Nancy Kressin

I am an Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedesian School of Medicine and served as a Research Health Scientist in the Department of Veterans Affairs for 27 years. As a health services researcher, funded by the VA, NIH and non-profit foundations such as the American Heart Association and American Cancer Society, I have been studying racial and ethnic disparities in health care, patients' responses to treatment recommendations, adherence to recommended therapies, and health outcomes for 30 years, with over 150 peer reviewed scientific publications.