
Monika M. Safford
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Contact Information
Monika M. Safford
Expertise
Health inequities in cardiometabolic diseases, including both observational and interventional studies
Current Research Interest
Integrating social determinants of health into the clinical care process; making primary care more patient-centered by integrating better patient education resources into the clinical care process; the social determinants of health that influence COVID-19 outcomes
Distinction
Alere Research to Practice Award, Society for Behavioral Medicine
Selected Publications
Goyal, Parag, Justin J. Choi, Laura C. Pinheiro, Edward J. Schenck, Ruijun Chen, et al. “Clinical Characteristics of Covid-19 in New York City.” New England Journal of Medicine 382 (June 11, 2020): 2372–2374.
Westblade, Lars F., Gagandeep Brar, Laura C. Pinheiro, Demetrios Paidoussis, Mangala Rajan, et al. “SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load Predicts Mortality in Patients with and without Cancer Who Are Hospitalized with COVID-19.” Cancer Cell 38, no. 5 (November 9, 2020): 661–671.