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CATALYST is a leading interdisciplinary health services and implementation science research program because of efforts in the following areas:
Ann Scheck McAlearney, ScD, MS, is the Executive Director of CATALYST, Associate Dean for Health Services Research, and Distinguished Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine.
COVID-related research is an important component of the work done at CATALYST, and Sarah MacEwan, PhD, an assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, is a driver of those efforts. The publication of her latest work as lead author, “The Impact of Long COVID on Employment and Well-Being: A Qualitative Study of Patient Perspectives,” in the Journal of General Internal Medicine earned her a feature story by Ohio State News. In the story, Dr. MacEwan discusses how the interviews she and her co-authors conducted with individuals dealing with Long COVID shed light on the condition, how it affects their lives, and what coping strategies they employ.
Dr. MacEwan’s clinical partners in the College of Medicine also contributed to this work as co-authors: Saurabh Rahurkar, DrPH, BDS; Willi Tarver, DrPH, MLIS; Leanna Perez Eiterman, PhD, CCRP; Halia Melnyk, PhD, MPH, RN; Ramona Olvera, PhD, MA; Jennifer L Eramo, MSN, RN, AHN-BC, CPHQ; Lauren Teuschler, MEd; CATALYST Associate Director Alice Gaughan, MS; Laura Rush, DVM, PhD; Stacy Stanwick, BSN, RN; Susan Bowman Burpee, APRN-CNP; Erin McConnell, MD; Andrew Schamess, MD; and CATALYST Executive Director Ann Scheck McAlearney ScD, MS. Congratulations to all who were involved in this valuable research.
Read the Ohio State News feature Access the Long COVID article
Amanda Gusovsky Chevalier, PhD, MPH, with her first publication as lead author, received widespread attention for her work. The article, “Costs Are Still on the Rise for Commonly Prescribed Branded Neurologic Medications,” was published in the journal Neurology. After a news release was issued by the American Academy of Neurology, her work attracted the attention of U.S. News & World Report, which discussed her findings in their article. In the publication, Dr. Gusovsky Chevalier and her team reported that out-of-pocket costs for multiple sclerosis medications increased by an average of 217% from 2012 to 2021. They also found that while branded epilepsy medications cost more than generic equivalents, after the introduction of generic alternatives, annual out-of-pocket cost decreases ranging from 48% to 80% were seen for several medications.
Access the paper in Neurology Read the U.S. News & World Report article
At CATALYST, our faculty and staff are always hard at work on a number of projects related to team science, analytics, and systems thinking. Our research has been published in a variety of journals, and it is regularly cited in other scholarly work.
Golden retriever Toula and her owner visited with program promoting mental and emotional health
The CATALYST faculty collaborator earned headlines after receiving a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award
The program offers multiple training tracks for the scholars who join each two-year cohort of participants
The new year comes with a new campus home in a freshly renovated suite at 700 Ackerman Road
Daniel Walker, PhD, MPH, can trace his career trajectory along the road he traveled with CATALYST
For Dr. Ramona Olvera, the position was never part of the plan – until she found a home with CATALYST.
As a leading interdisciplinary health services and implementation science research program, CATALYST seeks to complement the mission of The Ohio State University College of Medicine “to improve people’s lives through innovation in research.” We ensure that the work of research faculty is impactful for the organization and the populations they serve.
You can support our goal to be leaders in health services and implementation science research by making high-impact discoveries that benefit patients, providers, and the communities we serve.
For more information about how to make a gift or to find a program to support, please email Development Services Specialist Christopher Kuraly at Christopher.Kuraly@osumc.edu. Thank you for helping to create an environment that supports success in research and discovery.