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No prediction models exist for the success for buprenorphine initiation in opioid-naïve patients or in transition from other opioids in patients treated for chronic pain. Drs Farrar and Bilker and their team set out to create such a prediction model. Read more.

Authors

Andrew Conroy, Warren B Bilker, Christopher J Miller, Charles E Argoff, Russell Bell, Jennifer Haythornthwaite, Jennifer S Gewandter, Ian Gilron, Katherine N Theken, John T Farrar

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Using generalized estimating equations, Dr. Hamedani's team compared informant-reported change in memory and daily functioning to prospectively collected delayed word recall and instrumental activities of daily living (iADL) in the 10 years preceding Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP). Read more.

Authors

Ali G Hamedani, Dylan Thibault, Katya Rascovsky, Allison W Willis, Kenneth M Langa

Jared Pennington, Ph.D., PA-C

Jared Pennington, Ph.D., PA-C

Dr. Pennington is a physician assistant and health policy researcher with over 20 years of clinical experience in many areas of medicine and surgery including transplantation, emergency medicine, neurosciences, and primary care. His current research interests involve social policy in healthcare and how certain policies affect access to quality care and social well-being. He is interested in social cohesion and social capital factors within communities, along with hospital investment in housing and education, to better understand how we can reduce adverse health outcomes. He is also interested in epidemiologic factors of neurological disease in children and currently continues to practice in pediatric neurosciences at Akron Children's Hospital.

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