Congratulations to Dr. Nihal Mohamed on her recently funded NIH/NINR R21!

We are really excited to celebrate Dr. Nihal Mohamed, the Director of Training and Evaluation for the Center for Scientific Diversity at ISMMS, for her recently funded NIN/NINR R21 entitled “The Personal Patient Profile Decision Support for Patients with Bladder Cancer.” There is a pressing need to develop a personalized, value-based decisional tool for bladder cancer patients undergoing radical cystectomy (bladder removal) and urinary diversion to help them with communication with the physicians, shared decision making, and preparation for disease-management and follow-up care. Dr. Mohamed’s innovative intervention, the Personal Patient Profile – Bladder Cancer (P3-BC), will be the first intervention to address these issues. Results from this pilot randomized feasibility study will provide evidence of the feasibility and acceptability of the P3-BC and will guide further refinement of the tool for a larger experimental trial, with potential dissemination of the program via the Internet and hand-held computing devices.