Kate L. Lapane, PhD

Associate Dean, Clinical and Population Health Research
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Department of Quantitative Health Sciences
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester, MA
USA 01655

Biographical Sketch: Dr. Lapane is currently the Charles and Evelyn Thomas Professor of Epidemiology and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health at VCU Medical School. Her primary research interests falls under the umbrella of medication issues. She has performed drug utilization studies, often evaluating the contextual, organizational, policy impacts on patterns of prescription drug use.

Papers:
3080.0 Missed opportunity? CAM use is less in overweight and obese people with osteoarthritis of the knee 3268.0 Impact of Medicaid family planning eligibility expansion on contraceptive use of low income women 4237.0 Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose? Management of non-cancer pain in US nursing homes 4256.4 Medicare part d and long-term care: A systematic review of quantitative and qualitative evidence 4285.0 Precocious puberty and permissive partnering: Age at menarche and risky sexual partnerships in adulthood