Grants | Urology Health Services Research Division

A comprehensive list of grants with collaboration from the Urology Health Services Division:

Current

U01 CA265750 (Principal Investigators: Trikalinos, Jalal)
NIH/NCI
Population modeling of bladder cancer detection and control
RSG-21-045-01-CPHPS (Principal Investigator: Jacobs)
American Cancer Society
Understanding the adoption of stereotactic body radiation treatment
Shadyside Hospital Foundation (Principal Investigator: Jacobs)
Efforts to reduce readmissions after radical cystectomy for bladder cancer patients
R01 CA244189 (Principal Investigator: Sabik)
NIH/NCI
Impact of rural hospital payment and delivery reform on geographic disparities in cancer surgery
R01 HS027396 (Principal Investigator: Sabik)
AHRQ
Effects of insurance expansions on cancer treatment: Recent policy changes and implications for future reform
Shadyside Hospital Foundation (Principal Investigator: Jacobs)
Reducing and tailoring antibiotic prescribing for common outpatient urologic procedures
Aging Institute and Hillman Cancer Center Seed Grant Program (Principal Investigator: Drake)
Geographic access to oncology and its impact on cancer-related health outcomes
Shadyside Hospital Foundation (Principal Investigator: Jacobs)
Reducing opioid prescribing for patients undergoing major urologic cancer surgery
R01CA225716-01A1 (Principal Investigator: Singh)
NIH/
Biomarkers of Sulforaphane/Broccoli Sprout Extract in Prostate Cancer
R37 CA262366 (Principal Investigator: Jacobs)
NIH/NCI
Centralization of cancer care: Implications for access, outcomes, and disparities

Prior

Shadyside Hospital Foundation (Principal Investigator: Jacobs)
Critical examination of the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in men
U54 DK112079 (Principal Investigator: Wang)
NIH/NIDDK
University of Pittsburgh O'Brien Cooperative Research Center Program
P30CA047904 and Henry L. Hillman Foundation (Principal Investigator: Jacobs)
NIH/NCI
The effects of cancer care centralization on geographic, racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities
University of Pittsburgh Physicians Academic Foundation (Principal Investigator: Jacobs)
The role of physician networks in the adoption of prostate cancer treatments
American Urological Association Data Grant (Principal Investigator: Jacobs)
The comparative effectiveness of neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy in bladder cancer patients undergoing cystectomy
R03AG048091 (Principal Investigator: Jacobs)
NIH/NIA
Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists' Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR)
Enriching claims-based analysis of prostate cancer treatment decision making
KL2TR000146 & KL2TR001856 (Principal Investigators: Reis, Kapoor)
NIH/NCATS
The adoption of stereotactic body radiation therapy for prostate cancer

Fellow Grants & Awards

5TL1TR000145-10 (Awardee: Turner)
Variation in the use of imaging prior to radical cystectomy
Center on Race and Social Problems (Awardee: Hale)
The effects of radical cystectomy regionalization on bladder cancer care
Thomas H. Nimick, Jr. Competitive Research Fund (Awardee: Bandari)
Evaluating the impact of the BCG drug shortage
Urology Care Foundation 2019 Research Scholar Award Program (Awardee: Bandari)
Evaluating the impact of the BCG drug shortage
Shadyside Grant Foundation (Awardee: Fam)
The role of multiparametric MRI in active surveillance for prostate cancer
ASCO Conquer Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award (Awardee: Macleod)
Quality, regionalization and access in advanced kidney cancer
Thomas H. Nimick, Jr. Competitive Research Fund (Awardee: Macleod)
Impact of regionalization on disparities and quality in kidney cancer
American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant (Awarded, but declined: Macleod)
Quality, regionalization and disparities in kidney cancer
2020 Tippins Foundation Scholar Award (Awardee: Yu)
Thomas H. Nimick, Jr. Competitive Research Fund (Awardee: Gul)
Assessing barriers of telemedicine use among patients and physicians
Urology Care Foundation 2021 Research Scholar Award Program (Awardee: Gul)
The effects of telemedicine on health disparities in patients with urologic malignancies
2021 Tippins Foundation Scholar Award (Awardee: Gul)
Thomas H. Nimick, Jr. Competitive Research Fund (Awardee: Stencel)
Qualitative evaluation of urologic cancer care delivery in an integrated healthcare delivery system

Resident Grants & Awards

2019 John Quale Travel Fellowship Award to attend the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (Awardee: Hugar)
Thomas H. Nimick, Jr. Competitive Research Fund (Awardee: Maganty)
Qualitative investigation of primary care physicians’ attitudes towards rural healthcare barriers
2020 Urology Care Foundation Resident Research Award (Awardee: Grajales)
Disparities in bladder cancer outcomes between rural and urban populations

Medical Student Grants & Awards

Dean Summer Research Program & T35 Training Grant (DK065521) (Awardee: Lee)
Comparison of the quadratus lumborum and paravertebral blocks for analgesia in radical cystectomy patients
NIH U54 O’Brien Cooperative Research Center Program Grant (Awardee: Ogunmolam)
Critical examination of the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in men
NIH U54 O’Brien Cooperative Research Center Program Grant (U54 DK112079) (Awardee: Armann)
2019 Hillman Medical Student Fellows for Innovative Cancer Research (Awardee: Armann)
Does ‘nudging’ providers influence opioid prescribing habits?
2020 Roth Fellow (Awardee: Armann)
Dean Summer Research Program (Awardee: Worku)
2019 Hillman Medical Student Fellows for Innovative Cancer Research (Awardee: Worku)
Assessing the effect of “nudges” on urologist opioid prescribing at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Dean Summer Research Program (Awardee: Hay)
Observing the effect of guideline-based ‘nudges’ on urologist’s antibiotic prophylaxis patterns for flexible cystoscopies at UPMC hospitals
Dean Summer Research Program & Kleyman T35 program (Awardee: Zhu)
Large reduction in opioid prescribing by a multi-pronged behavioral intervention after major urologic surgery