Kevin Volpp and colleagues win accolades for smoking cessation study. Many congratulations to LDI Senior Fellow Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD and his team for well-deserved recognition of groundbreaking work on using financial incentives in smoking cessation. Dr. Volpp’s paper in the New England Journal of Medicine received the 2010 BMJ Group Award for “Getting Research into Practice.” The award was presented in London on March 10, 2010. Also, the paper has won the Society of General Internal Medicine’s 2010 Research Paper of the Year award, to be presented at SGIM’s annual meeting in May.
Mary Naylor named chair of new Long-Term Quality Alliance. LDI Senior Fellow Mary Naylor, PhD, RN, will serve as chair of the newly created Long-Term Quality Alliance (LTQA), a group comprised of the country’s leading health, consumer, and aging advocates. The mission of the LTQA is to ensure quality of care for the 10 million Americans needing long-term care services in a variety of settings.
David Casarett book garners critical praise. Kudos to LDI Senior Fellow David Casarett, MD, on his new book, “Last Acts: Discovering Possibility and Opportunity at the End of Life,” which received a glowing review in the Washington Post.
New fellowship in Critical Care Health Services Research funded. LDI is pleased to announce the availability of a new training grant from NHLBI that will provide for two years of health policy training for physicians working in the area of critical care. The postdoctoral fellowship program will be led by LDI Executive Director David A. Asch, MD, MBA, and LDI Senior Fellow Lee A. Fleisher, MD. The program will appeal to fellows in pediatric or general emergency medicine, pulmonary and critical care medicine, anesthesiology, trauma, and other related fields. Funding is available for two trainees starting July 2010. For more information, or to apply, contact Dr. Asch or Dr. Fleisher.
|
|
Thomas Ten Have, PhD, David Casarett, MD, MA, and Jessica Fishman, PhD were featured in a KYW Radio report for their study on the public’s unrealistic approach to aggressive cancer treatments. (3/16/10) Article: U. of P. Study: News Reports Often Overstate Cancer Research (3/16/10) Radio Report
Scott Halpern, MD, assistant professor of Pulmonary Medicine and Epidemiology, was featured in a Philadelphia Inquirer article for the study he directed on how Americans might make decisions if offered financial incentives for kidney donation while alive. (3/16/10) Study: Payments would increase organ donation
David Casarett, MD, authored a column in the Huffington Post, describing a new study he co-authored that discusses how newspapers and magazines cover cancer news. (3/16/10) Huffington Post: Cancer News Offers Readers Hope and Hype, But No Help (3/16/10) Media Downplay Failings of Cancer Treatments
Brendan Carr, MD, MS,assistant professor of Emergency Medicine and Biostatistics and Epidemiology, was featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer’s "Check Up" blog for his research on stroke patients. (3/10/10) Flying stroke patients to hospitals would save lives, study finds
Justin E. Bekelman, MD, assistant professor of Radiation Oncology, was highlighted in a Philadelphia Inquirer article for his new study on the type of treatment patients receive and how it significantly affects the type of specialist they see. (3/10/10) A reason to see primary care physician after prostate cancer diagnosis
Raina Merchant, MD, emergency physician and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar, was featured in a Philadelphia Inquirer "Check Up" blog for the study she led on whether instructions delivered via cell phone would improve the quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR. (3/2/10) Can cell phones help save lives?
Archived Senior Fellow Sightings
|
