In addition to our clinical and educational missions, the Division of General Internal Medicine supports a robust research program. The research interests demonstrate the wide-ranging intellectual curiosity of our faculty members. The Division measures its success in scholarship (number of publications and impact), the funding earned by our faculty members, and the impact of the research on our patients.
The Research Section of the Division of General Internal Medicine provides a multidisciplinary environment for health services and clinical research to optimize physical and behavioral health. Led by Director Dr. Susan Ramsey, our investigators collaborate closely with investigators across the Brown community, across the country, and around the world. Core faculty include Drs. Brandon del Pozo, Matthew Murphy, Ju Park, and Maggie Salinger.
Dr. Ramsey and her team provide support to GIM faculty and residents in the form of methodological design and conceptualization consultation, assistance in performing literature reviews, IRB application support, production of data collection tools, data entry, EMR data extraction, quantitative data analysis, and coding and analysis of qualitative data.
Clinical faculty in GIM also pursue research and mentor residents and medical students in their own scholarly projects. Our faculty are implementing and evaluating new curricula, writing book chapters, publishing original research, leading workshops, contributing to case reports, writing perspective pieces and editorials, crafting podcasts, and performing systematic reviews. Our interests range widely; our scholarly work explores medical education, reproductive health and justice, care of vulnerable populations, advocacy, point-of-care ultrasound, women’s health, mentorship in academic medicine, patient communication, health information technology, and quality improvement in both the hospital and clinic settings, among other topics. Led by the Director of Scholarship Dr. Rebekah Gardner, we take pride in the diverse ways that GIM faculty collaborate to investigate and improve education, care delivery, and the practice of medicine.