An e-newsletter of Jefferson College of Population Health
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We’ve had an incredible Fall filled with programs that featured the work of our students and faculty. We’re proud of their many accomplishments that embody our mission to prepare future leaders in healthcare.
Some highlights include:
- Over 30 faculty, alumni, and students presented at the 2019 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo in Philadelphia. Find the complete listing on Jefferson Digital Commons.
- JCPH hosted This is Public Health Graduate School Fair, with representation from over 50 public health programs from across the U.S.
- A recent cohort of 28 employees from throughout the Jefferson Enterprise completed the JCPH Quality Improvement & Patient Safety (QI/PS) Leadership Training Program and presented their capstone projects.
- Along with Jefferson College of Nursing, JCPH co-hosted Community Driven Research Day, a program designed to connect researchers and community-based organizations.
What’s next?
- The new High Reliability Boot Camp takes place March 12-13, 2020 and is designed to provide an overview of high reliability concepts, including communications, structural organization and culture, and practical application models for quality improvement.
- Join us in Philadelphia for the Twentieth Population Health Colloquium, March 30 - April 1,2020. Check out the amazing line-up of expert thought leaders and register by January 31st to receive an early bird discounted fee!
- The Spring Population Health Academy will take place April 20-24, 2020. The first 3 days are devoted to the essentials of population health, while the last 2 days focus on population health management and strategy. Seating is limited, so reserve your spot early!
Be on the lookout for new educational offerings and information sessions in 2020! Happy Holidays and Best Wishes in the New Year!
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Willie H. Oglesby, PhD, MBA, MSPH, FRSPH, FACHE
Interim Dean
Jefferson College of Population Health
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Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Leadership (QI/PS)
Training Program Graduates
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Research Using the SEER Database:
Applied Health Economic & Outcomes Research (AHEOR) Students Gain Invaluable Real-Word Insight
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The goal of JCPH's
AHEOR program is to train health professionals to examine the efficacy, effectiveness, cost, and value of health interventions. Over the past four years, under the mentorship of program director David Delgado, PhD, MPH, students have had access to the
National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results
(SEER) database. The SEER public use data provided students the opportunity to explore research questions with using real-world data about patients diagnosed with cancer in 18 registries across the United States.
Dr. Delgado is passionate about positioning students for success in the workplace by helping them gain exposure to the research process and learn how to critically analyze data. “Having students actually work with data sets, providing real-world evidence, helps them grow and thrive in their industry,” he points out. “They are capable of understanding analysis, presenting data and communicating effectively.”
The research process includes several components:
PICO question (
P
atient,
P
roblem or
P
opulation;
I
ntervention;
C
omparison;
C
ontrol or
C
omparator; and
O
utcomes); IRB mini proposal; mini literature review; slide presentation of findings; preparation of SAS code and outputs; and submission of abstract and poster. This process usually takes five to nine months of committed work on the students’ behalf, with dedicated mentorship. In addition, students consult with other JCPH faculty, including biostatisticians, clinicians, medical writers and graphic artists. Dr. Delgado explains, “These important interactions with faculty enhance the students’ overall research experience.”
The SEER poster process affords students with an array of experiences such as: team building, developing research aims, literature synthesis, research design, data interpretation and visualization. Students understand their role to contribute clinically, help define exposures and outcomes, and advise in the analysis design. All of the seven abstracts submitted to
ISPOR international conferences (2015-2019) were accepted, and three students (two AHEOR Post-doctoral Fellows and a PhD candidate) were awarded blue ribbons for their work. A sample of SEER-related posters and abstracts can be found
here.
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STUDENT & ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
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MPH student
Beverly Anaele
wrote an Op-ed for the
Philadelphia Inquirer,
"DNA testing detained immigrants would be dangerous and unethical
." This article was the result of Beverly's experience in her Foundation of Policy and Advocacy class in which Dr. Romney incorporated practice on preparing op-eds. Additionally, Elena Gooray, an opinion editor for the Inquirer, was a guest lecturer for this class and encouraged students to contact her if they needed guidance.
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Alumni Kate Fox, MPH '15 was interviewed while attending the Blue Cross Blue Shield "Millennial Health Call to Action Forum.
" The story,
"Millennial Voices: Financial Stress May be Driving Poor Millennial Health in Philadelphia" appears on the Blue Cross Blue Shield Health of America website. Kate is currently a
Program Planning and Evaluation Manager at Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services and a doctoral student in the Health Management and Policy program at Drexel University.
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Meet JCPH Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR) Fellows!
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Se Ryeong "Rhea" Jang, MPH (Ethicon)
"After having some exposure to HEOR through my coursework at my MPH program and consulting work, I was looking for an opportunity to take my skills to the next level. I also wanted to learn how HEOR was applied in the industry setting, but I did not feel so prepared to jump into a workplace as a full-time analyst. The JCPH/Ethicon Fellowship, which is structured so that I spend first 6 months at Jefferson and the remaining 1.5 years at Ethicon, seemed to provide exactly what I needed. Through the opportunities to attend meetings held by decision makers of the Jefferson health system and the chances to work with clinicians and biostatisticians, I am getting to build more insights on what factors must be considered in generating reliable and valid evidence to provide cost-effective and safe medical interventions to those in need."
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Laetita N'Dri, PharmD (Novartis)
"I chose this HEOR Fellowship because of its unmatched legacy! The Jefferson College of Population Health is the first of its kind and the research faculty is outstanding. As a Pharmacist, I believe that the one year training in the academic setting will prepare me to better understand how to effectively manage projects in the pharmaceutical industry. From analyzing claims data to understanding how to validate a patient survey, this experience will leverage my skills to not only provide safe and effective patient care, but also to improve outcomes."
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Assistant Professor
Amy Henderson Riley, DrPH, MHCES
led a team of Jefferson researchers in exploring the powerful and emotional impact of using Instagram for women experiencing miscarriage. "
Instagram Users' Experiences of Miscarriages
" was published in
Obstetrics & Gynecology,
Dec. 5, 2019. The Jefferson team included Rebecca Mercier, MD, MPH, Rachel Webster, MD (OB/GYN Dept.) and
MPH student
Katherine Senter,
who is also a clinical research coordinator with
SKCC Clinical Research Organization
. Read the Jefferson
press release
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Associate Professor
Amy Leader, DrPH, MPH
of the Department of Medical Oncology, SKCC and JCPH was recently inducted as a
College of Physicians of Philadelphia Fellow
. The Fellowship program is for physicians,
civic leaders, public health advocates, academics, and other professionals, who come together for health-related lectures, public policy debates, and scholarship.
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JCPH PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS
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JCPH Publications
Baukus AJ.
Developing a community-based research project proposal to build public health educator capacity: a graduate student perspective.
Health Promot Pract.
2019; 20 (6):801-804.
Clayman M, Kumar N
, Murray M
, Mok, M, Sharpe TJ. Shared Decision Making & its impact on clinical trial consideration.
Clinical Leader.
Dec. 3, 2019.
Cunningham A
,
Riley AH
,
Puskarz K
,
Frasso R
. Experiential learning: moving from data collection to health promotion in one term.
Pedagogy in Health Promotion: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
2019.
https://doi.org/10.1177/2373379919885964
Feehan K, Kenhinde F, Sachs K, Mossabed R, Berhane Z,
Patcher LM, Brody S,
Turchi RM.
Development of a multidisciplinary medical home program for NICU graduates.
Maternal & Child Health.
2019.
DOI:
10.1007/s10995-019-02818-0
Geskey JM
, Grile C, Jennings N,
Crawford A
,
Kaminski M
. Use of postdischarge Emergency Medical Services to reduce hospital readmissions: Does it work and is it economically feasible?
Popul Health Manag.
2019.
DOI:
10.1089/pop.2019.0125
Hogan J,
Frasso R
, Hailu T, Tate A, Martin R, Sze R. Optimizing imaging clinical decision support perspectives of pediatric emergency department physicians.
J Am College Pharm.
2019. D
OI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2019.08.022
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Mercier RJ,
Senter K
, Webster R,
Riley AH.
Instagram User's experiences of miscarriage.
Obstetrics & Gynecology.
2019.
DOI:
10.1097/AOG.0000000000003621
Nash DB.
Can using the computer during a visit improve patient relations?
MedPage Today.
October 25, 2019. 2019.
Nash DB
. Who really bears the risk in private equity buyouts?
MedPage Today.
November 23, 2019
Thomas RB
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Jang SR
, Lombardi M,
Maio V.
The prescription paradox: a guide to appropriate prescribing in the elderly.
Geriatric Care.
2019; 5(2)49-51.
https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2019.8523
JCPH Presentations
Greidinger A, Vershvovsky M, Lapinsky E, Rhoades A,
Leader A
,
Maio V
, Minetola J,
Walsh K
,
Csik VP
. Impact of palliative care consultation on end-of-life care measures: a retrospective analysis of patients in the Oncology Care Model. Presented at: ASCO Quality Care Symposium, September 6, 2019, San Diego, CA.
Hogan J,
Frasso R
, Hailu T, Sze R. Optimizing imaging clinical decision support: perspectives of pediatric emergency department physicians. Presented at: SPR 2019 Annual Meeting, April 30-May 4, 2019, San Francisco, CA.
Leong JY,
Shelly K, Kee A, Maio V
, Chandrasekar T. Examining the temporal impact of the CMS Sunshine Act on the industry-physician relationship: an updated analysis. Presented at: 77
th
American Urological Association, Mid-Atlantic Section Annual Meeting, Oct. 24-24, 2019, Pocono Manor, PA.
Pachter LM.
Stress, distress, and adversity: childhood psychosocial trauma and health disparities. Presented at: Reading Hospital, Tower Health Day in Pediatrics, Oct. 4, 2019, Reading, PA.
Pachter LM
. Precision medicine, health disparities and minority inclusion. Presented at: 2nd Nemours Precision Medicine Symposium: Implementing Personalized Medicine Principles into Practice, Nov. 15, 2019, Wilmington, DE.
Pacther LM.
Advice from the Editor-in-Chief: how to maximize your chance of publication. Presented at: the 3rd International Developmental Pediatrics Association Congress, Dec.11 2019, Manila, Philippines.
Pandya N
, Sholevar CJ,
Frasso R
, Metha J. A Qualitative study of factors that influence interest in a career in pediatric rheumatology. Presented at: ACR/ARP Annual Meeting, Nov. 6-11, 2019, Atlanta, Georgia.
Vest MT, O’Donnel L, McGraw P, Sebastian P, Jurkovitz C,
Frasso R
. Discussion of prognosis during intensive care unit family meeting: a qualitative analysis. Presented at: American Thoracic Society 2019 International Conference, May 17-22, 2019, Dallas, Texas
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Upcoming Educational Opportunities
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POPULATION HEALTH ACADEMY
March 12-13, 2020
NEW
Population Health Academy Course!
High Reliability Boot Camp
Designed for clinical and operational leaders responsible for service delivery within their organization. Provides an overview of high reliability concepts, including communications, structural organization and culture, and practical application models for quality improvement.
April 20-22,2020 *
Population Health Essentials
A comprehensive overview of the tenets of population health, including the key components of creating a population health model.
April 23-24,2020 *
Population Health Management and Strategies
Focused on actionable strategies and practical solutions to implement population health management programs that improve clinical and financial outcomes.
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These sessions are recommended as a combined full week program. Completion of Population Health Essentials or graduation from the 5-day Population Health Academy (prior to 2019) is required for enrollment into the Population Health Management and Strategies session.
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