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* (Emergency Medicine Faculty Profile)
Roland Merchant, MD, MPH, ScD
Assistant Dean, Faculty Development (Research), Office of Faculty and Academic Affairs, Morsani College of Medicine
Vice Chair of Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine
Contact Info
Education
- Fellowship, Implementation Science, Washington University in St Louis, 2022
- Online Certificate, Implementation Science, University of California, San Francisco, 2019
- MA, ad eundum (Honorary), Brown University, 2011
- ScD, Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 2007
- Research Fellowship, Emergency Medicine and Infectious Diseases Research, Brown Medical School, 2004
- MPH, Quantitative Methods, Harvard School of Public Health, 2003
- Residency, Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 2001
- Internship, Internal Medicine, National Naval Medical Center, 1994
- MD, Medicine, Emory University, 1993
- BA, Psychology, Rhodes College, 1989
Research Interests
- HIV/HCV/STD Testing
- Substance Use
Awards/Honors
- Alumni Research Excellence Award (Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine - 2019)
- Gregory Jay, MD, PhD Research Impact Award (Department of Emergency Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University - 2016)
- Outstanding Physician Award (Department of Emergency Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University - 2010)
- Bruce M. Selya Award for Research Excellence (Lifespan Health System - 2008)
- Young Investigator Award (Society for Academic Emergency Medicine - 2008)
- Fellow (American College of Emergency Physicians - 2007)
- Paul Calabresi Faculty Research Award (Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown Medical School, Brown University - 2006)
- Resident Research Award (Mount Sinai School of Medicine - Emergency Medicine Residency Program - 2001)
- Certificate of Appreciation (United States Army, Special Operations Combat Medicine EMT-Paramedic Clinical Rotations - 2000)
- Conference Competition Runner-up (Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Region C, Semi-Final Clinical Pathologic - 2000)
- Certificate of Appreciation (United States Army, Special Operations Combat Medicine EMT-Paramedic Clinical Rotations - 1998)
- Health Professions Scholarship (United States Navy - 1989)
Memberships
- Member (American College of Emergency Physicians, 1998 - Present)
- Member (Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 1998 - Present)