Jeremy I. Schwartz, MD
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Appointments
Additional Titles
Firm Chief, Yale Primary Care Residency Program, General Internal Medicine
Director, Faculty Network Program, Yale Institute for Global Health
Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
Co-Director, Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases, Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases
Contact Info
General Internal Medicine
1450 Chapel Street
New Haven, CT 06511
United States
Appointments
Additional Titles
Firm Chief, Yale Primary Care Residency Program, General Internal Medicine
Director, Faculty Network Program, Yale Institute for Global Health
Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
Co-Director, Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases, Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases
Contact Info
General Internal Medicine
1450 Chapel Street
New Haven, CT 06511
United States
Appointments
Additional Titles
Firm Chief, Yale Primary Care Residency Program, General Internal Medicine
Director, Faculty Network Program, Yale Institute for Global Health
Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
Co-Director, Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases, Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases
Contact Info
General Internal Medicine
1450 Chapel Street
New Haven, CT 06511
United States
About
Titles
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and Epidemiology (Chronic Disease)
Firm Chief, Yale Primary Care Residency Program, General Internal Medicine; Director, Faculty Network Program, Yale Institute for Global Health; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Affiliated Faculty, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
Positions outside Yale
Co-Director, Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases, Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases
Biography
Dr. Schwartz is an Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) at Yale School of Medicine and of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) at Yale School of Public Health. He is board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. Dr. Schwartz is a Firm Chief on the general medicine inpatient teaching service at Yale New Haven Hospital Saint Raphael Campus, overseeing patient care and teaching activities on Verdi 5 North. He places an emphasis on patient quality and safety and the patient experience and engages in research in those realms. He directs a large quality improvement project aiming to improve patient care, patient-centered communication, and inter-professional engagement in the inpatient setting.
Globally, his focus centers around non-communicable diseases (NCDs). He is an active member of the global NCD advocacy movement. He serves on the Advisory Council of the Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network and is a member of the East African NCD Alliance post-2015 Implementation Initiative. His research focuses on improving integrated health service delivery for NCDs in Uganda. He is a co-founder, and the US-based co-Director, of the Uganda Initiative for the Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases (UINCD). This multi-sectoral collaboration brings together leaders from the Ugandan Ministry of Health, academia (Yale School of Medicine and Makerere University College of Health Sciences), civil society organizations, and the health system to address the often fragmented nature of NCD service delivery and training.
Dr. Schwartz is Medical Director of the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN), a large cohort study of non-communicable diseases (PI: Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith), based at the Yale Equity Research and Innovation Center (ERIC). Dr. Schwartz has been directing "Topics in Global Medicine" (formerly the Tropical Medicine Course) since 2010. This interdisciplinary elective course for health professions students at Yale presents a wide range of globally relevant health issues in an interactive format.
Appointments
General Internal Medicine
Associate Professor on TermPrimaryChronic Disease Epidemiology
Associate Professor on TermSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
Education & Training
- Global Health Chief Resident
- Yale Primary Care Residency Program (2011)
- Resident
- Yale-New Haven Hospital (2010)
- MD
- Univ of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry (2006)
- BS
- Cornell University (2000)
Research
Overview
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
ORCID
0000-0003-0139-2600
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Publications Timeline
Research Interests
Tracy Rabin, MD, SM
Nicola Hawley, PhD
Evelyn Hsieh, MD, PhD
Christine Ngaruiya, MD, MSc, DTMH
Geliang Gan, MPH, PhD
Mayur M. Desai, PhD, MPH, FACE
Uganda
Global Health
Chronic Disease
Quality of Health Care
Quality Improvement
Africa, Eastern
Publications
Featured Publications
Bridging community and clinic through digital health: Community-based adaptation of a mobile phone-based heart failure program for remote communities in Uganda
Wali S, Ssinabulya I, Muhangi C, Kamarembo J, Atala J, Nabadda M, Odong F, Akiteng A, Ross H, Mashford-Pringle A, Cafazzo J, Schwartz J. Bridging community and clinic through digital health: Community-based adaptation of a mobile phone-based heart failure program for remote communities in Uganda. BMC Digital Health 2023, 1: 20. PMID: 38800672, PMCID: PMC11116269, DOI: 10.1186/s44247-023-00020-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVillage health teamsHeart failureMobile phone-based programHeart failure programCost of medicationsLimited healthcare accessQuality of lifeBurden of travelDigital health programsClinic visitsMost patientsCardiac clinicPatient surveyHealth teamsMedication deliverySemi-structured interviewsPatientsSignificant burdenCommunity careCare supportHealth programsHealthcare accessDigital health toolsInformed careCo-design meetingsCarpe DM: The First Global Diabetes Targets
Schwartz J, Ramaiya K, Warren M, Yadav P, Castillo G, George R, McGuire H. Carpe DM: The First Global Diabetes Targets. Global Health Science And Practice 2023, 11: e2200403. PMID: 37116924, PMCID: PMC10141427, DOI: 10.9745/ghsp-d-22-00403.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsPatient preferences for facility-based management of hypertension and diabetes in rural Uganda: a discrete choice experiment
Moor SE, Tusubira AK, Wood D, Akiteng AR, Galusha D, Tessier-Sherman B, Donroe EH, Ngaruiya C, Rabin TL, Hawley NL, Armstrong-Hough M, Nakirya BD, Nugent R, Kalyesubula R, Nalwadda C, Ssinabulya I, Schwartz JI. Patient preferences for facility-based management of hypertension and diabetes in rural Uganda: a discrete choice experiment. BMJ Open 2022, 12: e059949. PMID: 35863829, PMCID: PMC9310153, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059949.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsPeer support groupsAvailability of medicinesHealthcare providersPatient preferencesHealth facilitiesHealth educationRural UgandaFacility-based managementCost of treatmentLow-resource settingsDiabetes mellitusNakaseke districtDiscrete choice experimentHealthcare service deliveryAverage respondentIntervention designHTNMedicineUgandan shillingsDCE attributesProvidersGroupService deliveryImproved hypertension control at six months using an adapted WHO HEARTS-based implementation strategy at a large urban HIV clinic in Uganda
Muddu M, Semitala FC, Kimera I, Mbuliro M, Ssennyonjo R, Kigozi SP, Katwesigye R, Ayebare F, Namugenyi C, Mugabe F, Mutungi G, Longenecker CT, Katahoire AR, Ssinabulya I, Schwartz JI. Improved hypertension control at six months using an adapted WHO HEARTS-based implementation strategy at a large urban HIV clinic in Uganda. BMC Health Services Research 2022, 22: 699. PMID: 35610717, PMCID: PMC9131679, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-08045-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsLarge urban HIV clinicUrban HIV clinicHTN outcomesHIV clinicHypertension controlViral suppressionHIV outcomesHTN treatmentFurther implementation researchHIV viral suppressionProportion of patientsPre-post studyVaried clinical settingsAdult PLHIVBP controlHTN controlHTN screeningCare cascadeHIV careLifestyle counselingClinic visitsDiastolic BPHIV controlIndependent predictorsSystolic BPPATIENT-FACING MHEALTH APPLICATION IMPROVES SELF-CARE AND SYMPTOMS OF HEART FAILURE IN UGANDA
Schwartz J, Wali S, Nabadda M, Muhangi C, Akiteng A, Wang K, Gillman R, Davis J, Kibalizi E, Sewankambo N, Lwabi P, Nalwadda C, Ross H, Cafazzo J, Ssinabulya I. PATIENT-FACING MHEALTH APPLICATION IMPROVES SELF-CARE AND SYMPTOMS OF HEART FAILURE IN UGANDA. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2022, 79: 1820. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(22)02811-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsA digital self-care intervention for Ugandan patients with heart failure and their clinicians: User-centred design and usability study
Hearn J, Wali S, Birungi P, Cafazzo JA, Ssinabulya I, Akiteng AR, Ross HJ, Seto E, Schwartz JI. A digital self-care intervention for Ugandan patients with heart failure and their clinicians: User-centred design and usability study. Digital Health 2022, 8: 20552076221129064. PMID: 36185389, PMCID: PMC9520172, DOI: 10.1177/20552076221129064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsDigital health interventionsSelf-care interventionsHeart failureHF patientsUgandan patientsHealth interventionsSigns of decompensationUnstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) technologySelf-care behaviorsSelf-care efficacyResource-limited settingsHF symptomsPatients' qualityHigh-income countriesPatientsTreatment adviceCliniciansInterventionSuch interventionsLimited informationUgandaDecompensationHospitalizationFailureSymptomsA Broader View of Risk to Health Care Workers: Perspectives on Supporting Vulnerable Health Care Professional Households During COVID-19
Donroe JH, Rabin TL, Hsieh E, Schwartz JI. A Broader View of Risk to Health Care Workers: Perspectives on Supporting Vulnerable Health Care Professional Households During COVID-19. Academic Medicine 2021, 96: 1233-1235. PMID: 34039858, PMCID: PMC8378440, DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000004175.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsVulnerable householdsHigh-risk family membersCOVID-19 pandemicState of emergencyFull-time workRange of concernsFamily responsibilitiesFamily safetyFrontline workersSupport networksChallenges of planningFamily membersHealth care workersHealth care providersHouseholdsHealth care professionalsCOVID-19Health care settingsUncertain timesBroad riskPersonal hazardWorkersCare settingsThreat of illnessCare providersImpact of a COVID-19 National Lockdown on Integrated Care for Hypertension and HIV
Schwartz JI, Muddu M, Kimera I, Mbuliro M, Ssennyonjo R, Ssinabulya I, Semitala FC. Impact of a COVID-19 National Lockdown on Integrated Care for Hypertension and HIV. Global Heart 2021, 16: 9. PMID: 33598389, PMCID: PMC7863843, DOI: 10.5334/gh.928.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsHealth facilitiesPublic health facilitiesCOVID-19 national lockdownHTN controlHIV clinicUgandan patientsClinical outcomesChronic conditionsHypertensionIntegrated careHIVCOVID-19National lockdownMovement restrictionsMedicineNationwide lockdownOutcomesAntiretroviralsLockdownPatientsClinicCohortMotor vehicle transportationCareVariation in the availability and cost of essential medicines for non-communicable diseases in Uganda: A descriptive time series analysis
Armstrong-Hough M, Sharma S, Kishore SP, Akiteng AR, Schwartz JI. Variation in the availability and cost of essential medicines for non-communicable diseases in Uganda: A descriptive time series analysis. PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0241555. PMID: 33362249, PMCID: PMC7757794, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241555.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricIntegrated Hypertension and HIV Care Cascades in an HIV Treatment Program in Eastern Uganda: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Muddu M, Tusubira AK, Sharma SK, Akiteng AR, Ssinabulya I, Schwartz JI. Integrated Hypertension and HIV Care Cascades in an HIV Treatment Program in Eastern Uganda: A Retrospective Cohort Study. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2019, 81: 552-561. PMID: 31045649, PMCID: PMC6625912, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000002067.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsRetrospective cohort studyCare cascadeHIV careCohort studyHIV programsPrimary cardiovascular disease risk factorsCardiovascular disease risk factorsHIV care cascadeHIV care programsBlood pressure controlProportion of patientsDisease risk factorsHIV treatment programsViral load monitoringManagement of hypertensionHIV clinicEastern UgandaHIV treatmentRisk factorsCardiovascular diseaseHypertensionCare programPressure controlTreatment programHIV
Academic Achievements and Community Involvement
honor Yale Medicine Winner
Yale School of Medicine AwardYale Safety, Quality, and Patient Experience ConferenceDetails05/31/2018United Stateshonor Speaker of the Year
Other AwardSUNY Downstate Medical Center Global Health ElectiveDetails07/01/2014United Statesactivity Uganda Initiative for the Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases (UINCD)
ResearchDetails01/01/2013 - PresentUgandaAbstract/SynopsisUS-based Co-Director. The mission of UINCD is to build capacity in the realms of prevention, care, training, and research to enable the provision of effective and integrated care along the NCD management spectrum.
activity Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN)
ResearchDetails01/01/2012 - PresentBarbados; Puerto Rico; Trinidad and Tobago +1 moreAbstract/SynopsisMedical Director
honor Doran J. Stevens Prize
Other AwardUniversity of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryDetails06/01/2006United States
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