Enhancing Medication Adherence (PDF)

Hayden B Bosworth, PhD, a health services researcher, focuses on
patient and organization level factors to improve treatment adherence.
He is the associate director of the Center for Health Services Research in
Primary Care and Career Award scientist at the Durham Veterans Affairs
Medical Center (VAMC). He is a research professor in the Department of
Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, research professor in
the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, research professor
in the School of Nursing at Duke University Medical Center, and adjunct
professor in the Department of Health Policy and Administration in the
School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He is also a senior fellow at the Center for Aging and Human Development
and a senior fellow at the Center for Health Policy at Duke University.
Dr Bosworth was awarded an Established Investigator award from the
American Heart Association to further develop interventions to improve
health behaviors and treatment adherence related to hypertension and
other chronic diseases. Dr Bosworth has published over 180 articles and
3 books that have examined the self-management and treatment adherence
among individuals with chronic diseases. He is a fellow of the American
Psychological Association Division 20 (Adult Development and Aging
and Division 38 Health Psychology), Gerontological Society of America,
and the Society of Behavioral Medicine. He has received prior funding
from a number of government sources (eg, National Institutes of Health,
Veterans Affairs) and foundations (eg, American Heart Association,
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) to carry out three overarching areas
of research: 1) clinical research that provides knowledge for improving
patients' treatment adherence and self-management in chronic care;
2) translation research to improve access to quality of care; and 3) eliminate
healthcare disparities.