Michael Paasche-Orlow, MD, MA, MPH
Adjunct Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Medicine
General Internal Medicine

MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
MPH, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
MA, Jewish Theological Seminary of America
BS, Columbia College



Expertise includes: The role of health literacy in health outcomes and health disparities, and health services interventions; The potential for behavioral informatics to help people with limited health literacy overcome literacy barriers.

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Boston University
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research




Health Literacy and Informed Consent and Authorization
07/01/2007 - 10/31/2008 (PI)
HHS/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality


HRSA Primary Care
07/01/2021 - 06/30/2026 (PI)
Bureau of Health Workforce/HRSA/DHHS

Conversational Agents to Improve HPV Vaccine Acceptance in Primary Care
07/14/2022 - 06/30/2023 (PI)
National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
1R01CA273208-01

HRSA Primary Care
07/01/2016 - 06/30/2023 (PI)
Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS

Meeting the Challenges of COVID-19 by Expanding the Reach of Palliative Care: Proactive Advance Care Planning with Videos for the Elderly and all Patients with Dementia
05/01/2021 - 04/30/2023 (PI)
National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
5R01AG072911-02

Reducing Assessment Barriers for Patients with Low Literacy; SGM Admin Supplement
02/01/2021 - 01/31/2023 (PI)
Northwestern University National Institute o

Conversational Agents to Improve Quality of Life in Palliative Care
04/22/2016 - 12/31/2022 (PI)
National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS
5R01NR016131-04

COVID SITE PREPAREDNESS -ACTIV II Infrastructure
09/01/2020 - 11/30/2022 (PI)
FHI 360 National Institute o

SCC: Smart & Connected Churces for Promoting Health in Disadvantaged Population
09/01/2018 - 09/30/2022 (PI)
Northeastern University National Science Fdn
502658-78050

Improving PRO Interpretation at the Individual Level for Patients with Cancer using Conversational Agents and Data Visualization
03/01/2022 - 08/31/2022 (PI)
National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
1R01CA271145-01

Meeting the Challenges of COVID-19 by Expanding the Reach of Palliative Care: Proactive Advance Care Planning with Videos for the Elderly and all Patients with Dementia
05/01/2021 - 08/31/2022 (PI)
National Institutes of Health/DHHS/NIH
1R01AG072911-01

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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2024 Improving PRO Interpretation at the Individual Level for Patients with Cancer using Conversational Agents and Data Visualization 5R01CA271145-03
2024 Community-based Design and Evaluation of a Conversational Agent to Promote SARS-COV2 Vaccination in Black Churches 5R01MD016882-04
2023 Advancing Medical Illustration in Patient Education Materials: from Art to Science 1R01LM014084-01A1
2023 Meeting the Challenges of COVID-19 by Expanding the Reach of Palliative Care: Proactive Advance Care Planning with Videos for the Elderly and all Patients with Dementia 7R01AG072911-03
2023 Conversational Agents to Improve HPV Vaccine Acceptance in Primary Care 5R01CA273208-03
2023 Improving PRO Interpretation at the Individual Level for Patients with Cancer using Conversational Agents and Data Visualization 7R01CA271145-02
2023 Community-based Design and Evaluation of a Conversational Agent to Promote SARS-COV2 Vaccination in Black Churches 5R01MD016882-03
2023 I kua na'u "Let Me Carry Out Your Last Wishes" Advance Care Planning for NativeHawaiian Elders 7R01NR018400-04
2023 Improving Medical Decision Making for Older Patients with End Stage Renal Disease 7R01AG066892-04
2022 Conversational Agents to Improve HPV Vaccine Acceptance in Primary Care 7R01CA273208-02
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Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

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  1. Cole MB, Strackman BW, Lasser KE, Lin MY, Paasche-Orlow MK, Hanchate AD. Medicaid Expansion and Preventable Emergency Department Use by Race/Ethnicity. Am J Prev Med. 2024 Feb 10.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38342480; DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2024.02.002;
     
  2. Chandanabhumma PP, Ratakonda S, Panko T, Cuculick J, Hauser P, Paasche-Orlow MK, Fetters MD, McKee MM. Examining the differences of perceptions and experience with online health information accessibility between deaf and hearing individuals: A qualitative study. Patient Educ Couns. 2024 May; 122:108169. PMID: 38325209
     
  3. Paasche-Orlow MK, Barocas S. A Puzzling Thank You #2. Health Lit Res Pract. 2024 Jan; 8(1):e1-e2. PMID: 38198645; PMCID: PMC10781411; DOI: 10.3928/24748307-20231213-01;
     
  4. Rose SW, Strackman BW, Gilbert ON, Lasser KE, Paasche-Orlow MK, Lin MY, Saylor G, Hanchate AD. Disparities by Sex, Race, and Ethnicity in Use of Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Heart Transplants Among Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Jan 16; 13(2):e031021.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38166429; PMCID: PMC10926796; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.123.031021;
     
  5. Hurstak E, Farina FR, Paasche-Orlow MK, Hahn EA, Henault LE, Moreno P, Weaver C, Marquez M, Serrano E, Thomas J, Griffith JW. COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence Mediates the Relationship between Health Literacy and Vaccination in a Diverse Sample of Urban Adults. Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Dec 13; 11(12).View Related Profiles. PMID: 38140251; PMCID: PMC10747333; DOI: 10.3390/vaccines11121848;
     
  6. Quintiliani LM, Kamaka M, Henault L, Antonio MCK, Sentell T, Spencer K, Akaka G, Honda LKL, Hanakeawe D, Dillard A, Kekauoha BP, Davis AD, Seitz R, Cabral HJ, Volandes A, Leimomi Mala Mau MK, Paasche-Orlow MK. I kua na'u "Let me carry out your last wishes" Clinical trial protocol to promote advance care planning among native Hawaiian populations. Contemp Clin Trials. 2023 Dec; 135:107365.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37884121; PMCID: PMC10814879; DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2023.107365;
     
  7. Chhonker YS, Aldhafiri WN, Soni D, Trivedi N, Steinbronn C, Johnson C, Karita HCS, Paasche-Orlow MK, Barnabas R, Arnold SL, Murry DJ. Simultaneous LC-MS/MS method for the quantitation of Azithromycin, Hydroxychloroquine and its metabolites in SARS-CoV-2(-/?+) populations using dried blood spots. Sci Rep. 2023 Sep 30; 13(1):16428. PMID: 37777555; PMCID: PMC10542348; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-43185-9;
     
  8. Laytner LA, Olmeda K, Salinas J, Alquicira O, Nash S, Zoorob R, Paasche-Orlow MK, Trautner BW, Grigoryan L. Acculturation and Subjective Norms Impact Non-Prescription Antibiotic Use among Hispanic Patients in the United States. Antibiotics (Basel). 2023 Sep 08; 12(9). PMID: 37760716; PMCID: PMC10525363; DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics12091419;
     
  9. Volandes AE, Zupanc SN, Lakin JR, Cabral HJ, Burns EA, Carney MT, Lopez S, Itty J, Emmert K, Martin NJ, Cole T, Dobie A, Cucinotta T, Joel M, Caruso LB, Henault L, Dugas JN, Astone K, Winter M, Wang N, Davis AD, Garde C, Rodriguez PM, El-Jawahri A, Moseley ET, Das S, Sciacca K, Ramirez AM, Gromova V, Lambert S, Sanghani S, Lindvall C, Paasche-Orlow MK. Video Intervention and Goals-of-Care Documentation in Hospitalized Older Adults: The VIDEO-PCE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Sep 05; 6(9):e2332556.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37695586; PMCID: PMC10495866; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.32556;
     
  10. Grigoryan L, Paasche-Orlow MK, Alquicira O, Laytner L, Schlueter M, Street RL, Salinas J, Barning K, Mahmood H, Porter TW, Khan F, Raphael JL, Faustinella F, Trautner BW. Antibiotic Use Without a Prescription: A Multisite Survey of Patient, Health System, and Encounter Characteristics. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Aug 22; 77(4):510-517. PMID: 37094252
     
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This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 252 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 23 publications in 2021

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20086
200914
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201210
201317
20148
201511
201614
201721
201816
201914
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20244

Michael Paasche-Orlow - Spotlight on Diversity

Non-White Patients Wait Significantly Longer for Less Acute ED Visits

HealthCity 5/11/2021

BU Professor Hopes To Study Inexpensive Drug To Treat COVID-19

CBS Boston 1/19/2021

Authors retract study that raised questions about drug used to treat COVID-19

USA Today 6/4/2020

Everyone — Including Trump — Has An Opinion About This Potential COVID-19 Treatment, And That’s Making It Hard To Find Out If It Works

The Boston Globe 5/30/2020

SLACK Incorporated Announces HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice Now Indexed by Medline

Healio 3/12/2020

Readability of Patient Educational Materials in English Versus Arabic

Healio 7/19/2019
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Health Literacy
Health Services Research

I do not have a unified theory or philosophy for my mentoring approach or style. How mentoring plays out depends on many factors.
But -- here are some of the main themes, inspirations, and aspirations:

a) knowledge is a flame that can spread - we are not diminished - but can be stronger together. so why be stingy??
b) "It is not your responsibility to finish the work [of perfecting the world], but you are not free to desist from it either" (Pirkei Avot 2:16) - the work will have to carry on when we are gone.
c) "who is wise, they who learn from all people" (~Pirkei Avot 4:1) - so do not work alone.
d) Fred Brancati was a great mentor to me during my post-doctoral training. I am inspired by his memory and hope he would be proud of me.



Available to Mentor as: (Review Mentor Role Definitions):
  • Career Mentor
  • Research / Scholarly Mentor
Contact for Mentoring:
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