5024-Litzelman, Debra

Debra K. Litzelman, MD

D. Craig Brater Professor of Global Health Education

Professor of Medicine

Associate Director and Research Scientist, Indiana University Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research, Regenstrief Institute, Inc.

Director of Education, Indiana University Center for Global Health

Phone
317-274-9145
Address
Indiana University Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research, Regenstrief Institute
1101 W. 10th Street
Indianapolis , IN 46202
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Bio

Dr. Litzelman is a Senior Research Scientist at Regenstrief Institute where she conducts research in innovative health care system workforce development and patient-centered behavioral change strategies.

Her work with the Indiana University Center for Global Health is focused on bilateral exchange of ideas to improve health and well-being for the medically underserved across the globe. The ideas for creating a new workforce to care for vulnerable populations in Indiana arose from her work in Kenya where community health workers (CHWs) are widely deployed to improve care of patients.

As co-investigator on a project to expand the Aging Brain Center (ABC) collaborative care model for older patients with cognitive and mood disorders, Dr. Litzelman developed and implemented innovative screening, hiring and training processes to prepare the ABC CHWs. As PI of the HRSA funded Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program, Dr. Litzelman and team train interprofessional health care teams, including CHWs, to provide improved geriatric care as measured by a variety of health outcomes.

As PI of WeCare Indiana, a program to improve infant mortality rates in Indiana, Dr. Litzelman and her team have implemented community-based behavioral change interventions among high-risk women. CARE Plus (an innovative, community-based addiction reduction program) is currently building on the foundation of WeCare Indiana to reduce infant mortality through outreach, health coaching, community engagement, and mobile health (mHealth) messaging technology with a special emphasis on the reduction of substance and opioid use in pregnant and post-partum women.

Expertise

workforce development in healthcare systems  |  patient-centered behavioral change strategies  |  implementation research

 

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