Research Scientist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
University of Washington at Harborview Medical Center
325 9th Avenue
Box 359911
Seattle, WA 98104
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 Reserach 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., & 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.