Irma Ugalde, MD, MBE

Co-Investigator, Incorporation of a Health Equity Approach to Hospital Violence Intervention Programs: The Integration of a Community and Hospital Based Initiatives to Reduce Gun Violence in a Large Metropolitan Area

Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

irma.t.ugalde@uth.tmc.edu

Dr. Irma Ugalde, MD, MBE is a Co-Investigator for the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston project “Incorporation of a Health Equity Approach to Hospital Violence Intervention Programs: The Integration of a Community and Hospital Based Initiatives to Reduce Gun Violence in a Large Metropolitan Area.” She is a member of the Data and Methods workgroup for the Community Firearm Violence Prevention Network.

Dr. Ugalde is an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at McGovern UTHealth in Houston, TX. She is the director of research for pediatric emergency medicine and lead founding physician for the Task Force for the reduction of low value care. Her research is focused on risk factors and social determinants of health associated with pediatric trauma with special attention to firearm injuries. She is a co-investigator in the Child Trauma Research Network for tracking the longitudinal impacts of traumatic events in children and youth ages 8-20, Texas Higher Education & Coordinating Board: Senate Bill 1. She is also the co-investigator in the Houston Emergency Opioid Engagement System (HEROES), a community-based research program integrating assertive outreach, medication-assisted treatment, behavioral therapies, peer recovery support, and paramedic follow-up to compare the differences in engagement and retention in the treatment of individuals with opioid use disorder.

Affiliated Projects

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Incorporation of a Health Equity Approach to Hospital Violence Intervention Programs: The Integration of a Community and Hospital Based Initiatives to Reduce Gun Violence in a Large Metropolitan Area

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