Dr. Jarman has been awarded a $4.2M R01 award from the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities for the study titled, “Mitigating Injury Disparities with Evidence Based Trauma Systems Planning.”
Traumatic injury is a leading cause of death and disability in the U.S., disproportionately impacting racial and ethnic minorities, people with low incomes, and rural populations. This study will use a mixed methods approach to identify strategies state-level policy makers and trauma system leaders use to improve access to care for populations at higher risk of poor outcomes following traumatic injury. The study will culminate in a national consensus conference, generating a prioritized list of interventions trauma system leaders can use to reduce disparities in health outcomes following traumatic injury.
Molly Jarman, PhD, MPH
Lead Investigator, Department of Surgery
Lead Research Faculty, Health Informatics and Data Infrastructure, Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Jarman is lead research faculty for Health Informatics and Data Infrastructure and an assistant professor with the Center for Surgery and Public Health (CSPH) in the Department of Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She earned a PhD in health services research and policy from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and completed a one-year postdoctoral fellowship at the CSPH before joining the department as a faculty member.
Her research addresses trauma surgery and emergency medical services, with primary interest in trauma system organization and access to care for underserved populations, as well as development of methodologies for the use of naturally occurring data in health services research. Recent projects include examinations of orthopedic trauma workforce capacity in the U.S. and pre-hospital triage decisions for injured older adults.