Faculty Research Interests

Focuses on educational content development, delivery methods, and curriculum change assessment.

Faculty:  Cayleigh Blumrick, MD; Catherine Derber, MD; Aaron Mills, MD; Benjamin Goodman, MD; Brooke Hooper, MD;  David Lieb, MD; Mily Kannarkat, MD

Some research Studies

• Brooke Hooper, MD: “Transitions in Medical Education: Themes from Learners in Training During a Pandemic”; “Video-Based Tracheostomy Care Education for Medical Students”

Prospective, retrospective, and cross-sectional studies focusing on incidence, prevalence, risk factors, and time trends of various diseases

Faculty: Taylor Attar, DO; Catherine Derber, MD; Jason Dukes, MD; Ron Flenner, MD; B. Mitchell Goodman, MD; Jody King, MD; David Lieb, MD; Alvin Maliakal, MD; Chinelo Okigbo, MD; Hamid Okhravi, MD; Henri Parson, PhD; Rehan Qayyum, MD; Joshua Sill, MD; Sami Tahhan, MD; 

Some research Studies

• Catherine Derber, MD: “Impact of Telemedicine on Care of Patients Living with HIV in the Hampton Roads Area”
• Carolina M. Casellini, MD: “Investigating the Diagnostic Utility of Structural and Functional Measures of Nerve Function for the Identification of Peripheral Neuropathy in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes”
• Henri K. Parsons, PhD: “Utilizing a Quality of Life (QOL) Tool to Examine the Presence of Fatigue in Subjects with Diabetes Mellitus”
• Hamid Okhravi, MD: “The Use of Virtual Reality to Improve Understanding, Empathy, and Self-Efficacy in Caregivers of Dementia Patients
• Jason Dukes, MD: “A Needs Assessment Exploring the Quality of Care for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease”
• Brooke Hooper, MD: “Determinants in Post-Hospital Discharge Outpatient Follow-up in Norfolk, VA”

Generating new surveys for use in a variety of clinical settings; understanding the effect of health policy or interventions on patients and providers

Faculty:  Rehan Qayyum, MD

Advancing insights into disease processes and clinical operations using data already collected for administrative or research purposes.

Faculty: Nathaniel Gordon, DO; Jennifer Hanrahan, DO; Nancy Morewitz, MD; Rehan Qayyum, MD; Joshua Sill, MD; Sami Tahhan, MD; 

Some research Studies

• Sami Tahhan, MD: “State Adoption of Medicaid Expansion on Hospital Readmission Rates”
• Rehan Qayyum, MD: “Long-Term Effects of Financial Penalties on 30-day Hospital Readmission Rates”
• Rehan Qayyum, MD: “Anemia Prevalence Time-trends in the United States”

Faculty: Waleed Kassabo, MD; Rehan Qayyum, MD; Julie Sill, PhD; Kelly Thomson, MD 

Anum Javaid, MD; Liza Botros, MD; Rehan Qayyum, MD: “Systematic review of the interventions hospitals have implemented to decrease heart failure readmissions”

Designing and testing new interventions for diagnosis or disease treatment.

A clinical trial is a research study that is designed to test the effectiveness of new medical treatments or other medical interventions. Each study is designed to answer scientific questions and to find better ways to treat individuals with a specific disease.

By participating in clinical trials, you help accelerate medical science by providing valuable insights into potential treatments and methods of prevention. Participants with an illness or disease participate to help others, but also to possibly receive the newest treatment and to have additional care and attention from the clinical trial staff.

All clinical trials conducted are approved by the university Institutional Review Board (IRB). For investigational treatments, all clinical trials are also approved by the FDA.

Faculty: Carolina Casellini, PhD; Mark Flemmer, MD; David Johnson, MD; David Lieb, MD; Hamid Okhravi, MD; Henry Parson, PhD; Elias Siraj, MD