Julianne Frain, PhD
About
Dr. Julianne Frain is a researcher and academic with a focus spanning clinical medicine, medical education, and public health. Her published work, which spans 28 peer-reviewed articles, reflects a notably broad range of topics, including functional neurological disorders, HIV care in aging adults, narcolepsy, healthcare workforce challenges such as absenteeism and presenteeism during epidemics, and the quality impact of physician assistants. She has contributed to journals including EClinicalMedicine, BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, and The Clinical Teacher.
A recurring thread in her research is medical education, particularly the integration of functional medical disorders into the undergraduate curriculum. She has authored publications specifically addressing how medical schools can better prepare students to recognize and manage conditions that fall outside conventional diagnostic categories, and she has engaged in the academic conversation around this topic through published responses to commentary on her work.
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Publications
- Investigating the potential association between tattoos and lymphoma: an exploratory systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Authors' Response to: Advocating for Focused Attention on Functional Neurological Disorder in the Undergraduate Medical School Curriculum.
- Impact of physician assistants on quality of care: rapid review.
- A Medical Student Curriculum on Functional Medical Disorders.
- Healthcare personnel absenteeism, presenteeism, and staffing challenges during epidemics.
- Depression as a Comorbid Condition: A Descriptive Comparative Study.
- Considering the Impact of Aging When Caring For and Treating Adults With HIV.
- Increased creative thinking in narcolepsy.
- Examining the effectiveness of a cognitive intervention to improve cognitive function in a population of older adults living with HIV: a pilot study.
- Preparing every nurse to become an HIV nurse.
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