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Joshua Niznik is an assistant professor in the Division of Geriatric Medicine within the UNC School of Medicine
(Maggie McIntyre \/ Office of Research Communications)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Throughout his career, Dr. Joshua Niznik <\/span>has developed his expertise in pharmacoepidemiology. But Dr. Niznik’s work is also driven by patient stories and interactions. Through interviews with patients, caregivers, and providers, he uncovers insights that lab results and charts can’t reveal.<\/p>\n

Another facet of his work involves data analysis. Dr. Niznik reviews Medicare records, electronic health records, and databases from the Veterans Health Administration.\u00a0As a geriatric health services researcher with clinical training in the pharmaceutical sciences, Dr. Niznik’s <\/span>focuses on evaluating the quality of medications in older adults. The end goal is improving the safety of medication use in this population.<\/p>\n

As Dr. Niznik says,\u00a0“It\u2019s a lot to take 10 pills. It\u2019s more about personalizing the goals of each of the treatments that they\u2019re receiving so that it\u2019s more aligned with maximizing safety and minimizing risk.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To learn more about Dr. Josh Niznik’s work,\u00a0read the full <\/a>UNC Research <\/a>article.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Joshua Niznik is an assistant professor in the Division of Geriatric Medicine<\/a> within the UNC School of Medicine and the Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy within the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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