Prior to joining UMass Boston, Professor Dugan taught at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine (public health sciences), the University of Massachusetts Medical School (geriatric medicine), and was a senior research scientist at the New England Research Institutes. Graduate courses taught include: Psychology of Aging, Health and Physical Aspects of Aging, Ethnic and Racial Diversity in Aging Societies, and Scientific Writing. Undergraduate courses include: Action Research, Legislative Processes, Health and Physical Aspects of aging. She is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America.
Articles
Patient education about anticoagulant medication: is narrative evidence or statistical evidence more effective? (with Kathleen M. Mazor, Joann L. Baril, Frederick A. Spencer, Pamela Burgwinkle, and Jerry H. Gurwitz), Patient education and counseling (2007)
OBJECTIVE: To determine the relative impact of incorporating narrative evidence, statistical evidence or both into...
Development of abbreviated measures to assess patient trust in a physician, a health insurer, and the medical profession (with Felicia L. Trachtenberg and Mark A. Hall), BMC health services research (2005)
BACKGROUND: Despite the recent proliferation in research on patient trust, it is seldom a primary...
Promoting adherence and retention to clinical trials in special populations: a women's health initiative workshop (with Sara Wilcox, Sally A. Shumaker, Deborah J. Bowen, Michelle J. Naughton, Milagros C. Rosal, Shari E. Ludlam, Julie R. Hunt, and Stephanie Stevens), Controlled clinical trials (2001)
This paper describes a Women's Health Initiative workshop on promoting adherence and retention in randomized...
Reports
Risk Factors for Driving Cessation Vary by Race and Ethnicity (with Frank Porell and Chae Man Lee), Gerontology Institute Publications (2011)
Driving is related to our identity and independence as well as allowing us to get...