Jennifer Tjia, MD, MSCE is an Associate Professor in the Department of
Medicine's Division of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical
School, with a secondary appointment in the Clinical and Population Health Research
Program, and a board-certified geriatrician. She is also a faculty member at the Meyers
Primary Care Institute. Dr. Tjia's research focuses on medication use and drug
safety in the elderly, specifically focusing on patient-centered prescribing and quality
of life outcomes in advanced illness. Older adults use a disproportionate number of
prescription medications and are at increased risk of drug-related injury. Recognizing
that the burden of unnecessary medication use in this population has not been well
studied, the goal of Dr. Tjia's research is to understand the effect of unnecessary
medication use on quality of life, and to develop a patient-centered intervention to
identify and manage these medications.
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