Q&A with Helen Omuya: Improving Life for Older Veterans Through Deprescribing Interventions

The number of medications prescribed to older adults for various health complaints can sometimes accumulate to daunting levels over time and potentially harm their health and quality of life.

Helen Omuya, a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, received a 2023 PhRMA Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship in Value Assessment-Health Outcomes Research for her work with the Department of Veterans Affairs health system on creating tools that enable health care providers to help patients safely go off medications.

Watch this video to learn about Omuya and her research.