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Mary Rose Janevic
Research Associate Professor, Health Behavior and Health Equity, School of Public Health and Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research
Research Interests:
Dr. Janevic’s research centers around promoting healthy aging, particularly in underserved populations, using community-engaged research methods. A major focus of her work is disparities in chronic pain and developing chronic pain self-management interventions for vulnerable populations. Related areas of interest are community health workers, mobile health solutions for chronic pain management, and the role of pets in coping with chronic pain. Previously Dr. Janevic was a post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London, UK, where she assisted with the English Longitudinal Study on Ageing. She has also worked at Kaiser Permanente-Northern California Region, where she coordinated health education programs focusing on chronic disease management.
Dr. Janevic is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Equity at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and is an affiliate of the University of Michigan Population Studies Center.
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- Mody, Lona, ..., Mary Rose Janevic, et al.. 2025. Epidemiology and transmission dynamics of multidrug-resistant organisms in nursing homes within the United States. Nature Communications 16(1):1-16.
- Mary Rose Janevic, Lindsay, Rebecca, Brines, Elizabeth, Wisdom, Kimberlydawn, Robinson-Lane, Sheria G., Brewer, Robin, Murphy, Susan L., Piette, John, Grijalva, Leslie, Anderson, Michael, Clement, Jaye, Latimer, Courtney. 2025. A community health worker-delivered intervention (STEPS) to support chronic pain self-management among older adults in an underserved urban community: protocol for a randomized trial. Trials 26(1):1-12.
- Dewar, Shenbagam, Mary Rose Janevic, Batsis, John A., Alexander, Neil B.. 2025. The Optimal Health Weight and Lifestyle (OHWL) Clinic: Comprehensive, Multi-disciplinary and Geriatric-focused Care for Multimorbid Older adults with Obesity.. Current Developments in Nutrition
- Booker, Staja Q., Alzahid, Sarah K., Jackson, Simone, Kunkul, Fatih, Ayorinde, Margaret, Webb, Fern J., Tucker, Carolyn M., Pei, Qinglin, Staud, Roland, Mary Rose Janevic, Blanco, Luisa R., Starkweather, Angela R., Fillingim, Roger, McMillon-Dantley, Candace. 2025. Using Multi-Method Insights to Develop a Novel Chronic Pain Self-Management Intervention for Black Older Adults. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
- Kenney, Martha O., Rassu, Fenan S., Bartley, Emily J., Hirsh, Adam T., Mary Rose Janevic, Mathur, Vani A., Merriwether, Ericka N.. 2025. Joint call to action paper-Pain disparities special issues: Why this, why now? A unified call at a critical time. The Journal of Pain 37:105567.
- Salimah H. Meghani, Mary Rose Janevic. 2024. Model of Pain in Vulnerable Populations and the Role of Social Determinants of Health. Pain Management in Vulnerable Populations
- Ajrouch,Kristine J, Fatmeh M. Barada, Mary Rose Janevic, Antonucci,Toni C. 2024. Supporting Arab-American Families Living With Dementia: Testing a Culturally Adapted Program. Journal of Applied Gerontology 44(4):515-519.
- Ajrouch,Kristine J, Mary Rose Janevic, Antonucci,Toni C. 2023. Adapting an Alzheimer’s Disease Care Intervention for Arab American Families. Biopsychosocial Perspectives on Arab Americans: Culture, Development, and Health :95-109.
- Tamara A. Baker, Staja Q. Booker, Mary Rose Janevic. 2023. A progressive agenda toward equity in pain care. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine 11(1)
- Elias Samuels, Mary Rose Janevic, Alexandra E. Harper, Angela K. Lyden, Gina M. Jay, Ellen Champagne, Susan L. Murphy. 2023. Updating and Evaluating a Research Best Practices Training Course for Social and Behavioral Research Professionals. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science 8(1):e12.