Research
Christopher P. Morley, PhD, MA, CAS, Vice Chair for Research
The Division of Research and Academic Development (RAD) in the Department of Family Medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University covers several key areas, and takes a broad view of the concepts of research, academics, and development. The RAD conducts a number of research projects that are housed completely within the division, serves as a core with which other DFM faculty members may consult for research design and analysis questions, and is a collaborator with researchers from around the country.
Faculty academic interests within the division and within the department include practice improvement and practice-based research networks, preventive interventions, medical ethics, medical education, integrative care, medical social sciences, health disparities, and health policy, and we pursue research in all of these areas. Research as we employ the term therefore spans beyond traditional concepts to include practice improvement and educational innovations on a localized scale.
Additionally, we view academic development to include not only the identification of funding for new or existing endeavors, but also to include the promotion of scholarship, publication and presentation, and to more broadly defined contributions to knowledge and practice of health, medicine and medical education.
The Division of Research and Academic Development is also committed to employing the skills contained within the division that are typically associated with "research" to aid and assist the missions of the other divisions within our department, such as:
- Survey design and implementation
- Data analysis
- Focus group and in-depth interviewing
- Grant writing
Resources
The following resources may be of assistance in defining the scope of research that has been and continues to be performed by Family Medicine faculty at SUNY Upstate:
- A representative sample of publications by the faculty from the Department of Family Medicine may be found by viewing publications by past and present SUNY Upstate Family Medicine faculty
- The RAD and the Educational Divisions of the Department of Family Medicine jointly house the Central Region Office of the NYS AHEC system.
- A running blog describing current research projects in the Department of Family Medicine can be found here: http://upstatefmresearch.blogspot.com/
- RAD faculty, staff and collaborators are prolific members of the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) with 12 abstracts accepted at the 2011 annual meeting, and 14 presentations accepted and scheduled for the 2012 annual meeting.
Research resource pages
- The Center for Evidence-Based Medicine web page has been taken down; we will replace it with a resource page for evidence-based practice in the near future;
- Qualitative Method resources and links may be found on this page: http://www.upstate.edu/fmed/qualitative.php
Other Programs of Interest
Students interested in working with Family Medicine faculty may be interested in exploring the following programs: