Laura continues her international health work through the international training and collaborative research network - INCLEN, serves as an Executive Committee Member of CanUSACLEN and serves as the Chair of the World Studies of Abuse in the Family Environment (WorldSAFE). She is a medical ambassador for the American Cancer Society for the Smoke-Free Chicago campaign. And has walked and served on the crew for the 3 day 60 mile breast cancer walk to raise funds for the Susan G. Komen Foundation and the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund in Chicago and her home state of Michigan. When she isn't walking for 'good causes', she enjoys hiking in mountains and canyonlands.

• RWJ Clinical Scholar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1986-1988
• MPH, School of Public Health, University of Michigan (1980-82)
• MD, Wayne State School of Medicine (1978-82)

Michael Reese Health Trust, Community Trust and the Aids Foundation of Chicago
Randomized controlled effectiveness trial of the “Housing-First + Health-System Integrated Case Management” for the Homeless with Chronic Medical Illnesses.
Role: Designed and implement a two-arm randomized controlled trial, designed and implemented recruitment and retention strategy for the 440 homeless adult subjects with chronic medical illness who were followed for 18 months, assessing their health service use, health outcomes and housing stability. Principal Investigator.

NHLBI
Asthma Disparities Grant – "Chicago Initiative to Raise Asthma Equity – (CHIRAH)"
Role: Institutional Research Leader for two of the four research aims: 1) Design and implementation of School based screening of 28,000 children, and interview and clinical assessments of >800 adults and children with asthma; and 2) interviews of the 800 adult and children (+Caregivers) for 2 years. Co-investigator until 2008 when replaced the Principal Investigator.

Current RCTs:

1. Effectiveness of aCASI screening for Intimate Partner Violence among women in primary health care settings
2. Effectiveness of Promotora intervention improving inhaler use in Latino children with asthma
3. Cost-Effectiveness of a new model of housing and case-management for homeless with chronic medical illnesses

1. Martin MA, Mosnaim GS, Rojas D, Hernandez O, and Sadowski LS. Evaluation of an Asthma Medication Training Program for Immigrant Mexican Community Health Workers. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action. In press
2. Grammer LC, Weiss KB, Kimmel LG, Curtis LM, Catrambone CD, Lyttle CS,Sharp LK and Sadowski LS. Obesity and Asthma Morbidity in a Community-Based Adult Cohort in a Large Urban Area: the Chicago Initiative to Raise Asthma Health Equity (CHIRAH). Journal of Asthma, 2010;47:491-495.
3. Sharp LK, Curtis LM, Mosnaim G, Shalowitz MU, Catrambone C, Sadowski LS. The influence of caregivers' psychosocial status on childhood asthma and obesity. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2009 Nov;103(5):386-94.
4. Evans AT, Sadowski LS, VanderWeele TJ et al, Ethnic Disparities in Asthma Morbidity in Chicago. Journal of Asthma, 2009 June; 46(5): 448-454.
5. Sadowski LS, Kee RA, VanderWeele TJ and Buchanan D. Effect of a Housing and Case Management Program on Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations Among Chronically Ill Homeless Adults: A Randomized Trial. JAMA 2009;301(17):1771-1778.
6. Buchanan D, Kee RA, Sadowski LS and Garcia D. The Health Impact of Supportive Housing for HIV+ Homeless Patients: A Randomized controlled trial. Am J Public Health 2009 Nov;99 Suppl 3:S675-80. Epub Apr 16 2009.
7. Weiss KB, Shannon JJ, Sadowski LS, Sharp LK, Curtis L, Lyttle CS, Kumar R, Shalowitz MU, Weiselberg L, Catrambone CD, Evans AT, Kee R, Miller J, Kimmel L, Grammer LC. The burden of asthma in the Chicago community fifteen years after the availability of national asthma guidelines: the design and initial results from the CHIRAH study. Contemp Clin Trials. 2009;30:246-255.
8. Sadowski, LS. Intimate Partner Violence. Chapter and updates in Women’s Health. Clinical Evidence, British Medical Journal since 2002. 2010 chapter-in press, Coauthored with Dr. Carri Casteel. Note: previous chapters co-authored with Klevens Joanne since 2002.
9. Jacobs EA Sadowski LS and Rathous PJ. The Impact of an Enhanced Interpreter Service Intervention on Hospital Costs and Patient Satisfaction. Journal of General Internal Medicine. J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Nov;22 Suppl 2:306-11.
10. Mosnaim GS, Sadowski LS, Durazo-Arvizu R, Sharp LK, et al. Parental Language and Asthma among Urban Hispanic Children. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2007 Nov;120(5):1160-5.
11. Shalowitz M, Sadowski LS, Kumar R, Weiss K and Shannon JJ. Asthma Burden in a Chicago City-Wide, A Diverse Sample of Elementary Schoolchildren. Ambulatory Pediatrics. 2007;7:271-277.
12. Tugwell P, Fletcher R, Fletcher S, Goldsmith C, Rahbar M, Robinson V, Runyan D and Sadowski L. International Clinical Epidemiology Network: An Opportunity for SGIM International Cooperation. J Gen Intern Med. 2006;21:792-795.
13. Mosnaim G, Kohrman C, Sharp, L, Wolf M, Sadowski LS, Ramos L, Grammer L. Coping with Asthma in Immigrant Hispanic Families. Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. 2006;97:477-483.
14. Smith CA, Hart AS, Sadowski LS, Riddle J, Evans AT Clarke PM, Ganschow PS, Mason E, Sequeira W, Wang Y. Teaching Cardiac Examination Skills: A Controlled Trial of Two Methods. Journal of General Internal Medicine, Jan 2006, Vol 21.
15. Sadowski LS, Hunter WM, Bangdiwala SI and Munoz SR. The world studies of abuse in the family environment (WorldSAFE): a model of a multi-national study of family violence. Injury Control and Safety Promotion. June 2004, Vol 11 (2): 81-90.
16. Bangdiwala SI, Ramiro L, Sadowski LS, Bordin IAS, Hunter W, and Shankar V. Intimate partner violence and the role of socioeconomic indicators in WorldSAFE communities in Chile, Egypt, India and the Philippines. Injury Control and Safety Promotion. June 2004, Vol 11(2): 101-109.
17. Hassan F, Sadowski LS, Bangdiwala SI, Vizcarra B, Ramiro L, De Paula CS and Bordin IAS. Physical intimate partner violence in Chile, Egypt, India and the Philippines. Injury Control and Safety Promotion. June 2004, Vol. 11 (2) 111-116.
18. Jeyaseelan L, Sadowski LS, Kumar S, Hassan F, Ramiro L, Vizcarra B. World studies of abuse in the family environment - risk factors for physical intimate partner violence. Injury Control and Safety Promotion. June 2004, Vol 11 (2): 117-124.
19. Hunter, WM, Sadowski LS, Hassan F, Jain D, De Paula CS, Vizcarra B and Amarillo ML. Training and field methods in the WorldSAFE collaboration to study family violence. Injury Control and Safety Promotion. June 2004 Vol. 11 (2): 91-100.
20. Peedicayil A, Sadowski LS, Jeyaseelan L, Shankar V, Jain D, Suresh S, Bangdiwala SI and the IndiaSAFE Group. Spousal physical violence against women during pregnancy. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2004: 111(7): 682-687.
21. Evans AT, Hussain S, Durairaj L, Sadowski LS, Charles-Damte M and Wang Y. Azithromycin for Acute Bronchitis: A Randomised, Double-Blind Controlled Trial. Lancet 2002, Vol. 359 Issue 9318: 1648-1654.
22. Hunter WM, Jain D, Sadowski LS, and Sanhueza, AI (2000). Risk factors for severe child discipline practices in rural India. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 25, 435-447.
23. Cotten-Oldenburg NU, Jordan BK, Martin SL and Sadowski LS. “Voluntary HIV Testing in Prison: Do Women Inmates at High Risk for HIV Accept HIV Testing?”. AIDS Education and Prevention. 1999, 11(1): 28-37.
24. Cotten-Oldenburg NU, Martin SL, Jordan BK, Sadowski LS and Kupper L. “Preincarceration Risky Behaviors Among Women Inmates: Opportunities for Prevention”. The Prison Journal, 1997,77(3):281-294.
25. Sadowski LS, Munoz SR. “Nonfatal and Fatal Firearm Injuries in a Rural County”. Journal of American Medical Association, 1996;275:1762-1764.
26. Martin SL, Sadowski LS, Cotten NU and McCarraher D. “Response of African-American Adolescents in North Carolina to Gun Carrying by School Mates”. Journal of School Health, 1996;66(1):23-26.
27. Dallara J, Sloane PD, McNutt R, Sadowski LS, Bailey KE. "Collaborating with Non-physician Professionals in Practice-Based Research". Family Practice Research Journal, 1993;13(3):205-212.
28. Klein JD and Sadowski LS. Personal Health Services as a Component of Comprehensive Health Programs. Journal of School Health , April 1990;60(4):164-169.
29. Sadowski LS, Cairns RB and Earp JA. Firearms Ownership Among Non-urban Adolescents. American Journal of Diseases of Children, 1989;143(12):1410-1413.