictors of occult pneumonococcal bacteremia and utility analysis of ocult bacteremia; clinical decision making; and injury prevention.
Robert M. Kennedy, M.D. h | c
Pain research; pain management for fracture reduction;
facial laceration management in preschool children.
Jan Luhmann, M.D. h | c
Pain research; pain management in the emergency unit setting;
sedation techniques.
Mark J. Manary, M.D. h | c
Nutrition and immunity in children from developing nations
(e.g., kwashiorkor in Malawi); Treatment of severe childhood
malnutrition; Current grant funding: (1) Allen Foundation
"Home based therapy for protein energy malnutrition" and
(2) National Institutes of Health "The role of infection in
human nutrition".
Robert T. Paschall, M.D. h | c
Child abuse research and education; caring for abused and
neglected children. Pediatric care in developing countries,
particularly in Honduras where he serves as a leader for
volunteer medical and dental teams.
Kimberly S. Quayle, M.D. h | c
Robert Wood Johnson Injury prevention grant activities;
injury prevention; pediatric transport teams; burn
injury and minor head injury.
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