Megan E Shepherd-Banigan

Megan E Shepherd-Banigan
Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences

Dr. Megan Shepherd-Banigan designs research studies to improve the health, emotional well-being, and social functioning of adults with mental and physical disabilities. Her methods combine empirical approaches that address methodologically challenging research questions in health systems and policy research. Dr. Shepherd-Banigan uses large survey and administrative datasets to evaluate the impact of policies that support family members to care for adults with disabilities.

Dr. Shepherd-Banigan won a VA Career Development Award from 2019-2024 and is studying ways to strengthen family support for veterans under-going traumatic stress treatment. She also leads a project that surveys family caregivers of Vietnam-era veterans who might be eligible for expanded support services under the VA Mission Act to evaluate program impacts. As co-investigator on an NIA-funded CARE IDEAS study (Terri Wetle, PI) , she is investigating end-of-life-care planning and well-being among dementia care dyads. Finally, Dr. Shepherd-Banigan is leading a project in partnership with the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers to identify creative empirically-based approaches to support family caregivers.

Current Research Interests

Health services research, health economics, health policy, aging, mental health, social determinants of health, family-centered care

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences, Basic Science Departments 2021
Core Faculty Member, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke - Margolis Center For Health Policy, Initiatives 2020

Contact Information

215 Morris Street, DUMC Box 104023, Durham, NC 27701

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Washington 2014
Duke Appointment History
- Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences, Basic Science Departments 2018 - 2020
- Instructor in the Department of Population Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences, Basic Science Departments 2018
Academic Positions Outside Duke
- Research Scientist, Health Services Resarch and Development, Department of Veterans Affairs. 2015 - 2019
Research
Selected Grants
- Campaign for Inclusive Care awarded by Elizabeth Dole Foundation 2018 - 2021
- Evaluating Outcomes of the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving (RCI) Caregiver Support Programs awarded by Georgia Southwestern Foundation, Inc. 2020 - 2021
- Caregivers' Reactions and Experience: Imaging Dementia-Evidence for Amyloid Scanning-CARE IDEAS awarded by Brown University 2017 - 2021
- Evaluation of Operation Family Caregiver awarded by Georgia Southwestern State University 2019 - 2020
- Campaign for Inclusive Care awarded by Elizabeth Dole Foundation 2018 - 2019
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Shepherd-Banigan, Megan, Hailey J. James, Valerie A. Smith, Brenda L. Plassman, Eric Jutkowitz, Emmanuelle Belanger, and Courtney H. Van Houtven. “Drivers of Long-Term Care Considerations by Persons With Cognitive Impairment.” J Appl Gerontol 40, no. 6 (June 2021): 648–60. https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464820903908.
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  - Shepherd-Banigan, Megan, Terri K. Pogoda, Kevin McKenna, Nina Sperber, and Courtney H. Van Houtven. “Experiences of VA vocational and education training and assistance services: Facilitators and barriers reported by veterans with disabilities.” Psychiatr Rehabil J 44, no. 2 (June 2021): 148–56. https://doi.org/10.1037/prj0000437.
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  - Boucher, N. A., L. L. Zullig, M. Shepherd-Banigan, K. P. Decosimo, J. Dadolf, A. Choate, E. P. Mahanna, et al. “Replicating an effective VA program to train and support family caregivers: a hybrid type III effectiveness-implementation design.” Bmc Health Serv Res 21, no. 1 (May 6, 2021): 430. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06448-7.
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  - Curry, John F., Megan Shepherd-Banigan, Elizabeth Van Voorhees, H Ryan Wagner, Michelle L. Kelley, Jennifer Strauss, Jennifer Naylor, Jennifer Veterans Affairs Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Women Veterans Work Group, and Jennifer Veterans Affairs Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Work Group. “Sex differences in predictors of recurrent major depression among current-era military veterans.” Psychol Serv 18, no. 2 (May 2021): 275–84. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000397.
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  - Ramos, Katherine, Megan E. Shepherd-Banigan, Karen M. Stechuchak, Cynthia Coffman, Eugene Z. Oddone, Courtney Van Houtven, Cristina C. Hendrix, Elizabeth P. Mahanna, and Susan Nicole Hastings. “Psychological distress among medically complex veterans with a recent emergency department visit.” Psychol Serv, April 1, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000437.
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  - King, Heather A., Megan Shepherd-Banigan, Jennifer G. Chapman, Rebecca Bruening, Kasey P. Decosimo, and Courtney H. Van Houtven. “Use of motivational techniques to enhance unpaid caregiver engagement in a tailored skills training intervention.” Aging Ment Health, December 16, 2020, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2020.1855103.
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  - Shepherd-Banigan, Megan, Kelley A. Jones, Ke Wang, Nicole DePasquale, Courtney Van Houtven, and Jennifer M. Olsen. “Mechanisms Through Which a Family Caregiver Coaching Intervention Might Reduce Anxiety Among Children in Military Households.” Matern Child Health J 24, no. 10 (October 2020): 1248–58. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-020-02964-w.
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  - Van Houtven, Courtney Harold, Valerie A. Smith, Karen M. Stechuchak, Theodore S. Z. Berkowitz, Katherine E. M. Miller, Megan Shepherd-Banigan, Margaret Kabat, and Jennifer Henius. “Comprehensive support of family caregivers: Are there health system cost offsets?” Health Serv Res 55, no. 5 (October 2020): 710–21. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13312.
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  - Van Houtven, Courtney H., Steven J. Lippmann, Emmanuelle Bélanger, Valerie A. Smith, Hailey J. James, Megan Shepherd-Banigan, Eric Jutkowitz, et al. “Measurement Properties of the CAPACITY Instrument to Assess Perceived Communication With the Health Care Team Among Care Partners of Patients With Cognitive Impairment.” Med Care 58, no. 9 (September 2020): 842–49. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000001363.
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  - Boucher, Nathan A., Megan Shepherd-Banigan, Kevin McKenna, Roxana E. Delgado, Kimberly Peacock, Courtney H. Van Houtven, Megan Van Noord, and Nina R. Sperber. “Inclusion of Caregivers in Veterans' Care: A Critical Literature Review.” Med Care Res Rev, July 25, 2020, 1077558720944283. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077558720944283.
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  - Bruening, Rebecca, Nina Sperber, Katherine Miller, Sara Andrews, Karen Steinhauser, G Darryl Wieland, Jennifer Lindquist, et al. “Connecting Caregivers to Support: Lessons Learned From the VA Caregiver Support Program.” J Appl Gerontol 39, no. 4 (April 2020): 368–76. https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464818825050.
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  - Shepherd-Banigan, Megan, Nina Sperber, Kevin McKenna, Terri K. Pogoda, and Courtney H. Van Houtven. “Leveraging institutional support for family caregivers to meet the health and vocational needs of persons with disabilities.” Nurs Outlook 68, no. 2 (March 2020): 184–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2019.08.006.
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  - Shepherd-Banigan, Megan, Valerie A. Smith, Jennifer H. Lindquist, Michael Paul Cary, Katherine E. M. Miller, Jennifer G. Chapman, and Courtney H. Van Houtven. “Identifying treatment effects of an informal caregiver education intervention to increase days in the community and decrease caregiver distress: a machine-learning secondary analysis of subgroup effects in the HI-FIVES randomized clinical trial.” Trials 21, no. 1 (February 14, 2020): 189. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-4113-x.
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  - James, Hailey J., Courtney Harold Van Houtven, Steven Lippmann, James R. Burke, Megan Shepherd-Banigan, Emmanuelle Belanger, Terrie Fox Wetle, and Brenda L. Plassman. “How Accurately Do Patients and Their Care Partners Report Results of Amyloid-β PET Scans for Alzheimer's Disease Assessment?” J Alzheimers Dis 74, no. 2 (2020): 625–36. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-190922.
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  - Shepherd-Banigan, Megan, Brystana G. Kaufman, Kasey Decosimo, Joshua Dadolf, Nathan A. Boucher, Elizabeth P. Mahanna, Rebecca Bruening, et al. “Adaptation and Implementation of a Family Caregiver Skills Training Program: From Single Site RCT to Multisite Pragmatic Intervention.” J Nurs Scholarsh 52, no. 1 (January 2020): 23–33. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12511.
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  - Van Houtven, Courtney Harold, Valerie A. Smith, Jennifer H. Lindquist, Jennifer G. Chapman, Cristina Hendrix, Susan Nicole Hastings, Eugene Z. Oddone, Heather A. King, Megan Shepherd-Banigan, and Morris Weinberger. “Family Caregiver Skills Training to Improve Experiences of Care: a Randomized Clinical Trial.” J Gen Intern Med 34, no. 10 (October 2019): 2114–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-019-05209-x.
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  - Hughes, Jaime M., Caroline E. Freiermuth, Megan Shepherd-Banigan, Luna Ragsdale, Stephanie A. Eucker, Karen Goldstein, S Nicole Hastings, et al. “Emergency Department Interventions for Older Adults: A Systematic Review.” J Am Geriatr Soc 67, no. 7 (July 2019): 1516–25. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.15854.
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  - Naylor, Jennifer C., H Ryan Wagner, Cynthia Johnston, Eric E. Elbogen, Mira Brancu, Christine E. Marx, Christine E. VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Work Group, Christine E. VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Women Veterans Work Group, and Jennifer L. Strauss. “Pain Intensity and Pain Interference in Male and Female Iraq/Afghanistan-era Veterans.” Womens Health Issues 29 Suppl 1 (June 25, 2019): S24–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2019.04.015.
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  - Sperber, Nina R., Nathan A. Boucher, Roxana Delgado, Megan E. Shepherd-Banigan, Kevin McKenna, Madison Moore, Rachael Barrett, Margaret Kabat, and Courtney H. Van Houtven. “Including Family Caregivers In Seriously Ill Veterans' Care: A Mixed-Methods Study.” Health Aff (Millwood) 38, no. 6 (June 2019): 957–63. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00012.
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  - Miller, Katherine E. M., Jennifer H. Lindquist, Maren K. Olsen, Valerie Smith, Corrine I. Voils, Eugene Z. Oddone, Nina R. Sperber, et al. “Invisible partners in care: Snapshot of well-being among caregivers receiving comprehensive support from Veterans Affairs.” Health Sci Rep 2, no. 3 (March 2019): e112. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.112.
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  - Van Houtven, Courtney Harold, Valerie A. Smith, Karen M. Stechuchak, Megan Shepherd-Banigan, Susan Nicole Hastings, Matthew L. Maciejewski, Gilbert Darryl Wieland, et al. “Comprehensive Support for Family Caregivers: Impact on Veteran Health Care Utilization and Costs.” Med Care Res Rev 76, no. 1 (February 2019): 89–114. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077558717697015.
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  - Smith, Valerie A., Jennifer Lindquist, Katherine E. M. Miller, Megan Shepherd-Banigan, Maren Olsen, Margaret Campbell-Kotler, Jennifer Henius, Margaret Kabat, and Courtney Harold Van Houtven. “Comprehensive Family Caregiver Support and Caregiver Well-Being: Preliminary Evidence From a Pre-post-survey Study With a Non-equivalent Control Group.” Front Public Health 7 (2019): 122. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00122.
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  - Shepherd-Banigan, Megan E., Abigail Shapiro, Jennifer R. McDuffie, Mira Brancu, Nina R. Sperber, Courtney H. Van Houtven, Andrzej S. Kosinski, Neha N. Mehta, Avishek Nagi, and John W. Williams. “Interventions That Support or Involve Caregivers or Families of Patients with Traumatic Injury: a Systematic Review.” J Gen Intern Med 33, no. 7 (July 2018): 1177–86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-018-4417-7.
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  - Shepherd-Banigan, Megan, Valerie A. Smith, Matthew L. Maciejewski, Karen M. Stechuchak, Susan Nicole Hastings, G Darryl Wieland, Katherine E. M. Miller, et al. “The Effect of Support and Training for Family Members on Access to Outpatient Services for Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).” Adm Policy Ment Health 45, no. 4 (July 2018): 550–64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-017-0844-8.
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  - Maciejewski, Matthew L., Megan Shepherd-Banigan, Susan D. Raffa, and Hollis J. Weidenbacher. “Systematic Review of Behavioral Weight Management Program MOVE! for Veterans.” Am J Prev Med 54, no. 5 (May 2018): 704–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2018.01.029.
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  - Befus, Deanna, Remy R. Coeytaux, Karen M. Goldstein, Jennifer R. McDuffie, Megan Shepherd-Banigan, Adam P. Goode, Andrzej Kosinski, et al. “Management of Menopause Symptoms with Acupuncture: An Umbrella Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.” J Altern Complement Med 24, no. 4 (April 2018): 314–23. https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2016.0408.
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  - Shepherd-Banigan, Megan, Valerie A. Smith, Karen M. Stechuchak, Katherine E. M. Miller, Susan Nicole Hastings, Gilbert Darryl Wieland, Maren K. Olsen, et al. “Comprehensive Support for Family Caregivers of Post-9/11 Veterans Increases Veteran Utilization of Long-term Services and Supports: A Propensity Score Analysis.” Inquiry 55 (January 2018): 46958018762914. https://doi.org/10.1177/0046958018762914.
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  - Shepherd-Banigan, M., K. M. Goldstein, R. R. Coeytaux, J. R. McDuffie, A. P. Goode, A. S. Kosinski, M. G. Van Noord, et al. “Improving vasomotor symptoms; psychological symptoms; and health-related quality of life in peri- or post-menopausal women through yoga: An umbrella systematic review and meta-analysis.” Complement Ther Med 34 (October 2017): 156–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2017.08.011.
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  - Shepherd-Banigan, Megan, Michelle L. Kelley, Jodie G. Katon, John F. Curry, Karen M. Goldstein, Mira Brancu, H Ryan Wagner, et al. “Paternal history of mental illness associated with posttraumatic stress disorder among veterans.” Psychiatry Res 256 (October 2017): 461–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2017.06.053.
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  - Naylor, Jennifer C., H. Ryan Wagner, Mira Brancu, Megan Shepherd-Banigan, Eric Elbogen, Michelle Kelley, Teresa Fecteau, et al. “Self-Reported Pain in Male and Female Iraq/Afghanistan-Era Veterans: Associations with Psychiatric Symptoms and Functioning.” Pain Med 18, no. 9 (September 1, 2017): 1658–67. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnw308.
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  - Shepherd-Banigan, Megan, Marisa E. Domino, Rebecca Wells, Regina Rutledge, Marianne M. Hillemeier, and Courtney H. Van Houtven. “Do Maternity Care Coordination Services Encourage Use of Behavioral Health Treatment among Pregnant Women on Medicaid?” Womens Health Issues 27, no. 4 (July 2017): 449–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2017.02.006.
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  - Goldstein, K. M., M. Shepherd-Banigan, R. R. Coeytaux, J. R. McDuffie, S. Adam, D. Befus, A. P. Goode, A. S. Kosinski, V. Masilamani, and J. W. Williams. “Use of mindfulness, meditation and relaxation to treat vasomotor symptoms.” Climacteric 20, no. 2 (April 2017): 178–82. https://doi.org/10.1080/13697137.2017.1283685.
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  - Goldstein, Karen M., Jennifer R. McDuffie, Megan Shepherd-Banigan, Deanna Befus, Remy R. Coeytaux, Megan G. Van Noord, Adam P. Goode, et al. “Erratum to: Nonpharmacologic, nonherbal management of menopause-associated vasomotor symptoms: an umbrella systematic review (protocol).” Syst Rev 5 (April 25, 2016): 69. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-016-0248-y.
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  - Goldstein, Karen M., Jennifer R. McDuffie, Megan Shepherd-Banigan, Deanna Befus, Remy R. Coeytaux, Megan G. Van Noord, Adam P. Goode, et al. “Nonpharmacologic, nonherbal management of menopause-associated vasomotor symptoms: an umbrella systematic review (protocol).” Syst Rev 5 (April 7, 2016): 56. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-016-0232-6.
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- Reports
  - Goldstein, K. M., R. R. Coeytaux, J. W. Williams, M. Shepherd-Banigan, Adam Goode, J. R. McDuffie, D. Befus, et al. “Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Menopause-Associated Vasomotor Symptoms.” Washington DC: Department of Veterans Affairs, July 2016.
- Conference Papers
  - Goldstein, Karen M., Remy Coeytaux, Megan Shepherd-Banigan, Adam Goode, Jennifer McDuffie, Deanna Befus, Soheir Adam, Varsha Masilamani, Megan Van Noord, and John Williams. “NONPHARMACOLOGIC TREATMENTS FOR MENOPAUSE-ASSOCIATED VASOMOTOR SYMPTOMS.” In Journal of General Internal Medicine, 32:S254–55. SPRINGER, 2017.
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Education, Training, & Certifications

Duke Appointment History

Academic Positions Outside Duke

Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Reports

Conference Papers