Research
Dr. Madanay is a medical decision psychologist whose work focuses on improving clinician and patient judgment and decision-making, with particular attention to how psychological factors and presentation of information shape value-based care decisions.
Biography
Farrah Madanay, PhD, is a core investigator in the Center for Value-Based Care Research and Associate Staff in the Department of Internal Medicine at Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Madanay earned her BA from Rice University, her MA from Columbia University, and her PhD in Public Policy from Duke University. Her dissertation examined patients’ perceptions of clinicians, using advanced natural language processing methods to classify online physician reviews. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in decision sciences at the Center for History, Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, & Ethics in Medicine at the University of Michigan. Dr. Madanay is currently supported by an NIH K12 training scholarship in team-based multidisciplinary research through the Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative of Northern Ohio.
Education & Professional Highlights
Education
Graduate School – Duke University
Public Policy Studies
Durham, NC USA
2023
Graduate School – Columbia University
Modern European Studies
New York, NY USA
2016
Undergraduate – Rice University
Religious Studies and Art History
Houston, TX USA
2013
Memberships
Editorial Board Member, Society for Medical Decision Making
Member, Society for Judgment and Decision Making
Member, Society for General Internal Medicine
Research
Impact of clinician psychology on preventive care decision-making
We seek to determine the extent to which clinician psychology explains variation in healthcare decision-making. Prior research has investigated the influence of observable factors on healthcare decisions, and particularly low-value care, but little variation is attributable to these factors. Understanding these decisions may require a deeper, psychological understanding of clinician behavior.
Reducing all-cause mortality in apparently healthy adults
We are examining which interventions in apparently healthy adults and in adults with common cardiometabolic conditions (e.g., hypertension, diabetes, obesity) are supported by high-quality evidence demonstrating reductions in all-cause mortality.
Hypertension management in elderly adults
Patients with hypertension—especially older adults—benefit from tighter blood pressure control, yet clinicians often avoid intensifying therapy. We are investigating clinicians’ knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about managing hypertension in older patients, including the factors that contribute to intensification reluctance.
Selected Publications
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