Department Faculty
John Wiecha, MD, MPH
Dr. Wiecha is and Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs at Boston University School of Medicine, where is also serves as the Director of the Office of Medical Education. He received his M.D. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and M.P.H from the University of Massachusetts. He completed residencies in Family Medicine and in Preventive Medicine at the University of Massachusetts. Dr. Wiecha has published studies on patterns of preventive health care among disadvantaged populations, and on tobacco abuse among minority populations in Massachusetts. He has received a number of awards, including the American Cancer Society Cancer Control Career Development Fellowship, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars Award, and the University of Massachusetts Fellowship in Asian-American Studies. He served as medical director of a community-based cancer prevention program for Southeast Asian-Americans that received national recognition for excellence. Dr. Wiecha’s medical education projects have been funded by numerous private foundations, the US Public Health Service, the NIH, and the World Health Organization.
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Journal Articles
Wiecha JM, Fink A. Wiecha JL. Hebert J. Differences in Dietary Patterns among Vietnamese, African American, Hispanic, and White adolescents in Worcester, MA. Journal of the American Dietetic Assoc. 2001: 101 (2): 248-251.
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Wiecha JM. Holistic Health: Implications for physicians in a changing world. Rhode Island Medical Journal 1987;70: 205-208.
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Wiecha JM. Differences in knowledge of hepatitis B among Vietnamese, African American, Hispanic, and White adolescents in Worcester, MA. Pediatrics 1999;104:1212-1216.
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Wiecha JM. Ethics in medicine, are we blind? In support of teaching medical ethics at the bedside. Journal of Medical Humanities 1991;12:111-117.
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Wiecha JM, Gann P. Provider confidence in breast examination. Family Practice Research Journal 1993;12:37-41.
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Wiecha JM, Gann P. Prenatal care utilization predicts infant immunization adequacy. Family Medicine 1994;26:172-178.
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Wiecha JM, Lim M. Tine test cards for TB screening: rates of parental return and associated factors. Family Practice Research Journal 1994;14:51-57.
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Wiecha JM, Hebert J, Lim M. Dietary measurement in Vietnamese youth: concurrent reliability of a self-administered food frequency questionnaire. Journal of Community Health 1994;19:181-188.
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Wiecha JM. Differences in Patterns of Tobacco use in Vietnamese, Black, Hispanic, and White Adolescents in Worcester, MA. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 1996;12(1):29-37.
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Wiecha JM, Lee V, Hodgkins J. Patterns of tobacco use among Southeast Asian men in Massachusetts. Tobacco Control 1998;7:27-34.
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