Collaborative to improve screening for intimate partner violence approved for PCORI funding

Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics at UW-Madison, in collaboration with Laurie Thompsen, MSW from the West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Danielle Davidov, PhD, assistant professor of emergency medicine at West Virginia University, recently received approval for a Pipeline to Proposal Tier II award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).… Read more »

Heather Johnson discusses masked hypertension

Dr. Heather Johnson was recently featured in a local news story on “masked hypertension,” a condition where blood pressure readings are normal when they are measured at the doctor’s office, but are actually high in non-clinical settings due to stressful or fast-paced daily living. Masked hypertension is the opposite of “white coat hypertension,” where anxiety… Read more »

 

HealthExperiencesUSA website featured in the news

HealthExperiencesUSA.org, a website created by Drs. Nancy Pandhi and Rachel Grob in partnership with DIPEx International to elevate the patient voice in American health care, was recently featured in a news story by News 3/Channel 3000. The story discusses how the website can be a helpful resource for young adults with depression by helping them… Read more »

 

Dr. Jennifer Weiss named an AGA Future Leader

Dr. Jennifer Weiss has been named one of 18 Future Leaders by the American Gastroenterological Association. The Future Leaders program was created in 2015 to identify early career gastroneterologists who have the potential to make a significant impact on the specialty. During the year-long program, participants will receive leadership training and work closely with mentors from… Read more »

 

New patient and stakeholder engagement resources available on HIPxChange

Several new patient and stakeholder engagement resources created by partners of the UW-ICTR Community Academics Partnerships program are now available on HIPxChange. The new resources include an interactive online training on deeply engaging patients with a mix and match of methods, a roadmap and materials for engaging hard-to-reach patient stakeholders, and workshop videos & materials on… Read more »