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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Ongoing and Completed Projects Supported​ by DARE and Community Health Grants


Infectious Diseases

​Completed

An Assessment of the Status and Impact of Influenza and Influenza Vaccination on Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction in Kaiser Permanente Northern California
David Miller | CH | Completed

Closing gaps in the HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Continuum of Care
Jonathan Volk | CH | Completed

Community – associated Clostridium difficile
Tara Greenhow | CH | Completed

Duration of Protection against Mumps After the Second Dose of Measles, Mumps and Rubella Vaccine (MMR)
Ousseny Zerbo | CH | Completed

Effectiveness and safety of interferon-free treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection
David Witt, Michael Allerton, Michael Silverberg | DSGP | Completed | View Summary

Electronically Identifying Patients at Elevated Risk of HIV Increased Pharmacologic HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Use: A Clinical Trial
Michael Silverberg, Jonathan Volk | DSGP | Completed | View Summary

Epidemiology of and Risk Factors for Nontyphoidal Salmonella Bacteremia in Children
Tara Greenhow | CH | Completed

Immunity and patterns of disease exposure for COVID-19 across Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Jacek Skarbinski | PRP | Completed

Improving Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTB) Screening and Treatment to Reduce Incidence of Active Tuberculosis (TB) in Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Jacek Skarbinski | CH | Completed

KPNC Women’s Anal Cancer Study: Secular trends and risk factors in a large integrated healthcare system
Gregory Barnell | CH | Completed

Neurocognitive Impairment and Dementia in Patients with and without HIV
Jennifer Lam | CH | Completed

Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Risk of Hepatocellular Cancer and Cirrhosis
Jamila Champsi, Jacek Skarbinski | CH | Completed

Optimal Route and Duration of Antibacterial Therapy for Streptococcal Bacteremia
Dana Clutter | CH | Completed

Optimizing identification of frailty among older adults with HIV infection
Jennifer Lam | CH | Completed

Outcomes of Immediate versus Standard HIV Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation in a Large, Integrated Health System
Mitchell Luu | CH | Completed

Performance Characteristics of a New Algorithm for the Evaluation and Management of Febrile Young Infants
Beverly Young, Tara Greenhow | CH | Completed

Protective effect of prior flu vaccinations against Covid-19 infection
Stephanie Lowe | CH | Completed

Relative Risk of Active Tuberculosis Among Patients with Latent Tuberculosis Infection and Immunosuppressive Conditions
Jacek Skarbinski | CH | Completed

Risk of COVID-19 pandemic on immunosuppressed populations
Fernando Velayos, Julie Schmittdiel, Bradley Frueh | RAU | Completed

Study the epidemiology of non-typhoidal Salmonella bacteremia and gastroenteritis in children
Tara Greenhow | CH | Completed

Targeting HIV-Prevention Efforts in a Large Integrated Healthcare System
Jonathan Volk | CH | Completed

Vancomycin area under the curve-guided dosing and monitoring in the outpatient setting
Meredith Silverman, Cynthia Campbell, Rika Alavi | RAU | Completed | View Summary

​Ongoing

Evaluating active outreach to improve screening and treatment of tuberculosis infection
Jacek Skarbinksi | PRP | Ongoing

Evaluation of step-down oral antibiotic therapy for gram-negative bloodstream infection and the risk factors for treatment failure
Ruihong Luo | CH | Ongoing

HPV self-collection
Betty Suh-Burgmann | PRP | Ongoing

Incidence rate of and risk factors associated with neonatal herpes simplex virus infection
Tara Greenhow | CH | Ongoing

Sexual Health E-visit as a Tool to Improve Access to Prevention and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections
Jacek Skarbinski, Amanda Thornton, Dana Clutter | DSGP | Ongoing