Biography:
Public Health Focus/Interests:
Dr. Morrow is a health services researcher working as a contractor, in private industry, in real-world evidence analytics, health economics outcomes research (HEOR), and evidence synthesis. As a methodologist, she focuses on retrospective claims and electronic health record data analyses that measure patient clinical characteristics, treatment patterns, clinical outcomes, healthcare utilization and costs, as well as systematic reviews of literature and meta-analyses. Her topical interests in public health include injury prevention and management of chronic illness among older adults as well as utilizing academic-industry partnerships and patient- and community-engagement to better translate research findings to the post-acute and long-term care settings.
Education:
Doctor of Philosophy, Health Services Research, 2019
Colorado School of Public Health, Denver, CA
Master of Arts, Bioethics, 2013
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology and Biomedical Ethics (minor), 2009
Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
Public Health Courses Taught:
PH 101: Introduction to Public Health
PH 893: Public Health Integrative Learning Experience
Professional Experience/Expertise:
- Health services research
- Health economics outcomes research
- Bioethics
Professional Experience/Expertise:
- Independent contractor working in private industry
- Currently working on projects aimed to improve the speed of evidence synthesis strategies using AI
Recent Publications, Presentations:
Bandle, B, HL Ward, S Min, C Drake, CK Mcilvennan, D Kao & HL Wald. (2017). Can Braden Score Predict Outcomes for Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients? Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 65(6): 1328-1332.
Drake, DH, CD Morrow, K Kinlaw, M De Bonis, A Zangrillo, and RM Sade for the Cardiothoracic Ethics Forum. (2020). Cardiothoracic Surgeons in Pandemics: Ethical Considerations. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 110: 355-8.
Drake, C, HL Wald, L Eber, JI Trojanowski, KA Nearing & RS Boxer. (2019). Research priorities in post-acute and long-term care: Results of a stakeholder needs assessment. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 20(7):911-915.
Drake, C, DH Drake & DA Sidebotham. Invited Commentary. (2016). Annals Thoracic Surgery, 102(4): 1051
Florence, CS, G Bergen, A Atherly, E Burns, J Stevens & C Drake. (2018). Medical costs of fatal and nonfatal falls in older adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 66(4):693-698.
Jones, W, C Drake, D Mack, B Reeder, B Trautner & HL Wald. (2017). Developing Mobile Clinical Decision Support for Nursing Home Staff Assessment of Urinary Tract Infection using Goal-Directed Design. Applied Clinical Informatics, 8(2), 632-650.
Morrow CD, MC Perraillon, AE Daddato, et al. Patient Characteristics Are Not Associated With Documentation of Weight and Heart Failure Related Sign and Symptom Assessment in Skilled Nursing Facilities. (2021). Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, S1525-8610(20)30739-8.
Morrow, CD, R McKenna, L Palmer. (2022). The Impact of COVID-19 Diagnosis on Healthcare Costs. Podium presentation at International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) 2022 annual meeting.
Ozkaynak, M, B Reeder, C Drake, P Ferrarone, B Trautner & HL Wald. (2018). Characterizing Workflow to Inform Clinical Decision Support Systems in Nursing Homes. The Gerontologist, 59(6): 1024-1033.
Plys E, CD Morrow, JD Portz, CD Jones, C Piper, RS Boxer. (2021). Psychological interventions with older adults during inpatient postacute rehabilitation: A systematic review. Rehabilitation Psychology, 66(3):233.
Reeder, B, C Drake, M Ozkaynak & HL Wald. (2019). Usability Testing of a Mobile Clinical Decision Support App for Urinary Tract Infection Diagnosis in Nursing Homes. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 47(7): 11-17.
Reeder, B, M Ozkaynak, C Drake, B Trautner, HL Wald. (2018). Refining a Mobile Clinical Decision Support System for Nursing Home Staff Assessment of Urinary Tract Infection Using Goal-Directed Design. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 33, S824.
Sidebotham, D, CD Morrow & DH Drake. Early Surgery or Conservative Care for Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis. (2020). New England Journal of Medicine, 383(1):92.
