Tracey Taveira, Pharm.D., CDOE, CVDOE

  • Professor & Director of Interprofessional Education
  • Office: 244K
  • Phone: 401.273.7100 x16265
  • Email: ttaveira@uri.edu
  • Office Location: Avedisian Hall, 7 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI 02881
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Biography

Dr. Taveira is a tenured Professor of Pharmacy and the Director of Interprofessional Education for the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Brown University and has a clinical and research appointment with the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC). She is the Chair of the Department of VA Health Services Research Scientific Merit Review Board.

Dr. Taveira is an internationally recognized diabetes expert and serves as the Chair of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Cardiovascular Disease Interest Group. She has served as a member of the ADA Professional Practice Committee. The Professional Practice Committee is responsible for the “ADA Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes” position statement, referred to as the “Standards of Care”. The Professional Practice Committee is a multidisciplinary committee comprised of physicians, diabetes educators, registered dietitians, and pharmacists who are recognized as experts in their field of study. Appointment to the Professional Practice Committee is based on excellence in clinical practice and/or research. While the primary role of the Professional Practice Committee is to review and update the Standards of Care, members are also responsible for overseeing the review and revision of ADA’s position statements and scientific statements. Dr. Taveira co-authored the ADA’s Diabetes Management in Long-term Care and Skilled Nursing Facilities Position Statement. Dr. Taveira has also served as a member of the ADA Scientific and Medical Programs Oversight Committee. Members of the Scientific and Medical Programs Oversight Committee play a major role in the development of the ADA’s strategic plan and in the development of strategies to advance the ADA’s mission.

At the state level Dr. Taveira serves on the Certified Diabetes Outpatient Educator (CDOE) Executive Board of Directors for the State of Rhode Island and has served as the Chair of the CDOE Certification Program Committee since 2005. This board serves at the credentialing body for all certified diabetes educators in Rhode Island.

Research

Dr. Taveira’s research focuses on pharmacist-led multidisciplinary interventions in the areas of cardiovascular disease, heart failure and diabetes in older adults. She has conducted several multi-site randomized controlled clinical outcomes studies evaluating pharmacist-led interventions for cardiovascular risk reduction and heart failure and has received subsequent funding to evaluate the implementation of her pharmacist-led interventions nationally. She has published her findings in highly prestigious medical, cardiology and pharmacy journals.

Dr. Taveira’s research program has successfully received competitive research grants totaling more than $5.2 million from the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development (HSRD) Program, Department of Veterans Affairs Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI), the National Institute of General Medical Sciences Institutional Development Award Networks for Clinical and Translational Research RI-ADVANCE CTR, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, American Heart Association and the Department of Defense. Her expertise and program of scholarship has advanced pharmacy practice nationally.

Education

Pharmacy Practice Residency, University of Rhode Island, 2000–2001
 
Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, 2000
 
 

 

Selected Publications

Kim CW, Haji M, Lopes V, Hallady C, Sullivan J, Ross D, Slazinski K, Taveira TH, Menon A, Gaitanis M, Longenecker C, Bloomfield G, Rudolph J, Wu WC, Erqou S. Variations in antihypertensive medication treatment and blood pressure control among veterans with HIV and existing hypertension. Am Heart J 2024; Aug 29:S0002-8703(24)00204-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2024.08.009

Taveira TH, Cohen LB, Ball SL, LaForest SK, Gee JA, Schaub K, Dev S, Parent M, Hearns R, Wu WC. Shared medical appointments in heart failure for post-hospitalization follow-up: a randomized controlled trial. J Am Heart Assoc 2024; 6;13(15): e035282. Doi:10.1151/JAHA.124.035282.

Haji M, Capilupi M, Kwok M, Ibrahim N, Bloomfield G, Longenecker C, Rodriguez-Barradas, M, Ashong C, Jutkowitz E, Taveira TH, Richard, M, Sullivan J, Rudolph J, Wu WC, Erquo S. Longitudinal outcomes of acute coronary syndromes and revascularization among people living with human immunodeficiency virus: A systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Netw Open 2024; 7(5):e2411159. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.11159

Apenyo T, Taveira TH, Wu WC. Hostility and prevalent diabetes among black adults: The Jackson Heart Study. Nutr Metab Cardiovas Dis 2023;33(4):770-777.

Lawal O, Aronow H, Shobayo F, Hume A, Taveira TH, Matson K, Zhang Y, Wen X. Comparative effectiveness and safety of direct oral anticoagulants and warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation and chronic liver disease: A nationwide cohort study. Circulation 2023;147(10):782-794.

Marshall V, Jewett-Tennant J, Shell-Boyd J, Stevenson L, Hearns R, Gee J, Schaub K, LaForest S, Taveira TH, Cohen L, Parent M, Dev S, Barrette A, Oliver K, Wu WC, Ball SL. Healthcare providers experiences with shared medical appointments for heart failure. PLoS One. 2022;17(2):e0263498.

Apenyo T, Vera-Urbina A, Ahmad K, Taveira TH, Wu, W. Association between median household income, state Medicaid expansion status, and COVID-19 outcomes across US Counties. PLoS One 2022;17*8):e0272497.

Wen X, Taveira TH, Akhlaghi F. Required warfarin dose and time on therapeutic range in patients with diagnosed nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). PloS One 2021; 16(9):e0251665:

Birrell F, Lawson R, Sumego M, Lewis J, Harden A, Taveira T, Stevens J, Manson A, Pepper L, Ickovics J. Virtual group consultations offer continuity of care globally during Covid-19. J Lifestyle Med 2020:1(2).

St. Amand A, Taveira TH, Henthorne KE, Wu WC. Ambulatory intravenous diuretic clinic associated with short-term risk reduction in mortality and rehospitalizations in patients discharged with heart failure.  RI Med J 2020;103(9):16-21.

Wu WC, Huang M, Taveira TH, Roberts MB, Martin LW, Wellenius GA, Johnson KC, Manson JE, Liu A. Relationship between dietary magnesium intake and incident heart failure among older women: The WHI. J Am Heart Assoc 2020;9(7).doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.013570. Epub 2020 Mar 20.

Imran HM, Baig M, Erqou S, Taveira TH, Shah NR, Morrison A, Choudhary G, Wu WC. Home-based cardiac rehabilitation alone and hybrid with center-based cardiac rehabilitation in heart failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis.  J Am Heart Assoc 2019;8(16).

Cohen LB, Taveira TH, Wu WC, Pirraglia PA. Pharmacist-led telehealth disease management for patients with diabetes and depression.  J Telemed Telecare 2020;26(5):294-302.

Wu WC, Parent M, Dev S, Hearns R, Taveira TH, Cohen L, Shell-Boyd J, Jewett-Tennant J, Marshall V, Gee J, Shaub K, LaForest S, Ball S. Group medical visits after heart failure hospitalization: Study protocol for a randomized-controlled trial.  Contemp Clin Trials 2018;71:140-45.doi:10.1016/j.cct.2018.06.015.

Malandrino N, Capristo1 E, Taveira TH, Mingrone G, W.C. Wu.  Cognitive function in individuals with normal weight obesity: results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III).  J Alzheimer’s Dis 2018;65(1):125-135. doi: 10.3233/JAD-180264.

Wu, WC, Taveira TH, Jeffery S, Jiang L, Tokuda L, Musial J, Cohen, LB, Uhrle F. Cost and effectiveness of pharmacist-led group medical visits for type-2 diabetes: A multi-center randomized controlled trial.  PLOS ONE 2018; 13(4). e0195898. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195898.

Cohen LB, Parent M, Taveira TH, Dev S, Wu WC. A description of patient and provider experiences and clinical outcomes after heart failure shared medical appointments. J Patient Exp 2017;4(4): 169-176.

Tokuda L, Lorenzoa L, Theriault A, Taveira TH, Marquis L, Head H, Edelman D, Kirsh SR. Aron DC, Wu WC.  The utilization of video-conference shared medical appointments in rural diabetes care.  Int J Med Inform 2016; 93:34-41.

Taveira TH, Ouellette D, Gulum A, Choudhary G, Eaton CB, Liu S, Wu WC.  Relation of Magnesium Intake with Cardiac Function and Heart Failure Hospitalizations in Black Adults: The Jackson Heart Study. Circ Heart Fail. 2016 Apr;9(4). pii e002698. doi: 101161/circheartfailure.115.002698.

Munshi MN, Florez H, Huang ES, Kalvani RR, Mupanomunda M, Pandva N, Swift CS, Taveira TH, Haas LB. Management of diabetes in long-term care and skilled nursing facilities: A position statement of the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes Care 2016;39(2):308-18. doe: 10.2337/dc15-2512.

American Diabetes Association. Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2016 39(S1): S1-S112.

American Diabetes Association. Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2015 38(S1):S1-S94.

Caetano ML, Taveira TH. Novel agents for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Rhode Island Family Medicine. Fall Edition 2015: 19-20.

Taveira TH, Wu WC.   Interventions to maintain cardiac risk control after discharged from a cardiovascular risk reduction clinic: A randomized controlled trial. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2014 Jun 10. pii: S0168-8227(14)00267-8. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2014.05.013.

Taveira TH, Wu WC, Tschibelu E, Borsook D, Simonson D, Yamamoto R, Langleben DD, Swift R, Elman I. The effect of naltrexone on body fat mass in olanzapine-treated schizophrenic or schizoaffective patients: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study. J Psychopharm 2014;28(4):395-400. Doi 10.1177/0269881113509904.

Sathya B, Davis R, Taveira TH, Wu WC. Intensity of perioperative glycemic control and postoperative outcomes in the patient with diabetes: A meta-analysis. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2013;102(1):8-15. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2013.05.003. Epub 2013 Jun 6.

Patel N, Taveira TH, Choudhary C, Wu WC. C-peptide levels predict cardiovascular and diabetes related mortality in nondiabetic adults.  J Am Heart Assoc 2012 Dec;1(6):e003152. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.112.003152. Epub 2012 Dec 19.

Charpentier MM, Orr KK. Taveira TH. Improving pharmacist knowledge of oral chemotherapy in the community.  Ann Pharmacother 2012;46(9):1205-11. doi: 10.1345/aph.1R056. Epub 2012 Aug 28.

Pirraglia PA, Rowland E, Wu WC, Friedmann PD, O’Toole TP, Cohen LB, Taveira TH. The benefits of a primary care clinic co-located and integrated in the mental health setting for veterans with serious mental illness. Prev Chronic Dis. 2012 Feb;9:E51. Epub 2012 Feb 2.

Malandrino N, Wu WC, Taveira TH, Whitlatch HB, Smith RJ. Association between red blood cell distribution width and macrovascular and microvascular complications in diabetes. Diabetologia 2012 Jan;55(1):226-35. Epub 2011 Oct 15.

Taveira TH, Dooley AG, Cohen LB,  Khatana SA,Wu WC. Pharmacist-led group medical appointments for the management of type 2 diabetes with co-morbid depression in older adults. Ann Pharmacother 2011 Nov;45(11):1346-55. Epub 2011 Oct 25.

Cohen LB, Taveira TH, Khatana SA, Dooley AG, Pirraglia PA, Wu WC. Pharmacist-led shared medical appointments for multiple cardiovascular risk reduction in patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Educ 2011 Nov;37(6):801-12. Epub 2011 Oct 21.

Jankowich MD, Choudhary G. Taveira TH, Wu WC. Age, race, and gender-specific prevalence of diabetes among smokers. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2011; Sep;93(3):e101-5. Epub 2011 Jun 16.

Khatana SA, Kane J, Taveira TH, Bauer MS, Wu WC.  Monitoring and prevalence rates of metabolic syndrome in veterans with major mental illness. PloS One 2011;6(4): e19298. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019298

Cohen LB, Pirraglia PA, Taveira TH, Wu WC. Maintenance of risk factor control in patients with diabetes after discharge from a cardiovascular risk reduction clinic in patients with and without mental health conditions. Ann Pharmacother 2010; 44(7-8):1164-1170.

Khatana SA, Taveira TH, Wu WC. The association between C-reactive protein levels and insulin therapy in obese vs. non-obese veterans with type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Clin Hypertens 2010;12(6):462-8.

Jankowich MD, Taveira TH, Wu, WC. Decreased lung function is associated with increased arterial stiffness as measured by peripheral pulse pressure: Data from NHANES III.  Am J Hypertens 2010;23(6):614-9.

Taveira TH, Friedmann PD, Cohen LB, Dooley AG, Khatana SA, Pirraglia PA, Wu WC. Pharmacist-led group medical appointment model type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Educ 2010;36(1):109-17.

Khatana SA, Taveira TH, Choudhary G, Eaton CB, Wu WC. Change in hemoglobin A1C and C-reactive protein levels in patients with diabetes mellitus. J Cardiometab Synd 2009;4:1-5.

Pirraglia PA, Taveira TH, Cohen LB, Dooley AG, Wu WC. Maintenance of cardiovascular risk goals in veterans with diabetes after discharge from a cardiovascular risk reduction clinic. Prev Cardiol 2009;12(1):3-8.

Taveira TH, Pirraglia PA, Cohen LB, Wu WC. Efficacy of a pharmacist-led cardiovascular risk reduction clinic for diabetic patients with and without mental health conditions. Prev Cardiol 2008;11(4):195-200.

Khatana SM, Taveira TH, Miner MM, Eaton CB, Wu WC. Does cardiovascular risk reduction alleviate erectile dysfunction in men with type 2 diabetes mellitus? Int J Impot Res 2008; Sep-Oct;20(5):501-6.

Pirraglia PA, Taveira TH, Cohen LB, Wu W. Effectiveness of a multifactorial cardiovascular risk reduction clinic for diabetes patients with depression. Prev Chronic Dis 2008; Oct:5(4): A1-7.

Martin OJ, Wu WC, Taveira TH, Eaton CB, Sharma SC. Multidisciplinary group behavioral and pharmacologic intervention for cardiac risk reduction in diabetes – A Pilot Study.  Diabetes Educ 2007; 33(1):1118-27.

Taveira TH, Wu WC, Martin OJ, Schleinitz MD, Friedman P, Sharma SC. Pharmacist-led cardiac risk reduction model. Prev Cardiol 2006; 9(4):202-8.