Juleen Rodakowski, OTD, MS

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Biography

Juleen Rodakowski, OTD, MS, OTR/L, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Occupational Therapy in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. Dr. Rodakowski investigates effective interventions to support family-centered care with the goal of allowing elderly adults to age in place.

Dr. Rodakowski’s research examines individual and system wide implications of including caregivers in healthcare settings. As part of Aim 1 of The Caregiver Project, she studied the implication of including caregivers in the discharge process on hospital stays and readmissions. This resulted in a groundbreaking publication in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (Rodakowski J, JAGS, 2017). Dr. Rodakowski expanded on this work as she led Aim 3 of The Caregiver Project, which evaluated the implementation of the CARE Act at the system level in local UPMC hospitals.

Additional Research, abbreviated list

PI - Stroke-CARE Study

Read the new 2022 State of Aging, Disability, & Family Caregiving in Allegheny County report, which provides essential data on many key topics including income and poverty, work and retirement, neighborhoods and housing, transportation, physical health, health care access, health behaviors, mental health, social support/health, elder mistreatment, senior service use, and internet and technology use.
The study was conducted by the University Center for Social & Urban Research (UCSUR) and Health Policy Institute (HPI) at the University of Pittsburgh in partnership with various local organizations.

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Featured Faculty

Ann-Marie Rosland

Dr. Rosland is an Associate Professor in the Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine in the Pitt School of Medicine and a Core Investigator with the VA Pittsburgh Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion. Her recent studies in Diabetes Care and Family, Systems, and Health highlight the role caregivers play in helping adults with chronic health conditions manage their health and navigate the healthcare system.

Center for Caregiving
Executive Committee

Richard Schulz, PhD
Director
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry

Scott Beach, PhD
Interim Director, University Center for
Social and Urban Research (UCSUR)

Heidi Donovan, PhD, RN
Professor, Department of Health and Community Systems
School of Nursing

Everette James, JD, MBA
Director, Pitt Health Policy Institute
Associate Vice Chancellor Health Policy and Planning

Ann-Marie Rosland, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine