Timothy Bober, MD

  • Clinician-Researcher Fellow

Dr. Bober wants to be a primary care physician researcher focusing on screening for digital health literacy, educating patients to use digital healthcare, and leveraging technology to personalize inter-visit – especially in the area of obesity medicine and weight management. He hopes to apply novel multidisciplinary methods such as implementation science, qualitative research techniques, community-based participatory research, and human-centered design to create new ways to support patients to use digital therapeutics. He aims to think about ways that our health systems and communities might better support patients in their eHealth experiences and develop newer and better screening metrics for digital health literacy. 

Education & Training

  • BS with Distinction, Biology (vertebrate Physiology), Pennsylvania State University, 2012
  • BA with High Distinction, English, Pennsylvania State University, 2012
  • MD, Cum Laude, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, 2012
  • Internal Medicine Residency, UPMC/VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, 2021

Representative Publications

Bober T, Hale G. Balancing hospital care and patient sleep needs. In Training. 2017.

Albala L, Bober T, Hale G, Warfield B, Collins ML, Merritt Z, Steimetz E, Nadler S, Lev Y, Hanifin J. Effect on nurse and patient experience: Overnight use of blue-depleted illumination. BMJ Open Quality. 2019; 8(3):e000692.

Bober T, Rothenberger S, Lin J, Ng JM, Zupa M. Factors associated with receipt of diabetes self-management education and support for type 2 diabetes: Potential for a population health management approach. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. 2023.

Research Interests

  • Digital health literacy
  • Implementation science