The DFPM faculty members have varied interests both from a clinical and research standpoint, including:

• Prevention
• Nutrition
• Quality Improvement
• Informatics
• Chronic Pain
• Colorectal Cancer Screening
• Patient-Centered Medical Home

Projects that are currently in progress include training residents to understand and better serve underserved populations, increasing recruitment of medical students into Family Medicine, and improving rates of colorectal cancer screening.

Recent scholarly activity includes:

Conners-Burrow, N., Whiteside-Mansell, L., McKelvey, L., Virmani, E., & Sockwell, L.  (2012).  Improved classroom quality and child behavior in an Arkansas early childhood mental health consultation pilot project.  Infant Mental Health Journal.  doi: 10.1002/imhj.21335

"Innovative Methods to Train Residents in Cultural Competence and In Serving the Underserved" (poster presentation)
2012 Spring Conference, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Seattle
Daniel Knight MD, Diane Jarrett EdD, and J. Chris Rule MSW, LCSW.

Bradley, R., McKelvey, L., & Whiteside-Mansell, L.  (2011, November/December).  Does the quality of stimulation and support in the home environment moderate the effect of early education programs?  Child Development (82)6, 2110-2122.

Balamurugan, A., Rees, J., Kosary, C., Rim, S., Li, J., & Stewart, S.  (2011).  Subsequent primary cancers among men and women with in situ and invasive melanoma of the skin.  Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, (65)2, S69-S77.

Parent, J., Forehand, R., Merchant, M., Edwards, M., Conners-Burrow, N., Long, N., & Jones, D.  (2011).  The relation of harsh and permissive discipline with child disruptive behaviors:  In an at-risk sample, does child gender make a difference?  Journal of Family Violence, 26, 527-533.

Conners-Burrow, N., McKelvey, L., & Fusell, J.  (2011).  Social outcomes associated with media viewing habits of low-income preschool children.  Early Education and Development, (22)2, 256-273.

"Taking the Pain out of Pain Management" (online presentation)
C. Philip Hudson MD
Family Medicine Digital Resource Library
http://fmdrl.org/2436

McKelvey, L., Whiteside-Mansell, L., Bradley, R., Casey, P., Conners-Burrow, N., & Barrett, K. (2011).  Growing up in violent communities:  Do family conflict and gender moderate impacts on adolescents' psychosocial development? Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 39, 95-107.

"Innovative Methods to Train Residents in Cultural Competence and in Serving the Underserved" (poster presentation)
15th Annual UAMS Diversity Week, September 2011
Daniel Knight MD, Diane Jarrett EdD, Arlo Kahn MD, and C. Philip Hudson MD

“Teaching Residents to Change Health Behavior in Low-Income, Multicultural Patients in a Community Setting”
2011 Forum for Behavioral Science in Family Medicine, Chicago
Chris Rule MSW, LCSW; Peggy Miller MSW, LCSW

"Falls and Co-Morbid Conditions among Older Adults:  Results from a Population-Based Survey" (poster presentation)
2011 AAFP Scientific Assembly, Orlando FL
Appathurai Balamurugan MD, MPH and Masai George MD

“Cost-Effective Methods to Train Residents in Cultural Competence and to Serve the Underserved” (poster presentation)

2011 Workshop for Directors of Family Medicine Residencies, Kansas City

Daniel Knight MD, Diane Jarrett EdD, Arlo Kahn MD, and C. Philip Hudson MD
 

“Gifts Traumatic Brain Injury Brought Me”

Family Medicine May 2011 issue

Geoffrey Goldsmith MD, MPH

“Innovative Training of Residents in Cultural Competence and Service to the Underserved”

2011 Spring Conference, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, New Orleans

Daniel Knight MD and Diane Jarrett EdD

“How to Improve the Quality Improvement Process in a Family Medicine Residency Setting:  One Practice’s PDSA Cycles on Quality Improvement”

2011 Spring Conference, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, New Orleans

Jamie Howard MD and Paula White MA

Balamurugan, A., Mehta P., Bates, J., & Mehta, J.  (2011).  Change in mortality from coronary heart disease and stroke in Arkansas, 1979 to 2007.  American Journal of Cardiology (107), 156-160.

Wang, W., Balamurugan, A., Biddle, J., & Rollins, K.  (2011).  Diabetic neuropathy status and the concerns in underserved communities:  Challenges and opportunities for diabetes educators.  The Diabetes Educator (37), 536-548.

Masil, G., Harper, R., Balamurugan, A., Kilmer, G., & Bynum, L.  (2011).  Diabetic retinopathy and its risk factors in a population-based study.  Journal of Primary Care and Community Health.  http://jpc.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/02/07/2150131910390818

"Risk Factors for Motor Vehicle Accidents among Older Adult Drivers" (poster presentation)
2011 American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, Maryland
Masil George MD and Appathurai Balamurugan MD, MPH

Conners-Burrow, N., Johnson, D., Whiteside-Mansell, L., McKelvey, L., Bokony, P., & Bradley, R.  (2010).  Protecting young children:  Identifying family substance use and risks in the home.  NHSA Dialog, (13)3, 168-184.

Irak-Dersu, I., & Balamurugan, A.  (2010, September).  Prevalence of visual impairment and eye diseases in Arkansas.  The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society.  (107), 62-64.

Whiteside-Mansell, L., Johnson, D., Aitken, M., Bokony, P., Conners-Burrow, N., & McKelvey, L.  (2010).  Head start and unintended injury:  The use of the Family Map Interview to document risk.  Early Childhood Education Journal, 38, 33-41.
 
“Teaching Residents to Take the Pain out of Pain Management” (poster presentation)
2010 Workshop for Directors of Family Medicine Residencies, Kansas City
C. Philip Hudson MD and Diane Jarrett EdD

"The Prevention Project:  Meeting Competencies and Improving Clinical Practice" (poster presentation)
2009 Residency Program Solutions Workshop, Kansas City
Daniel Knight MD, Arlo Kahn MD, and Diane Jarrett EdD