Guneet Kaur Jasuja PhD
Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine
Research Assistant Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management
801 Massachusetts Ave | (617) 414-7399guneetk@bu.edu
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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
Hashemi L, Marijic Buljubasic A, Budoff MJ, Copeland LA, Jackson NJ, Jasuja GK, Gornbein J, Reue K. Gender-Affirming Hormone Treatment and Metabolic Syndrome Among Transgender Veterans. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jul 01; 7(7):e2419696. PMID: 38954413.
Published on 5/24/2024Jasuja 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 May 24; 81(11):e289-e295. PMID: 38468398.
Published on 5/10/2024Jasuja GK, Wolfe HL, Reisman JI, Vimalananda VG, Rao SR, Blosnich JR, Livingston NA, Shipherd JC. Clinicians in the Veterans Health Administration initiate gender-affirming hormone therapy in concordance with clinical guideline recommendations. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2024; 15:1086158. PMID: 38800485.
Published on 5/7/2024Nevedal AL, Widerquist MAO, Reardon CM, Arasim M, Jackson GL, White B, Burns M, Fix GM, DeLaughter K, Cutrona SL, Gifford AL, Jasuja GK, Hogan TP, King HA, Henderson B, Damschroder LJ. Understanding pathways from implementation to sustainment: a longitudinal, mixed methods analysis of promising practices implemented in the Veterans Health Administration. Implement Sci. 2024 May 07; 19(1):34. PMID: 38715094.
Published on 4/3/2024Wolfe HL, Vimalananda VG, Wong DH, Reisman JI, Rao SR, Shipherd JC, Blosnich JR, Livingston NA, Jasuja GK. Patient Characteristics Associated with Receiving Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy in the Veterans Health Administration. Transgend Health. 2024 Apr; 9(2):151-161. PMID: 38694620.
Published on 4/3/2024Wolfe 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 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 1/1/2024Aguilar BJ, Jasuja GK, Li X, Shishova E, Palacios N, Berlowitz D, Morin P, O'Connor MK, Nguyen A, Reisman J, Leng Y, Zhang R, Monfared AAT, Zhang Q, Xia W. Prevalence of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease Identified in Veterans in the United States. J Alzheimers Dis. 2024; 99(3):1065-1075. PMID: 38788073.
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.
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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