Corrine Voils, PhD

Professor

Dr. Voils is not accepting graduate students at this time.

  • Morgridge Distinguished Chair in Health Services Research
  • Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery

voils@surgery.wisc.edu
(608) 263-1036

K6/100 Clinical Science Center
600 Highland Ave
Madison, WI 53792

Education

  • PhD, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  • MS, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  • BA, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX

Research Interests

Dr. Voils, a social psychologist, uses qualitative and quantitative methodologies to study and improve treatment adherence. One area of interest is in developing and evaluating behavioral interventions to improve long-term weight loss. She has led multiple randomized trials of weight management interventions, with a particular focus on weight maintenance. She has been focusing on improving social support and providing financial incentives as behavioral strategies to promote long-term weight loss.

A second area of interest is genomics health services research. Dr. Voils led an RCT to evaluate the clinical utility of genetic testing for type 2 diabetes. She also led an RCT to evaluate effectiveness and implementation of an information technology innovation that collects patient-entered family history and provides decision support to patients and providers. She is currently PI of an evaluation of the VA’s PHASER pharmacogenomics program.

Dr. Voils developed a self-report measure of medication nonadherence that is currently being translated to other languages and disseminated in research and clinical settings in the United States and abroad. For more information about this measure, click here.

Dr. Voils’ Lab

Dr. Voils was recently awarded a one-year, $92,000 diversity supplement from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Read more here.

Dr. Voils also received a four-year, $840,000 Research Education Program (R25) grant from the National Cancer Institute. Read more here.

Recent Publications

  • Trends in and Predictors of Patient Pharmacogenomic Test Uptake in a National Healthcare System.
    Silva A, Voora D, Wu RR, Bartle B, Chanfreau-Coffinier C, Hung A, Voils CI
    Genet Med 2024 Oct 28; 101308
    [PubMed ID: 39484796]

  • Cancer-related Fear and Worry in Patients with Low-Risk Thyroid Cancer: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.
    Lee S, Antunez AG, Sinco B, Saucke MC, Bushaw KJ, Dream S, Fingeret A, Livhits MJ, Mathur A, McDow AD, Roman S, Voils CI, Pitt SC
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2024 Oct 14;
    [PubMed ID: 39400115]

  • Nurse-Supported Self-Directed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
    Ulmer CS, Voils CI, Jeffreys AS, Olsen M, Zervakis J, Goodwin K, Gentry P, Rose C, Weidenbacher HJ, Beckham JC, Bosworth HB
    JAMA Intern Med 2024 Nov 01; 184(11): 1356-1364
    [PubMed ID: 39250131]

  • Thyroid Cancer-Related Fear & Anxiety in Patients With Benign Thyroid Nodules: A Mixed-Methods Study.
    Evans EE, Dougherty A, Jensen CB, Sinco B, Robinson N, Ozkan M, Khan I, Roche K, Saucke MC, Bushaw KJ, Antunez AG, Voils CI, Pitt SC
    J Surg Res 2024 Oct; 302: 805-813
    [PubMed ID: 39236399]

  • A non-randomized comparison of engagement and outcomes for in-person versus virtual delivery of the Partner2Lose weight management trial.
    Carpenter SM, Shetty A, Hetzel SJ, Garza K, Porter LS, Gray KE, Shaw RJ, Lewis MA, Mao L, Pabich S, Johnson HM, Yancy WS, Elwert F, Voils CI
    Obes Sci Pract 2024 Aug; 10(4): e778
    [PubMed ID: 39045420]

All Publications on PubMed