Alison E. Turnbull
Highlights
Languages
- English
Gender
FemaleJohns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Alison E. Turnbull
Primary Academic Title
Associate Professor of Medicine
Background
Dr. Alison E. Turnbull is an associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She also holds a joint appointment in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Dr. Turnbull received her B.A. in biology from Carleton College. She earned her D.V.M. and M.P.H. from Tufts University. She completed her Ph.D. in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Turnbull joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2014.
Research Interests
Epidemiology, data science, ICU, Medical decision-making, Palliative care, post-ICU outcomes
Lab Website
Alison E. Turnbull Lab - Lab Website
- Research in the Alison E. Turnbull Lab focuses on patient-clinician interactions. We study decision-making processes for ICU patients and their families and focus on the long-term outcomes of ICU survivors. Additional research examines ways to improve end-of-life care for patients.
Research Summary
Dr. Turnbull’s research focuses on interactions between the families and clinicians of critically ill patients.
She is particularly interested in methodological innovations that facilitate rigorous evaluation of patient and family engagement initiatives, and in characterizing the long-term outcomes of ICU survivors.
She is a member of the Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) multi-disciplinary research group and a member of the Johns Hopkins Hospital clinical ethics committee.
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/browse/collection/41467227/?sort=date&direction=descending
Selected Publications
Turnbull AE, Chessare CM, Coffin, RK, Needham DM. A brief intervention for preparing ICU families to be proxies: A phase I study. PLoS ONE. 2017;12(10):e0185483
Turnbull AE, Hartog, CS. Goal-concordant care in the ICU: a conceptual framework for future research. Intensive Care Medicine. 2017;43:1847-1849.
Turnbull AE, Hayes MM, Brower RG, Colantuoni E, Sharma Basyal P, White DB, Curtis JR, Needham DM. The effect of documenting prognosis on the information provided to ICU proxies: A randomized trial. Critical Care Medicine. 2019; 47(6):757-764.
Turnbull AE, Rabiee A, Davis WE, Nasser MF, Venna VR, Lolitha R, Hopkins RO, Bienvenu OJ, Robinson KA, Needham DM. Outcome Measurement in ICU Survivorship Research from 1970-2013: A Scoping Review of 425 Publications. Critical Care Medicine. 2016;44(7):1267-1277.
Turnbull AE, Sahetya SK, Daugherty Biddison EL, Hartog CS, Rubenfeld GD, Benoit DD, Guidet B, Gerritsen RT, Tonelli MR, Curtis JR. Competing and conflicting interests in the care of critically ill patients. Intensive Care Medicine. 2018. 44(10):1628-1637.
Courses & Syllabi
Math, Money, and the Mind: Controversies in Medical Decision Making, Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, 1/1/12 - 5/28/12
Honors
- Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2019 Top Reviewer Award, ATS, 5/20/19
- Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society, 1/1/14
- American Thoracic Society International Conference Abstract Scholarship, Assembly on Critical Care, 1/1/14
- Dean's Teaching Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, 1/1/12
- Johns Hopkins Sommer Scholar, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 1/1/10
- Doctoral Seminar Award for Scholarship, Creativity, and Conversational Courage, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology, 1/1/10
- Robert Dyar Memorial Award, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology, 1/1/08
- The Agnes Varis Scholarship, Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine, 1/1/04