Clinical Research Oriented Workshop (CROW) Meeting: Dec 12, 2019

Present:   Levi Bonnell, Justine Dee, Nancy Gell, Juvena Hitt, Jen Oshita, Gail Rose, Connie van Eeghen, Adam Sprouse-Blum

1.                   Warm Up: Levi left all the chocolate chip cookies he made at home  L

2.                   Review of Levi’s comp’s aims page: Read and Feedback session 

a.       For CTS, PhD candidates write an R03 application and then defend it orally

                                                   i.      Levi’s committee is made up of Rich Pinckney, Amanda Kennedy, and Ross Colgate

b.       Title: relationship between neighborhood walkability and physical function among adults with chronic, comorbid medical and behavioral conditions

c.       Lit search: three gaps

                                                   i.      Relationship between walkability and physical function is well studied in older adults but not CM/BC

                                                 ii.      Lack of longitudinal studies re: walkability (but this may require decades of data)

                                               iii.      Lack of geographically diverse studies, usually metropolitan

d.       Design

                                                   i.      Will walkability index change over three years?  Probably not.

                                                 ii.      Consider just a cross section analysis at baseline, or just change in DASI over time

                                               iii.      Would you expect physical function to change over three years?  To decrease?

e.       Research question: clarify the FINER question and the overall arch of the researcher’s interest

                                                   i.      Start with chronic, comorbid conditions and the gap in the literature, then lead to the potential for walkability to moderate physical function

                                                 ii.      Consider focusing on patients with at least one behavioral health condition

                                               iii.      Frame from the perspective of the policy maker: supporting the “health in all policies” as a method of informing the development of all public policy, whether related or not

1.       Nancy Gell to share source and graphic

3.                   Future sessions:  

a.       12/19: no Nancy, no Connie - TBD