In two panel discussions, VUMC experts described ways to “scale-up and spread” the impact of health care interventions across systems, and the importance of patient-centered learning health system research.

Dewey holds joint appointments in the Department of Medical Education and Administration, now the Office of Health Sciences Education, and the Department of Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health.

The awards support research efforts to identify optimal approaches to improving health care and health outcomes for patients, families and the community.

Researchers examined if childhood obesity could be prevented by leveraging a combination of health behavior counseling offered by pediatric primary care clinicians and modern digital health literacy tools.

The study, a randomized and controlled clinical trial, tested the effectiveness of montelukast in 1,250 outpatients with acute post-COVID-19 symptoms.

The new training program’s participants will focus their research efforts on substance use with an emphasis on vulnerable populations, such as people living with HIV.

The Discharge Care Center is a centralized resource to aid adult patients navigating the health care system after discharge.