Freya Nezir
Research Assistant Professor of Mental Health Services in Psychiatry
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Senior Fellow, Penn Implementation Science Center, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
3535 Market Street
Room 3008
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Room 3008
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BA (Economics)
Bogazici University, 2002.
MS (Economics)
University of Texas at Austin, 2005.
PhD (Economics)
University of Texas at Austin, 2008.
BA (Economics)
Bogazici University, 2002.
MS (Economics)
University of Texas at Austin, 2005.
PhD (Economics)
University of Texas at Austin, 2008.
Post-Graduate Training
Health Services Research, Center for Mental Health, University of Pennsylvania, 2010-2012.
Permanent linkHealth Services Research, Center for Mental Health, University of Pennsylvania, 2010-2012.
Description of Research Expertise
health services research, health economics, economic evaluation, mental health care, program evaluationSelected Publications
Scheffrey et.al.: Design and baseline characteristics of an implementation study to increase activity with social incentives: The STEP Together Trial Contemporary Clinical Trials 2025.Apter et.al.: Clinician Views of Patient Navigators for Underserved Adults with Asthma: A Qualitative Analysis. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Page: In Press, Dec 2024.
Brown GK, Wolk CB, Green KL, Nezir F, Mowery DL, Gallop R, Reilly ME, Stanley B, Mandell DS, Oquendo MA, Jager-Hyman S.: Safety planning intervention and follow-up: A telehealth service model for suicidal individuals in emergency department settings: Study design and protocol. Contemporary Clinical Trials 140: doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2024.107492, May 2024.
Krouse RS, Zhang S, Wendel CS, Sun V, Grant M, Ercolano E, Hornbrook MC, Cidav Z, Nehemiah A, Rock M, Appel S, Hibbard JH, Holcomb MJ.: A randomized prospective trial of an ostomy telehealth intervention for cancer survivors. Cancer 130(4): 618-35, Oct 2023.
Xiao R, Bonafide CP, Williams NJ, Cidav Z, Landrigan CP, Faerber J, Makeneni S, Wolk CB, Schondelmeyer AC, Brady PW, Beidas RS, Schisterman EF.: Eliminating Monitor Overuse (EMO) type III effectiveness-deimplementation cluster-randomized trial: Statistical analysis plan. Contemp Clin Trials Commun 36: 101219, Oct 2023.
Van Pelt AE, Bilker WB, Nkwihorez H, Ghadimi F, Brady KA, Cidav Z, Schriger SH, Beidas RS, Gross R, Momplaisir F.: Increasing antiretroviral therapy adherence and retention in care among adults living with HIV in Philadelphia: a study protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial of managed problem-solving plus (MAPS+) delivered by community health workers. BMJ Open 13: e079585, Oct 2023.
Cidav Z, Mandell D, Ingersoll B, Pellecchia M.: Programmatic Costs of Project ImPACT for Children with Autism: A Time-Driven Activity Based Costing Study. Adm Policy Ment Health 50(3): 402-16, May 2023.
Davis A, Faerber J, Ardalan K, Katcoff H, Klein-Gitelman M, Rubinstein TB, Cidav Z, Mandell DS, Knight A.: The Effect of Psychiatric Comorbidity on Healthcare Utilization for Youth With Newly Diagnosed Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. J Rheumatol 50(2): 204-12, Feb 2023.
Rock MC, Cidav Z, Sun V, Ercolano E, Hornbrook MC, Wendel CS, Mo J, Fellheimer H, McCorkle R, Holcomb M, Grant M, Weinstein RS, Krouse RS.: Adapting to the burdens of care: a telehealth program for cancer survivors with ostomies. Support Care Cancer 31: 15, Dec 2022.
Bonafide CP, Xiao R, Schondelmeyer AC, Pettit AR, Brady PW, Landrigan CP, Wolk CB, Cidav Z, Ruppel H, Muthu N, Williams NJ, Schisterman E, Brent CR, Albanowski K, Beidas RS; Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings (PRIS) Network.: Sustainable deimplementation of continuous pulse oximetry monitoring in children hospitalized with bronchiolitis: study protocol for the Eliminating Monitor Overuse (EMO) type III effectiveness-deimplementation cluster-randomized trial. Implement Sci 17: 72, Oct 2022.