Dr. Wyatt P. Bensken received his Bachelor's of Science in Public Health from American University and his PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Bensken is currently a Research Investigator with OCHIN, Inc. OCHIN, Inc was first established in 2000 as the Oregon Community Health Information Network (OCHIN) to improve the organization of safety net health centers. Soon after, OCHIN developed a community-based electronic health record (EHR) system implemented in EPIC. OCHIN has since evolved as a nonprofit with the largest collection of community-based data available for research. OCHIN contributes to data enclaves such as the National Clinical Cohort Collaborative (N3C), Center for Linkage and Acquisition of Data (CLAD), and AIM-AHEAD. As a Research Investigator, Dr. Bensken is interested in use of clinical and other health-related data to identify disparities and inequities in health care and possible solutions for the benefit of all. Dr. Bensken co-directs the AIM-AHEAD Research Fellowship.
Recent Publications
- Warner, DF, Fein, HL, Schiltz, NK, Vu, L, Szaflarski, M, Bensken, WP, Sajatovic, M, Ghearing, G, Koroukian, S. Incident Epilepsy Among US Medicare Beneficiaries, 2019: Differences by Age, Sex, and Race/Ethnicity. Neurology 2024; 103 (7): e209804. PubMed PMID:39250748 PubMed Central PMC11385955.
- Ogland-Hand, CM, Ciesielski, TH, Bensken, WP, Poppe, KI, Love, TE, Freedman, DA. The Impact of Gardening on Dietary Inflammation: Mixed-Effect Models and Propensity Score Analyses. AJPM Focus 2024; 3 (5): 100264. PubMed PMID:39224790 PubMed Central PMC11367025.
- Navale, SM, Koroukian, S, Cook, N, Templeton, A, McGrath, BM, Crocker, L, Bensken, WP, Quiñones, AR, Schiltz, NK, Wei, MY et al.. Capturing the care of complex community-based health center patients: A comparison of multimorbidity indices and clinical classification software. Health Serv Res 2024; : . PubMed PMID:39212052 .
- Ho, VP, Towe, CW, Bensken, WP, Pfoh, E, Dalton, J, Connors, AF, Claridge, JA, Perzynski, AT. Mortality burden from variation in provision of surgical care in emergency general surgery: a cohort study using the National Inpatient Sample. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open 2024; 9 (1): e001288. PubMed PMID:38933602 PubMed Central PMC11202721.
- Koroukian, SM, Fein, HL, Vu, L, Bensken, WP, Schiltz, NK, Sajatovic, M, Ghearing, GR, Warner, DF. Excess prevalence of preexisting chronic conditions in older adults with incident epilepsy. Epilepsia 2024; 65 (8): 2354-2367. PubMed PMID:38837227 PubMed Central PMC11465140.
- McGrath, BM, Goueth, R, Jones, MWH, Cook, N, Navale, SM, Zyzanski, SJ, Bensken, WP, Templeton, AR, Koroukian, SM, Crist, RL et al.. Care Quality and Equity in Health Centers During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic. Am J Prev Med 2024; 67 (4): 485-493. PubMed PMID:38788862 PubMed Central PMC11416334.
- Strumpf, Z, Miller, C, Abbas, KZ, Bensken, WP, Matta, M. Trends in Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship Applications and Match Rates before and after the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic. ATS Sch 2024; 5 (1): 154-161. PubMed PMID:38585576 PubMed Central PMC10994225.
- Bensken, WP, Navale, SM, McGrath, BM, Cook, N, Nishiike, Y, Mertes, G, Goueth, R, Jones, M, Templeton, A, Zyzanski, SJ et al.. Variation in multimorbidity by sociodemographics and social drivers of health among patients seen at community-based health centers. J Multimorb Comorb 2024; 14 : 26335565241236410. PubMed PMID:38419819 PubMed Central PMC10901061.
- Sachdev, R, Shearn-Nance, G, Vu, L, Bensken, WP, Douglas, SL, Koroukian, SM, Rose, J. Comparing the use of aggressive end-of life care among frail and non-frail patients with cancer using a claims-based frailty index. J Geriatr Oncol 2024; 15 (2): 101706. PubMed PMID:38320468 .
- Bensken, WP, McGrath, BM, Gold, R, Cottrell, EK. Area-level social determinants of health and individual-level social risks: Assessing predictive ability and biases in social risk screening. J Clin Transl Sci 2023; 7 (1): e257. PubMed PMID:38229891 PubMed Central PMC10790234.
