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department of emergency medicine

Research Programs

 

A wide variety of clinical research activities are underway in Temple University School of Medicine's Department of Emergency Medicine, reflecting the diverse interests of our faculty and residents. Several Emergency Medicine faculty have been awarded federal grants. The Department is well-represented at national Emergency Medicine research meetings. A full-time research faculty member is available for consultation in study design and biostatistics. Several research coordinators are dedicated to facilitating the Department's investigator-initiated studies and clinical trials.


Residents are invited and encouraged to participate in research projects, both as participants in on-going studies and as principal investigators of their own studies. House staff interested in pursuing research as their academic commitment are assigned a faculty mentor to guide the resident to completion of the study. Opportunities for interdepartmental collaborative research efforts and for basic science research exist within Temple University School of Medicine.


Current research activities of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Temple include the following studies:

  • Development of stroke research networks (federally-funded study)
  • Optimal management of sepsis (federally-funded randomized controlled trial)
  • Clinical trials of antibiotics in skin infections (federally-funded randomized controlled trial)
  • Insulin resistance and glycemic control in stroke patients (federally-funded study)
  • Predicting healthcare workers’ response to disaster conditions (university-funded study)
  • Disaster preparedness education programs (state-funded study)
  • Pepsin testing as an indicator of aspiration
  • Utilization of emergency medical systems
  • Decision-making among prehospital emergency workers
  • Patient attitudes and beliefs in utilizing 911 emergency systems
  • Epidemiologic assessment of urinary tract infections (federally-funded study)
  • Epidemiologic assessment of pneumonia (federally-funded study)
  • Epidemiology of hypertension
  • Optimal management and assessment of hypertensive emergencies
  • Cost-effective antibiotic utilization
  • Effective utilization of burn centers
  • Assessment and prevention of falls in elderly ED patients
  • Functional health literacy among hypertensive ED patients
  • Attitudes of ED patients regarding medical students
  • Optimizing medical students’ emergency medical education
  • Chest radiography and electrocardiography assessment skills among medical students
  • Utility of sepsis markers

Residency candidates are invited to contact Linda Kruus, PhD, Research Director (lkruus@temple.edu) or Richard Harrigan, MD, Associate Research Director (richard.harrigan@temple.edu) to discuss research opportunities at Temple.