Ruth Jeminiwa, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Ruth Jeminiwa, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research & Clinical Interests
My research goals are to
- improve patients’ health decisions and behavior including medication adherence via digital applications or programs
- promote the adoption of health services using decision science
- promote the engagement of health-professionals in shared decision-making with patients
- improve access to medication assisted treatment among individuals with substance use disorders.
Education
PhD, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, 2020
BPharm, University of Uyo, Nigeria, 2010
Publications
- Perspectives of physicians and doulas on shared decision-making and decision counseling in the treatment of pregnant women with opioid use disorders
- Scarce perinatal social support for women with OUD: Opportunities for doula services
- A state-wide education program on opioid use disorder: influential community members’ knowledge, beliefs, and opportunities for coalition development
- Individuals’ preference for financial over social incentives for medication adherence
- Patient preferences for medication adherence financial incentive structures: A discrete choice experiment