Research Programs: Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship, Prevention & Etiology
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine

vanry001@umn.edu
612-625-9105 — office

Research Interests

Race/ethnicity and other disparities in health care, provider well-being and provider behavior, provider-patient interactions, characteristics of effective helping relationships.

Selected Publications

van Ryn, M., Burgess, D., Malat, J, and Griffin, J. Physicians' perceptions of patients' social and behavioral characteristics and race disparities in treatment recommendations for men with coronary artery disease. Am J Public Health. 2006;96:351-357.

Burgess D., van Ryn, M. Makota, M and Malat, J. (In Press) Understanding the provider contribution to race/ethnicity disparities in pain treatment: Insights from social cognitive research on stereotyping. Pain Med. 2006;7:119-1134.

Murdoch M, van Ryn M, Hodges J, Cowper D. Mitigating effect of Department of Veterans Affairs disability benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder on low income. Mil Med. 2005; 170:137-140.

Burgess DJ, Fu SS, van Ryn M. Why do providers contribute to disparities and what can be done about it? J Gen Intern Med. 2004;19:1154-1159.

Ayanian JZ, Chrischilles EA, Fletcher RH, Fouad MN, Harrington DP, Kahn KL, Kiefe CI, Lipscomb J, Malin JL, Potosky AL, Provenzale DT, Sandler RS, van Ryn M, Wallace RB, Weeks JC, West DW. Understanding cancer treatment and outcomes: the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance Consortium. J Clin Oncol. 2004;22:2992-2996.