Allison Willis

Bio:

Allison Willis, MD, MSCI is an Assistant Professor of Neurology and Assistant Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics. She was an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Washington University. Allison completed residency in neurology, followed by a clinical fellowship in Movement Disorders and KL2 scholar training in spatial epidemiology and health services research methods at the Washington University School of Medicine. Allison’s research uses analytical and spatial epidemiology to examine healthcare outcomes and disparities in neurological disease populations, develop evidence‐based best clinical practices for neurodegenerative diseases. Her current projects examine the impact of comorbid disease burden on treatment disparities and outcomes in Parkinson Disease, the spatial variation in medical care and medical care quality and its impact on outcome, true versus theoretical medical care access for neurological disease, transitions in care for vulnerable neurological disease populations. She has collaborative interests in pharmacoepidemiology in neurological disease, medical device utilization in neurological disease populations, comparative health services research using her nationwide, 10‐year Medicare dataset.