About

Scientific Investigation

Our Research

The Division conducts innovative research in several unique areas including:

• Aging, including work in delirium, medical decision-making in older adults, and optimizing medication prescribing for hospitalized patients.
• Cardiovascular Health, including the roles of lifestyle factors, like diet and alcohol use, pharmaceuticals, biomarkers, and genetics in primary and secondary cardiovascular prevention. 
• Health Disparities, including research focused on racial and ethnic minorities, immigrant populations, persons who are obese or disabled, and the socio-economically disadvantaged. 
• Hospital Medicine, aimed at improving the inpatient hospital care continuum, from admission to discharge and beyond, in order to better patient outcomes.
• Placebo Studies, including work to understand how the humanistic elements of medicine, like patient-provider relationships and the power of expectation, can contribute to the improvement of care.
• Mind-Body, including interventions focusing on the interactions between the mind, body, and behavior, and on the ways in which emotional, mental, social, spiritual, and behavioral factors can directly affect health.
• Medical Transparency, through the OpenNotes program, including studies to understand the effects of medical transparency on medication use, patient safety, and patient-provider communication.