Joan Wasserman, DrPH, RN, FAAN
Joan Wasserman, DrPH, RN, FAAN

Name: Joan Wasserman, DrPH, RN, FAAN
Research Interests:
Health Services Research, Patient Reported Outcomes
Biography
Prior to joining NIH, Dr. Wasserman was on the faculty at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Nursing and McGovern Medical School. She researched the health-related quality of life, costs, and access to rehabilitative services for stroke survivors and their caregivers. In addition to her work with stroke survivors, she has studied patient-reported outcomes for persons with hemophilia.
Dr. Wasserman received her doctorate in public health with a focus in health services research from the School of Public Health at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in 2004. She earned her M.S.N. from the UT Health School of Nursing in 2006. Dr. Wasserman also holds an M.B.A. with a concentration in health care administration from Baruch College, part of the City University of New York.
Bibliography
- • Wasserman, J., Palmer, R.C., Berzon R., Gomez, M., Ibrahim, S.A., Ayanian, J. Z., Advancing Health Services Research to Eliminate Health Care Disparities. AJPH Special Supplement on Minority Health and Health Disparities Research 2019, AJPH: 109 (S1), S64-S69
- • Outcome Measures Expert Working Group of the International Prophylaxis Study Group (IPSG), Berger, K. C., Feldman, B. M., Wasserman, J., Schramm, W., Fischer, K. (2016). Securing reimbursement for patient centered haemophilia care: major collaborative efforts are needed. Haematologica, 101, 266–268.
- • Bullinger, M., Globe, D., Wasserman, J., Young, N. L., von Mackensen, S. (2009). Challenges of patient-reported outcome assessment in hemophilia care—a state of the art review. Value in Health, 12, 808–820.
- • Godwin, K. M., Ostwald, S. K., Cron, S. G., Wasserman, J. (2013). Long-term health-related quality of life of stroke survivors and their spousal caregivers.Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 45, 147–154.
- • Wasserman, J., Aday, L. A., Begley, C. E., Ahn, C., Lairson, D. R. (2005). Measuring health state preferences for hemophilia: development of a disease-specific utility instrument. Haemophilia, 11, 49–57.