Faculty by Research Interest
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PATIENT SAFETY
Core Faculty:
- Albert Wu, MD, MPH, Professor
Projects: RISE – Resilience in Stressful Events and Preventing Fall Related Injuries in Older Adults (STRIDE Study) - Jill Marsteller, PhD, MPP, Professor
Project: Linking Blood Stream Infections to Intensive Care Nursing Context of Care and Process - Sydney Dy, MD, MSc, Professor
Project: What is patient safety in the medical home? - , PhD, MPH, Assistant Scientist
Project: What is patient safety in the medical home? - Yea-Jen Hsu, PhD, Assistant Scientist
Affiliated faculty:
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Renan Castillo, PhD, Associate Professor
Project: PREVENTion of Clot in Orthopaedic Trauma - , DrPH, MD, MHA, Assistant Professor
Project: Safety Program in Perinatal Care-II Phase 2 - , MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Project: - , MA, ScD, Associate Professor
Project: - , MD, MPH, Assistant Professor
- , MD, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor
- , PhD, Associate Professor
QUALITY OF CARE
Core faculty:
- Jill Marsteller, PhD, MPP, Professor
Projects: Linking Blood Stream Infections to Intensive Care Nursing Context of Care and Process, Maryland Multi-Payor Patient Centered Medical Home Program Evaluation and Partnership for Quality Improvement Evaluation With the American College of Physicians - , MD, MPH, Professor
Projects: A healthy patient or a satisfied customer (or both!)? Patient satisfaction in otolaryngology, surgery, and pediatrics and Shared Decision-Making and Parent-Reported Outcomes in Pediatric Sleep-Disordered Breathing - Sydney Dy, MD, MSc, Professor
Projects: Measuring What Matters in Hospice and Palliative Care, Evaluation of Implementation of Point-of-Care Palliative Care Quality Measures, and Achieving Excellence in Biopsychosocial Cancer Pain Management Through A Comprehensive Quality Education Program - Yea-Jen Hsu, PhD, Assistant Scientist
Project: Partnership for Quality Improvement Evaluation With the American College of Physicians - Hadi Kharrazi, MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Project: Clinical Knowledge Hub - Conceptual Integration of Rules, Data Sets, and Queries - Claire Snyder, PhD, Professor
Project: Comorbid Conditions in Cancer Survivors: Costs and Quality of Care - , PhD, MPH, Assistant Scientist
- , MD, PhD, Associate Professor
- Jonathan Weiner, DrPH, Professor
Affiliated faculty:
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, MD, MPH, Professor
Projects: , , and (Dis)Respect Reflected and Perpetuated in Medical Records - , MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Project: - , MA, ScD, Associate Professor
Project: - , PhD, Professor
- , MD, Assistant Professor
- , MD, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor
- , PhD, Assistant Professor
- , MD, MPH, Assistant Professor
- , PhD, Associate Professor
END OF LIFE CARE
Core Faculty:
- Sydney Dy, MD, MSc, Professor
Projects: Improving Health Care and Palliative Care for Advanced and Serious Illness, Measuring What Matters in Hospice and Palliative Care, Assessment Tools for Palliative Care, Evaluation of Implementation of Point-of-Care Palliative Care Quality Measures, and Achieving Excellence in Biopsychosocial Cancer Pain Management Through A Comprehensive Quality Education Program - Jennifer Wolff, PhD, Eugene and Mildred Lipitz Professor
PATIENT OUTCOMES
Core faculty:
- Albert Wu, MD, MPH, Professor
Projects: PaTH Clinical Data Research Network, Preventing Fall Related Injuries in Older Adults (STRIDE Study), "PROTEUS" Patient-Reported Outcomes Tools, and Developing Patient Reported Outcome-Based Performance Measures in Primary Care Practices - Jodi Segal, MD, MPH, Professor
Project: PCORI Methodology Standards Academic Curriculum - Jill Marsteller, PhD, MPP, Professor
Project: Maryland Multi-Payor Patient Centered Medical Home Program Evaluation - , MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Project: Developing Patient Reported Outcome-Based Performance Measures in Primary Care Practices - Emily Boss, MD, MPH, Professor
Projects: A healthy patient or a satisfied customer (or both!)? Patient satisfaction in otolaryngology, surgery, and pediatrics and Shared Decision-Making and Parent-Reported Outcomes in Pediatric Sleep-Disordered Breathing - Karen Davis, PhD, Professor - Emerita
Project: - Sydney Dy, MD, MSc, Professor
Projects: Improving Health Care and Palliative Care for Advanced and Serious Illness and Developing Patient Reported Outcome-Based Performance Measures in Primary Care Practices - Claire Snyder, PhD, Professor
Projects: Presenting Patient-Reported Outcomes to Promote Patient and Clinician Understanding and Use, Developing Patient Reported Outcome-Based Performance Measures in Primary Care Practices, and "PROTEUS" Patient-Reported Outcomes Tools - Donald Steinwachs, PhD, Professor - Emeritus
Projects: Impact of Employment Interventions for Persons with Serious Mental Illnesses on Non-employment Patient-Centered Outcomes and SMI Dual Eligibles and Medicare Part D: Impact on Medications Continuity and Outcomes - Christine Weston, PhD, Assistant Scientist
Project: Developing Patient Reported Outcome-Based Performance Measures in Primary Care Practices - Jennifer Wolff, PhD, Eugene and Mildred Lipitz Professor
Project: Comprehensive Home-based Dementia Care Coordination for Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligibles in Maryland - Emmanuel Drabo, PhD, Assistant Professor
- Elizabeth Skinner, MSW, Senior Scientist
- Vadim Dukhanin, MD, MHS, Assistant Scientist
Affiliated faculty:
- Caleb Alexander, MD, MS, Associate Professor
Project: Analyzing the Relationship Between Televised Direct-To-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising and Patient Outcomes - , MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Project: - , MA, ScD, Associate Professor
Project: - , PhD, Professor
- , PhD, Associate Professor
- , MD, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor
- Ellen Mackenzie, PhD, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
INNOVATIVE METHODS & APPLICATIONS
Core faculty:
- Jodi Segal, MD, MPH, Professor
Projects: Creating and Validating a Claim-based Indicator of Frailty, PCORI Methodology Standards Academic Curriculum, Developing an Indicator of Overuse of Medical Testing to Reduce the Cost of Health Care and Partnership for Quality Improvement Evaluation With the American College of Physicians - Jill Marsteller, PhD, MPP, Professor
Projects: Capturing Implementation Context: The Team Check Up Tool (TCT) Project and Partnership for Quality Improvement Evaluation With the American College of Physicians - Eric Bass, MD, MPH, Professor
Project: Evidence-Based Practice Center - Sydney Dy, MD, Professor
- Judith Kasper, PhD, Professor
Project: Harmonizing Cognitive Assessment in International Surveys on Aging - Hadi Kharrazi, MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Projects: Clinical Knowledge Hub - Conceptual Integration of Rules, Data Sets, and Queries, Developing Next Generation EHR-Supported Predictive Modeling: Developing the Johns Hopkins “e-ACG” System, Framework for a VHA Population Health Program: BMI Trajectory Project, Stage 3 Meaningful Use Objectives: An Evaluation of Care Coordination Measures among Eligible Hospitals, and A Community HIE-based Hospital Readmission Risk Prediction and Notification System - Claire Snyder, PhD, Professor
Project: Presenting Patient-Reported Outcomes to Promote Patient and Clinician Understanding and Use and "PROTEUS" Patient-Reported Outcomes Tools - Jonathan Weiner, DrPH, Professor
Projects: Developing Next Generation EHR-Supported Predictive Modeling: Developing the Johns Hopkins “e-ACG” System, Identifying High Risk Pregnancies through Natural Language Processing and Framework for a VHA Population Health Program: BMI Trajectory Project - Hsien-Yen Chang, PhD, Associate Scientist
- Renée Wilson, MS, Research Associate
Affiliated faculty:
- , MD, MPH, Professor
Projects: Maximizing Respect and Improving Patient Outcomes in HIV and Substance Abuse and (Dis)Respect Reflected and Perpetuated in Medical Records - Suchi Saria, PhD, MSc, John C. Malone Associate Professor
Projects: Developing Next Generation EHR-Supported Predictive Modeling: Developing the Johns Hopkins “e-ACG” System and Modeling Disease Trajectories in Patients with Complex, Multiphenotypic Conditions - Sarah Szanton, PhD, MSN
Project: - , MD, John A. Flynn Professor
- , MD, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor
- Renan Castillo, PhD, Associate Professor
- , MD, MPH, Assistant Professor
- Kenneth Shermock, PharmD, PhD, Research Associate
AGING
Core faculty:
- Albert Wu, MD, MPH, Professor
Project: Preventing Fall Related Injuries in Older Adults (STRIDE Study) - Jodi Segal, MD, MPH, Professor
Projects: Creating and Validating a Claim-based Indicator of Frailty and Overuse of Healthcare Resources in Older Adults - Karen Davis, PhD, Professor - Emerita
Projects: Comprehensive Home-based Dementia Care Coordination for Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligibles in Maryland and Medicare Benefit Design and Long-Term Services and Supports - Judith Kasper, PhD, Professor
Projects: National Health and Aging Trends Study, Medicare Benefit Design and Long-Term Services and Supports, Caregiving for Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias: Enhancing the National Study of Caregiving (NSOC) and Harmonizing Cognitive Assessment in International Surveys on Aging - , PhD, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
- Jonathan Weiner, DrPH, Professor
Project: The Development and Testing of the Frailty Component of a Novel EHR-Based Geriatric e-Risk Measure for Predictive Modeling - Jennifer Wolff, PhD, Eugene and Mildred Lipitz Professor
Projects: Involving Family to Improve Communication about Safe and Effective Medication Use for Older Primary Care Patients with Dementia, Comprehensive Home-based Dementia Care Coordination for Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligibles in Maryland, Family Involvement in Older Adults Physician Visits, Medicare Benefit Design and Long-Term Services and Supports, Caregiving for Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias: Enhancing the National Study of Caregiving (NSOC), and Family Caregivers and Shared Access to the Patient Portal - Emmanuel Drabo, PhD, Assistant Professor
Affiliated faculty:
- , MD, Professor
Project: The Development and Testing of the Frailty Component of a Novel EHR-Based Geriatric e-Risk Measure for Predictive Modeling - Suchi Saria, PhD, MSc, John C. Malone Assistant Professor
Project: The Development and Testing of the Frailty Component of a Novel EHR-Based Geriatric e-Risk Measure for Predictive Modeling - , PhD, MSN, Professor
Projects: and - , PhD, Professor
- , MD, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor
- Lisa Reider, PhD, Assistant Professor
HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Core faculty:
- Hadi Kharrazi, MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Projects: Clinical Knowledge Hub - Conceptual Integration of Rules, Data Sets, and Queries, Framework for a VHA Population Health Program: BMI Trajectory Project, A Community HIE-based Hospital Readmission Risk Prediction and Notification System, Stage 3 Meaningful Use Objectives: An Evaluation of Care Coordination Measures among Eligible Hospitals, Developing Next Generation EHR-Supported Predictive Modeling: Developing the Johns Hopkins e-ACG System, and Developing Patient Reported Outcome-Based Performance Measures in Primary Care Practices - Jodi Segal, MD, Professor
Project: Creating and Validating a Claims-based Indicator of Frailty - Jonathan Weiner, DrPH, Professor
Projects: Identifying High Risk Pregnancies through Natural Language Processing, The Development and Testing of the Frailty Component of a Novel EHR-Based Geriatric e-Risk Measure for Predictive Modeling, and Developing Next Generation EHR-Supported Predictive Modeling: Developing the Johns Hopkins e-ACG System - Jennifer Wolff, PhD, Eugene and Mildred Lipitz Professor
Project: Family Caregivers and Shared Access to the Patient Portal - Albert Wu, MD, Professor
Projects: PaTH Clinical Data Research Network and Developing Patient Reported Outcome-Based Performance Measures in Primary Care Practices - Vadim Dukhanin, MD, MHS, Assistant Scientist
Affiliated faculty:
- , MD, MPH, Professor
Project: (Dis)Respect Reflected and Perpetuated in Medical Records - , MD, Professor
Project: The Development and Testing of the Frailty Component of a Novel EHR-Based Geriatric e-Risk Measure for Predictive Modeling - Suchi Saria, PhD, MSc, John C. Malone Associate Professor
Projects: The Development and Testing of the Frailty Component of a Novel EHR-Based Geriatric e-Risk Measure for Predictive Modeling, Developing Next Generation EHR-Supported Predictive Modeling: Developing the Johns Hopkins e-ACG System, and Modeling Disease Trajectories in Patients with Complex, Multiphenotypic Conditions - , MA, ScD, Associate Professor
Project: - , MPH, MS, Research Associate
- David Chin, MD, MBA, Distinguished Scholar
PATIENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Core faculty:
- Albert Wu, MD, MPH, Professor
Projects: Reverse Innovation & Community Engagement to Improve Quality of Care & Patient Outcomes (Project CONNECT), Preventing Fall Related Injuries in Older Adults (STRIDE study), and Accelerating Collaborations for Evaluation (ACE) Matching Service - Jill Marsteller, PhD, MPP, Professor
Projects: Comparative effectiveness of health system vs. Multi-level interventions to reduce hypertension disparities and Accelerating Collaborations for Evaluation (ACE) Matching Service - Lee Bone, RN, MPH, Associate Professor
Project: Reverse Innovation & Community Engagement to Improve Quality of Care & Patient Outcomes (Project CONNECT) - Yea-Jen Hsu, PhD, Assistant Scientist
Project: Comparative effectiveness of health system vs. Multi-level interventions to reduce hypertension disparities - Christine Weston, PhD, Assistant Scientist
Projects: Reverse Innovation & Community Engagement to Improve Quality of Care & Patient Outcomes (Project CONNECT) and Accelerating Collaborations for Evaluation (ACE) Matching Service - Eric Bass, MD, Professor
- Vadim Dukhanin, MD, MHS, Assistant Scientist
Affiliated faculty:
- , PhD, MA, SNF Agora Institute Associate Professor
Project: - , MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Project: - , PhD, Assistant Professor
Projects: Reverse Innovation & Community Engagement to Improve Quality of Care & Patient Outcomes (Project CONNECT) and Comparative effectiveness of health system vs. Multi-level interventions to reduce hypertension disparities - , MA, ScD, Associate Professor
Project: - , MD, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor
- , PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor
HEALTH POLICY
Core faculty:
- Jodi Segal, MD, MPH, Professor
Project: Effect of Therapeutic Class on Generic Drug Substitutions - Karen Davis, PhD, Professor - Emerita
Projects: Medicare at 50 and Medicare Benefit Design and Long-Term Services and Supports - Donald Steinwachs, PhD, Professor - Emeritus
Project: SMI Dual Eligibles and Medicare Part D: Impact on Medications Continuity and Outcomes - Lee Bone, RN, MPH, Associate Professor
- Emmanuel Drabo, PhD, Assistant Professor
- Joe Levy, PhD, Assistant Professor
- Craig Pollack, MD, MHA, Associate Professor
Affiliated faculty:
- Caleb Alexander, MD, MS, Associate Professor
Projects: Analyzing the Relationship Between Televised Direct-To-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising and Patient Outcomes, Collaborating Centers of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation and Impact of “Pill Mill” Laws on Opioid Prescribing, Dispensing and Utilization - , PhD, Professor
- Ellen Mackenzie, PhD, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
- , PhD, Professor
MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES
Core faculty:
- Donald Steinwachs, PhD, Professor - Emeritus
Projects: Impact of Employment Interventions for Persons with Serious Mental Illnesses on Non-employment Patient-Centered Outcomes and SMI Dual Eligibles and Medicare Part D: Impact on Medications Continuity and Outcomes - Elizabeth Skinner, MSW, Senior Scientist
Affiliated faculty:
- , PhD, Professor
- , PhD, Professor
SHARED DECISION MAKING
Core faculty:
- , MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Project: Improving Doctor-Patient Communication in Cancer Care - , MD, MPH, Professor
Project: Shared Decision-Making and Parent-Reported Outcomes in Pediatric Sleep-Disordered Breathing - Claire Snyder, PhD, Professor
Project: Improving Doctor-Patient Communication in Cancer Care - Craig Pollack, MD, MHA, Associate Professor
Affiliated faculty:
- , MD, MPH, Professor
Project: Shared Decision-Making and Parent-Reported Outcomes in Pediatric Sleep-Disordered Breathing - , MA, ScD, Associate Professor
Project: - , PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, SYSTEMS & ORGANIZATIONS
Core faculty:
- Albert Wu, MD, MPH, Professor
Projects: Reverse Innovation & Community Engagement to Improve Quality of Care & Patient Outcomes (Project CONNECT), RISE – Resilience in Stressful Events, and Developing Patient Reported Outcome-Based Performance Measures in Primary Care Practices - Jill Marsteller, PhD, MPP, Professor
Projects: Capturing Implementation Context: The Team Check Up Tool (TCT) Project, Linking Blood Stream Infections to Intensive Care Nursing Context of Care and Process and Maryland Multi-Payor Patient Centered Medical Home Program Evaluation - , PhD, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
- , MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Project: Developing Patient Reported Outcome-Based Performance Measures in Primary Care Practices - Karen Davis, PhD, Professor - Emerita
Project: Comprehensive Home-based Dementia Care Coordination for Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligibles in Maryland - Sydney Dy, MD, MSc, Professor
Projects: Measuring What Matters in Hospice and Palliative Care and Developing Patient Reported Outcome-Based Performance Measures in Primary Care Practices - Hadi Kharrazi, MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Projects: A Community HIE-based Hospital Readmission Risk Prediction and Notification System, Stage 3 Meaningful Use Objectives: An Evaluation of Care Coordination Measures among Eligible Hospitals, and Developing Patient Reported Outcome-Based Performance Measures in Primary Care Practices - Jennifer Wolff, PhD, Eugene and Mildred Lipitz Professor
Project: Comprehensive Home-based Dementia Care Coordination for Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligibles in Maryland - Craig Pollack, MD, MHA, Associate Professor
- , PhD, MPH, Assistant Scientist
- Vadim Dukhanin, MD, MHS, Assistant Scientist
Affiliated faculty:
- , MD, MPH, Professor
Project: (Dis)Respect Reflected and Perpetuated in Medical Records - , MD, MPH, Assistant Professor
Project: Developing Patient Reported Outcome-Based Performance Measures in Primary Care Practices - David Chin, MD, MBA, Distinguished Scholar
- , PhD, Professor
- , MD, Assistant Professor
- , PhD, Assistant Professor
- , PhD, Associate Professor
- , MD, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor
- , MD, MHS, Associate Professor
- , PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor
- , PhD, Professor
COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH
Core faculty:
- Jodi Segal, MD, MPH, Professor
Projects: Comparing Patient Centered Outcomes in the Management of Pain between Emergency Departments and Dedicated Acute Care Facilities for Adults with Sickle Cell Disease and Structural Nested Models to Assess the Safety and Effectiveness of Generic Drugs - Jill Marsteller, PhD, MPP, Professor
Project: Comparative effectiveness of health system vs. Multi-level interventions to reduce hypertension disparities - Yea-Jen Hsu, PhD, Assistant Scientist
Project: Comparative effectiveness of health system vs. Multi-level interventions to reduce hypertension disparities - Emmanuel Drabo, PhD, Assistant Professor
- Craig Pollack, MD, MHA, Associate Professor
Affiliated faculty:
- , PhD, Assistant Professor
Project: Comparative effectiveness of health system vs. Multi-level interventions to reduce hypertension disparities - , MD, PhD, Associate Professor
ECONOMIC EVALUATION
Core faculty:
- Emmanuel Drabo, PhD, Assistant Professor
- Joe Levy, PhD, Assistant Professor
Affiliated faculty:
- , PhD, Professor
- , PhD, Professor
- , PhD, Professor
PROGRAM EVALUATION
Core faculty:
- Jill Marsteller, PhD, MPP, Professor
Projects: Maryland Multi-Payor Patient Centered Medical Home Program Evaluation, Partnership for Quality Improvement Evaluation With the American College of Physicians, and Accelerating Collaborations for Evaluation (ACE) Matching Service - Jodi Segal, MD, MPH, Professor
Projects: Developing an Indicator of Overuse of Medical Testing to Reduce the Cost of Health Care and Partnership for Quality Improvement Evaluation With the American College of Physicians - Albert Wu, MD, MPH, Professor
Projects: Partnership for Quality Improvement Evaluation With the American College of Physicians and Accelerating Collaborations for Evaluation (ACE) Matching Service - Sydney Dy, MD, MSc, Professor
Projects: Measuring What Matters in Hospice and Palliative Care and Evaluation of Implementation of Point-of-Care Palliative Care Quality Measures - Yea-Jen Hsu, PhD, Assistant Scientist
Project: Partnership for Quality Improvement Evaluation With the American College of Physicians - Hadi Kharrazi, MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Project: Stage 3 Meaningful Use Objectives: An Evaluation of Care Coordination Measures among Eligible Hospitals - Craig Pollack, MD, MHA, Associate Professor
Project: The Effects of Neighborhood Poverty on Health Care Utilization and Spending - Christine Weston, PhD, Assistant Scientist
Project: Accelerating Collaborations for Evaluation (ACE) Matching Service - Jonathan Weiner, DrPH, Professor
- Vadim Dukhanin, MD, MHS, Assistant Scientist
Affiliated faculty:
- , DrPH, MD, MHA, Assistant Professor
Project: Safety Program in Perinatal Care-II Phase 2 - , PhD, MSN
Project:
APPLIED MICROECONOMICS
Core faculty:
- , PhD, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
- Emmanuel Drabo, PhD, Assistant Professor
Affiliated faculty:
- , PhD, Professor