CDRP affiliates presented papers and posters at the Midwest Regional Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine October 21-25, 2025 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Congratulations to Arshiya Baig, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, on being named 2025 Midwest Region Leader in General Internal Medicine by the Society of General Internal Medicine at SGIM Midwest! This award recognizes mid-career and senior members of SGIM with work acknowledged for advancing academic general internal medicine.
Congratulations to Harita Shah, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, on receiving the Midwest Region Award for Advocacy and Community Service! This award recognizes an SGIM member enhancing the health of their community through advocacy and community service.
Monica Peek delivered the plenary lecture, “Surviving and Thriving in Academic Medicine in the Current Political Climate”
CDRP Director Elbert Huang presented “My Diabetes, My Community: : A randomized controlled trial of a nurse-led care management program to engage older diabetes patients in personalized goal setting and disease management”
Elizabeth Tung and Harita Shah served among the planning members for the meeting.
Ainur Kagarmanova (showed with Neda Laiteerapong) presented “Effectiveness of a Clinical Decision Support System for Chronic Pain and Opioid Management in Older Adults”
Chasity Kasir presented “Virtual Diabetes Group Education: Patients’ Challenges and Goals Related to Nutrition” — part of C3EN’s
VIDA project
Other papers presented:
Ainur Kagarmanova, MS, MA, “Screening for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in a Federally Qualified Health Center: Early results”
Other posters presented:
Kevin Hu, BA, and Elizabeth Tung, “Community Violence as a Determinant of Social Isolation among Adolescents in Chicago”
Myra Collins, BA, N. Vidyasagar, N. S. Caravelli, A. Jackson-Sagredo, N. Abou Baker, A. Bundy, V. Arora, D. Meltzer, V. G. Press, “Using Virtual Reality As A RESPITE for Sickle Pain: A Pilot Study”
Ria Sood, BA, MPH, A. Jackson-Sagredo, L. Traeger, W. Wan, V. G. Press, “A Regional Sub-Analysis of U.S. Hospitals Enrolled in the “Reducing REVISITS” Study”
Casey Droske, BS, J. A. Makelarski, M. E. Peek, W. Wan, E. Abramsohn, J. Kanoon, S. Lee, M. Zhu, S. Lindau, E. S. Huang, “A Cross-sectional Analysis of Depressed and Non-Depressed