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Denise L. Orwig, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine and the recipient of a National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Traineeship in the Primary Care Training Program. Dr. Orwig received a dual Bachelor of Science degree in Business/Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Science degree in Applied Behavioral Science from The Johns Hopkins University. She received her doctoral degree from The Pennsylvania State University in Biobehavioral Health and Gerontology where she was awarded a predoctoral fellowship from the National Institute on Aging. Dr. Orwig's research interest is focused on outcomes in the older population with a specialization in geriatric pharmacoepidemiology.

She is currently principal investigator on a grant from AARP testing the reliability and validity of a medication management instrument for older adults. She was a co-investigator on a study evaluating a medication management pilot project among elderly living in congregate housing in the city of Baltimore. Dr. Orwig has a great deal of experience with linkage and analyses of large secondary data sets (claims-based health data, mortality data, drug utilization review screening systems); in research on health outcomes associated with prescription drug-related risk and prescriber practices; and has specific expertise in the recruitment and retention of elderly research subjects, in field coordination efforts, protocol development, and maximizing treatment fidelity.

Dr. Orwig is currently the Associate Director of the Baltimore Hip Studies (BHS), a program of research that has been in place since 1983 investigating hip fracture and hip replacement. Past studies under this program have focused on such outcomes as mortality and functional recovery following hip fracture. She is a co-investigator of the two current intervention studies of the BHS and she is a co-investigator on several other grants examining various aspects of recovery from hip fracture.

Recent Publications:

Peer Review

Resnick, B., Orwig, D., Zimmerman, S.I., and Magaziner, J. "Building evidence of reliability and validity of the outcome expectations for exercise scale through model testing." (in press). Nursing Research.

Resnick, B., Zimmerman, S.I., Orwig, D., Furstenberg, A-L., and Magaziner, J. AOutcome expectations for exercise scale: utility and psychometrics. @ Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 55B (6): S352 (2000).

Dellasega, C., Orwig, D.L., Lenz, E. and Ahern, F.M. AThe post-discharge course of rural and urban elderly cardiac patients. @ Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences 54A(10): M514 (1999).

Non-Peer Review

Ahern, F.M. and Orwig, D.L. Findings on the Impact of the Washington Cognitive Services Demonstration on Drug Utilization Review (DUR) Failure Rates. In: Evaluation of Drug Use Review Demonstration Projects Annual Report 1997. (HCFA contract 500-93-0002).

Orwig, D.L., Lorden, C.E. and Butta M.M. The Managed Care Survival Guide. IDX National Users' Guide (1994).

Williams, R.C., Orwig, D.L. and Butta, M.M. A primeval journey into organizational behavior and development. Organizational Behavior Teaching Society Supplement (1994).

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