M.A. "Tonette" Krousel-Wood, MD, MSPH

Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology

Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs / Associate Dean for Public Health and Medical Education
Phone
(504) 988-5397
School of Medicine
M.A. "Tonette" Krousel-Wood, MD, MSPH

Education & Affiliations

Preventive Medicine Residency, Tulane University School of Medicine
Internal Medicine Internship, Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Internal Medicine/Health Services Research, Ochsner Health System
MD, Louisiana State University School of Medicine
MSPH, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Areas of Expertise

Sex Differences
Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease
Outcomes Research
Medication Adherence Evaluation

Biography

Dr. Krousel-Wood is a physician-scientist who engages in NIH-funded clinical research and clinical trials focused on adherence to prescribed therapies, management of hypertension, and sex differences and health disparities research engaging local, national and international women and men with chronic cardiometabolic diseases.  She is nationally and internationally recognized for her research in medication adherence to antihypertensive medications and has developed and validated with her team a brief open access adherence tool for use in research and clinical settings (K-Wood MAS-4 (Krousel-Wood Medication Adherence Scale-4 item)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3729884/;

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6485944/;

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7752228/.  

She is committed to understanding differences in determinants and outcomes of disease by sex, race, and age in the quest to develop tailored interventions to advance and improve human health. She has presented her research findings at national, and international scientific meetings and has collectively published over 150 peer-reviewed articles, reports and book chapters. In addition to her own research, she is committed to training the next generation of scientific and academic leaders and leads pre- and post-doctoral career development programs including serving as the Principal Investigator and Research Director for the NIH K12 Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) faculty career development award and Multi-Principal Investigator (contact) for the Tulane Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) (R38). She also co-directs the Tulane Institute for Physician Scientists and the Faculty Physician Pipeline Program and leads the MD/MPH program at Tulane—one of the oldest and largest programs of its kind in the US with over 1100 graduates and serves as a model for combined medical and public health training of future physicians nationwide.

Research

Publications

Link to All Publications  

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Krousel-Wood+M.&sort=date

 

Selected Publications (from over 130 PUBMED articles):

  • Krousel-Wood M, Craig L, Peacock E, Slotnik E, O’Connell S, Bradford D, Shi L, and Petty R.  Medication Adherence:  Expanding the Conceptual Framework. Am J Hypertens  (In Press 2021) PMCID: pending

 

  • Craig LS, Peacock E, Mohundro BL, Silver JH, Marsh J, Johnson TC, Kelly PA, Bazzano LA, Cunningham M, Petty RE, Krousel-Wood M. Contributions of implicit and explicit attitudes toward antihypertensive medications in explaining pharmacy refill and self-reported adherence among older adults. J Am Heart Assoc Mar 4:e018986. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.120.018986. Online ahead of print. 2021. PMCID: pending

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/epub/10.1161/JAHA.120.018986

 

  • Yoshida Y; Gillet SA; Brown M; Zhu Y; Wilson SM; Ahmed SJ; Tirumalasetty S; Lovre D; Krousel-Wood M; Denson JL; Mauvais-Jarvis F. Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes in Women and Men Hospitalized for Coronavirus Disease-2019 in New Orleans.  Biology of Sex Differences. Feb 5;12(1):20. doi: 10.1186/s13293-021-00359-2, 2021.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7863061/

 

 

 

  • Krousel-Wood M, Peacock E, Joyce C, Li S, Frohlich ED, Re RN, Mills K, Chen J, Stefanescu A, He  J, Whelton PK, Taju G, Kronish IM, Muntner P. A hybrid 4-item Krousel-Wood Medication Adherence Scale  predicts cardiovascular events in older hypertensive adults. J. Hypertens. 37(4):851-859, 2019. PMCID: PMC6485944.

  • Ricardo AC, Yang P, Sha D,  Appel LJ,  Chen J,  Krousel-Wood M, Manoharan A, Steigerwalt S, Wright J, Rahman M, Rosas SE, Saunders M, Sharma K, Daviglus ML, Lash JP,  and the CRIC Investigators. Sex-related Disparities in CKD Progression.  J Am Soc Nephrol. Jan;30(1):137-146, 2019.  PMCID: PMC6317604.

 

  • Lenane Z, Peacock E, Joyce C, Frohlich ED, Re RN,  Muntner P,  Krousel-Wood M. Association of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms following Hurricane Katrina with Incident Cardiovascular Disease Events among Older Adults with Hypertension. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2019 Mar;27(3):310-32. PMCID: PMC6476543.

 

 

 

  • Foy CG, Lovato LC, Vitolins MZ, Bates JT, Campbell R, Cushman WC, Glasser SP, Gillespie A, Kostis W, Krousel-Wood M, Muhlestein JB, Oparil S, Osei K, Pisoni P, Segal MS, Willgers A, Johnson KC for the SPRINT Study Research Group. Gender, Blood Pressure, and Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes in Adults with Hypertension from the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT). J Hypertens  36:904-915, 2018. PMCID pending. (PMID: 29493562)

 

  • Amico KR, Mugavero M, Krousel-Wood M, Bosworth HB, and Merlin JS. Advantages to using Social-behavioral Models of Medication Adherence in Research and Practice. J. Gen Intern Med. 33: 207-215, 2018. (PMCID: PMC5789100).

 

  • Peacock E^ and Krousel-Wood M. Adherence to Antihypertensive Therapy.  Med Clin North Am. 101:229-245. 2017. (PMCID: PMC5156530).

 

  • Drawz P, Pajewski NM, Bates J, Bello N, Cushman WC, Dwyer J, Fine LJ, Goff D, Haley WE, Krousel-Wood M, McWilliams A, Rifkin DE, Slinin Y, Taylor A, Townsend R, Wall B, Wright JT, and Rahman M, MS2 for the SPRINT Study Research Group. Effect of intensive versus standard clinic-based hypertension management on ambulatory blood pressure-results from the SPRINT ambulatory BP study.  Hypertension.  69:42-50, 2017. (PMCID: PMC5145774).

 

  • He J, Irazola V, Mills KT^, Poggio R , Beratarrechea A, Dolan J, Chen C_C, Gibbons L, Krousel-Wood M, Bazzano LA , Nejamis A, Gulayin P, Santero M, Augustovski F, Chen J, Rubinstein A, for HCPIA Investigators.  Effect of a Community Health Worker-Led Multicomponent Intervention on Blood Pressure Control in Low-income Patients in Argentina: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 19;318:1016-1025, 2017. (PMCID: PMC5761321).

 

  • Tajeu GS^, Kent ST,  Kronish IM, Huang L, Krousel-Wood M, Bress AP, Shimbo D, Muntner P. Trends in antihypertensive medication discontinuation and low adherence among Medicare beneficiaries initiating treatment from 2007 – 2012.  Hypertension 68(3):565-75, 2016. (PMCID: PMC5215087).

 

  • Williamson JD, Supiano MA  Applegate WB,  Berlowitz DR,  Campbell RC,  Chertow GM, Fine LJ, Haley WE,  Hawfield AT,  Ix JH, Kitzman DW,  Kostis JB, Krousel-Wood M,  Launer LJ, Oparil S, Rodriguez CJ, Roumie CL, Shorr RI, Sink KM, Wadley VG, Whelton PK, Whittle J, Woolard NF, Wright JT,  and Pajewski NM; SPRINT Research Group. Intensive Blood Pressure Control in Adults 75 Years of Age and Older: The Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention. JAMA 315:2673-82, 2016. (PMCID: PMC4988796).