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Faculty Profile: Ira B. Wilson, M.D., M.Sc.

Ira B. Wilson, M.D., M.Sc. Professor
Department of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine

Tufts Medical Center
750 Washington Street, Box 345
Boston, MA 02111

Phone: 617-636-8672
Fax: 617-636-8351
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Education

M.D., Harvard Medical School

Sc.M., Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health

Research Focus Health status assessment in patients with HIV infection; physician-patient communication and its relationship to patients’ health outcomes; the conceptual and empiric relationships of clinical variables to measures of health status; managed care and HIV disease
Selected Publications
  1. Isaac R, Jacobson D, Wanke C, Hendricks K, Knox TA, Wilson IB. Declines in dietary macronutrient intake in persons with HIV infection who develop depression. Public Health Nutr. 2008 Feb;11(2):124-31. Epub 2007 Jun 21.

  2. Lu M, Safren SA, Skolnik PR, Rogers WH, Coady W, Hardy H, Wilson IB. Optimal Recall Period and Response Task for Self-Reported HIV Medication Adherence. AIDS Behav. 2008 Jan;12(1):86-94. Epub 2007 Jun 19.

  3. Wilson IB , Landon BE, Marsden PV, Hirschorn LR, Mcinnes K, Ding L, Cleary PD. Correlations among quality measures in HIV care in the United States: a cross-sectional study of care sites in 30 states. BMJ. 2007 Nov 24;335(7629):1085. Epub 2007 Oct 29.

  4. Wilson IB , Schoen C, Neuman P, Strollo MK, Rogers WH, Chang H, Safran DG. Physician-patient communication about prescription medication nonadherence: a 50-state study of America's seniors. J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Jan;22(1):6-12. Epub 2007 Jan 5.

  5. Wilson IB , Landon BE, Hirschorn LR, Mcinnes K, Ding L, Marsden PV, Cleary PD. Quality of HIV care provided by nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2005 Nov 15;143(10):729-36.

  6. Wilson IB , Rogers WH, Chang H, Safran DG. Cost-related skipping of medications and other treatments among Medicare beneficiaries between 1998 and 2000. Results of a national study. J Gen Intern Med. 2005 Aug;20(8):715-20.

  7. Shevitz AH, Wilson IB , McDermott AY, Spiegelman D, Skinner SC, Antonsson K, Layne JE, Beaston-Blaakman A, Shepard DS,Gorbach SL. A comparison of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of 3 intervention strategies for AIDS wasting. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2005 Apr 1;38(4):399-406.

  8. Wilson IB , Landon BE, Ding L, Zaslavsky AM, Shapiro MF, Bozzette SA, Cleary PD. A national study of the relationship of care site HIV specialization to early adoption of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Med Care. 2005 Jan;43(1):12-20.

  9. Schneider J, Kaplan SH, Greenfield S, Li W, Wilson IB. Better physician-patient relationships are associated with higher reported adherence to antiretroviral therapy in patients with HIV infection. J Gen Intern Med. 2004 Nov;19(11):1096-103.

  10. Jacobson DL, Bica I, Knox TA, Wanke C, Tchetgen E, Spiegelman D, Silva M, Gorbach S, Wilson IB. Difficulty swallowing and lack of receipt of highly active antiretroviral therapy predict acute weight loss in human immunodeficiency virus disease. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Nov 15;37(10):1349-56. Epub 2003 Oct 13.

 

 

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