Clifford C. Dacso, MD, MPH, MBA
John S. Dunn, Sr., Research Chair in General Internal Medicine, The Methodist Hospital
Distinguished Research Professor, College of Technology, University of Houston
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen University Professor, University of Houston
Executive Director, Abramson Center For The Future of Health
Co-Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine
Adj. Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University
Senior Member, IEEE EMBS
6565 Fannin St., MJG 3017
Houston, TX 77030 U.S.A.
1-713-441-3932 (tel.)
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Current Research Interests:
Translational community medicine; Technology for point-of-care healthcare decision making; Global health; Biosensors for chronic disease management; Role of uncertainty in medicine.
Education and Training:
BA: 1972, University of Pennsylvania, History and Philosophy of Science
MA: 1972, University of Pennsylvania, Philosophy of Science
MD: 1975, Baylor College of Medicine
Internship/Residency: 1975-1978, Baylor College of Medicine, Internal Medicine
Chief Residency: 1978, Baylor College of Medicine Affiliated Hospitals, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: 1978-1980, Baylor College of Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Clinical Virology
MPH: 1980, University of Texas School of Public Health
MBA: 1990, Pepperdine University
Selected Honors:
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Chair, IEEE Healthcare Innovation Conference
NSF Cyberphysical Systems Workshop planning committee |
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NSF Broader Impacts Summit
Faculty Mentor, "Team Dragon," 3rd Place, Mobile Games, 2011 Microsoft Imagine Cup Competition |
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Texas Emerging Technology Fund (seed funding, Blue Box Health, Inc, $1 M)
Gorardia Innovation Prize Finalist, Houston Technology Center
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Faculty Sponsor, "Blue Scale," Finalist: American Society of Mechanical Engineers Annual Innovation Competition |
| 2007 |
National Academies-Keck Futures Initiative |
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Silver Medal, Texas Film Festival, Documentary, Writer & Producer: "Now That You Have Cancer"
Silver Medal, WorldFest International Film Festival, Documentary, Writer & Producer: "Now That You Have Cancer"
Fulbright & Jaworski Award for Teaching Excellence, Baylor College of Medicine
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1999
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Eisenhower Exchange Fellow in Health Policy, Budapest and Prague
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1995-96 & 1997-98
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Outstanding Visiting Professor, Houston VA Medical Center
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1993
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National Science Foundation, Antarctica Service Medal
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1993
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Antarctica Service Medal, US Navy
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1991, 1992
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Senior Resident Teaching Award, UC San Diego
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1989, 1991 1992
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Chief Resident Teaching Award, UC San Diego
Chief Resident Teaching Award, UC San Diego
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1983
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Student Teaching Award, University of South Alabama
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1975
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Lange Award for Academic Excellence
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Patents:
Dacso, Rajan. "Non-Invasive Monitoring of Physiological Measurements in a Distributed Health Care Environment" U.S. Patent #: 12/108,177
Continuation in part, reg # 12484192
Pollonini, Dacso. "Near Infrared Spectroscopy Application for Assessing Muscle Performance in Real Time." (preliminary 2011, patent 2012)
Funded Research:
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"Cancer Education Grant"
National Cancer Institute 5% effort
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1985-1987
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"Women's Health Initiative"
Co-investigator, NIH
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1994-2005
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“Program on Domestic Violence”
Pfizer
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1999
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“First Annual Teleconference on Women’s Health”
Pfizer
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1999
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“Second Annual Teleconference on Women’s Health”
Pfizer
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2000
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“Project On Decisioning”
Private philanthropy
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2002-2005
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“Power over Sickness Project”
Baylor College of Medicine
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2004
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“Now That You Have Cancer” Project
Private philanthropy
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2005
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NIH Planning Grants for Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Awards (JM Musser, MD, PHD PI) (Dacso Co-PI)
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2006-2007
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NSF Collaborative Research: CRI/IAD: Information Communication and Processing at Scale for Under-Resourced Urban Communities. Edward Knightly, PhD, and Dacso, PI $1.5 m total cost.
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2008-2013
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| National Space Biomedical Research Institute: "Early Detection and 2009-2011 Prediction: A Cross Disciplinary Conference." |
2009-2011 |
| National Science Foundation: "MRI: Development of mobileWARP: A Platform for Next Generation Wireless Networks and Mobile Applications." Joint with Rice University. Dacso Co-PI |
2009-2012 |
Gillson Longenbaugh Foundation: "Correlation of Volatile Organic Compounds in Exhaled Breath Versus Serum Insulin and Glucose Levels in Participants With and Without Non-Insulin-Dependent Type 2 Diabetes"
Phase II |
2009-2010
2010-2012
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| Scurlock Foundation: "Detection of Breast Cancer in Under-resourced Environments" |
2009-2010
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| NIH Exploratory/Developmental Bioengineering Research Grants (R21): "Development of New Imaging Tools for the Early Detection of Buruli Ulcer Disease" Dacso, Co-Investigator |
2010-2013 |
| NIH Loan Repayment Program (PI: Queen): "Designing Intervention Trials for the Early Detection of Disease: The Role of Technology and Social Networks in Geographically and Socially Excluded Communities" Dacso, Sponsor |
2011-2013 |
| National Science Foundation: "NeTS:Small:Toward Wireless Co-existence For Safety-critical Applications" Dacso Co-PI (R. Zheng, PI) |
2011-2014 |
| Department of Defense, Congressionally Directed Medical Research: "A Translational Approach to Validate In-Vivo Anti-Tumor Effects of Chloroquine on Breast Cancer Risk" |
2012-2014 |
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Selected Publications:
Elias P, Rajan NO, McArthur K, Dacso CC. InSpire to Play (Promote Lung Assessment in Youth): Evolving the Self-Management Paradigms of Young People with Asthma. Journal of Medical Internet Research. (In press, 2012.)
Pollonini L, Re R, Howell P, Prasad K, Simpson R, Dacso C. "Relationship between systemic and local physiological response to graded exercise assessed with near-infrared spectroscopy", Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 2012, Vol. 44:5.
Pollonini L, Padhye NS, Re R, Simpson RJ, Dacso C. "Integrated device for the measurement of systemic and local oxygen transport during physical exercise," 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC'12) San Diego, August 2012.
Reichlin L, Mani N, McArthur K, Harris MA, Rajan NO, Dacso CC. Assessing the Acceptability and Usability of an Interactive Serious Game in Aiding Treatment Decisions for Patients with Localized Prostate Cancer. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2011 Jan 12;13(1):e4.
Dacso CC, Knightly E, Dacso MM. Technology-enabled Chronic Disease Management in Under-resourced Environments. ACWR 2011: International Conference on Technologies for Humanitarian Relief. (Peer-reviewed paper. Published proceedings) Kerala, India. December 2011.
Dacso, CC. "Vector-borne Diseases" in, Chandra A, Dacso MM, Pocket Guide to Global Health, New York: Tarascon, 2010.
Ben-Haim Y, Dacso CC. Info-gap Decision Theory and its Potential Applications in the Clinic. Personalized Medicine. 2010;7:1–3.
Pollonini L, Rajan N, Xu S, Madala S, Dacso C. A Novel Handheld Device for Use in Remote Patient Monitoring of Heart Failure Patients—Design and Preliminary Validation on Healthy Subjects. J Med Syst. 2010 Jun 8; (epub).
Ben Haim Y, Schwartz B, Dacso C. What Makes a Good Decision? Robust satisficing as a normative standard of rational decision making. J. Theor. Soc. Behav. 2011;41(2): 209–227. Published online 3 Nov 2010. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-5914.2010.00450.x.
Ben-Haim Y, Zacksenhouse M, Keren C, Dacso CC. Do We Know How to Set Decision Thresholds for Diabetes? Med Hypotheses. 2009;73:189-93.
Ben-Haim Y, Dacso, CC. Heterogeneous Uncertainties in Cholesterol Management. Int. J. Approximate Reasoning. 2009;50:1046-1065.
Dacso CC, Rajan NO, Harris AM, McArthur K. Development of a Serious Video Game to Reduce Uncertainty in the Treatment Choices of Men with Localized Prostate Cancer. American Public Health Association. (abstract) 136th Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. October 2008.
Harris AM, McArthur K, Huang C, Harcrow M, Dacso CC. The Houston Community Health Worker Survey: Unanticipated Effects of Certification. Proceedings of the Third International Community-University Partnerships Scientific Meeting 2008;3:103-107.
Dacso CC, Harris AM, McArthur K, Carrasco J, Rajan N. Improving Chronic Disease Outcomes by Technology and Community-Based Interventions at Scale. (Invited Presentation) Keck Futures Conference, 2007.
McArthur K, Dacso C. Submaximal Decision Making and Health Resource Conservation: The Example of Heart Failure. Californian Journal of Health Promotion 2007;5:41-47.
Rajan N, Ben-Haim Y, Dacso CC. Medical Applications of Info-Gap. Society for Medical Decision Making. 26th Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. October 2007.
Ben-Haim Y, Dacso CC. Robust-Satisficing Decisions Under Severe Uncertainty. European Society for Medical Decision Making 10th Biennial Meeting. Manchester, UK. June 11-13, 2006.
Carrasco J, Rajan N, Kudrle W, Dacso CC. Uses of Info-Gap Decision Making in Managing Medical Uncertainty. Information Gap Conference. U. Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. 29 September 2005.
Dacso ST, Dacso CC. The Managed Care Answer Book. Panel Publishing of Aspen Press, 5 Editions, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003.
Dacso CC, Dacso ST. Risk Contracting and Capitation Strategies. Gaithersburg, MD, Aspen Press 1999.
Hutchison M, Dacso CC, Sabin D, Shaw A. Examining Operational and Scheduling Efficiency in Ambulatory Academic Practices: Opportunities for Optimizing Resource Utilization. J Amb Care Mgmt Apr;20(2):61-9, 1997.
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