Michael K. Paasche-Orlow, MD, MA, MPH

Adjunct Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Expertise includes: The role of health literacy in health outcomes and health disparities, and health services interventions; The potential for behavioral informatics to help people with limited health literacy overcome literacy barriers.

Publications

  • Published 2/6/2026

    Nouraei F, Bickmore T, Paasche-Orlow MK. Health Literacy and Usability of Public Health Websites for COVID-19 Vaccine Search. Health Lit Res Pract. 2026 Jan; 10(1):e11-e22. PMID: 41661232.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 1/12/2026

    Paasche-Orlow MK. A Puzzle of Gratitude. Health Lit Res Pract. 2026 Jan; 10(1):e1-e2. PMID: 41524510.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 11/11/2025

    Collazo A, Wermuth P, Luna Rodriguez J, Olmeda K, Mancera A, Faustinella F, Paasche-Orlow MK, Zoorob R, Trautner BW, Grigoryan L. 'In Texas, everybody wants antibiotics': reducing inappropriate antibiotic expectations and use with a provider-patient communication tool in primary care. Fam Med Community Health. 2025 Nov 11; 13(4). PMID: 41218913.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 9/16/2025

    McKee MM, Plegue M, Champlin S, Hill J, Panko T, Buis LR, Sen A, Paasche-Orlow MK, Hauser PC. Predictors of health literacy among Deaf American Sign Language users. Patient Educ Couns. 2026 Jan; 142:109348. PMID: 40992095.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 7/8/2025

    Simon DA, Paasche-Orlow MK, Noorchashm H. Establishing Medical Device Transparency at the FDA-A Public Database for Device Labels. JAMA. 2025 Jul 08; 334(2):109-110. PMID: 40455429.

    Read at: PubMed

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Other Positions

  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
    Boston University

Websites

Education

  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine, MD
  • Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, MPH
  • Jewish Theological Seminary of America, MA
  • Columbia College, BS

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