# Implementation of Medical Homes for Evidence Based Care of Adolescents and Adults with Sickle Cell Disease

> **NIH NIH U01** · AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $28,547

## Abstract

Scope of Work: Tilicia L. Mayo-Gamble
Proposal Title: Minority Supplement
Sponsor: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Task: Dr. Mayo-Gamble (Georgia Southern University), will conduct supplemental aims to Dr.
Abdullah Kutlar’s (Augusta University Medical Center) parent award 5U01HL134004-03,
Implementation of Medical Homes for Evidence Based Care of Adolescents and Adults with
Sickle Cell Disease. Dr. Mayo-Gamble will: 1) assess the feasibility of integrating a community
health worker (CHW) into a PCCC team for SCD; 2) evaluate the efficacy of enhanced care
coordination using an integrated PCCC-CHW model, on patient satisfaction with medical care,
self-care behaviors, and clinical outcomes; and 3) determine the acceptability of the intervention
and protocol among patients and care team members through semi-structured interviews. Dr.
Mayo-Gamble will work closely with her mentors (Dr. Kutlar and Dr. Telfair) to implement her
career development plan and execute the research project. She will also engage in didactic and
experiential training in sickle cell community-based and clinical research, participate in
professional development activities, and conduct the aims of the supplemental research
proposal through the guidance of her mentoring team and scientific advisory committee. Dr.
Mayo-Gamble will be responsible for maintaining communication with mentors and all
stakeholders.
Deliverables: Dr. Mayo-Gamble will contribute authorship in the preparation of journal
manuscripts for publication in interdisciplinary journals and presentation at a professional
conference. She will also contribute to reports to be submitted to NHLBI including the mid-
project report and the final project report.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10005725
- **Project number:** 3U01HL134004-04S1
- **Recipient organization:** AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Robert William Gibson
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $28,547
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2016-08-05 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10005725

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10005725, Implementation of Medical Homes for Evidence Based Care of Adolescents and Adults with Sickle Cell Disease (3U01HL134004-04S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-29 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10005725. Licensed CC0.

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