Guneet Kaur Jasuja PhD
Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine
Research Assistant Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management
801 Massachusetts Ave | (617) 414-7399guneetk@bu.edu
Sections
General Internal Medicine
Biography
Guneet K. Jasuja, PhD, MPH, is a behavioral epidemiologist. She is a Research Investigator with the Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR) at the VA Bedford Healthcare System and an Assistant Professor in the Department of General Medicine at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine.
Dr. Jasuja's research focuses on medication prescribing, quality of care, and LGBTQ+ health and healthcare. She has led several VA and NIH funded studies to examine these research areas, including a VA Health Services and Research Development Career Development Award. She uses a variety of methods to accomplish her research, including large database analyses, qualitative, survey development and analyses. She also collaborates on multiple projects ranging from evaluation of pharmacist-provided patient care in the VA to identification of patients with Alzheimer’s Disease from clinical notes in electronic health record.
Other Positions
Education
Health Behavior, PhD, University of Southern California
Biostatistics, MPH, University of Southern California
Health Policy Management, MA, University of Delaware
Publications
Wolfe HL, Jeon A, Goulet JL, Simpson TL, Eleazer JR, Jasuja GK, Blosnich JR, Kauth MR, Shipherd JC, Littman AJ. Non-affirmation minority stress, internalized transphobia, and subjective cognitive decline among transgender and gender diverse veterans aged 45 years and older. Aging Ment Health. 2024 Apr 03; 1-7. PMID: 38567655.
Published on 3/12/2024Jasuja GK, Reisman JI, Miller DR, Ansara ED, Chiulli DL, Moore T, Ourth HL, Tran MH, Smith EG, Morreale AP, McCullough MM. Complexity of patients with mental healthcare needs cared for by mental health clinical pharmacist practitioners in Veterans Affairs. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2024 Mar 12. PMID: 38468398.
Published on 2/13/2024Jackson GL, Fix GM, White BS, Cutrona SL, Reardon CM, Damschroder LJ, Burns M, DeLaughter K, Opra Widerquist MA, Arasim M, Lindquist J, Gifford AL, King HA, Kaitz J, Jasuja GK, Hogan TP, Lopez JCF, Henderson B, Fitzgerald BA, Goetschius A, Hagan D, McCoy C, Seelig A, Nevedal A. Diffusion of excellence: evaluating a system to identify, replicate, and spread promising innovative practices across the Veterans health administration. Front Health Serv. 2023; 3:1223277. PMID: 38420338.
Published on 12/1/2023Rose AJ, Greenspan SL, Jasuja GK. Gaps in evidence on treatment of male osteoporosis: a Research Agenda. Aging Male. 2023 Dec; 26(1):2223699. PMID: 37314290.
Published on 11/16/2023Wolfe HL, Boyer TL, Shipherd JC, Kauth MR, Jasuja GK, Blosnich JR. Barriers and Facilitators to Gender-affirming Hormone Therapy in the Veterans Health Administration. Ann Behav Med. 2023 Nov 16; 57(12):1014-1023. PMID: 37436725.
Published on 9/25/2023Aguilar BJ, Miller D, Jasuja G, Li X, Shishova E, O'Connor MK, Nguyen A, Morin P, Berlowitz D, Zhang R, Monfared AAT, Zhang Q, Xia W. Rule-Based Identification of Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment or Alzheimer's Disease Using Clinical Notes from the United States Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. Neurol Ther. 2023 Dec; 12(6):2067-2078. PMID: 37747662.
Published on 6/5/2023Borzecki AM, Conti J, Reisman JI, Vimalananda V, Nagy MW, Paluri R, Linsky AM, McCullough M, Bhasin S, Matsumoto AM, Jasuja GK. Development and Validation of Quality Measures for Testosterone Prescribing. J Endocr Soc. 2023 Jun 05; 7(7):bvad075. PMID: 37362384.
Published on 5/19/2023Streed CG, King D, Grasso C, Reisner SL, Mayer KH, Jasuja GK, Poteat T, Mukherjee M, Shapira-Daniels A, Cabral H, Tangpricha V, Paasche-Orlow MK, Benjamin EJ. Validation of an administrative algorithm for transgender and gender diverse persons against self-report data in electronic health records. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2023 May 19; 30(6):1047-1055. PMID: 36921287.
Published on 4/28/2023Dinesh D, Shao Q, Palnati M, McDannold S, Zhang Q, Monfared AAT, Jasuja GK, Davila H, Xia W, Moo LR, Miller DR, Palacios N. The epidemiology of mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease and related dementia in U.S. veterans. Alzheimers Dement. 2023 Sep; 19(9):3977-3984. PMID: 37114952.
Published on 3/31/2023Rose AJ, Hughto JMW, Dunbar MS, Quinn EK, Deutsch M, Feldman J, Radix A, Safer JD, Shipherd JC, Thompson J, Jasuja GK. Trends in Feminizing Hormone Therapy for Transgender Patients, 2006-2017. Transgend Health. 2023 Apr; 8(2):188-194. PMID: 37013092.
Media Mentions
Published on 1/13/2022
VA Seeks to Change Initial Concerns About COVID-19 Vaccines Into Acceptance
Published on 9/22/2021
Hormone Therapy for Transgender Veterans
Published on 3/29/2018
Published on 7/18/2017
Testosterone prescribing in VA varies by provider's age, experience, specialty and region
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