So, you want to do research? Overcoming obstacles facing novice researchers

Authors

  • Chris Counts, MD, MSc

  • Joshua Davis, MD

    Clinical Instructor

    University of Kansas School of Medicine

    Dr. Joshua Davis is an emergency physician in Wichita, KS, who teaches as a Clinical Instructor at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He is Assistant Medical Director for Ultrasound and Research with Vituity in Wichita. He completed his residency at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, completed medical school at Thomas Jefferson University, and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware. His research interests are broad and include emergency medicine clinical topics along with patient safety, handoff communication, and medical education. He has published over 50 peer reviewed articles, given multiple national presentations, and written several book chapters.

  • John Campo, MD

  • Jeremy Carter

  • Ryan Pappal

    Ryan D. Pappal, BS, NRP

    Member-at-Large

    Washington University in St. Louis

    "I grew up in San Antonio, Texas and attended undergrad at Rice University and was a paramedic and a member of the leadership board of Rice Emergency Medical Services. I attended medical school at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and took an additional funded year to complete a Masters of Science in Clinical Investigation via the Pre-Doctoral TL1 Program. I am now a PGY-1 in Emergency Medicine at the Harvard-Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

    I have served on the RAMS Research Committee for two terms and as a Medical Student Representative on the RAMS Board for two terms, and am now in my third year on the RAMS Board as a Resident Member-at-Large. My professional interests include clinical research, cardiac emergencies, and resident & trainee wellness. My hobbies center around spending time outside on hikes and camping, as well as music - ever since lockdown, I can officially say I am an amateur EDM music producer."

  • Lauren Westafer, DO, MPH, MS

    Assistant Professor

    University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate

    Lauren Westafer, DO, MPH, MS (she/her) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate and Director of the Emergency Medicine Research Fellowship. Dr. Westafer completed an Emergency Medicine Research fellowship, during which she completed a Masters in Clinical and Translational Science through Tufts University School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences. She is a clinician-investigator with a focus on implementation science, de-implementation of low-value care, and pulmonary embolism. She completed a K12 as a Massachusetts Consortium for Cardiopulmonary Implementation Science Scholar and is currently funded by a K23 through the NHLBI, “De-implementaiton of Low-Value Evaluation of PE (DELVE-PE).”. Dr. Westafer is co-founder of the Emergency Medicine podcast, FOAMcast, that provides a critical appraisal of relevant topics and has had over 3 million independent downloads. She lectures internationally on knowledge translation, pulmonary embolism (PE), alcohol withdrawal, and quality of care for LGBTQIA+ patients. In addition, she serves as the Social Media Editor and a research methodology editor for Annals of Emergency Medicine.

  • William Soares III, MD, MS

  • Adrian Cotarelo, MD, MHS

    Adrian Cotarelo is a PGY-1 at St. John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers, NY and RAMS board member-at-large. He graduated from Alpert Medical School at Brown University, and attended Johns Hopkins University for both his undergraduate degree, and master’s degree in Epidemiology. His academic interests include Medical Education, EMS, and Research. Outside of medicine, he enjoys Escape Rooms, cooking, and hiking.

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