Shammari Kay Member of the Lussier CARDS since 2016 What is one thing you really like about being a member of the CARDS at Lussier? One thing I really like about the CARDS group is the fact that the group feels more like a family rather than a group of people from the community, which …
Designing a smart phone app to improve outcomes after surgery Lead Researcher: Sara Fernandes-Taylor, PhD; Department of Surgery, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health What is the focus of your research? Our research program focuses on improving outcomes after vascular surgery. Specifically, we designed and pilot-tested a smartphone app that allows our vascular surgery …
Bob Miller Member of the Goodman CARDS since 2010 What is one thing you really like about being a member of the CARDS at Goodman? I like it when we hear feedback that something we did really helped someone – when it made something as or more successful as someone was expecting. It’s what we …
Provider-patient communication in managing chronic childhood conditions Lead Researcher: Gwen Costa Jacobsohn, PhD, Primary Care Research Fellow; UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health What is the focus of your research? My research looks at the role of provider-patient communication in management of chronic childhood conditions; more broadly, relationship between socioeconomic determinants of health and …
Dawn Lynch Member of the Pitt Patient and Family Advisory Board since 2016 What is one thing you really like about being a member of a patient advisory committee? When something totally unexpected happens to you, like what happened to me, it’s not like you say “poor me”, but ultimately, you want a way to …
Vicki Goodman-Strenski Member of the Zgierska Patient and Family Advisory Committee and Stakeholder Advisory Committee since 2017 What is one thing you really like about being a member of a patient advisory committee? I really appreciate how open the researchers and project coordinators are with the patients on the committees. You can tell that they’re …
Gibril Jarjue Member of the Goodman CARDS since 2012 What is one thing you really like about being a member of the CARDS at Goodman? CARDS seem like family to me. There’s camaraderie and mutual respect, and a lot of understanding in the way we communicate – talking to each other and to our guests. …
Preventing misuse of OTC medications by older adults Lead Researcher: Michelle Chui, PharmD, PhD; UW-Madison School of Pharmacy What is the focus of your research? The goal of our current AHRQ funded research grant is to prevent the misuse of over-the-counter medications by older adults by implementing a system-redesign intervention in community pharmacies. How has …
Mike Arndorfer Member of the Cox Parent Advisory Board from 2014-2017 What is one thing you really like about being a member of a patient advisory committee? The thing I like most about being a member of the patient advisory committee is giving back to the medical community and patient population that has helped us …
Improving Medication Adherence Lead Researcher: Olayinka Shiyanbola, PhD, B.Pharm; UW-Madison School of Pharmacy What is the focus of your research? My research is “patient-centered”. In general, I’m interested in examining patient perceptions, attitudes and roles, as well as investigating how to incorporate perceptions into improving the quality of medication use. My goal is to improve …