Daniel Dohan, PhD
Professor
Institute for Health Policy Studies
School of Medicine
Dan Dohan is Professor of Health Policy, Surgery, and Humanities and Social Sciences at the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies. He received his PhD in sociology from UC Berkeley. His publications address medical sociology, health policy, culture and inequality, and ethnographic research methods.
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He has written one book, The Price of Poverty: Money, Work, and Culture in the Mexican-American Barrio (UC Press 2003).
Dan directs the Medical Cultures Lab (https://www.cultureofmedicine.org). MCL seeks to understand medical culture and advance health equity. The Lab includes approximately 30 core members including faculty, post-doctoral scholars, non-faculty academics, and research staff and more than 50 affiliated members. MCL maintains a consulting and recharge mechanism to support qualitative and ethnographic research. Investigators can visit our website to learn more about how we support qualitative project design, data collection, data management, and data analysis. We particularly encourage inquiries from investigators whose work or career includes a health equity focus. MCL's work is supported by a mid-career award to Dan from the NIA.
As an individual investigator, Dan leads/co-leads three studies. He is PI of an NIA-funded comparative ethnographic study of experiences of aging and cognitive decline in diverse communities. With Emily Finlayson, he is co-PI of an NCI study of surgery in older adults. They are examining ways to make frailty assessment a routine part of the surgical visit. Finally, with Winston Chiong, he is co-PI of an NIH study about new technologies for treating neurological conditions, including treatments that involve implanting computers in the brain. Their study asks, what are the social implications of these new approaches to epilepsy and other conditions?
Education & Training
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2017
- Health Policy NIH/NIAAA 2003
- Health Policy Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research 2001
- PhD Sociology University of California 1999
- AB Sociology Harvard College 1987
Websites
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- Medical Cultures Lab (cultureofmedicine.org)
- Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies (healthpolicy.ucsf.edu)
- UCSF Cancer Center (cancer.ucsf.edu)
- Institute for Health Policy Studies (healthpolicy.ucsf.edu)
Videos
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Grants and Projects
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- Leadership to Enhance Aging Research and Innovation in Medical Culture (LEARN-MC), NIH, 2020-2025
- Anticipating ethical challenges and disparities in the dissemination of novel neurotechnologies, NIH, 2021-2025
- Next-Gen ethnography to understand decision-making among diverse populations impacted by Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD), NIH, 2020-2024
- Achieving ethical integration in the development of novel neurotechnologies, NIH, 2017-2021
- Developing Tools to Support the Appropriate Use of Surgery in Frail Older Adults, NIH, 2017-2020
- Before Consent: Cancer Patients' Deliberations about Early Phase Clinical Trials, NIH, 2010-2016
- Poverty, Substance Use, and Stigma in Four Organizations, NIH, 2003-2007
Publications (72)
Top publication keywords:
Consumer Health InformationInformed ConsentQualitative ResearchBiomedical ResearchUrinary IncontinenceNeoplasmsConsent FormsKnowledgeClinical Trials as TopicBiological Specimen BanksUrinary Incontinence, StressCommunity ParticipationCoronavirusPhysician-Patient RelationsEligibility Determination
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Patient experiences of resection versus responsive neurostimulation for drug-resistant epilepsy.
Epilepsy & behavior : E&B 2024 Haeusermann T, Liu EY, Fong KC, Dohan D, Chiong W -
How older men live with stress urinary incontinence: Patient experience and navigation to treatment.
Neurourology and urodynamics 2023 Shaw NM, Breyer BN, Walter LC, Sudore RL, Suskind AM, Baussan C, Quanstrom K, Allen IE, Cooperberg MR, Dohan D, Hampson LA -
Primary Care Pracitioner Perspectives on the Role of Primary Care in Dementia Diagnosis and Care.
JAMA network open 2023 Sideman AB, Ma M, Hernandez de Jesus A, Alagappan C, Razon N, Dohan D, Chodos A, Al-Rousan T, Alving LI, Segal-Gidan F, Rosen H, Rankin KP, Possin KL, Borson S -
Hospital Culture and Intensity of End-of-Life Care at 3 Academic Medical Centers.
JAMA internal medicine 2023 Dzeng E, Batten JN, Dohan D, Blythe J, Ritchie CS, Curtis JR -
Patient-identified Treatment Attributes Among Older Men With Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Qualitative Look at What Matters to Patients Making Treatment Decisions.
Urology 2023 Hampson LA, Shaw NM, Breyer BN, Walter LC, Sudore RL, Cooperberg MR, Baussan C, Quanstrom K, Elaine Allen I, Dohan D
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The relationship between frailty, incontinence severity, and treatment decisions for men with post-prostatectomy stress urinary incontinence: a mixed methods analysis.
Translational andrology and urology 2023 Jones CP, Shaw NM, Mena J, Breyer BN, Walter LC, Baussan C, Quanstrom K, Allen IE, Dohan D, Hampson LA -
'It was a great brain, and I miss it': lay perspectives on postoperative cognitive dysfunction.
British journal of anaesthesia 2023 Li L, Dohan D, Smith AK, Whitlock EL -
Prosthesis preferences for those with upper limb loss: Discrete choice study of PULLTY® for use in regulatory decisions.
Journal of rehabilitation and assistive technologies engineering 2023 Wilson L, Dohan D, Garibaldi M, Szeto D, Timmerman M, Matheny J -
Perceptions of and Knowledge Acquisition about Brain Health and Aging among Latin American Immigrants:A QualitativePaper.
Clinical gerontologist 2022 Light SW, Dohan D, Possin KL, Wolf MS, Rankin KP, Lanata S, Sideman AB -
Networking practices and gender inequities in academic medicine: Women's and men's perspectives.
EClinicalMedicine 2022 Murphy M, Callander JK, Dohan D, Grandis JR -
Decision-making about clinical trial options among older patients with metastatic cancer who have exhausted standard therapies.
Journal of geriatric oncology 2022 Tsang M, DeBoer RJ, Garrett SB, Dohan D -
"I Didn't Sign Up for This": Perspectives from Persons Living with Dementia and Care Partners on Challenges, Supports, and Opportunities to Add Geriatric Neuropalliative Care to Dementia Specialty Care.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2022 Harrison KL, Garrett SB, Halim M, Bernstein Sideman A, Allison TA, Dohan D, Naasan G, Miller BL, Smith AK, Ritchie CS -
Mentoring Relationships and Gender Inequities in Academic Medicine: Findings From a Multi-Institutional Qualitative Study.
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2022 Murphy M, Record H, Callander JK, Dohan D, Grandis JR -
Qualitative Coding in the Computational Era: A Hybrid Approach to Improve Reliability and Reduce Effort for Coding Ethnographic Interviews.
Socius : sociological research for a dynamic world 2021 Li Z, Dohan D, Abramson CM -
Closed-Loop Neuromodulation and Self-Perception in Clinical Treatment of Refractory Epilepsy.
AJOB neuroscience 2021 Haeusermann T, Lechner CR, Fong KC, Bernstein Sideman A, Jaworska A, Chiong W, Dohan D -
Women's Experiences of Promotion and Tenure in Academic Medicine and Potential Implications for Gender Disparities in Career Advancement: A Qualitative Analysis.
JAMA network open 2021 Murphy M, Callander JK, Dohan D, Grandis JR -
An Interprofessional Process for the Limitation of Life-Sustaining Treatments at the End of Life in France.
Journal of pain and symptom management 2021 Blythe JA, Kentish-Barnes N, Debue AS, Dohan D, Azoulay E, Covinsky K, Matthews T, Curtis JR, Dzeng E -
The Role of Spirituality in Conceptualizations of Health Maintenance and Healthy Aging Among Latin American Immigrants.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2021 Weiner-Light S, Rankin KP, Lanata S, Possin KL, Dohan D, Bernstein Sideman A -
How individual ethical frameworks shape physician trainees' experiences providing end-of-life care: a qualitative study.
Journal of medical ethics 2021 Rosenwohl-Mack S, Dohan D, Matthews T, Batten JN, Dzeng E -
A Qualitative Analysis of Ethical Perspectives on Recruitment and Consent for Human Intracranial Electrophysiology Studies.
AJOB neuroscience 2021 Mergenthaler JV, Chiong W, Dohan D, Feler J, Lechner CR, Starr PA, Arias JJ -
Rapid transition of a preclinical health systems science and social justice course to remote learning in the time of coronavirus.
Medical education online 2020 Garg M, Eniasivam A, Satterfield J, Norton B, Austin E, Dohan D -
Understanding Experiences of Moral Distress in End-of-Life Care Among US and UK Physician Trainees: a Comparative Qualitative Study.
Journal of general internal medicine 2020 Rosenwohl-Mack S, Dohan D, Matthews T, Batten JN, Dzeng E -
Using care navigation to address caregiver burden in dementia: A qualitative case study analysis.
Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) 2020 Bernstein A, Merrilees J, Dulaney S, Harrison KL, Chiong W, Ong P, Heunis J, Choi J, Walker R, Feuer JE, Lee K, Dohan D, Bonasera SJ, Miller BL, Possin KL -
Patient and clinician perspectives on a patient-facing dashboard that visualizes patient reported outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis.
Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy 2020 Liu LH, Garrett SB, Li J, Ragouzeos D, Berrean B, Dohan D, Katz PP, Barton JL, Yazdany J, Schmajuk G -
Before Consent: Qualitative Analysis of Deliberations of Patients With Advanced Cancer About Early-Phase Clinical Trials.
JCO oncology practice 2019 Garrett SB, Matthews TM, Abramson CM, Koenig CJ, Hlubocky FJ, Daugherty CK, Munster PN, Dohan D -
Beyond exploratory: a tailored framework for designing and assessing qualitative health research.
BMJ open 2019 Rendle KA, Abramson CM, Garrett SB, Halley MC, Dohan D -
The Role of Care Navigators Working with People with Dementia and Their Caregivers.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2019 Bernstein A, Harrison KL, Dulaney S, Merrilees J, Bowhay A, Heunis J, Choi J, Feuer JE, Clark AM, Chiong W, Lee K, Braley TL, Bonasera SJ, Ritchie CS, Dohan D, Miller BL, Possin KL -
Approaches to decision-making among late-stage melanoma patients: a multifactorial investigation.
Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 2018 Garrett SB, Abramson CM, Rendle KA, Dohan D -
Older Adult and Surrogate Perspectives on Serious, Difficult, and Important Medical Decisions.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2018 Petrillo LA, McMahan RD, Tang V, Dohan D, Sudore RL -
Standard Versus Simplified Consent Materials for Biobank Participation: Differences in Patient Knowledge and Trial Accrual.
Journal of empirical research on human research ethics : JERHRE 2017 Garrett SB, Murphy M, Wiley J, Dohan D -
Homing in on the Social: System-Level Influences on Overly Aggressive Treatments at the End of Life.
Journal of pain and symptom management 2017 Dzeng E, Dohan D, Curtis JR, Smith TJ, Colaianni A, Ritchie CS -
What advanced cancer patients with limited treatment options know about clinical research: a qualitative study.
Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 2017 Garrett SB, Koenig CJ, Trupin L, Hlubocky FJ, Daugherty CK, Reinert A, Munster P, Dohan D -
Development of an adaptive, personalized, and scalable dementia care program: Early findings from the Care Ecosystem.
PLoS medicine 2017 Possin KL, Merrilees J, Bonasera SJ, Bernstein A, Chiong W, Lee K, Wilson L, Hooper SM, Dulaney S, Braley T, Laohavanich S, Feuer JE, Clark AM, Schaffer MW, Schenk AK, Heunis J, Ong P, Cook KM, Bowhay… -
Community recommendations on biobank governance: Results from a deliberative community engagement in California.
PloS one 2017 Dry SM, Garrett SB, Koenig BA, Brown AF, Burgess MM, Hult JR, Longstaff H, Wilcox ES, Madrigal Contreras SK, Martinez A, Boyd EA, Dohan D -
Engaging Diverse Stakeholders to Inform Biobank Governance.
Biopreservation and biobanking 2017 Murphy M, Garrett SB, Boyd E, Dry S, Dohan D -
Interest in initiating an early phase clinical trial: results of a longitudinal study of advanced cancer patients.
Psycho-oncology 2016 Dunn LB, Wiley J, Garrett S, Hlubocky F, Daugherty C, Trupin L, Munster P, Dohan D -
The Importance Of Integrating Narrative Into Health Care Decision Making.
Health affairs (Project Hope) 2016 Dohan D, Garrett SB, Rendle KA, Halley M, Abramson C -
Knowing it When You See it: The Need for Continuing Innovation in Research on Healthcare Discrimination.
Journal of general internal medicine 2015 Rhoads K, Dohan D -
BEYOND TEXT: USING ARRAYS TO REPRESENT AND ANALYZE ETHNOGRAPHIC DATA.
Sociological methodology 2015 Abramson CM, Dohan D -
Defining competencies for education in health care value: recommendations from the University of California, San Francisco Center for Healthcare Value Training Initiative.
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2015 Moriates C, Dohan D, Spetz J, Sawaya GF -
An exploratory typology of provider responses that encourage and discourage conversation about complementary and integrative medicine during routine oncology visits.
Patient education and counseling 2015 Koenig CJ, Ho EY, Trupin L, Dohan D -
EngageUC: Developing an Efficient and Ethical Approach to Biobanking Research at the University of California.
Clinical and translational science 2015 Garrett SB, Koenig BA, Brown A, Hult JR, Boyd EA, Dry S, Dohan D, in collaboration with UC BRAID -
Linking Broad Consent to Biobank Governance: Support From a Deliberative Public Engagement in California.
The American journal of bioethics : AJOB 2015 Garrett SB, Dohan D, Koenig BA -
Oncologist factors that influence referrals to subspecialty palliative care clinics.
Journal of oncology practice 2013 Schenker Y, Crowley-Matoka M, Dohan D, Rabow MW, Smith CB, White DB, Chu E, Tiver GA, Einhorn S, Arnold RM -
Developing a CKD registry in primary care: provider attitudes and input.
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2013 McBride D, Dohan D, Handley MA, Powe NR, Tuot DS -
Overcoming challenges to adoption of shared medical appointments.
Population health management 2013 McCuistion MH, Stults CD, Dohan D, Frosch DL, Hung DY, Tai-Seale M -
Recognition as a patient-centered medical home: fundamental or incidental?
Annals of family medicine 2013 Dohan D, McCuistion MH, Frosch DL, Hung DY, Tai-Seale M -
Clinical trial discussion, referral, and recruitment: physician, patient, and system factors.
Cancer causes & control : CCC 2013 Kaplan CP, Nápoles AM, Dohan D, Shelley Hwang E, Melisko M, Nickleach D, Quinn JA, Haas J -
"Thinking about it for somebody else": Alzheimer's disease research and proxy decision makers' translation of ethical principles into practice.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2013 Dunn LB, Fisher SR, Hantke M, Appelbaum PS, Dohan D, Young JP, Roberts LW -
Alternative decision-makers' perspectives on assent and dissent for dementia research.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2013 Overton E, Appelbaum PS, Fisher SR, Dohan D, Roberts LW, Dunn LB -
"It hurts to know... and it helps": exploring how surrogates in the ICU cope with prognostic information.
Journal of palliative medicine 2013 Schenker Y, White DB, Crowley-Matoka M, Dohan D, Tiver GA, Arnold RM -
Recruitment practices and the politics of inclusion in cancer clinical trials.
Medical anthropology quarterly 2012 Joseph G, Dohan D -
I don't want to be the one saying 'we should just let him die': intrapersonal tensions experienced by surrogate decision makers in the ICU.
Journal of general internal medicine 2012 Schenker Y, Crowley-Matoka M, Dohan D, Tiver GA, Arnold RM, White DB -
Patient perceptions of reproductive health counseling at the time of cancer diagnosis: a qualitative study of female California cancer survivors.
Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice 2012 Niemasik EE, Letourneau J, Dohan D, Katz A, Melisko M, Rugo H, Rosen M -
How a cancer education group serves the underserved: 'family' ties and battling cancer.
Patient education and counseling 2011 Dohan D, Szolarova R, Walcer B -
Metrics for evaluating patient navigation during cancer diagnosis and treatment: crafting a policy-relevant research agenda for patient navigation in cancer care.
Cancer 2011 Guadagnolo BA, Dohan D, Raich P -
Demanding patient or demanding encounter?: A case study of a cancer clinic.
Social science & medicine (1982) 2009 Stacey CL, Henderson S, MacArthur KR, Dohan D -
Recruiting minorities where they receive care: Institutional barriers to cancer clinical trials recruitment in a safety-net hospital.
Contemporary clinical trials 2009 Joseph G, Dohan D -
Diversity of participants in clinical trials in an academic medical center: the role of the 'Good Study Patient?'.
Cancer 2009 Joseph G, Dohan D -
Social stigma and the dilemmas of providing care to substance users in a safety-net emergency department.
Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2008 Henderson S, Stacey CL, Dohan D -
Genetic testing for vulnerable populations: what kinds of communication we need and do not need.
The American journal of bioethics : AJOB 2008 Schillinger D, Dohan D -
Barriers beyond words: cancer, culture, and translation in a community of Russian speakers.
Journal of general internal medicine 2007 Dohan D, Levintova M -
Public reporting and pay-for-performance: safety-net hospital executives' concerns and policy suggestions.
Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing 2007 Goldman LE, Henderson S, Dohan DP, Talavera JA, Dudley RA -
Changing patterns of addiction and public aid receipt: tracking the unintended consequences of welfare reform.
Journal of health politics, policy and law 2006 Schmidt LA, Wiley J, Dohan D, Zabkiewicz D, Jacobs LM, Henderson S, Zivot M -
Barriers to Identifying Substance Abuse in the Reformed Welfare System
Social Service Review 2006 Henderson, S., Dohan, D., Schmidt, L. -
Contemporary Drug Problems
From Enabling to Bootstrapping: Welfare Workers' Views of Substance Abuse and Welfare Reform 2005 Dohan, D., Schmidt, L., Henderson, S. -
Using navigators to improve care of underserved patients: current practices and approaches.
Cancer 2005 Dohan D, Schrag D -
Making Cents in the Barrios: The Institutional Roots of Joblessness in Mexican America."
Ethnography 2002 Dohan, Daniel -
Addiction and Welfare Dependency: Interpreting the Connection
Social Problems 2002 Schmidt, L., Dohan, D., Wiley, J., Zabkiewicz, D. -
Managing indigent care: a case study of a safety-net emergency department.
Health services research 2002 Dohan D -
Emergency department closures: policy issues.
Journal of emergency nursing 2000 Malone RE, Dohan D -
Using Computers to Analyze Ethnographic Field Data: Theoretical and Practical Considerations
Annual Review of Sociology 1998 Dohan, D. and Sánchez-Jankowski, M.