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Research Highlights
Society of General Internal Medicine Chooses HSR&D Affiliated Researcher as its Young Investigator of the Year
Taken from the Veterans Health Administration Highlights dated June 9, 2003
Dr. Katrina Armstrong, affiliated with VA’s research Center for Health Equity and Promotion (CHERP) in Pittsburgh, Pa., was recently chosen as the Society of General Internal Medicine’s (SGIM) "Young Investigator of the Year." This award provides national recognition to members of SGIM who are junior investigators with an academic rank that does not exceed assistant professor, and whose early career achievements and overall work have had national impact on generalist research.
Dr. Armstrong’s current research is funded through the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, with a focus on disparities in cancer prevention, screening and outcomes, health behavior, and health care delivery. She conducted research to examine the association between community-level measures of race relations and racial differences in health care related distrust.
Dr. Armstrong was nominated for the SGIM Young Investigator Award based on her productivity, impact, creativity and innovation, as well as her commitment to the future of academic medicine. Her research has made innovative connections between traditional methods of general internal medicine investigation and the broader research fields that span the basic and social sciences. As an academic generalist, she has made tremendous contributions as a role model for medical students, residents, and fellows. She won the Outstanding Lecturer Award from University of Pennsylvania’s Medical School, Class of 2004. Since joining Penn’s faculty in 1999, she has published 20 peer-reviewed papers and has several additional manuscripts currently under review. HSR&D congratulates Dr. Armstrong on her well-deserved award.
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