Faculty facilitator: Mari Armstrong-Hough,
The Advancing In Respiratory Equity (AIRE) Lab is dedicated to advancing health equity through designing, implementing, and evaluating theory-informed interventions to improve the delivery of health services and reduce respiratory health disparities. Their research encompasses a range of projects targeting key areas such as equitable ICU care, patient and family experiences in critical care settings, disparities in respiratory health outcomes, and innovative approaches to tuberculosis (TB) management in co-epidemics.
- Promoting Equity via Changes in Practice for Respiratory Failure (PRECIPICE) - Aiming to improve outcomes for Hispanic patients with respiratory failure by reducing inequitable delivery of ICU care.
- Hispanic ICU Experience Study (HICUE) - Understanding the experiences and care preferences of family members of Hispanic patients in the ICU to inform interventions for improving patient and family-centered care.
- NIH All of Us Research Program - Examining racial/ethnic disparities in everyday activities and quality of life among survivors of respiratory failure.
- Predicting and Preventing Tuberculosis Treatment Failure in an Emerging Co-Epidemic of HIV, Diabetes, and Tuberculosis (TB-DM) - Characterizing the interfaces among HIV, TB, and diabetes for patient outcomes in Uganda, and to improve implementation of glucose screening, monitoring, and counseling in TB units in order to improve treatment outcomes.
- Destigmatizing Contact Investigation to Increase Uptake of Home HIV Counseling and Testing (DECISION) - Developing and evaluating a multi-component intervention aimed at increasing HIV testing uptake when offered alongside TB services, with a focus on understanding psychosocial mechanisms and developing scale-up strategies.