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Jeanne Sears, PhD

Senior Research Scientist, Health Services                              University of Washington at Harborview Medical Center

325 9th Avenue
Box 354809
Seattle, WA 98195

jeannes@u.washington.edu

Educational Background:

  • BA, University of California- Santa Cruz, CA, Biology, 1980
  • AS, City College of San Francisco- San Francisco, CA, Nursing, 1984
  • PHN, San Jose State University- San Jose, CA, Public Health Nursing Certificate, 1995
  • MS, University of California- San Francisco, CA, Nursing, 2001
  • PhD, University of Washington- Seattle, WA, Health Services, 2007
  • Traineeship, Universite de Sherbrooke- Quebec, Canada, Work Disability Prevention, 2008

Current Research Interests:

  • Program evaluation
  • Workers' compensation/occupational health
  • Health disparities and access to heath care
  • Health policy

CHAMMP-Related Projects:

Evaluation of the Partnership Access Line (PAL) Program (PI: Krupski)
Sponsor: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)/DSHS
2/09-6/09

Outcomes of Harborview Medical Center Emergency Department Patients Who Received Brief Interventions for Substance Use Disorders (PI: Krupski)
Sponsor: Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
10/06-6/09
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Selected Publications:

  • Sears, J. M., Krupski, A., Joesch, J. M., Estee, S. L., He, L., Ford Shah, M., et al. (2010). The use of administrative data as a substitute for individual screening scores in observational studies related to problematic alcohol or drug use. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 111(1-2):89-96.
  • Krupski, A., Sears J., Joesch, J. M., Estee, S., He, L., Dunn, C. W., Roy-Byrne, P., Ries, R. (2010). The impact of brief interventions and brief treatment on admissions to chemical Dependency Treatment. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 110(1-2):126-36.
  • Sears, J.M., & Hogg-Johnson, S. (2009). Enhancing the policy impact of evaluation research: A case study of nurse practitioner role expansion in a state workers’ compensation system. Nursing Outlook, 57(2):99-106.
  • Sears, J.M., & Heagerty, P.J. (2008). Including injured workers without compensated time loss in Cox regression models: analyzing time loss using all available data. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 18, 225-232.
  • Sears, J.M., Wickizer, T.M., Franklin, G.M. Cheadle, A.D., & Berkowitz, B. (2008). Expanding the role of nurse practitioners: Effects on rural access to care for injured workers. Journal of Rural Health, 24, 171-178.
  • Sears, J.M., Wickizer, T.M., Franklin, G.M., Cheadle, A.D., & Berkowitz, B. (2007). Nurse practitioners as attending providers for injured workers: Evaluating the effect of role expansion on disability and costs. Medical Care, 45, 1154-1161.
  • Sears, J.M., Wickizer, T.M., Franklin, G.M., Cheadle, A.D., & Berkowitz, B. (2007). Nurse practitioners as attending providers for workers with uncomplicated back injuries: Using administrative data to evaluate quality and process of care. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 49, 900-908.
  • Turner, J.A., Sears, J.M., & Loeser, J.D. (2007). Programmable intrathecal opioid delivery systems for chronic nonmalignant pain: A systematic review of effectiveness and complications. Clinical Journal of Pain, 23, 180-195.
  
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