Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings January 2014, Volume 27, Number 1 | Page 4
Clinical research studies enrolling patients through
Baylor Research Institute
Currently, Baylor Research Institute is conducting more than 800 research projects. Studies open to enrollment are listed in
the Table. To learn more about a study or to enroll patients, please call or e-mail the contact person listed.
Table. Clinical research studies conducted through Baylor Research Institute that are enrolling patients
Research area
Specific disease/condition
Contact information (name, phone number, and e-mail address)
Asthma and
pulmonary disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma (adult)
Rose Boehm, CCRC, RRT, RCP
214-820-9772
[email protected]
Jana Holloway, RRT, CRC
214-820-9772
[email protected]
Cancer
Breast, ovarian, endometrial, prostate, brain, lung, bladder, colorectal,
pancreatic, and head and neck cancer; hematological malignancies,
leukemia, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma; melanoma
vaccine; bone marrow transplant
Grace Townsend
214-818-8472
[email protected]
Type 1 and type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular events
Kris Chionh
214-820-3416
[email protected]
Pancreatic islet cell transplantation for type I diabetics, who either have
or have not had a kidney transplant
Kerri Purcell, RN
817-922-4640
[email protected]
Diabetes (Dallas)
Type 2; cardiac events
Trista Bachand, RN
817-922-2587
[email protected]
Diabetes (Fort Worth)
Pancreatic islet cell transplantation for type I diabetics, who either have
or have not had a kidney transplant
Kerri Purcell, RN
817-922-4640
[email protected]
Gastroenterology
Crohn’s disease
Dallas Clinical Trials Office
214-820-9626
[email protected]
Heart and vascular
disease (Dallas)
Aortic aneurysms, coronary artery disease, hypertension, poor leg
circulation, heart attack, heart disease, congestive heart failure, angina,
carotid artery disease, familial hypercholesterolemia, surgical renal
Merielle Boatman
denervation for hypertension, diabetes in heart disease, cholesterol
disorders, heart valves, thoracotomy pain, stem cells, critical limb ischemia,
cardiac surgery associated with kidney injury, pulmonary hypertension
214-820-2273
[email protected]
Heart and vascular disease
(Fort Worth)
Atrial fibrillation, carotid artery stenting
Deborah Devlin
817-922-2575
[email protected]
Heart and vascular disease
(Legacy Heart)
At risk for heart attack/stroke; previous heart attack/stroke/PAD;
cholesterol disorders; atrial fibrillation; overweight/obese; other
heart-related conditions
Angela Germany
214-800-6469
[email protected]
Heart and vascular
disease (Plano)
Aneurysms; coronary artery disease; surgical renal denervation, or stent,
for uncontrolled hypertension; poor leg circulation; heart attack; heart
disease; heart valve repair and replacement; critical limb ischemia; repair of AAA, TAA, and dissections with endografts; thoracic surgery leak
repair; atrial fibrillation; carotid artery disease; congestive heart failure;
left atrial appendage and stroke; gene profiling
Natalie Settele, PA-C
469-814-4712
[email protected]
Hepatology
Liver disease
Jonnie Edwards
214-820-6243
[email protected]
HIV/AIDS
Bryan King, LVN
214-823-2533
[email protected]
Hepatitis C, hepatitis B
Jonnie Edwards
214-820-6243
[email protected]
Homocysteine and kidney disease, dialysis fistulas, urine/protein
disorders in cancer patients
Dallas Clinical Trials Office
214-818-9688
[email protected]
Stroke
Dion Graybeal, MD
214-820-4561
[email protected]
Multiple sclerosis
Annette Okai, MD
214-820-4655
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