Division of General Internal Medicine faculty have over 50 active research studies across a broad range of patient and population-based research activities spanning the hospital, ambulatory care, and home care settings. Methodological areas of focus include: clinical epidemiology, outcomes research, health services research, quality of care, health disparities, doctor-patient communication, chronic disease management, health beliefs, patient safety, medical errors, prediction rules, evidence-based medicine, medical education, and medical informatics. Specific topics include: asthma, hepatitis C, thromboembolic disease, cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, depression, pneumonia, homebound elderly, carotid endarterectomy, tuberculosis, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, women's health, palliative care, geriatrics, and medical education, among others.

The Division's research section is headed by Ethan A. Halm, MD, MPH and includes: full-time clinician investigators, a senior statistician/epidemiologist, research fellows, project managers, and bilingual recruiter/interviewers. Many of the Division's clinician educator, hospitalist, and faculty in the Visiting Doctors Program are also actively involved research. The Division is home to the Center for the Study of Health Beliefs and Behaviors funded by the National Institute on Aging-a joint venture between Mount Sinai and Rutgers University, NJ. It also directs the East Harlem Practice-Based Research Network, a consortium of 11 hospital-based ambulatory practices serving the East Harlem community. We are actively involved in clinical research fellowship training supported by grants from the federal, Health Resources and Services Administration and the New York State Department of Health Empire Clinical Research Investigator Program.

Clinical Epidemiology, Outcomes, Quality of Care, and Health Services Research

• Nina Bickell, MD, MPH
• Andrew Dunn, M.D.
• Alex Federman, M.D., M.P.H.
• Ethan Halm, M.D., M.P.H.
• Carol Horowitz, M.D., M.P.H.
• Salomeh Keyhani, M.D.
• Ian Kronish, M.D., M.P.H.
• Devin Mann, M.D., M.S.
• Thomas McGinn, M.D., M.P.H.
• Carlton Moore, M.D.
• Juan Wisnivesky, M.D., M.P.H.

Medical Education Research

• Rhodes Adler, M.D.
• Lisa Bensinger, M.D.
• Ira Helenius, M.D., M.P.H.
• Deborah Korenstein, M.D.
• Jennifer Lin, M.D.
• Thomas McGinn, M.D., M.P.H.
• David Muller, M.D.
• David Thomas, M.D.

Home-Based Health Care Research

• Jeremy Boal, M.D.
• Linda DeCherrie, M.D.
• David Muller, M.D.
• Theresa Soriano, M.D.

Determinants of Asthma Morbidity in an Urban Population
Juan P. Wisnivesky
AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH & QUALITY
01-Sep-03 - 31-Aug-07

Discharge Sum Availability and Discontinuity Errors
Carlton Moore
AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH & QUALITY
02-Mar-06 - 28-Feb-10

Geriatric Academic Award\Boal
Jeremy Boal
HEALTH RESOURCES & SERVICES ADMINISTRATN
01-Sep-03 - 31-Aug-08

Social Work Care Management in MSSM Visiting Doctors
Jeremy Boal
ISAAC H. TUTTLE FUND
01-Mar-03 - 31-Dec-06

Communication About Financial Matters in Healthcare
Alex Federman
ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION
01-Jul-04 - 30-Jun-08

Improving Care of Homebound Elderly by Medical Personnel
Jeremy Boal
FAN FOX AND LESLIE R. SAMUELS FOUNDATION
01-Sep-04 - 31-Aug-07

Colon Cancer Screening by Urban Minorities
Ady Oster
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
01-Jul-04 - 30-Jun-07

Electronic Discharge Summaries to Primary Care MD's
Carlton Moore
ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION
01-Mar-04 - 28-Feb-08

Empire Clinical Research Investigator Program
Carlton Moore
NEW YORK STATE DEPT. OF HEALTH
01-Jul-05 - 30-Jun-07

Home Medical Services to Nazi Victims
David Muller
UNITED JEWISH APPEAL -FED OF JEWISH PHIL
01-Jan-05 - 31-Dec-06

Health Insurance Navigators for Low Income Elderly
Alex Federman
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
15-Aug-06 - 31-Jul-11

MSSM Visiting Doctors Inpatient Nurse Practioner Program
Jeremy Boal
FAN FOX AND LESLIE R. SAMUELS FOUNDATION
01-Jul-06 - 30-Jun-08