Susan Hughes, MS

ASSOC ADJ PROF-FY
Family Medicine - Fresno
+1 559 499-6467

As the Research Director I provide oversight for all scholarly activities including research, grant, and community project related activities within the Family and Community Medicine Department including the two fellowship programs within the department, Maternal Child Health and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. This includes planning research projects, conducting research projects, making scientific presentations, and writing manuscripts for publication on topics of interest to Family and Community Medicine faculty, fellows and residents.

Publications: 

Physician Perceptions and Beliefs Regarding End-of-Life Care in a Central California Health System.

The American journal of hospice & palliative care

Maas DS, Hughes S, Macmillan PJ, Rodriguez Carranza LP, Nguyen M

Earlier Palliative Care Referrals Associated with Reduced Length of Stay and Hospital Charges.

Journal of palliative medicine

Macmillan PJ, Chalfin B, Soleimani Fard A, Hughes S

Impact of healthy steps on developmental referral rates.

Family medicine

Hughes S, Herrera-Mata L, Dunn J

Lightning safety awareness of visitors in three California national parks.

Wilderness & environmental medicine

Weichenthal L, Allen J, Davis KP, Campagne D, Snowden B, Hughes S

Parental satisfaction without antibiotics.

The Nurse practitioner

White D, Moir A, Zweifler J, Hughes S

The relationship between a statewide preceptorship program and family medicine residency selection.

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM

Kubal VS, Zweifler J, Hughes S, Reilly JM, Newman S

Effects of echinacea on the frequency of upper respiratory tract symptoms: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology

O'Neil J, Hughes S, Lourie A, Zweifler J

Trends in rural and urban deliveries and vaginal births: California 1998-2002.

The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association

Hughes S, Zweifler JA, Garza A, Stanich MA

Vaginal birth after cesarean in California: before and after a change in guidelines.

Annals of family medicine

Zweifler J, Garza A, Hughes S, Stanich MA, Hierholzer A, Lau M

High school census tract information predicts practice in rural and minority communities.

The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association

Hughes S, Zweifler J, Schafer S, Smith MA, Athwal S, Blossom HJ

Response: Use of Drug Sample Medications.

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Sean Schafer, John Zweifler, Susan Hughes

Are sample medicines hurting the uninsured?

The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Zweifler J, Hughes S, Schafer S, Garcia B, Grasser A, Salazar L

How much do rural Hispanics know about the adverse health risks of smoking?

The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association

Butkovic T, Hegde RS, Hughes S, Lourie A, Schafer S

Rejecting family practice: why medical students switch to other specialties.

Family medicine

Schafer S, Shore W, French L, Tovar J, Hughes S, Hearst N