CURRICULUM VITAE
Jennifer L. Wolff
January 2014
PERSONAL DATA
Work Address
624 North Broadway, Room 692
Baltimore, MD 21205
Phone: (410) 502-0458
Fax: (410) 955-0470
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
PhD
MHS
BA
2003 Johns Hopkins University
1995 Johns Hopkins University
1991 Bucknell University
Health Services Research
Health Finance and Management
Economics
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2009 to present
Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management,
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2003 to present
Joint appointment in the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2003 to 2009
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management,
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2006 to 2008
Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement (IPA) 09/01/2006-08/30/2008;
Office of Research Development and Information, Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services.
1998 – 1999
Medical Economics Manager, Advance Paradigm, Inc.
(Pharmaceutical Benefit Manager and Disease Management Vendor)
1997 – 1998
Senior Medical Economics Analyst, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia
1995 – 1997
Consultant, Sullivan Consulting Group
(Health Care Consulting)
1994 – 1995
Administrative Resident, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
1992 – 1993
Analyst, Health Care Investment Analysts, Inc., (HCIA)
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Society Memberships
AcademyHealth
Abstract Reviewer, 2013 NRSA Annual Meeting
AcademyHealth Long-Term Care Interest Group
Abstract Reviewer, 2011-2013 Annual Meetings
Interest Group Chair, 2013-2015
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 2009-2012
Gerontological Society of America
Advisory Panels/Consulting
Invited Participant, “Identifying Family Caregivers in the Electronic Health Record”
sponsored by Kaiser Permanente, C-TAP, Booze Allen Hamilton, October 25 2013,
Washington, DC.
Invited Speaker, “Prioritizing Issues for an IOM Study on Family Caregiving for Older
Adults”, Planning Meeting convened by the Institute of Medicine Health Services Board,
June 19, 2013, Washington, DC.
Invited Participant, Innovation Roundtable Discussion on “Family Caregivers Providing
Complex Chronic Care” sponsored by AARP Public Policy Institute, June 4 2013,
Washington, DC.
Invited Participant, “Patient-Centered Medical Home Research Agenda” sponsored by the
Society for General Internal Medicine and the Agency for Health Care Research and
Quality, May 22-23, 2013, Washington DC.
Study Team Member and Workgroup Meeting Participant, “The Missing Link:
Connecting Assessment of Family Caregivers to Care Recipient Outcomes” sponsored by
AARP, April 9, 2013, Washington DC.
Invited Participant, Technical Expert Panel Meeting on “Community-Based Care
Transitions” convened by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, March 15
2013, Baltimore, MD.
Invited Participant, “Transitions & Family Caregiving Working Group” sponsored by
United Hospital Fund, February 21-22 2013, New York, NY.
Invited Participant, Innovation Roundtable Discussion on “Caregiving Issues and Long
Term Services and Supports for Older Adults” sponsored by AARP Public Policy
Institute, February 28-29 2012, Washington, DC.
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Invited Participant, Technical Expert Panel Meeting on “Outcome Measures for Older
Persons with Multiple Chronic Conditions” sponsored by the National Institute on Aging,
September 27-28 2011, Rockville, MD.
Invited Member, National Research Council Committee, “Human Factors Issues in Home
Health Care” (March 2009-June 2010).
Invited Participant, Technical Expert Panel Meeting, “Health Promotion and Prevention
for Aging and Disabled Populations” convened by the Office of Disability, Aging, and
Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning
and Evaluation (ASPE) at the Department of Health and Human Services. May 18-19,
2009, Washington DC.
Invited Presentation “Integration of Caregivers in the Healthcare System” at the Joint
Conference of the American Society on Aging and the National Council on Aging
Preconference Meeting, Family Caregiving: State of the Art, Future Trends. March 6,
2007, Chicago IL.
Invited Participant, State-Of-The-Art conference “Managing Complexity in Chronic
Care” sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs, September 13-15 2006,
Arlington VA.
Invited Member, Eldercare Expert Panel Meeting for the American Time Use Survey
convened by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 12, 2005, Washington DC.
Invited Participant, National Consensus Development Conference for Caregiver
Assessment convened by the National Center on Caregiving at Family Caregiver
Alliance, September 7-9, 2005, San Francisco, CA.
Invited Presentation, “Multiple Morbidity and the Medicare Program: Prevalence, Costs,
and Opportunities for Improvement” at the American Geriatrics Society Meeting
Research Agenda for Comorbid Disease and Multiple Morbidity in an Aging Society.
March 2-4, 2005, Atlanta GA.
Invited Participant, Technical Expert Panel Meeting, “Caregiving Research with the
National Long Term Care Survey and Informal Care Supplement” convened by the
Urban Institute, October 15, 2004, Washington DC.
EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
Ad Hoc Grant Review Panels
National Institute on Aging, Special Emphasis Panel, RFA-AG-13-009: “Secondary
Analyses and Archiving of Social and Behavioral Datasets in Aging” July 11-12, 2013.
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University of Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center Pilot Program, October
2012.
Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) Continuation of Consumer
Assessment of Health Care Providers and Systems (CAHPS IV; U18), April 2012.
Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) Infrastructure for Maintaining
Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) Support for Models of Multi-sector, State-level
Excellence (U18), June 2011.
Dutch Cancer Society, 2011.
External Reviewer, Albert Einstein Society, 2004
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Health and Function
Outcomes for Individuals with Disability Program Grant Review, 2004
Journal Referee (since 2003)
Annals of Internal Medicine (rated as top 10% of reviewers, 2006)
BMJ
Health Affairs
Health Services Research
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Journal of Gerontology Medical Sciences (Member of the Editorial Board)
Journal of Gerontology Social Sciences
Medical Care
Milbank Quarterly
Patient Education and Counseling
Psychology and Aging
Research on Aging
Social Science and Medicine
The Gerontologist
HONORS AND AWARDS
Atlantic Philanthropies Health and Aging Policy Fellow, 2013-2014
Scholar, National Institute of Mental Health Advanced Research Institute in Geriatric Psychiatry,
2012-2014
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health recognition of student-rated “teaching
excellence” in the classroom, 2009-2013
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Fellow, National Institute of Mental Health Summer Research Institute in Geriatric Psychiatry,
Pittsburgh, PA, 2006
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Dissertation Grant Award, 2002
Student Conference Presentation Award, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2001-2002
Marilyn Bergner Award in Health Services Research, Department of Health Policy and
Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2002
National Research Service Award Pre-Doctoral Fellowship from the Agency for Health Care
Research and Quality Training Fellowship Program, 1999-2001
Departmental Doctoral Comprehensive Qualifying Exam, Honors Pass, 2000
Delta Omega Honorary Society for Public Health, Alpha Chapter, Elected to membership 1995
John P. Young Memorial Award, Department of Health Policy and Management, the Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 1994
PUBLICATIONS
Peer Review Journal Articles
1. Wolff JL, Starfield B, Anderson G. Prevalence, Expenditures, and Complications of Multiple
Chronic Conditions in the Elderly. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2002; 162(20): 22692276.
2. Wolff JL and Agree EM. Depression Among Recipients of Informal Care: The Effects of
Reciprocity, Respect, and Adequacy of Support. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences.
2004; 59B: S173-S180.
3. Wolff JL and Kasper JD. Informal Caregiver Characteristics and Subsequent Hospitalization
Outcomes Among Recipients of Care, Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 2004;
16(4): 307-313.
4. Wolff JL. Meeting Long Term Care Needs, Advanced Studies in Medicine, 2004; 4: 318320.
5. Wolff JL, Boult C, Boyd C, Anderson G. Newly Reported Chronic Conditions and
Functional Dependency Onset, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2005; 53(5): 851855.
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6. Wolff JL, Agree EM, Kasper JD. Wheelchairs, Walkers, and Canes: What Does Medicare
Pay for, and Who Benefits? Health Affairs, 2005; 24(4): 1140-1149.
7. Wolff JL and Boult C. Moving Beyond Round Pegs and Square Holes: Restructuring
Medicare to Improve Chronic Care, Annals of Internal Medicine, 2005; 143(6): 439-445.
(editorially featured)
8. Wolff JL and Kasper JD. Caregivers of Frail Elders: Updating a National Profile, The
Gerontologist, 2006; 46(3): 344-356.
9. Wolff JL, Dy SM, Frick KD, Kasper JD. End of Life Care: Findings from a National Survey
of Caregivers, Archives of Internal Medicine, 2007; 167(1): 40-46.
10. Frick KD, West E, Kempen J, Wolff JL. Cost of Visual Impairment and Blindness in the
United States, Archives of Opthamology, 2007; 125(4):544-550.
11. McNabney MK, Wolff JL, Semanick LM, Kasper, JD, Boult C. Care Needs of HigherFunctioning Nursing Home Residents; The Journal of the American Medical Directors
Association, 2007; 8:409-412.
12. Weiss CO, Boyd CM, Yu Q, Wolff JL, Leff B. Patterns of prevalent major chronic disease
among older adults in the United States, JAMA, 2007; 298 (10): 1160-1162.
13. Boyd CM, Boult C, Shadmi E, Leff B, Brager R, Dunbar L, Wolff JL, Wegener S. Guided
Care for Multi-Morbid Older Adults; The Gerontologist, 2007; 47(5) 697-704.
14. Dy SM, Wolff JL, Frick KD; Patient Characteristics and End-of-Life Health Care Utilization
Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 1989-1999; Medical Care, 2007. 45(10) 926-930.
(editorially featured)
15. Bayliss EA, Bosworth HB, Noel PH, Wolff JL, Damush TM, McIvor L. Supporting selfmanagement for patients with complex medical needs: recommendations of a working group;
Chronic Illness, 2007;3(2):167-175.
16. Weiss CO, Seplaki CL, Wolff JL, Kasper JD, Agree EM. Self-selected walking speed was
consistent when recorded while using a cane; Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 2008;
61:622-627.
17. Boult C, Reider L, Frey K, Leff B, Boyd CM, Wolff JL, Wegener S, Marsteller J, Karm L,
Scharfstein D. Multidimensional Geriatric Assessment Back to the Future: The early effects
of “Guided Care” on the Quality of Health Care for Multi-morbid older persons: A clusterrandomized controlled trial; Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences; 2008:63(3);321-327.
18. Wolff JL, Kasper JD, Shore A. Long-Term Care Preferences Among Older Adults: A
Moving Target? Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 2008; 20(2); 182-200.
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19. *Arbaje AI, Wolff JL, Powe NR, Anderson GF, Boult C. Post-Discharge Environmental and
Socioeconomic Factors and the Likelihood of Early Hospital Readmission among
Community-Dwelling Medicare Beneficiaries; The Gerontologist; 2008; 48(4), 495-504.
20. Wolff JL and Roter DL. Hidden in Plain Sight: Medical Visit Companions as a Resource for
Vulnerable Older Adults; Archives of Internal Medicine; 2008: 168(13); 1409-1415.
21. Wolff JL, Meadow A, Weiss C, Boyd CM, Leff B. Medicare Home Health Patients’
Transitions Through Acute and Post-Acute Care Settings; Medical Care; 2008: 46(11); 11881193.
22. Wolff JL, Roter DL, Gitlin LN, Given B. Optimizing Patient and Family Involvement in
Geriatric Home Care; Journal for Health Care Quality; 2009: 31(2); 24-33.
23. Wolff JL, Rand-Giovanetti E, Palmer S, Wegener S, Reider L, Frey K, Scharfstein D, Boult
C. Caregiving and Chronic Care: The Guided Care Program for Family and Friends; Journal
of Gerontology Medical Sciences; 2009: 64(7); 785-91.
24. *Giovannetti ER, Wolff JL, Frick KD, Boult C. Validation of a Work Productivity and
Activity Impairment Scale for Informal Caregivers of Chronically Ill Older Adults; Value in
Health; 2009: 12(6); 1011-1017.
25. Wolff JL, Meadow A, Weiss C, Boyd CM, Leff B. Physician Evaluation and Management of
Medicare Home Health Patients; Medical Care; 2009: 47(10): 1147-1155.
26. Spencer C, Frick K, Gower EW, Kempen JH, Wolff JL. Disparities in access to medical
care for individuals with vision impairment; Opthalmic Epidemiol; 2009: 16(5): 281-288.
27. Wolff JL, Rand-Giovanetti E, Boyd CM, Reider L, Palmer S, Scharfstein D, Marsteller J,
Wegener S, Frey K, Leff B, Frick KD, Groves C, Boult C. Effects of Guided Care on Family
Caregivers; The Gerontologist; 2010: 50: 459-470.
28. Blaum CS, Cigolle CT, Boyd CM, Wolff JL, Tian Z, Langa K, Weir DR. Clinical
complexity in middle-aged and older adults with diabetes: The Health and Retirement Study;
Medical Care; 2010: 48(4); 327-334.
29. Boyd CM, Reider L, Frey K, Scharfstein D, Leff B, Wolff JL, Groves C, Karm L, Wegener
S, Marsteller J, Boult C. The Effects of Guided Care on the Quality of Health Care for Multimorbid Older Persons: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial; Journal of General Internal
Medicine; 2010: 25(3); 235-242.
30. Marsteller J, Yea-Jen H, Reider K, Frey K, Wolff JL, Boyd, CM, Leff B, Karm L,
Scharfstein D, Boult, C. Physician Satisfaction with Chronic Illness Care: A Randomized
Trial of Guided Care; Annals of Family Medicine; 2010: 8(4); 308-315.
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31. *Giovannetti ER and Wolff JL, Cross-Survey Differences in National Estimates of Numbers
of Caregivers to Disabled Older Adults; Milbank Quarterly; 2010: 88(3); 310-349.
32. Boult C, Reider L, Leff B, Frick KD, Boyd CM, Wolff JL, Frey K, Karm L, Wegener ST,
Mroz T, Scharfstein DO, The Effect of Guided Care Teams on the Use of Health Services:
Results from a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial; Archives of Internal Medicine; 2011:
171(5): 460-6.
33. Boyd CM, Leff B, Wolff JL, Yu Q, Zhou J, Rand C, Weiss CO, Informing Clinical Practice
Guideline Development and Implementation: Prevalence of Co-existing Conditions Among
Adults with Heart Disease; Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; 2011: 59(5): 797805.
34. Wolff JL and Roter DL. Family presence in routine physician visits and the patient-physician
partnership: A meta-analytic study; Social Science and Medicine; 2011: 72(6): 823-31.
35. Leff B, Boyd C, Reider L, Mroz T, Karm L, Frick KD, Frey K, Wegener ST, Scharfstein DO,
Wolff JL. Response to Letter Regarding “The Effect of Guided Care Teams on the Use of
Health Services: Results from a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial” Archives of Internal
Medicine; 2011: 171 (17): 1597-8.
36. *Giovannetti ER, Wolff JL, Xue Q, Weiss CO, Leff B, Boult C, Hughes T, and Boyd CM.
Difficulty with Health Care Tasks Among Caregivers of Multimorbid Older Adults. Journal
of General Internal Medicine; 2012: 27(1): 37-44.
37. Wolff JL, Boyd CM, Gitlin LN, Bruce ML, Roter DL. Going It Together: Persistence of
Older Adults’ Accompaniment to Physician Visits by a Family Companion; Journal of the
American Geriatrics Society; 2012: 60(1) 106-112.
38. Weiss CO, Wolff JL, Egleston B, Seplaki CL, Fried LP. Incident preclinical mobility
disability increases future risk of new difficulty walking and reduction in walking activity;
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics; 2012: 54(3) 329-333.
39. Weiss CO, Boyd CM, Wolff JL, Leff B. Prevalence of Diabetes Treatment Effect Modifiers:
the External Validity of Trials to Older Adults; Aging Clinical and Experimental Research;
2012: 24 (4) 370-376.
40. Wolff JL and Roter DL. Older Adults’ Mental Health Function and Patient-Centered Care:
Does Family Companion Presence Help or Hinder Communication? Journal of General
Internal Medicine; 2012: 27(6) 661-668.
41. Scharfstein DO, Boyd CM, Wolff JL, Boult C. The need to maximize the value of small
matched-pair cluster-randomized trials. American Journal of Managed Care; 2012:18(2).
42. Schnell K, Weiss CO, Lee TA, Krishnan JA, Leff B, Wolff JL, Boyd CM. The prevalence of
clinically-relevant comorbid conditions in patients with COPD: a cross-sectional study using
data from NHANES 1999-2008. BMC Pulm Med; 2012: 12(1) 26.
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43. Dattalo M, Giovannetti ER, Scharfstein D, Boult C, Wegener S, Wolff JL, Leff B, Frick K,
Reider L, Frey K, Noronha G, Boyd CM. Who participates in Chronic Disease SelfManagement (CDSM) Programs? Differences between participants and non-participants in a
population of multi-morbid older adults. Medical Care; 2012: 50(12) 1071-5.
44. *Howell BL, Wolff JL, Herring B. Medicare Beneficiary Knowledge of the Part D Program
and its Relationship with Voluntary Enrollment. Medicare and Medicaid Research Review;
2012: 2(4) E1-E22.
45. Wolff JL. Family Matters in Health Care Delivery. JAMA; 2012: 308(15) 1529-1530.
46. Wolff JL, Clayman ML, Rabins P, Cook M, Roter DL. An exploration of patient and family
engagement in routine primary care visits. forthcoming, Health Expectations.
47. Boult C, Leff B, Boyd CM, Wolff JL, Marsteller JA, Frick KD, Wegener S, Reider L, Frey
K, Mroz TM, Karm L, Scharfstein DO, A Matched-Pair Cluster-Randomized Trial of Guided
Care for Multimorbid Older Adults. Journal of General Internal Medicine; 28(5): 612-621.
48. Working Group on Health Outcomes for Older Persons with Multiple Chronic Conditions;
Universal health outcome measures for older persons with multiple chronic conditions.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; 2012: 60(12): 2333-41.
49. Marsteller JA, Hsu YJ, Wen M, Wolff JL, Frick K, Reider L, Scharfstein D, Boyd C, Leff B,
Schwartz L, Karm L, Boult C. Effects of Guided Care on Providers’ Satisfaction with Care:
A Three-Year Matched-Pair Cluster-Randomized Trial. Population Health Management;
2013: 16(5): 317-325.
50. Flynn SJ, Ameling, JM, Hill-Briggs F, Wolff JL, Bone LR, Levine DM, Roter DL, LewisBoyer L, Fisher A, Purnell L, Ephraim PL, Barbers J, Fitzpatrick SL, Albert MC, Cooper
LA, Fagan PJ, Martin D, Ramamurthi HC, Boulware LE. Facilitators and barriers to
hypertension self-management in urban African Americans: Perspectives of patients and
family members. Patient Preference and Adherence; 2013: 7:741-749.
51. Giovannetti ER, Reider L, Wolff JL, Frick KD, Boult C, Steinwachs D, Boyd CM. Do older
patients and their family caregivers agree about the quality of chronic illness care?
International Journal for Quality in Health Care; 2013: 25(5): 515-525.
52. Boyd CM, Wolff JL, Giovannetti E, Reider L, Weiss CO, Xue QL, Leff B, Boult C, Hughes
T, Rand C. Health care task difficulty among older adults with multimorbidity. Medical
Care; 2014: 52(3) 118-125.
53. Wolff JL, Roter DL, Barron J, Boyd CM, Leff B, Finucane TE, Gallo JJ, Rabins PV, Roth
DL, Gitlin LN. A Tool to Strengthen the Older Patient-Companion Partnership in Primary
Care: Results from a Pilot Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; 2014: 62(2):
312-319.
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54. Ameling JM, Ephraim PL, Bone LR, Levine DM, Roter DL, Wolff JL, Hill-Briggs F,
Fitzpatrick SL, Noronha GJ, Fagan PJ, Lewis-Boyer L, Hickman D, Simmons M, Purnel L,
Fisher A, Cooper LA, Aboutamar HJ, Albert MC, Flynn SJ, Boulware LE. Adapting
Hypertension Self-Management Interventions to Enhance their Sustained Effectiveness
among Urban African Americans. Family and Community Health; 37(2): 119-33.
55. Mitchell MM, Robinson AC, Wolff JL, Knowlton AR. Perceived Mental Health Status of
Drug Users with HIV: Concordance Between Caregivers and Care Recipient Reports and
Associations with Caregiving Burden and Reciprocity. forthcoming, AIDS Behavior.
Book Chapters
Wolff JL and Boult C. “Medicare” in The Encyclopedia of Elder Care: The Comprehensive
Resource on Geriatric and Social Care (2008) Elizabeth Capezuti, Eugenia L. Siegler, Mathy D.
Mezey, (Eds.) New York, NY: Springer Publishing.
Wolff JL and Boult C. “Medicaid” in The Encyclopedia of Elder Care: The Comprehensive
Resource on Geriatric and Social Care (2008) Elizabeth Capezuti, Eugenia L. Siegler, Mathy D.
Mezey, (Eds.) New York, NY: Springer Publishing.
Wolff JL “Demography of Aging” in Pacala JT, Sullivan GM, eds. Geriatrics Review Syllabus:
A Core Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine, 7th ed. New York, NY: American Geriatrics Society;
2010.
Boyd C*, Leff B*, Weiss C*, Wolff J*, Clark R, Richards T. *Contributed equally to work.
Clarifying multimorbidity patterns to improve targeting and delivery of clinical services for
Medicaid Populations, December 2010. Published report by the Center for Health Care
Strategies. Includes policy and issue brief, literature review, and pattern analyses and clinical
opportunity summary tables (www.chcs.org) as follows:
• Brief, http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/BR.pdf.
• Report, http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Clarifying_Multimorbidity_for_Medicaid_reportFINAL.pdf.
• Literature review:
http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Clinical_Opportunities_General_Models_121510.pdf
Disease-specific multimorbidity pattern analyses and clinical opportunities:
• Asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Asthma_COPD_final.pdf
• Cerebrovascular accident/stroke. http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Cerebrovascular_final.pdf.
• Chronic pain. http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Chronic_Pain_final.pdf.
• Congestive heart failure. http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/CHF_final.pdf
• Coronary heart disease. http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/CHD_final.pdf
• Dementia. http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Dementia_final.pdf
• Depressive disorders. http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Depression_final.pdf
• Developmental disorders. http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Developmental_final.pdf
• Diabetes. http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Diabetes_final.pdf
• Drug and alcohol disorders. http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Drug-Alcohol_final.pdf
• Hypertension. http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Hypertension_final.pdf
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Chronic renal failure / end-stage renal disease.
http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Renal_Failure_final.pdf
Schizophrenia. http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Schizophrenia_final.pdf
Wolff JL “Demography of Aging” in Flaherty E, Resnick B, eds. Geriatric Nursing Review
Syllabus: A Core Curriculum in Advanced Practice Geriatric Nursing. 3rd ed. New York:
American Geriatrics Society; 2011.
Gitlin LN and Wolff JL “Family Involvement in Care Transitions of Older Adults: What do we
know and where do we go from here?” in Dilworth-Anderson P, Palmer MH, eds., Annual
Review of Gerontology, Volume 31, 2011: Pathways Through the Transitions of Care for Older
Adults, Springer Publishing Company.
Wolff JL “Demography of Aging” in Durso SC, Sullivan GM, eds. Geriatrics Review Syllabus:
A Core Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine, 8th ed. New York, NY: American Geriatrics Society;
2013.
Wolff JL “Demography of Aging” in Flaherty E, Resnick B, eds. Geriatric Nursing Review
Syllabus: A Core Curriculum in Advanced Practice Geriatric Nursing, 4th ed. New York, NY:
American Geriatrics Society; 2014.
Wolff JL and Colligan, E.M. “Medicaid” in The Encyclopedia of Elder Care: The
Comprehensive Resource on Geriatric and Social Care (2014) Elizabeth Capezuti, Michael
Malone, Paul Katz, Mathy D. Mezey, (Eds.) New York, NY: Springer Publishing.
Wolff JL and Colligan, E.M. “Medicare” in The Encyclopedia of Elder Care: The
Comprehensive Resource on Geriatric and Social Care (2014) Elizabeth Capezuti, Michael
Malone, Paul Katz, Mathy D. Mezey, (Eds.) New York, NY: Springer Publishing.
Published Government Research Reports:
Spillman BC, Wolff JL, Freedman VA, Kasper JD. Informal Caregiving for Older Americans:
An Analysis of the 2011 National Survey of Caregiving, Prepared for the Assistant Secretary for
Planning and Evaluation, HHSP23320100025WI-HHSP23337003T, February 2014; 1-32.
Invited Articles and Editorials Not Peer Reviewed
Wolff JL. Book Review: Meeting the Challenge of Chronic Illness by Robert L. Kane, Reinhard
Priester, and Annette M. Totten, Johns Hopkins University Press, JAMA. 2006; 295: 1951-1952.
Wolff JL. Supporting and Sustaining the Family Caregiver Workforce for Older Americans,
Commissioned Background Paper for the Institute of Medicine Board on Health Care Services,
2008 Consensus Study: “Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce.”
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Wolff JL, Roter DL, Gitlin LN, Given B. Optimizing Patient and Family Involvement in
Geriatric Home Care, Commissioned Paper for the Visiting Nurse Service of New York Center
for Home Care Policy and Research for its 2008 Study: “Establishing a National Framework for
Geriatric Home Care Practice.”
Wolff JL and Roter DL; Letter to the Editor: "Family Caregivers, Patients and Physicians:
Ethical Guidance to Optimize Relationships;” Journal of General Internal Medicine; 2010:
25(6); 487.
Boyd CM and Wolff JL. Caregivers: Partners in Improving Care for Older Adults, November
11, 2011 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Human Capital portfolio blog. Available at:
http://blog.rwjf.org/humancapital/2011/11/11/caregivers-partners-in-improving-care-for-olderadults/
Wolff JL and Boyd CM. Going it Together: Physician Visits as a Family Affair, February 2012
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Human Capital portfolio blog. Available at:
http://blog.rwjf.org/humancapital/2012/02/10/going-it-together-physician-visits-as-a-familyaffair/
Wolff JL and Barron J. Opportunities for the Improvement of Multimorbidity Measurement;
Invited commentary, April 2012. Annals of Family Medicine.
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PART II
TEACHING
Degree-Seeking Doctoral Advisees
Erin Murphy, PhD “Understanding Frequent Emergency Department Use in the Medicare
Population,” September 2009 - December 2013.
Tracy Mroz, PhD “Medicare Utilization Incentives for Rehabilitation Therapy in Home Health:
Relationships Between Agency Factors, Therapy Provision, and Outcomes of Care,” September
2008 - May 2013.
Benjamin Howell, PhD “Understanding the Coverage Decisions of Medicare Beneficiaries: An
Analysis of Enrollment and Beneficiary Knowledge,” September 2005 - May 2010.
Erin Rand-Giovanetti, PhD “Measurement of Informal Caregiving to Older Disabled Adults in
the United States,” September 2004 - May 2009.
Non-Doctoral Degree-Seeking Advisees
Marina Hitosugi-Levesque M-STAR program, summer 2013.
Bingzhu Chia, MPH
matriculated June 2013.
Bernice Chung, MPH
matriculated June 2012.
Sarah Levin, MPH
matriculated June 2012.
Anna Diller, MPH
matriculated June 2010.
Priyanka Desai, MHS
matriculated September 2009.
Alicia Arbaje, MD.
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, 2005.
Thesis Reader
Dana Petry.
Megan Truitt.
ScM in Genetic Counseling, 2013.
ScM in Genetic Counseling, 2009.
MPH Capstone Advisor
Randy Belnick.
Erin McInrue.
Bernice Chung
MPH, August 2011.
MPH, May 2010.
MPH, December June 2013.
Senior Honors Thesis Advisor
Antonia Bernhardt.
BA, 2012-2013.
Preliminary Oral Exam Committees
Alexandra Kuieder, PhD, Mental Health, August 2013.
Memunah Ifiderah, DrPH, December 2012.
Erin Murphy, PhD, Health Policy and Management, June 2012.
Meredith Massey, PhD, Health Behavior and Society, December 2011.
Emily Adrion, PhD, Health Policy and Management, August 2011.
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Amii Kress, PhD, Epidemiology, April 2011.
Pei Hsin Lin, PhD, Health Policy and Management, March 2011.
Kathryn Martinez, PhD, Health Policy and Management, January 2011.
Stacy Farr, PhD, Health Policy and Management, December 2010.
Tracy Mroz, PhD, Health Policy and Management, December 2010.
Lindsay Schwartz, PhD, Health Policy and Management, September 2010.
Lok Wong, PhD, Health Policy and Management, December 2008.
Benjamin Howell, PhD, Health Policy and Management, March 2008.
Hsien Seow, PhD, Health Policy and Management, November 2007.
Erin Rand-Giovannetti, PhD, Health Policy and Management, May 2007.
Pauline Lapin, Health Policy and Management, October 2006.
Bianca Frogner, Health Policy and Management, October 2006.
Alyson Schuster, Health Policy and Management, January 2006.
Lyn Sibley, Health Policy and Management, April 2005.
Final Oral Exam Participation
Erin Murphy,* PhD, Health Policy and Management, December 2013.
Meredith Massey, PhD, Health Behavior and Society, October 2013.
Eva Chang, PhD, Health Policy and Management, October 2013.
Amii Kress, PhD, Epidemiology, July 2013.
Tracy Mroz,* PhD, Health Policy and Management, March 2013.
Lok Wong, PhD, Health Policy and Management, November 2012.
Kathryn Martinez, PhD, Health Policy and Management, July 2012.
Lindsay Schwartz, PhD, Health Policy and Management, March 2012.
Benjamin Howell,* PhD, Health Policy and Management, February 2010.
Erin Rand-Giovannetti,* PhD, Health Policy and Management, February 2009.
Yiduo Zhang, PhD, Population and Family Health Sciences, December 2006.
Classroom Instruction
2008-2013
Health Issues for Aging Populations. Course Instructor, on-site course.
2010
Health Issues for Aging Populations. Course Instructor, fall institute, Barcelona.
2004-2007
Health Issues for Aging Populations. Lecturer
2012-2013
Family – Health, Public Health and Policy. Lecturer
2012-2013
Medical Sociology (College of Arts and Sciences). Lecturer
2012-2013
Social Ecological Approaches to Adherence to Health Regimens in Chronic
Conditions. Lecturer
2011-2013
Health Policy and Management Doctoral Proposal Writing Course. Lecturer
2004-2012
Doctoral Seminar, Health Services Research and Policy. Lecturer
2011
Frontiers in Aging. Lecturer
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2009-2010
Patient, Physician and Society Course. Health Policy Education Selective (School
of Medicine), Faculty Mentor.
2006-2007
2006-2007
2005-2007
2002-2005
2002
Introduction to the US Health System. Co-Instructor on-site course.
Introduction to the US Health System. Co-Instructor distance education course.
Introduction to the US Health System. Summer Institute Course Instructor.
Introduction to the US Health System. Lecturer.
Introduction to the US Health System. Teacher’s Assistant.
2006
Public Health Perspectives. Lecturer.
2003
Epidemiology of Aging. Teacher’s Assistant.
2002
Research Ethics and Integrity Course. Teacher’s Assistant.
RESEARCH GRANT PARTICIPATION
Ongoing Research Support
“Optimizing Family Involvement in Late-Life Depression Care”
K01 MH082885-02 (J. Wolff)
01/01/2009-07/01/2014
National Institute on Mental Health
($835,907)
To facilitate Dr. Wolff’s successful transition to an independent investigator in the field of
geriatric mental health services intervention research.
Role: PI
"Patient, Family and Community Intervention to Address Hypertension Disparities"
1P50HL105187-01 (L. Bouleware, PI)
07/01/2010 – 03/31/2015
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
To develop and rigorously test the effectiveness of an intervention that simultaneously engages
patient, family, and community-level strengths to improve African American hypertensive
patients’ blood pressure by enhancing their sustained performance of hypertension selfmanagement behaviors.
Role: Co-Investigator, 5% Effort, No Salary. Goals consistent with K01.
“Sustaining Palliative Care to Drug Users with HIV/AIDS & Health Disparities
R01NR014050-01 (Knowlton, PI)
06/1/2013 - 05/31/2018
NINR $298,626
Role: Co-Investigator, 1.2CM; Years 2-5
This mixed methods longitudinal study is based on a social ecological, network resource
framework and builds on the study team’s novel HIV caregiving research program, pediatric
HIV PC clinic program, and research on patient-provider communication on EOL issues.
“Evaluation of the Impact of the Spread of OpenNotes at the Geisinger Health System,
Caregivers” (Darer, PI)
07/01/2013 – 06/30/2015
Role: Co-Investigator, 0.6CM; Years 1-2
07/1/2013 - 06/31/2015
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $50,000
This mixed methods project will evaluate the spread of OpenNotes into new clinical venues –
specifically sharing information with informal caregivers.
Health and Aging Policy Fellowship (Wolff, PI)
Role: PI; 1.8 CM
10/1/2013 – 9/30/2014
“An Integrative Multilevel Study for Improving Patient-Centered Care Delivery Among Patients
with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease” (Aboumatar, PI) 10/1/2013 – 9/30/2016
PCORI ($2,099,539)
Role: Co-Investigator; 1.2 CM
This study will develop and evaluate a comprehensive patient and family-centered transitional
care intervention to improve patient-centered outcomes among hospitalized COPD patients.
Pending
“A Patient-Companion Intervention for Older Adults with Limited Health Literacy”
1R21 (Wolff, PI)
National Institute on Aging ($445,493)
07/01/2014 – 06/30/2016
Role: PI; 2.64; 2.40 CM Years 1 and 2
“Prognostic Significance of Family Caregiver Factors for Older Adult Health Outcomes”
R01 (Wolff, PI)
National Institute on Aging ($1,625,410)
07/01/2014 – 06/30/2018
Role: PI, 4.2CM Years 1-4
Completed Research Support
AARP (Wolff, PI)
11/1/2012-10/31/2013
“The Missing Link: Connecting Assessment of Family Caregivers to Care Recipient Outcomes”
Role: PI, 10% Effort; $30,000
To advance the rationale for the value of systematic family caregiver assessment.
“Analysis of the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) & National Study of
Caregiving (NSOC)”
Solicitation 12-233-SOL-00434 (B. Spillman, PI)
10/1/2012 – 9/30/2013
This task order will conduct analyses of the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study
(NHATS) and the supplement to the survey, the National Study of Caregiving (NSOC), in order
to understand (1) disability trends and dynamics; (2) caregiving trends and dynamics; and (3)
disability and caregiving trends for people with Alzheimer’s disease.
Role: Co-Investigator, 5% Effort, No Salary. Goals consistent with K01.
“National Study of Disability Trends and Dynamics”
U01 AG032947 (J. Kasper, PI)
National Institute on Aging
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09/30/08 – 08/31/13
To design, test, field and disseminate a new National Study of Disability Trends and Dynamics.
The new study will be a platform for scientific inquiry to guide efforts to reduce disability,
maximize functioning, and enhance older adults’ quality of life.
Role: Co-Investigator, 5% Effort, No Salary. Goals consistent with K01.
“Evaluating Impact of Managed Care on Becoming an Institutionalized Dual Eligible”
XL Health – (G. Anderson, PI)
01/01/2012 – 12/31/2012
Role: Co-Investigator, 10% Effort
“Treatment Burden in Complex Older Patients as a Target for Intervention”
R21 HS-17650-01 (C. Boyd, PI)
07/01/2008-06/30/2010
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
This grant examines patterns of multiple chronic conditions to illustrate the relationship of
clinical complexity to treatment burden and the effect of both on outcomes.
Role: Co-Investigator
“Guided Care: Integrating High Tech and High Touch”
R01-HS14580-01A1/ 90022254 (C. Boult)
07/01/2005-06/30/2010
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, National Institute on Aging, John A. Hartford
Foundation
To measure the effects of Guided Care on quality and health outcomes among high-risk older
persons, their unpaid caregivers, and their primary care physicians.
Role: Co-Investigator
“Clarifying Multimorbidity and Patient Complexity for Medicaid Programs to Improve Targeting
and Delivery of Clinical Services”
No Number (B. Leff, PI)
01/01/2008-06/30/2009
Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS). ($262,525)
To define methodologies and examine patterns of multimorbidity using a national Medicaid
dataset, as prelude to designing appropriate care delivery models for multimorbid populations.
Role: Co-PI
“A Randomized Trial of Training and Support for Voluntary Caregivers” (An Ancillary Study to
Guided Care)
Grant 000610
07/01/2005 – 12/31/2008
Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation
($265,687)
To conduct and evaluate a multi-component, community-based intervention for voluntary
caregivers who provide assistance to older adults with complex health-related needs.
Role: PI
“In-Home Caregiving and Use of Medical Services”
R03-AG025153-01A1 –
09/01/2005-08/30/2007
NIH/NIA
($163,250)
To provide an understanding of the influence of in-home caregivers in an important area that is
beyond the scope of outcomes typically attributed to them.
Role: PI
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“Assessing Value in Health”
(K. Frick)
04/01/2004 – 02/28/2006
Pfizer
($450,000)
To examine the impact of stakeholders’ differences in perceived value of health care.
Role: Co-Investigator
“A National Public Engagement Campaign on Chronic Illness”
Grant 037049 (G. Anderson)
10/01/1999-09/30/2004
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
($7 million)
This project focused on raising awareness of the problems of chronic illness in the 21st century
and developing public and private solutions to those problems.
Role: Co-Investigator
Dissertation Fellowship Grant: “Caregiving from the Care Recipient Perspective”
30-P-91709/03-01
01/01/2002-01/01/2003
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Role: PI
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Division and/or Department
2004-present Health Services Research Faculty
2004-present Faculty for Concentration in Gerontology and Long-Term Care
2006-2012
Research Committee
2004-2006
Steering Committee
2004-2014
2014-
Doctoral Admissions Committee, Health Services Research and Policy
Chair, Doctoral Admissions Committee, Health Services Research and Policy
2000-2001
Co-Chair, Student Coordinating Committee
1999-2000
Student Representative, Departmental Self Study
School
2013-
Faculty Sponsor, Certificate in Gerontology
2007-2009
Faculty Senate
2008
Reviewer for the 2008 Cycle of the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health,
Faculty Grants in Global Health Research
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University
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Scientific Meetings
Wright A and Wolff JL “Evaluation of Formulary Decisions: Projected Impact of a New Drug
Rollout Within the Managed Care Arena,” workshop presentation at the 4th Annual Meeting of
the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, Washington D.C.
(May 1999).
Wolff JL, Starfield B., Anderson G. “Prevalence, Expenditures, and Complications of Multiple
Chronic Conditions in the Elderly”. American Association of Health Plans’ Building Bridges
VIII Meeting, Los Angeles, California. (April 2002).
Wolff JL, Starfield B, Anderson G “Prevalence, Expenditures, and Complications of Multiple
Chronic Conditions in the Elderly”. 2002 Annual National Research Award Trainees’ Research
Conference, Washington DC. (June 2002).
Wolff JL and Kasper JD “Informal Caregiver Characteristics and Subsequent Hospitalization
Outcomes Among Recipients of Care”. Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of
America, San Diego California (November 2003).
Wolff JL and Agree EM “Depression Among Recipients of Informal Care: The Effects of
Reciprocity, Respect, and Adequacy of Support”. Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society
of America, San Diego California (November 2003).
Hwang W, Wolff JL, Anderson G. “Persistent High Out-Of-Pocket Expenditures Among
Medicare Beneficiaries” Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, San Diego California
(June 2004).
Wolff JL, Boult C, Boyd C, and Anderson G. “Newly Reported Chronic Conditions and
Functional Dependency Onset” Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society, Orlando
Florida (May 2005).
Weiss CO, Wolff JL, and Fried LP “Adaptation of Walking Behavior is a Marker for Mobility
Decline Across a Spectrum of Performance.” Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics
Society, Orlando Florida (May 2005).
Arbaje AI, Wolff JL, Powe N, Anderson G, and Boult CE “The Effects of Self-Management and
Home Help on Older Adults’ Hospital Utilization Patterns” Society for General Internal
Medicine Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (May 2005).
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Gajadhar RN, Barron J, Barr A, Merles P, Wolff J, Fried L “Safe at Home: Multidisciplinary
Program to Allow Older Adults to Age in Place” Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics
Society, Orlando Florida (May 2005).
Arbaje AI, Wolff JL, Powe N, Anderson G, and Boult C “The Effects of Self-Management and
Home Help on Medicare Beneficiaries’ Use of Hospitals” Annual Meeting of the American
Geriatrics Society, Orlando Florida (May 2005).
Wolff JL, Agree EM, and Kasper JD. “Wheelchairs, Walkers, and Canes: What Does Medicare
Pay for, And Who Benefits?” Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America,
Orlando Florida (November 2005).
Wolff JL and Kasper JD. “An Evolving National Profile of Primary Caregivers to Disabled
Older Adults – 1989 to 1999” Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America,
Orlando Florida (November 2005).
McNabney M, Wolff JL, Semanick L, Kasper JD, Boult C. “Long Stay Nursing Home Residents
Who May Not Require Institutional Care” Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society,
Chicago, Illinois (May 2006).
Arbaje AI, Wolff JL, Powe N, Anderson G, and Boult C “Home Environment and the
Likelihood of Readmission among Community-Dwelling Medicare Beneficiaries” Annual
Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society, Orlando Florida (May 2006).
Wolff JL, “Dynamics of Assistive Technology and Personal Care Use”; as part of Symposium
“Dynamics of Mobility Accommodation with Assistive Technology: Findings from the Women’s
Health and Aging Study” together with Agree E, Weiss C, Seplaki C, and Kasper J.; Annual
Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Dallas Texas (November 2006).
Boyd CM, Wolff JL, Cigolle C, Blaum C “Denominators for Pay for Performance Standards
Among Older People” Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society, Seattle, WA (May
2007).
Weiss CO, Boyd CM, Wolff JL, Leff B “A Portrait of Prevalent Multimorbidity in Older
Adults” Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society, Seattle, WA (May 2007).
Boult C, Leff B, Boyd C, Wolff JL, Wegener S, Semanick L, Frey K, Rand-Giovannetti, E “A
Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial of Guided Care: Baseline Data and Initial Experience”
Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society, Seattle, WA (May 2007).
Boyd C, Leff B, Wolff JL, Semanick K, Noronha G, Karm L, Boult C “Predictors of Self-rated
Quality of Primary Care for Multimorbid Older Adults” Annual Meeting of the Society of
General Internal Medicine, Toronto, CA (April 2007).
Wolff JL, Meadow A, Weiss CO, Boyd CM, Leff B “Medicare Home Health Care in Context:
Investigating Individual Characteristics and Trajectories of Care Using CMS's Chronic Care Data
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Warehouse” Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC
(November 2007).
Spencer C, Wolff JL, Kempen JH, Gower EW, Frick K “Blindness, Visual Impairment, and
Access to Health Services” Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association,
Washington, DC (November 2007).
Rand-Giovanetti E, Wolff JL, Frick K, Boult C “The Effect of Informal Caregiving on Work
Productivity” Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA
(November 2007).
Wolff JL “Education and Support for Family Caregivers” as part of Symposium organized by
Boult C and Wolff JL “Guided Care: Implementing the Chronic Care Model for Frail Older
Adults” at the Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA
(November 2007).
Dy SM, Wolff JL, Frick “United States End-of-Life Utilization and Place of Residence 19891999” Annual Health Services and Policy Research Conference, Auckland, New Zealand
(December 2007).
Palmer S, Wolff JL, Rand-Giovannetti E, Wegener S “The Guided Care Program for Families
and Friends: Development of a Caregiver Intervention” 10th Annual Rehabilitation Psychology
Conference, Tuscan AZ (April 2008). (Awarded 2008 Womens’ Issues in Rehabilitation
Psychology Poster Award)
Boyd CM, Weiss CO, Wolff JL, Yu Q, Zhou J, Leff B “Patterns of Complexity of Conditions
among People with Coronary Heart Disease (NHANES)” Annual Meeting of the American
Geriatrics Society, Washington, DC (May 2008).
Weiss CO, Boyd CM, Wolff JL, Yu Q, Zhou J, Leff B “Clinically Complex Health Status
Patterns and Repeated Hospitalizations Among Adults with Heart Disease” Annual Meeting of
the American Geriatrics Society, Washington, DC (May 2008).
Arbaje AI, Wolff JL, Powe N, Anderson G, and Boult C “Post-Discharge Environmental and
Socioeconomic Factors and the Likelihood of Early Hospital Readmission among CommunityDwelling Medicare Beneficiaries” Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society,
Washington, DC (May 2008).
Rand-Giovanetti E, Wolff JL, Frick K, Boult C “The Effect of Informal Caregiving on Work
Productivity” Annual Meeting of Academy Health, Washington DC (June 2008).
Wolff JL, Meadow A, Weiss CO, Boyd CM, Leff B “Medicare Home Health Care and Physician
Office Visits” Annual Meeting of Academy Health, Washington DC (June 2008).
Frick KD, Spencer C, Gower EW, Wolff JL, Kempen JH “Health Utility among Community
Dwelling Visually Impaired Individuals” Annual Meeting of the American Public Health
Association, San Diego CA (November 2008).
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Wolff JL “Preliminary Outcomes: The Guided Care Program for Families and Friends” as part
of Symposium organized by Reider L “Preliminary Outcomes of a Cluster-Randomized
Controlled Trial of Guided Care” at the Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of
America, Washington DC (November 2008).
Henson CP, Weiss C, Leff B, Wolff J, Richards T, Clark B, Boyd C. Characteristics and
Types of Costs for Medicaid Recipients with Decubitus Ulcers: 2001 California data. Annual
Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society, Chicago, IL (May 2009).
Howell BL and Wolff JL “Predictors of Timely Enrollment in the 2006 Medicare Prescription
Drug Plan Among Beneficiaries with a Choice” at the Annual Meeting of Academy Health,
Chicago IL (June 2009).
Boult C, Leff B, Boyd C, Wolff JL, Marsteller J, Scharfstein D, Frick K, Wegener S, Reider L,
Frey K, Karm L, Groves C “Guided Care: Cost Effective Care for High-Risk Seniors” Annual
Meeting of the American Academy of Family Physicians and Society of Teachers of Family
Medicine’s Conference, Kansas City, KS (November 2009).
Boyd CM, Wolff, JL, Giovannetti ER, Reider L, Weiss C, Xue Q, Leff B, Boult C, Hughes T,
Rand C “Difficulty with Health Care Management Tasks among Multimorbid Older Adults”
Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society, Orlando FL (May 2010).
Rodriguez J, Boyd CM, Leff B, Wolff JL, Weiss CO “A systematic literature review of the trial
evidence base for treating diabetes and other chronic conditions in older adults” Annual Meeting
of the American Geriatrics Society, Orlando FL (May 2010).
Giovannetti ER, Wolff JL, Leff B, Hughes T, Reider L, Boult C, Boyd CM “Difficulty with
Health Care Tasks Among Caregivers of Multimorbid Older Adults” Annual Meeting of the
American Geriatrics Society, Orlando FL (May 2010).
Wolff JL, Roter DL, Boyd CM, Gitlin LN, Bruce ML “Going it Together: Family Presence in
Medicare Beneficiaries’ Routine Physician Visits” Annual Research Meeting of Academy
Health, Boston MA (June 2010).
Wolff JL and Roter DL "Family Presence in Routine Physician Visits and the Patient-Physician
Relationship: A Review and Synthesis of the Literature” Annual Research Meeting of Academy
Health, Boston MA (June 2010).
Giovannetti E, Reider L, Wolff JL, Frick KD, Bandeen-Roche K, Chan K, Boult C, Steinwachs
D, Boyd C “Do Patients and Their Family Caregivers Agree About the Delivery of the Chronic
Care Model?” Annual Research Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Denver CO
(November 2010).
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Wolff JL and Roter DL "Mental Health Functioning and Routine Physician Visit
Communication Among Accompanied and Unaccompanied Older Adults” Annual Research
Meeting of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, San Antonio TX (March 2011).
Wolff JL “Health Reform and Families: Conceptualizing the Patient- and Family-Centered
Medical Home” Annual Meeting of the American Society on Aging, San Francisco CA (April
2011).
Giovannetti E, Reider L, Xue QL, Wolff J, Hughes T, Weiss CO, Leff B, Rand C, Boult C, Boyd
C “Factors Associated with Change in Health Care Task Difficulty Among Multimorbid Older
Adults” Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society, Washington DC (May 2011).
Courtin S, Hughes T, Giovannetti E, Wolff J, Rand C, Boyd C, “Experiences of Treatment
Burden in Community-Dwelling Multimorbid Older Adults and Caregivers” Annual Meeting of
the American Geriatrics Society, Washington DC (May 2011).
Schnell K, Weiss CO, Lee T, Krishnan JA, Leff B, Wolff J, Boyd C, “The Prevalence of
Clinically-Relevant Comorbid Conditions in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey” Annual Meeting of
the American Geriatrics Society, Washington DC (May 2011).
Boulware LE et al “Tailoring sustainable patient and family interventions to reduce race
disparities in hypertension among urban African Americans” Annual Meeting of the Society of
General Internal Medicine, Orlando FL (May 2012).
Wolff JL “Older adults navigating the health system: A shared activity? Insights from the
NHATS” as part of Symposium organized by Mor V, “The National Health and Aging Trends
Study (NHATS): a new resource for studying disability and implications for service use in older
people” at the Annual Research Meeting of Academy Health, Orlando FL (June 2012).
Wolff JL, “A Conceptual Framework Connecting Assessment of Family Caregivers to Care
Recipient Outcomes” as part of a symposium convened by L. Feinberg, K. Maslow, C. Whitlach,
A. Willink; “The Missing Link: Connecting Assessment of Family Caregivers to Care Recipient
Outcomes” at the Annual Research Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New
Orleans LA (November 2013).
Wolff JL “Family Involvement in Older Adults’ Health Care Activities” as part of Symposium
organized by Kasper JD, “Social Research, Policy, and Practice Presidential: Using NHATS to
Explore Policy Issues in Aging” at the Annual Research Meeting of the Gerontological Society
of America, New Orleans LA (November 2013).
Other Invited Presentations
“Wheelchairs, Walkers, and Canes: What Does Medicare Pay for, And Who Benefits?” Seminar
at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of Research, Development and
Information (April 2006).
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“Integrating Family in Chronic Care Processes: An Opportunity to Improve Quality of Care?”
Seminar at Cornell University Weill Medical College, Department of Psychiatry (August 2006).
“Medicare and Health Policy” Nephrology Fellowship Seminar, the Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine (December 2006).
“Overview of the US Health System” Johns Hopkins University Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medical
Program (April 2007).
“Measurement Issues in Ascertaining Family Involvement in the CARE” Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services’ Measurement Group Seminar, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality
(June 2007).
“Family Involvement in Transitional Care” Seminar at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services’ Transitional Care Weekly Learning Series, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality
(April 2008).
“Aging in Place: Best Practices and Community Resources” Public Health Practice Grand
Rounds, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (October 2010).
“Update on NHATS and Plans for National Study of Caregiving,” Briefing to the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE). Judith D. Kasper, Vicki Freedman,
Brenda Spillman, Jennifer Wolff, Emily Agree, Doug Wolf (October 2010).
“Rationale for Primary Care Family Coaching Intervention in Late-Life Depression” Seminar at
Cornell University Weill Medical College, Department of Psychiatry (January 2011).
“Optimizing Family Involvement in Late-Life Depression” Research Talk, Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry (February 2011).
“Optimizing Family Involvement in Late-Life Depression” Grand Rounds, Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology (February
2011).
“Family Presence in Routine Medical Visits, Thinking About the Patient-Centered Medical
Home” Research Seminar, University of Chicago, Department of Health Studies (May 2011).
“Clarifying Multimorbidity to Improve Targeting and Delivery of Clinical Services” Briefing to
the Multiple Chronic Conditions Working Group, Department of Health and Human Services,
Washington, DC (August 2011).
“Clarifying Multimorbidity to Improve Targeting and Delivery of Clinical Services” Briefing to
the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, MD (December
2011).
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“Family Involvement in Older Adults’ Health Care Activities” Oral Presentation at the National
Health and Aging Trends Study Early Results Workshop, Ann Arbor, MI (April 2013).
“Transitions and Family Caregiving” Panel Presentation: Eric Coleman, Luke Hansen, Mary
Naylor, Jennifer Wolff, at the Conference “Transitions in Care 2.0: Family Caregivers and
Systems Change” convened by United Hospital Fund, New York City, NY (May 2013).
“Family Caregivers: Supporting an Essential Part of the Health Care Workforce for an Aging
America” Invited Talk at Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA (June 2013).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Personal statement: My overriding research interests involve understanding how to improve
chronic and long-term care processes for older adults with complex health needs. I am
particularly interested in family caregiving - both how family caregivers influence recipient
interactions with the medical community, as well as how the medical community can better
support family caregivers.
Keywords: health services research, gerontology, disability, personal care, family caregiving,
assistive technology.
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