Research

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 The Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research (BRIMR) ranked DFPM #3 for NIH funding among all U.S. family medicine departments for the year 2021. DFPM holds the highest BRIMR ranking in the UU School of Medicine.

 

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The mission of the Department of Family & Preventive Medicine research is to expand the possibilities of health through discovering the determinants of health and developing evidence to improve health.

The department primarily focuses on these research areas:

 

    • Global Health
    • Health Professions Workforce
    • Primary Care Research
    • Quality Improvement in Health Care
    • Health Disparities
    • Infection Prevention
    • Cancer Epidemiology & Prevention

 

    • Reproductive & Women's Health
    • Occupational Health
    • Environmental Health
    • Life Course Epidemiology & Health
    • Emergency Preparedness & Disaster
    • Substance Abuse
Group Mtg

Joseph B. Stanford, MD, MSPH, CFCMC

Professor

Vice Chair, Research
Director, Health Studies Fund
Chair, Research and Scholarship Committee

Melanie Steiner-Sherwood, PhD

Director, Research & Scholarship