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Michael Scott Wolf, PhD 2

2009-2013 Associate Professor w/ tenure, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine

2012-2013 Associate Professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medical Social Sciences

2011-2013 Associate Professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

2007-present Associate Professor, Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy, Department of Learning Sciences

2002-present Full Member, Northwestern University, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center 2006-2010 Core Faculty, Northwestern University, Center for Communication and Medicine 2006-2010 Core Faculty, Northwestern University, Center for Health Equity 2006-2010 Affiliated Faculty Member, Northwestern University, Center for Patient Safety 2004-2009 Assistant Professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Division of

General Internal Medicine 2000-2006 Visiting Faculty, University of Illinois – Chicago, Jane Addams College of Social Work 2002-2004 Research Assistant Professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine,

Division of General Internal Medicine 2002-2004 Visiting Faculty, DePaul University, Department of Sociology 1999-2000 Visiting Lecturer, University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration 5. ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS 2014-present Member, Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Health Literacy (Population Health) 2011-present Research Lab, Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program (Behavioral Medicine track) 2011-present Collaborative Scientific Liaison: AHRQ Centers for Excellence in Clinical Preventive

Services (Northwestern University) 2009-present Associate Division Chief – Research, General Internal Medicine 2008-2011 Director, Center for Communication in Healthcare 2004-present Founder and Director, Health Literacy and Learning Program 6. COMMITTEE SERVICE 2014 Ad Hoc Promotion and Tenure Committee, Feinberg School of Medicine (Chair) 2014 Judge, Lewis Landsberg Research Day, Feinberg School of Medicine 2013-present Core curriculum, Master in Health Communication degree, School of Communication 2013 Advisory committee, School of Communication 2012-present Chair, Faculty Search Committee, General Internal Medicine 2012 Faculty Review Committee, KL2 career development awards 2012 Ad Hoc Promotion and Tenure Committee, Feinberg School of Medicine (Chair) 2011-present Team lead, Northwestern University Transplant Outcomes Research Center (NUTORC) 2011-present Admissions Committee, J. William Fulbright Faculty Scholars Program, United Kingdom 2011-present Admissions Committee, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University 2011-present Research Lab Director and Mentor, Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program 2011-present Faculty Search Committee, Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies (CBITs) 2010-present Planning and Advisory Committee, Clinical Psychology PhD Program (Northwestern) 2009 Faculty Search Committee, Department of Medical Social Sciences 2008-2011 Office of Medical Education, communication skills curriculum 2002-2009 Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center, Office of Special Populations, Advisory Committee 2007-2012 Member, Faculty Search Committee, Division of General Internal Medicine 2008-2010 Institute for Healthcare Studies, Executive Committee 2005 Office of Research Integrity, panel review member


7. AWARDS, HONORS, DISTINCTIONS

2012-2013 Feinberg School of Medicine Mentor of the Year Nominee (Northwestern University) 2011 William Henry Duncan Memorial Lecture Distinguished Faculty Honor (University of

Liverpool) 2010-2011 J. William Fulbright Distinguished Faculty Research Scholar Award (United Kingdom) 2010 Pfizer Clear Health Communication Visiting Professor Award (Lincoln-Memorial

University) 2009 National Patient Safety Foundation Health Literacy in Advancing Patient Safety Award 2008 Pfizer Clear Health Communication Visiting Professor Award (New York University) 2007 Department of Medicine Investigators Developing Excellence in Academics (IDEAS)

Award 2005 National Cancer Institute Health Disparities Conference Investigator Award: Colorectal

Cancer 2004 Institute for Healthcare Advancement Outstanding Achievement Award in Health Literacy

Research 2003 Pfizer Health Literacy Initiative Visiting Lecturer Award (University of Illinois) 2002 Coleman Foundation Young Investigator Award 2002 Pfizer Health Literacy Initiative Scholar’s Award 2000 National Research Service Award (NRSA) 8. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS AcademyHealth American Academy for Communication in Healthcare (AACH) American College of Epidemiology (ACE) American Public Health Association (APHA) American Sociological Association (ASA) Society for Behavioral Medicine (SBM) Society for General Internal Medicine (SGIM) 9. PROFESSIONAL and SCIENTIFIC SERVICE Editorial Boards

Patient Education and Counseling Journal of Health Communication (Health Literacy Quarterly Issues) Journal Editing

Guest Editor, ICCH Conference Special Issue – September 2012, Patient Education & Counseling Senior Sponsor, Health Literacy Special Issue – August 2012, Journal of Health Communication Senior Sponsor, Health Literacy Special Issue – August 2011, Journal of Health Communication Senior Sponsor, Health Literacy Special Issue – August 2010, Journal of Health Communication Guest Editor, Health Literacy Special Issue – August 2009, Patient Education and Counseling Guest Editor, Health Literacy Special Issue – November 2007, American Journal of Health Behavior Journal Expert Panel Review

Health Literacy Special Issue – August 2006, Journal of General Internal Medicine


Journal Manuscript Reviews

AIDS and Behavior, invited reviewer, 2005-present Ambulatory Pediatrics, invited reviewer, 2005-present American Journal of Health Behavior, invited reviewer, 2004-present American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, invited reviewer, 2006-present American Journal of Preventive Medicine, invited reviewer, 2001-present American Journal of Public Health, 2006-present Annals of Internal Medicine, invited reviewer, 2005-present Archives of Internal Medicine, invited reviewer, 2004-present Health Affairs, invited reviewer, 2006-present Health Services Research, invited reviewer, 2006-present Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, invited reviewer, 2006-present Journal of the American Medical Association, invited reviewer, 2005-present Journal of Applied Psychology, invited reviewer, 2007-present Journal of General Internal Medicine, invited reviewer, 2003-present Journal of Health Communication, reviewer, 2005-present Journal of Women’s Health, invited reviewer, 2005-present New England Journal of Medicine, invited reviewer, 2008-present Patient Education and Counseling, invited reviewer, 2005-present Pediatrics, invited reviewer, 2005-present Preventive Medicine, invited reviewer, 2002-present Quality of Life Research, invited reviewer, 2006-present Social Science and Medicine, invited reviewer, 2006-present Community Service

2009-present Literacy Chicago, Adult Learning Program, health education 2008-present Delta Education Alliance (Jackson, MS), adult education program evaluation support 2006-2008 Planned Parenthood, evaluation support 2004-2008 Gilda’s Club of Chicago, health education, program evaluation support 2003-2006 Blue Gargoyle Adult Education Center, health education 2005-present Waukegan Adult Education and Technology Center, health literacy training services 2005-2009 Night Ministry, program support 2004-2009 Access Community Health Network, research/program evaluation support 2004-2007 Cherry Street Health Services (Grand Rapids, MI), education and research 2000-2006 DeVos Children’s Hospital (Grand Rapids, MI), pediatric oncology resource team 2006 East Lawndale Community Services, evaluation/services review support National Service

2014-present Advisory Board member, Health Literacy Center at the University of Maryland 2014-present Department of Veteran’s Affairs, Health Services Research & Development Study

Section member (Panel 2) 2013-present Chair, Addressing Disparities Study Section, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research

Institute (PCORI) 2013-present Advisor, Health Services Research Center University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 2013-present Gerontological Society of America Safe Medication Use Advisory Panel 2013-present Patient Centricity and Adherence Advisory Board, Merck, Sharpe & Dohme 2013-present Behavioral Sciences Advisory Board, UnitedHealth Group 2012-present External Advisory Board: Connecticut Institute for Primary Care Innovation 2012 Food and Drug Administration: Drug Safety & Risk Management Committee 2012 Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Panel 2 Study Section Member


2012 National Coalition for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) Structured Sig Panel 2011 National Institutes of Health, SBIR/STTR Study Section member (Health Technologies) 2011 National Patient Safety Foundation Annual Meeting, health literacy faculty 2010 Food and Drug Administration: Human Factors for Drug Labeling and Manufacturing to

reduce Medication Errors 2010 Food and Drug Administration: Veterinary Medicine Advisory Committee (Ad Hoc

Member) 2010 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: iAdapt Special Emphasis Section Panel 2009-present Health Literacy Annual Research Conference (HARC) Planning Committee Co-Chair 2009-present Risk Communication Advisory Committee (Abbott Labs) 2009 Risk Communication Advisory Committee for Prescriptions Drugs (Abbott) 2008-2013 Food and Drug Administration Risk Communication Advisory Committee 2008 National Institute of Aging: Cognition, Aging and Technology Special Emphasis Panel 2008-present U.S. Pharmacopeia Taskforce on Prescription Drug Labeling 2008-present The Joint Commission: Technical Advisory Panel, “Exploring Consumer Understanding

and Use of Electronic Hospital Quality Information” 2008-2010 Institute for Healthcare Advancement National Health Literacy Conference Planning

Committee 2008-present Food and Drug Administration Special Government Employee 2007-2009 Missouri Foundation for Health (MFFH) Health Literacy Expert Panel 2007-2010 Pfizer Health Literacy/Clear Health Communication Fellowship Advisory Board 2007 American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Medication Compliance Committee 2006-2008 American Dental Association National Health Literacy Advisory Board 2005-2012 American College of Physicians Foundation Health Literacy Advisory Committee 2005-2009 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): Health Care Quality and

Effectiveness Research (HCQER) Study Section 2005-present Medicaid Advisory Committee, Consumer Information Committee 2004-2009 Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Quality Indicators Consultant 2008 American Society for Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), health literacy training

meeting 2007 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, expert panel on improving health literacy for

older adults 2005-2007 Joint Commission: Health Literacy and Patient Safety Panel 2002-2006 American Medical Association, Fund for Better Health, grant reviewer 2006 American Medical Association, Technical Advisory Panel, chronic disease management

for vulnerable populations International Service 2014 Planning Committee, International Conference for Communication in Healthcare 2014 Ministry of Health of Ireland, Improving Health Systems and Health Literacy 2014 Visiting Professor, University College Cork, Schools of Medicine & Pharmacy 2013-present Advisor on Medication Safety, Clinical Excellence Commission of Australia 2013-present Drug labeling Advisor: Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare 2012-2013 Faculty Applications Review Committee, J. William Fulbright Scholar’s Program

(United Kingdom) 2012-present Advisory Committee, Health Literacy in Pharmacy Project (Pharmacy Guild of Australia) 2011-present Senior advisor, Leeds Usability Testing Organization (LUTO) 2011-present Grants Reviewer, National Institute for Health Research (United Kingdom) 2010-2011 International Conference for Communication in Healthcare Scientific Review Committee

and Conference Planning Committee (Chair) 2009 International Conference for Communication in Healthcare Planning Committee


2009-2011 Healthy Cities Initiatives for Health Literacy, World Health Organization 2005 International Conference for Communication in Healthcare: Scientific Review

Committee 10. TEACHING and MENTORSHIP

2014-present Core faculty, School of Communication, Master’s Program in Health Communication 2013-present Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Physician’s Assistant Program,

Visiting Lecturer 2013-present Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Endocrinology Seminar Series,

Visiting Lecturer 2011-present Northwestern University, Department of Human Development and Social Policy, School

of Education and Social Policy, Visiting Lecturer (Health Policy) 2010-present Emory University School of Medicine, Compassion in Medicine Course (Italian Studies

Abroad Program), Visiting Faculty 2010-2011 University of Liverpool (UK) Department of Psychology, Institute for Psychology,

Health, and Aging, Visiting Lecturer 2005-present Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. Cultural dynamics in medicine

module, lecturer 2003-present Graduate School Master of Public Health Program, Northwestern University. Adjunct faculty, health communications module, instructor 2001-present School of Continuing Studies, Northwestern University. Adjunct faculty, bachelor’s level, analysis and interpretation of social data, sociological analysis 1997-2006 University of Illinois at Chicago. Visiting lecturer, bachelor’s and master’s level, Advanced research methodology, theory and community practice, cultural competency

2001-2002 Department of Sociology, DePaul University. Lecturer, bachelor’s level, introductory epidemiology, social determinants of health 1999-2000 School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago. Visiting lecturer,

master’s level, data analysis methods for policy

Mentorship

Faculty:

MD (Medical College of Wisconsin) 2013-present Health Literacy and Pediatric ED Transitions in Care

, MD MS (University of Pennsylvania) 2011-present Medication Adherence in Solid Organ Transplant

, MD MPH (Northwestern University) 2011-2012 Leveraging EHRs for Asthma Action Planning and Education

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PhD MPH (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) 2011-2014

Literacy, Language, and Medication Safety

PhD (Northwestern University) 2010-2012 Cognition and Health Literacy

MD (New York University) 2008-present Pediatric medication safety and health literacy

PhD (Albany Medical Center/Northwestern University) 2007-2010 Race, literacy, and transplant outcomes

PhD (Northwestern University) 2007-present Multimedia breast cancer decision aids

, PhD (Virginia Commonwealth University) 2007-2009 Health literacy and cancer communication

, MD (Northwestern University) 2010-present Health Communication in the Emergency Department

, MD MPH (University of Nebraska) 2006-present Diabetes education strategies for families

Dr.PH. (University of Rochester) 2006-present Health literacy and adolescent health at transition

, MD MPH (Northwestern University) 2006-present Health literacy, prescription medication reconciliation, and patient use

, Pharm.D. (Ferris State University) 2006 Improving patient understanding of prescription medication use Postdoctoral Fellows:

(University of Edinburgh) 2011-present Health Literacy, Cognitive Abilities, and Physical Health

, MD (Northwestern University) 2011-present Medication Adherence in Transplant Patients

MD (Northwestern University) 2008-present Multimedia chronic disease management interventions for primary care

MD (Northwestern University) 2007-present Health literacy and risk communication for preeclampsia

, PhD (Northwestern University/Vanderbilt University) 2005-present Literacy, self-efficacy, and chronic disease outcomes

PhD (Northwestern University/SUNY-Buffalo) 2004-2006

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Social stigma and adherence among HIV infected individuals

, PhD (Yale University) 2004-2006 Improving health literacy via the internet for women with breast cancer

(Northwestern University/University of Maryland) 2004-2007 Improving the delivery of care in emergency medicine Doctoral Dissertation Committees:

(candidate, University of Illinois at Chicago) 2011-present Health Literacy and the Role of Nurses

MPH (Northwestern University) 2011-present Diabetes Distress and Clinical Outcomes among Patients Receiving Care in the Safety Net

(candidate, University College London) 2011-present Improving Bowel Cancer Screening: Overcoming Individual Level Barriers

(University of Illinois at Chicago) 2010-2011 Promoting Consumer Safety in Pharmacy Practice

, MPH (University of Illinois at Chicago) 2008-2011 Health Literacy, Language Access, and Prescription Drug Labeling

(University of Sydney, Australia) 2008-2010 Development and Evaluation of a Bowel Cancer Screening Decision Aid for Adults with Lower Education and Literacy

PharmD (candidate (University of Illinois-Chicago) 2007-2009 Improving consumer medication information materials to support safe and proper use

, MA (University of Illinois-Chicago) 2006-2009 Assessing costs associated with breast cancer navigation

, MA (University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign) 2006-2009 Enhanced print design of asthma materials for patients with low literacy

, MSN (University of Pittsburgh) 2006-2008 Health literacy, self-efficacy, and HIV medication adherence Doctoral Students

, BA Clinical Psychology (Behavioral Medicine Track) 2013-present

, MS Health Psychology (University College London) 2012-present

BA 2012-present Clinical Psychology (Behavioral Medicine Track)

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, MA MPH 2010-present Clinical Psychology (Behavioral Medicine Track) Medical Students:

Lincoln Memorial University) 2010 Consumer Understanding and Use of Non-Prescription Analgesics

(Case Western Reserve University) 2006-2008 Geille Research Fellowship MPPA Students:

(Northwestern University) 2006-2009 Federal and state policy directed at consumer medication information MPH Students:

(University of Illinois at Chicago) 2011-present Health Literacy and Cognitive Function among Older Adults


(Benedictine University) 2011 Health Literacy and Cognitive Function among Older Adults


(MD/MPH Northwestern University) 2010 Consumer Understanding and Use of Non-Prescription Analgesics

(MD/MPH Northwestern University) 2009 Health Literacy and Cognitive Function among Older Adults

, MD (Northwestern University) 2003-2004 Communicating with lower literate patients: A survey of physicians, nurses, and pharmacists

, BA, (MPH, Northwestern University) 2003-2004 Cancer communications

, BA (MD/MPH Northwestern University) 2003-2004 Utility of an educational intervention for an ED population on non-hazardous drinking guidelines: A clinical trial MSW Students:

MSW (University of Illinois - Chicago) 2000-2001 Health literacy and HIV medication adherence

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Undergraduate Students:

(University of Oregon) 2009-2011 Health Literacy and Cognitive Function among Older Adults

(George Washington University) 2010 Development of Multilingual Prescription Drug Instructions for Pharmacy Practice

(Northwestern University) 2006-2007 Honors thesis: Understanding and use of health care services among young adults at transition Other:

, BA (Brown University, National Institutes of Health) 2003-2004 Shared decision-making and the lower literate patient 11. RESEARCH GRANTS/CONTRACTS Active

2R01AG030611-04 (Wolf) 3/1/2011–2/29/2016 $3,021,045 NIA LITCOG II: Health Literacy and Cognitive Function among Older Adults The proposed longitudinal study will provide an in-depth investigation of older adults’ health literacy and ability to manage health, and whether these skills are affected by cognitive decline and the aging process. Our research will improve our understanding of the true barriers underlying the problem of low health literacy, and how best to inform present and future intervention strategies. Role: PI R01HL116630-01A1 (Wolf) 08/08/13 – 7/31/16 $896,329 NHLBI Refining Conceptual Models for the Role of Health Literacy in Health Outcomes Our study objectives are to improve our understanding of (1) the causal pathways linking health literacy to health outcomes by testing an existing conceptual framework, and (2) the role of health literacy in explaining health disparities. Role: Multiple-PI Agreement 9/5/13 (Wolf) 09/04/13 – 02/28/16 Merck Sharp and Dohme Corp. Promoting the Universal Medication Schedule via Mobile and EHR Technologies The goal of this project is to leverage increasingly available technologies to impart a Universal Medication Schedule (UMS) in primary care to help patients consolidate, safely use, and adhere to complex drug regimens. Role: PI Agreement (Wolf) 04/01/13 – renewable (annual) Merck Sharp and Dohme Corp. Design and Evaluation of Patient Information for Prescription Medication Products The goal of this project is to develop new content and formats for new prescription medication products that best convey information on safe use for patients. Further, we will consult on the evaluation and outcomes measurement of these tools. Role: PI

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Agreement (Wolf) 09/1/14-08/31/15 OptumHealth Institute Agreement Pre/Post-Doctoral Fellowship for Health Activation Research – Anjali Pandit, Samuel Smith Role: PI Agreement (Wolf) 09/1/13-08/31/14 Emmi Solutions Pre-Doctoral Fellowship for Patient Engagement and Health IT – Erika Jung Role: PI P01 HS021141-01 (Baker) 10/1/2011 – 9/30/2015 $4,329,340 AHRQ NU Center to Advance Equity in Clinical Preventive Services Our overall goal will be to expand and accelerate the development, testing, and dissemination of innovative, practical, effective, generalizable interventions and delivery system redesigns to increase equity of access to and use of clinical preventive services. *JIT Role: Collaborative Scientific Lead, Co-I 1R01HL105385-01 (Federman) 8/18/2011-6/30/2016 $987,265 (subcontract amount) NIH (via Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Longitudinal Study of Cognition, Health Literacy, and Self-Care in COPD Patients The objective of this study is to understand how health literacy and cognitive function change over time in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and affect self-management of this condition, and how social support may mitigate their effects. By describing the vicissitudes of health literacy, the study will identify the contexts in which intensive interventions are needed to adequately support self-care for COPD. Role: Site PI R01HL096612 (Federman) 8/1/2009-5/31/2013 $761,802 (subcontract amount) NHLBI (via Mt. Sinai School of Medicine) Seniors’ Health Literacy, Beliefs and Asthma Management The objective of this study is to understand how health literacy and beliefs about chronic disease interact to affect older adults’ ability to self-manage their chronic illness. The study will be conducted in New York City and Chicago, IL, and will involve interviews of 500 patients, 60 years or older with chronic asthma. The study findings will expand our understanding of health literacy and provide new insights into best methods for educating older asthmatics about managing their disease. Role: Site PI 1R01NR011300 (Morrow) 4/1/2010-8/31/2015 $663,018 (subcontract amount) NINR (via Univ. of Illinois - Urbana Champaign) Medtable: An EHR strategy to support medication management The Medtable will support consistent use of patient-centered communication and counseling strategies at the point at which medications are prescribed, with the potential to integrate these practices with medication dispensing to create an integrated patient-centered medication-use system, thereby mitigating the impact of inadequate health literacy on patients’ health behaviors and outcomes. Role: Site PI 1 U19 HS021093-01 (Lambert)* 9/15/2011 - 9/14/2016 $584,816 (subcontract amount) AHRQ (via Univ. of Illinois – Chicago) An EHR-based Strategy to Promote Safe and Appropriate Drug Use

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The overall objective of this study is to rigorously evaluate a low literacy strategy for promoting safe and effective prescription (Rx) medication use among English and Spanish-speaking patients’ in a primary care setting. Role: Site PI PCORI (Federman) 01/01/14 – 12/31/16 (subcontract amount) (via Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Clinic-based vs. Home-Based Support to Improve Care and Outcomes for High Risk Adult Asthmatics. The primary goal of this application is to compare the relative impacts on asthma care and outcomes of two comprehensive, patient-centered asthma management strategies for high-risk adults. Role: Site PI 1 R01 HD070864-01 (Yin)* 12/1/2011-11/30/2015 $713,820 (subcontract amount) NICHD (via New York University) Promoting Safe Use of Pediatric Liquid Medications: A Health Literacy Approach The objective of the study is to identify evidence-based ‘best practices’ for the labeling of both prescription and over-the-counter pediatric liquid medications in order to promote safe, appropriate use. Role: Site PI R01CA140177-03 (Cameron) 9/4/2009-1/31/2015 $1,326,591 NCI Low-Literacy Physician-Patient Intervention Promoting Colorectal Cancer Screening The overall objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of integrating physician and patient interventions designed to promote colorectal cancer screening; the interventions have been designed using a low literacy approach. Role: Co-I 1R01NR012745 - 01 (Persell) 4/1/2011 - 3/31/2016 $3,565,652 NINR EHR-based Health Literacy Strategy to Promote Medication Therapy Management The overall study objective is to rigorously evaluate two primary care-based medication therapy management strategies—one using a nurse educator and one without—that leverage an electronic health record to promote patient understanding of how to use medications, reduce medication discrepancies, improve adherence and improve disease control among hypertensive diabetic patients at safety net clinics. Role: Co-I R21AG042640 (Lindquist) 08/01/12 – 07/31/14 $118,125 NIA Hospital Discharge and Cognitive Changes in Older Adults The objectives of this study are to investigate hospital-associated cognitive impairment when compared to a pre-hospitalization baseline and to determine when cognitive recovery occurs in the month following hospital discharge. We will also examine patient and potentially preventable hospital-related risk factors of hospital-associated cognitive impairment. Role: Co-Investigator Research Scholar Grant (Davis) 1/1/2012-12/31/2015 $280,722 American Cancer Society (via Louisana State Univ.) Health Literacy Interventions to Overcome Disparities in CRC Screening This study will compare the effectiveness of two viable colorectal cancer screening promotion interventions in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs): a personal Patient Navigation with Health Literacy (PN+HL) approach vs. an Automated Telephone with Health Literacy (ATC+HL) strategy. Role: Site PI

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Research Scholar Grant (Clayman) 1/1/2012 – 12/31/2015 $1,879,552 American Cancer Society Improving Psychosocial Quality of Life in Women with Advanced Breast Cancer The overall study objective is to improve psychosocial quality of life among women with metastatic breast cancer by promoting patient participation during clinical encounters through use of a Patient Participation Aid (PPA). Role: Site-PI Agreement (Wolf) 5/1/14 – 6/30/15 California Healthcare Foundation Evaluation of the Impact of California State Policy for Patient-Centered Prescription Drug Labeling The overall objective of this study is to perform a critical evaluation of SB 472, California’s patient-centered drug labeling legislation; the first of its kind in the country. We will evaluate compliance among state pharmacies and make specific recommendations for future amendments to the bill. Role: PI PAR-13-130 (R01; Bailey and Fang) 07/01/14 – 06/30/18 99,897 (subcontract amount) NIH via University of North Carolina Chapel Hill National Health Literacy Mapping to Inform Healthcare Policy Our study objective is to provide valid estimates of health literacy for every census tract in the U.S. and demonstrate the value of such a health literacy measure for informing public health and healthcare policy and practice. Role: Site PI 1R18HS023459-01 (McCarthy) 09/01/14 – 08/31/17 $306,949 AHRQ EHR-based Medication Complete Communication Strategy to Promote Safe Opioid Use The overall objective of this study is to leverage the electronic health record to implement a multifaceted strategy to better educate emergency department patients about medication risks and safe use for opioid pain relievers. Role: Co-Investigator Norman S. Coplon Extramural Grant Program (Patzer) 09/01/14 – 08/31/16 Satellite Healthcare inc. via Emory University iChoose Kidney Decision Aid for Treatment Options The goal of this project is to conduct a two-arm, randomized trial of the iChoose Kidney decision aid among 450 late-stage CKD or ESRD patients who are undergoing evaluation for kidney transplantation at three large, diverse transplant centers across the United States (Emory Transplant Center in Atlanta, Columbia University in New York, and Northwestern in Chicago) to test clinical efficacy of a decision support tool. Role: Site PI Approved for Funding

Agreement (Wolf) 5/1/14 – 4/30/15 Development of an EHR-enabled, Patient-Centered Medication Adherence Mobile Application for Transplant We will work with patients, families and clinicians to devise a mobile application working in both iphone and android platforms that can support proper, sustained use to complex medication regimens, linking into an EHR. A specific focus on transplant (kidney, liver) will be targeted. Role: PI

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Land of Lincoln Mutual Health Insurance Company (PI: Wolf 4/25/13 – 07/03/14) Design and Implementation of a Health Literate, Health Insurance Plan, California Healthcare Foundation (Agreement; PI: Wolf: 6/1/12-12/31/13) Translating the Universal Medication Schedule to Non-Pill Form Medicines, McNeil Pharmaceuticals (Agreement; PI: Wolf: 7/1/2009-12/31/2011) Consumer Understanding and Use of Non-Prescription Analgesic, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (R01HS017687; PI: Wolf: 5/1/2008-4/30/2013) Enhanced Prescription Drug Label Design to Improve Patient Understanding and Use, $873,377 The California Endowment (20091181; PI: Wolf; 8/1/2009-12/31/2011) Development of Multilingual Prescription Drug Instructions for Pharmacy Practice, Abbott Labs (Agreement; PI: Wolf: 12/18/2009-12/17/2012) Communicating Safe and Appropriate Drug Use to Patients and Families, UnitedHealthcare (Fellowship: PI: Wolf: 9/1/12-8/31/13) Predoctoral Fellowship – Anjali Pandit, MA MPH, UnitedHealthcare (Fellowship; PI: Wolf: 9/01/12-8/31/13) Predoctoral Fellowship – Erika Jung, BA, United HealthCare (PI: Wolf; 1/1/2012 – 3/31/2013) Pharmacy Innovation Research - Medication Therapy Management - Consumer Engagement Communications, United HealthCare (PI: Wolf; 2/21/2012-2/21/2013) Usability Testing for a Medication Self-Management Mobile Application Tool, OptumHealth (PI: Wolf; 1/01/2012-4/30/2014) Health Literacy & Wellness Intervention, National Institute of Aging (R01AG030611; PI: Wolf, 10/1/2007-12/31/2010) Health Literacy and Cognitive Function among Older Adults, $2,066,387 National Cancer Institute (R21CA132771; PI: Wolf, 5/1/2008-8/31/2011) Promoting Health Literacy for Newly Prescribed Medications via the EMR, $415,250 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (R18HS17220; PI: Wolf, 8/1/2007-8/31/2011) Using IT for patient-centered communication and decision-making about medications, $1,180,000 Missouri Foundation for Health (PI: Wolf, 10/1/2007-3/31/2011) Low Literacy Diabetes Guide: A Randomized Trial, Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making (PI: Wolf, 06/01/2008-05/31/2009) Design and use of multimedia and print health materials for low literacy populations, National Institute on Aging (R01AG026393-02; PI: Baker/Wolf, 08/01/2007-06/30/2008) Literacy and mortality among elderly persons, $275,000

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3. Smith SG, O'Conor R, Curtis LM, Waite K, Deary IJ, Paasche-Orlow M, Wolf MS. Low health literacy predicts decline in physical function among older adults: findings from the LitCog cohort study. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2015 EPUB AHEAD OF PRINT

4. Smith SG, Kobayashi LC, Wolf MS, Raine R, Wardle J, von Wagner C. The associations between objective numeracy and colorectal cancer screening knowledge, attitudes and defensive processing in a deprived community sample. J Health Psychol. 2015 EPUB AHEAD OF PRINT

5. Kobayashi LC, Wardle J, Wolf MS, von Wagner C. Aging and Functional Health Literacy:

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2015 EPUB AHEAD OF PRINT

6. Smith SG, Pandit A, Rush SR, Wolf MS, Simon C. The association between patient

activation and accessing online health information: results from a national survey of US adults. Health Expect. 2015 EPUB AHEAD OF PRINT

7. Curtis LM, Revelle W, Waite K, Wilson EA, Condon DM, Bojarski E, Park DC, Baker DW,

Wolf MS. Development and Validation of the Comprehensive Health Activities Scale: A New Approach to Health Literacy Measurement. J Health Commun. 2015 EPUB AHEAD OF PRINT

8. Bailey SC, O'Conor R, Bojarski EA, Mullen R, Patzer RE, Vicencio D, Jacobson KL, Parker

RM, Wolf MS. Literacy disparities in patient access and health-related use of Internet and mobile technologies. Health Expect 2015 EPUB AHEAD OF PRINT

9. O'Conor R, Wolf MS, Smith SG, Martynenko M, Vicencio DP, Sano M, Wisnivesky JP,

Federman AD. Health Literacy, Cognitive Function, Proper Use and Adherence to Inhaled Asthma Controller Medications among Older Adults with Asthma. Chest. 2015 EPUB AHEAD OF PRINT

10. Smith SG, Raine R, Obichere A, Wolf MS, Wardle J, von Wagner C. The effect of a

supplementary ('gist-based') information leaflet on colorectal cancer knowledge and screening intention: a randomized controlled trial. J Behav Med. 2014 EPUB AHEAD OF PRINT

Published

11. Duggan L, McCarthy S, Curtis LM, Wolf MS, Noone C, Higgins JR, O'Shea S, Sahm LJ. Associations between health literacy and beliefs about medicines in an irish obstetric population. J Health Commun. 2014; Suppl 2:106-14.

12. Baker DW, Brown T, Buchanan DR, Weil J, Balsley K, Ranalli L, Lee JY, Cameron KA, Ferreira MR, Stephens Q, Goldman SN, Rademaker A, Wolf MS. Comparative effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention to improve adherence to annual colorectal cancer screening in community health centers: a randomized trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Aug;174(8):1235-41.


13. De Oliveira GS Jr, Holl JL, McCarthy RJ, Butt ZA, Nouriel J, McCaffery K, Wolf MS. Overestimation of mortality risk and preoperative anxiety in patients undergoing elective general surgery procedures: a propensity matched analysis. Int J Surg. 2014 Dec;12(12):1473-7

14. Serper M, Patzer RE, Reese PP, Przytula K, Koval R, Ladner DP, Levitsky J, Abecassis MM,

Wolf MS. Medication misuse, nonadherence, and clinical outcomes among liver transplant recipients. Liver Transpl. 2015 Jan;21(1):22-8.

15. Kamila P, Smith SG, Patzer R, Serper M, Wolf MS. Medication regimen complexity in

kidney and liver transplant recipients. Transplantation. 2014 Oct 15;98(7):e73-4.

16. Brooks TL, Leventhal H, Wolf MS, O'Conor R, Morillo J, Martynenko M, Wisnivesky JP, Federman AD. Strategies used by older adults with asthma for adherence to inhaled corticosteroids. J Gen Intern Med. 2014 Nov;29(11):1506-12.

17. McCarthy DM, Cameron KA, King JP, Mullen RJ, Bailey SC, Jacobson JL, Di Francesco L, Davis

TC, Parker RM, Wolf MS. Patient recall of healthcare provider counseling for opioid-acetaminophen prescriptions. Pain Medicine 2014 Oct;15(10):1750-6.

18. Shoemaker S, Wolf MS, Brach C. Development of the Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool

(PEMAT): A New Measure of Understandability and Actionability for Print and Audiovisual Patient Information. Patient Education and Counseling 2014 Sep;96(3):395-403.

19. Wolf MS, Bailey SC, Serper M, Smith M, Davis TC, Russell AL, Manzoor BS, Belter L, Parker RM, Lambert B. Patient-centered strategies to improve FDA Medication Guides: A Randomized Trial. Medical Care 2014 Sep;52(9):781-9.

20. Przytula K, Bailey S, Galanter WL, Lambert BL, Shrestha N, Dickens C, Falck S, Wolf MS.

A primary care, electronic health record-based strategy to promote safe drug use: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2015 Jan 27;16(1):17.

21. Pandit AU, Bailey SC, Curtis LM, Seligman HK, Davis TC, Parker RM, Schillinger D, Dewalt D,

Fleming D, Mohr DC, Wolf MS. Disease-related distress, self-care and clinical outcomes among low-income patients with diabetes. J Epidemiol Community Health 2014 [epub ahead of print].

22. Yee LM, Wolf MS, Mullen R, Bergeron AR, Cooper Bailey S, Levine R, Grobman W. A randomized trial of a prenatal genetic testing interactive computerized information aid. Prenat Diagn 2014 [epub ahead of print].

23. Serper M, Patzer RE, Curtis LM, Smith SG, O’Conor R, Baker DW, Wolf MS. Health literacy,

cognitive ability, and functional health status among older adults. Health Serv Res 2014 [epub ahead of print].

24. Serper M, Gawron AJ, Smith SG, Pandit AA, Dahlke AR, Bojarski EA, Kewani RN, Wolf MS.

Patient factors that affect colonoscopy preparation. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2014; 12: 451-7.


25. Wolf MS, Seligman H, Davis TC, Fleming DA, Curtis LM, Pandit AU, Parker RM, Schillinger D, Dewalt DA. Clinic-based versus outsourced implementation of a diabetes health literacy intervention. J Gen Intern Med 2014: 59-67.

26. Bailey SC, Wolf MS, Lopez A, Russell A, Chen AH, Schillinger D, Moy G, Sarkar U. Expanding the Universal Medication Schedule: A patient-centred approach. BMJ Open 2014 [epub ahead of print].

27. Federman AD, Wolf MS, Sofianou A, O’Conor R, Martynenko M, Halm EA, Leventhal H, Wisnivesky JP. Asthma outcomes are poor among older adults with low health literacy. J Asthma 2014; 51: 162-7.

28. Davis TC, Rademaker A, Bennett CL, Wolf MS, Carias E, Reynolds C, Liu D, Arnold CL.

Improving Mammography Screening Among the Medically Underserved. J Gen Intern Med. 2013 [epub ahead of print].

29. Dahlke AR, Curtis LM, Federman AD, Wolf MS. The Mini Mental Status Exam as a Surrogate Measure of Health Literacy. J Gen Intern Med. 2013 [epub ahead of print].

30. Bailey SC, Belter LT, Pandit AU, Carpenter DM, Carlos E, Wolf MS. The availability, functionality,

and quality of mobile applications supporting medication self-management. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2013 [epub ahead of print].

31. Persell SD, Eder M, Friesema E, Connor C, Rademaker A, French DD, King J, Wolf MS. EHR-based

medication support and nurse-led medication therapy management: rationale and design for a three-arm clinic randomized trial. J Am Heart Assoc. 2013 [epub ahead of print].

32. Davis TC, Arnold CL, Bennett CL, Wolf MS, Reynolds C, Liu D, Rademaker A. Strategies to

Improve Repeat Fecal Occult Blood Testing Cancer Screening. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2013; 23: 134-43.

33. Mottus R, Johnson W, Murray C, Wolf MS, Starr JM, Deary IJ. Towards understanding the links

between health literacy and physical health. Health Psychology, 2013; 33: 164-73..

34. Davis T, Arnold C, Rademaker A, Bennett C, Bailey S, Platt D, Reynolds C, Liu D, Carias E, Bass P, Wolf M. Improving colon cancer screening in community clinics. Cancer 2013; 119: 3879-86.

35. Paasche-Orlow MK, Brancati FL, Taylor HA, Jain S, Pandit AU, Wolf MS. Readability standards as compared with actual readability of informed consent forms – a second look. IRB 2013; 35: 12-9.

36. Waite KR, Federman AD, McCarthy DM, Curtis LM, Baker DW, Wilson EAH, Hasnain-Wynia R

Wolf MS Paasche-Orlow MK. Literacy and race as risk factors for low rates of advance directives in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc 2013; epub ahead of print.

37. Bergeron AR, Webb JR, Serper M, Federman AD, Shrank WH, Russell AL, Wolf MS. Impact of

electronic prescribing on medication use in ambulatory care. Am J Managed Care. 2013; 19: 1012-7.

38. McCarthy DM, Davis TC, King JP, Mullen RJ, Bailey SC, Serper M, Jacobson KL, Parker RM, Wolf MS. Take-Wait-Stop: a patient-centered strategy for writing PRN medication instructions. J Health Commun 2013;18 Suppl: 40-8.


39. Lenahan JL, McCarthy DM, Davis TC, Curtis LM, Serper M, Wolf Ms. A drug by any other name: patients’ ability to identify medication regimens and its association with adherence and health outcomes. J Health Commun 2013;18 Suppl: 31-9.

40. Bailey SC, Oramasionwu CU, Wolf MS. Rethinking adherence: a health literacy-informed model of medication self-management. J Health Commun 2013;18 Suppl: 20-9.

41. Papadimitriou C, Magasi S, Demark H, Taylor C, Wolf MS, Heinemann AW, Deutsch A. Eliciting patient and caregiver perspectives to improve the public reporting of rehabilitation quality measures. Rehabil Nurs 2013; 38: 24-31.

42. Smith SG, Curtis LM, Wardle J, von Wagner C, Wolf MS. Skill set or mind set? Associations between health literacy, patient activation, and health. PLoS One 2013; Sept 4; 8(9).

43. Smith SG, Wolf MS, Obichere A, Raine R, Wardle J, von Wagner C. The development and testing of a brief (‘gist-based’) supplementary colorectal cancer screening information leaflet. Patient Educ Counsel 2013; 93:619-25.

44. Davis TC, Rademaker A, Bailey SC, Platt D, Esparza J, Wolf MS, Arnold C. Contrasts in rural and urban barriers to colorectal cancer screening. Am J Health Behav 2013: 37: 289-98.

45. Smith SG, Vart G, Wolf MS, Obichere A, Baker HJ, Raine R, Wardle J, von Wagner C. How do people interpret information about colorectal cancer screening: observations from a think-a-loud study. Health Expect 2013; [epub ahead of print].

46. Schumacher JR, Hall AG, Davis TC, Arnold CL, Bennett RD, Wolf MS, Carden DL. Potentially preventable use of emergency services: the role of health literacy. Med Care 2013; 51: 654-8.

47. Serper M, McCarthy DM, Patzer RE, King JP, Bailey SC, Smith SG, Parker RM, Davis TC, Ladner DP, Wolf MS. What patients think doctors know: beliefs about provider knowledge as barriers to safe medication use. Patient Educ Counsel 2013: 93: 306-11.

48. McCaffery KJ, Holmes-Rovner M, Smith SK, Rovner D, Nutbeam D, Clayman ML, Kelly-Blake K, Wolf MS, Sheridan SL. Addressing health literacy in patient decision aids. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2013: Suppl 2.

49. Ladner DP, Alonso EM, Butt Z, Caicedo JC, Cella D, Daud A, Friedewald JJ, Gordon EJ, Hazen GB, Ho BT, Hoke KR, Holl JL, Ison MG, Kang R, Mehrotra S, Preczewski LB, Ross OA, Sharaf PH, Skaro AI, Wang E, Wolf MS, Woods DM, Abecassis MM. NUTORC – a transdisciplinary health services and outcomes research team in transplantation. Transl Behav Med 2012; 2: 446-458.

50. Krauskopf KA, Sofianou A, Goel MS, Wolf MS, Wilson EA, Martynenko ME, Halm EA, Leventhal H, Feldman JM, Federman AD, Wisnivesky JP. Depressive symptoms, low adherence, and poor asthma outcomes in the elderly. J Asthma 2013; 50: 260-6.

51. Baker DW, Brown T, Buchanan DR, Weil J, Cameron KA, Ranalli L, Ferreira MR, Stephens Q, Balsley K, Goldman SN, Wolf MS. Design of a randomized controlled trial to assess the comparative effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention to improve adherence colorectal cancer screening among patients cared for in a community health center. BMC Health Serv Res 2013; 13: 153.


52. Lyles CR, Wolf MS, Schilinger D, Davis TC, Dewalt D, Dahlke AR, Curtis L, Seligman HK. Food insecurity in relation to changes in hemoglobin A1c, self-efficacy, and fruit/vegetable intake during a diabetes educational intervention. Diabetes Care 2013; 36: 1443-53.

53. Yin HS, Gupta, Tomopoulos S, Wolf MS, Mendelsohn AL, Antler L, Sanchez DC, Lau CH, Dreyer BP. Readability, suitability, and characteristics of asthma action plans: examination of factors that may impair understanding. Pediatrics 2013; 131: 116-26.

54. Sahm LJ, Wolf MS, Curtis LM, McCarthy S. Prevalence of limited health literacy among Irish adults. J Health Comm 2012; 17: 100-8.

55. Smith SG, von Wagner C, McGregor LM, Curtis LM, Wilson EA, Serper M, Wolf MS. The influence of health literacy on comprehension of a colonoscopy preparation information leaflet. Dis Colon Rectum 2012; 55: 1074-1080.

56. Wisnivesky JP, Krauskopf K, Wolf MS, Wilson EA, Sofianou A, Martynenko M, Halm EA, Leventhal H, Federman AD. The association between language proficiency and outcomes of elderly patients with asthma. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2012; 109: 179-84.

57. Sofianou A, Martynenko M, Wolf MS, Wisnivesky JP, Krauskopf K, Wilson EA, Goel MS, Leventhal H, Federman AD. Asthma beliefs are associated with medication adherence in older asthmatics. J Gen Intern Med 2013; 28: 67-73.

58. Morrow DG, Conner-Garcia T, Graumlich JF, Wolf MS, McKeever S, Madison A, Davis K, Wilson EA, Liao V, Chin CL, Kaiser D. An EMR-based tool to support collaborative planning for medication use among adults with diabetes: design of a multi-site randomized controlled trial. Contemp Clin Trials 2012; 33: 1023-32.

59. Wilson EA, Makoul G, Bojarski EA, Bailey SC, Waite KR, Rapp DN, Baker DW, Wolf MS. Comparative analysis of print and multimedia health materials: a review of the literature. Pat Edu Counsel 2012; 89: 7-14.

60. Davis TC, Arnold CL, Rademaker AW, Platt DJ, Esparza J, Liu D, Wolf MS. FOBT completion in FQHCs: impact of physician recommendation, FOBT information, or receipt of the FOBT kit. J Rural Health 2012; 28: 306-11.

61. Bailey SC. Sarkar U, Chen AH, Schillinger D, Wolf MS. Evaluation of Language Concordant, Patient-Centered Drug Label Instructions. J Gen Intern Med, in press 2012.

62. Bailey SC, Hasnain-Wynia R, Chen A, Sarkar U, Schoua-Glusberg A, Lindquist LA, Schillinger D, Wolf MS. Developing multilingual prescription instructions for patients with limited English proficiency, J Health Care Poor Underserved, 2012; 23: 81-7.

63. Wolf MS, King JP, McCarthy D, Mullen R, Jacobson KA, Di Francesco L, Parker RM. Prevalence of misuse and unintentional overdosing among nonprescription acetaminophen products. J Gen Intern Med, 2012; epub ahead of print.

64. Wolf MS, Duhig J, King JP, Russell A, Bergeron A, Davis TC, Parker RM, Shrank WH, Lambert B. Usability of FDA-Approved Medication Guides. J Gen Intern Med, in press 2012.

65. Davis TC, Arnold CA, Rademaker A, Bailey SC, Wolf MS.. Mammography barriers among rural and urban women. Journal of Women’s Health, in press 2012.


66. Wolf MS, Curtis LM, Wilson EAH, Revelle W, Waite KR, Smith SG, Weintraub S, Borosh B, Rapp DN, Park DC, Deary IC, Baker DW. Literacy, Cognitive Function, and Health: Results of the LitCog Study. J Gen Intern Med, 2012; 27: 1300-7.

67. Yin HS, Wolf MS, Sander L, Mendelsohn A, Parker RM, Dreyer B. Health literacy Assessment of Labeling of Pediatric Nonprescription Liquid Medications. Acad Pediatr, 2012; 12: 288-96.

68. Lindquist L, Cameron KA, Messerges-Bernstein J, Friesema E, Zickuhr L, Baker DW, Wolf MS. Hiring and training processes of agencies supplying paid caregivers to older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc, in press 2012.

69. You WB, Wolf MS, Bailey SC, Grobman WA. Improving patient understanding of preeclampsia: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Obstetrics Gynecol 2012; 206: 431-5.

70. McCarthy D, Curtis LM, Waite KR, Lindquist L, Engel K, Bojarski E, O’Conor R, Baker DW, Wolf MS. What did the doctor say? Health literacy and recall of spoken medical instructions. Med Care 2011; 50: 277-82.

71. Curtis LM, Wolf MS, Weiss KB, Grammer LC. The impact of health literacy and socioeconomic status on asthma disparities. J Asthma 2012; 49: 178-83.

72. Shone L, King JP, Doane E, Wilson M, Wolf MS. Misunderstanding and Potential Unintended Misuse of Acetaminophen among Adolescents and Young Adults. J Health Comm 2011; 16(S3): 256-67.

73. Sahm LJ, Wolf MS, Curtis LM, Behan R, Brennan M, Gallwey H, McCarthy S. What’s in a label? An exploratory study of patient-centered drug instructions. Eur J Clin Pharmacol, 2012; 25: 1169-72.

74. Murray CM, Johnson W, Wolf MS, Deary IJ. The Association between Cognitive Ability across the Lifespan and Health Literacy in Old Age: the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. Intelligence 2011; 39(4): 178-87.

75. You WB, Davis T, Curtis L, Grobman W, Bailey SC, Wolf MS. Improving pregnancy drug warning to promote patient comprehension. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2011; 318 e1-5.

76. Bailey SC, Agarwal N, Sleath B, Gumusoglu S, Wolf MS. Improving drug labeling and counseling for limited English proficient adults. J Health Care Poor Underserved 2011; 22: 1131-43.

77. Gordon EJ, Bergeron A, McNatt G, Friedewald J, Abecassis MM, Wolf MS. Are informed consent forms for organ transplantation and donation too difficult to read? Clin Transplant 2011; in press.

78. Webb JR, Feinglass J, Makoul G, Wilkes CL, Dunham DP, Baker DW, Wolf MS. Can electronic health records help improve patients' understanding of medications? Am J Manag Care 2010; 16: 919-22.

79. King JP, Davis TC, Bailey SC, Jacobson KL, Hedlund LA, Di Francesco L, Parker RM, Wolf MS. Developing consumer-centered, non-prescription drug labeling: a study in acetaminophen. Am J Prev Med 2011; 40: 593-8.

80. Osborn CY, Paasche-Orlow MK, Bailey SC, Wolf MS. The mechanisms linking health literacy to behavior and health status. Am J Health Behav 2011; 35: 118-28.


81. You W, Bailey SC, Pandit A, Grobman W, Wolf MS. Factors associated with patient understanding of preeclampsia. Hypertension in Pregnancy 2010; in press.

82. Wolf MS, Curtis LM, Waite KR, Bailey SC, Hedlund LA, Davis TC, Shrank WH, Parker RM, Wood AJ. Helping Patients Simplify and Safely Use Complex Prescription Regimens. Arch Intern Med 2011; 171: 300-5.

83. Wolf MS, Davis TC, Curtis LM, Webb JA, Bailey SC, Shrank WH, Lindquist LA, Ruo B, Bocchini MV, Parker RM, Wood AJ. Effect of Standardized, Patient-Centered Label Instructions to Improve Comprehension of Prescription Drug Use. Med Care 2011; 49: 96-100.

84. Yin HS, Wolf MS, Dreyer BP, Sanders LM, Parker RM. Evaluation of consistency in dosing directions and measuring devices for pediatric nonprescription liquid medications. JAMA 2010; 304: 2595-602.

85. Shone L, Yin HS, Wolf MS. Medicine Safety among Children and Adolescents. Ambulatory Pediatrics 2010; 10: 218-9.

86. Wilson EA, Park DC, Curtis LM Cameron KA, Clayman ML, Makoul G, Von Eigen K, Wolf MS. Media and memory: the efficacy of video and print materials for promoting patient education about asthma. Pat Ed Counsel 2010; 80: 393-8.

87. Seligman H, Davis TC, Schillinger D, Bailey SC, Wolf MS.† Food insecurities is associated with poor diabetes self-management in a low-income sample with diabetes. J Health Care Poor Underserved 2010; 21: 1227-33.

88. Shrank WH, Parker R, Davis T, Pandit AU, Knox JP, Moraras P, Wolf MS. Rationale and design of a randomized trial to evaluate an evidence-based prescription drug label on actual medication use. Contemp Clin Trials 2010; 31: 564-71.

89. Cameron KA, Ross EL, Clayman ML, Bergeron AR, Federman AD, Bailey SC, Davis TC, Wolf MS. Measuring patients’ self-efficacy in understanding and using prescription medication. Pat Ed Counsel 2010; 80: 372-6.

90. Wilson EAH, Cameron KA, Clayman M, Makoul G, Park DC, Wolf MS.† Effect of modality on knowledge acquisition and retention. Journal of Health Communication 2010; 15: 116-25.

91. Smith S, Von Wagner C, Wolf MS. Socio-economic status, statistical confidence and patient-provider communication: An analysis of the Health Information National Trends Survey. Journal Health Comm 2010; 15: 169-85.

92. Wolf MS, Feinglass J, Thompson JA, Baker DW. In search of low health literacy: Threshold vs. gradient effect on functional health status and mortality. Social Science and Medicine 2010; 70: 1335-41.

93. Federman AD, Wisnivesky J, Wolf MS, Halm EA. Inadequate health literacy is associated with suboptimal health beliefs in older asthmatics. Journal of Asthma 2010; 47: 620-6.

94. Wolf MS, Davis TC, Bailey SC, and Parker RM. Improving patient comprehension of prescription drug warnings: A controlled trial. Arch Intern Med 2010; 170: 50-6.


95. Clayman ML, Pandit AU, Bergeron AR, Cameron KA, Ross E, Wolf MS. Ask, Understand, and Remember: a brief measure of patient communication self-efficacy within clinical encounters. J Health Communication 2010; 15: 72-9.

96. Persell S, Bailey SC, Tang J, Davis TC, and Wolf MS.† Medication reconciliation and hypertension control. American Journal of Medicine 2010; 123: 182-9.

97. Wolf MS†, Wilson EAH, Rapp DN, Waite KR, Bocchini MV, Davis TC, Rudd RE. Literacy and Learning in Healthcare. Pediatrics 2009; 124: 275-81.

98. Bailey SC, Pandit AU, Yin S, Federman A, Davis TC, Parker, RM, Wolf MS.† Predictors of misunderstanding pediatric liquid medication instructions? Family Medicine 2009, 41: 715-21.

99. Parker RM, Wolf MS, Jacobson KL, Wood AJ. Risk of confusion in dosing Tamiflu oral suspension in children. New England Journal of Medicine 2009; 361: 1912-3.

100. Makoul G, Cameron KA, Baker DW, Francis L, Scholtens D, Wolf MS. A multimedia patient education program on colorectal cancer screening increases knowledge and willingness to consider screening among Hispanic/Latino patients. Patient Education and Counseling 2009; 76: 220-6.

101. Shrank WH, Patrick AM, Gleason P, Canning C, Walters C, Heaton AH, Jan S, Brookhart MA, Schneeweiss S, Solomon DH, Wolf MS, Avorn J, Choudhry NK. An evaluation of the relationship between the implementation of a newly-designed prescription drug label at Target Pharmacies and health outcomes. Medical Care 2009; 47: 1031-5.

102. Federman AD, Sano M, Wolf MS, Siu AL, Halm EA. Health literacy and cognitive performance among older adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2009; 57: 1475-80.

103. McCaffery K and Wolf MS. Health literacy and informed medical decision making. Medical Decision Making 2009; 30: 35-44.

104. Bailey SC, Pandit A, Curtis LA, Wolf MS. † Availability of Spanish prescription labels. Medical Care 2009; 47: 707-10.

105. Clement S, Ibrahim S, Wolf MS, Rowlands G. Health literacy and complex interventions: A systematic literature review. Patient Education and Counseling 2009; 75: 340-51.

106. Bailey SC, Shrank WH, Parker R, Davis T, Wolf MS.† Medication label improvement: An issue at the intersection of health literacy and patient safety. Journal of Communication in Healthcare 2009; 2(3): 294-307.

107. Pandit A, Bailey SC, Bocchini M, Davis TC, Federman AD, Wolf MS.† Education, literacy, and health: Mediating effects on hypertension knowledge and control. Patient Education and Counseling 2009; 75: 381-5.

108. Bailey SC, Persell S, Jacobson KA, Parker RM, Wolf MS.† Comparison of handwritten and electronically generated prescription drug instructions. Annals of Pharmacotherapy 2009; 43: 151-2.

109. Sobel R, Waite K, Paasche-Orlow MK, Federman AD, Rittner S, Wilson EAH, Wolf MS.† Asthma 1-2-3: A low-literacy multimedia tool to educate African American adults about asthma. Journal of Community Health 2009; 34: 321-7.


110. Magasi S, Durkin E, Wolf MS, Deutsch A. Rehabilitations consumers’ use and understanding of quality information: a health literacy perspective. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2009; 90: 206-12.

111. Wilson EAH and Wolf MS.† Working memory and the design of health materials: a cognitive factors perspective. Patient Education and Counseling 2009; 74: 318-22.

112. Wolf MS ̧ Shekelle P, Choudhry NK, Agnew-Blais J, Parker RM, Shrank WH. Variability in pharmacy interpretations of physician prescriptions. Medical Care 2009; 47: 370-3.

113. Von Wagner C, Steptoe A, Wolf MS, Wardle J. Health literacy and health actions: A review and a framework from health psychology. Health Education & Behavior 2009; 36: 860-77.

114. Davis TC, Federman AD, Bass PF, Jackson RH, Middlebrooks M, Parker RM, Wolf MS.† Improving patient understanding of prescription drug label instructions. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2009; 24: 57-62.

115. Gordon EJ and Wolf MS. Health literacy skills of kidney transplant recipients. Prog Transplant 2009; 19(1): 25-34.

116. Magasi S, Durkin EM, Wolf MS, Deutsch A. rehabilitation consumers’ use and understanding of quality information: A health literacy perspective. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2009; 90: 206-12.

117. Davis TC, Federman A, Bass PF, Jackson RH, Middlebrooks M, Parker RM, Wolf MS.† Improving patient understanding of prescription container label instructions. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2008; 24(1): 57-62.

118. Osborn CY, Davis TC, Bailey SC, Wolf MS.† Health literacy in the context of HIV treatment: introducing the Brief Estimate of Health Knowledge and Action (BEHKA)-HIV version?. AIDS and Behavior, 2010; 14(1): 181-8.

119. Hanchate AD, Ash AS, Gazmararian JA, Wolf MS, Paasche-Orlow MK. The demographic assessment for health literacy (DAHL): a new tool for estimating associations between health literacy and outcomes in national surveys. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2008; 23(10):1561-6.

120. Wang TC, Kyriaciou DN, Wolf MS. † Effects of an intervention brochure on emergency department patients' safe alcohol use and knowledge. Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010; 39(5): 561-8.

121. Webb J, Davis TC, Bernadella P, Clayman M, Parker RM, Adler DA Wolf MS. † Patient-centered approach for improving prescription drug warning labels. Patient Education and Counseling 2008; 72; 443-9.

122. Waite KR, Paasche-Orlow MK, Rintamaki L, Wolf MS.† Literacy, social stigma, and HIV medication adherence. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2008; 23: 1367-72.

123. Parker RM, Wolf MS†, Kirsch I. Preparing for an epidemic of limited health literacy: Weathering the perfect storm. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2008; 23: 1273-6.

124. Davis TC, Wolf MS, Bass PF, Arnold CL, Huang J, Kennan EM, Bocchini MV, Blondin J. Provider and patient intervention to improve weight loss: A pilot study in a public hospital clinic. Patient Education and Counseling 2008; 72: 56-62.


125. Baker DW, Wolf MS, Feinglass J, Thompson JA. Health literacy, cognitive abilities, and mortality among elderly persons. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2008; 23(6): 723-6.

126. Wolf MS and Paasche-Orlow MK. Health literacy: Review and future directions. Patient Education and Counseling, 2007; in press.

127. Paasche-Orlow MK and Wolf MS. Evidence does not support clinical screening of literacy. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2008; 23(1): 100-2.

128. Gordon EJ and Wolf MS. Beyond the basics: Designing a comprehensive response to low health literacy. American Journal of Bioethics 2007; 7(11): 11-13.

129. Osborn CY, Paasche-Orlow MK, Davis TC, Wolf MS.† Health literacy: An overlooked factor in understanding HIV health disparities. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2007; 33(5): 374-8.

130. Persell SD, Osborn CY, Richard R, Skripkauskas S, Wolf MS.† Limited health literacy is a barrier to medication reconciliation in ambulatory care. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2007; 22(11):1523-6.

131. Khankari K, Eder M, Osborn CY, Makoul G, Clayman M, Skripkauskas S, Diamond-Shapiro L, Makundan D, Wolf MS.† Improving colorectal cancer screening among the medically underserved: A pilot study within a federally qualified health center. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2007; 22(10): 1410-4.

132. Wolf MS, Williams MV, Parker RM, Parikh NS, Nowlan AW, Baker DW. Patients’ shame and attitudes toward discussing the results of literacy screening. Journal of Health Communication 2007; 12: 721-32.

133. Wolf MS, Baker DW, Makoul GT. Physician-patient communication about colorectal cancer screening. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2007: 22(11): 1493-9.

134. Shrank WH, Agnew-Blais J, Choudhry NK, Wolf MS, Kesselheim AS, Avorn J, Shekelle P. The variability and quality of medication container labels. Archives of Internal Medicine 2007; 167(16): 1760-5.

135. Cameron KA, Francis L, Wolf MS, Baker DW, Makoul GT. Investigating Hispanic/Latino perceptions about colorectal cancer screening: A community-based approach to effective message design. Patient Education and Counseling 2007; 68: 145-52.

136. Cho RN, Plunkett BA, Wolf MS, Simon CE, Grobman WA. Health literacy and patient understanding of screening tests for aneuploidy and neural tube defects. Prenatal Diagnosis 2007; 27: 463-7.

137. Arozullah AM, Yarnold PR, Bennett CL, Soltysik RC, Wolf MS, Ferreira RM, Lee SY, Costello S, Shakir A, Denwood C, Bryant FB, Davis TC. Development and validation of a short-form, Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine. Medical Care 2007; 45(11): 1026-33.

138. Wolf MS, Davis TC, Shrank W, Rapp DN, Bass PF, Connor UM, Clayman M, Parker RM. To err is human: Patient misinterpretations of prescription drug label instructions. Patient Education and Counseling 2007; 67: 293-300.

139. Baker DW, Wolf MS, Feinglass J, Thompson JA, Gazmararian JA, Huang J. Health literacy and mortality among elderly persons. Archives of Internal Medicine 2007; 167(14): 1503-9.


140. Osborn CY, Weiss BD, Davis TC, Skripkauskas S, Rodrique C, Bass PF, Wolf MS.† Measuring adult literacy in health care: Performance of the newest vital sign. American Journal of Health Behavior 2007; 31: S36-S46.

141. Paasche-Orlow MK and Wolf MS.* The causal pathways linking health literacy to health outcomes. American Journal of Health Behavior 2007; 31: S19-S26.

142. Schwartzberg J, Cowett A, VanGeest J, Wolf MS.† Communication techniques for patients with low health literacy: a survey of physicians, nurses, and pharmacists. American Journal of Health Behavior 2007; 31: S96-S104.

143. Fitzgibbon ML, Ferreira MR, Dolan NC, Rademaker AW, Davis TC, Wolf MS, Liu D, Gorby N, Schmitt BP, Bennett CL. Process evaluation in an intervention designed to improve rates of colorectal cancer screening in a VA medical center. Health Promotion Practice 2007; 8: 273-81.

144. Wolf MS and Bailey SC. Improving prescription drug labeling. N C Med J 2007; 68: 340-2.

145. Wolf MS, Gazmararian JA, Baker DW. Health literacy and health risk behaviors among older adults. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2007; 32(1): 19-24.

146. Wolf MS, Davis TC, Skripkauskas S, Bennett CL, Makoul G. Literacy, self-efficacy, and HIV medication adherence. Patient Education and Counseling 2007; 65: 253-60.

147. Davis TC*, Wolf MS*, Bass PF, Tilson HH, Neuberger M, Parker RM. Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labels. Annals of Internal Medicine 2006; 145: 887-94.

148. Wolf MS, Davis TC, Shrank W, Neuberger M, Parker RM. A critical review of FDA-approved medication guides. Patient Education and Counseling 2006; 62: 316-22.

149. Davis TC, Wolf MS, Arnold CL, Byrd R, Long SW, Springer T, Kennen E, Bocchini JA. Development and validation of the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM – Teen: a tool to screen adolescents for below grade reading in health care settings. Pediatrics 2006; 118(6): 1707-14.

150. Davis TC, Wolf MS, Bass PF, Middlebrooks M, Kennan E, Baker DW, Bennett CL, Durazo-Arvizu R, Bocchini A, Savory S, Parker RM. Low literacy impairs comprehension of prescription drug warning labels. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2006; 21(8): 847-51.

151. Wolf MS, Knight SJ, Durazo-Arvizu R, Pickard SA, Arseven A, Arozullah A, Colella K, Ray P, Bennett CL. Literacy, race, and PSA level among low-income men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer. Urology 2006; 68: 89-93.

152. Wolf MS., Davis TC, Tilson HH, Bass PF, Parker RM. Misunderstanding of prescription drug warning labels among patients with low literacy. American Journal of Health System Pharmacy 2006; 63(11): 1048-55.

153. Rintamaki LS, Davis TC, Skripkauskas S, Bennett CL, Wolf MS.† Social stigma concerns and HIV medication adherence. AIDS Patient Care & STDs 2006; 20(5): 359-68.

154. Wolf MS, Satterlee M, Calhoun EA, Skripkauskas S, Fulwiler D, Diamond-Shapiro L, Alvarez H, Eder M, Makundan, D. Colorectal cancer screening among the medically underserved. Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved 2006; 17: 47-55.


155. Wolf MS, Bennett CL. Local perspective of the impact of the HIPAA privacy rule on research. Cancer 2006; 106: 474-9.

156. Wolf MS, Fitzner KA, Powell EF, McCaffrey KR, Pickard AS, McKoy JM, Lindenberg J, Schumock GT, Carson KR, Ferreira MR, Dolan NC, Bennett CL. Costs and cost effectiveness of a health care provider-directed intervention to promote colorectal cancer screening among veterans. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2005; 23(34): 8877-83.

157. Wolf MS, Gazmararian JA, Baker DW. Health literacy and functional health status among older adults. Archives of Internal Medicine 2005; 165: 1946-52.

158. Wolf MS, Bennett CL, Davis TC, Marin E, Arnold C. A qualitative study of literacy and patient response to HIV medication adherence questionnaires. Journal of Health Communication 2005; 10: 509-17.

159. Wolf MS, Davis TC, Arozullah A, Penn R, Arnold C, Bennett CL. Relation between literacy and HIV treatment knowledge among patients on HAART regimens. AIDS Care 2005; 17(7): 863-73.

160. Dolan NC, Ferreira MR, Davis TC, Fitzgibbon ML, Rademaker A, Liu D, Gorby N, Wolf MS, Schmitt B, Bennett CL. Colorectal cancer screening among white and black males in a VA general medical practice: A brief report. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2005; 28(5):479-82.

161. Kramer KM, Bennett CL, Pickard AS, Lyons EA, Wolf MS, McKoy JM, Knight SJ. Patient preferences in prostate cancer: A clinician’s guide to understanding health utilities. Clinical Prostate Cancer 2005; 4(1): 15-23.

162. Wolf MS, Chang CH, Davis TC, Makoul GT. Development and validation of the Communication and Attitudinal Self-Efficacy scale for cancer (CASE-cancer). Patient Education and Counseling 2005; 57 (3): 333-41.

163. Wolf MS, Rademaker A, Bennett CL, Ferreira MR, Dolan NC, Davis TC, Medio F, Liu D, Lee J, Fitzgibbon ML. Development of a brief survey on colon cancer screening knowledge and attitudes among veterans. Preventing Chronic Disease 2005; 2(2): 10-20.

164. Shalowitz D and Wolf MS.† Shared decision making and the lower literate patient. Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics 2004; 32 (4): 759-64.

165. Wolf MS, Davis TC, Cross JT, Marin E, Green KM, Bennett CL. Health literacy and patient knowledge in a Southern U.S. HIV clinic. International Journal of STD and AIDS 2004; 15 (11): 747-52.

166. Dolan NC, Ferreira MR, Davis TC, Fitzgibbon ML, Rademaker A, Liu D, Gorby N, Wolf MS, Bennett CL. Colorectal cancer screening knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs among persons of lower socioeconomic status: Does literacy make a difference? Journal of Clinical Oncology 2004; 22(12): 2617-22.

167. Arozullah AM, Calhoun EA, Wolf MS, Finley D, Fitzner KA, Heckinger EA, Gorby NS, Schumock GT, Bennett CL. The financial burden of cancer: Estimates from a study of insured women with breast cancer. Journal of Supportive Oncology 2004; 2(3): 1-8.


5. Wolf MS. Measuring and responding to low health literacy. Medical Grand Rounds, Feinberg School

of Medicine, Northwestern University, November 19, 2013.

6. Wolf MS. Addressing health communication as a matter of healthcare quality. Grand Rounds, University of Arkansas Medical School, November 11, 2013.

7. Wolf MS. Towards the next act: moving the field of health literacy from epidemiology, intervention, to dissemination. Keynote presentation for the 4th annual U.K. Health Literacy Research Conference, Manchester, UK, September 20, 2013.

8. Wolf MS. Changing communication, improving behavior: a health literacy perspective. Keynote presentation for the 5th International Clinical Skills Conference, Prato, Italy, May 21, 2013.

9. Wolf MS. Hardwiring medical adherence: low and high tech solutions to support patient self-care. Transplant Grand Rounds, Emory University, Atlanta, GA February 13, 2013.

10. Wolf MS. Hardwiring regimen adherence: simple technology solutions to support patient medication use. Keynote: American Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting San Diego, CA, November 4, 2012.

11. Wolf MS. A Review of effective interventions to respond to low health literacy. Invited presentation for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL August 11, 2012.

12. Wolf MS. Designing effective health literacy interventions: updates from the field. Keynote

presentation for the Health Literacy U.K. Annual Research Conference, University of Southampton, U.K., May 22, 2012.

13. Wolf MS. Confusing People Less: Improving health information to promote medication adherence.

Keynote presentation for the Health Services and Pharmacy Practice Annual Conference, Cork, Ireland, April 24, 2012.

14. Wolf MS. Risk Communication in Healthcare. Invited presentation to the American Society for

Quality, Buffalo Grove, IL, March 15, 2012.

15. Wolf MS. Healthcare as a Learning Environment. Medicine Grand Rounds, University of Illinois – Chicago, January 29, 2012.

16. Wolf MS. Hard-wiring Patient Education and Counseling into Healthcare. Grand Rounds lecture at

Children’s Mercy Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, October 28, 2011.

17. Wolf MS. Improving safe and effective use of prescription medicines: a health literacy perspective. Grand Rounds lecture, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, October 29, 2011.

18. Wolf, M.S. Emerging Roles for Technology in Chronic Disease Self-Management. Workshop on

Quality, Access, and Education for the Epilepsies at the Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC; June 28, 2011.

19. Wolf, M.S. An Update on Advances in Medication Safety and Adherence. Plenary Speaker at the 4th

Biennial Wisconsin Health Literacy Summit, Madison, WI; April 12-13, 2011.


20. Wolf, M.S. Confusing People Less: Health Literacy as a Public Health Goal. The 27th William Henry

Duncan Memorial Lecture, University of Liverpool, U.K., March 7, 2011. 21. Wolf, M.S. Improving Patient Access to Medication Information. Brookings Institution PMI Meeting;

February 23, 2011. 22. Wolf, M.S. Improving Health Literacy and Communication in Hospitals. Visiting Professorship at

Lincoln Memorial University, Lincoln, TN; February 21, 2011. 23. Wolf, M.S. Health Literacy: The Patient’s Challenge in Healthcare. Department of Epidemiology,

School of Public Health, University of Liverpool, UK; January 25, 2011. 24. Wolf, M.S. Promoting Safety and Adherence in Medication Use. Grand Rounds at the University of

Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL; November 12, 2010. 25. Wolf, M.S. Effective Patient Communication. Grand Rounds at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Elk

Grove Village, IL; November 11, 2010. 26. Wolf, M.S. Comparison of message equivalent print versus web breast cancer information. AACH

Teaching Forum, Scottsdale, AZ; October 16, 2010. 27. Wolf, M.S. Health Literacy & Medication Safety. St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO;

October 9, 2010. 28. Wolf, M.S. Health Literacy. Summit on Improving Patient Adherence, Charlotte, NC; July 23-25,

2010. 29. Wolf, M.S. Bridging the Communication Gap between Physicians and Patients: Understanding

Functional Health Literacy Issues Related to Prostate Cancer. Webinar presentation, Montgomery, AL; June 1, 2010.

30. Wolf, M.S. Promoting Health Literacy via Innovative Health Technologies. Presentation at the

Institute of Medicine Health Literacy Roundtable Workshop, Washington, D.C., May 27, 2010. 31. Wolf, M.S. Consumer Understanding of Instructions for Over-the-Counter Medicine. Presentation at

the Institute of Medicine Workshop on Non-Prescription Drug Safety, Washington, D.C., April 23, 2010.

32. Wolf, M.S. Health Literacy: The Patient Side of Safety. Grand Rounds Presentation at the University

of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics, Minneapolis, MN; April 11, 2010.

33. Wolf MS. Over-the-counter drug labeling and risk of misuse. Presented to the Institute of Medicine, Washington D.C., April 21, 2010.

34. Wolf, M.S. A Roadmap to Better Health: Translating Behavioral Science into Practice. Invited

Keynote Presentation, Department of Medicine Health Behavior Summit, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; April 1, 2010.

35. Wolf, M.S. Promoting Health Literacy to Reduce Disparities. Keynote Presentation at the University

of Texas at Austin College of Nursing Grand Rounds, Austin, TX; March 3, 2010.


36. Wolf, M.S. Literacy and Health Outcomes: A Review. Keynote presentation for the 1st Annual

International Health Literacy Research Conference, London, England, UK; February 21, 2010. 37. Wolf, M.S. Learning in Healthcare: revisiting the meaning of health literacy. Keynote presentation at

the Halifax 9 Canadian Healthcare Safety Symposium, Montreal, Quebec, CA; October 22, 2009.

38. Wolf, M.S. Using Health IT to promote health literacy and medication safety. Panel presentation at the Health Literacy Annual Research Conference, Washington, D.C.; October 21, 2009.

39. Wolf, M.S. Health Literacy and Patient Compliance: Improving Understanding and Action. Invited presentation at Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, PA; September 30, 2009.

40. Wolf, M.S. Literacy and Public Health: State of the Science. Keynote presentation at the World Health Organization¸Liverpool, United Kingdom; May 12, 2009.

41. Wolf, M.S. Health Literacy Issues. Invited presentation at Kishwaukee Community Hospital, DeKalb, Illinois; April 14, 2009.

42. Wolf, M.S. Promoting medication safety in ambulatory care. Invited presentation for the Midwest Health Literacy Summit, Madison, Wisconsin; March 31, 2009

43. Wolf, M.S. Unraveling literacy barriers in healthcare. Department of Medicine Grand Rounds,

University of Nebraska School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska; February 27-28, 2009. 44. Wolf, M.S. What is low health literacy? National Institutes of Health – Health Disparities Summit,

National Harbor, Maryland; December 18, 2008. 45. Wolf, M.S. Literacy and its impact on health: A review. International Society for Intelligence

Research annual meeting, Atlanta, Georgia; December 4-5, 2008. 46. Wolf, M.S. Setting evidence-based standards for pharmacy prescription labeling. Keynote

presentation for the California State Board of Pharmacy, Los Angeles, California; November 18, 2008.

47. Wolf, M.S. Towards an integrated system of patient medication information: A research agenda.

Presentation at the American College of Physicians Foundation National Health Communications Conference, Washington, D.C.; November 17, 2008.

48. Wolf, M.S. Health literacy and medication safety: A pediatric perspective. Pediatric Grand Rounds

presentation, New York University Medical School, New York, New York; October 21, 2008. 49. Wolf, M.S. Health literacy: Definitions and controversies. Medicine Grand Rounds presentation,

New York University Medical School, New York, New York; October 22, 2008. 50. Wolf, M.S. Helping patients understand and act. Dental Grand Rounds, New York University School

of Dentistry, New York, New York; October 21, 2008. 51. Wolf, M.S. Health literacy: Engaging patients in health. Presentation at the National Stroke

Association Regional Interdisciplinary Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota; September 23, 2008.


52. Wolf, M.S. Health literacy: From epidemiology to intervention. Presentation at the University of Wisconsin Graduate School of Nutrition, Madison, Wisconsin; September 18, 2008.

53. Wolf, M.S. Measurement of health literacy. Presentation at the Cancer, Culture, and Literacy

Conference, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida; May 17, 2008. 54. Wolf, M.S. Improving prescription drug labeling. Keynote presentation at the American Society for

Health System Pharmacy Summer Meeting Seattle, Washington; May 14, 2008. 55. Wolf, M.S. Health literacy: A matter of healthcare quality and equity. Presentation at the Institute of

Medicine Workshop - Toward Health Equality and Patient-Centeredness: Integrating Health Literacy, Disparities Reduction, and Quality Improvement, Newport Beach, California; May 11, 2008.

56. Wolf, M.S. Improving prescription drug labeling in the United States: Proposing a Uniform

Medication Schedule (UMS). Keynote presentation at the Institute for Healthcare Advancement, Irvine, California; May 1, 2008.

57. Wolf, M.S. Health literacy: Current and future research directions. Moderator for expert panel

discussion, Institute for Healthcare Advancement, Irvine, California; May 1, 2008. 58. Wolf, M.S. Understanding and responding to limited health literacy. Joint Commission Preoperative

Care Symposium Focusing on Safety for Optimal Patient Care, Chicago, Illinois; April 30, 2008 59. Wolf, M.S. Health literacy: A cognitive factors perspective. Invited Presentation at the Society for

Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting, San Diego, California; March 29, 2008. 60. McCaffery, K.M. and Wolf, M.S. Health literacy and informed decision-making. Invited Presentation

at the Society for Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting, San Diego, California; March 29, 2008. 61. Wolf, M.S. Health literacy. Keynote presentation for the Council on the Accreditation of

Rehabilitation Facilities Winter Meeting, Tucson, Arizona; February 18-20, 2008. 62. Wolf, M.S. Health literacy and medication safety: A research agenda. General Medicine Rounds at

Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York; February 14, 2008. 63. Wolf, M.S. Health literacy: Current and future directions. Presented to the Department of Public

Health and Primary Care, London South Bank University, UK; November 13, 2007. 64. Wolf, M.S. Health literacy: A cognitive-learning perspective. Presented to the Department of Health

Promotion, University College London, UK; November 14, 2007. 65. Wolf, M.S. Health literacy: Definition, epidemiology, and interventions. Presented to the Department

of Primary Care, University of Oxford, UK; November 15, 2007. 66. Wolf, M.S. Communicating with patients in a diverse and complex world. Keynote speaker

presentation for the American Dental Association, San Francisco, California; September 27, 2007. 67. Wolf, M.S. Critical review of medication guides and consumer medication information sources.

Hearing on Medication Guides, Center for Drug Evaluation Research, Food & Drug Administration, Washington, D.C.; June 11-12, 2007.


68. Wolf, M.S. Health literacy and medication safety. Invited presentation to the Northern Illinois

Pharmacists Association, Northbrook; May 30, 2007. 69. Wolf, M.S. The problem of limited health literacy. Invited presentation to MacNeal Hospital,

Oakbrook Terrace; May 11, 2007. 70. Wolf, M.S. Health literacy: A cognitive-learning perspective. Invited presentation for the Institute for

Healthcare Advancement National Health Literacy Conference, Anaheim, California; May 3-4, 2007. 71. Wolf, M.S. Prescription medication labeling in the United States: Can we confuse patients less?

Invited presentation for the American College of Physicians Foundation National Health Communication Conference, Washington D.C.; November 29, 2006.

72. Wolf, M.S. Health literacy and prescription medication labeling: A national research agenda. Invited

presentation for the American Medical Association Health Literacy and Patient Safety Conference, Chicago, Illinois; November 16-17, 2006.

73. Wolf, M.S. The Michigan Cardiovascular Literacy Study: Lasting impressions. Invited panel

presentation for the Translating Research into Policy and Practice (TRIPP) Conference, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Washington D.C.; July 10-12, 2006.

74. Wolf, M.S. Health literacy: State of the science. Keynote presentation for the Michigan Area Health

Education Centers (AHEC);Grand Rapids, Michigan, June 27, 2006. 75. Wolf, M.S. To err is human: Health literacy and medication understanding. Special seminar

presentation to the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), Food & Drug Administration, Silver Springs, Maryland; February 29, 2006.

76. Wolf, M.S. Prescription for confusion: health literacy and drug warning labels. Public hearing on

consumer risk communication and drug safety, Center for Drug Evaluation Research, Food & Drug Administration, Washington, D.C.; December 7-8, 2005.

77. Wolf, M.S. Health literacy in the prevention and management of chronic disease. Invited keynote

presenter for the Henry Ford Health System, Michigan Department of Community Health, and Michigan Center for Rural Health. Detroit, Michigan; September 27, 2004.

78. Wolf, M.S. Health literacy: considerations for public health. Invited special topics presentation for

the DuPage County Department of Health, Elmhurst, Illinois; January 29, 2004. 79. Wolf, M.S. Health literacy: The hidden epidemic. Pfizer Health Literacy Initiative visiting lecturer

presentation, University of Illinois College of Nursing, Peoria, Illinois; September 10, 2003. 80. Wolf, M.S. Moving people to action: Considerations for cancer prevention and control. Keynote

address to the Rural Appalachian Cancer Prevention and Control Conference, Johnson City, Tennessee; April 24- 25, 2003.

81. Wolf, M.S. Risk communication and the West Nile Virus. Invited presentation for the 2nd annual

West Nile Virus Update Conference sponsored by the Illinois Department of Public Health, Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, Illinois; March 16, 2003.


82. Wolf, M.S. HIV/AIDS in the over fifty population: A review of the epidemiology, clinical care and treatment of infected older adults. Special topics presentation at the Life Services of Illinois, Certificate in Gerontology Series, Willowbrook, Illinois; May 12, 2000.

Select Annual Meetings (of more than 300 abstract presentations)

1. Bailey, S.C., Chen, A.H., Sarkar, U., Schillinger, D., Wolf, M.S. Promoting understanding of Rx instructions among adults with limited English. Oral presentation at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Chicago, Illinois; October, 2011.

2. McCarthy D.M., Waite K.R., Curtis L.M., Engel K.G., Baker D.W., Wolf M.S. What did the doctor say? Health literacy and recall of spoken instructions. Oral presentation at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Chicago, Illinois; October, 2011.

3. Russell A.L., Wilson E.A.H., King J.P., Bergeron A.R., Duhig J., Lambert B.L., Wolf M.S. Patient Comprehension of FDA Improved Medication Guides. Oral presentation at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Chicago, Illinois; October, 2011.

4. Waite K.R., Curtis L.M., McCarthy D.M., Bojarski E.A., O'Conor R., Sudore R., Federman A., Wolf M.S. Health literacy and advance directives among older adults. Oral presentation at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Chicago, Illinois; October, 2011.

5. Bojarski E.A., Seligman H., Curtis L.M., Bailey S.C., Wolf M.S. Precarious housing impacts diabetes self-management in safety net clinics. Presented at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Chicago, IL; October, 2011.

6. O'Conor RM, Shah NM, Davis TC, Federman A, Persell SD, Wolf MS. Prescription drug samples and physician counseling in safety net clinics. Presented at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Chicago, IL; October, 2011.

7. Curtis L.M., Wilson E.A.H., Waite K., Bojarski E., O'Conor R., Wolf M.S. Unlocking health literacy; associations with cognition. Oral presentation at Health Literacy Annual Research Conference, Chicago, IL; October, 2011.

8. Wilson E.A.H., Waite K., Curtis L.M., Wolf M.S. Health literacy and cognitive functioning among older adults: The cognitive factors surrounding healthcare. Oral presentation at The American Psychological Association Convention, Washington, D.C.; August, 2011.

9. Wilson E.A.H., King J.P., Russell A.L., Daly A.L., Bergeron A.R., Duhig J., Lambert B.L., Wolf M.S. Comprehension of currently used, FDA-mandated medication guides across patients of varying levels of literacy. Oral presentation at Academy Health Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington; June, 2011.

10. Wilson E.A.H., Bailey S.C., Curtis L.M., Hasnain-Wynia R., Wolf M.S. Health literacy and racial disparities among patients with diabetes. Presented at Academy Health Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington; June, 2011.

11. Bailey S.C., Chen A.H., Sarkar U., Schillinger, D., Wolf M.S. Improving understanding of Rx instructions among patients with limited English proficiency. Oral presentation at the Society of General Internal Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona; May, 2011.


12. Wilson E.A.H., King J.P., Russell A.L., Daly A.L., Bergeron A.R., Duhig J., Lambert B.L., Wolf M.S. Comprehension of currently used, FDA mandated medication guides across patients of varying levels of literacy. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona; May, 2011.

13. Pandit A.U., Baron K.G., Curtis L.M., Wolf M.S. Sleep duration and diabetes self-management among poorly controlled patients with diabetes. Oral presentation at the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, D.C.; April, 2011.

14. Pandit AU, Bailey SC, Curtis LM, Asada Y, Jain SK, Davis TC, Seligman H, Schillinger D, DeWalt D, Wolf MS. The Missouri Health Literacy and Diabetes Initiative (MHLDI): Helping Patients Action Plan and Achieve Goals. Presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, D.C; April, 2011.

15. Wilson, E.A.H. and Wolf, M.S. Patient access to useable health information: Innovative health

literacy projects. Oral presentation at the American Public Health Association, Denver, Colorado; November, 2010.

16. Curtis L.M., Wolf M.S., Weiss K.B., Grammer L.C. Impact of health literacy and socioeconomic status on ethnic disparities in asthma. Presented at the Health Literacy Annual Research Conference, Bethesda, Maryland; October, 2010.

17. King J.P., Davis T.C., Bailey, S.C., Jacobson K.L., Hedlund L.A., DiFrancesco L., Parker R.M., Wolf M.S. Development of consumer-centered icons to promote safe use of acetaminophen. Presented at the Health Literacy Annual Research Conference, Bethesda, Maryland; October, 2010.

18. Bailey, S.C., Curtis, L.M., Wolf, M.S., Grammer, L. Reducing ethnic disparities in asthma: the

impact of health literacy. Oral presentation at the European Association for Communication in Healthcare, Verona, Italy; September, 2010.

19. Waite, K.R., Curtis, L.M., Wilson, E.A.H., Sobel, R.M., Ross, E.L., Bojarski, E.A., O’Conor, R. Wolf, M.S. Unpacking “Health Literacy”: What skills must a patient have? Oral presentation at the European Association for Communication in Healthcare, Verona, Italy; September, 2010.

20. Wilson, E.A.H., Wolf, M.S., Curtis, L.M., Claymen, M.L., Cameron, K.A., Eigen, K.V., Makoul, G. Literacy, cognitive ability, and the retention of health-related information about colorectal cancer screening. Oral presentation at the European Association for Communication in Healthcare, Verona, Italy; September, 2010.

21. Wolf, M.S., Davis, T.C., Curtis, L.M., Webb, J.A., Bailey, S.C., Parker, R.M. Improbing prescription drug warnings to promote patient comprehension: A controlled trial. Oral presentation at the European Association for Communication in Healthcare, Verona, Italy; September, 2010.

22. King, J.P., Jacobson, K.L., Bailey, S.C., Davis, T.C., DiFrancesco, L., Parker, R.M., Wolf, M.S.

Consumer misunderstanding of nonprescription analgesics: A case study in acetaminophen (paracetamol). Presented at the European Association for Communication in Healthcare, Verona, Italy; September, 2010.

23. Wolf, M.S., Bailey, S.C. Designing innovative health education and behavior interventions. Workshop at the European Association for Communication in Healthcare, Verona, Italy; September 2010.


24. Bojarski E.A., Waite K.R., Curtis L.M., Bailey S.C., Hedlund L.A., Davis T.C., Shrank W.H., Parker

R.M., Wood A.J., Wolf M.S. Unnecessary complexity in dosing prescription medication regimens among older adults. Presented at the Academy Health Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts; June, 2010.

25. Curtis L.M., Wolf M.S., Weiss K.B., Grammer L.C. Impact of health literacy and socioeconomic status on ethnic disparities in asthma. Presented at the Academy Health Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts; June, 2010.

26. King J.P., Jacobson K.L., Bailey S.C., Davis T.C., DiFrancesco L., Parker R.M., Wolf M.S. Patient misunderstanding of non-prescription analgesics: A case study in acetaminophen. Presented at the Academy Health Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts; June, 2010.

27. King J.P., Jacobson K.L., Bailey S.C., Parker R.M., Wolf M.S. Consumer misunderstanding of nonprescription analgesics: A case study in acetaminophen. Presented at the Academy Health Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts; June, 2010.

28. Waite K.R., Sobel R.M., Curtis L.M., Ross E.L., Bojarski E.A., O'Conor R., Wolf M.S. Reading, numeracy, and cognition: What predicts individuals' ability to manage health? Presented at Academy Health Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts; June, 2010.

29. King, J.P., Jacobson K.L., Bailey S.C., Parker R.M., Wolf M.S. Consumer misunderstanding of non-prescription drugs: A case study in Acetaminophen. Oral presentation at the Society of General Internal Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota; April, 2010.

30. Pandit A.U., Jain S.K., Wolf M.S., Paasche-Orlow M. Readability standards for informed consent and HIPAA forms for human subjects research - a second look. Oral presentation at the Society for General Internal Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota; April, 2010.

31. Ross E.L., Wilson E.A.H., Curtis L.M., Waite K.R., Bojarski E.A., O'Conor R., Federman A., Wolf M.S. Cognitive abilities, health literacy, and self-management of asthma. Oral presentation at the Society of General Internal Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota; April, 2010.

32. Pandit A.U., Bailey S.C., Curtis L.M., Asada Y., Jain S.K., Davis T.C., DeWalt D.A., Seligman H.K., Schillinger D., Wolf M.S. The Missouri Health Literacy and Diabetes Initiative (MHLDI): Helping Patients Action Plan and Achieve Goals. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota; April, 2010.

33. Pandit A.U., Bailey S.C., Curtis L.M., Asada Y., Jain S.K., Davis T.C., DeWalt D.A., Seligman H.K., Schillinger D., Wolf M.S. The Missouri Health Literacy and Diabetes Initiative (MHLDI): Implementing patient education in the safety net system. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota; April, 2010.

34. Wilson, E.A.H., Curtis, L.M., Thompson, J.A., Cameron, K.A., Clayman, M.L., Wolf, M.S. Video vs. print materials for supporting patients' comprehension and recall of colorectal-cancer screening information. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota; April, 2010.


35. Wilson E.A.H., Curtis L.M., Cameron K.A., Clayman M.L., Park D.C., Makoul G., Wolf M.S. Literacy, cognitive ability, and the rention of health related information about asthma. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota; April, 2010.

36. You, W., Bailey, S.C., Davis, T.C., Curtis, L.M., Grobman, W., Wolf, M.S. Improving

pregnancy/breastfeeding drug warnings to promote patient comprehension. Oral presentation at the Society for maternal-fetal medicine, Chicago, IL; February, 2010.

37. Sobel, R.M. , Waite K.R., Ross E.L., Curtis L.M., Wolf M.S. What did the doctor say? Health literacy and retention of verbal health information. Presented at the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; November, 2009.

38. Waite, K.R., Sobel, R.M., Curtis, L.M., Ross, E.L., Bojarski, E.A., O’Conor, R., Wolf, M.S. Health literacy, cognitive abilities, and learning in the context of health care. Presented at the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; November, 2009.

39. Bailey S.C., Pandit A.U., Jain S.K., Davis T.C., Pandit A.U., Seligman H., DeWalt D., Schillinger D.,

Wolf M.S. Integrating patient education in the safety net clinical practice: The Missouri Health Literacy and Diabetes Communication Initiative. Oral presentation at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Miami, Florida; October, 2009.

40. Bailey S.C., Pandit A.U., Davis T.C., Parker R.M., Wolf M.S. Predictors of misunderstanding of pediatric liquid medication instructions. Oral presentation at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Miami, Florida; October, 2009.

41. Wilson, E.A.H., Curtis, L.M., Fusco, J., Thompson, J.A., Cameron, K.A., Clayman, M.L., Eigen K.V., Makoul G., Wolf M.S. Media and memory: The impact of presentation style and literacy on patient's recall of health information. Oral presentation at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Miami, Florida; October, 2009.

42. Wilson, E.A.H., Curtis, L.M., Thompson, J.A., Cameron, K., Clayman, M., Makoul, G., Wolf, M.S.

The impact of modality on the immediate and delayed recall of educational information about asthma. Oral presentation at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Miami, Florida; October, 2009.

43. Bailey, S.C., Pandit, A.U., Curtis, L.M., Wolf, M.S. Language access in community pharmacies. Presented at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Miami, Florida; October, 2009.

44. Curtis, L.M., Waite, K.R., Sobel, R.M., Ross, E.L., Bojarski, E.A., Wolf, M.S. Literacy, cognitive abilities, and rention of health care information. Presented at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Miami, Florida; October, 2009.

45. Pandit, A.U., Bailey, S.C., Wolf, M.S. Achieving sustainable behavior modification to improve diabetes outcomes. Presented at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Miamia, Florida; October, 2009.

46. Pandit, A.U., Bailey, S.C., Curtis, L.M., Jain, S.K., Davis, T.C., DeWalt, D.A., Seligman, H.K., Schillinger, D., Wolf, M.S. Brief counseling intervention to promote diabetes self-care: An intervention using action plans. Presented at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Miami, Florida; October, 2009.


47. Bailey, S.C., Davis, T.C., Curtis, L.M., Shrank, W.H., Parker, R.M., Wolf, M.S. Universal

medication schedule to improve patient understanding of prescription drug instructions. Oral presentation at the Health Literacy Research Conference, Washington, D.C.; October, 2009.

48. Wilson, E.A.H., Fusco, J., Curtis, L.M., Thompson, J.A., Cameron, K., Clayman, M., Wolf, M.S.,

Makoul, G. Effective media for patient education across literacy levels: Video versus print. Presented at the International Shared Decision Making conference, Boston, Massachusetts; June, 2009.

49. Wolf, M.S. and Baker, D.W. Helping patients learn and act: Effective design of health materials.

Workshop for the Annual Meeting of the Society for General Internal Medicine, Miami, Florida; April 17, 2009.

50. Bailey, S.C., Wolf, M.S. Improving prescription medication labeling via the Uniform Medication Schedule (UMS). Oral presentation at University of Illinois at Chicago Institute for Health Research and Policy’s Health Outcomes Seminar Series, Chicago, Illinois; March, 2009.

51. Bailey, S.C., Wolf, M.S. Medication labeling and medication safety. Oral presentation at the Wisconsin Health Literacy Summit, Madison, Wisconsin; March, 2009.

52. Wolf, M.S. and Bailey, S.C. Setting evidence-based standards for pharmacy prescription labeling..

Oral presentation at the California State Board of Pharmacy, Los Angeles, California; November, 2008.

53. Bailey, S.C., Pandit, A.U., Wolf, M.S. The availability of Spanish prescription labels: A multi-state

survey. Oral presentation for the National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities National Summit, National Harbor, Maryland; December 17, 2008.

54. Wolf, M.S. In search of low health literacy: Threshold vs. gradient effect of health literacy on

functional health status and mortality. Oral presentation at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Oslo, Norway; September 2, 2008.

55. Wolf, M.S. Enhanced prescription drug label design to promote patient understanding and use. Oral

presentation at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Oslo, Norway; September 2, 2008.

56. Wolf, M.S. and Makoul, G. Improving consumer medication information materials. Workshop at the

International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Oslo, Norway; September 2, 2008. 57. Wolf, M.S. Improving and standardizing prescription drug instructions and warnings. Oral

presentation at the International Conference for Healthcare Ergonomics and Patient Safety, Strasbourg, France; June 29, 2008.

58. Wolf, M.S. Getting rid of Latin: Using the electronic record to generate consumer medication

information. Oral presentation at the International Conference for Healthcare Ergonomics and Patient Safety, Strasbourg, France; June 29, 2008.

59. Wolf, M.S. The Uniform Medication Schedule (UMS): Use of an external aid to support patient

comprehension. Oral presentation at the International Conference for Healthcare Ergonomics and Patient Safety, Strasbourg, France; June 29, 2008.


60. Osborn C.Y., Davis, T.C., Bailey, S.C. and Wolf, M.S. Health literacy framework predicts co-morbidities in African Americans: Implications for health psychology. Presented at the Annual Association for Psychological Science Conference, Chicago, Illinois; May 23, 2008.

61. Osborn C.Y., Davis, T.C., Bailey, S.C. and Wolf, M.S. A causal pathway from health literacy to

outcomes. Presented at the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Washington, D.C.; June 9, 2008.

62. Wolf, M.S., Davis, T.C., Parker, R.M. To err is human: Health literacy and medication safety

concerns. Presented at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Basel, Switzerland; September 7-10, 2006.

63. Wolf, M.S., Davis, T.C., Parker, R.M. Patient literacy and misunderstanding of prescription

medication instructions. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for General Internal Medicine, Los Angeles, California; April 25-29, 2006.

64. Wolf, M.S., Feinglass, J., Gazmararian, J.A., Thompson, J.A., Baker, D.W. Literacy and mortality

among Medicare enrollees. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for General Internal Medicine, Los Angeles, California; April 25-29, 2006.

65. Makoul, G., Wolf, M.S., Clayman, M., Baker, D.W. Physician-patient communication for colorectal

cancer screening. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for General Internal Medicine, Los Angeles, California; April 25-29, 2006.

66. Wolf, MS, Gazmararian, JA, Baker DW. Health literacy and functional health status among older

adults. Presented at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Chicago, Illinois; October 5-8, 2005.

67. Wolf, M.S., Davis, T.C., Parker, R.M. Low literacy impairs comprehension of drug warning labels.

Presented at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Chicago, Illinois; October 5-8, 2005.

68. Skripkauskas, S., Wolf, M.S. Health literacy and HIV medication adherence: The mediating role of

self-efficacy and knowledge. Presented at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Chicago, Illinois; October 5-8, 2005.

69. Wolf, M.S., Lyons, E.A., Bennett, C.L. Race, literacy, and PSA levels among newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association. San Antonio, Texas; May 21-26, 2005.

70. Wolf, MS, Arozullah, A., Yarnold, P., Stostyk, R., Ferreira, M.R., Bennett, C.L. Assessing patients’

literacy in seven seconds: the REALM-7. Presented to the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Annual Meeting, New Orleans; June 5-8, 2004.

71. Wolf, M.S., Chang, C.H., Davis, T.C., Makoul, G.T. Communication and attitudinal self-efficacy for

cancer. Presented to the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana; June 5-8, 2004.

72. Lyons, E.A., Wolf, M.S., Knight, S.J., Durazo-Arvizu, R., Pickard, S., Arseven, A., Arozullah, A.,

McGartland, L., Bennett, C.L. Literacy, race, and PSA level among newly-diagnosed prostate cancer patients. Presented to the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana; June 5-8, 2004.


\ 73. Gorby, N., Wolf, M.S., Bennett, C.L.. An analysis of the local impact of HIPAA: Triple the cost,

triple the time. Presented to the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana; June 5-8, 2004.

74. Dolan, N.C., Ferreira, M.R., Gorby, N.S., Fitzgibbon, M.L., Rademaker, A.W., Liu, D., Davis, T.C.,

Schmitt, B.P., Wolf, M.S., Bennett, C.L.. Increasing colorectal cancer screening using a targeted, low literacy intervention. Accepted for a poster presentation at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, New Orleans, Louisiana; June 5-8, 2004.

75. Bennett, C.L., Gorby, N.S., Ferreira, M.R., Dolan, N.C., Fitzgibbon, M.L., Rademaker, A.W., Liu,

D., Davis, T.C., Schmitt, B.P., Wolf, M.S.. A focused CQI intervention can increase colorectal cancer screening rates among veterans: results from the Chicago VA project. Presentation at the 28th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Preventive Oncology, Bethesda, Maryland; March 14-16, 2004.

76. Dolan, N.C., Ferreira, M.R., Davis, T.C., Fitzgibbon, M.L., Rademaker, A.W., Liu, D, Gorby, N.S.,

Wolf, M.S., Schmitt B.P., Bennett, C.L. Colorectal cancer screening knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs among persons of lower socioeconomic status: does literacy make a difference? Poster presentation at the 28th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Preventive Oncology, Bethesda, Maryland; March 14-16, 2004.

77. Dolan, N.C., Ferreira M.R., Davis T.C., Fitzgibbon, M.L., Rademaker, A.W., Liu, D., Schmitt B.P.,

Gorby N.S., Wolf, M.S., Bennett, C.L. Literacy and colorectal cancer knowledge, attitude, and beliefs in a VA population. Poster presentation at the VA Health Services Research and Design 2004 National Meeting. Washington, D.C.; March 9-11, 2004.

78. Wolf, M.S., Gorby, N.S., Larkey, L., Davis, T.C., Bennett, C.L. Improving minority recruitment to

cancer prevention trials. Oral presentation to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs National Health Services Research and Development Meeting, Washington, D.C.; March 9-11, 2004.

79. Wolf, M.S., Gorby, N.S., Larkey, L., Davis, T.C., Bennett, C.L. Barriers to recruitment to cancer

prevention trials among lower literate veterans. Oral presentation to the American Society on Preventive Oncology, Baltimore, Maryland; March 16-19, 2004.

80. Gorby, N.S., Ferreira, M.R., Dolan, N.C., Fitzgibbon, M.L., Rademaker, A.W., Liu, D., Davis, T.C.,

Schmitt, B.P., Wolf, M.S., Bennett, C.L.. Intervention increases colorectal cancer screening, especially in low literacy veterans. Poster presented at the National VA QUERI Meeting. Washington, D.C.; December 10-12, 2003.

81. Makoul, G.T. and Wolf, M.S. Physician-patient communication about colorectal cancer screening:

An observational study. Oral presentation at the American Academy on Physician and Patient Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA; January 2004.

82. Dolan, N.C., Ferreira M.R., Davis T.C., Fitzgibbon M.L., Rademaker A.W., Liu, D.., Schmitt B.P., Gorby N.S., Wolf, M.S., Bennett C.L. Literacy and colorectal cancer knowledge, attitude, and beliefs in a VA population. Poster presented at the National VA QUERI Meeting. Washington, D.C.; December 10-12, 2003.


83. Wolf, M.S., Ladewski, L., Bennett, C.L. Identification of barriers to minority recruitment for the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT). Presented at the International Society of Psycho-Oncology 6th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology: The Art and Science of Psychosocial Oncology, Banff, CA; April 23-27, 2003.

84. Wolf, M.S., Hechinger, E., Davis, T.C., Arnold, C., Marin, E., Bennett, C.L. Health literacy, patient

knowledge, and adherence to HAART. Oral presentation to the American College of Preventive Medicine Annual Meeting, San Diego, California; February 19-23, 2003.

85. Wolf, M.S. Validity of self-reported HIV medication adherence with patient with low literacy.

Poster session at the Annual Meeting of the International Association of Communication in Healthcare, Warwick, UK; September 18-20.

86. Cross, J.T., Wolf, M.S., Tomori, C., Davis, T.C., Lyons, T.M., and Bennett, C.L. Relation between

health literacy and knowledge of treatment among HIV-infected individuals. Poster session at the Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America, San Francisco, California; October 25-28, 2001.

87. Wolf, M.S. Identifying the public health role of social work professionals: Implications for HIV

prevention and detection. Accepted as an oral presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, October 21-25, 2001.

88. Wolf, M.S., Tomori, C., Davis, T.C., Lyons, T.M., and Bennett, C.L. Health literacy, knowledge,

and medication adherence among low-income HIV-infected individuals. (2001). Poster session at the Annual National Conference of the Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy, Atlanta, Georgia; June 10-12, 2001.

89. Wolf, M.S. and Linsk, N.L. Differences among HIV-related practice behaviors, knowledge, and

training needs of social work professionals by practice setting: Implications for training and education. Shared presentation at the Thirteenth Annual National Conference on Social Work and HIV/AIDS, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; May 31-June 3, 2001.

90. Wolf, M.S., Tomori, C., Davis, T.C., Cross, T., Bennett, C.L. HIV medication adherence in low

literacy populations. Shared presentation at the Thirteenth Annual National Conference on Social Work and HIV/AIDS, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; May 31-June 3, 2001.

91. Wolf, M.S. Ongoing needs analysis and evaluation of the profession’s HIV-related competencies: A

review of a needs assessment method for licensed social workers in the state of Illinois. Shared presentation at the Twelfth Annual National Conference on Social Work and HIV/AIDS, San Diego, California; June 4-8, 2000.

92. Wolf, M.S., Linsk, N.L., Marder, R., and Schechtman, B. HIV-related practice patterns and

identified gaps in service delivery of health care providers in the Midwest: Implications for social work practice. Poster session at The Twelfth Annual National Conference on Social Work and HIV/AIDS, San Diego, California; June 4-8, 2000.

93. Wolf, M.S., Linsk, N.L., Marder, R., and Schechtman, B. Reported HIV/AIDS education and training needs of physicians and registered nurses in the Midwest. Poster session at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois; November 3-9, 1999.

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