Research Interests
Dr. Blewer's interests lie at the intersection of resuscitation science, epidemiology, health disparities, and implementation science. Her methodological interests include handling missing data in observational and clinical trials and implementation of pragmatic clinical trials.
She has examined how cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training dissemination strategies can be expanded, and tailored to target geographic, racial, and socioeconomic disparities in layperson CPR education and bystander CPR delivery. A recent publication used national data to assess variation in receipt of bystander CPR by neighborhood-level ethnicity. Dr. Blewer is also collaborating with partners in Singapore to improve prehospital emergency care and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Southeast Asia. In her current work, Dr. Blewer is examining dispatch-assisted CPR, bystander CPR and defibrillation, and assessing gender disparities in cardiac arrest.
Selected Grants
Developing and Testing Drone-Delivered AEDs for Cardiac Arrests In Rural America
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2023 - 2027CCC: The Regional Approaches to Cardiovascular Emergencies- Cardiac ARreSt (RACE-CARS) Cluster-Randomized Trial 1/2
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2027Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health - BIRCWH
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEScholar · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2027Racial and ethnic disparities in patient outcomes and intra-arrest resuscitation practices for in-hospital cardiac arrest
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Pittsburgh · 2024 - 2026Assessment Tool for Developing Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Systems
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National University of Singapore · 2021 - 2025North Carolina Sickle Cell Data Collection
Public ServiceCo Investigator · Awarded by NC Department of Health and Human Services · 2024 - 2024NCDHHS Sickle Cell Data Collection Program in North Carolina Year 3
Public ServiceCo Investigator · Awarded by NC Department of Health and Human Services · 2022 - 2023Sickle Cell Data Collection Program in North Carolina - Optional
Public ServiceCo Investigator · Awarded by NC Department of Health and Human Services · 2021 - 2022Sickle Cell Data Collection Program in North Carolina
Public ServiceCo Investigator · Awarded by NC Department of Health and Human Services · 2021 - 2022Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research
External Relationships
- American Heart Association
- Duke-National University of Singapore
- World Point
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