Lee A. Jennings, MD, MSHS

Biography

Lee A. Jennings, MD, MSHS, Chief and Associate Professor, Reynolds Section of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, is a board-certified geriatrician and health services researcher whose work focuses on improving models of care delivery for dementia, aligning care received with patient health goals, and improving the competency of health professions students to provide high-quality geriatric care.

She is the Principal Investigator for 3 statewide grants funded by HRSA, ACL, and the Reynolds Foundation focused on geriatric health care workforce development and community health education for older Oklahomans and their family caregivers. She is a co-investigator on research funded by PCORI, NIA, and the John A. Hartford Foundation and co-chairs the Women in Geriatrics Section for the American Geriatrics Society. Clinically, she specializes in comprehensive geriatric assessment and cognitive evaluation and sees patients at the OU Physicians Senior Health Clinic and the Oklahoma City VA Health System.

Email

lee-jennings@ouhsc.edu

Publications

Research Interests:

• Improving dementia quality of care
• Aligning care received with patient health goals
• End-of-life care in dementia
• Dementia caregiving
• Rural community health education