Dept. of Health Services
Program Affiliations
Program Affiliations
Diane P. Martin
Professor Emeritus
Diane Martin has research interests in health insurance and delivery systems, and changing patient and provider behavior to improve the quality of care and health outcomes. In addition to teaching research methods, she is the Director of the Health Services PhD program.
Research Interests:
Health insurance and delivery systems; changing behavior of patients and providers to improve quality of care and outcomes
Contact Information
email: dianemar@uw.edu
Education
PhD
University of Washington, 1979 (Epidemiology)
MA Temple University, 1972 (Medical Sociology, Health Administration)
BA Macalester College, 1968 (Sociology)
MA Temple University, 1972 (Medical Sociology, Health Administration)
BA Macalester College, 1968 (Sociology)
Dissertation, Thesis & Capstone Committees (recent HSERV graduates)
2012
Member, thesis committee for Katherine Blondon
The effect of financial incentives for patients on weight loss: A meta-analysis
2012
Chair, dissertation committee for Lynne Harris
Electronic patient-provider communication in diabetes care
2011
Member, dissertation committee for Janessa Graves
Early advanced imaging among Washington State workers' compensation claimants with non-specific acute occupational low back pain: An evaluation of precursors, costs, utilization, and outcomes
2010
Chair, thesis committee for John Barrett
Respiratory illnesses in 2009 US Army ROTC advanced camp
2010
Member, thesis committee for Pornsak Chandanabhumma
Space for the voice of the other?: Community representation in the scientific discourse of community-based participatory research (CBPR)
2010
Member, dissertation committee for Tracy Hilliard
Understanding socioeconomic, sociocultural, and environmental determinants of obesity among African Americans
2010
Chair, dissertation committee for Dolly John
Understanding the relationships between nativity, occupational class, and the health care and health of Asian Americans: A mixed methods study
2010
Chair, thesis committee for Mithya Lewis-Newby
Measuring Family Satisfaction with Care and Quality of Dying in the ICU: Does Patient Age Matter?
2010
Chair, dissertation committee for Carolina Mejia
Geography, mobility, work venue and other risk factors associated with sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Peru
2010
Chair, dissertation committee for Myra Parker
Self-Rated Health in African American and American Indian Populations
2010
Chair, thesis committee for Ryoko Takahashi
Association between socioeconomic status and HIV status in urban areas in sub-saharan Africa
2010
Member, dissertation committee for Sarah Veele-Brice
Intentional Injury in the Workplace: Identification and Prevention of Physical and Non-Physical Workplace Violence
2009
Chair, dissertation committee for Kelly McCarrier
Evaluating novel interventions to improve health: Web-based diabetes management and state-level minimum wage policy
External Funding (sampling of recent awards from UW SAGE data)
Health Promotion Research Center
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)PI: Harris Dates: 9/30/2011 - 9/29/2012
Use of the Washington State Trauma Registry for Occupational Injury Surveillance
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)PI: Martin Dates: 9/1/2011 - 8/31/2012
Education and Research Center
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)PI: Seixas Dates: 7/1/2011 - 6/30/2012
Health Services Research Training Program at the University of Washington 2011-2012
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)PI: Martin Dates: 7/1/2011 - 6/30/2012
Contraceptive use and reproductive outcomes among beneficiaries of the Oportunidades conditional cash transfer in Mexico: Impact evaluation
Society of Family Planning (SFP)PI: Martin Dates: 7/1/2011 - 6/30/2012
Data Encryption for the King County Health Reform Initiative
King County ExecutivePI: Martin Dates: 2/1/2011 - 1/31/2012
Child Psychopharmacology Experiences Survey
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center (CHRMC)PI: Bell Dates: 2/1/2011 - 1/31/2012
ARRA--Medications and Outcomes in Diabetes
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)PI: Grembowski Dates: 10/1/2010 - 9/30/2012
Health Services Research Training Program at the University of Washington 2010-2011
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)PI: Martin Dates: 7/1/2010 - 6/30/2011
Education and Research Center
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)PI: Seixas Dates: 7/1/2010 - 6/30/2015
Evaluation of Value-Based Health Plan Design
Group Health Center for Health StudiesPI: Martin Dates: 7/1/2010 - 6/30/2014
Use of the Washington State Trauma Registry for Occupational Injury Surveillance
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)PI: Martin Dates: 7/1/2010 - 6/30/2012
Health Promotion Research Center
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)PI: Harris Dates: 4/1/2010 - 9/29/2010
Child Psychopharmacology Experiences Survey
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center (CHRMC)PI: Bell Dates: 2/1/2010 - 1/31/2013
Dartmouth-Subcontract 2010
Dartmouth CollegePI: Martin Dates: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010
NCAI NARCH V with CIHR-IWRI
National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)PI: Duran Dates: 9/1/2009 - 8/31/2013
Health Services Research Training Program at the University of Washington
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)PI: Martin Dates: 7/1/2009 - 6/30/2010
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Research Training Grant
National Institutes of Health (NIH)PI: Hudson Dates: 7/1/2009 - 6/30/2014
Health Services Research Training Program at the University of Washington
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)PI: Martin Dates: 7/1/2007 - 6/30/2013
Education and Research Center
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)PI: Seixas Dates: 7/1/2005 - 6/30/2010
Projects
Improving care and outcomes for asthma patients
Cinics are randomly assigned an asthma intervention or receive standard care. The intervention consists of computer alerts to providers and education by a nurse case manager to improve patient self management and outcomes..
Incidence, mortality and variation in care for patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome
This community based population study estimates the incidence, mortality and variations in care for all patients in King County with ARDS. Data are collected for 21 hospitals from computerized ICU records, medical record abstracts, and questionnaires.
Medical safety for Puget Sound hospitals
This study analyzes the Washington State CHARS database of hospital discharges to estimate improvement in medical safety if employees were funneled to high volume procedure hospitals, to closed-staff ICUs, and to hospitals with computerized pharmacy order programs.
