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Jennifer Tjia, MD, MSCE

Jennifer Tjia, MD, MSCE, is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.  Dr. Tjia earned a Masters Degree in Clinical Epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine where she was previously on the faculty in the Division of Geriatric Medicine.  Dr. Tjia is past recipient of the 2003 Pfizer/American Geriatrics Society Junior Faculty Scholar Award for Research on Health Outcomes in Geriatrics and holds a Career Development Award from the National Institute of Aging to examine the effect of prescription drug coverage on health outcomes of older adults. She currently has a Meyers Primary Care Institute Grant to examine patterns of care, medication use, and health service utilization in older adults with diabetes and is co-investigator on a grant from the Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to develop an HIT-based intervention to improve medication safety during transitions of care for older adults.  Her primary research focus is to examine and optimize the utilization of medications by older adults. She is specifically interested in understanding the effect of state and federal prescription drug policies on elder health outcomes and health service utilization.