INSIGHT Project Archive

2023 Undergraduate/Graduate/Medical Student Research Projects

1. Social Factors Associated with Falling Among Older Adults
2. Pain and Psychological Outcomes for Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries Following Gunshot Wounds By Race, Intent of Injury, and Insurance Status
3. Neighborhood Environment and Recurrent Falls: Exploring Physical Activity as a Potential Mediating Factor
4. Elucidating Demographic Differences Associated with the Quality of Life of Disabled Trans Adults
5. Examining How Mental Health Care Utilization and Barriers to Mental Health Care Vary Between Rural and Non-Rural Youth
6. Effectiveness of the NTDC Training Curriculum
7. School Violence: Youth Health Seeking Behaviors
8. Evaluating the Intentions and Motivations Behind the Adoption of Firearm Safety Devices within Household Settings: Insights from Seattle Children’s Hospital Firearm Safety Events
9. Racial/Ethnic Disparity in Blood Administration during Trauma Resuscitation
10. Gender Differences in Pediatric Renal Trauma: Data from Mi-PARTS (Multi-institutional Pediatric Acute Renal Trauma Study)
11. Bothersome Pain and Risk of Falling: Exploring Physical Activity as a Potential Mediator
12. Prevalence and Correlates of Non-Pharmacologic Interventions to Prevent Delirium in Neuro-Critical Care Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study
13. Drowning Prevention interventions for Adolescent and Young Adults
14. Trans Health: Identifying Factors that Predict Healthcare Satisfaction
15. Prevalence of Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in Rural vs Non-Rural Settings
16. Older Adults Drowning Prevention: A Rapid Review and Haddon’s Matrix
17. Firearm Storage Practices in Households with Children: Analysis of Seattle Children’s Community Safety Events

2022 Undergraduate/Graduate/Medical Student Research Projects

1. Drivers of Blood Product Use in Patients ≥ 55 y/o
2. Understanding How Parents’/Caregivers’ Top Concerns for Their Children’s Health Vary by Region in Washington & Alaska
3. Nationwide CAP Law Impact on Gun Storage in Youth Firearm Suicides
4. The Location of Violent Victimization & Its Associated Health Consequences
5. Complications Reported Among Pediatric Patients with Severe TBI in South American Study Hospitals
6. Categorizing Child Custody Issues Among Women Who Have Died by Firearm Suicide
7. Cardiac Workup in Neurocritical Care: Associations Between ECG Abnormalities, Cardiac Dysfunction, Vasoactive Use & Discharge Outcomes
8. Pediatric Renal Trauma: Understanding Which Patient Characteristics are Associated with Hemorrhage Interventions
9. Regional Disparities in the Care of Pediatric Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States
10. Inaccessible Community Services in Washington and Alaska
11. Adolescent Suicide and Firearm Storage Practices
12. Health Consequences of Violent Victimizations by Location
13. Prevalence of Hypotension and How it is Treated Amongst Pediatric Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in South American Study Hospitals
14. Dementia/Cognitive Decline and Suicide in the U.S.
15. Cultural Mediator Involvement in The Care of Patients Requiring Neurological/Neurosurgical Critical Care: A Retrospective Observational Study
16. Relationship of Baseline Factors and Need for Invasive Urinary Tract Diagnostic Testing and Urinary Tract Drainage Among Children and Adolescents 
17. Disparities in U.S. Pediatric Severe TBI Care based on Race/Ethnicity and Insurance Status
18. Alcohol Testing at a Level 1 Trauma Center: Are Trauma Patients Receiving the Standard of Care?

2021 Undergraduate/Graduate/Medical Student Research Projects

1. Comprehensiveness of school district policies about intimate partner violence (IPV) by community characteristics and by characteristics of the school district (e.g., size, spending per pupil, region)
2. Comprehensiveness of school district policies about intimate partner violence (IPV) and the incidence of IPV?
3. Does the volume of red blood cells transfused during a massive resuscitation accurately predict 30 day mortality?
4. Does the volume of platelets transfused during a massive resuscitation accurately predict 30 day mortality?
5. What are the correlates of ‘failure to recover’ after burn injury using the Burn Model System Database – Case-control study
6. What quality of life 48 hours after injury – can you predict… This is a prediction model… training and test data?
7. What factors inhibit or encourage parent/caregiver use of water safety tools that promote supervision (i.e., Water Watcher badges, app), based on the age of the children they care for?
8. What factors inhibit or encourage parent/caregiver use of water safety tools that promote supervision (i.e., Water Watcher badges, app), based on their relationship (e.g. parent, grandparent, friend, church leader) to the children they care for?
9. Management of blunt bladder trauma at a large Level 1 trauma center – what are presenting injuries, what are contemporary management patterns?
10. What is the relationship between specific pelvic fracture patterns and grade of bladder injury?
11. Association of advanced directives with clinical outcomes (hospital mortality, LOS, discharge to hospice, tracheostomy utilization)
12. Does physical location (dedicated neurocritical care unit vs. other ICU) of a neurologically critically ill patient affect clinical outcome?
13. When are serial neurological examinations de-escalated from every hour to every two hours or less frequent for patients during their ICU stay.
14. Descriptive study of blood product use in pediatric trauma —– We asked whether a detailed examination of this retrospective experience in a large pediatric trauma population, which provides access to substantial subgroups of potential interest, could provide useful baseline information to support regional pediatric trauma care and blood product use planning, as well as opening additional useful avenues for research on these topics.
15. A retrospective exploration of the possible association of ABO blood type and mortality among patients admitted for a new traumatic injury, and who required at least one blood product transfused in the first 4 hours of that admission, to Harborview Medical Center (HMC) Emergency Department (ED) and/or via the ED to inpatient care, April 6, 2011 – April 5, 2021.
16. Is there an association between a high burden of pain in the first week of admission and PTSD at follow-up?
17. Is there an association between a high burden of pain in the first week of admission and symptoms of anxiety at follow-up?
18. What are patient preferences for health equity data collection processes?
19. What are patient preferences for health equity measures in trauma data collection?
20. What are differences in parent/caregiver attitudes and behaviors regarding water safety (supervision) of children/teens? based on race/ethnicity?
21. What are differences in parent/caregiver attitudes and behaviors regarding water safety (supervision) of children/teens? (Based on educational attainment of parents/caregivers?)
22. Describe the epidemiology and outcomes of diabetic patients with foot burns (comparison is diabetic foot burns vs. not diabetic)
23. Comparison of diabetic foot burn outcomes between 2007-2009 cohort and 2011-2014 cohort, including geographic variations (just within diabetic patients with foot burns).

2020 Undergraduate/Graduate/Medical Student Research Projects

1. Sex Differences in Burn Care Received and Outcomes: a WHO Global Burn Registry Cohort Study
2. Clinical Outcomes of Brain Tissue Oxygen Monitor Usage in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Critical Care
3. Elements of the Home Environment and Risk of Falls in Older Adults: Findings from the National Health and Aging Trends Study
4. Murder–Suicides Perpetrated by Seniors: Findings from the National Violent Death Reporting System
5. Prevalence and Risk Factors of Pediatric Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome after Trauma
6. FAMILY, COMMUNITY, BEHAVIORAL PROTECTIVE FACTORS IN ASSOCIATION WITH YOUTH SWIMMING LESSONS
7. Burn injury severity score (rBaux) and mortality across national income: a WHO Global Burn Registry report
8. Prevalence in Medical Home Access For Children With Traumatic Brain Injuries and Children Without Special Healthcare Needs
9. Pain Characteristics and the Risk of Falls among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in the United States
10. Prevalence of Digital Dating Abuse among adolescents
11. Management of Pediatric Patients with High-Grade Renal Trauma at a Level 1 Trauma Center
12. presence of resource stressors in murder-suicide cases involving older adults
13. School and Community Participation Outcomes in Children With Disabilities
14. Emotional and Behavioral Responses to Digital Dating Abuse Amongst Adolescents
15. Utilization Pattern of Brain Tissue Oxygen Monitoring on Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
16. Associations between Life-Jacket Non-Use and other Risk-Taking Behaviors in Adolescents in Washington State
17. Reimaging and Management ofHigh Grade Pediatric Renal Trauma
18. Prevalence and Outcomes of Day 1 Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome in Pediatric Trauma Patients

2019 Undergraduate/Graduate/Medical Student Research Projects

1. Amputation & Opioid Use: Assessing The Relationship Between Time of Amputation and Rates of Chronic Pain & Opioid Use
2. Understanding the Transfer of Team Leadership Skills to the Clinical Setting: Theme Identification Through Resident Interviews
3. Burn Patients’ Pain Experiences and Perceptions
4. Rehospitalizations Among HMC Patients Initiated on Buprenorphine-Naloxone: A Retrospective Cohort Study
5. Floor vs. ICU Management of Isolated Low Grade Renal Trauma: A Retrospective Cohort Study
6. Trauma Mortality Patterns, Harborview Medical Center (HMC) 2011-2018
7. Distinguishing Characteristics of State Policies Related to Training School Personnel in Suicide Prevention and Awareness
8. Traumatic Brain Injury in American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal College Students
9. Implementation of Student-Centered Return to Learn
10. Prehospital Tourniquet Usage in King County
11. Firearm Deaths in King County, Washington: 2011-2018
12. Understanding Murder-Suicide Through the Perversion of Virtue
13. Developing PEGASUS Plus: Psychosocial Intervention for Severe Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
14. Gram-Negative Surgical Site Infections in Relation to Patient Sex
15. Motivations and Barriers to Firearm Violence Research
16. Evaluating the Presence-Absence of Washington State School District Suicide Prevention Policies
17. Assessing Acquired Capacity in Pediatric Suicide Attempt Survivors
18. Outcomes for Anterior and Posterior Open Globe Injuries
19. Evaluating the Inter-Rater Reliability of a Team Leadership Measurement Assessment During Trauma Resuscitations
20. Outpatient Linkage of Hospital Initiated Buprenorphine Treatment in Trauma Patients
21. Supraspinatus Tendon Overuse Injury: A Review

2019 INSIGHT Poster Winners

2018 Undergraduate/Graduate/Medical Student Research Projects

• Geriatric Patient’s Perspectives on Their Traumatic Brain Injury
• Comparison of Pediatric and Adult Open Globe Injuries at Harborview Medical Center
• Low Health Literacy Educational Materials for Parents of Children with Traumatic Brain Injury
• Mean Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) Variance among Deceased Washington State Drivers Involved in Fatal Motor Vehicle Crashes
• Mechanism, Management, and Outcome of Renal Trauma by Grade of Injury
• Demographic and Firearm-Related Characteristics of Firearm Safety Event Attendees
• The Relationship between Total Urinary Nitrogen, Transthyretin, Demographic and Clinical Factors in Critically Ill Trauma and Surgical Patients
• Assessing Bystander Group Composition and CPR Quality: Potential for Improvements in Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation
• Analysis of Female Genital Trauma Incidents Treated at Harborview Medical Center
• Prehospital Provider Perspectives on Interactions with Persons with Limited English Proficiency
• Incidence & Mortality of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome following Pediatric Trauma
• Review of Pre-Hospital EMS Protocols: Managing Oxygenation & Blood Pressure for Traumatic Brain Injuries
• Penetrating Injuries to the Male Genitalia: An Urban Trauma Center Experience
• Evaluation of Quality and Efficiency of the IPASS Sign Out Method
• Learners’ Perspectives on Stop the Bleed: A Program to Increase Survivability in Mass Casualty Events
• Review of EMS Pre-Hospital Patient Protocols: Restraint and De-Escalation Use in Psychiatric Health Emergencies
• Sexual Health After Traumatic Pelvic Fracture: Determinants of Care
• Fall Prevention in Older Adults: A Qualitative Analysis of the YMCA “Moving for Better Balance” Tai Chi Program
• Pre-Hospital Transport and Outcomes of Patients with Firearm Injury Treated at Harborview Medical Center
• A Qualitative Study on Health-Related Symptoms in Geriatric TBI Patients
• Language Barriers in the Prehospital Setting: Descriptive Analysis of National Emergency Medical Service Information System (NEMSIS)
• Data Description of Legal Intervention Homicide By Victim Mental Health and Substance Abuse Problems
• Analysis of Suicide Protocols in Emergency Departments in Washington State

2018 INSIGHT Poster Winners

2017 Undergraduate/Graduate/Medical Student Research Projects

• Needs Assessment Interviews and Educational Video Development for Pediatric Burn Patients Protein Supplementation in Critically Ill Patients
• Understanding the Trauma Patient Transfer Process at Harborview Medical Center
• Pedestrian Safety Risks at University of Washington Medical Center
• Pediatric Epidural Hematoma Evaluation and Determination of Clinical Care Plan
• A Scoping Review of Traumatic Brain Injury Among American Indians/Alaska Natives
• Impact of Gender on Responses to Workplace Violence in the Emergency Department
• Overtriage to ICU for Renal Trauma Patients at Harborview Medical Center
• Effects of Genetic Variation on Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes Using Drosophila Melanogaster
• Language Disparities in the Utilization of Preventive Health and Dental Services Among Washington Youth
• Helping Individuals with Firearm Injuries: Assessing Dose and Fidelity for Critical Time Intervention
• Patterns in Post-Discharge Venous Thromboembolism Athletic
• Training and the Delivery of Mental Health Education
• Effect of Patient Fever on Emergency Department Diagnosis of Sepsis
• Validity Analysis of Behavioral Coding of Trauma Resuscitations
• A Framework for Selecting Trauma Resuscitations for Trauma Doctor Evaluation
• Does Helmet Legislation Decrease Bicycle Ridership?
• Effect of School Services on Academic Performance After TBI
• Crowding in the Emergency Department: Assessing Relationship with Worker-Directed Violence
• Current Firearm Safety Practices Across Washington State
• Piloting a Mobile Application for Wound Care Follow Up in the ED: A Feasibility Study

2017 INSIGHT Poster Winners

2016 Graduate/Undergraduate Student Research Projects

• Child Victimization and Internalizing Symptoms in Youth: The Mediating Role of Attention Bias to Emotion
• Title: Systolic Dysfunction Following Isolated Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
• ReCON Study: Return to School after CONcussion
• Improving Fall Prevention Programs by Targeting Patient Attitudes and Patient-Staff Relationships
• Quality of Surgical Time Outs
• Assessing Pedestrian Fatalities in Relation to Complete Streets Policies
• Secondary Overtriage of Renal Trauma Patients
• The Association between Socioeconomic Status, Race, and Predisposition to Chronic Pain
• Content Analysis of Media Reporting on Banning Heading In Youth Soccer
• Motorcycle Accidents and Lower Limb Injury
• Multicenter Observational Cohort Analysis of Emergency Department Visits by Patients with Active Cancer
• Associations of Pain and Dementia with Recurrent Falls among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in the United States
• Accuracy of Emergency Physician Prediction of Infection in Hospitalized Patients Presenting with 2+ SIRS, Hypotension, or Elevated Lactate
• Functional Assessment after Pelvic Fracture Urethral Injuries
• Persistent Pain After Trauma: Predictors and Clinical Correlates
• Assessing Complete Streets Policies in Relation to Cyclist Fatalities
• High Users of the Emergency Department: Understanding Perspectives on Care and Service Access
• Fitting the Work to the Worker: A Participatory Ergonomics Study of Custodial Workers
• Gini in a Barrel? Income Inequality and Fatal Gun Violence in the US
• The Association Between Pain and Frailty
• Effects of Pre-Hospital Epinephrine Administration to Traumatic Cardiac Arrests
• Examining and Addressing Rehabilitation Barriers for Hispanic Children with TBI
• Evaluating the Feasibility of Continuous Non-invasive Muscle Oxygenation and Tissue pH Monitoring During Resuscitative Interventions in the ED Setting

2015 INSIGHT Student Research Projects

• Barriers and Facilitators for Parents to Get Kids to Walk to School. Beth Ebel, MD, MS, MPH (Pediatrics, Epidemiology, Health Services)
• Cardiac Dysfunction After Traumatic Brain Injury. Vijay Krishnamoorthy, MD (Anesthesiology)
• Complications after Adult TBI – NTDB analysis. Vijay Krishnamoorthy, MD (Anesthesiology)
• Concussion Knowledge Among Ski and Snowboard Instructors. Janessa Graves, PhD, MPH (WSU College of Nursing)
• Concussion Knowledge and Attitudes Among American Indian/Alaska Native Adolescents. Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, MD, PhD, MPH (Epidemiology)
• Megan Moore, PhD (Social Work)
• Concussions in Sports. Sara Chrisman, MD, MPH (Pediatrics)
• Determining the Relationship Between Nutritional Support and Measures of Inflammation and Anabolism In Critically Ill Trauma Patients. Grant O’Keefe, MD, MPH (Surgery)
• Differential Imaging Appearances of Cerebral Fat Embolism and Hemorrhagic Shear Injury on Conventional MRI and SWI. Mahmud Mossa-Basha, MD (Radiology)
• Distracted Driving and Injury Prevention Models. Beth Ebel, MD, MS, MPH (Pediatrics, Epidemiology, Health Services)
• DTI as a Prognostic Tool In Spinal Cord Injury Patients. Mahmud Mossa-Basha, MD (Radiology)
• ED Project. Lauren Whiteside, MD, MS (Emergency Medicine), Rosemarie Fernandez, MD (Emergency Medicine), Susan Stern, MD (Emergency Medicine)
• Efficacy of Brain Injury Alliance of Washington Resource & Case Management in Adults and Children with Brain Injury – BIAWA 2. Monica Vavilala, MD (Anesthesiology, Pediatrics)
• Efficacy of Brain Injury Alliance of Washington Resource Line Utilization in Adults and Children with Brain Injury – BIAWA 1. Monica Vavilala, MD (Anesthesiology, Pediatrics)
• Gun Project. Fred Rivara, MD, MPH (Pediatrics, Epidemiology)
• Health Literacy and Traumatic Brain Injury. Megan Moore, PhD (Social Work)
• Identify and Validate Factors Related to Road User Safety. Linda Boyle, PhD, MS (Industrial & Systems Engineering)
• INFORM SNF Project. Giana Davidson, MD, MPH (Neurological Surgery)
• Injury Prevention for Health Care Workers – Coming up with a good accident investigation survey tool. Debra Milek, MD, PhD, MPH (Medicine, Environmental & Occupational Health)
• Long Term Outcomes for Liver Injury. Sam Arbabi, MD, MPH, FACS (Surgery)
• Marijuana and Driving Study. Caleb Banta-Green, PhD, MPH, MSW (Health Services)
• Neck CTA for Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury Screening. Kathleen Tozer Fink, MD (Radiology)
• Nurse Practitioner Recommendations For Adolescent Concussion Management. Janessa Graves, PhD, MPH (WSU College of Nursing)
• Occupational Injury Prevention Apps and Games For Teens. Janessa Graves, PhD, MPH (WSU College of Nursing)
• Outcomes after Bladder Trauma. Bryan Voelzke, MD, MS (Urology)
• Pain – Out Project. Debra Gordon, RN-BC, MS, ACNS-BC, FANN (Anesthesiology)
• QSM, DTI and Volumetric Evaluation As Prognostic Tools For Clinical Course After TBI. Mahmud Mossa-Basha, MD (Radiology)
• Qualitative Study of Elderly Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury Revealing Information on Healthcare System and Quality of Life. Hilaire Thompson, PhD, RN, CNRN, ACNP-BC, FAAN (Nursing)
• Smoking Intervention in Psychiatric Patients. Patty Calver, RN, BSN (QI)
• TBI Model System. Jeanne Hoffman, PhD (Rehabilitation Medicine)
• Traumatic dental injury & Prevention. Raquel Capote, DMD, MSD (Orthodontics)
• Variation in Early Antiepileptic Use in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury. Monica Vavilala, MD (Anesthesiology, Pediatrics)

2014 INSIGHT Research Projects

• Health Literacy Project. Megan Moore, PhD, MSW, Rosemary Grant, RN, BSN, CPHQ
• Emergency Department Services to Patients with Traumatic Brain Injuries. Megan Moore, PhD, MSW
• Pedestrian-Vehicle Collisions in Lima, Peru. Alex Quistberg, PhD, MPH
• Emergency Department Services to Patients with Traumatic Brain Injuries. Megan Moore, PhD, MSW
• TBI and Diastolic Dysfunction. Vijay Krishnamoorthy, MD
• Cardiac Dysfunction in Adult, Brain-Dead Heart Donors. The Use Of Serial Echocardiography for Adult, Brain-Dead Patients to Improve Donor Harvest Rates. Vijay Krishnamoorthy, MD
• Development of a Systems Engineering-Based Model to Evaluate Pediatric Trauma Team Design. Nithya Kannan, MD, Monica Vavilala, MD
• National Variation in ICU Management of Pediatric Trauma Patients. Kathryn Flynn-O’Brien, MD
• Emergency Department Social Work Services to Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury Study. Megan Moore, PhD, MSW
• Social Work Intervention for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: SWIFT Study. Megan Moore, PhD, MSW
• Cardiac Dysfunction Assessed by Transthoracic Echocardiography in Patients with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Vijay Krishnamoorthy, MD