Tara Lagu, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, received the Society of Hospital Medicine’s 2019 Research Excellence Award in March 2019.
This national honor recognizes members of the Society who have made exceptional contributions to research in the field.
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Dr. Lagu has published more than 100 papers that have appeared in high-impact journals including the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), the Journal of Hospital Medicine, and JAMA, including a series of papers describing gaps in quality and access to care for patients with disabilities.
She is the principal investigator on two recently funded R01s. The larger goal of both of these grants is to identify strategies to improve outcomes for patients with heart failure.
In 2013, she conducted a “secret shopper” survey of physicians in a variety of practice settings across the country. Dr. Lagu discovered that 20% of physicians would refuse to see a patient who uses a wheelchair. This work was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine and profiled in The New York Times.
Learn more about the Society of Hospital Medicine’s Awards of Excellence Program.