Danesh Lab

The Danesh health services research laboratory focuses on linking interventions with patient outcomes to address quality and safety needs for hospitalized patients across the continuum, from pre-ICU care to critical illness recovery and rehabilitation. 

Research Topics and Methods

Research Areas

• Long-term outcomes after critical illness

• Driving after critical illness

• Escalations in care

• COVID-19 and Post-acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC)

Methods

• Analysis of clinical and administrative data from electronic health records

• Intervention development

• Surveys, interviews and focus groups

Active Project Areas

• Driving after critical illness (NIH/NIA R21AG080339)

• Large-scale analyses of intra-hospital processes of care for patients hospitalized with novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

• PTSD prevention during hospitalization (DOD CDMRP 2022)  [Press Release]

Teaching/Course Resources

Current

• Inquiry Advising (BCM)

• FASTR: Fundamentals of Academic Scholarship & Translational Research course (BCM)

Selected Archives

• Doctoral Seminar II (N197D, UT Austin)

• Application of Healthcare Research (N392E, UT Austin)

• Quality and Safety for Nursing Practice (N273, UT Austin)

• Research Realities: Biomedical Research (UGS302, UT Austin)

• Nursing Health Assessment Lab (NUR3065L, UCF)

• General Sciences Human Anatomy Lab (ZOO3733L, UCF)