Examples of DOM Research Activities

Allergy, Immunology, Infectious Diseases: 

  • Assessment of Assay for Rapid Identification of Bloodstream Infections from Whole Blood 
  • Latent TB prophylaxis in renal transplant patients 
  • Impact of neonatal ophthalmic antibiotics on gut microbiome 
  • Evaluation of Rapid diagnostics for Gram-negative bacteremia  
  • Utility of Respiratory Virus Panels Among Sepsis Hospitalizations in the United States: A Retrospective Observational Study 
  • Penicillin Allergy and Treatment among Emergency Department Patients with Gonorrhea 
  • Time to Directed Therapy for MSSA Bacteremia after Discontinuation of Real-time Antimicrobial Stewardship Rapid Diagnostic Intervention 

Cardiology: 

  • Determine Reduced – Dapagliflozin Effect on Exercise Capacity Using a 6-minute Walk Test in Patients With Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection 
  • NODE-303 Trial – Study of Etripamil Nasal Spray for Patients with Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia 
  • The CARILLON Trial – Assess safety and efficacy of the Carillon Mitral Countour System in treating subjects with functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) associated with heart failure, compared to a randomized control group which is medically managed according to heart failure guidelines  

Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition: 

  • The Role of Sensory Innervation in β-Cell Regeneration and Function 
  • Genetically and Anatomically Targeted Neuromodulation of Pancreatic β-Cells 
  • Substrate and Hormonal Regulation of Gluconeogenesis  
  • Sensory-Derived Signals Regulated Regeneration of Insulin-Producing Cells  
  • Anatomical-Functional Mapping of Pancreatic Sensory Neuronal Circuits 
  • Structural and Functional Mapping of Islet β-Cell Sensory Innervation 
  • Identification of Novel Delivery Systems for Diabetic Therapeutics 
  • Metabolomics Data Correction and Normalization Using Stable-Isotope Labeled Internal Standards 
  • Molecular Mechanisms of Thyroid Hormone Action 
  • Obesity, Type 2 DM; beta cell function and glycemic improvement after surgical weight loss 
  • Peripheral leukocytes and insulin resistance 
  • Long Term Outcomes of NIFTP/UMP Tumors 
  • MPOWERED(TM) Phase 3 Clinical Trial of Octreotide Capsules in Patients with Acromegaly 

Gastroenterology and Hepatology: 

  • Novel Treatments for Fatty Liver Disease (G-Protein Coupled Receptors Regulation of Obesity Induced Fatty Liver Disease) 
  • The Armor Study – Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Aramchol Versus Placebo in Subjects with NASH 
  • Abbvie M14-430, M14-431, M14-433 – Maintenance and Long-Term Extension Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Upadacitinib (ABT-494) in Participants with Crohn’s Disease  

General Internal Medicine: 

  • Blood Transfusion Thresholds and Cardiovascular Events 
  • Tobacco Dependence Treatment Interventions 
  • Physician Communication Regarding E-cigarettes 
  • Corticosteroid dose for hospitalized COPD treatment  
  • Improving Quality and Safety in the hospital and outpatient medical setting linked to population health management and resource allocation 
  • Discharge and transitions of care process improvement 
  • Point-of-care Ultrasound in Patient care Improvement and Medical Education 
  • COVID Pandemic outcomes research  
  • Geriatrics and End-of-Life outcomes research 
  • Medical Informatics and Clinical Process Outcomes 

Education: 

  • Active learning in Medical Education 
  • Impacts on Hospital Length of Stay 
  • Residency Website Viewership analysis 
  • Teaching thyroid ultrasonography 
  • Peer observation of teaching  
  • Use of translator services in the inpatient setting  

Pulmonary: 

COVID-19 

  • Rutgers Corona Cohort healthcare worker study  
  • Strategies for diagnosis and biochemical characterization of COVID-19  
  • STOP-COVID multicenter database to characterize risk factors and treatment effects in COVID-19  
  • Remdesivir in the treatment of moderate and severe COVID-10  
  • Tocilizumab in the treatment of COVID-19  
  • Hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of COVID-19  

Sleep 

  • Sleepiness, obstructive sleep apnea, and cardiometabolic health 
  • Sex-specific differences in sleep apnea and  mechanistic pathways for cardiovascular disease  
  • The role of sleep in addiction – focus on opioid addiction  
  • Sleep disordered breathing in patients with advanced heart failure  and CF  
  • Sleep disturbances in commercial vehicle operators 
  • Survey identified obstructive sleep apnea as a risk factor for developing diabetes in South Asian population  
  • Sleepiness as a modulator of disease, assessment of sleepiness, role of sleep disorders in other diseases 
  • Circadian rhythm disorders in the ICU  

Environmental Exposures and Lung Disease 

  • Effect of ozone exposure on sepsis-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome  
  • Effects of World Trade Center dust exposure and chronic Intermittent hypoxia on lung injury  
  • Sleep-disordered breathing with a focus on epidemiology, pathogenesis and consequences especially in the WTC Cohort  
  • Identifying changes in peripheral airway responsiveness after exposure to ozone exposure  

Cystic Fibrosis 

  • Long-term safety and tolerability of VX-445 in triple combination (TC) with tezacaftor (TEZ) and ivacaftor (IVA) in subjects with cystic fibrosis (CF) who are homozygous or heterozygous for F508del mutation 
  • Cystic Fibrosis Lung Transplant Transition 

Quality Improvement 

  • Factors Impacting Outcomes In Interventional Pulmonology Procedures  
  • Communication and Teams approach in the ICU  
  • Impulse oscillometry utility in identifying peripheral airway disease in asthmatics 
  • Social Determinants of Health  (SDOH) in pulmonary and CC Medicine 
  • Global health in critical care medicine  

Rheumatology: 

Scleroderma 

  • Scleroderma calcinosis 
  • Novel therapies for scleroderma-related lung disease 
  • Novel therapies for Raynaud and digital ulcers  
  • Scleroderma renal crisis 
  • Scleroderma damage index 
  • EICOS ES 301 Aurora Study – Phase III clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Iloprost on the frequency of and relief from symptomatic digital ischemic episodes in subjects with systemic sclerosis 
  • Privigen IgPro10_2001 SSc – Efficacy and Safety of IgPro10 in Adults With Systemic Sclerosis  

Gout 

  • Novel treatments for Gouty inflammation 
  • Cherry juice extract and gout
  • Innovative treatments for chronic gout 
  • Dietary remedies for gout 
  • A new look at the imaging of monosodium urate crystal deposition  
  • Use of Telemedicine for Medical Education