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Suzanne G. Leveille is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Boston in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields related to medicine and health professions, with a focus on general health professions, physical therapy, sports therapy and rehabilitation, public health, environmental and occupational health, periodontics, and pharmacology.

Their principal research themes cover diverse topics including balance, gait, and falls prevention; musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation; stroke rehabilitation and recovery; healthcare systems and technology; cerebral palsy and movement disorders; health disparities and outcomes; and electronic health records systems.

Some of the recent published papers by Suzanne G. Leveille include:

  • Frequency and Types of Patient-Reported Errors in Electronic Health Record Ambulatory Care Notes, 2020, JAMA Network Open
  • The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB): A Quick and Useful Tool for Fall Risk Stratification Among Older Primary Care Patients, 2020, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
  • The Views and Experiences of Clinicians Sharing Medical Record Notes With Patients, 2020, JAMA Network Open
  • Chronic Pain and Risk of Injurious Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults, 2020, The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • Tackling Ambulatory Safety Risks Through Patient Engagement: What 10,000 Patients and Families Say About Safety-Related Knowledge, Behaviors, and Attitudes After Reading Visit Notes., 2021, PubMed

Suzanne G. Leveille frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Ling Shi, Tongjian You, Jan Walker, Yael Koren, and Jonathan F. Bean. These collaborations have resulted in multiple joint publications.

Their work is often published in notable venues such as:

  • Innovation in Aging (9 publications)
  • Pain Management Nursing (4 publications)
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series A (3 publications)
  • Aging Clinical and Experimental Research (3 publications)
  • Diabetes (3 publications)

The total body of work by Suzanne G. Leveille reflects a comprehensive engagement with clinical and rehabilitation research related to aging populations, pain management, and health technology. Their publication record and collaborative network represent considerable activity within both clinical medicine and health professions research domains.

Best Publications

  • Lower Extremity Function and Subsequent Disability Consistency Across Studies, Predictive Models, and Value of Gait Speed Alone Compared With the Short Physical Performance Battery

    Jack M. Guralnik;Luigi Ferrucci;Carl F. Pieper;Suzanne G. Leveille

  • Midlife hand grip strength as a predictor of old age disability.

    T Rantanen;J M Guralnik;D Foley;K Masaki

  • Muscle Strength and Body Mass Index as Long-Term Predictors of Mortality in Initially Healthy Men

    Taina Rantanen;Tamara Harris;Suzanne G. Leveille;Marjolein Visser;Marjolein Visser

  • The Relationship Between Leg Power and Physical Performance in Mobility-Limited Older People

    Jonathan F. Bean;Jonathan F. Bean;Dan K. Kiely;Seth Herman;Suzanne G. Leveille

  • Exploring the effect of depression on physical disability: longitudinal evidence from the established populations for epidemiologic studies of the elderly.

    B. W. J. H. Penninx;S. Leveille;L. Ferrucci;J. T. M. Van Eijk

  • Inviting Patients to Read Their Doctors' Notes: A Quasi-experimental Study and a Look Ahead

    Tom Delbanco;Jan Walker;Sigall K. Bell;Jonathan D. Darer

  • Change in muscle strength explains accelerated decline of physical function in older women with high interleukin-6 serum levels

    Luigi Ferrucci;Brenda W. J. H. Penninx;Stefano Volpato;Tamara B. Harris

  • Diabetes and physical disability among older U.S. adults.

    E W Gregg;G L Beckles;D F Williamson;S G Leveille

  • Chronic musculoskeletal pain and the occurrence of falls in an older population.

    Suzanne G. Leveille;Richard N. Jones;Dan K. Kiely;Jeffrey M. Hausdorff

  • A Comparison of Leg Power and Leg Strength Within the InCHIANTI Study: Which Influences Mobility More?

    Jonathan F. Bean;Suzanne G. Leveille;Dan K. Kiely;Stephania Bandinelli

  • Disability, physical activity, and muscle strength in older women: the Women's Health and Aging Study.

    Taina Rantanen;Jack M. Guralnik;Ritva Sakari-Rantala;Suzanne Leveille

  • Lower Extremity Performance in Nondisabled Older Persons as a Predictor of Subsequent Hospitalization

    Brenda W.J.H. Penninx;Luigi Ferrucci;Suzanne G. Leveille;Taina Rantanen

  • Aging Successfully until Death in Old Age: Opportunities for Increasing Active Life Expectancy

    Suzanne G. Leveille;Jack M. Guralnik;Luigi Ferrucci;Jean A. Langlois

  • Preventing disability and falls in older adults: a population-based randomized trial.

    E H Wagner;A Z LaCroix;L Grothaus;S G Leveille

  • Smoking, Physical Activity, and Active Life Expectancy

    Luigi Ferrucci;Grant Izmirlian;Suzanne Leveille;Caroline L. Phillips

  • Preventing Disability and Managing Chronic Illness in Frail Older Adults: A Randomized Trial of a Community‐Based Partnership with Primary Care

    Suzanne G. Leveille;Suzanne G. Leveille;Edward H. Wagner;Connie Davis;Lou Grothaus

  • Sex differences in the prevalence of mobility disability in old age: the dynamics of incidence, recovery, and mortality.

    Suzanne G. Leveille;Brenda W.J.H. Penninx;David Melzer;Grant Izmirlian

  • Musculoskeletal Pain and Risk for Falls in Older Disabled Women Living in the Community

    Suzanne G. Leveille;Jonathan Bean Md;Karen Bandeen-Roche;Rich Jones

  • Does walking decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease hospitalizations and death in older adults

    Andrea Z. LaCroix;Andrea Z. LaCroix;Suzanne G. Leveille;Suzanne G. Leveille;Julia A. Hecht;Julia A. Hecht;Louis C. Grothaus;Louis C. Grothaus

  • Psychoactive medications and injurious motor vehicle collisions involving older drivers

    Suzanne G. Leveille;David M. Buchner;Thomas D. Koepsell;Lon W. McCloskey

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack M. Guralnik
Jack M. Guralnik University of Maryland, Baltimore
Jeffrey M. Hausdorff
Jeffrey M. Hausdorff Rush University Medical Center
Dan K. Kiely
Dan K. Kiely Harvard University
Andrea Z. LaCroix
Andrea Z. LaCroix University of California, San Diego
Luigi Ferrucci
Luigi Ferrucci National Institutes of Health
Joann G. Elmore
Joann G. Elmore University of California, Los Angeles
Taina Rantanen
Taina Rantanen University of Jyväskylä
Linda P. Fried
Linda P. Fried Columbia University
Lisa I. Iezzoni
Lisa I. Iezzoni Harvard University

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