Medication nonadherence is a common challenge in hospital medicine, but understanding why a patient is not taking a medication as prescribed can be difficult.
A behavioral framework could help hospitalists better understand medication nonadherence
Category: Research
Johnston receives R01 for research on dementia care for adults with intellectual disabilities
New project aims to study Medicare and Medicaid special needs plans for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
What do physicians really think about their relationships with neurotechnology companies?
Study identifies factors that shape clinical decision-making when working with industry partners.
DuBois receives R01 renewal
James DuBois, DSc, PhD, received a $1.55 million, 4-year R01 renewal to make research with shared qualitative data more usable, responsible, and trustworthy. This new project builds on a highly productive prior grant that reduced ethical and practical barriers to sharing qualitative data in health science research. In that project, the team developed novel software […]
New study reveals what patients, caregivers, and neurosurgeons really think about machine learning-assisted brain cancer care
A new paper from the Bioethics Research Center at WashU Medicine, published in Frontiers in Neurology and led by Tristan McIntosh, PhD, an assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, offers one of the first in-depth looks at how the people most affected by glioblastoma — patients, their caregivers, and the neurosurgeons who treat them — […]
Gage and Tague study accurate monitoring of mycophenolic acid in transplant recipients
Brian Gage, MD, MSc, Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics, and Laneshia K. Tague, MD, MSCI, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, (primary PI) research on mycophenolic acid in lung transplant recipients has been published in the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. The study used […]
Study looks at how barriers to healthcare and social service utilization impact rural-based older adults
A recent study led by Beth Prusaczyk, PhD, MSW, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics, looks at how barriers to healthcare social service utilization increases for rural area-based older adults who use drugs. The study titled “Barriers to Healthcare and Social Service Utilization Among Rural Older Adults Who Use […]
Kenton Johnston, PhD, MPH research published in The Journal of American Medical Association
Congratulations to Kenton Johnston, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine & Director of Medicare Innovation Research Lab in the Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics, for his published work in the October 2024 issue of The Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA). The article titled “Helping Dual-Eligible Individuals Navigate Medicare and Medicaid” looks at the problems faced by […]
Dr. Evanoff commentary published in a nationwide population study in Denmark
Congratulations to our Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics Chief, Bradley Evanoff, MD, MPH for his published commentary in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. The article addressed the analysis of data in a recently published nationwide population study in Denmark titled “Role of female sex and occupational exposures when examining the rates and risks of carpal tunnel syndrome”. Dr. […]
JAMA Publication – How’s Your Soul? (Links to an external site)
A narrative medicine piece by Dr. David Vermette, Assistant Professor of Medicine, was recently published in The Journal of the American Medical Association.