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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. Laws MB, Wilson IB, Bowser DM, Kerr SE. Taking anti-retroviral therapy for HIV infection: learning from patients’ stories. J Gen Intern Med 2000;15:848-858. PM:11119181

  2. Wilson IB , Tchetgen E, Spiegelman D. Patterns of adherence with antiretroviral medications: an examination of between-medication differences. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2001;28:259-263. PM:11694833

  3. Gill CJ, Griffith JL, Jacobson D, Skinner S, Gorback SL, Wilson IB. Relationship of HIV viral loads, CD4 counts and HAART use to health related quality of life. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2002;30:485-492. PM:12154339

  4. Wilson IB , Ding L, Hays RD, Shapiro MF, Bozzette SA, Cleary PD. HIV patients’ experiences with inpatient and outpatient care: results of a national survey. Med Care 2002;40:1149-60. PM:12458298

  5. Laws BM, Heckscher R, Mayo SJ, Li W, Wilson IB. A new method for evaluating the quality of medical interpretation and some preliminary results. Med Care 2004;42:71-80. PM:14713741

  6. Landon BE, Wilson IB, McInnes K, Landrum MB , Hirshhorn L, Marsden PV, Gustafson D, Cleary PD. Effects of a quality improvement collaborative on the outcome of care of patients with HIV infection: the EQHIV study. Ann Intern Med 2004;140:887-896. PM:15172903

  7. 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;19:1096-1103. PM:15566438

  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;43(1):12-20. PM:15626929

  9. 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;20(8):715-20. PM:16050880

  10. Wilson IB , Landon BE, Hirschorn LR, Mcinnes K, Ding L, Marsden PV, Cleary PD. Quality of care provided by nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physicians. Ann Intern Med 2005;143:729-736. PM:16287794

  11. Wilson IB , Schoen C, Neuman P, Strollo MK, Rogers WH, Chang H, Safran DG. Physician-patient communication about prescription medication non-adherence: a 50 state study of America’s seniors. J Gen Intern Med 2007;22:6-12. PM:17351835

  12. Lu M, Safren SA, Skolnik PR, Rogers WH, Coady W, Hardy H, Wilson IB. What is the optimal recall period and response task for self-report of HIV antiretroviral adherence? AIDS Behav 2008 Jan;12(1):86-94. Epub 2007 Jun 19. PM:17577653

  13. 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;335(7629):1085. PM:17967826

 

 

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