Academic Title:
Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment:
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Secondary Appointment(s):
Epidemiology & Public Health
Location:
AHRB, 240D
Phone (Primary):
(410) 706-0787
Education and Training
Dual B.S, English and Kinesiology, Husson University, Bangor, Maine
Doctor of Physical Therapy, Husson University, Bangor, Maine
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Epidemiology of Aging, Yale School of Medicine
Biosketch
Dr. Falvey is a board-certified geriatric physical therapist and clinician-scientist dedicated to improving aging in place for older adults living with new disability. Dr. Falvey received both a dual bachelors degree in English Literature and Kinesiology and his DPT degree from Husson University in his home state of Maine, a PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences from the University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, and he subsequently completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Epidemiology of Aging at the Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Falvey is also the director of The ENhancing Rehabilitation to Improve Community Health (ENRICH) lab, which aims to reduce participation and mobility inequities among older adults.
Dr. Falvey’s published scholarship and grant funding has focused on improving functional outcomes and quality of life for older adults recovering from disabling hospitalizations, such as those for orthopedic surgery, critical illness, or hip fracture. The overall focus of Dr. Falvey's work is to reduce disparities in healthy aging in place among older adults. This work is currently supported by federal, foundation, and instituional funds. Dr. Falvey is the second physical therapist ever to be awarded a $1.1 million Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders in Aging Career Developement Award (K76) from the National Institute on Aging, which supports a large scale initiative focused on understanding and address neighborhood-level barriers to community mobility among older adults recovering from fall-related traumatic injuries like hip fracture. He uses quantitative epidemiological and health services research methods, qualitative methods, and community-participatory approaches to address research questions important to the Baltimore community and more broadly older adults and their caregivers.
Dr. Falvey is also the co-principal investigator with Dr. Jasmine Travers (NYU) on a 2 year, $150,000 grant from the The Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation to evaluate neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage and the resultant impact on nursing home staffing and resident outcomes. Dr. Falvey is also a co-investigator on two additional studies funded by the NIH NHLBI and PCORI evaluating post-acute care use, care transitions, and patient-centered outcomes for older survivors of heart attacks and hip fractures.
Dr. Falvey also is an active member of the APTA, and serves on multiple committees evaluating how to demonstrate value of post-acute rehabilitation care on patient outcomes following acute hospitalization. He is 1 of 13 appointed members of the APTA Public Policy and Advocacy Committee, and is a standing member of the Post-Acute Care Workgroup. He is also co-lead of the National Value in PT Workgroup of the APTA. Dr. Falvey also has a an appointed position on the Examination Development Committee for the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy.
Locally, Dr. Falvey is a member of the Transporation CORE of the Baltimore Metropolitan Council, providing input on public transportation infrastructure and accessibility specific to the needs of older adults.
Research/Clinical Keywords
Rehabilitation epidemiology, rehabilitation health services research, home health care, disability, older adults
Highlighted Publications
Selected First and Senior Author Publications (of 57 total)
Falvey JR, Hajduk AM, Keys CR, Chaudhry SI. Association of Financial Strain With Mortality Among Older US Adults Recovering From an Acute Myocardial Infarction. JAMA Intern Med. 2022;182(4):445–448. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.8569
Falvey, JR, Murphy, TE, Leo-Summers, L, Gill, TM, and Ferrante, LE. Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Disability after Critical Illness. Critical Care Medicine, 2021.
Falvey, JR, Cohen, AB, O’Leary, JO, Leo-Summers, L, Murphy, TE, & Ferrante, LE. Associations of Social Isolation with Disability Burden and 1-year Mortality among Critically Ill Older Adults. JAMA Internal Medicine, 2021.
Falvey, JR, Krafft, C, & Kornetti, D. The Essential Role of Home and Community-Based Physical Therapists During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Physical Therapy, Apr 2020.
Falvey, JR, Hade, EM, Friedman, S, et al. Severe neighborhood deprivation and nursing home staffing in the United States. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022; 1- 9. doi:10.1111/jgs.17990
Albrecht JS, Kumar A, Falvey JR. Association Between Race and Receipt of Home- and Community-Based Rehabilitation After Traumatic Brain Injury Among Older Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA Surg. Published online January 25, 2023. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2022.7081
Felter CE, Zalewski K, Jermann R, Palmer PL, Baier AE, Falvey JR. Rural Health: the Dirt Road Less Traveled. Phys Ther. 2022 Aug 4:pzac112. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzac112. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35925820.
Gimie AM, Melgar Castillo AI, Mullins CD, Falvey JR. Epidemiology of public transportation use among older adults in the United States. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 Dec;70(12):3549-3559. doi: 10.1111/jgs.18055. Epub 2022 Sep 22. PMID: 36137460; PMCID: PMC9771957.
Mutchie, HL, Orwig, DL, Gruber-Baldini, AL, Johnson, A, Magaziner, J & Falvey, JR. Associations of Sex, Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias, and Days Alive and at Home after Hip Fracture. J Am Geriatr Soc (in press).
Falvey, JR, Chen, C, Johnson, A, Ryan, KA, Shardell, M, Ren, H, Reider, L & Magaziner, J. Associations of Days Spent at Home Before Hip Fracture With Post-Fracture Days at Home and 1-Year Mortality Among Medicare Beneficiaries Living with Alzheimer’s Disease or Related Dementias. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A (e-published ahead of print, 2023). https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glad158
Additional Publication Citations
Research Interests
Rehabilitation health services research, rehabiliation epidemiology, healthcare disparities, older adults, community engaged research
Clinical Specialty Details
Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Geriatric Physical Therapy, American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties
Awards and Affiliations
2019 Dorothy Brigs Memorial Scientific Inquiry Award, American Physical Therapy Association, awarded for best student-authored manuscript in Physical Therapy
2020 Rose Excellence in Research Award, Academy of Orthopedic Physical Therapy, awarded for best publication on orthopedic physical therapy
2020 President’s Award, American Physical Therapy Association Home Health Section for exemplary service and leadership
2022 New Investigator Award, Health and Aging Foundation/American Geriatrics Society
2022 Jack Walker Award, American Physical Therapy Association
2022 Stephen M. Levine Award, American Physical Therapy Association Maryland Chapter
Grants and Contracts
Active Grants as PI/mPI:
The Paycheck Protection Program and its Effects on Staffing Patterns and the Outcomes of Residents Living with Dementia, NIH/NIA R01AG083173 (mPI: Jasmine Travers/Jason Falvey)
The ENRICH Study: Engaging Community and Municipal Stakeholders to Improve High Quality Aging in Place after Hip Fracture, NIH/NIA K76AG074926 (Beeson Emerging Leaders in Aging Award)
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Nursing Home Outcomes, Donaghue Foundation, Another Look Award (mPI Jasmine Travers/Jason Falvey)
Active Grants as Co-I:
Effectiveness of a Multimodal Intervention for Transitions of Care after Lower Limb Fracture (mPI Orwig/Dykes), Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Effectiveness of Strategies to Improve Outcomes after Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction in Older Adults (PI Chaudhry), NIH/NHLBI HL160822
In the News
Dr. Jason Falvey talks about home health payment reform
Dr. Falvey's work featured in CNN News
Collaborative work on neighborhoods and health
Dr. Falvey on Fox 45 Baltimore Discussing Dangers of Social Isolation
Dr. Falvey talks about public transportation use among older adults
Coverage of Dr. Falvey and Dr. Traver's work on neighborhood deprivation and nursing home staffing