2020-21 SAEMF Research Large Project Grant - $150,000

“Psychological Contributors to Cardiovascular Disease Risk in ED Patients”

There is a critical need to identify individuals who are at risk for coronary artery disease (CAD) secondary to anxiety and depression in the ED and define the interplay between the two disease states, so effective interventions aimed at reducing CAD development can be implemented. It has been shown that anxiety and depression symptoms are linked to nitric oxide (NO) mediated, endothelial cell-vascular smooth muscle (EC-VSM) hyporesponsiveness to shear stress.

Recipient

  • Paul I. Musey, Jr., MD, MSc

    Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine

    Indiana University School of Medicine

    Paul Musey, Jr., MD, MSc, is an associate professor of emergency medicine and currently the Division Chief for Research and Vice-Chair for Innovation for Emergency Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine. He attended medical school at Emory University in 2009 before completing an Emergency Medicine residency at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC in 2012. Dr. Musey had the opportunity to stay on as faculty for the next 1.5 years before moving to Indiana University School of Medicine where he completed an Emergency Medicine Research Fellowship and obtained a Masters in clinical research. His research interest revolves around the evaluation and management of psychological contributors to ED presentations and is currently focused on low-risk chest pain.