Matt Gurka, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Founding Chair, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health Program Director, Clinical Research Design, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics (CRDEB) Program West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI) West Virginia University Health Sciences Center “A Biostatistical Examination of the Metabolic Syndrome…
Ashby Walker, Ph.D., will give an oral presentation, “Type 1 Diabetes through Two Lenses: Comparing Adolescent and Parental Perspectives....
Julie A. Mennella, Ph.D., Member, Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, PA
A recent Cochrane Review examining the most effective policies for promoting health in schools, which was co-authored by Kelli A. Komro, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, has been ranked as the third most downloaded Cochrane Review for 2014. The review, published online in April 2014,…
As part of a large-scale, NIH-funded prevention science study that aims to reduce underage alcohol use among American Indians and other adolescents in rural Oklahoma, an Institute for Child Health Policy and Cherokee Nation Behavioral Health team designed and executed a novel alcohol risk survey. “American Indians suffer from alcohol-related…
Simone French (left), Ph.D., professor in the Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota and director of the University of Minnesota Obesity Prevention Center, and Nancy E. Sherwood (right), Ph.D., director of scientific development and senior research investigator at HealthPartners…
The University of Florida’s Department of Pediatrics, Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, Institute for Child Health Policy, and Family Data Center recently reviewed applications for the creation of three workgroups focused on intervention studies and health outcomes in pediatric research. Research proposals receive funding of up to $10,000 to…
Kelli Komro, Ph.D., M.P.H., professor in the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, will be speaking about reducing health disparities in underserved communities at the National Institutes of Health and AcademyHealth’s conference on Dec. 9. The seventh annual conference, entitled The Science of Dissemination and Implementation: Transforming Health Systems to…
Kelli Komro, Ph.D. and professor in the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy...
Ashby Walker, Ph.D., research assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, spoke about her research on juvenile diabetes at a national conference, entitled A Collaborative Approach to Diabetes Care III: Reducing Readmissions & Costs While Exceeding in Patient Care Across the Healthcare Continuum, for nurse educators and…
