Helena Temkin-Greener, Ph.D., M.S.

Helena Temkin-Greener, Ph.D., M.S.

Contact Information

Public Health Sciences
265 Crittenden Blvd.
Rochester, NY 14642

Office: (585) 275-8713
Administrative: (585) 275-2191
Fax: (585) 461-4532

Research Bio

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Outcomes research with a focus on the elderly, long-term care, and end-of-life.



RESEARCH ACTIVITIES: Dr. Temkin-Greener's current research is focused in three areas: 1) Quality of care - developing outcome measures and assessing quality of care in community-based, hospital and long-term care settings; 2) Organizational performance - developing and validating care process and team performance measures; 3) Aging and Long-term Care - assessing the impact of individual and organizational risk factors on quality of care for vulnerable elderly.

Dr. Temkin-Greener recently completed NIH-funded study to empirically test the relationship between organizational performance and quality of care in nursing homes. She is currently the PI on another NIH-funded study to develop individual and composite risk-adjusted quality measures for nursing home residents who are at the end-of-life. Under a contract from the National PACE Association, Dr. Temkin-Greener runs the PACE Data Analysis Center (PDAC), which receives data from 75 PACE organizations and analyzes the impact of Medicare risk-adjusted payment models.

Awards & Honors

Alumni Award for Excellence in Graduate Education | University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 2012
1st Place Winner-Excellence in Aging and Public Health Rural & Environment Research Award | American Public Health Association | Washington, DC (Temkin-Greener, H., Zheng, NT., Mukamel, DB.) 2011
1st Place winner-Betty J. Cleckley Minority Issues Research Award | American Public Health Association | Washington DC (Zheng,TN, Cai,S, Mukamel,DB, Temkin-Greener,H) 2010
1st Place Winner-Betty J. Cleckley Minority Issues Research Award | American Public Health Association | Washington, DC (Cai, S., Mukamel, DB., Temkin-Greener H.) 2009
Outstanding Abstract | Academy Health | Chicago, IL 2009
Fellow | The Gerontological Society of America 2003 - Present
Outstanding Abstract | Academy Health Annual Meeting 2001
Magna Cum Laude and High Honors | Smith College, Northampton, MA 1974
Phi Beta Kappa | Smith College, Norhampton, MA 1974

Recent Journal Articles

Showing the 5 most recent journal articles. 55 available »

2013 Mar
Zhang N, Li Y, Temkin-Greener H. "Prevalence of Obesity in New York Nursing Homes: Associations with Facility Characteristics". Gerontologist. 2013; : [Epub ahead of Print].
2013
Pesis-Katz I, Phelps CE, Temkin-Greener H, Spector WD, Veazie P, Mukamel DB. "What Impacts Our Choices? The Role of Quality of Care in Selecting a Nursing Home". American Journal of Public Health. 2013; 103(5): e31-e37.
2013
Temkin-Greener H, Zheng NT, Xing J, Mukamel DB. "Site of Death among Nursing Home Residents in the United States: Changing Patterns, 2003-2007". Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2013; .
2013
Mukamel DB, Ladd H, Temkin-Greener H. "Stability of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Do Not Resuscitate Orders among Long-Term Nursing Home Residents." Medical Care. 2013; .
2013
Li Q, Zheng NT, Temkin-Greener H. "End of Life Quality of Care among Long-Term Nursing Home Decedent Residents With and Without Dementia". JAGS. 2013; : in press.

Current Appointments

Acting Chair - Department of Public Health Sciences (SMD) - Primary Administrative
Professor - Department of Public Health Sciences (SMD) - Primary
Professor of Clinical Nursing - Department of Nursing (SON)

Education

MS (MPH) | Community and Preventive Medicine | University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry1981
PhD | Biological Anthropology | University of Massachusetts, Amherst1979
MS | Anthropology | University of Massachusetts, Amherst1977
BA | Anthropology | Smith College1974

Post-Doctoral Training & Residency

National Research Service Award NIH Post-Doctoral Research Grant 1981