Here's just a sampling of health research projects I have worked on over the last few years.

16GRNT31390024                               Davene Wright (PI)         7/1/16 – 6/30/18

Role: Co-Investigator

American Heart Association

Leveraging Incentives for Obesity Prevention

Objective: To determine whether financial incentive payments can increase families’ engagement with evidence-based high-intensity programs to treat childhood obesity and prevent the onset of cardiovascular disease.  My role is conducting qualitative interviews with caregivers of children with weight management challenges, and participate in team-based data analysis and manuscript development.

K08 HSO24299-01                                                      Desai (PI)         9/1/15 – 8/30/20

Role: Co-Investigator

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) Mentored Clinical Investigator Award

Web-based Care Plans for Children with Medical Complexity

This grant uses a user-centered design approach to understand the design and implementation requirements of web-based care plans for children with medical complexity.  My role is conducting qualitative interviews with caregivers of children with medical complexity, participate in team-based data analysis and manuscript development.

Academic Pediatric Association Young Investigator Award  Desai (PI)  2/1/14 - 12/31/15

Role: Co-Investigator

Developing a Parent-Reported Outcome Measure to Assess the Quality of Transitions from Hospital to Home

This grant involved a series of cognitive interviews and rigorous psychometric testing of survey items to assess the quality of hospital-to-home transitions from the perspective of caregivers of hospitalized children.  My role in the study involved conducting iterative cognitive interviews with caregivers of hospitalized children to pre-test survey items, and make appropriate reductions and revisions based on content analysis of the interviews. 

Seattle Children’s Research Institute Center of Child Health, Behavior & Development  Desai (PI)  5/1/13 – 4/30/14

Role: Co-Investigator

Hearst Foundation Fellowship Award

Parent perceptions of the Quality of Care Transitions from Hospital to Home: Stratified by Medical Complexity

This grant used qualitative research methods to understand the needs and preferences of caregivers of hospitalized children for improving and achieving high-quality hospital-to-home transitions.  My role in the study involved conducting in-depth, semi-structured interviews with caregivers of hospitalized children, participating in the thematic analysis of the qualitative data and aiding in developing and reviewing the manuscript for publication.  

Academic Pediatric Association Young Investigator Award     Carolyn C. Foster, MD (PI)   03/01/2014 - 6/15/16

Achieving High Quality Pediatric Hospital to Home Transitions: The Parent and Healthcare Provider Perspectives

Role: Co-Investigator

The APA Young Investigator Award Program funds projects in health services research, medical education, adolescent medicine, public health, epidemiology, emergency medicine, child maltreatment, hospitalist medicine, developmental/behavioral pediatrics, and other general pediatric clinical research domains. My role in this study involved teaching qualitative thematic analysis using Dedoose software and Crabtree/Miller framework, as well as developing and reviewing manuscripts for publication.

Attorney General Office Grant, Washington State                  Pihoker (PI)                        06/2013-10/2015

Role: Co-Investigator

Diabetes Community Care Ambassadors Research Program

This grant supports research to evaluate the feasibility and impact of a pilot program designed to improve the health of children with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes mellitus by extending the clinical care model into the home, school, and community. Participants receive both clinical and legal support through the use of non-medical personnel called Diabetes Community Care Ambassadors, as well as a medical-legal partnership attorney.  My role in this study involved teaching qualitative thematic analysis using Dedoose software and Crabtree/Miller framework, as well as developing and reviewing manuscripts for publication.

Seattle Children’s Hospital, CUMG (Children’s University Medical Group)   

Baden/Scott  (PI)      Ongoing                                                                                                                                                                    

The CONNECT Program develops educational workshops to enhance Seattle Children’s physicians’ communication techniques with patients and families. The goal is to increase the culture of service among the medical staff. 

Role: Program evaluation consultant