Joanna G Katzman
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Professor Adjunct of Epidemiology (Environmental Health Sciences)DownloadHi-Res Photo
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Professor Adjunct of Epidemiology (Environmental Health Sciences)
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Joanna G. Katzman, MD, MSPH is a physician and public health educator. She graduated from Yale School of Medicine and UCLA School of Public Health before completing her neurology residency at UCLA. Dr. Katzman directed the University of New Mexico Pain Center for 14 years. Currently, she is Director of Public Health Programs at Project ECHO, a global telementoring initiative. Dr. Katzman's primary academic interest is to understand how to best educate health professionals regarding public health crises in their local communities to improve lives for patients across the globe. In particular, Dr. Katzman is interested in climate change and human heath, violence prevention as well as chronic pain and opioid management.
Last Updated on August 14, 2024.
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Education & Training
- Non Degree Program
- UCLA School of Medicine Neurology Residency, Department of Neurology (1995)
- Non Degree Program
- Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Medical Internship (1991)
- MD
- Yale University, Medicine (1990)
- MSPH
- UCLA School of Public Health, Nutritional Sciences (1986)
- BA
- Stanford University, Human Biology (1984)
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In addition to Dr. Katzman's telementoring research, she has also spent time studying the chronic pain and opioid crisis. With collaborators at the University of New Mexico, Dr. Katzman has studied the use of naloxone given freely both in pain and substance use clinics- and has found significant benefits of this procedure particularly at addiction clinics in terms of social connectedness.
Public Health Interests
Chronic Diseases; Community Health; Environmental Health; Climate Change; Mental Health; Stigma and Discrimination; Substance Use, Addiction; Capacity Building; Health Equity, Disparities, Social Determinants and Justice; COVID-19; Firearm Injury Prevention
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0000-0003-4115-1393
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A big-picture view of Joanna G Katzman's research output by year.
51Publications
1,948Citations
Publications
2025
Substance Use and Chronic Pain Management: Understanding the Learning Needs of Primary Care Clinicians Through Project ECHO
Katzman J, Warrick B, Takeda M, Bhatt S, Grandhe R, Jacobsohn V, Tomedi L. Substance Use and Chronic Pain Management: Understanding the Learning Needs of Primary Care Clinicians Through Project ECHO. Healthcare 2025, 13: 873. PMID: 40281822, PMCID: PMC12027298, DOI: 10.3390/healthcare13080873.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTraining School-Based Health Clinicians in New Mexico Regarding Adverse Childhood Experiences
Katzman J, Tomedi L, Chari K, Pandey N, Del Fabbro A, Ramos M, Kazhe-Dominguez B. Training School-Based Health Clinicians in New Mexico Regarding Adverse Childhood Experiences. Healthcare 2025, 13: 638. PMID: 40150488, PMCID: PMC11942032, DOI: 10.3390/healthcare13060638.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Caring for the Caregivers: Improving Mental Health among Health Professionals Using the Behavioral Health Professional Workforce Resilience ECHO Program
Katzman J, Tomedi L, Pandey N, Richardson K, Xenakis S, Heines S, Grabbe L, Magdaleno Y, Mehta A, Welton R, Lister K, Seis K, Wright A, McCoy-Hayes S, Katzman J. Caring for the Caregivers: Improving Mental Health among Health Professionals Using the Behavioral Health Professional Workforce Resilience ECHO Program. Healthcare 2024, 12: 1741. PMID: 39273765, PMCID: PMC11395428, DOI: 10.3390/healthcare12171741.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricDevelopment and validation of an indicator to identify prescriptions as non-opioid pharmacological therapies used for pain management through the use of electronic health record data
Lane R, Tomedi L, Takeda M, Hood N, Katzman J. Development and validation of an indicator to identify prescriptions as non-opioid pharmacological therapies used for pain management through the use of electronic health record data. Pain Medicine 2024, 25: 416-418. PMID: 38400762, PMCID: PMC11145446, DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnae011.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersPain: The Silent Public Health Epidemic
Katzman J, Mac Gallagher R. Pain: The Silent Public Health Epidemic. Journal Of Primary Care & Community Health 2024, 15: 21501319241253547. PMID: 38742616, PMCID: PMC11095171, DOI: 10.1177/21501319241253547.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsCitationsAltmetric
2023
When Climate Change Shows Up in the Exam Room
Katzman J, Wheat S, Christiano A. When Climate Change Shows Up in the Exam Room. The Journal Of The American Board Of Family Medicine 2023, 37: 15-18. PMID: 38092434, DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230200r1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH KeywordsClimate-health tele-education as a force multiplier: A train-the-trainer ECHO course series
Wheat S, Katzman J, Herring D, Tomedi L, Sood N, Sorensen C. Climate-health tele-education as a force multiplier: A train-the-trainer ECHO course series. The Journal Of Climate Change And Health 2023, 14: 100282. DOI: 10.1016/j.joclim.2023.100282.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricClinician education on climate change and health: virtual learning community models
Katzman J, Balbus J, Herring D, Bole A, Buttke D, Schramm P. Clinician education on climate change and health: virtual learning community models. The Lancet Planetary Health 2023, 7: e444-e446. PMID: 37286241, DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(23)00087-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH KeywordsEvaluation and guide for embedding opioid use disorder education in health professions’ curricula
Salvador J, Bolaños-Sacoman S, Katzman J, Morrison A, Fox L, Schneider J, Bhatt S, Kincaid T, Waldorf V. Evaluation and guide for embedding opioid use disorder education in health professions’ curricula. BMC Medical Education 2023, 23: 135. PMID: 36859298, PMCID: PMC9975819, DOI: 10.1186/s12909-023-04088-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2022
Project ECHO interprofessional telementoring: Using a novel case-based approach for building the U.S Public Health Service clinical response in pain and substance use disorder
Katzman J, Bhatt S, Krishnasamy V, Mells J, Rubel S, Tomedi L, Jacobsohn V, Groves R, Neubert P. Project ECHO interprofessional telementoring: Using a novel case-based approach for building the U.S Public Health Service clinical response in pain and substance use disorder. Journal Of Interprofessional Education & Practice 2022, 29: 100542. DOI: 10.1016/j.xjep.2022.100542.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitations
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