Learn more about our IDEAS investigators.
| Investigator | Title | Focus Areas |
| Bouldin, Erin | Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Utah | Epidemiology, Observational Data, Population-Level Health Experiences, Determinants of Function, Program Evaluation, Rural Health, Quantitative Data Analyses, Survey Design, Qualitative Methods, Caregivers, Chronic Wound Healing, Diabetes, Chronic Pain, Alzheimer’s Disease / Dementia, |
| Brooke, Benjamin | Vascular Surgeon, VA Salt Lake City; Associate Professor, Surgery, University of Utah; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah; Adjunct Associate Professor, Population Health Sciences, University of Utah | Surgical Outcomes and Quality |
| Burningham, Zachary | Research Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Utah; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Nursing, University of Utah | Informatics Tools, Health Care Delivery, Patient Outcomes, Quality Improvement, Clinical Decision Support, Health Informatics, Clinical Dashboards, Query Tools, Medication Safety and Adherence, Geriatric Medicine, Database Analytics, Measurement Science, Data Science, User Experience Design, Pharmacoepidemiology, Comparative Effectiveness Research |
| Butler, Jorie | Research Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Utah; Research Associate Professor, Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Psychology, University of Utah | Decision Support Systems, Survey Methodology, Qualitative Research, User-Computer Interface, Aging |
| Cochran, Gerald (Jerry) | Research Director, Program on Addiction Research, Clinical Care, Knowledge, and Advocacy, Division of Epidemiology, University of Utah; Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Utah; Adjunct Associate Professor, Psychiatry, University of Utah | Health Care and Health Services, Behavioral Health, Substance Abuse, Program Evaluation, Evidence-Based Practice |
| Drews, Frank | Associate Professor, Psychology, University of Utah; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, University of Utah; Adjunct Associate Professor, Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah; Adjunct Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Utah | Cognition in Context, Medical Decision Making, Human Error in Medicine, Human Factors, Visualization, and Visual Attention |
| Fagerlin, Angie | Chair & Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah | Perception of Risks, Testing Methods for Improving Risk Communication, Developing and Testing of Decision Aids in Clinical Contexts, Patient Decision Making, Patient-Physician Communication, Numeracy Skills, End of Life |
| Gawron, Andrew | Associate Director, National VA Gastroenterology and Hepatology Program; Associate Division Chief & Associate Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Utah | Esophageal Disease, Digestive Disease, Quality Initiatives |
| Gawron, Lori | Clinical Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah; Gynecology Section Chief, VA Salt Lake City | Biomedical Informatics, Reproductive Planning and Pregnancy, Contraceptive Methods, Contraceptive Services, Veteran Women’s Health |
| Gordon, Adam | Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Utah; Section Chief of Addiction Medicine, VA Salt Lake City | Pain, Opioid-Related Disorders, Alcohol/Alcoholism, Addiction |
| Halwani, Ahmad | Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah | Hemataology, Oncology, Clinical Trial Design, Compartive Effectiveness Research, Lymphoid Malignancies, Lymphoma and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) |
| Jones, Audrey | Co-Director, Evaluation for the Vulnerable Veteran Innovative Patient Aligned Care Team (VIP) Initiative; Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Utah School | Mental Health Services, Health Care for Vulnerable Veterans, Medical Informatics, Primary Care and Mental Health / Substance Use Disorder (MHSUD), Health Care Delivery, Homelessness |
| Jones, Barbara | Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Utah | Decision-Making in Pneumonia, Population Analytics, Qualitative Inquiry of Cognitive Behavior, Clinical Decision Support |
| Jones, Makoto | Co-Director, Medical Informatics Fellowship, VA Salt Lake City, Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Utah | Medical Informatics, Biosurveillance, Epidemiology/Nosocomial Infections, Mathematical Modeling, Infection Control, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens, Machine Learning, Health Services Research |
| Kean, Jacob | Director of the Population Health Science - U Health Learning Health System; Associate Professor, Population Health Sciences, University of Utah; Adjunct Associate Professor, Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah | Research Networks, Evaluation of Network Care Practices, Patient-Centered Outcomes, Pragmatic Research, Improvement Science, Patient-Centered and Health Service Methodologies |
| Keegan, Lindsey | Research Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Utah | Transmission Dynamics, Spatial Statistics, Mathematical Biology, Infectious Disease Dynamics, Epidemiology |
| Kelley, Taylor | Primary Care Staff Physician, Vulnerable Veteran Innovative Patient-Aligned Care Team Initiative (VIP) Clinic, VA Salt Lake City; Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine | Access to Care, Vulnerable Populations, Addiction Treatment, Opioid Use Disorder, Research Evaluation, Integrated Healthcare Delivery and Policy, Implementation Science |
| Khader, Karim | Research Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Utah | Statistical Methodology, Mathematical Models, Computer Simulations, Healthcare-Associated Infections |
| Knight, Sara | Co-Director, HSR Fellowship, VA Salt Lake City; Professor, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah | Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Palliative Medicine, Genomics and Personalized Medicine, Quality of Life and Patient-Reported Outcomes, Medical Decision Making, Patient Values, Patient Preferences, Shared Decision Making, Patient and Clinician Education |
| Leecaster, Molly | Research Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Utah | Biostatistics, Statistical and Mathematical Modeling, Epidemiology, Infection Prevention |
| Lewis, Julia | Assistant Professor (Clinical), Internal Medicine, University of Utah | Infectious Diseases, Infection Prevention |
| Mayer, Jeanmarie | Hospital Epidemiologist, University of Utah Health Care Hospitals and Clinics | Healthcare Epidemiology, Infectious Disease, Multidrug Resistant Organisms, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Surveillance, Outbreak Investigations, Quality Improvement Initiatives |
| Mohanty , April | Research Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Utah | Cardiovascular Healthcare and Epidemiology,, Cardiovascular and Chronic Disease Prevention, Management, and Related Outcomes, Health Equity |
| Morgan Millar | Research Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Utah | Survey Methodology, Research Recruitment Methods, Social Disparities in Cancer, Health Disparities |
| Nelson, Richard | Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Utah; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, University of Utah; Adjunct Associate Professor, Population Health Sciences, University of Utah | Health Economics, Homelessness, Infectious Disease |
| Presson, Angela | Director, University of Utah Study Design and Biostatistics Center (SDBC), Center for Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Translational Research: Implementation, Analysis & Design (TRIAD); Research Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Utah; Adjunct Associate Professor, Family & Preventive Medicine, University of Utah; Adjunct Associate Professor, Orthopaedics, University of Utah; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, University of Utah; Adjunct Associate Professor, Population Health Sciences, University of Utah | Statistical Genetics, Comparative Effectiveness and Patient Outcomes Research, Assessment of Patient Satisfaction |
| Pugh, Mary Jo | Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Utah; Adjunct Professor, Population Health Sciences, University of Utah | Phenotypes of Multimorbidity, Epidemiology Using Multimodal Biomarkers, Chronic Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury epidemiology and outcomes, Epilepsy Outcomes Research, Health-related Instrument and Survey Development |
| Redd, Andrew | Research Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Utah; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Population Health Sciences, University of Utah | Biostatistics, Data Interpretation, Statistical, Clinical Natural Language Processing, Big Data Analytics, Data Mining in Biomedical Informatics, Data Analysis, Information Extraction, Models, Statistical, Parametric and Nonparametric Inferential Statistics, Statistics |
| Rhoads, Jamie | Assistant Professor (Clinical), Dermatology, University of Utah | Immunobullous Diseases, Psoriasis |
| Rubin, Michael | Co-Director, HSR Fellowship, VA Salt Lake City; Associate Director, IDEAS COIN, VA Salt Lake City; Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Development, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine; Professor of Medicine, University of Utah; Chief, Section of Epidemiology, VA Salt Lake City | Infectious Disease, Infection Control, Infectious Disease Clinical Decision Support, Medical Informatics, Computer Simulation, Intervention Studies, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Infectious Disease Surveillance, Electronic Disease Surveillance |
| Rupper, Rand | Acting Director, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Salt Lake City; Professor (Clinical) of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Utah | Rural Health Care for Older Adults, Health Care Outcomes Associated with Different Patterns of Health Care Utilization, Cost-Effectiveness of Different Home Care and Community Level Interventions targeting Functional Loss in Older Adults, Health Outcomes of Novel Policy Interventions and Clinical Innovations, Data Analysis to Longitudinally Support Decisions made by Vulnerable Community Dwelling Elders, Tele-Health Technology, Medicare Coverage, Caregiving |
| Samore, Matthew | Director, IDEAS COIN, VA Salt Lake City; Division Chief of Epidemiology, University of Utah; Professor of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Utah | Clostridium Difficile, Measures of Clinical Performance, Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens, Biomedical Informatics |
| Sauer, Brian | Co-Director, Medical Informatics Fellowship, VA Salt Lake City; Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Utah; Adjunct Associate Professor, Family and Preventive Medicine (Public Health), University of Utah; Adjunct Associate Professor, Pharmacotherapy, College Pharmacy, University of Utah; Adjunct Associate Professor, Population Health Sciences (Biostatistics), School of Medicine, University of Utah; Adjunct Associate Professor, Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Utah | Pharmacoepidemiology, Medical Informatics, Health Care Quality and Patient Safety, Quality of Medication Use, Causal Inference |
| Shardool, Patel |
Research Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Utah; Associate Chief Health Informatics Officer, VA Salt Lake City |
Clinical Informatics, Database Research, Pharmacoepidemiology, Workflow Automation, Comprehensive Medication Management |
| Stevens, Vanessa | Research Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Utah; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, University of Utah | Infectious Diseases, Unintended Effects of Medication Use, Pharmacoepidemiologic and Comparative Effectiveness Research, Clostridium Difficile Infection, Vancomycin-Associated Nephrotoxicity |
| Taber, Peter | Research Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah | Anthropology, Ethnographic Methods, Information Infrastructures, Ethnographic Fieldwork, Qualitative Interviewing, Social Network Analysis, Qualitative Research, Quality improvement |
| Toth, Damon | Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Utah | Mathematical Modeling, Simulation of the Spread of Infectious Disease |
| Vanneman, Megan | Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine & Division of Health System Innovation and Research, Department of Population Health Sciences | Health Policy, Access to Care, Health Equity, Behavioral Health, Value |
| Vega Yon, George | Research Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Utah | Novel Statistical Methods, Social Networks, Phylogenetics, High-Performance Computing, Bayesian Statistics |
| Visnovsky, Lindsay | Research Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Utah | Infection Prevention, Hospital Epidemiology, Survey Design, Methodology, Qualitative Methods, Cognitive Science, Patient Safety Outcomes |
| Walsh, Jessica | Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Utah; Adjunct Associate Professor, Dermatology, University of Utah; Director, Spondyloarthritis Clinic; Co-Director, Combined Psoriatic Diseases Clinic | Rheumatology, Psoriatic Diseases, Spondyloarthritis |
| Zickmund, Susan | Associate Director, IDEAS COIN, VA Salt Lake City, Director; VA Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Centralized Transcription Services Program; Co-Director, Qualitative, Survey, and Measurement Core, Utah Center for Clinical and Translational Science & Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Utah | Understanding Reasons for Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in Satisfaction with VA Care, Determining the Barriers to Treatment for Veterans with Hepatitis C, Learning the Race-Specific Barriers Faced by African American Veterans Who Seek Treatment for Hepatitis C, Developing Mixed-Methods (Qualitative-Quantitative) Approaches to Integrating Data Analysis, Exploring Disparities in Racial and Ethnic Satisfaction with VA Health Care, Examining the Methodologic Overlaps Between Qualitative Data and Bioinformatics, Developing Novel Approaches to the Formative Evaluation of Implementation Research |