Last Updated: 7/13/2006

Research Interests
Dr. Weinberger is a health services researcher who has designed and evaluated interventions to improve the quality and outcomes of care for socio-economically and medically vulnerable patients with chronic diseases. His research generally uses randomized trials with interventions that target patients, providers and/or the health care system. His current research interests include pharmaceutical care, patient-centered care, and primary care. Dr. Weinberger has conducted a randomized trial of pharmaceutical care in 36 community drug stores. In 2001, he completed a 5-year term as Co-Editor of Medical Care. In 2002, Dr. Weinberger received the Vision Award for Groundbreaking Research in Chronic Illness Care from the Improving Chronic Illness Care Program. And, in 2003, he received the Under Secretary's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Health Services Research from the Department of Veterans Affairs. He is an investigator on CANCORS. He served as dissertation advisor to Dr. Laura Beskow, who had a Lineberger pre-doctoral fellowship to study recruiting research participants from cancer registries. He is also dissertation advisor to Talya Salz, a Lineberger pre-doctoral fellow, who is studying treatment preferences for patients with terminal lung cancer.

Publications
Weinberger M, Murray MD, Marrero DG, Brewer N, Lykens M, Harris LE, Seshadri R, Caffrey H, Roesner JF, Smith F, Newell AJ, Collins JC, McDonald CJ, Tierney WM. Effectiveness of pharmacist care for patients with reactive airways disease: A randomized, controlled trial in community pharmacies. JAMA, 2002, 288:1594-1602.

Swindle RW, Rao JK, Helmy A, Adams L, Zhou XH, Eckert G, Weinberger M. Integrating clinical nurse specialists into the treatment of primary care patients with depression. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 2003, 33:17-37.

Damush TM, Weinberger M, Perkins SM, Rao JK, Tierney WM, Qi R, Clark DO. The long-term effects of a self-management program for inner-city, primary care patients with acute low back pain. Archives of Internal Medicine, 2003, 163:2632-2638.

Cohen HJ, Feussner JR, Weinberger M, Carnes M, Hamdy RC, Hsieh F, Phibbs C, Lavori P, for Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group 006. Effect of geriatric evaluation and management units and clinics on survival, health-related quality of life, and functional status: a VA Cooperative Trial. New England Journal of Medicine, 2002, 346:905-912.

Weinberger M, Murray MD, Marrero DG, Brewer N, Lykens M, Harris LE, Newell AJ, Collins J, Tierney WM. Issues in conducting randomized controlled trials of health services research interventions in non-academic practice settings: the case of retail pharmacies. Health Services Research, 2002, 37:1067-1077.

Weinberger M, Oddone EZ, Henderson WG, Smith DM, Huey J, Giobbie A, Feussner JR. Multi-site randomized controlled trials in health services research: scientific challenges and operational issues. Medical Care, 2001;39:627-634.

E-mail: mweinber@email.unc.edu
Telephone: 919-966-7385
FAX: 919-966-6961
Address: 1101D McGavran-Greenberg Hall Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7411

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