Jennifer Tjia, MD, MSCE
Assisstant Professor, UMass Medical School |
Department of Geriatrics |
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Contact InformationUniversity of Massachusetts 55 Lake Avenue NorthWorcester, MA 01655Tel. 508-856-3586Fax: 508-856-5024Email: Jennifer.Tjia@umassmed.edu | 
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Education
1994 MD Boston University Medical School, Boston, MA 2003 MSCE University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, PA |
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Research and Teaching Interests
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Jennifer Tjia, M.D., M.S.C.E., is an Assistant Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She has completed fellowship training in health services research and earned a Masters Degree in Clinical Epidemiology. Dr. Tjia is the recipient of the 2003 Pfizer/American Geriatrics Society Junior Faculty Scholar Award for Research on Health Outcomes in Geriatrics, and was a finalist for both the Lipkin Award for Outstanding Research Paper by a Research Associate at the Society of General Internal Medicine and the Secretary's Award for Innovations in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Her primary research focus is to investigate and develop methods to optimize the uptake and utilization of emerging pharmaceutical therapies by older adults. She is specifically interested in understanding the effect of state and federal prescription drug policies on elder health outcomes and health service utilization, and understanding the predictors of medication uptake and adherence among older adults. |
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Selected Publications
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| 1. | Tjia J, Bonner A, Briesacher BA, McGee S, Terrill E, Miller K. Medication
discrepancies upon hospital to skilled nursing facility transitions. J Gen Intern Med. 2009 May;24(5):630-5. |
| 2. | Tjia J, Briesacher BA. Prescription drug benefits and use of guideline
recommended medications by elderly Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes mellitus. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Oct;56(10):1879-86. |
| 3. | Tjia J, Givens JL, Karlawish JH, Okoli-Umeweni A, Barg FK. Beneath the
surface: discovering the unvoiced concerns of older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Health Educ Res. 2008 Feb;23(1):40-52. |
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