Barbara Turner, MD

Barbara J Turner MD, MSED is a clinician-researcher who has held tenured professorships at three medical schools and is currently part-time at the Keck School of Medicine of USC where she practices as a general internist. She also serves Deputy Editor of the Annals of Internal Medicine.

• University of Southern California: Excellence in Mentoring Faculty, Postdoctoral Scholars, Medical Residents and Fello, 2024-2025
• University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine: Women in Medicine, 2022
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Viral Hepatitis Testing Recognition Award, 2016
• American Board of Internal Medicine: Kimball Scholar of the American Board of Internal Medicine, 2012

• Initiatives to Support the Homelife of Women Physicians: A Systematic Review. J Gen Intern Med. 2026 Feb; 41(3):819-830.. View in PubMed
• Talking With Patients About Health-Related Mis- and Disinformation. Ann Intern Med. 2026 Feb; 179(2):292-293.. View in PubMed
• Vaccines: Decision Making Amid Conflicting Recommendations. Ann Intern Med. 2025 Nov; 178(11):1642-1643.. View in PubMed
• Transitioning from the Emergency Department to a General Internist Outpatient Clinic for Paracentesis: A Qualitative Inquiry. Dig Dis Sci. 2024 Jul; 69(7):2324-2332.. View in PubMed
• 2023 Inaugural Healthcare Delivery Science: Innovation and Partnerships for Health Equity Research (DESCIPHER) Symposium. Learn Health Syst. 2024 Jul; 8(3):e10442.. View in PubMed
• Partners in vaccination: A community-based intervention to promote COVID-19 vaccination among low-income homebound and disabled adults. Disabil Health J. 2024 Jul; 17(3):101589.. View in PubMed
• The integration of primary care and childhood cancer survivorship care: a scoping review. J Cancer Surviv. 2024 Jun; 18(3):635-650.. View in PubMed
• Disparities in Care for Low-Income Patients with Cirrhosis: Implementing an Innovative Outpatient Clinic for Refractory Ascites in a Safety Net Hospital. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 May; 39(7):1245-1251.. View in PubMed
• Wellness Tour for Tribal Communities During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Uniting Sacred Space with Western Medicine to Prevent Substance Use. J Community Health. 2024 04; 49(2):248-256.. View in PubMed
• Transitioning from the Emergency Department to a General Internist Outpatient Clinic for Paracentesis: A Qualitative. Res Sq. 2023 Dec 28.. View in PubMed
• American Indian and Alaska Native substance use treatment: Barriers and facilitators according to an implementation framework. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2023 12; 155:209095.. View in PubMed
• Prevention of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC). White Paper of the Texas Collaborative Center for Hepatocellular Cancer (TeCH) Multi-stakeholder Conference. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 08; 21(9):2183-2192.. View in PubMed
• Evidence-Based Quality Improvement: a Scoping Review of the Literature. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 12; 37(16):4257-4267.. View in PubMed
• Association of nonpharmacologic chronic pain management with function in a low-income population: Evidence from a survey of a sample of Latinos from five states. PM R. 2022 11; 14(11):1343-1350.. View in PubMed
• Integrating Management of Hepatitis C Infection into Primary Care: the Key to Hepatitis C Elimination Efforts. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 10; 37(13):3435-3443.. View in PubMed
• Integrating primary care and childhood cancer survivorship care: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. 2022 05 16; 12(5):e059050.. View in PubMed
• Educating Primary Care Providers and Associate Care Providers About Hepatitis C Screening of Baby Boomers: a Multi-practice Study. J Cancer Educ. 2022 02; 37(1):217-223.. View in PubMed
• Telephone or Visit-Based Community Health Worker Care Management for Uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus: A Longitudinal Study. J Community Health. 2020 12; 45(6):1123-1131.. View in PubMed
• Improving HCV Risk Assessment and Testing in a Federally Qualified Health Center Setting in Baltimore, Maryland. J Community Health. 2020 08; 45(4):712-716.. View in PubMed
• Patient and provider-level barriers to hepatitis C screening and linkage to care: A mixed-methods evaluation. J Viral Hepat. 2020 07; 27(7):680-689.. View in PubMed
• Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Varies Widely by Calculator and Race/Ethnicity in a Majority Latinx Cohort Living with HIV. J Immigr Minor Health. 2020 Apr; 22(2):323-335.. View in PubMed
• Chronic Pain Self-Management Program for Low-Income Patients: Themes from a Qualitative Inquiry. Pain Med. 2020 02 01; 21(2):e1-e8.. View in PubMed
• Hepatitis C Virus Screening and Care: Complexity of Implementation in Primary Care Practices Serving Disadvantaged Populations. Ann Intern Med. 2019 12 17; 171(12):865-874.. View in PubMed
• Evaluation of a Multifaceted Intervention to Reduce Health Disparities in Hepatitis C Screening: A Pre-Post Analysis. Hepatology. 2019 07; 70(1):40-50.. View in PubMed
• Significant Increase in Risk of Fibrosis or Cirrhosis at Time of HCV Diagnosis for Hispanics With Diabetes and Obesity Compared With Other Ethnic Groups. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 06; 17(7):1356-1363.. View in PubMed
• The Cost of Cure: Barriers to Access for Hepatitis C Virus Treatment in South Texas. J Oncol Pract. 2019 02; 15(2):61-63.. View in PubMed
• Cost-Effectiveness of Hepatitis C Screening and Treatment in Low-Income, Primarily Hispanic Baby Boomers. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2019; 30(3):1053-1067.. View in PubMed
• Randomized Trial of a Low-Literacy Chronic Pain Self-Management Program: Analysis of Secondary Pain and Psychological Outcome Measures. J Pain. 2018 12; 19(12):1471-1479.. View in PubMed
• Unequal Pay for Equal Work: Where Are We Now? Ann Intern Med. 2018 11 06; 169(9):654-655.. View in PubMed
• Implementation of the Chronic Care Model to Reduce Disparities in Hypertension Control: Benefits Take Time. J Gen Intern Med. 2018 09; 33(9):1498-1503.. View in PubMed
• Randomized Trial of Chronic Pain Self-Management Program in the Community or Clinic for Low-Income Primary Care Patients. J Gen Intern Med. 2018 05; 33(5):668-677.. View in PubMed
• Prescription Opioid Use is Associated with Virologic Failure in People Living with HIV. AIDS Behav. 2018 04; 22(4):1323-1328.. View in PubMed
• An Electronic Health Record-based Intervention to Promote Hepatitis C Virus Testing Among Adults Born Between 1945 and 1965: A Cluster-randomized Trial. Med Care. 2018 03; 56(3):274.. View in PubMed
• Increasing Prevalence of Alcohol Use Disorders: Meeting the Challenge in Primary Care : Commentary on Williams et al., Barriers to and Facilitators of Alcohol Use Disorder Pharmacotherapy in Primary Care: A Qualitative Study in Five VA Clinics. J Gen Intern Med. 2018 03; 33(3):236-237.. View in PubMed
• Identification and Characterization of Families That Are Positively Deviant for Childhood Obesity in a Latino Population: A Case-Control Study. J Obes. 2018; 2018:9285164.. View in PubMed
• Improving support and education of low-income baby boomers diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C virus infection through universal screening. J Clin Nurs. 2017 Dec; 26(23-24):4605-4612.. View in PubMed
• Effectiveness of direct-acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C in difficult-to-treat patients in a safety-net health system: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Med. 2017 11 20; 15(1):204.. View in PubMed
• Less Exercise and More Drugs: How a Low-Income Population Manages Chronic Pain. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2017 Nov; 98(11):2111-2117.. View in PubMed
• Examining the reach of a brief alcohol intervention service in routine practice at a level 1 trauma center. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2017 08; 79:29-33.. View in PubMed
• Trajectory of systolic blood pressure in a low-income, racial-ethnic minority cohort with diabetes and baseline uncontrolled hypertension. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2017 Jul; 19(7):722-730.. View in PubMed
• Gaps in the Public’s Knowledge About Chronic Pain: Representative Sample of Hispanic Residents From 5 States. J Pain. 2017 Jun; 18(6):628-636.. View in PubMed
• Colorectal Cancer Screening in the United States: What Is the Best FIT? Ann Intern Med. 2017 Feb 21; 166(4):297-298.. View in PubMed
• FIB-4 and imaging for measuring fibrosis in hepatitis C virus. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Feb; 29(2):192-198.. View in PubMed
• Drug Overdose: Differing Risk Models for Women and Men among Opioid Users with Non-Cancer Pain. Pain Med. 2016 12; 17(12):2268-2279.. View in PubMed
• Comparing two sampling methods to engage hard-to-reach communities in research priority setting. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2016 Oct 28; 16(1):146.. View in PubMed
• Hospital-Based Hepatitis C Screening of Baby Boomers in a Majority Hispanic South Texas Cohort: Successes and Barriers to Implementation. Public Health Rep. 2016 May-Jun; 131 Suppl 2:74-83.. View in PubMed
• Disease Mechanisms in ALS: Misfolded SOD1 Transferred Through Exosome-Dependent and Exosome-Independent Pathways. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 2016 Apr; 36(3):377-81.. View in PubMed
• Novel Measure of Opioid Dose and Costs of Care for Diabetes Mellitus: Opioid Dose and Health Care Costs. J Pain. 2016 Mar; 17(3):319-27.. View in PubMed
• Practical Approach to Detection and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease for the Primary Care Clinician. Am J Med. 2016 Feb; 129(2):153-162.e7.. View in PubMed
• High priority for hepatitis C screening in safety net hospitals: Results from a prospective cohort of 4582 hospitalized baby boomers. Hepatology. 2015 Nov; 62(5):1388-95.. View in PubMed
• Longitudinal Analysis of Opioid Analgesic Dose and Diabetes Quality of Care Measures. Pain Med. 2015 Nov; 16(11):2134-41.. View in PubMed
• Exposure to High-Risk Medications is Associated With Worse Outcomes in Older Veterans With Chronic Pain. Am J Med Sci. 2015 Oct; 350(4):279-85.. View in PubMed
• Implementing hospital-based baby boomer hepatitis C virus screening and linkage to care: Strategies, results, and costs. J Hosp Med. 2015 Aug; 10(8):510-6.. View in PubMed
• Drug Overdose in a Retrospective Cohort with Non-Cancer Pain Treated with Opioids, Antidepressants, and/or Sedative-Hypnotics: Interactions with Mental Health Disorders. J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Aug; 30(8):1081-96.. View in PubMed
• National cohort study of opioid analgesic dose and risk of future hospitalization. J Hosp Med. 2015 Jul; 10(7):425-31.. View in PubMed
• A qualitative study of veterans on long-term opioid analgesics: barriers and facilitators to multimodality pain management. Pain Med. 2015 Apr; 16(4):726-32.. View in PubMed
• Assessing risk for drug overdose in a national cohort: role for both daily and total opioid dose? J Pain. 2015 Apr; 16(4):318-25.. View in PubMed
• Behavioral support intervention for uncontrolled hypertension: a complier average causal effect (CACE) analysis. Med Care. 2015 Feb; 53(2):e9-e15.. View in PubMed
• Pain management and opioid risk mitigation in the military. Mil Med. 2014 May; 179(5):553-8.. View in PubMed
• A qualitative study of family healthy lifestyle behaviors of Mexican-American and Mexican immigrant fathers and mothers. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2014 Apr; 114(4):562-9.. View in PubMed
• Cost-effectiveness of a peer and practice staff support intervention. Am J Manag Care. 2014 03; 20(3):253-60.. View in PubMed
• High risk of obesity and weight gain for HIV-infected uninsured minorities. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2014 Feb 01; 65(2):e33-40.. View in PubMed
• Making the case for the benefits of primary care from observational studies: does an ounce of prevention take a pound of doctor visits? Ann Intern Med. 2013 Oct 01; 159(7):494-5.. View in PubMed
• Dissemination and implementation of comparative effectiveness evidence: key informant interviews with Clinical and Translational Science Award institutions. J Comp Eff Res. 2013 Mar; 2(2):185-94.. View in PubMed
• Clinician suspicion of an alcohol problem: an observational study from the AAFP National Research Network. Ann Fam Med. 2013 Jan-Feb; 11(1):53-9.. View in PubMed
• Systematic review: effect of alcohol intake on adherence to outpatient medication regimens for chronic diseases. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2012 Nov; 73(6):899-910.. View in PubMed
• A randomized trial of peer coach and office staff support to reduce coronary heart disease risk in African-Americans with uncontrolled hypertension. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 Oct; 27(10):1258-64.. View in PubMed
• Limited PSA testing in indigent men in South Texas: an appropriate care or missing a prevention opportunity? Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 Sep; 21(9):1489-96.. View in PubMed
• Utilizing a diabetic registry to manage diabetes in a low-income Asian American population. Popul Health Manag. 2012 Aug; 15(4):207-15.. View in PubMed
• Qualitative analysis of peer coaches’ experiences with counseling African Americans about reducing heart disease risk. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 Feb; 27(2):167-72.. View in PubMed
• The complexity of measuring clinical complexity. Ann Intern Med. 2011 Dec 20; 155(12):851-2.. View in PubMed
• Emotional responses of mothers of late-preterm and term infants. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2011 Nov-Dec; 40(6):719-31.. View in PubMed
• A retrospective cohort study of the potency of lipid-lowering therapy and race-gender differences in LDL cholesterol control. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2011 Sep 30; 11:58.. View in PubMed
• Low use of opioid risk reduction strategies in primary care even for high risk patients with chronic pain. J Gen Intern Med. 2011 Sep; 26(9):958-64.. View in PubMed
• Primary care providers’ perspective on prescribing opioids to older adults with chronic non-cancer pain: a qualitative study. BMC Geriatr. 2011 Jul 14; 11:35.. View in PubMed
• Blood pressure screenings through community nursing health fairs: motivating individuals to seek health care follow-up. J Community Health Nurs. 2011 Jul; 28(3):119-29.. View in PubMed
• Racial differences in primary care opioid risk reduction strategies. Ann Fam Med. 2011 May-Jun; 9(3):219-25.. View in PubMed
• Association of alcohol consumption with selected cardiovascular disease outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 2011 Feb 22; 342:d671.. View in PubMed
• Effect of alcohol consumption on biological markers associated with risk of coronary heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of interventional studies. BMJ. 2011 Feb 22; 342:d636.. View in PubMed
• Association of black race with follow-up of an abnormal prostate-specific antigen test. J Natl Med Assoc. 2011 Feb; 103(2):150-7.. View in PubMed
• Alcohol and sleep problems in primary care patients: a report from the AAFP National Research Network. Ann Fam Med. 2010 Nov-Dec; 8(6):484-92.. View in PubMed
• The role of peer patients in chronic disease management. Ann Intern Med. 2010 Oct 19; 153(8):544-5.. View in PubMed
• Characteristics of older adults receiving opioids in primary care: treatment duration and outcomes. Pain Med. 2010 Jul; 11(7):1063-71.. View in PubMed
• Outcomes associated with opioid use in the treatment of chronic noncancer pain in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010 Jul; 58(7):1353-69.. View in PubMed
• Systematic review: treatment agreements and urine drug testing to reduce opioid misuse in patients with chronic pain. Ann Intern Med. 2010 Jun 01; 152(11):712-20.. View in PubMed
• Chronic noncancer pain management and opioid overdose: time to change prescribing practices. Ann Intern Med. 2010 Jan 19; 152(2):123-4.. View in PubMed
• Racial disparities in hypertension control, but not treatment intensification. Am J Hypertens. 2010 Jan; 23(1):54-61.. View in PubMed
• Gaps in addressing problem drinking: overcoming primary care and alcohol treatment deficiencies. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2009 Oct; 11(5):345-52.. View in PubMed
• Methodological challenges and limitations of research on alcohol consumption and effect on common clinical conditions: evidence from six systematic reviews. J Gen Intern Med. 2009 Oct; 24(10):1156-60.. View in PubMed
• Barriers to adherence and hypertension control in a racially diverse representative sample of elderly primary care patients. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2009 Aug; 18(8):672-81.. View in PubMed
• Undiagnosed hepatitis C on the general medicine and trauma services of two urban hospitals. J Infect. 2009 Jul; 59(1):62-9.. View in PubMed
• Effect of patient comorbidities on filling of antihypertensive prescriptions. Am J Manag Care. 2009 Jan; 15(1):24-30.. View in PubMed
• Reasons patients with a positive fecal occult blood test result do not undergo complete diagnostic evaluation. Ann Fam Med. 2009 Jan-Feb; 7(1):11-6.. View in PubMed
• Prescription opioids, overdose deaths, and physician responsibility. JAMA. 2008 Dec 10; 300(22):2672-3.. View in PubMed
• The impact of concordant and discordant conditions on the quality of care for hyperlipidemia. J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Aug; 23(8):1208-13.. View in PubMed
• Effect of unrelated comorbid conditions on hypertension management. Ann Intern Med. 2008 Apr 15; 148(8):578-86.. View in PubMed
• Overcoming poor attendance to first scheduled colonoscopy: a randomized trial of peer coach or brochure support. J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Jan; 23(1):58-63.. View in PubMed
• Measuring quality of care in patients with multiple clinical conditions: summary of a conference conducted by the Society of General Internal Medicine. J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Aug; 22(8):1206-11.. View in PubMed
• Trials that matter: CD4+ T-lymphocyte count-guided interruption of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients. Ann Intern Med. 2007 May 01; 146(9):682-3.. View in PubMed
• On-site medical care in methadone maintenance: associations with health care use and expenditures. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2007 Mar; 32(2):143-51.. View in PubMed
• Evaluation of “The Many Faces of Pain”: a chronic cancer pain management education program. Can Oncol Nurs J. 2007; 17(2):91-101.. View in PubMed
• Effect of dysthymia on receipt of HAART by minority HIV-infected women. J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Dec; 21(12):1235-41.. View in PubMed
• Clinic-based treatment for opioid dependence: a qualitative inquiry. Am J Health Behav. 2006 Sep-Oct; 30(5):544-54.. View in PubMed
• Research letter: Do physicians discuss political issues with their patients? J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Apr; 21(4):400-1.. View in PubMed
• Principles to consider in defining new directions in internal medicine training and certification. J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Mar; 21(3):276-8.. View in PubMed
• Effect of drug and medical treatment on wide geographic variations in repeated emergency department use by HIV-infected drug users. J Opioid Manag. 2006 Mar-Apr; 2(2):105-12.. View in PubMed
• Effectiveness of complete diagnostic examination in clinical practice settings. Cancer Detect Prev. 2006; 30(6):545-51.. View in PubMed
• Availability of medical care services in drug treatment clinics associated with lower repeated emergency department use. Med Care. 2005 Oct; 43(10):985-95.. View in PubMed
• Barriers and facilitators to primary care or human immunodeficiency virus clinics providing methadone or buprenorphine for the management of opioid dependence. Arch Intern Med. 2005 Aug 8-22; 165(15):1769-76.. View in PubMed
• Seasonal variation in undiagnosed HIV infection on the general medicine and trauma services of two urban hospitals. J Gen Intern Med. 2005 Apr; 20(4):324-30.. View in PubMed
• Unequal pay for equal work: the gender gap in academic medicine. Ann Intern Med. 2004 Aug 03; 141(3):238-40.. View in PubMed
• A survey of women regarding factors affecting colorectal cancer screening compliance. Prev Med. 2004 Jun; 38(6):669-75.. View in PubMed
• Predicting adherence to colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy on the basis of physician appointment-keeping behavior. Ann Intern Med. 2004 Apr 06; 140(7):528-32.. View in PubMed
• Impact of a physician-oriented intervention on follow-up in colorectal cancer screening. Prev Med. 2004 Apr; 38(4):375-81.. View in PubMed
• Symptom-based framework for assessing quality of HIV care. Int J Qual Health Care. 2004 Feb; 16(1):41-50.. View in PubMed
• Effects of long-term, medically supervised, drug-free treatment and methadone maintenance treatment on drug users’ emergency department use and hospitalization. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Dec 15; 37 Suppl 5:S457-63.. View in PubMed
• Antiretroviral adherence interventions: a review of current literature and ongoing studies. Top HIV Med. 2003 Nov-Dec; 11(6):185-98.. View in PubMed
• Physician-reported reasons for limited follow-up of patients with a positive fecal occult blood test screening result. Am J Gastroenterol. 2003 Sep; 98(9):2078-81.. View in PubMed
• Underdiagnosis of depression in HIV: who are we missing? J Gen Intern Med. 2003 Jun; 18(6):450-60.. View in PubMed
• Physician and patient factors associated with ordering a colon evaluation after a positive fecal occult blood test. J Gen Intern Med. 2003 May; 18(5):357-63.. View in PubMed
• Interest in healthy diet and physical activity interventions peripartum among female partners of active duty military. Mil Med. 2003 Apr; 168(4):320-5.. View in PubMed
• Relationship of gender, depression, and health care delivery with antiretroviral adherence in HIV-infected drug users. J Gen Intern Med. 2003 Apr; 18(4):248-57.. View in PubMed
• Effect of medical, drug abuse, and mental health care on receipt of dental care by drug users. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2002 Oct; 23(3):239-46.. View in PubMed
• Outpatient patterns of care and longitudinal intensity of antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected drug users. Med Care. 2002 Oct; 40(10):976-95.. View in PubMed
• Adherence to antiretroviral therapy by human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients. J Infect Dis. 2002 May 15; 185 Suppl 2:S143-51.. View in PubMed
• The effect of ethnicity and maternal birthplace on small-for-gestational-age deliveries to HIV-infected women. J Urban Health. 2002 Mar; 79(1):147-60.. View in PubMed
• HIV-1 RNA viral load monitoring in HIV-infected drug users on antiretroviral therapy: relationship with outpatient care patterns. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2002 Mar 01; 29(3):270-4.. View in PubMed

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