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Todd C. Edwards

Associate Professor, Health Systems and Population Health
Adjunct Associate Professor, Pharmacy

206-685-4738 | toddce@uw.edu

Box 357660
1959 NE Pacific, Seattle, WA 98195

Research Interests

Development and validation of patient-reported measures of symptoms, function, and quality of life; integration of patient-reported measures into clinical practice, decision making, and assessment of treatment outcomes.

Bio

Dr. Edwards has extensive experience developing and applying patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in adult and pediatric medicine, including pharmaceutical, surgical and other interventions in clinical research and care. The areas he has worked in include cystic fibrosis, chronic kidney disease, low back pain, peripheral artery disease, urethral stricture, craniofacial conditions, dentistry, autism, obesity, and deafness. Dr. Edwards also has experience developing and validating observer-reported outcomes (ObsROs) for patients who are not able to report for themselves. He is a past co-investigator with the NIH PROMIS Roadmap Initiative, integrating patient-reported information into HIV clinical care. Dr. Edwards teaches Assessing Outcomes in Health and Medicine, Survey Methods and Mixed Methods Research.

Bibliography at MyNCBI

Education

PhD Applied Social Psychology, Claremont Graduate University, 1994
MA Applied Social Psychology, Claremont Graduate University, 1989
BS Psychology, University of Wisconsin (Stevens Point), 1987

Academic Programs and Affiliations

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Development of an Outcome Measure of Observable Signs of Health and Well-Being in Infants With Orofacial Clefts.
Heike CL, Albert M, Aspinall CL, Bautista S, Bellucci CC, Kapp-Simon KA, Mecham S, Patrick DL, Rosenberg J, Siebold B, Stueckle LP, Edwards TC. Development of an Outcome Measure of Observable Signs of Health and Well-Being in Infants With Orofacial Clefts
Comparing three approaches for involving patients in research prioritization: a qualitative study of participant experiences.
Lavallee DC, Lawrence SO, Avins AL, Nerenz DR, Edwards TC, Patrick DL, Bauer Z, Truitt AR, Monsell SE, Scott MR, Jarvik JG. Comparing three approaches for involving patients in research prioritization: a qualitative study of participant experiences. Res I
Development and content validation of measures assessing adherence barriers and behaviors for use in clinical care.
Fredericksen RJ, Yang FM, Gibbons LE, Edwards TC, Brown S, Fitzsimmons E, Alperovitz-Bichell K, Godfrey M, Wang A, Church A, Gutierrez C, Paez E, Dant L, Loo S, Walcott M, Mugavero MJ, Mayer KH, Mathews WC, Patrick DL, Crane PK, Crane HM. Development and
Parent Observations of the Health Status of Infants With Clefts of the Lip: Results From Qualitative Interviews.
Rosenberg J, Albert M, Aspinall C, Bautista S, Crilly Bellucci C, Edwards TC, Heike CL, Mecham SH, Patrick DL, Stueckle L, Kapp-Simon K. Parent Observations of the Health Status of Infants With Clefts of the Lip: Results From Qualitative Interviews. Cleft
Increased Prevalence of Psychosocial, Behavioral, and Socio-Environmental Risk Factors among Overweight and Obese Youths in Mexico and the United States.
Flores YN, Contreras ZA, Ramírez-Palacios P, Morales LS, Edwards TC, Gallegos-Carrillo K, Salmerón J, Lang CM, Sportiche N, Patrick DL. Increased Prevalence of Psychosocial, Behavioral, and Socio-Environmental Risk Factors among Overweight and Obese Youth
Implementing patient-reported outcome measures in clinical practice: a companion guide to the ISOQOL user’s guide.
Chan EKH, Edwards TC, Haywood K, Mikles SP, Newton L. Implementing patient-reported outcome measures in clinical practice: a companion guide to the ISOQOL user’s guide. Qual Life Res. 2019 Mar;28(3):621-627. doi: 10.1007/s11136-018-2048-4. Epub 2018 Nov 1
Circumstances Surrounding High-risk Sexual Experiences Among Primary Care Patients Living With and Without HIV.
Fredericksen RJ, Walcott M, Yang FM, Gibbons LE, Fitzsimmons E, Brown S, Mayer KH, Edwards TC, Loo S, Gutierrez C, Paez E, Dant L, Mathews WC, Mugavero MJ, Patrick DL, Crane PK, Crane HM. Circumstances Surrounding High-risk Sexual Experiences Among Primar
Development and Content Validation of a Patient-Reported Sexual Risk Measure for Use in Primary Care.
Fredericksen RJ, Mayer KH, Gibbons LE, Edwards TC, Yang FM, Walcott M, Brown S, Dant L, Loo S, Gutierrez C, Paez E, Fitzsimmons E, Wu AW, Mugavero MJ, Mathews WC, Lober WB, Kitahata MM, Patrick DL, Crane PK, Crane HM. Development and Content Validation of
Unilateral Hearing Loss in Youth: Development of Candidate Items for a Condition-Specific Validated Instrument.
Purcell PL, Edwards TC, Wisneski M, Chan DK, Ou H, Horn DL, Skirko JR, Sie KCY. Unilateral Hearing Loss in Youth: Development of Candidate Items for a Condition-Specific Validated Instrument. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 Aug 28:194599818797092. doi: 1
Caregiver-Reported Indicators of Communication and Social Functioning for Young Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
Patrick DL, Edwards TC, Kushalnagar P, Topolski T, Schick B, Skalicky A, Sie K. Caregiver-Reported Indicators of Communication and Social Functioning for Young Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ. 2018 Jul 1;23(3):200-208. doi:

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