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Judy A. Shea is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and health professions. Their research spans multiple subfields, including public health, environmental and occupational health; general health professions; gender studies; surgery; and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Their body of work includes research on innovations in medical education, diversity and career dynamics in medicine, family and patient care in intensive care units, palliative care and end-of-life issues, childhood cancer survivors' quality of life, hospital admissions and outcomes, and mobile health and mHealth applications.

Judy A. Shea has published numerous recent papers, among which are the following:

  • Experience of Chest Dysphoria and Masculinizing Chest Surgery in Transmasculine Youth, 2021, PEDIATRICS
  • Pulse Oximetry for Monitoring Patients with Covid-19 at Home - A Pragmatic, Randomized Trial, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Cardiovascular Disease Burden and Outcomes Among American Indian and Alaska Native Medicare Beneficiaries, 2023, JAMA Network Open
  • Clinician Perspectives on Machine Learning Prognostic Algorithms in the Routine Care of Patients with Cancer: A Qualitative Study, 2022, Supportive Care in Cancer
  • In-Person Outreach and Telemedicine in Liver and Intestinal Transplant: A Survey of National Practices, Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019, and Areas of Opportunity, 2020, Liver Transplantation

Their work has appeared frequently in several publication venues, including:

  • British Journal of Surgery
  • Journal of General Internal Medicine
  • SLEEP
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Journal of Graduate Medical Education

Among frequent collaborators, Judy A. Shea has worked closely with the following coauthors:

  • David A. Asch
  • Sanjay V. Desai
  • Maria N. Nelson
  • Lisa M. Bellini
  • Kevin G. Volpp

Their multidisciplinary approach includes a range of topics, bringing together clinical research, health systems, and patient-centered care.

Best Publications

  • The functional independence measure: Tests of scaling assumptions, structure, and reliability across 20 diverse impairment categories

    Margaret G. Stineman;Judy A. Shea;Alan Jette;Charles J. Tassoni

  • Evolution of sleep quantity, sleep deprivation, mood disturbances, empathy, and burnout among interns.

    Ilene M Rosen;Phyllis A Gimotty;Judy A Shea;Lisa M Bellini

  • Validation of the Questionnaire for Impulsive-Compulsive Disorders in Parkinson's Disease

    Daniel Weintraub;Staci Hoops;Judy A. Shea;Judy A. Shea;Kelly E. Lyons

  • Mortality and Complications Associated with Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Meta-Analysis

    Judy Shea;Michael Healey;Jesse Berlin;John Clarke

  • Variation of Mood and Empathy During Internship

    Lisa M. Bellini;Michael Baime;Judy A. Shea

  • Revised Estimates of Diagnostic Test Sensitivity and Specificity in Suspected Biliary Tract Disease

    Judy A. Shea;Jesse A. Berlin;José J. Escarce;John R. Clarke;John R. Clarke

  • Association of Health Literacy With Self-Management Behavior in Patients With Diabetes

    Sarang Kim;Frances Love;D. Alex Quistberg;Judy A. Shea

  • Mood change and empathy decline persist during three years of internal medicine training.

    Lisa M Bellini;Judy A Shea

  • Factors associated with undertreatment of medical student depression.

    Jennifer Tjia;Jane L Givens;Judy A Shea

  • Do palliative consultations improve patient outcomes

    David Casarett;Amy Pickard;F. Amos Bailey;Christine Ritchie

  • Predictors of common bile duct stones prior to cholecystectomy: a meta-analysis.

    Paul-André C. Abboud;Peter F. Malet;Jesse A. Berlin;Rudy Staroscik

  • Development and testing of the health care system distrust scale.

    Abigail Rose;Nikki Peters;Judy A. Shea;Katrina Armstrong

  • Distrust of the health care system and self-reported health in the United States.

    Katrina Armstrong;Abigail Rose;Nikki Peters;Judith A Long

  • Prior experiences of racial discrimination and racial differences in health care system distrust.

    Katrina Armstrong;Mary Putt;Chanita H. Halbert;David Grande

  • Differences in the Patterns of Health Care System Distrust Between Blacks and Whites

    Katrina Armstrong;Suzanne McMurphy;Lorraine T. Dean;Ellyn Micco

  • Toward the development of an objective assessment of ego-identity status

    Gerald R. Adams;Judy A. Shea;Steven A. Fitch

  • Adverse childhood experiences of low-income urban youth.

    Roy Wade;Judy A. Shea;David Rubin;Jenifer Wood

  • Performance of a new, HIV/AIDS-targeted quality of life (HAT-QoL) instrument in asymptomatic seropositive individuals.

    W. C. Holmes;J. A. Shea

  • International patient and physician consensus on a psoriatic arthritis core outcome set for clinical trials

    Ana Maria Orbai;Maarten De Wit;Philip Mease;Judy A. Shea

  • Barriers and facilitators to patient retention in HIV care.

    Baligh R. Yehia;Leslie Stewart;Florence Momplaisir;Aaloke Mody

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Asch
David A. Asch University of Pennsylvania
John J. Norcini
John J. Norcini Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research
Katrina Armstrong
Katrina Armstrong Harvard University
Kevin G. Volpp
Kevin G. Volpp University of Pennsylvania
J. Sanford Schwartz
J. Sanford Schwartz University of Pennsylvania
David Grande
David Grande University of Pennsylvania
Andrea B. Troxel
Andrea B. Troxel New York University
José J. Escarce
José J. Escarce University of California, Los Angeles
David F. Dinges
David F. Dinges University of Pennsylvania
Karl Y. Bilimoria
Karl Y. Bilimoria Indiana University

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