Past Award Winners
Career Achievement Awardees
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2024 Career Achievement Award
Galina Velikova, MD, PhD, FRCP
Professor of Psychosocial and Medical Oncology, University of Leeds
Consultant in Medical Oncology, St James’s Institute of Oncology, Leeds Cancer Centre
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
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2023 Career Achievement Award
Robert M. Kaplan, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Stanford University of School of Medicine, Clinical Excellence Research Center (CERC)
Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
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2022 Career Achievement Award
Ron D. Hays, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Department of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA School of Public Health
Senior Social Policy Analyst, RAND
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2020 Career Achievement Award
Melanie Calvert - PhD
Professor of Outcomes Methodology, NIHR Senior Investigator, Director Centre for Patient Reported Outcomes Research,
Director of Birmingham Health Partners Centre for Regulatory Science and Innovation, Institute of Applied Health Research
University of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham
2019 Career Achievement Award
Albert Wu - MD, MPH
Director, Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research Joint Appointment in Medicine, Johns Hopkins, Director, Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research; Director, PhD Program in Health Services Research & Policy; Director, Certificate Program in Quality, Patient Safety & Outcomes Research
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2018 Career Achievement Award
Madeleine Trudy King - PHD
Cancer Australia Chair in Cancer Quality of Life (QOL), Director of the QOL Office, Psycho-oncology Co-operative Research Group (PoCoG), School of Psychology, Professor University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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2017 Career Achievement Award
Ethan Basch - MD, MSc,
Professor of Medicine; Professor of Public Health; Director, Cancer Outcomes Research Program; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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2016 Career Achievement Award
Arthur A. Stone - PhD
Professor of Psychology; Director, USC Dornsife Center for Self-Report Science, University of Southern California
Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, Stony Brook University
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2015 Career Achievement Award
Bryce Reeve - PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Professor, Health policy and management.
2014 Career Achievement Award
David Cella - PhD
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Professor and Chair, Department of Medical Social Sciences
2013 Career Achievement Award
Nick Black - PhD
Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Professor of Health Services Research
Department of Health Services Research & Policy
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Dissertation Awardees
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2024-2025 Dissertation Awardee
Jennifer Scodes, PhD Candidte
Brown University
Title: "Item Response Theory-Based Methods for Addressing Proxy-Response in Patient-Reported Outcomes"
2023-2024 Dissertation Awardees
Sophia Weiner-Light, PhD Candidate
Northwestern University
Title: "Development of a Brain Health Literacy and Activation PREM"
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2022-2023 Dissertation Awardees
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Elizabeth Danielson, Post Doctorate
Northwestern University
Title: “Patient-reported outcomes after total hip arthroplasty and census-level social vulnerability"
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Julianne Murphy, PhD Candidate
Northwestern University
Title: “Patient-reported health-related quality of life as complex patient outcomes in stroke survivors"
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2021-2022 Dissertation Awardees
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Rebecca Lovett, Post Doctorate
Northwestern University
Title: “Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Middle to Older-Aged Primary Care Adults: 12 year Trajectories and their Determinants"
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Jessica Acolin, PhD Candidate
University of Washington
Title: “Redefining Resilience as a Public Health Response to Stress”
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2020-2021 Dissertation Awardees
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Ebony Allen Toussaint, MPH
Department of Health Policy & Management
University of Maryland School of Public Health
Title: Psychological Distress and Need for Mental Healthcare: Examining and Modeling Prevalence
and Need using Multiple Data Sets
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Claire Ryan, MA
School Psychology Program
The University of Texas at Austin
Title: Evaluation of the Linguistic Validity and Psychometric Properties of the ASL-SDQ with Deaf Youth
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Puja Aggarwal, PhD
Cancer Prevention Research Training Program
Division of Cancer Prevention & Population Sciences
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Title: Predictors of risk of patient-reported cancer treatment-associated symptoms, symptom clusters, and longitudinal trajectory of symptoms among oropharyngeal cancer patients
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2019-2020 Dissertation Awardees
Courtney Segal,
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Washington.
Title: Determinants and Outcomes of Digital Engagement in Patient Portals
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2018-2019 Dissertation Awardees
Keri J. S. Brady, MPH,
Ph.D. Candidate, Health Services Research Program Boston University School of Public Health
Title: Advancing the Measurement of Physician Well-Being Outcomes: An Item Response Theory Analysis
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Katherine Hoyt, BS, ODT
PhD Candidate in Rehabilitation and Participation Science, Washington University in St. Louis, MO
Title: The Infant Toddler Activity Card Sort (ITACS): A Caregiver Reported Measure of Occupational Development of Young Children
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Karen Fortuna, PhD, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Centers for the Aging
Title: Smartphone-based Ecological Momentary Assessment and Peer-Delivered Integrated Medical and Psychiatric Self-Management Intervention for Adults with Serious Mental Illness"
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2017-2018 Dissertation Awardees
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Vanessa Hurley, PhD, University of California, Berkley
Title: The Impact of Shared Decision Making for Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis on Patient Preferences and Patient Reported Outcomes.
Adviser: Hector P. Rodriguez, PhD, MPH
Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
School of Public Health, UC Berkeley
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2016-2017 Dissertation Awardees
Theresa Coles, MS, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Title: The Association of Sleep Disturbance with Demographics, Clinical Factors and Exercise in Adults with Colorectal Cancer
Adviser: Bryce Reeve, Phd
Professor, Health Policy & Management; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
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2015-2016 Dissertation Awardees
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Jessica Roydhouse, PhD, Brown University
Title: Improving patient-reported outcomes in cancer care: non-response and the role of proxies
Adviser: Ira Wilson, MD, MSc
Professor and Chair, Department of Health Services, Policy & Practice, Brown University School of Public Health
2014-2015 Dissertation Awardees
Kurt R. Herzer, MSc, MD & PhD Candidate at John Hopkins University School of Medicine
Title: Causes and Consequences of Geographic Variation in Healthcare Utilization Among Older Americans: Impact on Patient reported Outcomes
Adviser: Albert Wu, MD, MPH
Director, Center for Health Services & Outcomes Research
Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Lindsay White, MPH at University of Washington School of Public Health
Title: Association between continuity of care and patient-reported measures in adults with multiple chronic conditions
Adviser: David Grembowski, PhD, MA
Professor, Health Services, University of Washington
2013-2014 Dissertation Awardees
Anjali Pandit, MPH, MS at Northwestern
Title: Development and Validation of a Consumer Health Activation Index (CHAI)
Primary mentor: Michael S. Wolf, PhD, MPH
Elizabeth R. Pfoh, MPH at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Title: The Value of Measuring Quality of Care using Patient-Reported Depression as an Indicator in Primary Care
Primary mentor: Sydney Dy, MD, MSc
2012-2013 Dissertation Awardees
Ashley Leak, PhD, RN-BC, OCN at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title: The Impact of Exercise on patient-Reported Depression, Fatigue, and Sleep Disturbance Outcomes on Newly Diagnosed Patients with Acute Leukemia
Primary mentor: Bryce Reeve, PhD
Aubri Hoffman, Ph.D., M.S. at The Dartmouth Centers for Health and Aging, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Title: Patient-reported outcomes as a guide to the development, evaluation, and provision of tailored decision support for Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers.
Primary mentors: Dr. Stephen J. Bartels and Dr. Dawn Stacey
2012-2013 Dissertation Awardees
Barbara Gandek, Ph.D. Candidate, M.S. at University of Massachusetts
Title: Evaluating Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement in Total Joint Replacement
Primary mentor: John E. Ware, PhD
Susan McClernon, Ph.D. Candidate, MHA, FACHE at University of Minnesota
Title: Analysis of the Effect of Psychosocial Factors, Self-Efficacy and Self-Management Behavior on Clinical and Quality of Life Outcomes in Adult Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Primary mentor: Dr. Bryan Dowd
2011-2012 Dissertation Awardees
Suzanne Bentler, University of Iowa
Title: Continuity of Care for Older Adults in the Patient-Centered Medical Home Era
Adviser: Fredric Wolinsky
Alicia Cooper, Brown University
Title: Examination of Predictors and Consequences of Inappropriate Drug Prescription Among the Elderly
Adviser: Amal Trivedi
Eva DuGoff, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Title: Evaluating Patient-Reported Continuity of Care in Multimorbid Older Adults
Adviser: Gerard Anderson
Kathryn Martinez, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Title: Evaluating the Association Between Colorectal and Lung Cancer Patients Perceived Quality of Care and Self-Reported Pain and the Racial and Ethnic Disparities in both Perceived Quality of Care and Self-Reported Pain
Adviser: Sydney Morss
Adele Shartezer, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Title: The Impact of Health Insurance Competition on Consumer Access and Satisfaction
Adviser: Gerard Anderson
2010-2011 Dissertation Awardees
Mark A. Unruh, Brown University
Title: The Influence of Medicaid and Medicare Policies on Hospitalizations and Outcomes Dissertation
Adviser: Vincent Mor, PhD
Larrell Wilkinson, University of South Carolina
Title: A population-based analysis of the association between health insurance coverage and psychological distress, and the influence of other mediating factors among young adults in the United States.
Dissertation Adviser: Saundra Glover, PhD.
Aubri Hoffman, Dartmouth College
Title: Patient-reported information-seeking and health care decision making, the effectiveness of interactive capabilities in patients’ decision support tools and variance across socio-demographic, cognitive and clinical subgroups.
Dissertation Adviser: Hilary A. Llewellyn-Thomas, Ph.D.
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