Impact Story: Jennifer Love, MD

Jennifer Love, MD
2022 Innovative Research, Teaching and Practice Grant 

Grant Project: "Emergency Department Based Acute Pain Management for Opioid Use Disorder"
Award Amount: $20,000

About Dr. Love

Jennifer S. Love, MD, MSCR, is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Love received her medical degree from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and completed residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania where she also served as chief resident. She completed a Medical Toxicology fellowship at Oregon Health & Science University, and then a T32 Research fellowship at Mount Sinai.As part of her work with the Mount Sinai Center for Research on Emerging Substances, Poisoning, Overdose, and New Discoveries (RESPOND Center), Dr. Love explores novel adulterants in the opioid supply, especially xylazine, and the emergency care of patients exposed to xylazine. She is also dedicated in the education about, advocacy for, and research on gender equity in emergency medicine and has published analysis of gender disparities in authorship in medical toxicology journals.  

Q: You were a 2022 recipient of the Innovative Research, Teaching & Practice Grant for your project, "Emergency Department Based Acute Pain Management for Opioid Use Disorder." What updates can you share? 

A: We have completed our surveys of clinicians and collected and are analyzing health system data. We have presented abstracts from our analyses at ACMT and NACCT, and we are waiting to hear back from ACEP.  We are working on our predictive models now, including time-to-dose analyses. A manuscript compiling all these analyses is in preparation for submission.

Q: Were there any unanticipated adjustments made or lessons learned during the grant process and experience? 

A: We have had to troubleshoot through some advanced statistical modeling, as some of our primary outcomes are more rare than anticipated. But, I have an excellent and supportive statistical team and have learned new modeling techniques.  

Q: What impact has receiving this grant had on any future research endeavors you might pursue? 

A: In addition to academic interest in this topic, some of our operational stakeholders have also expressed interest in this study question and data.  We are excited to be able to report our findings to our own health system to advance EM pain care for OUD patients. This work may inform either practice or research grants for our health system.

Q: Do you have any advice for future applicants or awardees? 

A: Establish strong partnerships with your statisticians to help formulate your analytic plan and troubleshoot your data procurement & analysis plans before you apply. It will help them be equally excited about the project and eager to teach you during the process.