Special Interest Groups

Networking and collaboration is an essential component of our members' professional success, and NAPCRG holds a unique position to facilitate relationships in the primary care research community. NAPCRG's Special Interest Groups (SIGs) offer a way for members with similar interests to come together and communicate throughout the year to share experiences, resources, and plans.

Feel free to reach out to the chair listed with each SIG below with questions or join SIG discussion pages on NAPCRG Connect.

To begin a new Special Interest Group, contact Natalie (ngross@napcrg.org) the name, university, and e-mail address of the SIG chair and the title of the SIG.

Cancer Research in Primary Care

Hunter Holt, MD, MAS
University of Illinois at Chicago
hholt2@uic.edu 

Denalee O'Malley, PhD 
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
omalledm@rutgers.edu 

Climate Change and Health in Primary Care

Jon Temte
University of Wisconsin
Jon.Temte@fammed.wisc.edu

Community Oriented Primary Care

Jalila Jbilou MD, PhD
Université de Moncton
jalila.jbilou@umoncton.ca

Dementia Research in Primary Care

KJ Hansmann
University of Wisconsin-Madison
kellia.hansmann@fammed.wisc.edu 

Homelessness

Lillian Gelberg, MD, MSPH
LGelberg@mednet.ucla.edu

Kate Vickery, MD, MS
Katherine.Vickery@hcmed.org

Indigenous Health

Wanda Phillips-Beck 
wphillips-beck@fnhssm.com

Stephanie Sinclair
ssinclair@fnhssm.com

Interprofessional Research Group

Denny Fe G. Agana, PhD, MPH, CPH
Baylor College of Medicine
DennyFe.Agana@bcm.edu

Mentoring Residents on their Scholarly Activities

Kyulee Park, PhD, LPC, NCC
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Macon
parkk@odu.edu

Joan Brock
Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University

Mid-Atlantic Research Consortium (MARC)

Autumn Kieber-Emmons, MD, MPH
LVHN-Jefferson
autumn.kieber-emmons@jefferson.edu 

Multimorbidity/Comorbidity

Barbara Nicholl
University of Glasgow
Barbara.Nicholl@glasgow.ac.uk 

North American Respiratory Infection Study Group

Jonathan Temte, MD, PhD
University of Wisconsin
jon.temte@fammed.wisc.edu

Organizational Participatory Research

Paula Bush, PhD
paula.bush@mcgill.ca

Participatory Research in Primary Care
(this group is now a CASFM Workgroup, visit their new page)

Pharmacotherapy

Patricia Klatt, PharmD
University of Pittsburgh
klattpm@upmc.edu

Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Research

Ryan Paulus, DO
UNC School of Medicine & Department of Family Medicine
ryan_paulus@med.unc.edu

Nicholas M. LeFevre, MD, MSAM, FAAFP
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
NLeFevre@health.missouri.edu

Refugee and Immigrant Healthcare Research

Brendan Prast, MH, MPH
MaineHealth
Brendan.Prast@mainehealth.org 

Anne MacFarlene
University of Limerick
anne.macfarlane@ul.ie 

Social Determinants of Health (SDoH)

Eli Moreno, MD 
University of Utah
Eli.Moreno@hsc.utah.edu 

Substance Use and Related Disorders

Lillian Gelberg, MD, MSPH
UCLA Dept of Family Medicine
lgelberg@mednet.ucla.edu

Lara Weinstein
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Lara.Weinstein@jefferson.edu 

Technology for Vulnerable Populations

Beth Careyva, MD
University of South Florida/Lehigh Valley Health Network
beth_a.careyva@lvhn.org

Treah Haggerty, MD
West Virginia University
haggertyt@wvumedicine.org