Real-world data to improve health outcomes of patients with chronic conditions
The Walunas Lab
The Theresa Walunas Lab develops precision health improvement strategies for people with chronic conditions through the modeling of electronic health record data intersected with mechanistic and environmental data sources. The lab's models focus on the identification of clinically actionable strategies that can be tested in preclinical models, translated into population health management or therapeutic interventions, and tested in real-world clinical settings.
Principal Investigator
Theresa L. Walunas, PhD
Associate Director of Center for Health Information Partnerships
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine), Microbiology-Immunology and Preventive Medicine (Health and Biomedical Informatics)
Pronouns: she, her, hers
Key Publications
Ko D, Forrest N, Mai Q, Walunas T et al. Electronic health record data use in the assessment of quality indicators for glucocorticoid osteoporosis screening in systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus. 2022. doi:10.1177/09612033221116726
Walunas, T.L., Ye, J., Bannon, J. et al. Does coaching matter? Examining the impact of specific practice facilitation strategies on implementation of quality improvement interventions in the Healthy Hearts in the Heartland study. Implementation Sci. 2021. doi:10.1186/s13012-021-01100-8
Bayless NL, Bluestone JA, Walunas T, et al. Development of preclinical and clinical models for immune-related adverse events following checkpoint immunotherapy: a perspective from SITC and AACR. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 2021. doi:10.1136/jitc-2021-002627
Walunas TL, Ghosh AS, Pacheco JA, et al. Evaluation of structured data from electronic health records to identify clinical classification criteria attributes for systemic lupus erythematosus.Lupus Science & Medicine. 2021. doi:10.1136/lupus-2021-000488
Forrest N, Jackson KL, Walunas T, et al. Identification and assessment of classification criteria attributes for systemic lupus erythematosus in a regional medical record data network. Lupus Science & Medicine. 2023. doi:10.1136/lupus-2023-000963
McHugh M, Heinrich J, Walunas TL, et al. Declining Participation in Primary Care Quality Improvement Research: A Qualitative Study. Ann Fam Med. 2023.