Every member in the Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics strongly supports the mission and vision of Washington University School of Medicine:
- The mission: “Advancing individual and community health through exceptional and equitable care, innovative education, and collaborative research and discovery.”
- The vision: “We are transforming complex care delivery through our commitment to excellence in education and the discovery and application of innovative solutions.”
Faculty interests
- Outcomes assessment measures
- Evaluation of health intervention studies
- Epidemiology of occupational diseases
- Medical informatics
- Evaluation of educational and community interventions
- Cost effectiveness analysis
- Risk prediction
- Patient communication
- Treatment in prognostic issues related to antithrombotic therapy
- Novel statistical methods for classification
- Analysis of complex data sets such as those derived from gene chips
- Use of genetic polymorphisms
- Factors that support and inhibit professionalism in research and medicine
- Ethical issues arising in clinical and research settings such as informed consent
- How leadership and management skills support ethics
- Test development and outcome assessment of ethics training programs
- Psychological aspects of illness and quality of life
- Factors associated with individuals’ engagement in health behaviors and decision making
- Evaluating behavioral interventions in clinic and community settings
- Health communications
- Education of health professionals and evaluation of educational interventions
- Geographic variation in factors associated with health behaviors and disease outcomes
- Reducing health disparities