Overview
Associate Professor
Health Outcomes and Injury Prevention Sciences
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
453 W 10th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210
Brittany.Hand@osumc.edu
614-366-2646
Dr. Hand’s research centers on optimizing health service delivery and patient health outcomes among adults on the autism spectrum and a variety of other patient populations. To this end, she conducts health services research to study healthcare access, utilization, and costs at the population and local levels. One patient population of particular interest in her research is adults on the autism spectrum. In her funded work, she is partnering with key stakeholders to design solutions to overcome barriers to primary care for autistic adults.
Professional Areas of Interest
- Health services and outcomes research
- Development and validation of patient reported outcome measures
- Autism
- Intellectual and developmental disabilities
Overview
My research centers on optimizing health service delivery and patient health outcomes among autistic adults and a variety of other patient populations. To this end, I conduct health services research to study healthcare access, utilization, and costs at the population and local levels. I also develop and validate novel patient reported outcome measures to help track patient health outcomes and responsiveness to interventions. One patient population of particular interest in my research is autistic adults. In my funded work, I am partnering with autistic adults, family members of autistic adults, and other stakeholders to design a training to improve physicians’ confidence and skills in caring for autistic adults.
Recent Publications
Hand, B.N., Hyer, J.M., Shenck, A., Coyne, A., Gilmore, D., Wang, L., Ejaz, A. (2023, February). Comparing kidney transplant rates and outcomes among adults with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities. JAMA Surgery. [ePub ahead of print] https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2022.7753
Krantz, M., Dalmacy, D., Bishop, L., Hyer, J.M., Hand, B.N. (2023, February). Mortality rate and age of death among Medicare-enrolled, autistic older adults. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. 100, 102077. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2022.102077
Gilmore, D., Harris., L., Hanks, C., Coury, D., Moffatt-Bruce, S., Garvin, J., Hand, B.N. (2022, November). “Giving the patients less work”: A thematic analysis of telehealth use and recommendations to improve usability for autistic adults. Autism. [ePub ahead of print] https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613221132422
Gilmore, D., Longo, A., Krantz, M., Radford, D., Hand, B.N. (2022, August). Five ways providers can improve mental healthcare for autistic adults: A review of mental healthcare use, barriers to care, and evidence-based recommendations. Current Psychiatry Reports. [Epub ahead of print]. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-022-01362-z
Recent Presentations
Gilmore, D., Hyer, JM., Hand, BN. (2023, May). Changes in autistic adults’ healthcare independence during the first year of adult primary care at a patient-centered specialized autism clinic. International Society for Autism Research, Stockholm Sweden.
Hand, BN., Hyer, JM., Schenk, A., Coyne, A., Gilmore, D., Wang, L., Ejaz, A. (2023, May). Discrimination against autistic adults in kidney transplantation: Comparing transplant rates and outcomes among autistic and non-autistic adults with end-stage renal disease. International Society for Autism Research, Stockholm Sweden.
Recent Awards
- 2022 First-authored paper chosen as one of the top 20 significant advances in autism research published in 2020 https://go.osu.edu/CNPw
- 2022 School of HRS Outstanding New Investigator award
- 2021 NIH Loan Repayment Program for Clinical Researchers
- 2020 Elite Peer Reviewer, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- 2019 KL2 Career Development Award, Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences, The Ohio State University
Education
- 2017-2018: Postdoctoral Fellowship, College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina
- 2016: PhD, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The Ohio State University
- 2013: MOT, Occupational Therapy, The Ohio State University
- 2011: BS, Biology, The Ohio State University