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Sachin Jatin Shah

Instructor in the Department of Epidemiology

Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Departments

Department of Epidemiology

Other Positions

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medicine-Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Project code
Social Frailty Index

Biography

I am a physician investigator in the Division of General Internal Medicine and the Center for Aging and Serious Illness at MGH. My research program is dedicated to assisting older adults in making personalized treatment decisions when they face high-stakes medical decisions, like deciding to use blood thinners, use new anti-amyloid treatments for dementia, or undergo a procedure. After completing my training in Internal Medicine and a General Medicine Research Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, I joined the faculty at UCSF. After five years at UCSF, I returned to Massachusetts General Hospital, where I provide clinical care, supervise trainees, and conduct research.

My research program uses epidemiologic methods and core aging concepts to better define the risks and benefits of high-risk therapeutics. High-stakes clinical decisions are those with both substantial benefit and harm. My work focuses on (1) the generalizability of clinical trials to older adults and (2) individualizing estimates of benefit and harm for older adults. I also devote substantial attention to defining and measuring vulnerability in older adults. My work has focused on social vulnerability by defining the interaction between social resources and medical illness. My work is funded by the National Institute on Aging and supported by the Department of Medicine at MGH.

In addition to my research program, I serve as the General Medicine Fellowship Director at MGH and the primary instructor for EPI 946 at the Harvard School of Public Health.

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Education and Training

  • MD,
    Yale University School of Medicine
  • , Medicine Residency
    Massachusetts General Hospital
  • , Chief Resident
    Massachusetts General Hospital
  • MPH,
    Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
  • , Research fellow (General Medicine & Population Health)
    Massachusetts General Hospital

Awards and Honors

  • Junior Investigator Recognition Award (best article by junior faculty, Annals of Internal Medicine), 2018
    Annals of Internal Medicine and American College of Physicians
  • Young Investigator Award (AHA Council on Quality and Outcomes Research), 2017
    American Heart Association Council on Quality and Outcomes Research
  • Ferris Prize for Outstanding Thesis (Yale Medical School), 2011
    Yale University School of Medicine

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