Desai, Jay R., PhD, MPH
Former Research Investigator

Positions

Research Investigator, Center for Chronic Care Innovation 2011 -
Research Investigator, Community and population health 2011 -

Joined the Institute: 2011

Education and training: PhD and MPH (epidemiology), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Overview/research interests: Chronic disease epidemiology, prevention and quality improvement in adults and children, including diabetes, diabetes prevention, cardiovascular disease, and cancer prevention; health equity research; clinical decision support for primary care providers and patients; dissemination and implementation research; large electronic health record studies; and mHealth interventions.

Current research activities and funding:

Reducing Cardiovascular Risk in Prediabetes Patients Using EHR-Based Decision Support Cardiovascular Benefits and Safety of Glucose-Lowering Therapies in Adults with Diabetes
Minnesota Medicaid Incentives for Prevention of Diabetes
Prioritized Clinical Decision Support to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk
The Patient Outcomes Research to Advance Learning (PORTAL) Network Adult Overweight and Obesity Cohort
NIH Health Delivery Systems Center for Diabetes Translational Research
Multi-Level Communication Strategies for HPV Vaccination in Hmong Adolescents
A Path to Identifying Effective Treatments for Hmong Adults Suffering from Gout and Gout Related Co-Morbidities

Publications

Publications

selected publications

Journal Article
- A commercially available crime index may be a reliable alternative to actual census-tract crime in an urban area. Preventive medicine reports. 2020
- Comparison of mortality and major cardiovascular events among adults with type 2 diabetes using human vs analogue insulins. JAMA network open. 2020
- The effects of financial incentives on diabetes prevention program attendance and weight loss among low-income patients: the We Can Prevent Diabetes cluster-randomized controlled trial. BMC public health. 2020
- Facilitators and barriers of cervical cancer screening and human papilloma virus vaccination among Somali refugee women in the United States: a qualitative analysis. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. 2019
- Safety and effectiveness of longer-term phentermine use: clinical outcomes from an electronic health record cohort. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.). 2019
- Associations of overweight/obesity and socioeconomic status with hypertension prevalence across racial and ethnic groups. Journal of Clinical Hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.). 2018
- Clinical decision support directed to primary care patients and providers reduces cardiovascular risk: a randomized trial. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2018
- Cost-effectiveness of a community-based diabetes prevention program with participation incentives for medicaid beneficiaries. Health Services Research. 2018
- Male undergraduates' HPV vaccination behavior: implications for achieving HPV-associated cancer equity. Journal of Community Health. 2018
- Understanding primary care provider attitudes and behaviors regarding cardiovascular disease risk and diabetes prevention in the northern midwest. Clinical Diabetes. 2018
- Financial incentives for diabetes prevention in a Medicaid population: study design and baseline characteristics. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2017
- High rates of severe hypoglycemia among African American patients with diabetes: the surveillance, prevention, and Management of Diabetes Mellitus (SUPREME-DM) network. Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications. 2017
- Severe hypoglycemia requiring medical intervention in a large cohort of adults with diabetes receiving care in U.S. integrated health care delivery systems: 2005-2011. Diabetes care. 2016
- An innovative approach to informing research: gathering perspectives on diabetes care challenges from an online patient community 2015
- Methods for engaging stakeholders in comparative effectiveness research: a patient-centered approach to improving diabetes care. Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 2015
- Prevalence of chronic kidney disease among individuals with diabetes in the SUPREME-DM Project, 2005-2011. Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications. 2015
- Preventable major cardiovascular events associated with uncontrolled glucose, blood pressure, and lipids and active smoking in adults with diabetes with and without cardiovascular disease: a contemporary analysis. Diabetes care. 2015
- Trends in diabetes incidence among 7 million insured adults, 2006-2011: the SUPREME-DM project. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015
- Who must we target now to minimize future cardiovascular events and total mortality? Lessons from the Surveillance, Prevention and Management of Diabetes Mellitus (SUPREME-DM) cohort study. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2015
- Accuracy of hemoglobin A1c imputation using fasting plasma glucose in diabetes research using electronic health records data 2014
- Diabetes care and outcomes for American Indians and Alaska natives in commercial integrated delivery systems: a SUrveillance, PREvention, and ManagEment of Diabetes Mellitus (SUPREME-DM) Study. BMJ open diabetes research & care. 2014
- Randomized trial of telephone outreach to improve medication adherence and metabolic control in adults with diabetes. Diabetes care. 2014
- Benefits of early hypertension control on cardiovascular outcomes in patients with diabetes. Diabetes care. 2013
- Current status and future prospects for electronic point-of-care clinical decision support in diabetes care. Current Diabetes Reports. 2013
- Construction of a multi-site datalink using electronic health records for the identification, Surveillance, Prevention, and Management of Diabetes Mellitus: the SUPREME-DM Project. Preventing Chronic Disease. 2012
- Diabetes and asthma case identification, validation, and representativeness when using electronic health data to construct registries for comparative effectiveness and epidemiologic research. Medical Care. 2012
- Cardiovascular disease risks in Hmong refugees from Wat Tham Krabok, Thailand. Journal of immigrant and minority health. 2009
- Randomized trial of quality improvement intervention to improve diabetes care in primary care settings. Diabetes care. 2005
- Diabetic patients who smoke: are they different?. Annals of Family Medicine. 2004
- Improving diabetes care and outcomes: the secondary benefits of a public health-managed care research collaboration. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 2003
- Variation in diabetes care by age: opportunities for customization of care. BMC Family Practice. 2003
Editorial Article
- Racial/ethnic disparities in the prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes by BMI: Patient Outcomes Research To Advance Learning (PORTAL) multisite cohort of adults in the U.S [editorial]. Diabetes care. 42. 2019
- Personalized and prioritized diabetes treatment recommendations to reduce cardiovascular risk [editorial] 2014
- Patient preferences in diabetes care: overcoming barriers using new strategies [editorial]. Journal of comparative effectiveness research. 2. 2013
Conference Paper
- Benefits of early versus later hypertension treatment and control on cardiovascular outcomes in those with diabetes: clinical and research implications 2012
Conference Poster
Review
- Priorities Wizard: multisite web-based primary care clinical decision support improved chronic care outcomes with high use rates and high clinician satisfaction rates [review]. EGEMS (Washington, DC). 2019
Abstract
- A web-based clinical decision support system (Wizard) increases appropriate cardiometabolic diagnostic coding at primary care visits [abstract]. Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2019
- Dissemination and sustained use of an outpatient clinical decision system with high use rates, high clinician satisfaction, and positive impact on quality of care [abstract]. Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2019
- Variation in care improvement opportunities suggests need for tailored clinician-specific improvement interventions [abstract]. Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2019
- A comparison of the impact of the 2017 ACC/AHA hypertension guidelines on primary care populations with and without diabetes [abstract]. Diabetes. 2018
- Impact of human versus analog insulins on occurrence of myocardial infarction [abstract]. Diabetologia. 2017
- All is not equal...or is it? Targeting uncontrolled cardiovascular risk factors in racial and ethnic populations to prevent major cardiovascular events [abstract]. Diabetologia. 2016
- Can financial incentives prevent diabetes in a low-income population? [abstract 268-OR]. Diabetes. 2016
- Comparative effectiveness of two diabetes clinical decision support systems on cardiometabolic outcomes and CV risk: randomized trial [abstract 2304-PUB]. Diabetes. 2016
- Designing outpatient diabetes care clinical decision support systems for high use rates [abstract 2309-PUB]. Diabetes. 2016
- Overuse and underuse of acetyl-salicylic acid for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in people with diabetes [abstract]. Diabetologia. 2016
- Are composite measures of diabetes quality of care associated with major CV events [abstract 440-P]?. Diabetes. 2015
- How to minimize future CV events and total mortality in adults with diabetes: lessons from the 10,000,000 person-year SUPREME Cohort Study [abstract]. Diabetes. 2015
- Severe hypoglycemia in a large cohort of adults with diabetes mellitus treated in U.S. integrated health care delivery systems, 2005-2011 [abstract 390-P]. Diabetes. 2015
- Surveillance of cardiovascular events and total mortality among insured adults with and without diabetes: the SUPREME Cohort Study [abstract 55-OR]. Diabetes. 2015
- Randomized trial of telephone outreach to improve medication adherence and metabolic control in adults with diabetes [abstract]. Diabetes. 2014
- Diabetes prevalence among 2.4 million health maintenance organisation (HMO) members < 20 years of age, 2005-2009: the SUPREME-DM project [abstract]. Diabetologia. 2012
- Diabetes prevalence among 7 million adult HMO members, 2005-2009: The SUPREME-DM Project [abstract]. Diabetes. 2012
- Five-year incidence of diabetes among 6.7 million adult HMO members: the SUPREME-DM Project [abstract]. Diabetes. 2012
- PS1-44: Experiences in designing a simple education interface for shared decision support for cardiovascular risk [abstract]. Clinical Medicine & Research. 2012
- Prevalence of elevated blood pressure and BMI in U.S. children and adolescents [abstract]. Clinical Medicine & Research. 2012
- Use of electronic health records to estimate 5-year incidence of diabetes among health maintenance organization (HMO) members <20 years of age: the SUPREME-DM Project [abstract]. Pediatric Diabetes. 2012

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