2022 Awards

Delirium Prevention Cart
Ayesha Sundaram
Internal Medicine

CHA Humanities and Arts Role in Medicine (CHARM)
Emily Malavenda, Andrew Austin
Psychiatry

Improving the Onboarding and Orientation Experience in the Child Psychiatry Department
Golda Sinyavskaya
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Wellness for Every Body
Madhuri Rao
Family Medicine

Inpatient Psychiatry Horticultural Therapy on West2 and Lewis2
Sarah Sanders
Psychiatry

2018 Awards

Pilot Projects to Reduce Missed Appointments in Child Psychiatry
Sol Adelsky
Child Psychiatry

Family Medicine Workspace on West 1
Danielle Antosh
Family Medicine

Impact and perceptions of teledermatology at CHA
Tedi Begaj, Sumi Sinha, Allison Dobry, Rebecca Droms

Screening and Referral for Food Insecurity in the Child/Adolescent Psychiatry OPD
Shireen Cama
Child Psychiatry

Caring for Our Communities: Learning from our lesbian, gay, and bisexual patients at Windsor Street Latino Mental Health Clinic
Daniel Gonzalez
Adult Psychiatry

Co-Production in Pediatrics/Primary Care Behavioral Health Integration
Aileen Lorenzo
Child Psychiatry

A Seminar Series to promote wellness amongst women of color in the CHA residency program
Patrice Mann
Internal Medicine

Social Justice Coalition's Home Series: A forum for learning about the social determinants of health and organizing around health justice advocacy with trainees, faculty and allies in the CHA Community
James McKenzie & Carrie
Adult Psychiatry

Sports Skills Day
Chukwueloka Obionwu Jr.
Family Medicine

Improving the self-management skills of Spanish Speaking patients with Diabetes Mellitus through Shared Medical Appointments
Krupa Parikh
Internal Medicine

Malden Family Medicine Community Resource Pod
Courtney Scanlon
Family Medicine

Antimicrobial susceptibility among uropathogens causing acute uncomplicated cystitis (UAC) at Cambridge Health Alliance
Frances Ue
Internal Medicine

Time Tools: Improving care for mental health patients by providing tools to pass time while waiting in the emergency room
Carrie Wu
Adult Psychiatry

2021 Awards

Implementation of a resident curriculum to improve the accessibility and understanding of code status discussions among culturally and linguistically diverse patients
Sepideh Ashrafzadeh
Transitional Year

CHA Planning Families and Parenting Support Group
Swathi Damodaran
Child/Adolescent Psychiatry

Screening for and Assessing Parental Mental Health: A needs assessment within CHA
Sun Fletcher
Adult Psychiatry

Dental Providers as Conduits for Mental Health and Wellness: A Pilot Study
Curtis Henderson & Jason Keshian
Dental Medicine Practice Groups

Revere High School PREHealth: A pipeline program for local high school students
Paul Rizzo & Omar Wahid
Family Medicine

Asian American Community and Advocacy Group
Jenny Wen
Internal Medicine

2017 Awards

CHAckathon: Mobilizing wisdom of the crowd to reduce no shows in ambulatory psychiatry
Sol Adelsky
Child Psychiatry

Workplace wellness: Mindful lunch program for all staff curriculum development in mindfulness in adult psychiatry
Nicholas Barnes
Adult Psychiatry

Cookies, Coffee, and Quality: Just-in-time training for IM/TY/PGY 1 Psych trainees on hospital quality goals
Erica Dwyer
Internal Medicine

Safe Space: A series of evening events to sponsor conversation about local and national current events with a focus on racism, social inequities, and violence
Daniel Gonzalez
Adult Psychiatry

Understanding the CHA patient and family perspective on outmigration for ED and inpatient care
Shirin Karimi
Internal Medicine

Women's Wellness Hour: a group visit for women with chronic pain and social isolation at the Malden Family Medicine Center
Talia Lewis
Family Medicine

Resident-led faculty development for hospitalists: Strategies for using resident work artifacts as curriculum
Michael McShane
Internal Medicine

Understanding the impact on staff and patients of scaling back contact precautions for patients colonized with MRSA and VRE
Kay Negishi
Internal Medicine

Train the trainer approach to building crisis intervention skills and improving patient and safety in child psychiatry
James Palmer
Child Psychiatry

Diabetes self management skill building among frail elders
Cynthia Schoettler
Internal Medicine

Using patient volunteers to improve patient experience for hospitalized elders and reduce hospital acquired delirium
Galina Tan
Internal Medicine

2020 Awards

Interventions for patients with borderline personality disorder in the emergency room: improving patient outcomes and staff distress
Tina Amerault, Marissa Caan
Adult Psychiatry

Social Skills Group for Latency Age Children with Concurrent Parent Group and a Sustainable Business Model for Non-Traditional Group Visits to Increase Access to Mental Health Care
Cheryl Chen
Child Psychiatry

Weight-loss through Mindfulness Group Visits
Corntey Crespo, Racheli Schoenburg
Family Medicine

Improving Access to and Awareness of the Asian Mental Health Team Among Primary Care Clinicians
Swathi Damodaran
Adult Psychiatry

Medical Assistants as Healthcare Ambassadors
Josue Fernandez, Deyang Nyandak
Family Medicine

Improving Penicillin Allergy Documentation and Referral for Allergy Evaluation
Andrew Glick
Internal Medicine

Weaving Reflexivity Into Trainee Experience (WRITE)
Jennifer Hu, Tina Wu, Aril Majidi
Psychiatry and Internal Medicine

Women in Medicine
Elzbieta Jacek
Family Medicine

Bedside Teaching: Promoting Bedside Examination Skills
Martin Kaminski
Internal Medicine

TIC for Trainees: Creating a Trauma-Informed Care Curriculum for the Internal Medicine Residency Program
Ariel Majidi
Internal Medicine

Community and Resident Engagement (CARE) Committee
Kendra Smith
Child Psychiatry

Integrating Integrative Medicine
Melanie Wathugala
Family Medicine

CHAnging the Perspective on No-Shows: An Incentive-Based Approach to Improving Patient Compliance at CHA Windsor Dental Center
Francine Zhou, Grace Zhou
Dental Medicine General Practice

2016 Awards

Opiate Withdrawal Protocol for Hospitalized Patients
Alison Alpert
Internal Medicine

Caregiver Group in Pediatric Integrated Care at Windsor Street Health Center
Shireen Cama
Adult Psychiatry

Interdisciplinary Discussions on Integrated Care: Creating a Dialogue Between Family Medicine, Internal Medicine and Psychiatry Residents
Carrie Cunningham
Adult Psychiatry

Face-to-face contact between Child Psychiatry Fellows and Adult Psychiatry Fellows
Josepha Iluonakhambe & Jose Rengifo
Adult Psychiatry & Child Psychiatry

Mindfulness Integration Project
Nayla Khoury
Adult Psychiatry

Making children's books relevant to children with mental health needs available to clinicians, children and their families
Marisa Mendel
Child Psychiatry

Improving Transitions of Care in Acute Psychiatry Services
Louis Ostrowsky
Child Psychiatry

Cambridge Health Alliance Department of Psychiatry Minority Trainees: Building Community and Fostering Change
Jason Reynolds & Priya Sehgal
Adult Psychiatry