Sample publications (* denotes mentee; w denotes GIM faculty)
Starks H, Trinidad SB. Choose your method: A comparison of phenomenology, discourse analysis, and grounded theory. Qualitative Health Research, 2007; 17(10):1372-80.
Starks H, Doorenbos AZ, Bourget E, Lindhorst T, Aisenberg E, Oman N, Rue TC, Curtis JR, Hays R. The Family Communication Study: A randomized trial of prospective pediatric palliative care consultation, study methodology and perceptions of participation burden. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2016;49:15-20. doi 10.1016/j.cct.2016.05.004. PMCID: PMC4969115.
Starks H, Coats H, Paganelli T, Mauksch LB, van Schaik E, Lindhorst T, Hurd C, Doorenbos A. Pilot study of an interprofessional palliative care curriculum: Course content and participant-reported learning gains. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2018; 35(3):390-7. DOI: 10.1177/1049909117725042.
wMcDonald K, White A, Cornia P, Keller CS, Quinnan-Hostein L, Starks H, Mookherjee S. Defining a new normal while awaiting the pandemic’s next wave. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2021 Jan;16(1):59-60. doi: 10.12788/jhm.3512. PMID: 33357332; PMCID: PMC7768922. [Not NIH funded]
Cain CL, Koenig B, Starks H, Thomas J, Forbes L, McCleskey S, Wenger NS. Hospital and health system policies concerning the California End of Life Option Act. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2020; 23(1):60-66 doi: 10.1089/jpm.2019.0169.
wMeo N, Diveronica M, Jaffe R, Malin E, Starks H, Luty J. Prevalence and characteristics of Housestaff Quality and Safety Councils within clinical learning environments: Results of a national survey. American Journal of Medical Quality. 2021; 36(6):408-414. doi: 10.1097/01.JMQ.0000735500.18608.fa.
w Narayanan M, Starks H, Tanenbaum E, Sutton PR, Robinson E, Schleyer AM. Harnessing the electronic health record to actively support providers with guideline-directed telemetry use. Applied Clinical Informatics, 2021; 12: 996-1001. DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1736338 [Not NIH-funded]
w Liao J, Nishath T, Thevuthasan S, Nieblas-Bedolla E, Christophers B, Starks H, Jackson M, Pagalilauan G. Race/ethnicity trends among U.S. internal medicine residency applicants and matriculants: A cross-sectional study. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2022 Jan 25. Online ahead of print. doi:10.7326/M21-3287
* Erçin-Swearinger H, Lindhorst T, Curtis JR, Starks H, Doorenbos AZ. Acute and posttraumatic stress in family members of children admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit for a prolonged stay: Secondary analysis of a randomized trial. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Accepted December 2021. [Not NIH funded]
w McClintock AH, Starks H, Williams M. Women’s health for a primary care workforce. The Clinical Teacher, Accepted, February 2021.
Invited Talks/Presentations
- Qualitative research methods: 2-part series. Palliative Care Research Cooperative, Investigator Development Center (recorded webinars attended live and posted for future use). http://palliativecareresearch.org/corescenters/idc/idc-webinars/ Part 1: Overview of qualitative methods, February 28th, 2017; http://bit.do/pcrcwebinar022817 https://pcrc.box.com/v/QualResearchMethodsPart1 (slides); Part 2: Coding, March 27th, 2017; http://bit.do/pcrcwebinar032717 https://pcrc.box.com/v/QualitativeResearchMethodsP2 (slides)
- Patient, family and clinician experiences with PAD. Panel #1: Current Landscape: Implementation and Practice. National Academy of Sciences, Physician-Assisted Death: Scanning the Landscape and and Potential Approaches -- A Workshop. Washington DC, February 12–13, 2018. https://youtu.be/DxEfYItBD_c
- Lessons learned in developing and implementing home-based palliative care. Plenary panel session (with Susan Enguidanos, Torrie Fields, Mollie Gurian). Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network (SWHPN) Annual Assembly, Boston, MA, March 12, 2018.
- View from the other side: What can we learn from palliative care professionals who became patients? Panel presentation (with J. Redwing Keyssar, Amy Berman and Torrie Fields). American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine/Hospice and Palliative care Nurses Association (AAHPM/HPNA) Annual Assembly, Boston, MA, March 16, 2018.
- Mixed methods make better science and translation in palliative care research and practice. Methods Session Panel Presentation (with Yael Schenker, Amber Barnato, and Huong Q Nguyen), AAHPM/HPNA State of the Science Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 21, 2020.
Awards, Honors and Grants/Contracts Received
- National Research Service Award (NRSA) Pre-doctoral Traineeship, Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Grant No. T32 HS-013853, 2003-2004
- National Palliative Care Research Center, Career Development Award, 2007-2010
- Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, UW School of Public Health, 2013
- Cambia Health Foundation, Implementing and disseminating quality metrics for primary and specialty palliative care in inpatient and outpatient settings, Co-Principal Investigator with J. Randall Curtis, MD MPH & Ruth Engelberg, PhD, 2014-2017.
- Cambia Health Foundation, Building on success: Advancing the Cambia quality metrics program and the Cambia Palliative Care Training Center, Co-investigator with J. Randall Curtis, MD MPH and Ardith Doorenbos, PhD, 2017-2020.
- Stupski Foundation, Implementation evaluation of home-based palliative care ACO pilot program, 2017-2019. Project Lead.
- NIH Office of the Director, R25 OD021869, Genes, the Environment, and Me: Health and STEM Network (GEMNet). Co-Principal Investigator with Joan Griswold, MIT & Atom Lesiak, PhD, 2007-2022.
