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 | Mary C. Politi Ph.D.
Cancer Prevention and Control
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine | Postdoctoral Education
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Behavioral Medicine, Brown Medical School and Rhode Island Hospital, 2006 – 2007.
R25 Transdisciplinary Cancer Control Research Training fellowship, Brown Medical School and The Miriam Hospital, 2007 – 2009. | Graduate Education
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology (Health Psychology track), George Washington University, 2006 (APA-accredited).
Predoctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology (APA-accredited), Behavioral Medicine Track, Brown Medical School, Clinical Psychology Training Consortium, 2005 – 2006. | Funding
Active Projects
Non-Government
Foundation for Informed Medical Decisions (Elwyn-PI) 9/1/09 – 8/31/09
Examining the relationship between decision support interventions and outcome measurements by applying the IPDAS instrument to the results of the Cochrane Systematic Review of Patient Decision Aids. This study aims to examine the relationship between the IPDAS instrument scores and decision outcomes achieved in clinical trials to improve our understanding of measurement, to widen the basis of comparative scores, and to agree on minimum quality thresholds for patient decision aids.
Role: Co-investigator | Awards/Honors
Lead Fellow, Dartmouth Summer Institute for Informed Patient Choice, 2008, 2009.
Fellow, Dartmouth Summer Institute for Informed Patient Choice, 2007. | Selected or Recent Publications
Politi MC, Légaré F. Physicians’ reactions to uncertainty in the context of shared decision making. Patient Education and Counseling. (in press)
Rabin C, Politi MC. Need for health behavior interventions for young adult cancer survivors. American Journal of Health Behaviors. 2010;34(1):70-76.
Dizon D, Schutzer M, Politi M, Linkletter C, Miller S, Clark MA. Advance care planning decisions of women with cancer: Provider recognition and stability of choices. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology. 2009;27:383–395.
Col NC, Guthrie J, Politi MC, Dennerstein L. Duration of vasomotor symptoms in middle-aged women: A longitudinal study. Menopause. 2009;16(3):453-457.
Politi MC, Clark MA, Armstrong G, McGarry KA, Sciamanna CN. Patient-provider communication about sexual health among unmarried middle-aged and older women. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2009;24(4):511-516.
Elwyn G, O’Connor AM, Bennett C, Newcombe RG, Politi M, Durand MA, Drake E, Joseph N, Khangura S, Saarimaki A, Sivell S, Stiel M, Bernstein SJ, Col N, Coulter A, Eden K, Harter M, Holmes-Rovner M, Moumjid N, Perez LP, Stacey D, Thomson R, Whelen T, van der Weijden T, Edwards A. Assessing the quality of decision support technologies using the International Patient Decision Aid Standards instrument (IPDASi). PLoS ONE. 2009;4(3):e4705.
Politi MC, Clark MA, Rogers M, McGarry K, Sciamanna CN. Patient-provider communication and cancer screening among unmarried women. Patient Education & Counseling. 2008;73: 251-255.
Politi MC, Schleinitz MS, Col NC. Revisiting the duration of vasomotor symptoms during menopause: A meta-analysis. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2008;23(9):1507-1513.
Politi MC, Han PKJ, Col NC. Eisenberg Center 2006 White Paper Series: Communicating the uncertainty of harms and benefits of medical interventions. Medical Decision Making. 2007;7(5):681-695.
Politi MC, Enright TM, Weihs KL. The effects of age and emotional acceptance on distress among breast cancer patients. Supportive Care in Cancer. 2007;15(1):73-79.
Politi MC, Rabin C, Pinto B. Biologically based complementary and alternative medicine use among breast cancer survivors: Relationship to dietary fat consumption and exercise. Supportive Care in Cancer. 2006;14(10):1064-9. | Selected or Recent Chapters
Weihs KL, Politi MC. Family development in the face of cancer. In: Crane DR, Marshall ES (eds.). Handbook of Families and Health: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications; 2005.
Weihs KL, Menehan K, Politi MC, Lincoln J. Needs of breast cancer patients and their families: Psychosocial adaptation. In: Roses DF (ed.). Breast Cancer. 2nd edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier, Inc.;2005. | Editorial Positions
Reviewer, Medical Decision Making, Health Expectations, Journal of General Internal Medicine, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Risk Analysis, Supportive Care in Cancer, Behavior Therapy, Psycho-Oncology, American Journal of Epidemiology, Integrative Cancer Therapies, European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Patient Education and Counseling
2005 – present | Academic Office
Health Communication Research Laboratory
700 Rosedale Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63112-1408
Phone: 314-935-3720
Email: mpoliti@wustl.edu |
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