Projects

Community-Based Participatory Research

Some of the most important surgical research doesn't start in a lab, it starts in a conversation with the community. SHORE conducts Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) to understand and address health and outcomes disparities among different populations.

Our findings have shaped how we think about inclusive research design. Together with the community, we have learned that:

• Embedding Community Advisory Boards across all research phases meaningfully increases participation from understudied groups and improves diversity in clinical trials
• Culturally and linguistically tailored interventions achieve high acceptability and strong protocol adherence across populations
• Mobile health case management effectively supports under resourced groups in sustaining behavioral change over time
• Mobile decision-making tools expand reach, reduce cost, and directly counter the social determinants of health that affect surgical outcomes

This work also extends into perioperative smoking cessation, an area where we have built one of our deepest research portfolios, studying barriers, designing targeted interventions, and improving cessation success across diverse patient groups.

Quality, Value & Economics of Surgical Care

Better surgery should not mean more expensive surgery. SHORE studies the economic dimensions of surgical care to help patients, providers, and systems make smarter decisions without sacrificing quality.

Through cost-effectiveness analyses and health economics research, we evaluate which innovations are worth adopting, where resources are being underutilized, and how to deliver high-value care that works for everyone.

Patient-Centered Research

The patient's voice isn't a footnote in our research it's a starting point. We build patient-reported outcomes into how we measure care quality, cost, and value, and we study how technology can strengthen the relationship between patients and their care teams.

When patients are treated as partners in the research process, the questions get sharper, the findings get more relevant, and the care gets better.