Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2016
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • 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
• Recognition
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  Awards & Honors

  • Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Cancer. National Cancer Institute. March 2018
  • Merit Award. Conquer Cancer Foundation. October 2017
  • Outstanding Doctoral Student Award. Department of Health Policy and Management, UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health. May 2016
  • University Cancer Fund Recruitment Scholarship. Department of Health Policy and Management, UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health. August 2012
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Cancer
  • Communication
  • Decision Making
  • Delivery of Health Care
  • Diffusion of Innovation
  • Guideline Adherence
  • Health Services Research
  • Healthcare Disparities
  • Implementation Science
  • Palliative Care
  • Quality of Health Care
  • Survivorship
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory-Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2028
  • Couple Communication Skills Training for Advanced Cancer awarded by National Institutes of Health 2020 - 2024
  • Collaboratory Resource Coordinating Center for Pragmatic and Implementation Studies for the Management of Pain (PRISM) (U24) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2024
  • Understanding and Addressing Opioid and Benzodiazepine Co-prescribing among Older Adults with Cancer awarded by National Institutes of Health 2022 - 2023
  • Dissemination and Implementation Science in Cardiovascular Outcomes (DISCO) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2023
  • Implementing Evidence-Based Interventions to Enhance Equity in Oncology Genomic Testing awarded by V Foundation for Cancer Research 2022 - 2023
  • Testing a Nurse-Led Evidence-Based Exercise Program to Improve Patient-Reported Outcomes in Adults with Acute Leukemia awarded by Oncology Nursing Society Foundation 2020 - 2022
  • Promotion of Prostate Cancer Screening Equity: A Quality Improvement Education Initiative awarded by National Minority Quality Forum 2021 - 2022
  • Disparities in the Use of Oral Anticancer Agents in Kidney Cancer awarded by Yale University 2021
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  Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship in Delivery Science awarded by Kaiser Permanente Northern California 2016 - 2018
  • Predoctoral Fellowship in Cancer Care Quality awarded by National Cancer Institute 2014 - 2016
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Porter, Laura S., Katherine Ramos, Donald H. Baucom, Karen Steinhauser, Alaattin Erkanli, Timothy J. Strauman, S Yousuf Zafar, et al. “Evaluating a couple communication skills training (CCST) intervention for advanced cancer: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.” Trials 23, no. 1 (August 26, 2022): 712. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06656-4.
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    • Check, Devon K., Renee A. V. Avecilla, Coleman Mills, Michaela A. Dinan, Arif H. Kamal, Beverly Murphy, Salma Rezk, Aaron Winn, and Kevin C. Oeffinger. “Opioid Prescribing and Use Among Cancer Survivors: A Mapping Review of Observational and Intervention Studies.” J Pain Symptom Manage 63, no. 4 (April 2022): e397–417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.10.015.
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    • Periyakoil, Vyjeyanthi S., Charles F von Gunten, Devon Check, Brystana Kaufman, Terri L. Maxwell, and Joan M. Teno. “Accountable and Transparent Palliative Quality Measures Will Improve Care.” J Palliat Med 25, no. 4 (April 2022): 542–48. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2022.0063.
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    • Ingle, Mary Pilar, Devon Check, Daniel Hogan Slack, Sarah H. Cross, Natalie C. Ernecoff, Daniel D. Matlock, and Dio Kavalieratos. “Use of Theoretical Frameworks in the Development and Testing of Palliative Care Interventions.” J Pain Symptom Manage 63, no. 3 (March 2022): e271–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.10.011.
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    • Gupta, Arjun, Leonce Nshuti, Udhayvir S. Grewal, Ramy Sedhom, Devon K. Check, Helen M. Parsons, Anne H. Blaes, et al. “Financial Burden of Drugs Prescribed for Cancer-Associated Symptoms.” Jco Oncol Pract 18, no. 2 (February 2022): 140–47. https://doi.org/10.1200/OP.21.00466.
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    • Check, Devon K., Christopher D. Baggett, KyungSu Kim, Andrew W. Roberts, Megan C. Roberts, Timothy Robinson, Kevin C. Oeffinger, and Michaela A. Dinan. “Predictors of Chronic Opioid Use: A Population-Level Analysis of North Carolina Cancer Survivors Using Multi-Payer Claims.” J Natl Cancer Inst 113, no. 11 (November 2, 2021): 1581–89. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djab082.
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    • Check, Devon K., Joseph G. Winger, Kelley A. Jones, and Tamara J. Somers. “Predictors of Response to an Evidence-Based Behavioral Cancer Pain Management Intervention: An Exploratory Analysis From a Clinical Trial.” J Pain Symptom Manage 62, no. 2 (August 2021): 391–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.12.020.
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    • Price, Meghan, Elizabeth P. Howell, Tara Dalton, Luis Ramirez, Claire Howell, Theresa Williamson, Peter E. Fecci, et al. “Inpatient palliative care utilization for patients with brain metastases.” Neurooncol Pract 8, no. 4 (August 2021): 441–50. https://doi.org/10.1093/nop/npab016.
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    • Davis, Melinda M., Rose Gunn, Erin Kenzie, Caitlin Dickinson, Cullen Conway, Alex Chau, LeAnn Michaels, Steven Brantley, Devon K. Check, and Nancy Elder. “Integration of Improvement and Implementation Science in Practice-Based Research Networks: a Longitudinal, Comparative Case Study.” J Gen Intern Med 36, no. 6 (June 2021): 1503–13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-021-06610-1.
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    • Roberts, Andrew W., Samantha Eiffert, Elizabeth M. Wulff-Burchfield, Stacie B. Dusetzina, and Devon K. Check. “Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose in Older Adults With Breast, Colorectal, or Prostate Cancer.” J Natl Cancer Inst 113, no. 4 (April 6, 2021): 425–33. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djaa122.
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    • Kamal, Arif H., Devon K. Check, Janet Bull, Steven Wolf, Jesse Troy, Greg Samsa, Jonathan M. Nicolla, Matthew Harker, and Donald H. Taylor. “Associations of Patient Characteristics and Care Setting with Complexity of Specialty Palliative Care Visits.” J Palliat Med 24, no. 1 (January 2021): 83–90. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2020.0149.
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    • Check, Devon K., Leah L. Zullig, Melinda M. Davis, Louise Davies, David Chambers, Linda Fleisher, Samantha J. Kaplan, et al. “Improvement Science and Implementation Science in Cancer Care: Identifying Areas of Synergy and Opportunities for Further Integration.” J Gen Intern Med 36, no. 1 (January 2021): 186–95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-06138-w.
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    • Liu, R., A. D. Flores, J. Lee, D. Check, T. Sundaresan, Y. Li, I. Y. Gong, L. Nekhlyudov, R. M. Kline, and L. Manace. “A Digital Population Tracking System Helps Improve Colorectal Cancer Survivorship Services.” Oncology Issues 36, no. 6 (January 1, 2021): 18–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/10463356.2021.1979851.
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    • Check, Devon K., Aaron N. Winn, Nicole Fergestrom, Katherine E. Reeder-Hayes, Joan M. Neuner, and Andrew W. Roberts. “Response to Strassels and Durham.” J Natl Cancer Inst 112, no. 12 (December 14, 2020): 1280. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djaa146.
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    • Winn, Aaron N., Devon K. Check, Amy Farkas, Nicole M. Fergestrom, Joan M. Neuner, and Andrew W. Roberts. “Association of Current Opioid Use With Serious Adverse Events Among Older Adult Survivors of Breast Cancer.” Jama Netw Open 3, no. 9 (September 1, 2020): e2016858. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.16858.
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    • Check, Devon K., Aaron N. Winn, Nicole Fergestrom, Katherine E. Reeder-Hayes, Joan M. Neuner, and Andrew W. Roberts. “Concurrent Opioid and Benzodiazepine Prescriptions Among Older Women Diagnosed With Breast Cancer.” J Natl Cancer Inst 112, no. 7 (July 1, 2020): 765–68. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djz201.
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    • Check, Devon K., Brystana G. Kaufman, Arif H. Kamal, and David J. Casarett. “Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Integrating Population Health Principles into Practice.” J Palliat Med 23, no. 4 (April 2020): 568–72. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2020.0100.
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    • Ernecoff, Natalie C., Devon Check, Megan Bannon, Laura C. Hanson, James Nicholas Dionne-Odom, Jennifer Corbelli, Michele Klein-Fedyshin, et al. “Comparing Specialty and Primary Palliative Care Interventions: Analysis of a Systematic Review.” J Palliat Med 23, no. 3 (March 2020): 389–96. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2019.0349.
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    • Lee, Catherine, Devon K. Check, Leslie Manace Brenman, Lawrence H. Kushi, Mara M. Epstein, Christine Neslund-Dudas, Pamala A. Pawloski, et al. “Adjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer patients: impact of a health system outreach program to improve adherence.” Breast Cancer Res Treat 180, no. 1 (February 2020): 219–26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-020-05539-z.
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    • Check, Devon K., Michael C. Leo, Matthew P. Banegas, Joanna E. Bulkley, Kim N. Danforth, Scott M. Gilbert, Marilyn L. Kwan, Maureen O’Keeffe Rosetti, and Carmit K. McMullen. “Decision Regret Related to Urinary Diversion Choice among Patients Treated with Cystectomy.” J Urol 203, no. 1 (January 2020): 159–63. https://doi.org/10.1097/JU.0000000000000512.
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    • Check, Devon K., Katherine A. Hutcheson, Laila M. Poisson, Gaia Pocobelli, Lori C. Sakoda, Jhankruti Zaveri, Steven S. Chang, and Jessica Chubak. “Factors associated with employment discontinuation among older and working age survivors of oropharyngeal cancer.” Head Neck 41, no. 11 (November 2019): 3948–59. https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.25943.
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    • Pinheiro, Laura C., Devon K. Check, Donald Rosenstein, Katherine E. Reeder-Hayes, and Stacie Dusetzina. “Examining potential gaps in supportive medication use for US and foreign-born Hispanic women with breast cancer.” Support Care Cancer 27, no. 5 (May 2019): 1639–46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-018-4406-8.
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    • Check, Devon K., Marilyn L. Kwan, Neetu Chawla, Stacie B. Dusetzina, Emily Valice, Isaac J. Ergas, Janise M. Roh, Tatjana Kolevska, Donald L. Rosenstein, and Lawrence H. Kushi. “Opportunities to Improve Detection and Treatment of Depression Among Patients With Breast Cancer Treated in an Integrated Delivery System.” J Pain Symptom Manage 57, no. 3 (March 2019): 587–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.11.024.
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    • Check, Devon K., David S. Aaronson, Matthew E. Nielsen, Valerie S. Lee, Isaac J. Ergas, Janise M. Roh, Lawrence H. Kushi, Li Tang, and Marilyn L. Kwan. “Perioperative Intravesical Chemotherapy for Patients WithNon-Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: Understanding the Extent of and Sources of Variation in Guideline-recommended Use.” Urology 124 (February 2019): 107–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2018.10.016.
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    • Check, Devon K., Kathleen B. Albers, Kanti M. Uppal, Jennifer Marie Suga, Alyce S. Adams, Laurel A. Habel, Charles P. Quesenberry, and Lori C. Sakoda. “Examining the role of access to care: Racial/ethnic differences in receipt of resection for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer among integrated system members and non-members.” Lung Cancer 125 (November 2018): 51–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2018.09.006.
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    • Check, Devon K., Neetu Chawla, Marilyn L. Kwan, Laura Pinheiro, Janise M. Roh, Isaac J. Ergas, Anita L. Stewart, Tatjana Kolevska, Christine Ambrosone, and Lawrence H. Kushi. “Understanding racial/ethnic differences in breast cancer-related physical well-being: the role of patient-provider interactions.” Breast Cancer Res Treat 170, no. 3 (August 2018): 593–603. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-018-4776-0.
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    • Check, Devon K., Eliza M. Park, Katherine E. Reeder-Hayes, Deborah K. Mayer, Allison M. Deal, Justin M. Yopp, Donald L. Rosenstein, and Laura C. Hanson. “Concerns underlying treatment preferences of advanced cancer patients with children.” Psychooncology 26, no. 10 (October 2017): 1491–97. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.4164.
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    • Check, Devon K., and Ethan M. Basch. “Appropriate Use of Antiemetics to Prevent Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting.” Jama Oncol 3, no. 3 (March 1, 2017): 307–9. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.2616.
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    • Park, Eliza M., Devon K. Check, Mi-Kyung Song, Katherine E. Reeder-Hayes, Laura C. Hanson, Justin M. Yopp, Donald L. Rosenstein, and Deborah K. Mayer. “Parenting while living with advanced cancer: A qualitative study.” Palliat Med 31, no. 3 (March 2017): 231–38. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216316661686.
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    • Check, Devon K., Katherine E. Reeder-Hayes, Leah L. Zullig, Morris Weinberger, Ethan M. Basch, and Stacie B. Dusetzina. “Examining racial variation in antiemetic use and post-chemotherapy health care utilization for nausea and vomiting among breast cancer patients.” Support Care Cancer 24, no. 12 (December 2016): 4839–47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-016-3338-4.
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    • Check, Devon K., Donald L. Rosenstein, and Stacie B. Dusetzina. “Early supportive medication use and end-of-life care among Medicare beneficiaries with advanced breast cancer.” Support Care Cancer 24, no. 8 (August 2016): 3463–72. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-016-3174-6.
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    • Park, Eliza M., Allison M. Deal, Devon K. Check, Laura C. Hanson, Katherine E. Reeder-Hayes, Deborah K. Mayer, Justin M. Yopp, Mi-Kyung Song, Anna C. Muriel, and Donald L. Rosenstein. “Parenting concerns, quality of life, and psychological distress in patients with advanced cancer.” Psychooncology 25, no. 8 (August 2016): 942–48. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.3935.
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    • Check, Devon K., Cleo A. Samuel, Donald L. Rosenstein, and Stacie B. Dusetzina. “Investigation of Racial Disparities in Early Supportive Medication Use and End-of-Life Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Stage IV Breast Cancer.” J Clin Oncol 34, no. 19 (July 1, 2016): 2265–70. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2015.64.8162.
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    • Check, Devon K., Katherine E. Reeder-Hayes, Ethan M. Basch, Leah L. Zullig, Morris Weinberger, and Stacie B. Dusetzina. “Investigating racial disparities in use of NK1 receptor antagonists to prevent chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting among women with breast cancer.” Breast Cancer Res Treat 156, no. 2 (April 2016): 351–59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-016-3747-6.
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    • Park, Eliza M., Devon K. Check, Justin M. Yopp, Allison M. Deal, Teresa P. Edwards, and Donald L. Rosenstein. “An exploratory study of end-of-life prognostic communication needs as reported by widowed fathers due to cancer.” Psychooncology 24, no. 11 (November 2015): 1471–76. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.3757.
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    • Mayer, D. K., M. Green, D. K. Check, A. Gerstel, R. C. Chen, G. Asher, S. B. Wheeler, L. C. Hanson, and D. L. Rosenstein. “Is there a role for survivorship care plans in advanced cancer?” Support Care Cancer 23, no. 8 (August 2015): 2225–30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-014-2586-4.
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    • Birken, Sarah A., Shellie D. Ellis, Jennifer S. Walker, Lisa D. DiMartino, Devon K. Check, Adrian A. Gerstel, and Deborah K. Mayer. “Guidelines for the use of survivorship care plans: a systematic quality appraisal using the AGREE II instrument.” Implement Sci 10 (May 3, 2015): 63. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-015-0254-9.
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    • Mayer, Deborah K., Sarah A. Birken, Devon K. Check, and Ronald C. Chen. “Summing it up: an integrative review of studies of cancer survivorship care plans (2006-2013).” Cancer 121, no. 7 (April 1, 2015): 978–96. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.28884.
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    • Beskow, Laura M., Devon K. Check, and Natalie Ammarell. “Research Participants' Understanding of and Reactions to Certificates of Confidentiality.” Ajob Prim Res 5, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 12–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/21507716.2013.813596.
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    • Check, Devon K., Leslie E. Wolf, Lauren A. Dame, and Laura M. Beskow. “Certificates of confidentiality and informed consent: perspectives of IRB chairs and institutional legal counsel.” Irb 36, no. 1 (January 2014): 1–8.
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    • Check, Devon K., Kevin P. Weinfurt, Carrie B. Dombeck, Judith M. Kramer, and Kathryn E. Flynn. “Use of central institutional review boards for multicenter clinical trials in the United States: a review of the literature.” Clin Trials 10, no. 4 (August 2013): 560–67. https://doi.org/10.1177/1740774513484393.
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    • Curtis, Lesley H., Xiaojuan Mi, Laura G. Qualls, Devon K. Check, Bradley G. Hammill, Stephen C. Hammill, Paul A. Heidenreich, et al. “Transitional adherence and persistence in the use of aldosterone antagonist therapy in patients with heart failure.” Am Heart J 165, no. 6 (June 2013): 979-986.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2013.03.007.
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    • Flynn, Kathryn E., Cynthia L. Hahn, Judith M. Kramer, Devon K. Check, Carrie B. Dombeck, Soo Bang, Jane Perlmutter, Felix A. Khin-Maung-Gyi, and Kevin P. Weinfurt. “Using central IRBs for multicenter clinical trials in the United States.” Plos One 8, no. 1 (2013): e54999. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054999.
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    • Beskow, Laura M., Devon K. Check, Emily E. Namey, Lauren A. Dame, Li Lin, Alexandra Cooper, Kevin P. Weinfurt, and Leslie E. Wolf. “Institutional review boards' use and understanding of certificates of confidentiality.” Plos One 7, no. 9 (2012): e44050. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044050.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Shah, Anand, Thomas J. Polascik, Daniel J. George, John Anderson, Terry Hyslop, Alicia M. Ellis, Andrew J. Armstrong, et al. “Implementation and Impact of a Risk-Stratified Prostate Cancer Screening Algorithm as a Clinical Decision Support Tool in a Primary Care Network.” In J Gen Intern Med, 36:92–99, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-06124-2.
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    • Ernecoff, Natalie, Devon Check, Megan Bannon, Laura Hanson, James Dionne-Odom, Jennifer Corbelli, Michele Klein-Fedyshin, et al. “Specialty vs. Primary Palliative Care in Randomized Clinical Trials: A Systematic Review (FR420B).” In Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 57:409–10. Elsevier BV, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.12.121.
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