Faculty Research and Scholarship Interests

Vice Chair for Research: Adit Ginde, MD, MPH (Adit.Ginde@cuanschutz.edu)
Associate Vice Chair for Research: Bethany Kwan, PhD, MSPH (Bethany.Kwan@cuanschutz.edu)

*Faculty member open to new mentees (i.e., MSA students or Fellows)

Faculty Member	Research Interests
Vik Bebarta, MD* Vikhyat.Bebarta@cuanschutz.edu	Drug Development Antidote development Translational research Military Medicine Acute care research CU Anschutz Center for Combat Medicine and Battlefield (COMBAT) Research Translational Research, Innovation, & Antidote Development (TRIAD)
Marian (Emmy) Betz, MD, MPH* Marian.Betz@cuanschutz.edu	Injury prevention and epidemiology Older drivers Suicide prevention Firearms Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative Patient-Centered Injury Prevention *Various projects in firearm injury prevention
Smitha Bhaumik, MD Smitha.Bhaumik@cuanschutz.edu	Global health Health system resource utilization Trauma/Shock C3 Global Trauma Network: Cape-Colorado-Combat
Corey Bills, MD, MPH* Corey.Bills@cuanschutz.edu	Global Health Access and Quality Metrics Social emergency medicine and care for vulnerable populations and refugees Global epidemiology of emergencies *Observational studies on global emergencies and access to emergency care
Barbara Blok, MD Barbara.Blok@cuanschutz.edu	Medical education Evaluation
Kelly Bookman, MD Kelly.Bookman@cuanschutz.edu	Electronic health record/clinical informatics Ethics and professionalism Operations/Administration
Cody Brevik, MD Cody.Brevik@cuanschutz.edu	Medical Education Researc Non-technical Skills Training Curriculum Development and Deployment Adult Learning Theory
Joseph Brown, MD* Joseph.R.Brown@cuanschutz.edu	Ultrasound Regional anesthesia Airway management Medical education
Vaughn A. Browne, MD, PhD* Vaughn.Browne@cuanschutz.edu	Ultrasound High altitude medicine and physiology Pregnancy at high altitude Medical education Wilderness Medicine
Dickson Cheung, MD, MBA, MPH Dickson.Cheung@cuanschutz.edu	Digital Health Innovation/Telemedicine Quality and safety ED Operations Global Health
Edward Cetaruk, MD Edward.Cetaruck@cuanschutz.edu	Medical Toxicology Chemical/Biological/Nuclear/Radiological Weapons Wilderness Medicine Disaster Medicine
Richard “Todd” Clark, MD Todd.Clark@cuanschutz.edu	Quality Improvement ED Operations
Chris Davis, MD* Chris.Davis@cuanschutz.edu	High altitude medicine/hypoxia Adenosine pathways in acclimatization Wilderness medicine Telemedicine/virtual health
Julia Dixon, MD, MPH Julia.Dixon@cuanschutz.edu	Global Health Emergency care system development for LMICs Trauma/Shock C3 Global Trauma Network: Cape-Colorado-Combat
Layne Dylla, MD* Layne.Dylla@cuanschutz.edu	EMS and ED management of acute ischemic stroke Sex-based differences in metabolic response to stroke Gender-based differences in quality of stroke care *Students can work on projects associated with the Emergency Medicine Specimen Bank and the IMPACT Prehospital Research Group
Ben Easter, MD, MS, MBA* Benjamin.Easter@cuanschutz.edu	Space Medicine Isolated, Confined, and Extreme Environments Engineering and Medicine
Alex Ebinger, MD Alexander.Ebinger@cuanschutz.edu	Sports medicine Musculoskeletal ultrasound Medical education
Andra Farcas, MD* Andra.Farcas@cuanschutz.edu	Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in EMS International EMS EMS Systems and Quality Improvement
Col. Kathleen Flarity, DNP, PhD, CEN, CFRN, FAEN, FAAN Kathleen.Flarity@cuanschutz.edu	Combat and deployment-related research Compassion fatigue resiliency interventions Innovations, material solutions, and knowledge products of high impact to the warfighter Psychological Health
Loren “Keith” French, MD Loren.French@cuanschutz.edu	Medical Toxicology
Todd Getz, PhD Todd.Getz@cuanschutz.edu	Combat casualty care Transfusion medicine Technology innovation CU Anschutz Center for Combat Medicine & Battlefield (COMBAT) Research
Adit Ginde, MD, MPH* Adit.Ginde@cuanschutz.edu	ATLAS Research Program Early critical care interventions--respiratory failure, respiratory infection (including COVID-19), sepsis Clinical trials Real-world data *Acute care clinical trials. Secondary analyses of existing large datasets
Liz Goldberg, MD, ScM* Elizabeth.Goldberg@cuanschutz.edu	Fall prevention Geriatric emergency medicine Medication safety/deprescribing Digital health (wearables, apps, sensors) Fall prevention clinical trial Ingestible sensor project Qualitative research Chatbots for ED follow up
Foster Goss, DO, MMSc* Foster.Goss@cuanschutz.edu	Clinical Decision Support/Epic Patient Narratives Transitions in Care Natural Language Processing/Machine Learning/AI Patient Safety/Quality Clinical Informatics Lab
Todd A. Guth MD, MHPE* Todd.Guth@cuanschutz.edu	Clinical Skills Assessment Team Communications and Leadership Skills Teaching and Assessing Clinical Reasoning
Ben Hatten, MD, MPH Benjamin.Hatten@cuanschutz.edu	Multicenter toxicology collaborative research Epidemiology of toxicology Clinical polices/guideline development Systematic Reviews
Jean W Hoffman, MD MS FACE Jean.Hoffman@cuanschutz.edu	ED Operations Mechanical Circulatory Support Burn Care
Jason Hoppe, DO Jason.Hoppe@cuanschutz.edu	Prescription opioid abuse/diversion Prescription drug monitoring program Toxicology Opioid Research Program Clinical decision support Treatment of opioid use disorder
Chris Hoyte, MD, MBA* Chris.Hoyte@cuanschutz.edu	Toxicology of athletic performance enhancing drugs Toxicologic exposure epidemiology Poisoning care delivery administration Drugs of abuse and misuse
Bonnie Kaplan, MD Bonnie.Kaplan@cuanschutz.edu	Medical education Gender difference in education Medical student mentoring Remediation Innovative Curriculum Design
Ryan Keenan, MD Ryan.Keenan@cuanschutz.edu	Sports Medicine Musculoskeletal Ultrasound and Procedural Approach Medical Education
Bethany M. Kwan, PhD, MSPH * Bethany.Kwan@cuanschutz.edu	Dissemination and implementation science Pragmatic research Social determinants of health and health equity Mental & behavioral health Community and stakeholder engagement *Emergency medicine operations and implementation, brain cancer and diabetes community engagement, Dissemination and Implementation Science
Robert Lam, MD FAAEM Robert.lam@cuanschutz.edu	Motivation and key elements of satisfaction of community based volunteer EM preceptors. Improving Physician Well-being. Utilizing multiple strategic inititaives including leadership development, enhanced communication training, recharge spaces Creative Arts programming and peer support to improve professional fulfillment and well-being for practicing physicians at UCHealth. Developing reflective clinicians. Utilizing a reflection in EM and EM storytelling events to promote reflective practice professional development and professional well-being. Utilize Excellence in Communication Course to improve the patient and clinician experiences We have created a partnership with the Colorado Arts Resilience Lab to gather data on using arts programming to improve clinicians mental health and resilience. We are creating recharge spaces in Colorado Springs and will use Navy Readiness scales to measure the effect on well-being of these spaces for practicing clinicians.
Jacob Lebin, MD Jacob.Lebin@cuanschutz.edu	Substance use disorders Prescription opioid abuse/diversion Toxicology
Jay Lemery, MD John.Lemery@cuanschutz.edu	Wilderness medicine Climate change and human health Health and human rights
Anne Libby, PhD* Anne.Libby@cuanschutz.edu	Patient valuation of health care Gender differences in leadership/team communication Professional development, leadership and mentoring
Daniel Lindberg, MD Daniel.Lindberg@cuanschutz.edu	Child Abuse Recognition and Care Elder Maltreatment Recognition and Care Multicenter observational networks Family Violence Recognition Lab
Charlie Little, DO Charles.Little@cuanschutz.edu	Disaster Preparedness Emergency Response Alternate Care Facilities Austere Care
Steven Lowenstein, MD, MPH* Steven.Lowenstein@cuanschutz.edu	Injury epidemiology and public health Survey research Medical education
Katherine Mayer, MD Katherine.Mayer@cuanschutz.edu	Critical Care Post-cardiac arrest care Palliative care
Matt Mendes, MD Matthew.Mendes@cuanschutz.edu	Telehealth Observation Care Airway EMS
Sarah Michael, DO, MS* Sarah.Michael@cuanschutz.edu	Optimization of human performance Use of technology in medical education Curriculum development Evaluation and assessment
Sean Michael, MD, MBA* Sean.Michael@cuanschutz.edu	ED and healthcare operations Quality, patient safety, and process improvement Health policy and EMTALA Analytics, informatics, clinical decision support
Danielle Miller, MD, MEd* Danielle.T.Miller@cuanschutz.edu	Competency based medical education Technology in assessment of human performance Disparities in medical education Best practices in procedural training
Todd Miner, EdD, FAWM* Todd.Miner@cuanschutz.edu	Designing wilderness medicine curricula for hazardous occupations which take place in austere conditions Wildland firefighting first aid Disaster medicine education *The impact of cold on Tactical Combat Casualty Care
Mike Mitchell, MD, MBA Michael.Mitchell@cuanschutz.edu	Telemedicine/Virtual Health ED Operations and Administration Quality and Safety
Kyle C. Molina, PharmD Kyle.Molina@cuanschutz.edu	Real-world Antimicrobial Evaluation Antimicrobial Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic Modeling COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness
Nee-Kofi Mould-Millman, MD, PhD, MSCS Nee-Kofi.Mould-Millman@cuanschutz.edu	Global health Pre-hospital care/EMS Trauma/shock C3 Global Trauma Network: Cape-Colorado-Combat
Martin Musi, MD* Martin.Musi@cuanschutz.edu	Hypothermia Frostbite Search & Rescue Expedition Medicine
Kristen Nordenholz, MD, MSc Kristen.Nordenholz@cuanschutz.edu	Venous thromboembolism Anti-coagulation Clinical algorithms Provider wellness
Lesley Osborn, MD Lesley.Osborn@cuanschutz.edu	Prehospital trauma resuscitation (whole blood) Improving prehospital systems of care (STEMI, stroke, trauma) Military medicine
Michael Overbeck, MD Michael.Overbeck@cuanschutz.edu	Asynchronous medical education Emergency cardiology
Alex Quinones, MD Alexander.Quinones@cuanschutz.edu	Medical education Observation care Quality improvement
Elaine Reno, MD* Elaine.Reno@cuanschutz.edu	Wilderness Medicine Medical Education Wilderness Education
Daniel Resnick-Ault, MD* Daniel.Resnick-Ault@cuanschutz.edu	ED Operations Human factors and team performance Airway management Disparities in emergency care
Anne Ritter, DrPH, MPH Anne.Ritter@cuanschutz.edu	Combat Casualty Care Prolonged Care Traumatic Brain Injury CU Anschutz Center for Combat Medicine and Battlefield (COMBAT) Research
Maddie Ross, MD, MPH* Madeline.e.Ross@cuanschutz.edu	Global Health (emergency care systems strengthening in LMICs, education & capacity building, disaster preparedness & response in resource-limited settings) Refugee, Immigrant, & Migrant Health Social Emergency Medicine Transitions in Care *Care coordination/transitions of care for vulnerable populations in the ED, quality of care for non-English speaking persons in the ED, community first aid response in LMICs, disaster preparedness & response projects for an international NGO, intersections of climate change and emergency care in LMICs
Caitlin Rublee, MD, MPH* Caitlin.Rublee@cuanschutz.edu	Climate justice Health policy Emergency preparedness for vulnerable populations Low carbon and climate-resilient health systems
Jessica Ryder, MD* Jessica.Ryder@cuanschutz.edu	Disaster Medicine and Community Preparedness Mass Casualty Incident Response Preparedness Inclusive of Vulnerable Populations Humanitarian Health International Disaster Response International training packages to build disaster response capacity abroad AHLS course dissemination across ASPR Region 8 *Development of an Alternate Care Facility for surge capacity in the setting of overseas conflict
Matthew Salzberg, MD* Matthew.Salzberg@cuanschutz.edu	Administration fellowship ED operations Process improvement
Branden Skarpiak, MD, DTM&H* Branden.Skarpiak@cuanschutz.edu	Global Health Emergency care system and education development for LMICs Medical Education Tropical Infectious Disease
Elan Small, MD Elan.Small@cuanschutz.edu	High altitude illness and physiology Acute mountain sickness precision risk stratification Acute mountain sickness chemoprophylaxis Wilderness medicine research
Ian H. Stanley, PhD* Ian.Stanley@cuanschutz.edu	Suicide prevention Firearms Service members and veterans PTSD prevention Pre-hospital providers’ psychological health
Heather Tolle, PhD Heather.Tolle@cuanschutz.edu	Substance use disorder Justice-involved persons Evaluation and Assessment
Marianne Wallis, MD* Marianne.Wallis@cuanschutz.edu	ARDS Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation Obstetric emergencies and critical care Aortic dissection research Medical Education research
Jacqueline Ward-Gaines, MD Jacqueline.WardGaines@cuanschutz.edu	Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Health Equity Emergency Management
Jennifer Wiler, MD, MBA Jennifer.Wiler@cuanschutz.edu	Payment and health policy Clinical operations Quality/patient safety
Juliana Wilson, DO, MPH* Juliana.Wilson@cuanschutz.edu	UME medical education POCUS Critical Care Curriculum Development and Assessment *Any of the interest above
Julie Winkle, MD Julie.Winkle@cuanschutz.edu	Critical Illness EM/Critical Care Collaboration
Angela Wright, MD Angela.Wright@cuanschutz.edu	Prehospital Care Palliative care in the Prehospital Realm EMS Systems and Quality Improvement
Christina Yannetsos, MD* Christina.Yannetsos@cuanschutz.edu	Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Intimate Partner Violence Reproductive Health Concussion, Sports Medicine Advocacy
David Young, MD, MS, MS* David.S.Young@cuanschutz.edu	Wilderness medicine Race medicine Disaster relief
Richard Zane, MD* Richard.Zane@cuanschutz.edu	Disaster preparedness ED operations EM health policy
Matthew Zuckerman, MD Matthew.Zuckerman@cuanschutz.edu	Medical Toxicology Pharmacology Education Social Media & Digital Scholarship

Director of Research: Jason Haukoos, MD, MSc (Jason.Haukoos@dhha.org)
Associate Director of Research: Stacy Trent, MD, MPH (Stacy.Trent@dhha.org)
Research Projects Manger: Emily Caruso (Emily.Caruso@dhha.org)

* Faculty member likely to have active research projects
+ Project with active grant funding

Faculty Member	Research Interests
Jennie Buchanan, MD^* Jennie.Buchanan3@dhha.org	Graduate Medical Education Medical Toxicology Adulterants Sexual Assault Care Forensic Medicine
Andres Camacho, MD Andres.Camacho@dhha.org	EMS Disparities
Aaron Eberhardt, MD Aaron.Eberhardt@dhha.org	EMS
Anna Engeln, MD Anna.Engeln@dhha.org	Legislative Advocacy Bedside Clinical Teaching Resident Education
Shea Gilliam, MD Sheaffer.Gilliam@dhha.org	EMS Cardiac Arrest
Jason Haukoos, MD, MSc^* Jason.Haukoos@dhha.org	Infectious Diseases Prevention (HIV/HCV)⁺ Social Emergency Medicine⁺ Substance Misuse Trauma Systems Critical Care⁺ Research Methodology /Applied Statistics and Modeling Epidemiology
Lois Isaksen, MD Lois.Isaksen@dhha.org	Burn Out Peer Support
Janetta Iwanicki, MD Janetta.Iwanicki@dhha.org	Medical Toxicology Prescription Opioid Abuse Cannabis Use and Related Illnesses Prehospital Care of the Poisoned Patient
Patrick Joynt, MD Patrick.Joynt@dhha.org	Pediatrics
Renee King, MD Renee.King@dhha.org	Diversity
Eric Lavonas, MD, MSc Eric.Lavonas@dhha.org	Snake Envenomation Resuscitation Medication Safety Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Ben Li, MD, MSc Benjamin.Li@dhha.org	Violence Prevention
Keri Mason, MD Kerri.mason@dhha.org	Palliative Care End-of-life Care
Taylor McCormick, MD, MSc Taylor.McCormick@dhha.org	Prehospital Trauma Triage of Children⁺ Care of Children in Community Emergency Departments Traumatic Brain Injury
Manny Montano, MD Manuel.Montano@dhha.org	Education
Maria Moreira, MD Maria.Moreira@dhha.org	Education Wound Management Trauma Communication and Leadership Simulation Professional Development and Wellbeing
Jacob Nacht, MD Jacob.Nacht@dhha.org	EMS No Notice Event/Disaster Planning Sexual Assault Awareness/Prevention Wilderness Medicine
Morgan Pinkston, MD Morgan.Pinkston@dhha.org	Observation Medicine Hospital and ED Flow Telemedicine
Lara Rappaport, MD Lara.rappaport@denverem.org	EMS Pediatrics Medication Errors
David Richards, MD David.Richards@dhha.org	Medical Student Education Global Health
Matt Riscinti, MD Matthew.Riscinti@dhha.org	Point-of-Care Ultrasound
Jeff Sankoff, MD Jeffrey.Sankoff@dhha.org	Quality Improvement Clinical Operations Endurance Athletics
Brad Shy, MD Bradley.Shy@dhha.org	Clinical Operations
Gannon Sungar, DO Gannon.Sungar@dhha.org	Graduate Medical Education Program Administration Health Equity Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Curriculum Design Knowledge Translation
Molly Thiessen, MD Molly.Thiessen@dhha.org	Language Equity Language in Medicine Emergency Ultrasound Education
Spencer Tomberg, MD Spencer.Tomberg@dhha.org	Medical Provider Mental Performance Acute Orthopedic Trauma
Amanda Toney, MD Amanda.Toney@dhha.org	Pediatric Point-of-Care Ultrasound Prehospital Point-of-Care Ultrasound
Stacy Trent, MD^* Stacy.Trent@dhha.org	Airway Management Critical Care Variation in Care, Guideline Adherence, Quality Improvement, Health Disparities Sepsis⁺
Leah Warner, MD, MPH Leah.Warner@dhha.org	Access to Care
Jennifer Whitfield, MD, MPH Jennifer.Whitfield@dhha.org	Global Health Education Ethics in Global Health Global Health Policy
Stephen Wolf, MD Stephen.wolf@dhha.org	Clinical Policies / Guidelines Leadership Competencies and Curriculums Medical Education Venous Thromboembolism Chest Trauma Blast Injuries

Director of Research: Rakesh Mistry, MD, MS
Associate Director of Research: Lilliam Ambroggio, PhD, MPH
Research Coordinators: Gonzalo Lerner and Alec Edid
Research and Grants Manager: Mimi Munroe

All emails are first.last@childrenscolorado.org

Faculty Member	Research Interests
Anna Abrams Assistant Professor	Health Disparities
Kathleen Adelgais Professor	EMS/Prehospital care Multisystem trauma Sedation and analgesia
Chisom Agbim Assistant Professor	Quality Improvement
Lilliam Ambroggio Associate Professor Assoc. Director of Research	Biomarkers Respiratory Infections
Lalit Bajaj Professor Director, Clinical Effectiveness Chief Quality Officer	QI/Clinical Effectiveness Bronchiolitis
Cortney Braund Assistant Professor Medical Director (Anschutz)	Simulation
Rachel Cafferty Assistant Professor	Suicide Screening and Mental Health Adolescent Health
Kevin Carney Associate Professor Associate Chief Medical Officer	Quality improvement
Shannon Flood Assistant Professor	Simulation Medical Education
Julia Freeman Associate Professor	Bronchiolitis
Joe Grubenhoff Associate Professor	Diagnostic Error, Concussion
Maya Haasz Assistant Professor	Firearm safety, Advocacy
Jon Higgins Assistant Professor	Medical Education Quality Improvement
Neva Howard Associate Professor	Medical Education
Bernadette Johnson Associate Professor Director of Clinical Operations	Clinical operations
Kristin Kim Assistant Professor	Disaster Medicine Prehospital care
Sam Lam (hiu.lam@) Professor of Clinical Pediatrics	Point-of-care Ultrasound
Patrick Mahar Associate Professor	Medical Education
Maria Mandt Associate Professor Medical Director, Transport/EMS	Prehospital care
Rakesh Mistry Professor Director of Research Director of Academic Affairs PECARN Site PI	Antimicrobial Stewardship Infectious Diseases Multicenter Collaborative Research
Nidhya Navanandan Assistant Professor	Asthma
Jon Osborn Assistant Professor Director of Ultrasound	Point-of-care Ultrasound
Arleta Rewers Professor	Acute complications of diabetes
Mark Roback Professor Section Head	Procedural sedation
Kelley Roswell Associate Professor Director, Med Student Education	Medical Education
Sarah Schmidt Assistant Professor Director of Informatics Assoc. Medical Director (Anschutz)	Medical Informatics Quality Improvement
Sandra Spencer Associate Professor	Quality Improvement
Halden Scott Associate Professor	Sepsis
Melisa Tanverdi Assistant Professor	Asthma
Irina Topoz Associate Professor Director of Quality Improvement	Clinical Pathways Diagnostic Error Quality Improvement
Tien Vu Associate Professor Director, PEM Fellowship	Medical Education
Sam Wang (george.wang@) Associate Professor	Medical toxicology
Joe Wathen Associate Professor Director, Mass Casualty	Procedural sedation and analgesia Disaster Medicine
Alexandria (Ali) Wiersma Assistant Professor Medical Director (North)	QI Clinical Pathways
Jason Woods Assistant Professor Assoc. Director, PEM Fellowship	Medical Education Dissemination

* Faculty member likely to have active research projects
+ Project with active grant funding

Faculty Member	Research Interest
*Lauren Abbate, MD^+** Lauren.Abbate@cuanschutz.edu VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System	Geriatrics
Richard Klasco, MD Richard.Klasco@cuanschutz.edu UCHeatlth ED Highlands Ranch	Public advocacy Medical communication

Tools & Resources

CU Campuses

CU Anschutz Medical Campus

Department of Emergency Medicine

School of Medicine

Faculty Research and Scholarship Interests

Emergency Medicine (SOM)