Asano-Gonnella Center for Research in Medical Education & Health Care

The Asano-Gonnella Center for Research in Medical Education & Health Care produces a variety of publications, including books, peer-reviewed journals and newsletters. Center faculty and staff collaborate in scholarly work with other Sidney Kimmel Medical College faculty and publish and present medical education and health services research projects in U.S. and international journals and at scientific meetings.

Ali CR, Litvintchouk AM, Moeller P, Davis R, Hannan E, Maio V, Csik VP. Depression and Distress Screening in Oncology Patients: A Descriptive Analysis. American Journal of Medical Quality 2025;40(1):1-7 DOI: 10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000212

Castagna C, Huff A, Douglas A, Garofano M, Fabi M, Hass R, Maio V. Stratifying the population based on health risk: identification of patient key health risk factors through consensus techniques BMC Primary Care 2025;26:229. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-025-02923-w

Douglas A, LoSasso A Alfonsi, L, Bernard L, Pohl C, Wilson A, Hojat M. Comparisons of Validity of the New and Prior MCAT Exams in Predicting Performances on Steps 1, 2, and 3 of the United States Medical Licensing Examinations. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 2025, p.1-9. https://doi.org/10.4081/itjm.2023.1676

Flax VL, Rizvi N, Charantimath U, Jassani S, Kavi A, Sallem S, Somannavar M, Goudar SS, Hannan A, McClure EM, Thing S, Frasso R, Derman R. PRIORITY IR: Protocol for implementation research on single-dose postpartum IV iron to treat iron-deficiency anemia among women in India and Pakistan [version 1]. VeriXiv 2025, 2:19 (https://doi.org/10.12688/verixiv.540.1)

Granda-Cameron C, Frasso R, Robles-Rodriguez E, et al. Hispanic Breast Cancer Survivors Share Their Perceptions About Endocrine Blocking Therapy Adherence. JNHMA. 2024;2(2):50-64. doi:10.59867/nhma0404

Nachira L, Arcaro P, Pattavina F, Campo E, Castagna C, Frasso R, Cadeddu C, Bruno S. Perceived relevance of Planetary Health for Medical Students in Italy: results from a mixed-methods analysis. Public Health in Practice, 2025,100607, ISSN 2666-5352 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2025.100607.

Snyder NP, Olonilua BO, Frasso R, Croce J, Papanagnou, D. Communicating with Deaf Patients in the Clinical Environment through Deaf-Hearing Teams: Lessons Learned from a Virtual Patient Panel. MedEdPublish 2025, 14:218. https://doi.org/10.12688/mep.20608.2

Vaile J, Doran C, Maheu AR, Jaramillo V, Perez-Chadid DA, Fernandez T, Walkosak C, Roll Velez D, Bedoya Osorio SC, Seebadri-White C, Troung S, Papanagnou D, Fernandez A, Frasso R. Design and Validation of a Cross-Cultural Virtual Exchange Experience Among Bilingual Medical Students: A Qualitative Study. Frontiers in Medicine (in press).

Voeller M, Pohl CA. A novel for‐credit DEI humanities co‐curriculum. Medical Education, 2024, 58(5):645-645. DOI:10.1111/medu.15358

Wilson AM, Douglas A, Spandorfer JM. MD. Reliability and Validity of the Respect Factor in Student Evaluations of Clinical Educators. Academic Medicine 100(6):p 705-709, June 2025. DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000006001

Wilson AM, Berg K, Douglas A, Caruso J, Diemer G, Day K, Frasso R, Herrine SK, Abraham D. Closing the Communication Gap: Assessing the Alignment Between UME and GME Competencies. Am J Med Qual. 2025 Sep-Oct 01;40(5):235-242. doi: 10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000254. Epub 2025 Jun 12. PMID: 40505090.