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Gemmae M. Fix, PhD

Associate Professor

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Medicine

General Internal Medicine

PhD, State University of New York at Buffalo
MA, State University of New York at Buffalo
BA, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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ORCID : 0000-0001-6055-4177

Gemmae M. Fix, PhD is an applied medical anthropologist with postdoctoral training in health services research. She currently serves as the Acting Associate Director at the Center for Health Optimization and Implementation Research (CHOIR), a VA Health Services Research Center of Innovation, co-located at the Boston and Bedford VA Medical Centers. Dr. Fix’s research uses ethnographic, qualitative methods to advance the delivery of patient-centered care, particularly for populations stigmatized for their behaviors, such as people living with HIV or those at risk for lung cancer. She has led AHRQ, VA and DoD funded studies examining patients’ experiences of care, patient-centered HIV care, and the use of co-design methods to engage patients in the research process.

Additionally, Dr. Fix is interested in the professional development of social scientists. She has written extensively about the careers of anthropologists, including two guest edited volumes of Practicing Anthropology, profiling the work of anthropologists working in health-related settings. She led the formation of the Medical Anthropologists and Social Scientists in Health (MASSH) interest group which brings together anthropologists and allied social scientists working in applied health settings (hospitals, health departments, companies, community-based organizations, and universities) to promote professional development, research collaboration, and educational opportunities. Further, she has developed and taught qualitative methods courses for health professionals, including pragmatic ethnography. Dr. Fix is a Fellow of the Academy of Communication in Healthcare as well as the Society for Applied Anthropology. She was elected to the Board of the Society for Applied Anthropology where she served as Secretary (2022-2025). In these roles, she advances use of social science approaches to address healthcare research questions.

NIH RePORTER Research

Title

Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs
2025	Developing a Blueprint to Implement Whole Health Clinical Care for Veterans with HIV	5I01HX003556-02
2024	Developing a Blueprint to Implement Whole Health Clinical Care for Veterans with HIV	1I01HX003556-01A2
2021	A Patient-centered Approach to Comorbidity Management in Aging Veterans with HIV	5IK2HX001783-05
2020	A Patient-centered Approach to Comorbidity Management in Aging Veterans with HIV	5IK2HX001783-04
2019	A Patient-centered Approach to Comorbidity Management in Aging Veterans with HIV	5IK2HX001783-03
2019	A Patient-centered Approach to Comorbidity Management in Aging Veterans with HIV	5IK2HX001783-02
2018	A Patient-centered Approach to Comorbidity Management in Aging Veterans with HIV	1IK2HX001783-01A2
2006	When the Patient Goes Home: Understanding Recovery from Heart Surgery	1R36HS016063-01A1	1

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Seidenfeld J, Tucker M, Harris-Gersten M, Fix GM, Sperber NR, Hastings SN. "I know you didn't want to stay": emergency department conversations about disposition for people living with dementia. Gerontologist. 2025 Sep 08; 65(9). PMID: 40833922; PMCID: PMC12370273; DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnaf184;

Kaitz J, Barker AM, Gaj LJ, Herbst AN, Wiener RS, Clayman ML, Fix GM. When Patient-Centered Care Initiatives Align: Integrating VA Whole Health and Shared Decision-Making for Lung Cancer Screening. Fed Pract. 2025 Jun; 42(6):224-228.View Related Profiles.

Fix, Gemmae
Wiener, Renda

PMID: 40832669; PMCID: PMC12360807; DOI: 10.12788/fp.0584;

Robinson SA, Barker AM, Fix GM, Clayman ML, Herbst AN, White JC, Wiener RS. Linking Patient Perceptions of Shared Decision Making to Satisfaction in Lung Cancer Screening Decisions. Med Decis Making. 2025 Jul; 45(5):522-532.View Related Profiles.

Fix, Gemmae
Wiener, Renda
Robinson, Stephanie

PMID: 40292863; DOI: 10.1177/0272989X251333451;

Lopez JCF, Allgood S, Sheahan K, White B, Kirshner MA, Shirley S, Coffey M, Milo A, Cutrona SL, Damschroder L, Fix GM, Nevedal AL, Reardon CM, Opra Widerquist MA, Arasim M, Gifford AL, DeLaughter K, Jackson GL. How senior leaders support innovations in large learning health systems: Insights from United States Veterans Health Administration national program office leaders. Learn Health Syst. 2025 Jul; 9(3):e70012.View Related Profiles.

Gifford, Allen
Fix, Gemmae

PMID: 40677606; PMCID: PMC12264376; DOI: 10.1002/lrh2.70012;

Barker AM, Wiener RS, Reisman J, Kearney L, Dones M, Fix GM. Black US military veterans respond favourably to a booklet using narratives to normalise shared decision-making. Public Health Pract (Oxf). 2025 Jun; 9:100606.View Related Profiles.

Fix, Gemmae
Kearney, Lauren
Wiener, Renda

PMID: 40230583; PMCID: PMC11994383; DOI: 10.1016/j.puhip.2025.100606;

Ettinger de Cuba S, Jones DK, Cutts D, Bovell-Ammon A, Lê-Scherban F, Sandel M, Ochoa E, Poblacion A, Frank DA, Black MM, Fix GM. "But who takes care of the mom?": The daily experiences of immigrant mothers navigating health in family life. Soc Sci Med. 2025 May; 372:117948.View Related Profiles.

Poblacion, Ana
Frank, Deborah
Fix, Gemmae
Sandel, Megan
Ettinger De Cuba, Stephanie

PMID: 40090206; DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117948;

Gurewich D, Hunt K, Bokhour B, Fix G, Friedman H, Li M, Linsky AM, Niles B, Dichter M. Screening and Referral for Social Needs Among Veterans: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Aug; 40(11):2732-2739.View Related Profiles.

Linsky, Amy
Niles, Barbara
Gurewich, Deborah
Fix, Gemmae

PMID: 39849274; PMCID: PMC12405108; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-024-09105-x;

Madeline Villalba, Gemmae M. Fix, Rachel Schenkel, Mary Ann Chiasson, Allen L. Gifford, Peter Gordon, Helen-Maria Lekas, Michael T. Yin, Abigail Baim-Lance,. Exploring HIV provider framings of living and aging with HIV. 2025; 7. View Publication
Hamilton AB, Fix GM, Finley EP. Pragmatic Healthcare Ethnography: Methods to Study and Improve Healthcare. Routledge. 2024; 154. View Publication

Seidenfeld J, Tucker M, Harris-Gersten M, Fix GM, Guzman I, Sperber NR, Hastings SN. Characterizing Emergency Department Disposition Conversations for Persons Living With Dementia: Protocol for an Ethnographic Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Dec 06; 13:e65043. PMID: 39642361; PMCID: PMC11662188; DOI: 10.2196/65043;

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Rupcic S, Shapiro LN, Seaman A, Fix GM. Independence with others: Lessons for anthropology from postdocs in team science. Hum Organ. 2024 Dec 02; 83(4):413-425. PMID: 39949857; PMCID: PMC11823433; DOI: 10.1080/00187259.2024.2417197;

Wolfe HL, Hughto JMW, Siegel J, Fix GM, Poteat TC, Streed CG, Hughes LD, Balkan E, Drainoni ML. Exploring Perspectives on HIV Vulnerability Communication among Transgender and Gender Diverse Patients and Primary Care Providers. Arch Sex Behav. 2025 Feb; 54(2):817-826.View Related Profiles.

Streed, Carl
Fix, Gemmae
Siegel, Jennifer
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn

PMID: 39485606

Rupcic S, Tam MZ, DeLaughter KL, Gifford AL, Barker AM, Bokhour BG, Xu C, Dryden E, Anderson E, Jasuja GK, Boudreau J, Douglas JH, Hyde J, Mozer R, Zeliadt SB, Fix GM. Co-designing a blueprint for spreading person-centered, Whole Health care to HIV specialty care settings: a mixed methods protocol. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Oct 29; 24(1):1306.View Related Profiles.

Gifford, Allen
Fix, Gemmae
Jasuja, Guneet
Hyde, Justeen

PMID: 39472856; PMCID: PMC11520821; DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-11733-2;

Friedman HR, Griesemer I, Hausmann LRM, Fix GM, Hyde J, Gurewich D. Social needs and health outcomes in two rural Veteran populations. J Rural Health. 2025 Mar; 41(2):e12893.View Related Profiles.

Gurewich, Deborah
Fix, Gemmae
Hyde, Justeen

PMID: 39460466; DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12893;

Fix GM, Kaitz J, Herbst AN, Wiener RS, Crocker D, Miano D, Barker AM. Practical Strategies for Co-design: The Case of Engaging Patients in Developing Patient-Facing Shared-Decision Making Materials for Lung Cancer Screening. J Patient Exp. 2024; 11:23743735241252247.View Related Profiles.

Fix, Gemmae
Wiener, Renda

PMID: 38855653; PMCID: PMC11162119; DOI: 10.1177/23743735241252247;

Nevedal 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.View Related Profiles.

Gifford, Allen
Fix, Gemmae
Jasuja, Guneet

PMID: 38715094; PMCID: PMC11075255; DOI: 10.1186/s13012-024-01361-z;

Foster M, Fix GM, Hyde J, Dunlap S, Byrne TH, Sugie NF, Kuhn R, Gabrielian S, Roncarati JS, Zhao S, McInnes DK. Capturing the Dynamics of Homelessness Through Ethnography and Mobile Technology: Protocol for the Development and Testing of a Smartphone Technology-Supported Intervention. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Apr 22; 13:e53022.View Related Profiles.

McInnes, D.
Fix, Gemmae
Hyde, Justeen
Foster, Marva

PMID: 38648101; PMCID: PMC11074893; DOI: 10.2196/53022;

Kaitz J, Vimalananda VG, Charns MP, Fix GM. Multidisciplinary providers' perceptions of care delivery for sleep disorders: A qualitative case study. Sleep Health. 2024 Jun; 10(3):342-347.View Related Profiles.

Fix, Gemmae
Charns, Martin
Vimalananda, Varsha

PMID: 38519364

Jackson 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.View Related Profiles.

Gifford, Allen
Fix, Gemmae
Jasuja, Guneet

PMID: 38420338; PMCID: PMC10900518; DOI: 10.3389/frhs.2023.1223277;

Faro EZ, Taber P, Seaman AT, Rubinstein EB, Fix GM, Healy H, Reisinger HS. Implicit and explicit: a scoping review exploring the contribution of anthropological practice in implementation science. Implement Sci. 2024 Feb 12; 19(1):12. PMID: 38347574; PMCID: PMC10863116; DOI: 10.1186/s13012-024-01344-0;

Zogas A, Sitter KE, Barker AM, Fix GM, Khanna A, Herbst AN, Vimalananda VG. Strategies for engaging patients in co-design of an intervention. Patient Educ Couns. 2024 Jun; 123:108191.View Related Profiles.

Zogas, Anna
Fix, Gemmae
Vimalananda, Varsha

PMID: 38367306

Cogan AM, Haltom TM, Shimada SL, Davila JA, McGinn BP, Fix GM. Understanding patients' experiences during transitions from one electronic health record to another: A scoping review. PEC Innov. 2024 Dec; 4:100258.View Related Profiles.

Fix, Gemmae
Shimada, Stephanie

PMID: 38327990; PMCID: PMC10847675; DOI: 10.1016/j.pecinn.2024.100258;

Wolfe HL, Fix GM, Hughto JMW, Hughes LD, Operario D, Hadland SE, Siegel J, Drainoni ML. Understanding how primary care providers report discussing substance use with transgender and gender diverse patients. Patient Educ Couns. 2024 Mar; 120:108101.View Related Profiles.

Fix, Gemmae
Siegel, Jennifer
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn

PMID: 38103396; PMCID: PMC10842839; DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2023.108101;

Wolfe HL, Drainoni ML, Hughto JMW, Siegel J, Segovia C, Fix GM. "I Think Providers See Trans People as Unstable Patients": Exploring Substance Use Communication Experiences of Transgender and Gender Diverse Adults During Primary Care Encounters. Psychol Sex Orientat Gend Divers. 2023 Dec 07.View Related Profiles.

Fix, Gemmae
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn

PMID: 40777187; PMCID: PMC12326541; DOI: 10.1037/sgd0000692;

Herbst AN, McCullough MB, Wiener RS, Barker AM, Maguire EM, Fix GM. Proactively tailoring implementation: the case of shared decision-making for lung cancer screening across the VA New England Healthcare Network. BMC Health Serv Res. 2023 Nov 22; 23(1):1282.View Related Profiles.

Fix, Gemmae
Wiener, Renda

PMID: 37993840; PMCID: PMC10664378; DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-10245-9;

Cordasco KM, Gable AR, Ganz DA, Brunner JW, Smith AJ, Hertz B, Post EP, Fix GM. Cerner Millennium's Care Pathways for Specialty Care Referrals: Provider and Nurse Experiences, Perceptions, and Recommendations for Improvements. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Oct; 38(Suppl 4):1007-1014. PMID: 37798582; PMCID: PMC10593700; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-023-08285-2;

Fix GM, Haltom TM, Cogan AM, Shimada SL, Davila JA. Understanding Patients' Preferences and Experiences During an Electronic Health Record Transition. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Aug 14.View Related Profiles.

Fix, Gemmae
Shimada, Stephanie

PMID: 37580637; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-023-08338-6;

Murray GF, Lakin JR, Paasche-Orlow MK, Tulsky JA, Volandes A, Davis AD, Zupanc SN, Carney MT, Burns E, Martins-Welch D, LaVine N, Itty JE, Fix GM. Structural Barriers to Well-grounded Advance Care Planning for the Seriously Ill: a Qualitative Study of Clinicians' and Administrators' Experiences During a Pragmatic Trial. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Dec; 38(16):3558-3565.View Related Profiles.

Fix, Gemmae
Paasche-Orlow, Michael

PMID: 37488368; PMCID: PMC10713958; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-023-08320-2;

Etingen B, Smith BM, Zeliadt SB, Kaitz JE, Barker AM, Hyde JK, Fix GM, Reed DE, Anderson E, Hogan TP, Bokhour BG. VHA Whole Health Services and Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies: a Gateway to Evidence-Based Mental Health Treatment. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Nov; 38(14):3144-3151.View Related Profiles.

Fix, Gemmae
Hyde, Justeen

PMID: 37442899; PMCID: PMC10651564; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-023-08296-z;

Conti J, Fix GM, Javier SJ, Cheng H, Perez T, Dunlap S, McInnes DK, Midboe AM. Patient and provider perspectives of personal health record use: a multisite qualitative study in HIV care settings. Transl Behav Med. 2023 Jul 01; 13(7):475-485.View Related Profiles.

McInnes, D.
Fix, Gemmae

PMID: 37084300; DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibac118;

Wolfe HL, Drainoni ML, Klasko-Foster L, Fix GM, Siegel J, Mimiaga MJ, Reisner SL, Hughto JMW. Structural Equation Modeling of Stigma and HIV Prevention Clinical Services Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Adults: The Mediating Role of Substance Use and HIV Sexual Risk. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2023 Apr 01; 92(4):300-309.View Related Profiles.

Fix, Gemmae
Siegel, Jennifer
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn

PMID: 36515898; PMCID: PMC9974738; DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003144;

Kaitz J, DeLaughter K, Deeney C, Cutrona SL, Hogan TP, Gifford AL, Jackson GL, White B, King H, Reardon C, Nevedal A, Henderson B, Fix GM. Leveraging Organizational Conditions for Innovation: A Typology of Facility Engagement in the Veterans Health Administration Shark Tank-Style Competition. Perm J. 2023 Jun 15; 27(2):43-50.View Related Profiles.

Gifford, Allen
Fix, Gemmae

PMID: 36946078; PMCID: PMC10266856; DOI: 10.7812/TPP/22.154;

Spitzer EG, Kaitz J, Fix GM, Harvey KLL, Stadnick NA, Sullivan JL, Williamson AK, Miller CJ. Developing Relational Coordination: A Qualitative Study of Outpatient Mental Health Teams. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2023 Jul; 50(4):591-602. PMID: 36892721; PMCID: PMC9996570; DOI: 10.1007/s10488-023-01261-2;

Reardon CM, Damschroder L, Opra Widerquist MA, Arasim M, Jackson GL, White B, Cutrona SL, Fix GM, Gifford AL, DeLaughter K, King HA, Henderson B, Vega R, Nevedal AL. Sustainment of diverse evidence-informed practices disseminated in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA): initial development and piloting of a pragmatic survey tool. Implement Sci Commun. 2023 Jan 16; 4(1):6.View Related Profiles.

Gifford, Allen
Fix, Gemmae

PMID: 36647162; PMCID: PMC9842210; DOI: 10.1186/s43058-022-00386-z;

Fix, G., A. Seaman, L. Nichols, S. Ono, N. Rattray, S. Solimeo, H. S. Reisinger and T. Abraham . Building a Community of Anthropological Practice: The Case of Anthropologists Working within the United States’ Largest Health Care System. Human Organization. 2023; 2(82):169-181. View Publication

Fix GM, Kim B, Ruben M, McCullough MB. Direct Observation Methods: a Practical Guide for Health Researchers. PEC Innov. 2022 Dec; 1.View Related Profiles.

Fix, Gemmae
Ruben, Mollie

PMID: 36406296; PMCID: PMC9670254; DOI: 10.1016/j.pecinn.2022.100036;

Khanna A, Fix GM, Anderson E, Bolton RE, Bokhour BG, Foster M, Smith JG, Vimalananda VG. Towards a framework for patient-centred care coordination: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. 2022 Dec 01; 12(12):e066808.View Related Profiles.

Fix, Gemmae
Foster, Marva
Vimalananda, Varsha

PMID: 36456025; PMCID: PMC9716881; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066808;

Gurewich D, Kressin N, Bokhour BG, Linsky AM, Dichter ME, Hunt KJ, Fix GM, Niles BL. Randomised controlled trial evaluating the effects of screening and referral for social determinants of health on Veterans' outcomes: protocol. BMJ Open. 2022 Sep 23; 12(9):e058972.View Related Profiles.

Linsky, Amy
Niles, Barbara
Gurewich, Deborah
Fix, Gemmae
Kressin, Nancy

PMID: 36153033; PMCID: PMC9511545; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058972;

McInnes DK, Dunlap S, Fix GM, Foster MV, Conti J, Roncarati JS, Hyde JK. Longitudinal high-frequency ethnographic interviewing to simulate and prepare for intensive smartphone data collection among veterans with homeless experience. Front Digit Health. 2022; 4:897288.View Related Profiles.

McInnes, D.
Fix, Gemmae
Hyde, Justeen
Foster, Marva

PMID: 36033637; PMCID: PMC9411857; DOI: 10.3389/fdgth.2022.897288;

LoBrutto LR, Fix G, Wiener RS, Linsky AM. Leveraging the timing and frequency of patient decision aids in longitudinal shared decision-making: A narrative review and applied model. Health Expect. 2022 Aug; 25(4):1246-1253.View Related Profiles.

Linsky, Amy
Fix, Gemmae
Wiener, Renda

PMID: 35652372; PMCID: PMC9327840; DOI: 10.1111/hex.13531;

Wiener RS, Barker AM, Carter-Harris L, Caverly TJ, Crocker DA, Denietolis A, Doherty C, Fagerlin A, Gallagher-Seaman M, Gould MK, Han PKJ, Herbst AN, Ito Fukunaga M, McCullough MB, Miano DA, Quaife SL, Slatore CG, Fix GM. Stakeholder Research Priorities to Promote Implementation of Shared Decision-Making for Lung Cancer Screening: An American Thoracic Society and Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 03 15; 205(6):619-630.View Related Profiles.

Fix, Gemmae
Wiener, Renda

PMID: 35289730; DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202201-0126ST;

Kearney L, Wiener RS, Dahodwala M, Fix GM, Hicks J, Little F, Howard J, Foreman AG, Wakeman C, O'Donnell C, Bulekova K, Drainoni ML, Kathuria H. A mixed methods study to inform and evaluate a longitudinal nurse practitioner/community health worker intervention to address social determinants of health and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease self-management. BMC Pulm Med. 2022 Mar 01; 22(1):74.View Related Profiles.

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Wakeman, Cornelia
Little, Frederic
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Kathuria, Hasmeena
Hicks, Jacqueline
Bulekova, Katia
Kearney, Lauren
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn
Wiener, Renda

PMID: 35232414; PMCID: PMC8889692; DOI: 10.1186/s12890-022-01863-w;

Khanna A, Fix GM, McCullough MB, Herbst AN, Li M, Miano D, Barker AM, Wiener RS. Implementing Shared Decision-Making for Lung Cancer Screening across a Veterans Health Administration Hospital Network: A Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Study Protocol. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 03; 19(3):476-483.View Related Profiles.

Fix, Gemmae
Wiener, Renda

PMID: 34678137

Volandes AE, Zupanc SN, Paasche-Orlow MK, Lakin JR, Chang Y, Burns EA, LaVine NA, Carney MT, Martins-Welch D, Emmert K, Itty JE, Moseley ET, Davis AD, El-Jawahri A, Gundersen DA, Fix GM, Yacoub AM, Schwartz P, Gabry-Kalikow S, Garde C, Fischer J, Henault L, Burgess L, Goldman J, Kwok A, Singh N, Alvarez Suarez AL, Gromova V, Jacome S, Tulsky JA, Lindvall C. Association of an Advance Care Planning Video and Communication Intervention With Documentation of Advance Care Planning Among Older Adults: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 02 01; 5(2):e220354.View Related Profiles.

Fix, Gemmae
Paasche-Orlow, Michael

PMID: 35201306; PMCID: PMC8874350; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.0354;

DeLaughter KL, Fix GM, McDannold SE, Pope C, Bokhour BG, Shimada SL, Calloway R, Gordon HS, Long JA, Miano DA, Cutrona SL. Incorporating African American Veterans' Success Stories for Hypertension Management: Developing a Behavioral Support Texting Protocol. JMIR Res Protoc. 2021 Dec 01; 10(12):e29423.View Related Profiles.

Fix, Gemmae
Shimada, Stephanie

PMID: 34855617; PMCID: PMC8686408; DOI: 10.2196/29423;

Elwy AR, Maguire EM, McInnes DK, Fix GM. Creating Connections during COVID-19. Health Commun. 2023 Feb; 38(2):424-431.View Related Profiles.

Elwy, A. Rani
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PMID: 34445899; PMCID: PMC11317885; DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2021.1969836;

Bokhour BG, Bolton RE, Asch SM, Dvorin K, Fix GM, Gifford AL, Hyde JK, McInnes DK, Parker VA, Richardson K, Skolnik AA, Vaughan-Sarrazin MS, Wu J, Ohl ME. How Should We Organize Care for Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Comorbidities? A Multisite Qualitative Study of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Care in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Med Care. 2021 08 01; 59(8):727-735.View Related Profiles.

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Hyde, Justeen
Parker, Victoria

PMID: 33900271

Fix GM, Linsky AM. Leveraging patient-centered approaches to discuss firearm storage safety. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 06; 36(6):1487-1489.View Related Profiles.

Linsky, Amy
Fix, Gemmae

PMID: 33791936; PMCID: PMC8175472; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-021-06716-6;

Fuller JM, Ho YX, Morse R, Fix G, Cutrona SL, Gaziano T, Connolly SL, Hass R, Jackson J, McInnes DK. A Mobile Health Tool for Peer Support of Individuals Reentering Communities After Incarceration. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2021 May; 32(2 Suppl):148-165.View Related Profiles.

McInnes, D.
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PMID: 35574220; PMCID: PMC9097827; DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2021.0055;

Fix GM, Dryden EM, Boudreau J, Kressin NR, Gifford AL, Bokhour BG. The temporal nature of social context: Insights from the daily lives of patients with HIV. PLoS One. 2021; 16(2):e0246534.View Related Profiles.

Gifford, Allen
Fix, Gemmae
Kressin, Nancy

PMID: 33571283; PMCID: PMC7877603; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246534;

Dryden EM, Hyde JK, Wormwood JB, Wu J, Calloway R, Cutrona SL, Elwyn G, Fix GM, Orner MB, Shimada SL, Bokhour BG. Assessing Patients' Perceptions of Clinician Communication: Acceptability of Brief Point-of-Care Surveys in Primary Care. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 10; 35(10):2990-2999.View Related Profiles.

Bokhour, Barbara
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Shimada, Stephanie

PMID: 32748346; PMCID: PMC7572926; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-020-06062-z;

Wolfe HL, Fix GM, Bolton RE, Ruben MA, Bokhour BG. Development of observational rating scales for evaluating patient-centered communication within a whole health approach to care. Explore (NY). 2021 Nov-Dec; 17(6):491-497.View Related Profiles.

Bokhour, Barbara
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Ruben, Mollie

PMID: 32703684; PMCID: PMC7791595; DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2020.06.011;

Wiener RS, Clark JA, Koppelman E, Bolton R, Fix GM, Slatore CG, Kathuria H. Patient vs Clinician Perspectives on Communication About Results of Lung Cancer Screening: A Qualitative Study. Chest. 2020 09; 158(3):1240-1249.View Related Profiles.

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Kathuria, Hasmeena
Clark, Jack
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PMID: 32387521; PMCID: PMC7478230; DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.03.081;

Koenders SL, Barnes LL, Laird LD, Ostrach B, Fix GM. APPLIED TRAINING IN A MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY MASTER'S PROGRAM. Pract Anthropol. 2020 Jan 01; 42(1):43-47.View Related Profiles.

Ostrach, Bayla
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PMID: 35177878; PMCID: PMC8849477; DOI: 10.17730/0888-4552.42.1.43;

Fix GM, McElroy A. DIVERGENT PATHS TO CAREER FULFILLMENT IN APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY. Pract Anthropol. 2020 Jan 01; 42(1):56-64. PMID: 33678952; PMCID: PMC7931258; DOI: 10.17730/0888-4552.42.1.56;

McElroy A, Cadzow R, Kahn LS, Fix GM. INTRODUCTION TO DIVERGENT PATHWAYS IN APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY CAREERS. Pract Anthropol. 2020 Jan 01; 42(1):2-10. PMID: 33678951; PMCID: PMC7931259; DOI: 10.17730/0888-4552.42.1.2;

Bolton RE, Bokhour BG, Hogan TP, Luger TM, Ruben M, Fix GM. Integrating Personalized Care Planning into Primary Care: a Multiple-Case Study of Early Adopting Patient-Centered Medical Homes. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 02; 35(2):428-436.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 31650401; PMCID: PMC7018887; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-019-05418-4;

Kressin NR, Elwy AR, Glickman M, Orner MB, Fix GM, Borzecki AM, Katz LA, Cortés DE, Cohn ES, Barker A, Bokhour BG. Beyond Medication Adherence: The Role of Patients' Beliefs and Life Context in Blood Pressure Control. Ethn Dis. 2019; 29(4):567-576.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 31641324; PMCID: PMC6802167; DOI: 10.18865/ed.29.4.567;

Fix GM, Reisinger HS, Etchin A, McDannold S, Eagan A, Findley K, Gifford AL, Gupta K, McInnes DK. Health care workers' perceptions and reported use of respiratory protective equipment: A qualitative analysis. Am J Infect Control. 2019 10; 47(10):1162-1166.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 31182235; PMCID: PMC7115305; DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.04.174;

Fix GM, Bokhour BG. Fieldsnotes, good guys, and the culture of HIV care. Public Health Post. 2018. View Publication

Fix GM, Hyde JK, Bolton RE, Parker VA, Dvorin K, Wu J, Skolnik AA, McInnes DK, Midboe AM, Asch SM, Gifford AL, Bokhour BG. The moral discourse of HIV providers within their organizational context: An ethnographic case study. Patient Educ Couns. 2018 12; 101(12):2226-2232.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 30131263; PMCID: PMC7819576; DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2018.08.018;

Hill JN, Locatelli SM, Bokhour BG, Fix GM, Solomon J, Mueller N, LaVela SL. Evaluating broad-scale system change using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research: challenges and strategies to overcome them. BMC Res Notes. 2018 Aug 04; 11(1):560.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 30075807; PMCID: PMC6076417; DOI: 10.1186/s13104-018-3650-9;

Bolton RE, Fix GM, VanDeusen Lukas C, Elwy AR, Bokhour BG. Biopsychosocial benefits of movement-based complementary and integrative health therapies for patients with chronic conditions. Chronic Illn. 2020 03; 16(1):41-54.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 29914264; DOI: 10.1177/1742395318782377;

Bokhour BG, Fix GM, Mueller NM, Barker AM, Lavela SL, Hill JN, Solomon JL, Lukas CV. How can healthcare organizations implement patient-centered care? Examining a large-scale cultural transformation. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018 03 07; 18(1):168.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 29514631; PMCID: PMC5842617; DOI: 10.1186/s12913-018-2949-5;

Fix GM, Bolton RE, Bokhour BG. Challenges in Implementing Personalized Care Planning. JAMA. 2017 11 07; 318(17):1713.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 29114825; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2017.14254;

Shimada SL, Petrakis BA, Rothendler JA, Zirkle M, Zhao S, Feng H, Fix GM, Ozkaynak M, Martin T, Johnson SA, Tulu B, Gordon HS, Simon SR, Woods SS. An analysis of patient-provider secure messaging at two Veterans Health Administration medical centers: message content and resolution through secure messaging. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2017 Sep 01; 24(5):942-949.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 28371896; PMCID: PMC7651909; DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocx021;

Houston TK, Fix GM, Shimada SL, Long JA, Gordon HS, Pope C, Volkman J, Allison JJ, DeLaughter K, Orner M, Bokhour BG. African American Veterans Storytelling: A Multisite Randomized Trial to Improve Hypertension. Med Care. 2017 Sep; 55 Suppl 9 Suppl 2:S50-S58.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 28806366; DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000766;

McIntosh N, Fix GM, Allsup K, Charns M, McDannold S, Manning K, Forman DE. A Qualitative Study of Participation in Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs in an Integrated Health Care System. Mil Med. 2017 Sep; 182(9):e1757-e1763.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 28885933; DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-17-00053;

Fix GM, VanDeusen Lukas C, Bolton RE, Hill JN, Mueller N, LaVela SL, Bokhour BG. Patient-centred care is a way of doing things: How healthcare employees conceptualize patient-centred care. Health Expect. 2018 02; 21(1):300-307.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 28841264; PMCID: PMC5750758; DOI: 10.1111/hex.12615;

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Fix GM, Hogan TP, Amante DJ, McInnes DK, Nazi KM, Simon SR. Encouraging Patient Portal Use in the Patient-Centered Medical Home: Three Stakeholder Perspectives. J Med Internet Res. 2016 Nov 22; 18(11):e308.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 27876686; PMCID: PMC5141333; DOI: 10.2196/jmir.6488;

Forman DE, Fix GM, McDannold S, McIntosh N, Schopfer DW, Whooley MA, Charns MP. Decisive Bearing of Organizational Dynamics on the Application and Success of Hospital-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation. Mayo Clin Proc. 2016 07; 91(7):975-7.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 27378045; DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2016.04.019;

Bokhour BG, Fix GM, Gordon HS, Long JA, DeLaughter K, Orner MB, Pope C, Houston TK. Can stories influence African-American patients' intentions to change hypertension management behaviors? A randomized control trial. Patient Educ Couns. 2016 Sep; 99(9):1482-8.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 27387121; DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2016.06.024;

Fix GM & Solimeo S. Anthropologists’ Research Contributions Recognized at National US Department of Veteran Affairs Meeting. Anthropology in the Public Sector, Anthropology News. 2015.

Klein DM, Fix GM, Hogan TP, Simon SR, Nazi KM, Turvey CL. Use of the Blue Button Online Tool for Sharing Health Information: Qualitative Interviews With Patients and Providers. J Med Internet Res. 2015; 17(8):e199. PMID: 26286139; PMCID: PMC4736289; DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4595;

McInnes DK, Fix GM, Solomon JL, Petrakis BA, Sawh L, Smelson DA. Preliminary needs assessment of mobile technology use for healthcare among homeless veterans. PeerJ. 2015; 3:e1096.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 26246964; PMCID: PMC4525686; DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1096;

Locatelli SM, Hill JN, Bokhour BG, Krejci L, Fix GM, Nora Mueller, Solomon JL, Van Deusen Lukas C, LaVela SL. Provider perspectives on and experiences with engagement of patients and families in implementing patient-centered care. Healthc (Amst). 2015 Dec; 3(4):209-14.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 26699345; DOI: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2015.04.005;

Bokhour BG, Saifu H, Goetz MB, Fix GM, Burgess J, Fletcher MD, Knapp H, Asch SM. The role of evidence and context for implementing a multimodal intervention to increase HIV testing. Implement Sci. 2015; 10:22.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 25889388; PMCID: PMC4333886; DOI: 10.1186/s13012-015-0214-4;

Ozkaynak M, Johnson S, Shimada S, Petrakis BA, Tulu B, Archambeault C, Fix G, Schwartz E, Woods S. Examining the Multi-level Fit between Work and Technology in a Secure Messaging Implementation. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2014; 2014:954-62.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 25954403; PMCID: PMC4419966

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PMID: 24715390; PMCID: PMC4070239; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2677-9;

Mishuris RG, Stewart M, Fix GM, Marcello T, McInnes DK, Hogan TP, Boardman JB, Simon SR. Barriers to patient portal access among veterans receiving home-based primary care: a qualitative study. Health Expect. 2015 Dec; 18(6):2296-305.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 24816246; PMCID: PMC5810689; DOI: 10.1111/hex.12199;

Turvey C, Klein D, Fix G, Hogan TP, Woods S, Simon SR, Charlton M, Vaughan-Sarrazin M, Zulman DM, Dindo L, Wakefield B, Graham G, Nazi K. Blue Button use by patients to access and share health record information using the Department of Veterans Affairs' online patient portal. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2014 Jul-Aug; 21(4):657-63.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 24740865; PMCID: PMC4078285; DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2014-002723;

Fix GM, Cohn ES, Solomon JL, Cortés DE, Mueller N, Kressin NR, Borzecki A, Katz LA, Bokhour BG. The role of comorbidities in patients' hypertension self-management. Chronic Illn. 2014 Jun; 10(2):81-92.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 23892774; DOI: 10.1177/1742395313496591;

Fix GM. Anthropologist and Government Employee: a Description of Career Paths to Becoming an Applied Anthropologist with the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. Annals of Anthropological Practice. 2013; 2(37):20-39. View Publication

Bokhour BG, Cohn ES, Cortés DE, Solomon JL, Fix GM, Elwy AR, Mueller N, Katz LA, Haidet P, Green AR, Borzecki AM, Kressin NR. The role of patients' explanatory models and daily-lived experience in hypertension self-management. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 Dec; 27(12):1626-34.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 22821569; PMCID: PMC3509311; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2141-2;

Fix GM, Houston TK, Barker AM, Wexler L, Cook N, Volkman JE, Bokhour BG. A novel process for integrating patient stories into patient education interventions: incorporating lessons from theater arts. Patient Educ Couns. 2012 Sep; 88(3):455-9.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 22770814; DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.06.012;

Fix GM, Bokhour BG. Understanding the context of patient experiences in order to explore adherence to secondary prevention guidelines after heart surgery. Chronic Illn. 2012 Dec; 8(4):265-77.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 22387691; DOI: 10.1177/1742395312441037;

Fix GM. Anthropology in the Public Sector, Anthropology News. How an anthropologist facilitates understanding and improvement in Veterans’ health. 2012; 53(1):s1-s24.

Cohn ES, Cortés DE, Fix G, Mueller N, Solomon JL, Bokhour BG. Habits and routines in the daily management of hypertension. J Health Psychol. 2012 Sep; 17(6):845-55.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 22108291; DOI: 10.1177/1359105311424471;

Sabo D, Hall J, Fix G. Denial and men’s lives after a coronary event: race, class and gender. Challenge: Journal of Research on African American Men. Special Issue on Men’s Health. 2006; 2(12).

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 91 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 14 publications in 2024

Bar chart showing 91 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 14 publications in 2024

Year	Publications
2006	1
2011	1
2012	4
2013	2
2014	4
2015	5
2016	3
2017	7
2018	5
2019	3
2020	6
2021	6
2022	9
2023	13
2024	14
2025	8

2022 Academy of Communication in Healthcare (ACH): Fellow

2022-2025 Society for Applied Anthropology: Secretary to the Board

2021-2022 Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA): Board of Directors

2018 Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA): Fellow

2016-2021 US Department of Veteran Affairs: Career Development Award

In addition to these self-described keywords below, a list of MeSH based concepts is available here.

Chronic illness
Ethnography
Patient-Centered Care
Qualitative methods

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