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About Dr. Niznik
Dr. Niznik is a geriatric health services researcher with clinical training in the pharmaceutical sciences. His research interests are focused on evaluating the quality of medications in older adults to improve the safety of medication use in this population. Dr. Niznik has developed expertise in pharmacoepidemiology, with skills in observational and quasi-experimental study designs, large database analyses, statistical approaches to minimize confounding, responsible conduct of research, scientific writing, and grantsmanship.Most recently, his work has focused on evaluating the impact of deprescribing or discontinuing chronic medications that may no longer have value in nursing home residents with severe dementia as a means for evaluating the quality of prescribing in this population. Dr. Niznik sees his passion for ensuring the quality and safety of medication use in older adults continuing to serve as the foundation for my future research, as he looks to build a federally-funded research program in geriatric pharmaceutical health services research.
Note: Dr. Niznik’s role is purely research-oriented and I am currently not a practicing clinician.
Read: Niznik Named Deprescribing Research Network Junior Investigator Intensive Awardee
Read: Deprescribing in Older Adults – An Interview with Dr. Niznik
Read: Spotlight on Assistant Professor Joshua Niznik
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Education and Training
- UndergraduateUniversity of Pittsburgh
- Doctor Of PharmacyUniversity of Pittsburgh
- Doctor Of PhilosophyUniversity of Pittsburgh
- PharmacistUPMC Magee-Women’s Hospital
- Postdoctoral ScholarUniversity of Pittsburgh
- Research Health Science SpecialistVA Pittsburgh Health System
- The American Geriatrics Society Scientist-in Training Research Award, 2018
- American Geriatrics Society Best Paper Award, Health Services & Policy Research, 2018
- UPMC Aging Institute Best Postdoctoral Clinical Research Award, 2018
- Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCC) Aging Scholars Program
- Advancing Geriatrics Infrastructure and Network Growth (AGING) Initiative
- Junior Investigator Intensive Appointee, United States Deprescribing Research Network (USDeN)
- Appointee, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Junior Reviewer Program
- Best Postdoctoral Clinical Research Award, UPMC Aging Institute
- Randy and Renee Juhl Pharmacy Graduate Scholar Award, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
- American Geriatrics Society Scientist-in Training Research Award, The American Geriatrics Society
- American Geriatrics Society Best Paper Award, Health Services & Policy Research, The American Geriatrics Society
- Health Services/Clinical Epidemiology Post-Doctoral Fellow Research Award, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- Top Reviewer for Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
- AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting Student Poster Competition (Recognized as top 10 abstract)
- Randy and Renee Juhl Pharmacy Graduate Scholar Award, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
- American Pharmacists Association Senior Recognition Award
- Carl and Virginia Stoehr Memorial Scholarship, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
- Reuben and Ethel Helfant Scholarship, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
- Polypharmacy Special Interest Group Co-Chair, The American Geriatrics Society
- Deprescribing Fall-risk Inducing Drugs Special Interest Group, United States Deprescribing Research Network
- Research Methods Sub-Committee, The American Geriatrics Society
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, UNC Center for Aging and Health
- PhD Admissions Committee, University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society