Judith Long, MD
CHERP Co-Director and COIN Investigator
Attending Physician, Philadelphia VA Medical Center
Sol Katz Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Profile
Dr. Long's research focuses on social determinants of health and health care especially as they pertain to socioeconomic and racial disparities. Dr. Long's current work focuses on interventions to support behavioral change in low-income patients with chronic diseases. She recently completed two studies funded by NIH evaluating the effectiveness of peer mentoring and financial incentives to improve glucose control in African Americans with poorly controlled diabetes.
Both studies were randomized controlled trials (RCT). She is also the PI of a RCT evaluating how best to create sustainable peer mentor models for the VA. This study is being funded by VA HSR&D. She received a PCORI grant to evaluate the effectiveness of using Community Health Workers (CHWs) to help low income patients with multiple chronic diseases improve their health. Dr. Long is also actively engaged in the training of Health Services and Policy Researchers at Penn, until July 2015, she was the Director of Penn's Master of Science in Health Policy Research (MSHP) and PI of Penn’s NRSA Generalist Training Grant.
Funded Research
CHERP Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (TPS 72-000) as Principal Investigator
Published Research
Insights Into Veterans' Perspectives on a Peer Support Program for Glycemic Management. The Diabetes educator (2019)Patient Engagement, Access to Care, and Perceptions of Competing Priorities in the VA Primary Care Setting. Journal of general internal medicine (yyyy)
Patient Engagement, Access to Care, and Perceptions of Competing Priorities in the VA Primary Care Setting. Journal of general internal medicine (2019)
Research Areas
- Social Determinants of Health and Health Care
