One prominent commitment of hospital medicine is the development of evidence-based inpatient medicine practices. By creating publications such as the Consult Manual, hospital medicine physicians have increased internal medicine residents’ and medical students’ exposure to the principles of quality inpatient care. Their unique focus on inpatient care provides hospital medicine physicians with a practical experience base to develop sound and sensible management guidelines.
In February 2024, the Division of Hospital Medicine launched a research committee. This committee will focus on cataloging research, discussing available resources at WashU, exploring methodologies, and providing opportunities for work-in-progress presentations. These initiatives will allow faculty to present their research project ideas and receive feedback.
Selected research grants awarded to our hospitalist faculty:
- 5/2025-4/2028: $628,000- PI: Kevin Stephenson, MD
- Arla Food Ingredients: “MEND-SAM: MFGM- Enhanced RUTF for children with SAM: A Randomized, Controlled Trial”
- 5/2025-4/2027: $205,000- PI: Kevin Stephenson, MD
- Danish Dairy Research Foundation: “MEND-SAM: MFGM- Enhanced RUTF for children with SAM: A Randomized, Controlled Trial”
- 10/2024-9/2029: $375,000- PI: Kevin Stephenson, MD
- United States Department of Agriculture/Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor COM: “Improving Cognition and Gestational duration with targeted Nutrition (COGENT)”
- 8/2024-7/2026: $10,000- PI: Anthony Dao, MD, Paige Coughlin, MD, and Alberto Sobrero
- American Board of Internal Medicine, the ABIM Foundation, the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine, the American College of Physicians, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation: “Novel Pathway Program for Minority High School Students”
- 7/2024-7/2025: $50,000- PI: Robert S. Young, MD
- Big Ideas Grant, Institute for Informatics, Data Science & Biostatistics & Healthcare Innovation Lab: “Machine Learning Assisted Delirium Diagnosis (ML-ADD)”
- 5/2024-5/2027: $20,000- PI: Radha Devi, MD, and Robert S. Young, MD
- Agency for Health Research and Quality (UCSF and MGB): “Achieving Diagnostic Excellence through Prevention and Teamwork (ADEPT)”
- 10/2023-10/2025: $80,783- PI: Robert S. Young, MD
- The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital: “Identifying Delirium Early Among Hospitalized Patients through Collaborative Diagnosis (IDEA-CD)”
- 7/2023-6/2024: $50,000- PI: Patricia Litkowski, MD
- Innovation Lab: “Cancer Hospital Care – Facilitating Access through a Safe Test (FAST) of Stability—Cancer FAST Stability”
- 2/2023-1/2026: $1,499,000- PI: Kevin Stephenson, MD
- Open Philanthropy: “Improving Cognition and Gestational duration with targeted Nutrition (COGENT)”
- 2022-2024: $92,957 – PI: Stephanie Conner, MD
- BJH Foundation: “Implementation of a POCUS Training Program for Hospital Medicine Faculty”
- 7/2022-6/2023: $50,000 – PI: Mark V. Williams, MD, FACP, MHM
- Innovation Lab: “Care Transition TRUST (Technology to Reinforce Understanding and Support Trust)”
Contact
If you are interested in organizing a prospective or retrospective trial at Barnes-Jewish Hospital or if you need assistance, please contact Hospital Medicine at 314-362-1700 .