Examples of Projects

Project InnoVAte

Purpose: To design, test and evaluate evidence-based approaches to delivering clinical and community-based interventions aimed at reducing the risk, complications and barriers to the prevention and control of diabetes and cardiovascular disease in underserved areas of Virginia

Funder: Virginia Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

PI and Co-PI: Dave L. Dixon, Pharm.D., and Teresa M. Salgado, M.Pharm., Ph.D.

Translation of Evidence-Based Diabetes Care into Clinical Practice Across a Large Medical Group

Purpose: To inform our knowledge of prescribing patterns for SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists and determine if primary care pharmacists increase the utilization of these important therapies compared to clinics without pharmacists within Bon Secours Mercy Health.

Funder: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

PI: Dave L. Dixon, Pharm.D.

Medical oncologists’ knowledge, comfort level, and ownership of the responsibility for managing hyperglycemia in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy

Purpose: To assess medical oncologists’ knowledge, comfort level and ownership of the responsibility for managing hyperglycemia in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

Funder: American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy

PI: Teresa M. Salgado, M.Pharm., Ph.D.

Factors affecting job satisfaction in board-certified pharmacists

Purpose: To identify the factors associated with increased job satisfaction among board-certified pharmacists in Virginia.

Funder: Board of Pharmacy Specialties

PI: Lauren Pamulapati, Pharm.D.

Evaluating the impact of pharmacists on patient outcomes and quality of care provided in primary care clinics within Bon Secours Mercy Health

Purpose: To assess the impact of pharmacist services on patient outcomes and the achievement of quality measures in primary care clinics within Bon Secours Mercy Health

PI: Teresa M. Salgado, M.Pharm., Ph.D.

Factors affecting uptake of SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists in clinical practice: A qualitative study

Purpose: To assess multilevel contextual factors affecting the uptake of SGLT2 inhibitors or GLP-1 receptor agonists in clinical practice within Bon Secours Mercy Health.

PI: Teresa M. Salgado, M.Pharm., Ph.D.