James Cranford, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
Department of Emergency Medicine
Medical School
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James Cranford, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
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    About

    Dr. Jim Cranford is an Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Michigan. He completed his Ph.D. in social psychology at the State University of New York at Albany, and a NIMH postdoctoral fellowship in advanced quantitative methods for mental health research in the Department of Psychology at New York University, with a focus on multilevel modeling, structural equation modeling, and psychometrics. With colleagues at the University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center, Dr. Cranford serves as a faculty member for the Emergency Medicine Research Incubator, which provides research and statistical support to the Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Cranford’s research focuses on 1) family interaction, substance use, and cardiovascular disease; 2) short- and long-term developmental trajectories of substance use disorders, mood and anxiety disorders; and 3) application of daily process and other longitudinal statistical methods to research on substance use.

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    • Center Member
      Eisenberg Family Depression Center
    • Center Member
      University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center
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    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Epistaxis in the Emergency Department: Who Needs Laboratory Evaluation and Receives Transfusions?
      Tomlinson S, Shieh A, Cranford J, Weyand A, Bohm L, Phung V. 2025 Apr 3;
    • Journal Article
      Analytical Accuracy of a Continuous Glucose Monitor in Adult Diabetic Ketoacidosis
      Haas NL, Ang L, Esfandiari NH, Khan AM, Cranford JA, Cohen A, Sell J, Abdel-Hamid M, Romanchik KE, Korley FK. CHEST Critical Care, 2025 Mar 1; 3 (1): DOI:10.1016/j.chstcc.2024.100109
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Abstract WMP27: Decreasing Emergency Department admission rate for TIA contrasts with rising cost of TIA evaluation from 2013-2021
      Mamer L, Cranford J, Kocher K, Korley F, Scott P. Stroke, 2025 Feb 1; 56 (Suppl_1): awmp27 - awmp27. DOI:10.1161/str.56.suppl_1.wmp27
    • Journal Article
      4: THE IMPACT OF A NURSE-INITIATED PATIENT CARE ORDER SET IN SEVERE SEPSIS AND SEPTIC SHOCK
      Redstone C, Havey R, Garcia T, Purington E, Bei R, Cranford J, England P. Critical Care Medicine, 2025 Feb 1; 53 (1): DOI:10.1097/01.ccm.0001098876.49297.fe
    • Journal Article
      Developing emergency medicine leaders: The AACEM/SAEM chair development program at 10 years
      Zink BJ, Stern SA, Mahajan P, Roseen K, Belle A, Cranford J. Academic Emergency Medicine, 2025 Jan 1; DOI:10.1111/acem.70034
    • Journal Article
      Enhancing maternal survival in traumatic cardiovascular collapse during pregnancy: A case series on resuscitative hysterotomy (RH) from a level 1 trauma center
      Aftab N, Halalmeh DR, Vrana A, Smitterberg C, Cranford JA, Sachwani-Daswani GR. Injury, 2025 Jan 1; 56 (1): DOI:10.1016/j.injury.2024.111923
      PMID: 39349316
    • Journal Article
      Abstract 4134641: Door-in to door-out time and in-hospital mortality in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction
      Nakashima T, Kiyoshige E, Ogata S, Cranford J, Ali M, Kindipan I, Tamis-Holland J, Nishimura K, Goyal A, Neumar R. Circulation, 2024 Nov 15; 150 (Suppl_1): a4134641 - a4134641. DOI:10.1161/circ.150.suppl_1.4134641
    • Journal Article
      Longitudinal changes in the US emergency department use of advanced neuroimaging in the mechanical thrombectomy era
      Mamer LE, Kocher KE, Cranford JA, Scott PA. Emergency Radiology, 2024 Oct 1; 31 (5): 695 - 703. DOI:10.1007/s10140-024-02260-y
      PMID: 39002104