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Pamala A. Pawloski, PharmD, BCOP, FCCP
Former Senior Research Investigator

About

Joined the Institute: 2008

Education and training: PharmD, North Dakota State University; pharmacy practice residency and oncology pharmacy practice residency, University of Kentucky; clinical pharmacology fellowship, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Overview/research interests: Optimizing patient outcomes by improving medication management through the application of pharmacogenomics, medication therapy management and medication surveillance.

Current research activities and funding:

Cancer Treatment and Supportive Care Outcomes

  • CRN4: Cancer Research Resources & Collaboration in Integrated Health Care Systems (NCI)
  • Pilot Testing a Biorepository Framework to Enable Genomic Research at HP (HPI)
  • Treatment, Experiences and Barriers among Elderly Colorectal Cancer Patients (PCORI)
  • Implementing Universal Lynch Syndrome Screening across Multiple Healthcare Systems: Identifying Strategies to Facilitate and Maintain Programs in Different Organizational Contexts (NCI)

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Publications While At HealthPartners

selected publications

Journal Article
  • A multi-site feasibility study of a stepped-care telehealth intervention for depression and anxiety in post-treatment cancer survivors at community cancer clinics (WF-30917CD). 
    Journal of Cancer Survivorship. 2025
  • Clinical decision support and cardiometabolic medication adherence: a randomized clinical trial. 
    JAMA network open. 2025
    Article has an altmetric score of 10
  • Collaborative pharmacy research across integrated health systems: a purpose and promise for opportunities to study the complete medication-use process. 
    American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 2025
  • Patient characteristics and use for bevacizumab in ophthalmology and oncology in a distributed research network. 
    Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy. 2025
  • A power-based sliding window approach to evaluate the clinical impact of rare genetic variants in the nucleotide sequence or the spatial position of the folded protein. 
    • Editorial Article
  • Cancer screening results and follow-up using routinely collected electronic health data: estimates for breast, colon, and cervical cancer screenings [editorial]. 
  • How clinical pharmacists can improve outpatient diabetes care [editorial]. 
    Diabetes Management (London, England).  4. 2014
  • Personalized and prioritized diabetes treatment recommendations to reduce cardiovascular risk [editorial]
    2014
    • Chapter
  • Health maintenance organizations/health plans. 
    Pharmacoepidemiology. 2012
    • Conference Paper
  • Validation of genomic markers that predict distant recurrence risk via FISH assays in women with early stage breast carcinoma
    2007
    • Conference Poster
  • Adolescent and young adult cancer data in the Cancer Research Network [poster]
    2017
  • Crusade for cancer data: how a non-SEER Site populated the VDW tumor table [poster]
    2017
  • Long-term outcomes of a cluster-randomized trial testing the effects of blood pressure (BP) telemonitoring and pharmacist management on BP outcomes [poster]
    2017
  • Long-term outcomes of a cluster-randomized trial testing the effects of blood pressure telemonitoring and pharmacist management [poster]
    2017
  • Cancer Research Network: data availability pre- and post-cancer diagnosis [poster]
    2014
    • Review
  • A systematic review of clinical decision support systems for clinical oncology practice [systematic review]. 
    • Abstract
  • Beyond implementation: developing and utilizing a 5-factor scale to measure optimization of Lynch syndrome tumor screening programs in health systems [abstract]. 
  • Comparing change in systolic blood pressure with clinic-based care versus telehealth care in a pragmatic cluster-randomized trial (Hyperlink 3) [abstract]. 
  • Medication adherence during the COVID-19 pandemic: preliminary data from the patient perspective [abstract]. 
  • Diagnosis and treatment of neuropathy postchemotherapy in three health systems [abstract]. 
    Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2019
  • Long-term effects on cardiovascular events of home blood pressure telemonitoring with pharmacist management in patients with uncontrolled hypertension [abstract]. 
    Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2019
    • Webpage
  • Technical briefing 5: SARS-CoV-2 antiviral treatment gaps
    2023

    • presentations

    Presentation
  • Age, comorbidity and breast cancer severity - their impact on receipt of guideline therapy and rate of recurrence among older women with early stage breast cancer [presentation], HMO Research Network 17th Conference: Collaborations in Population-Based Health Research
  • Applying a model to predict neutropenia risk in patients with cancer using electronic data [presentation], HMO Research Network (HMORN) 21st Annual Conference: Care Improvement Research: Partnering with Patients, Providers and Operational Leaders
  • Applying a neutropenia risk model to cancer patients using VDW data: a CRN pilot study [presentation], HMO Research Network (HMORN) 21st Annual Conference: Care Improvement Research: Partnering with Patients, Providers and Operational Leaders
  • Barriers and facilitators for medication adherence [presentation], HMO Research Network 17th Conference: Collaborations in Population-Based Health Research
  • Cancer research in your community [webinar], American Cancer Society, Minnesota Chapter
    • Invited Talk
  • Genomic research within an integrated health system [invited presentation], PUMA (Pathway driven Pharmacogenomics, University of Minnesota Alliance) Research Group
  • Primary non-adherence and health care utilization [invited presentation], HealthPartners Research Foundation Board of Directors
  • Utilization of genetic data for clinical decision-making [invited presentation], LifeScience Alley 10th Annual Conference & Expo

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