Debra Weiner
Associate Professor of Medicine, Psychiatry and Anesthesiology in the Division of Geriatrics at the · UPMC Medical Education
Credentials: · ·
History
- Present
- 1986–1988
Rheumatology
- 1983–1986
Jewish Hospital of St. Louis
Research
Functional reach: a new clinical measure of balance
Journal of Gerontology · 1990 · 1,591 citations
Report of the NIH Task Force on research standards for chronic low back pain
Journal of Pain · 2014 · Last of 20 authors · 399 citations
An interdisciplinary expert consensus statement on assessment of pain in older persons
Clinical Journal of Pain · 2007 · 377 citations
25 papers
22 papers
- JS
16 papers
- AG
15 papers · 1 as a fellow
- MR
13 papers
- ER
11 papers
- DB
9 papers
9 papers
Grants
- 2023–2026
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health · R01
Contact PI · $1.5M · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
- 2018–2024
Optimizing Outcomes for Older Veterans with Chronic Low Back Pain Syndrome: Aging Back Clinics
Department of Veterans Affairs · I01
Contact PI · Veterans Health Administration
- 2014–2022
Toward Optimizing Decompressive Laminectomy Outcomes: Looking Outside the Spine
Department of Veterans Affairs · I01
Contact PI · Veterans Health Administration
- 2016–2018
Patient-Centered Versus Imaging-Directed Care for Older Veterans with Chronic LBP
Department of Veterans Affairs · I21
Contact PI · Veterans Health Administration
Clinical trials
- 2019–2024
- 2016–2018
Making Better Lives: Patient-Focused Care for Low Back Pain (LBP)
Principal investigator · Completed
VA Office of Research and Development
- 2014–2023
Predictors of Decompressive Laminectomy Outcomes
Principal investigator · Completed
VA Office of Research and Development
- 2009–2013
Periosteal Stimulation for Knee Osteoarthritis
Principal investigator · Completed
US Department of Veterans Affairs