Example Current Projects
BRIDGE: Dissemination of a breast reconstruction decision tool through social media and online communities
(PI: Dr. Clara Lee, UNC; site PI: Dr. Mary Politi; co-Is Dr. Ana Baumann and Dr. Terence Myckatyn) NIH CA276408
Decision aid about tendon vs. nerve transfer vs. no surgery after spinal cord injury
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Decision making about breast reconstruction after mastectomy
Division of Public Health Sciences and Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Decision-making about sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with thin melanoma
Section of Surgical Oncology
Decision-making about stage I lung cancer treatment
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Division of Public Health Sciences
Financial Burden of Prostate Cancer Treatment Choices: A Mixed Methods Study
Division of Public Health Sciences
IMPACT Breast Cancer – Investigating Mental health Physical Activity and Cognition after Treatment for Breast Cancer
Division of Public Health Sciences
Implementing Shared Decision Making for Breast Cancer Using a Coproduction Learning Collaborative
Dartmouth College, Coproduction Laboratory within The Dartmouth Institute and Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology
My Anesthesia Choice-HF: Implementing an Evidence-Based Approach to Increase Shared Decision Making about Anesthesia Options for Hip Fracture Surgery
(PCORI SDM-2023C1-31044; co-Principal Investigators Dr. Mark Neuman and Dr. Mary Politi)
Operative vs. non-operative management of rectal cancer
Division of Public Health Sciences and Division of Colorectal Surgery
Supporting Decision Making in the Context of Fertility Preservation
Division of Public Health Sciences
THRIVE: Trajectories of Recovery after Intravenous Propofol vs inhaled VolatilE anesthesia
Department of Anesthesiology
Example Past Projects
Clinician decision-making about management of vaccine-hesitant parents
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease
Decision making about nasal reconstruction after Mohs
Department of Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery and Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Decision making about osteoporosis medications in older adults
Division of Public Health Sciences and Department of Occupational Therapy
Decision-making about genomic testing and research engagement
Section of Surgical Oncology and Division of Public Health Sciences
Decision-making and cost conversations about slow-growing prostate cancer
Division of Public Health Sciences and Division of Urologic Surgery
Decision-making and patient education about hernia repair surgery
Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Facial Animation Surgery for Long-standing Facial Palsy
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Health insurance decision-making and Influence of care cost on cancer patients’ decision-making
Division of Public Health Sciences and Brown School
Parents’ experiences with tracheostomy placement among infants being discharged from the NICU
Division of Newborn Medicine and Division of Public Health Sciences
Shared decision making and patient decision aid for patients with Craniosynostosis
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Stakeholder engagement and Usability Testing of the Anesthesiology Control Tower
Department of Anesthesiology
Treatment Decisions for Patients Diagnosed with Intermediate Risk Acute Myeloid Leukemia/AML
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology
Yearly Lung Cancer Screening: Is It Right for Me?
Division of Public Health Sciences and Siteman Cancer Center