Leslie Hausmann, PhD
Leslie Hausmann, PhD
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Center
Pittsburgh, PA
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Leslie Hausmann, PhD, is a Research Health Scientist and Core Investigator at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP). She has been recruited to join the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh Division of General Internal Medicine as an Assistant Professor of Medicine in September 2009. A social psychologist by training, Dr. Hausmann is the recipient of a VA HSR&D Career Development Award to advance her research program examining Veterans' perceptions of discrimination in the healthcare setting and how such perceptions affect Veterans' healthcare encounters and health-related outcomes. Dr. Hausmann is engaged in studies exploring how perceived discrimination within the healthcare system relates to patient-provider communication, treatment decisions about osteoarthritis, overall health status, and utilization of preventive healthcare services. In the future, Dr. Hausmann plans to test and implement interventions that address perceived discrimination as a barrier to positive doctor-patient interactions and patient health behaviors.
Dr. Hausmann's mentors are Said Ibrahim, MD, MPH, and Bruce Ling, MD, MPH. Dr. Ibrahim is a former VA HSR&D career development awardee who is now a national leader in health equity research addressing issues such as racial disparities in joint replacement utilization. Dr. Ling has extensive experience in the study of doctor-patient communication and is currently leading a VA HSR&D study to improve doctor-patient communication about colorectal cancer screening and to increase screening rates.