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Fredric Wolinsky, PhD
Associate Director
Investigator
PhD Southern Illinois University, 1977
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Dr. Wolinsky is the Associate Director of CRIISP. In addition he is the John W. Colloton Chair and Professor of Health Management and Policy, College of Public Health, and the designated Director of the Center for Health Policy and Research at the University of Iowa. Dr. Wolinsky is an accomplished methodologist who began his career as a Veterans Affairs Investigator. His work has centered on the longitudinal assessment of health and health behaviors of older adults and the clinical, social, and behavioral significance of changes in health related quality of life measures. Dr. Wolinsky has received a number of honors, including the National Institute of Health MERIT Award, the Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Sociological Association's Section on Aging and Life Course, the designation by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) as one of the 250 most highly cited social scientists in the world, and the St. Martin de Porres Teacher of the Year Award from the Saint Louis University School of Public Health.
Research Interests
Health Related Quality of Life
Health and Illness Behavior Among Older Adults
Assessment of Meaningful Change in Longitudinal Modeling
Research Projects
Health and Health Services Use in the HRS/AHEAD
Physical Frailty in Urban African-Americans
Identification of Clinically Relevant Changes in HRQoL
Selected Publications
Wolinsky, F.D., T.R. Miller, H. An, J.F. Geweke, R.B. Wallace, K.B. Wright, E.A. Chrischilles, L. Liu, C. Pavlik, E.A. Cook, R.L. Ohsfeldt, K.K. Richardson, and G.E. Rosenthal. Hospital episodes and physician visits in the AHEAD cohort: the concordance between self-reports and Medicare claims. Medical Care, vol. 45, 2007, in press.
Wolinsky, F.D., T.R. Miller, J.F. Geweke, E.A. Chrischilles, H. An, R.B. Wallace, C. Pavlik, K.B. Wright, R.L. Ohsfeldt, and G.E. Rosenthal. An interpersonal continuity of care measure for Medicare Part B claims analyses. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, vol. 62B, 2007, in press.
Wolinsky, F.D., T.R. Miller, T.K. Malmstrom, J.P. Miller, M. Schootman, E.M. Andresen, and D.K. Miller. Four-year lower extremity disability trajectories among African American men and women. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, vol. 62A, 2007, in press.
Wolinsky, F.D., D.K. Miller, E.M. Andresen, T.K. Malmstrom, J.P. Miller, and T.R. Miller. The effect of sub-clinical status in functional limitation and disability on adverse health outcomes three years later. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, vol. 62A, 2007, in press.
Wolinsky, F.D., F.W. Unverzagt, D.M. Smith, R. Jones, A. Stoddard, & S. Tennstedt. The ACTIVE cognitive training trial and health-related quality of life: protection that lasts for five years. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, vol. 61A, 2006, pp. 1324-1329.
Wolinsky, F.D., T.R. Miller, H. An, P.R. Brezinski, T.E. Vaughn, and G.E. Rosenthal. Dual use of Medicare and the Veterans Health Administration: are there adverse health outcomes? BMC Health Services Research, 2006, 6:131, pp. 1-11.
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Contact Information
VA Iowa City Health Care System
CRIISP (152)
601 Highway 6 West
Iowa City, IA 52246-2208
Phone: 319-887-4938
Facsimile: 319-887-4932
The John W. Colloton Chair
Department of Health Management and Policy
College of Public Health
The University of Iowa
200 Hawkins Drive, E205 GH
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone: 319-384-5129
Facsimile: 319-384-5125
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