Cynthia Boyd

Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine

Cynthia Boyd, an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, has been awarded research funding of about $1 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). The funding award is one of 33 that PCORI’s board of governors approved last week. The award has been approved pending completion of a business and programmatic review by PCORI staff and issuance of a formal award contract to Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Boyd and her study team are to receive the funds for a project titled “Informing Patient-Centered Care for People with Multiple Chronic Conditions.” The team’s objective is to improve the validity of systematic reviews of patient-centered research for people with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) and to improve the translation of that knowledge and develop guidelines that can better inform patient-centered care for people with MCCs.

About PCORI

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is an independent, non-profit organization authorized by Congress in 2010. Its mission is to fund research that will provide patients, their caregivers and clinicians with the evidence-based information needed to make better-informed health care decisions. PCORI is committed to continuously seeking input from a broad range of stakeholders to guide its work. More information is available at www.pcori.org.