Judith Long, MD is a Professor of Medicine and the Chief of General Internal Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. She is a former Director of the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP) at the Corporal Michael J. Cresenz VA Medical Center. Dr. Long has extensive experience directing clinical research trials to improve outcomes for vulnerable patients with chronic diseases. Her recent research has focused on interventions to reduce disparities in health using peer mentors, community health workers, technology, and behavioral incentives both within and outside of the VA health system.
As a Division Chief, Dr. Long actively supports a learning health system approach to testing, scaling, and sustaining efforts to improve outcomes and reduce disparities in care for all patients and actively champions the use of equity-specific quality goals, equity dashboards, technology, nudges, and community health workers to achieve these goals. Dr. Long also actively engages in training health services and policy researchers and has extensive experience mentoring fellows and junior faculty. She is currently an active mentor of several NIH and VA- funded career development award recipients.
Areas of Expertise | Behavior Change, Behavioral Economics, Social Determinants of Health
Clinical Area | General Internal Medicine
Selected Publications:
Kangovi S, Mitra N, Norton L, Harte R, Zhao X, Carter T, Grande D, Long JA: Effect of community health worker support on clinical outcomes of low-income patients across primary care facilities: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Internal Medicine. 178(12): 1635-1643, Dec 2018.
Long JA, Ganetsky VS, Canamucio A, Dicks TN, Heisler M, Marcus SC. Effect of peer mentors in diabetes self-management and outcomes: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA Network Open 2020 Sep 1;3(9):e2016369. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.16369. PMID: 32915236
Agarwal S, Schechter C, Gonzalez J, Long JA. Racial-ethnic disparities in diabetes technology use among young adults with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. 2021 Apr;23(4):306-313. doi: 10.1089/dia.2020.0338. Epub 2020 Dec 1. PMID: 33155826; PMCID: PMC7994432.
Jenkins KA, Keddem S, Bekele SB, Augustine KE, Long JA. Perspectives on racism in healthcare from Black veterans living with chronic kidney disease. JAMA Network Open. 2022 May 2;5(5):e2211900. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.11900. Erratum in: JAMA Network Open. 2022 Jun 1;5(6):e2220419. PMID: 35552724; PMCID: PMC9099421.
Lee NS, Keddem S, Sorrentino AE, Jenkins KA, Long JA. Health equity in the Veterans Health Administration from Veterans' perspectives by race and sex. JAMA Network Open. 2024 Feb 5;7(2):e2356600. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.56600. PMID: 38373000; PMCID: PMC10877456.