Impact Magazine 2009

impact The Research Magazine of The Ohio State University College of Public Health

Inside this issue: • Beyond Diet and Exercise • Thinking Globally • West Side Story • Champions of Public Health

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Table of Contents 1 Dean’s message Associate Dean’s message

Editorial Staff Christine O’Malley, Communications Director Wendy Pramik, Communications Coordinator Publication design by The Drawing Room Photo credits: All photos are credited to University Photography except: p. 3 Jodi Kurland, p. 4 Megan Drobtij, CPH staff; p. 5, Chris Rea; p. 6-7, 12, 13, CPH staff; back cover, Amy Ferketich.

Impact Magazine is published annually by the OSU College of Public Health for the alumni, faculty, students, staff and friends of the college. This is the fourth issue. Copyright 2009. Permission to reprint any portion must be obtained from the College. Contact: College of Public Health Communications Office, 320 W. 10th Ave., Starling-Loving B107,

2 Beyond diet and exercise 4 Thinking globally 6 West Side story 8 Faculty news 12 Student news

p.2 Alternative causes of childhood obesity

14 Champions of Public Health 16 Faculty publications

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On the web at http://cph.osu.edu “Global Significance. Local Impact.”

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p.6 Studying environmental health on Columbus’ west side

p.12 Student researchers head to Washington

Disparities drive us to make a difference Enormous disparities exist in health across subgroups of the American population.

Although many of us know this intellectually, it’s more shocking when it’s happening in your own hometown. Nationally, infant mortality was at 6.7 per 1,000 live births. In Ohio, the infant mortality rate jumps to 7.8 per 1,000 live births. For Franklin County, Ohio State’s home turf, the infant mortality rate escalates to 9 per 1,000 live births, 34 percent higher than the national average.

You will see other evidence of health disparities throughout this publication. Sarah Anderson, one of our epidemiology faculty, investigates the differences in childhood obesity rates among racial and ethnic groups. Tim Buckley, the Chair of our Environmental Health Sciences division, is working on addressing disparities in a local community housing development where hundreds of families live and whose health is greatly compromised by elements of their environment.

In March, our college hosted a conference on health disparities in an effort to investigate one more thing: How we can leverage the research of our faculty and students to make a difference in our communities. The next generation of health disparities research must address these inequities in health status, not just identify them. We recognize the necessity of including a policy aspect to this work by engaging legislators, planners and government. We also realized that in the room were potential advisory board members for our new Center for Health Equity and Multicultural Health. As our center comes into being, we hope to engage this group further.

Every person, in every stage of the life cycle of health, deserves the same chance to beat disease regardless of paycheck, or color of skin, or where they live.

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Dean’s Message

Dean Stan Lemeshow

Building a foundation for health The Ohio State University is now in the highest tier of public research universities in the country. Research, along with education and service, is a vital part of our mission at the College of Public Health. Through innovative, interdisciplinary research we are able to better understand the forces that affect public health, and we use that knowledge to improve the health of the people of Ohio, the nation, and the world.

Three comprehensive, interdisciplinary initiatives have come to Ohio State recently, and our college is playing a large role in all of them. Last year, the Center for Clinical and Translational Science and the Center for Global Health launched.

This year, our college faculty successfully competed for a Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Center, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). We are beginning the process of adding infrastructure to administer the center, entitled Foundations for Healthy Living, and to develop, as our first initiative, a special emphasis on obesity prevention research. Additional prevention research topics will subsequently be pursued.

We are energized by these latest developments and look forward to the partnerships evolving from these projects.

Mary Ellen Wewers, PhD, MPH Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development 1

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Beyond diet and exercise College of Public Health researchers examine alternative causes of childhood obesity

By Wendy Pramik CPH Communications

Sarah Anderson Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology

Liz Klien, Assistant Professor, Division of Health Behavior and Health Promotion 2

Researchers at the College of Public Health are studying the causes of childhood obesity and ways to prevent it. In doing so, they’re learning that a poor diet and lack of exercise aren’t the only culprits. Other contributing factors may include a child’s socioeconomic status, ethnic background and daily routines such as whether he or she is regularly gathering around the dinner table with family for a healthy meal.

“Saying the obesity epidemic is caused by people eating too much and not exercising enough is like telling a poor person you should just earn more and spend less,” said Sarah Anderson, assistant professor in the College of Public Health’s Division of Epidemiology. “Yes, it’s a problem of balance. But there’s more to it than that.”

Obesity is a serious health concern for many children and adolescents in the United States. In 2006, more than 16 percent of children from ages 2-19 were considered obese, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Obese children and teens have a higher risk of developing health problems associated with cardiovascular disease, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and Type 2 diabetes, than others in their age groups. Obese children also are more likely to be obese as adults, the CDC reports.

“We owe it to our children to take action against this epidemic,” said Ohio Department of Health Director Alvin Jackson, MD, who along with Ohio First Lady Frances Strickland is leading a charge against childhood obesity through a new program called the Ohio Obesity Prevention Plan. “Healthy behaviors instilled in childhood are often carried into adulthood. Sadly, the reverse is also true.”

The College of Public Health is taking action, too. Anderson is principal investigator of two research projects about childhood obesity. The first, called “Childhood overweight and obesity: Prospective analyses of child behavior problems as a risk factor of obesity,” is funded by the American Heart

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Association from July 2008 to June 2010. The second, called regular exercise and the benefits of limited television time.

“Household routines and the development of obesity in U.S. “Obesity statistics for children in Franklin County show a preschool children,” is funded by the United States Department serious problem,” Klein said. of Agriculture from November 2008 to October 2010.

According to Columbus Public Health figures for 2002, Anderson’s research continues where previous studies have more than 50,000 children measured above the 95th percentile left off – understanding why more and more children are on body mass index (BMI) growth charts. In other words, they already overweight by the time they’re entering kindergarten. were considered obese for their age and sex.

In both her studies, Anderson is analyzing data from large, “Local health-care providers were having a difficult federally funded longitudinal surveys. Her preliminary work time finding programs for families who wished to educate suggests that behavior problems in children are associated themselves and make changes,” Klein said. with increased risk for obesity, and The program, which initially that these associations develop before received funding in the fall of 2007, children enter kindergarten. targets children in families who are “I think we’re going to find that a considered to be at risk for obesity lot of these outcomes, like behavior due to their genetic, cultural, ethnic problems, are more related to obesity and socioeconomic backgrounds. The than we know now,” Anderson said. program targets families in specific “That line of reasoning will hopefully neighborhoods in Franklin County give us evidence that will help us move where research indicates the highest the recommendations for obesity density of overweight or obese children prevention in kids into an earlier age reside. range – before they start school.”

Organizers will establish 12 Happy – Liz Klein, Another researcher doing her part Healthy Preschoolers sites in locations Assistant Professor to tackle childhood obesity is Liz around Columbus, such as in YMCAs Klein, assistant professor in the Division of Health Behavior and in local churches, by fall 2009, and expand to 30 sites by and Health Promotion. She’s working on a local intervention 2010. Classes will instruct parents on how to choose healthy program to prevent obesity in children, called Happy Healthy food for their families, engage their children in active play and Preschoolers, with other researchers in the college including reduce television consumption.

Principal Investigator Phyllis Pirie, Sarah Anderson and Randi Klein says focusing on young children is an example of Love. primary prevention.

The program, based in southern Columbus, is a partnership “Ultimately,” Klein said, “Adopting healthy behaviors early among the College of Public Health, United Way of Central in life may be easier than changing unhealthy habits later in Ohio and Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Its goal is to educate life.” families with children ages 1-6 about healthy eating habits,

“Adopting healthy behaviors early in life may be easier than changing unhealthy habits later in life.”

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Thinking globally College of Public Health digs deeper into global health

By Wendy Pramik CPH Communications

Student Megan Drobotij worked in the Republic of Uganda in East Africa during her summer practicum.

Isabel Pereira de Almeida is an undergraduate student who hopes to be an epidemiologist.

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Researchers and students in the College of Public Health are advancing knowledge about global health. They’re visiting places such as Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, Sichuan Province in China and the Republic of Uganda in East Africa to learn how these and other remote areas in the world are impacted by public health threats such as limited access to quality health care.

“Public health is the foundation of global health,” said Mary Ellen Wewers, professor in the Division of Health Behavior and Health Promotion. “There’s a tremendous interest in global health among students.

“They want to make the world a better place.”

Global health is the study of improving the health of human populations worldwide. It addresses public health threats, including infectious diseases, overcrowded living conditions and inadequate drinking water. Public health practitioners strive to reduce the impact of these threats. For example, they’re providing access to safe water, adequate nutrition, immunizations, antibiotics and reproductive health care.

Wewers is active in the push for global health offerings at Ohio State. She’s helping to establish The Ohio State University Center for Global Health. The initiative will unite several Ohio State colleges, including the College of Public Health, with a mission to prepare students to become globally informed health care educators, clinicians and scientists.

Funding for the center comes from the National Institutes of Health, which has set aside $4.6 million to expand its network of global health education programs. Ohio State is among 12 campuses in the United States, China and Mexico to receive approximately $400,000 during the next three years through the organization’s Framework Programs for Global Health.

Ohio State’s program will include global health courses for college-preparatory students, a minor in global health for undergraduates and an interdisciplinary specialization for graduate students.

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Chris Rea, a second-year MPH student, took this photo in Bangladesh while attending a conference there on climate change.

Interest in the proposed programs is already high, says Pamela Potter, assistant director of the Ohio State Office of Global Health Education.

“There has been a definite increase in interest for global health programming,” Potter said. “I’ve had inquiries from medical students, optometry students, a nurse in radiation oncology, a psychiatric care technician and people from international studies and public health.”

Wewers also teaches an introductory global health class to incoming freshmen called Global Health in the 21st Century.

Students learn about threats to global health including infectious diseases and malnutrition. They also learn about the social, behavioral and biological factors that influence these threats.

Isabel Pereira de Almeida is a freshman at Ohio State who’s studying to be an epidemiologist. She says she considers herself a global citizen because her father is from Brazil and her mother is from the United States. She took Wewers’ class in fall quarter 2008 and said it was a helpful step toward her goal of becoming a doctor.

“I want to treat patients outside of the country,” de Almeida said. “I thought this global-health class would be the perfect starting-point for me so I could learn what’s going on in the world.”

Chris Rea, a second-year student in the College’s Master of Public Health program, traveled to Bangladesh with Assistant Professor Song Liang in September 2008 for a conference on climate change. Rea spent a portion of his trip visiting rural areas of the country.

“It really changes your perspective on what the majority of the world is facing and issues that they deal with day-to-day,” Rea said. “You really appreciate what we have here and how wealthy this country is. When you go to some of these other places, you get to experience and see firsthand what millions of people are living like.”

New graduate specialization in global health Graduate and professional students with an interest in global health and more focused study around the topic may now apply for the new Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Global Health (GISGH) program offered by the Health Sciences Center for Global Health.

Students will complete 16-23 hours of required and elective coursework and upon successful completion the specialization will appear on their transcripts.

The specialization’s core course, Introduction to Global Health, focuses on the basic components of population health while the electives allow students to pursue topics across other health sciences colleges for an interdisciplinary experience.

A hands-on global health activity at an international site will give students the chance to apply what they have learned by participating in a research project or in a clinical care setting as appropriate to their training.

For more information and to apply, contact Pam Potter at 614-292-3684, e-mail to Pamela.Potter@osumc.edu.

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West Side story Environmental health comes to the forefront in Columbus community

By Wendy Pramik CPH Communications

Tim Buckley, chair of the college’s Division of Environmental Health Sciences, is leading a 6-month study around a West Side apartment complex.

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Bug bites. Skin rashes. Breathing problems. Kim Carpenter, a school nurse who works on Columbus’ West Side, knows that these common childhood ailments can be signs of a muchlarger problem in the school’s surrounding community.

Carpenter works at Eakin Elementary School, located near Wedgewood Village Apartments on the West Side of Columbus. The Section 8 apartment complex, owned by Home Properties, is the focus of a six-month study, led by College of Public Health Associate Professor Tim Buckley. Called “The Wedgewood Community: A Partnership to Bridge Barriers for Community Access and Assistance,” the study is funded by the Ohio State Center for Clinical Translational Science.

The study, which began in January 2009, will build a partnership with the Wedgewood community that can be a foundation for additional research. It is designed to quickly translate research into solutions.

“A first-grade girl and kindergarten boy were covered with rashes on their arms, legs, back and abdomen,” Carpenter said. “A pediatrician diagnosed the rashes as scabies. After multiple treatments, the rashes didn’t improve. At a home visit, I observed hundreds of roaches on all surfaces and dozens of bed bugs on bedding.”

Living conditions are poor at Wedgewood Village, which has 868 units and about 1,800 residents, most of whom are African-American or Somalian. Of the school’s 361 students, nearly half live at Wedgewood.

Residents are threatened by gang violence, drug use and pest infestation. Rates of smoking, obesity and asthma among adults there also are high. Residents have limited access to quality health care due to their economic, language and cultural barriers. These conditions also have affected the health and learning of the students at Eakin.

“Taken together, these circumstances have created a publichealth perfect storm,” said Buckley, who works in the college’s Division of Environmental Health Sciences. “The community

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Members of the Partnership for a Healthy Wedgewood Community met at Eakin Elementary School to plan the project.

lacks social and political capital, experiences environmental and social threats and has limited access to healthcare.”

Buckley is collaborating with members of the Wedgewood community, including Carpenter, to discuss ways to help the community rise above its impoverished situation.

The committee, called a Partnership for a Healthy Wedgewood Community, includes residents of Wedgewood Village and concerned constituents including property owner Home Properties, Columbus City Schools, Columbus Public Health, Westside Community Health Advisory Committee, and African Refugee Education and Community Services.

It also includes Ohio State researchers from the College of Public Health and an expert on insects from the College of Biological Sciences.

“These severe circumstances provide compelling justification for community assistance, while at the same time affording a unique opportunity for translational public research,” Buckley said.

The health committee’s goals are to better understand the needs and concerns of Wedgewood residents and provide them with the resources and education they need to address their problems. The committee held its first meeting in March at Eakin Elementary School to prioritize residents’ needs and plan funding allocation. Members wasted no time in addressing the most important resident concerns.

“The No. 1 problems are rats and bugs,” said Dru Bagley of the Westside Community Health Advisory Committee.

Bagley worked with residents at Wedgewood to establish a residential council to address health and safety concerns in the complex.

One resident reported: “We [were] getting eat up alive. I went to the doctor and he told me to check my bed for bugs.

Sure enough, I had bed bugs. We had to throw away all the beds, dressers, couch, everything.”

On April 16 the partnership held a forum with Wedgewood.

Sessions were presented in English and Somali and covered such topics as pest control, personal hygiene and common triggers of asthma including dust mites and tobacco smoke.

The session concluded with an open discussion to identify other priority concerns for future forums.

“The culminating step will be to conduct focus groups that will allow a more in-depth examination of research strategies to address potential health issues,” Buckley said. “For example, if children’s asthma is identified as a priority, we might explore interventions such as pest management or the use of home air filters.”

“These severe circumstances provide compelling justification for community assistance,” – Tim Buckley Chair, Division of Environmental Health Sciences

Residents ask questions at the community forum.

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Faculty News

Thomas M. Wickizer

Wickizer appointed to Loebs Professorship The College of Public Health enhanced its in-house expertise on health services research and health policy with the appointment of Thomas M. Wickizer, PhD, MPH, as its first Stephen F. Loebs Professor in the College’s Division of Health Services Management and Policy.

Wickizer comes to Ohio State from the University of Washington, where he was a professor in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine’s Department of Health Services.

Wickizer is a widely known expert on health policy and health services research, and has applied this expertise to such subjects as utilization management, managed care and workers’ compensation. His appointment will begin in fall 2009.

“We look forward to introducing the Ohio State community to the work of this outstanding educator and researcher,” said College of Public Health Dean Stanley Lemeshow, PhD. “He is truly an exciting addition to our College.”

The Professorship, a first for the College of Public Health, was named in honor of Stephen F. Loebs, PhD, professor emeritus and past chair of the Division of Health Services Management and Policy. Financing was made possible through generous private donations, many of which came from more than 160 College of Public Health alumni.

Lynch appointed to Governor’s task force Courtney Lynch, assistant professor in the Division of Epidemiology, was appointed to the Governor’s Task Force on Infant Mortality in February 2009.

The group is charged with discovering ways to reverse the rising trend of infant deaths and low birth-weight babies in Ohio, especially among minority children. Infant mortality rates for African-American babies are almost three times the rate for whites, according to the Ohio Department of Health.

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among researchers and policymakers nationwide that the infant mortality rate has failed to significantly decline since 2000 despite a general decline throughout the 20th century.

Ohio’s infant mortality rate in 2006 was about 16% higher than the national average at 7.8 per 1,000 live births as compared to 6.7. In Franklin County, the infant mortality rate was 34% higher than the national average at 9.0 per 1,000 live births. Much of that burden is borne by different population groups.

“There has been a persistent racial disparity with the infant mortality rate among black Ohioans being about 2.7 times higher than the rate among white Ohioans, 16.7 versus 6.1 deaths per 1,000 live births respectively,” said Lynch.

As a member of the Infant Mortality Task Force that was convened by the Governor, Dr. Lynch hopes to assist state officials in identifying the populations of concern such that targeted interventions can be designed to reduce our infant mortality rate below that of the nation’s.

Steinman’s research on family violence benefits national program for victims Kenneth Steinman, clinical assistant professor in the College’s Division of Health Behavior and Health Promotion, is using data from the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation to help state agencies understand the scope and consequences of domestic violence across Ohio.

At a news conference April 3 with Attorney General Richard Cordray, Steinman discussed how he is using these data.

Steinman hopes to summarize the data clearly and accurately to improve state and local planning efforts. He believes this is the first time police reporting data on domestic violence calls has been analyzed in this way.

Steinman helped write a white paper for the Ohio Family Violence Prevention project, an initiative of the Health Policy Institute of Ohio.

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Electra Paskett

Paskett elected to lead national associations Electra Paskett, Marion N. Rowley Professor of Cancer Research in the college’s Division of Epidemiology, was elected president of the American Society of Preventive Oncology in March 2009.

The society, which is the primary association for cancer control scientists, promotes cancer prevention and control research.

Paskett also was elected chair of the American Public Health Association’s newly formed Cancer Forum in February 2009.

Its mission is to create a focus on cancer as a public health issue within the organization.

He receives teaching award Xin He, PhD, assistant professor in the Division of Biostatistics, received the 2008 Excellence in Teaching Award, which recognizes College of Public Health faculty for exemplary performance.

Dean Stanley Lemeshow presented the honor to He. “We congratulate Dr. He on this award and thank him for providing an outstanding example of teaching in the College,” Lemeshow said.

Nominations for the award can be submitted by students, faculty and alumni of the College, and the recipient is selected by a committee composed of past award winners and students from each division.

H1N1 flu outbreak offers professors with teachable moment in classroom Faculty in the College of Public Health used the A/H1N1 influenza outbreak in April 2009 to bring some lessons home for their students.

Randi Love, PhD, clinical associate professor in the Division of Health Behavior and Health Promotion, taught an undergraduate class on the role of health behavior in public health. Her students conducted an exercise in which they had to manage an outbreak of H1N1 on the Ohio State campus.

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Song Liang

“The case study deals with a ‘worst case scenario,’ but public health has to think in those terms to be ready,” Love said.

Song Liang, PhD, assistant professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, taught a graduate level class on microbial risk assessment.

“The students were asking about effective prevention measures, how this compares to the 1918 flu epidemic, and how this outbreak differs from other types of infection outbreaks like SARS,” said Liang.

While faculty don’t wish for a disease outbreak, they can use it to educate students who will be our future public health practitioners.

“The occurrence of any infectious disease outbreak is always unfortunate and sad, like this one. Meanwhile, it also provides a great opportunity for us to explore and learn,” said Liang.

HOPES hires three research specialists The Center for Health Outcomes, Policy and Evaluation Studies (HOPES) welcomed three new research specialists in 2008. Barry Jamieson began in April, Jamie Partridge in May and Lauren Phelps in October. All three assist with various research and evaluation projects.

“Applied health services research, as conducted by the Center for HOPES, is important because it provides information to health care administrators, providers and purchasers about the health care services they manage, deliver or subsidize,” said Phelps, who is helping to evaluate the new Ohio State University Center for Clinical and Translational Science.

“Such studies provide knowledge that over time yields a more effective health care system that’s able to reach more individuals in a more timely and cost effective manner.”

Phelps has an MPA from Ohio State and more than 8 years experience with the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services. She also served as government programs manager for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health 9

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System and government program administrator for United HealthCare of Ohio.

Jamieson holds two degrees in economics from Ohio State, and recently served as the associate director for the Ohio Association of County Boards of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. Jamieson also served as the director of policy analysis for the Ohio Health Care Association, and financial analyst for Ross Laboratories.

Partridge has a PhD in bioresource policy, business and economics from the University of Saskatchewan and an MBA in operations management and finance from Indiana University.

She served as an adjunct assistant professor teaching Principles of Agribusiness Management at Ohio State, and has taught economics, management and statistics courses at a number of other universities. Partridge has published extensively on economics, trade, health services and policy issues.

Faculty promotions Amy Ferketich and Mira Katz, faculty in the College of Public Health, received promotion and tenure, advancing from assistant professors to associate professors.

Ferketich’s appointment is in the Division of Epidemiology.

Her research focuses on tobacco control, with a particular focus on smoking cessation and tobacco control policies.

Most of her work is in the Appalachian region of Ohio and other Appalachian states.

Katz’ appointment is in the Division of Health Behavior and Health Promotion. Her research focuses on communication issues associated with cancer prevention and control, with a concentration on improving the health of minority and underserved populations by informing and influencing decision making to improve an individual’s health. Her current research projects aim to improve colon cancer screening rates and developing HPV vaccine educational interventions.

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Randall E. Harris

Harris named AAAS Fellow Randall E. Harris, professor in the Division of Epidemiology, was elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest scientific organization, in December 2008.

In its selection, the association noted Harris’ distinguished contributions to the fields of cancer epidemiology and chemoprevention, particularly for studies of antiinflammatory drugs, known as COX-2 inhibitors, in the prevention of human cancer.

Harris joins a growing number of AAAS Fellows from the College of Public Health including Stanley Lemeshow, dean of the College of Public Health and professor in the Division of Biostatistics; Mel Moeschberger, professor emeritus in the Division of Biostatistics; David Murray, professor and chair of the Division of Epidemiology; Electra Paskett, Marion N. Rowley Professor of Cancer Research; and Mary Ellen Wewers, professor in the Division of Health Behavior and Health Promotion.

“Randy’s research on how COX-2 inhibitors can reduce the development of some breast cancers has greatly contributed to the body of knowledge about cancer prevention,” said Dean Lemeshow. “He clearly deserves this recognition.”

Love appointed to President’s Council on Women Randi Love, clinical associate professor in the Division of Health Behavior and Health Promotion, was appointed to the President’s Council on Women at The Ohio State University in October 2008.

The council is charged with advocating to the university president and provost for the advancement of women at the university and the development of policies and practices that impact the environment for women at Ohio State.

The council is comprised of 27 female representatives, including faculty, staff and students, chosen by Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee. The council meets quarterly and appointments last three years.

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Randi Love

Qinghua Sun

Sun’s research on air pollution earns recognition The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences selected a paper by Qinghua Sun, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, as its Extramural Paper of the Month for September 2008. Sun’s research team was the first to report a direct link between air particulate pollution and high blood pressure.

In December, Sun was named to the editorial board of the journal Inhalation Toxicology. The journal serves as a forum for international exchange on recent advances in pulmonary toxicology. Sun was sought after by the journal’s editor for his expertise on the effects of particulate air pollution on human health, as well as his knowledge on the effects of diesel exhaust and tobacco smoke on human health.

Sun is currently working on two research projects involving air pollution and coronary artery diseases. The National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences funded the research, which will continue through 2011.

Schweikhart receives Google grant to improve public health records system Sharon Schweikhart, associate professor in the Division of Health Services Management and Policy and director of the MHA program, is part of a three-person research team to receive a $75,000 grant from Google to improve the Public Health Records system.

The team’s project “Personal Health Records and Coordination of Distributed Care in Emergency Medical Systems” received a Google Research Award in November 2008.

Schweikhart’s teammates include Principal Investigator David Woods of the Ohio State Department of Integrated Systems Engineering and co-investigator Michael Smith, a student researcher in Engineering.

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The team will investigate ways to get added value from Public Health Records so they’re more beneficial to patients at point-of-care. For instance, the team hypothesizes if emergency medical technicians are granted access to patients’ personal health information, they will be better equipped to make on-the-spot decisions about medical care and begin treatment more quickly.

Dean Lemeshow, other faculty featured at annual APHA meeting Dean Stanley Lemeshow presented the Lowell Reed Lecture at the Statistics Section of the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in October 2008. Approximately 75 people attended the lecture on assessing the scale of continuous covariates in logistic regression modeling.

The Lowell Reed Lecture is presented each year at the APHA meeting by an individual who has contributed to the field of statistics and public health statistics through his/her contributions in research, teaching and service. The lecture is named for Lowell Reed, chair of Biostatistics at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and dean from 1937-1946.

Lemeshow is internationally known for his expertise in biostatistics and epidemiology. His biostatistics research includes statistical modeling of medical data, sampling, health disparities and cancer prevention. Other CPH faculty presenting at APHA included: Electra Paskett, Marion N. Rowley Professor of Cancer Research; Mira Katz, associate professor of Health Behavior and Health Promotion; and Amy Ferketich, associate professor of Epidemiology. Each presented a paper in a session entitled “Sex, Drugs, and Poverty and HPV in Appalachia.”

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Student News

From left, Blake Warner, Zhaoxia Zhang, and Jeanette Ferguson.

Three researchers in Weghorst’s lab recognized for food-based cancer research

Three researchers who work in the lab of Christopher Weghorst, associate professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences (EHS), were recognized for their studies on food-based chemopreventive agents.

Blake Warner, PhD student in EHS and graduate fellow in the College of Dentistry, and Zhaoxia Zhang, post-doctoral fellow in the College of Public Health, received Scholarin-Training Awards from Susan G. Komen for the Cure to support their attendance at the AARC Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Conference in Washington, D.C., in November 2008.

Jeanette Ferguson, a post-doctoral fellow in the College of Dentistry and an oral cancer survivor, was selected to the AARC Scientist-Survivor Program, which is designed to broaden communication between doctors and researchers and cancer survivors and patients.

All three researchers presented posters at the conference.

Zhang demonstrated how black raspberries can inhibit the proliferation of cervical cancer cells. Warner showed evidence that strawberries, like black raspberries, can potentially prevent or delay the development of oral cancer. And Ferguson demonstrated how a patient’s age plays an important role when using black raspberries to reduce inflammation in oral cancer patients.

Environmental Health student to assess infectious disease risk at Ohio’s beaches Jason W. Marion, a PhD student majoring in Environmental Health Sciences and with a minor in Epidemiology, received a $343,000 grant from the Ohio Water Development Authority to study water quality and assess the risk for infectious diseases at Ohio’s inland beaches.

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December 2010 with Principal Investigator Timothy Buckley, associate professor and chair of the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, and co-investigators Jiyoung Lee and Song Liang, assistant professors in Environmental Health. Buckley also is Marion’s academic advisor.

Ohio’s inland lakes contain more than 63,000 acres of water and more than 36,000 feet of beach land. Ohio State Parks estimate that 2 million people visit Ohio’s inland beaches each year. Marion, who worked for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for 10 years, says Ohio’s lakes are vulnerable to contamination from agricultural runoff and sewage overflow, which makes them a public health threat.

“I am concerned when I see thousands using our lakes at times when data is not available and disease risk may be elevated,” Marion said. “I think a lot of the knowledge gap regarding our beaches can be addressed by more frequent sampling and mathematical modeling of microbial risk.”

The research team proposes a rapid and affordable method of screening Ohio’s beaches. They will collect water samples weekly from lakes at seven state parks and measure the amount of bacteria, including E. coli, in each using a formula called the trophic state index. They also will survey beach users before and after exposure to lake water.

PhD student receives Water Environment Research Foundation grant Paul Rosile, a PhD student in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences (EHS), was awarded a contract with the Water Environment Research Foundation for $392,635 to collect data on the effects of biosolids on human health.

In the United States, more than 7 million tons of biosolids, such as animal manure, food residuals and compost, are produced each year and applied to farm fields. Sometimes, those who live nearby these farms report illness.

In 2002, the Environmental Protection Agency determined

Veterinary Public Health student presents research on MRSA in vet hospital environment Christina Jackson, a second-year student in the Veterinary Public Health master’s program, presented research on the presence of the antibiotic-resistant Staph infection known as MRSA in veterinary teaching hospitals at the Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases in December 2008.

Jackson worked on the project with Principal Investigator Armando Hoet, joint assistant professor in the Division of Epidemiology and Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine.

“There is little research out there on environmental MRSA in the veterinary hospital setting,” Jackson said. “This is a zoonotic disease (passed from animals to humans). And that makes it very important to control.”

Jackson set out to determine which contact surfaces, human and canine, in a veterinary teaching hospital have the greatest prevalence of MRSA. She collected samples every month for one year at a hospital that receives more than 16,000 dogs a year. She learned that 14 percent of the sampled surfaces tested positive for MRSA. The highest concentration was found on doors and other surfaces in which multiple humans and animals had contact.

“These results are of importance due to the possibility of nosocomial (hospital-acquired) canine infection within the hospital as well as zoonotic (animal-to-person) transmission to staff or even to the pet’s owners,” Jackson said.

Epidemiology PhD student accepted into Epidemic Intelligence Service program Ellen Yard, a PhD student in the Division of Epidemiology and 2006 graduate of the Master of Public Health program, was accepted into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Epidemic Intelligence Service program in December 2008. The two-year, postgraduate program is for health professionals interested in the practice of epidemiology.

Each year since 1951, the CDC selects 80 representatives from among the nation’s top medical doctors, researchers and scientists to participate in the program. The representatives are expected to play a major role in the implementation of the association’s mission of preventing disease and injury, and promoting healthy lifestyles.

“It’s a very exciting opportunity,” Yard said. “Ever since I began my MPH studies, my goal was to become an EIS officer, and I feel fortunate to have been selected.”

Yard plans to begin the program in July 2009 after earning her PhD in March. Her academic advisor is Randall Harris, professor in the Division of Epidemiology, and her research advisor is Dawn Comstock, joint assistant professor in the Division of Epidemiology and the Department of Pediatrics in the College of Medicine.

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it was necessary to devise a method to track these health complaints. In 2007, the Water Environment Research Foundation devised an investigation protocol but didn’t fully field-test it.

Rosile will test the protocol and revise it if necessary. His research team includes Song Liang, assistant professor in EHS, Tim Buckley, associate professor and chair of EHS, and Jay Wilkins, professor in the Division of Epidemiology.

The study, which began in December and continues through July 2010, involves investigating at least 50 complaints of health Ellen Yard effects made by individuals who live near farm fields where land application has taken place. The team also will develop an outreach and communication plan with the National Association of City and County Health Officials, and analyze the survey data and suggest methods for future research.

Health Services Management and Policy PhD student awarded Fulbright Scholarship Muhammad Fazal Zeeshan, a PhD student in the Division of Health Services Management and Policy, received a Fulbright Scholarship for the advancement of research in the area of health outcomes analysis. He is the first College of Public Health student to earn this prestigious award.

Zeeshan was awarded the scholarship in December 2007. He transferred to The Ohio State University from his homeland of Pakistan in September 2008 to begin the PhD program and make use of his scholarship, which extends through 2012.

“It feels great to be a part of the Fulbright family,” Zeeshan said. “It’s a lifetime opportunity to learn, understand and bridge the cultural gaps between the United States and Pakistan.”

Zeeshan and 70 other Fulbright and Fulbright-Hays recipients were honored in November at a reception on campus hosted by Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee. Zeeshan’s academic advisor is Eric Seiber, assistant professor in the Division of Health Services Management and Policy.

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Winners of the College of Public Health’s 2008 Champions of Public Health Awards, from left: Barbara Beckwith, Marie Collart, Rob Crane and Gary Smith.

Public health champions celebrated The College of Public Health presented its fourth annual Champions of Public Health Awards last fall.

The awards recognize the impact that individuals and groups have made on the health of Ohioans. The 2008 Champions of Public Health award winners were: Gary Smith, MD, as Public Health Practitioner Gary Smith, MD, is the founder and director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at the Research Institute of Nationwide Children’s Hospital. He joined Children’s in 1990 as director of emergency medicine and later served as associate director of the trauma program. During his medical career he has seen first-hand the devastating impact that injuries can have on children and families. The fact that most of these injuries are preventable galvanized Dr. Smith into action.

Over the years, he has turned his published research into real-world solutions. His activism has resulted in changed practice and law regarding safe playgrounds built without asphalt and other hard surfaces, helmet use for various sports, seat belt use for children in shopping carts, and fireworksrelated injuries, to name a few.

Barbara Beckwith, cancer survivor and survivor advocate, as Community Leader Driven by her own personal experience with breast cancer and a passion for helping others, Barbara Beckwith set out on a mission. Beckwith, 72, has made it her personal goal to support minority breast cancer survivors in Columbus by assisting them with the physical and emotional side effects that accompany cancer survivorship. The retired elementaryschool teacher is a 16-year survivor of breast cancer and a 2-year survivor of uterine cancer.

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participating as a scholar in the College of Public Health’s Ohio Public Health Leadership Institute. This septuagenarian’s project has blossomed into other advocacy activities: • Forming the local chapter of the Sisters Network, a breast cancer support group for African-American women; • Lobbying Congress on behalf of the National Breast Cancer Coalition; • Participating in the National Summit on Clinical Trials in Baltimore, Md.; SmokeFree Columbus, in the Organization Category Accepting the award for SmokeFree Columbus were cochairs Rob Crane, MD, Marie Collart, MD, and Bishop Timothy Clarke.

The SmokeFree Columbus campaign started in 2004 with the goal of educating people on the deadly effects of secondhand smoke and gaining support for a ban on smoking in all workplaces, including bars and restaurants. At the time, Toledo was the only other major Ohio city with such a ban.

Second-hand smoke is associated with premature death and serious diseases in smokers and non-smokers alike.

The 2004 campaign had a rough time on this politically charged issue. Despite opposition, the campaign succeeded, and Columbus City Council passed the ordinance, which went into effect on Jan. 31, 2005.

This success became the catalyst for the successful passage of a statewide ban on smoking in November 2006.

The College is currently accepting nominations for the 2009 Champions of Public Health Awards. The deadline for submission is June 30, 2009. The awards presentation will be Oct. 8, 2009.

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We invite you to identify and nominate worthy individuals who, through their professional achievements, volunteer service or civic involvement, personify the mission of the College of Public Health to advance knowledge and improve lives.

• Nominees must be an individual or organization who has made a significant contribution to the health of Ohioans.

• Individuals may be nominated posthumously, but the committee prefers nominees who are living at the time of nomination.

• For the community leader category, the college encourages nominations of volunteers as well as public health professionals.

• Individuals may come from all fields of public health.

• Submit this nomination form and a one-page nominating

statement.

• You may include up to two letters of support. Letters of support are limited to one 8 ½” x 11” page each, singlespaced.

Please attach your nomination to this form and mail to: Champions of Public Health Awards Committee OSU College of Public Health B107 Starling Loving Hall 320 W. 10th Ave. Columbus OH 43210 All nominations packets must be postmarked no later than June 30. Additional forms are available online at http://cph.osu.edu or by emailing comalley@cph.osu.edu.

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2008 Publications Bandini LG, Must A, Naumova EN, Anderson SE, Caprio S, Spadano-Gasbarro JL, Dietz WH. Longitudinal changes in leptin, body composition, and other hormones around menarche - a visual representation.

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Arkes, H. R., Shaffer, V. A., & Medow, M. A. The Influence of a Physician’s Use of a Diagnostic Decision Aid on the Malpractice Verdicts of Mock Jurors. Medical Decision Making. 28:2008. 201-208.

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Arkes, H. R. Being an advocate for linear models of judgment is not an easy life. In J. Krueger (Ed.), Rationality and Social Responsibility: Essays in honor of Robyn Mason Dawes. 2008. 47-70.

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Pawaskar MD, Joish VN, Camacho FT, Rasu RS, Balkrishnan R. The Influence of Comorbidities on Prescribing Pharmacotherapy for Insomnia: Evidence from US National Outpatient Data 1995-2004. Journal of Medical Economics. 11(1):2008. 41-56.

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Inglese MJ, Fleischer AB, Feldman SR, Balkrishnan R. The Pharmacoeconomics of Acne Treatment: Where are we heading? Journal of Dermatological Treatment.

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Kulkarni AS, Balkrishnan R, Kirsch J, Edin HM, Anderson RT, Stacy MS. Medication Adherence and Associated Outcomes in Medicare HMO-enrolled older adults with Parkinsons Disease: A longitudinal cohort study. Movement Disorders. 23(3):2008. 359-365.

Jayawant SS, Feldman SR, Camacho FT, Yentzer B, Balkrishnan R. Prescription refills and healthcare costs associated with topical metronidazole in Medicaid enrolled patients with rosacea. Journal of Dermatological Treatment. 19(5):2008. 267-273. deCastro BR; Buckley TJ; Wang L, Mihalic JN, Breysse PN, Geyh AS. The longitudinal dependence of black carbon concentration on traffic volume in an urban environment. J. Air Waste Mgmt Assoc. 58:2008. 928939.

Navaratnam P, Jayawant SS, Pedersen CA, Balkrishnan R. Physician adherence to the national asthma prescribing guidelines: Evidence from national outpatient survey data in the United States. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. 100(3):2008. 216-221.

Kim SR; Halden RU; Buckley TJ. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Human Milk of Non-smoking U.S. Women. Environmental Science & Technology. 42:2008.

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Dawn AG, Balkrishnan R, Feldman SR. Systematic Selection Bias: A Cause of Dramatic Errors in Inference of Treatment Effectiveness. Journal of Dermatological Treatment. 19(2):2008. 68-71.

Crawford JM, Kamel F, Hoppin J, Sandler D, Alavania M. Pesticide Exposure and Hearing Loss in the Agricultural Health Study. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 50:2008. 817-826.

Uhas AA, Camacho FT, Feldman SR, Balkrishnan R. The relationship between physician empathy and satisfaction with primary care physicians: Findings from an internet based survey. The Patient. 1(2):2008. 91-96.

Crawford JM, Vilvens H, Pearsol J, Gavit K. An Assessment of Training Needs in a Rural Public Health Agency: Barriers to Local Public Health Training. Public Health Reports. 123:2008. 399-404.

Pawaskar MD, Balkrishnan R, Kiser D, Gray M, Satiani B. Work Flow Analysis: Evaluation of Conventional Mobile Vs Portable Ultrasound Scanners in Noninvasive Vascular Laboratory. Journal of Vascular Ultrasound.

32(2):2008. 85-88.

Dembe, A., E. Dugan, P. Mutschler, and D. Piktialis.

Employer Perceptions of Elder Care Assistance Programs. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health.

23(4):2008. 359-379.

Bhosle MJ, Feldman SR, Camacho FT, Fleischer AB, Balkrishnan R. Prescribing Patterns for Topical Retinoids: Analyses of 15 years data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Managed Care Interface. 20(2):2008. 27-30.

Awadalla FC, Balkrishnan R, Feldman SR. The distress of psoriasis doesn’t necessarily imply good treatment adherence: A lesson from the treatment of sexually transmitted disease. Journal of Dermatological Treatment. 19(3):2008. 132-133.

Navaratnam P, Jayawant SS, Pedersen CA, Balkrishnan R. Asthma pharmacotherapy prescribing in the ambulatory population of the United States: Evidence of non-adherence to national guidelines and implications for the elderly. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 56(7):2008. 1312-1317.

Taylor A, Pawaskar MD, Taylor SL, Balkrishnan R, Feldman SR. Prevalence of Pigmentary Disorders and their Impact on Quality of Life: A Prospective Cohort Study. Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology. 7(2):2008.

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Dembe, A., B. Erickson, R. Delbos. The Effect of Occupation and Industry on Injury Risks from Demanding Work Schedules. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 50(10):2008. 1185-1194.

Dembe, A. Ethical Issues Relating to the Health Effects of Long Working Hours. Journal of Business Ethics.

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Dembe, A. Can Moderate Doses of Vitamin E Protect Against Lung Cancer. Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 178(6):2008. 653.

Partridge, A., Adloff, K., Blood, E., Dees, C., Kaelin, C., Golshan, G., Ligibel, J., de Moor, J. S., Weeks, J., Emmons, K., Winer, E. Risk perceptions and psychosocial outcomes of women with ductal carcinoma-in-situ (DCIS): Longitudinal results from a cohort study. Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

100(4):2008. 243-51.

Cook SC, Ferketich AK, Raman SV. Myocardial ischemia in asymptomatic adults with repaired aortic coarctation. International Journal of Cardiology.

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Hoet AE, Caswell R, DeGraves F, Rajala-Shultz P, Gebreyes W, Saville W, Wittum T. A New Approach to Teaching Veterinary Public Health at The Ohio State University. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education.

35(2):2008. 160-165.

Levy MM, Rapoport J, Lemeshow S, Chalfin DB, Phillips G, Danis M. Association between critical care physician management and patient mortality in the intensive care unit. Ann Intern Med. 148(11):2008. 801-9 Ali NA, O’Brien Jr JM, Hoffmann SP, Phillips G, Garland A, Finley JC, Almoosa K, Hejal R, Wolf KM, Lemeshow S, Connors Jr AF, Marsh CB. Acquired Weakness, Handgrip Strength and Mortality in Critically Ill Patients.

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008 May 29.

Browning KK, Ferketich AK, Salsberry PJ, Wewers ME. Socioeconomic disparity in provider delivered assistance to quit smoking. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 10:2008. 55-61.

Morgan JA, Hoet AE, Wittum TE, Monahan, Martin JA. Reduction of pathogen indicator organisms in dairy wastewater using an ecological treatment system.

Journal of Environmental Quality. 37(1):2008. 272-9.

Ferketich AK, Katz ML, Kauffman RM, Paskett ED, Lemeshow S, Westman JA, Clinton SK, Bloomfield CD, Wewers, ME. Tobacco use among the Amish in Holmes County, Ohio. Journal of Rural Health. 24:2008. 84-90.

Post DM, Katz ML, Tatum C, Dickinson S, Lemeshow S, Paskett ED. Determinants of colorectal cancer screening in primary care. Journal of Cancer Education.

23:2008. 241-7.

Moradi T, Gridley G, BjĂśrk J, Dosemeci M, Ji BT, Berkel HJ, Lemeshow S. Occupational physical activity and risk for cancer of the colon and rectum in Sweden among men and women by anatomic subsite. Eur J Cancer Prev.

17(3):2008. 201-8.

Kauffman RM, Ferketich AK, Wee AG, Shultz JM, Kuun P, and Wewers ME. Factors associated with smokeless tobacco cessation in an Appalachian population.

Addictive Behaviors. 33:2008. 821-830.

James AS, Leone L, Katz ML, Haughton-McNeill L, Campbell MK. Multiple health behaviors among overweight, Class I obese, and Class II obese individuals.

Ethnicity and Disease. 18:2008. 157-162.

Kiecolt-Glaser JK, Graham JE, Malarkey WB, Porter K, Lemeshow S, Glaser R. Olfactory influences on mood and autonomic, endocrine, and immune function.

Psychoneuroendocrinology. 33(3):2008. 328-39.

Katz ML, Kauffman RM, Tatum CM, Paskett ED. Influence of church attendance and spirituality in a randomized controlled trial to increase mammography use among a low-income, tri-racial, rural community. J Religion and Health. 47:2008. 227-236.

Waldman WJ, Williams MV Jr., Lemeshow S, Binkley P, Guttridge D, Kiecolt-Glaser JK, Knight DA, Ladner KJ and Glaser R (2008). Epstein-Barr virus-encoded dUTPase enhances proinflammatory cytokine production by macrophages in contact with endothelial cells: Evidence for depression-induced atherosclerotic risk. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 22(2):2008. 215-223.

Ferketich AK, Pirie P, Wewers ME, Barquero D, and Hardikar S. Women and Tobacco Harm Reduction in Appalachia, Ohio. Journal of Smoking Cessation. 3:2008.

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Ferketich AK, Gallus S, Colombo P, Fossati R, Apolone G, Zuccaro P, and La Vecchia C. Physician-delivered advice to quit smoking among Italian smokers. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 35:2008. 60-63.

Ferketich AK, Fossati R, Apolone G. An Evaluation of the Italian Version of the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence. Psychological Reports. 102:2008. 687-694.

Holmes JH, Ferketich AK, Hade E, Lehman A, Gehlert S, Rauscher GH, Abrams J, Bird C. Challenges for multilevel health disparities research. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 35(2S):2008. S182-S192.

Kauffman RM, Ferketich AK, and Wewers ME. Tobacco policy in American prisons, 2007. Tobacco Control. 17:2008. 357-360.

Harris RE, Beebe-Donk J, Alshafie GA. Similar reductions in the risk of human colon cancer by selective and non-selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors.

BMC Cancer 8. Aug. 2008. 237.

He, X., Tong, X., Sun, J. and Cook, R. Regression analysis of multivariate panel count data. Biostatistics. 9:2008.

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Tong, X., He, X., Sun, J. and Lee, M.-L. T. Joint analysis of current status and marker data: an extension of a bivariate threshold model. The International Journal of Biostatistics. 4:2008. Article 21.

Alfano CM, Day JM, Katz ML, Herndon JE, Bittoni MA, Oliveri JM, Donohue K, Paskett ED. Exercise and dietary change after diagnosis and cancer-related symptoms in long-term survivors of breast cancer: CALGB 79804.

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Oliveri JM, Day JM, Alfano CM, Herndon JE, Katz ML, Bittoni MA, Donohue K, Paskett ED, Arm and Hand Swelling, Perceived Physical Functioning, and Mental Health among Breast Cancer Survivors 12 years postdiagnosis: CALGB 79804. Journal of Cancer Survivorship: Research and Practice. 2:2008. 233-242.

Klein EG, Lytle LA, Chen V. Social ecological predictors of the transition to overweight in youth: Results from the Teens Eating for Energy and Nutrition at Schools (TEENS) study. Journal of the American Dietetic Association.

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T.R. Meier, C.J. Maute, J.M. Cadillac, J. Lee, D.J. Righter, K.M.S. Hugunin, R.A. Deininger and R.C. Dysko. Quantification, Distribution and Possible Source of Bacterial Biofilm in Rodent Automated Watering Systems. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science. 79:2008. 1-9.

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Grainger EM, Schwartz SJ, Wang S, Unlu NZ, Boileau TWM, Ferketich AK, Monk JP, Gong MC, Bahnson RR, DeGroff VL, and Clinton SK. A combination of tomato and soy products for men with recurring prostate cancer and rising prostate specific antigen. Nutrition and Cancer: An International Journal. 60:2008. 145-154.

Grainger EM, Kim HS, Monk JP, Lemeshow SA, Gong MC, Bahnson RR, Clinton SK (2008). Consumption of Dietary Supplements, Over-the-Counter (OTC) and Prescription Medications in Men Participating in the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT) at an Academic Center. Urologic Oncology. 26:2008. 125-132.

Jianrong Li, Amal Rahmeh, Marco Morelli, Sean P. J. Whelan. A conserved motif in large RNA dependent RNA polymerase of non-segmented negative-sense RNA viruses essential for mRNA cap formation. Journal of Virology. 82(2):2008. 775-784.

Junan Li, Blake Warner, Bruce C. Casto, Thomas, J. Knobloch, and Christopher, M. Weghorst.

Tumor suppressor p16INK4A/Cdkn2a alterations in 7, 12-dimethylbenz (a) anthracene (DMBA)-induced hamster cheek pouch tumors. Mol. Carcinogenesis. 47:2008.

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Laura A. Kresty, Susan R. Mallery, Thomas J. Knobloch, Junan Li, Mary Lloyd, Bruce C. Casto, and Christopher M. Weghorst. Frequent alterations of p16INK4a and p14ARF in oral proliferative verrucous leukoplakia. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 17:2008. 3179-3187.

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Remais, J., Liang, S., Spear, R.C. Coupling hydrologic and infectious disease modeling to explore regional differences in schistosomiasis transmission in southwestern China. Environmental Science & Technology. 42(7):2008. 2643-2649.

Liang, S. Spear, R.C. Model-based insights into multihost transmission and control of schistosomiasis. PLoS Medicine. 5(1):2008. e23.

Fang, L.Q., de Vlas, S.J., Liang, S., Looman, C. W., Gong, P., Xu. B., Yan, L., Yang, H., Richardus. J.H., Cao, W.C. Environmental factors contributing to the spread of H5N1 avian influenza in mainland China. PLoS One. 5(3):2008. e2268 Tian, L.W., Bi, Y., Ho, S.C., Liu, W.J., Liang, S., Goggins, W. B., Chan, E.Y.Y., Zhou, S., Sung, J.J.Y. One-year delayed effect of fog on malaria transmission: a timeseries analysis in the rain forest areas of Mengla County, south-west China. Malaria Journal. 7(110):2008. 1-9.

Zhang, W., Wang, L., Fang, L., Ma, J., Xu, Y., Jiang, J., Wang, J., Liang, S., Yang, H., Cao W. Spatial analysis of malaria in Anhui Province, China. Malaria Journal.

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Zhong, B., Liang, S., Xu, F.S., Wu, Z.S., Yang, C.H., Chen, L., Zhang, Y., Meng, X., Qiu, D.C., Spear, R.C. Risk factors associated with transmission of schistosomiasis in mountainous regions and implications for control.

Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine. 42(8):2008.

565-568 Love, R. Access to healthy food in a low-income urban community: A service-learning experience. Public Health Reports. 123:2008. 244-247.

Elliott J., Lu B., Moore L., McAuley J. and Long L. Exercise, diet, health behavior, and risk factors among persons with epilepsy in California based on the California Health Interview Survey, 2005. Epilepsy and Behavior. 13:2008. 307-315.

Mallery S., Zwick J., Pei P., Tong M., Larsen P., Shumway B., Lu B., Fields H., Mumper R. and Stoner G. Topical application of a bioadhesive black raspberry gel modulates gene expression and reduces proinflammatory proteins in human premalignant oral lesions. Cancer Research. 68:2008. 4945-4957.

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Elliott J., Moore, L. and Lu B. Health status and behavioral risk factors among persons with epilepsy in Ohio based on the 2006 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Epilepsy and Behavior. 12:2008.

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Louis GM, Cooney MA, Lynch CD, Handal A. Periconception window: advising the pregnancy-planning couple. Fertil Steril. 2008 Feb;89 (2 Suppl):e119-21.

Lynch CD, Klebanoff MA, Louis GM. Is caffeine use during pregnancy really unsafe? Am J Obstet Gynecol.

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McAlearney AS, Reeves KW, Dickinson S, Kelly K, Tatum C, Katz ML, and Paskett ED. Racial differences in colorectal cancer screening practices and knowledge within a low-income population. Cancer. 112:2008. 391398.

Klesges, R.C., Obarzanek, E., Klesges, L.M., Stockton, M.B., Beech, B.M., Murray, D.M., Lanctot, J., and Mittleman, D.A. Memphis girls health enrichment multi-site studies (GEMS) Phase 2: design and baseline.

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Webber, L.S, Catellier, D.J., Lytle, L.A., Murray, D.M., Pratt, C.A., Young, D.R., Elder, J.P., Lohman, T.G., Stevens, J., Jobe, J.B., Pate, R.R. Promoting physical activity in middle school girls: trial of activity for adolescent girls.

American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 34(3):2008.

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Murray, D.M., Pals, S.L., Blitstein J.L., Alfano, C., Lehman, J. Design and analysis of group-randomized trials in cancer: a review of current practices. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 100(7):2008. 483-491.

Johnson, C.C., Murray, D.M., Elder, J.P., Jobe, J.B., Dunn, A.L., Kubik, M., Voorhees, C., Schachter, K. Depressive symptoms and physical activity in geographically diverse adolescent girls. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 40(5):2008. 818-826.

Pals, S.L., Murray, D.M., Alfano, C.M., Shadish, W.R., Hannan, P.J., MStat, Baker, W.L. Individually randomized group treatment trials: a critical appraisal of frequently used design and analytic approaches. American Journal of Public Health. 98(8):2008. 1418-1424.

Hawkins, J.D., Catalano, R.F., Arthur, M.W., Egan, E., Brown, E.C., Abbott, R.D., Murray, D.M. Testing communities that care: the rationale, design and behavioral baseline equivalence of the Community Youth Development study. Prevention Science. 9(3):2008. 178190.

McAlearney, A.S. Using Leadership Development Programs to Improve Quality and Efficiency in Healthcare.

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McAlearney, A.S., Reeves, K.W., Dickinson, S.L., Kelly, K.M., Tatum, C., Katz, M.L., Paskett, E.D. Racial Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Screening Practices and Knowledge Within a Low-Income Population. Cancer.

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McAlearney, A.S. Improving Patient Safety Through Organizational Development: Considering the Opportunities. Advances in Health Care Management.

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McAlearney, A.S. Breaking Implementation Barriers: Reframing Physician Skepticism About Reliance on IT to Reduce Medical Errors. Hospital Information Technology Europe. 1(2):2008. 44-45.

Ford, E.W., McAlearney, A.S., Phillips, M.T., Rudolph, B., Menachemi, N. Predicting Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) System Adoption in U.S. Hospitals: Can the Federal Mandate be Met? International Journal of Medical Informatics. 77(8):2008. 539-545.

Song, P.H., Barlow, J.D., Seiber, E.E., McAlearney, A.S. 2008. Competition in Healthcare. International Encyclopedia of Public Health. 1:2008. 818-823.

Paskett ED, Reeves KW, McLaughlin JM, Katz ML, McAlearney AS, Ruffin MT, Halbert C, Merete C, Davis F, Gehlert S. Recruitment of minority and underserved populations in the United States: The Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 29:2008. 847-861.

Fisher JL, Engelhardt HL, Stephens JA, Smith BR, Haydu GG, Indian RW, Paskett ED. Cancer-related disparities among residents of Appalachia Ohio. Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice. 2(2):2008. 61-74.

Laiyemo AO, Murphy G, Albert PS, Sansbury LB, Wang Z, cross AJ, Marcus PM, Caan B, Marshall JR, Lance P, Paskett ED, Weissfeld J, Slattery ML, Burt R, Iber F, Shike M, Kikendall JW, Lanza E, Schatzkin A. Postpolypectomy Colonoscopy Surveillance Guidelines: Predictive Accuracy for Advanced Adenoma at 4 Years.

Annals of Internal Medicine. 148(6):2008. 419-426.

Paskett ED, Herndon JE, Day JM, Stark NN, Winer EP, Grubbs SS, Pavy MD, Shapiro CL, List MA, Hensley ML, Naughton MA, Kornblith AB, Habin KR, Fleming GF, Bittoni MA for the Cancer and Leukemia Group B. Applying a conceptual model for examining healthrelated quality of life in long-term breast cancer survivors: CALGB Study 79804 [A Conceptual Model for Examining HRQL in Long-Term Breast Cancer Survivors]. J Psycho-oncology. 17(11):2008. 1108-20.

Bobe G, Sansbury LB, Albert PS, Cross AJ, Kahle L, Ashby J, Slattery ML, Caan B, Paskett E, Iber F, Kikendall JW, Lance P, Sason C, Marshall JR, Schatzkin A, Lanza E. Dietary Flavonoids and Colorectal Adeoma Recurrence in the Polyp Prevention Trial. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers Prev. 17(6):2008. 1344-1353.

Warnecke RB, Oh A, Breen N, Gehlert S., Paskett E, Tucker KL, Lurie N, Rebbeck T, Goodwin J, Flack J, Srinivasan S, Kerner J, Heurtin-Roberts S, Abeles R, Tyson FL, Patmios G, Hiatt RA. Approaching Health Disparities from a Population Perspective: The NIH Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities. Am J Public Health. 98 (9):2008. 1608-1615.

Herndon JE, Kornblith AB, Holland JC, Paskett E. Patient Education as a Predictor of Survival in Lung Cancer Clinical Trials. J Clin Oncol. 26(25):2008. 4116-4123.

Wells KJ, Battaglia TA, Dudley D, Garcia R, Greene A, Calhoun EA, Mandelblatt JS, Paskett ED, Patierno S, Raich P, Young P, Roetzheim RG on behalf of the Patient Navigation Research Program. Patient Navigation: State of the art, or is it science? Cancer. 15:113(8):2008. 19992010.

Paskett ED, Alfano CM, Davison MA, Andersen BL, Naughton MJ, Sherman A, McDonald P, Hays J. Breast Cancer Survivors’ Health-related Quality of Life: Racial Differences and Comparisons to Non-cancer Controls.

Cancer. E Pub Oct 2008.

Freund KM, Battaglia TA, Calhoun E, Dudley DJ, Fiscella K, Paskett E, Raich PC, Roetzheim RG. The NCI Patient Navigation Research Program Methods, Protocol and Measures: Patient Navigation Research Program. Cancer.

E Pub Oct 2008.

Paskett ED, Reeves KW, McLauglin JM, Katz ML, McAlearney AS, Ruffin MT, Halbert CH, Merete C, Davis F, Gehlert S. Recruitment of Minority and Underserved Populations in the United States: The Centers for Population Health & Health Disparities Experience. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 29(6):2008.

847-61.

Duffy C, Assaf A, Cyr M, Burkholder G, Coccio E, Rohan T, McTiernan A, Paskett E, Lane D, Chetty VK. The relationship between alcohol and folate intake and breast cancer risk in the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study. Breast Cancer Treatment and Research. E Pub Sept 2008.

Pennell, M.L. and Dunson, D.B. Nonparametric Bayes testing of changes in a response distribution with an ordinal predictor. Biometrics. 64(2):2008. 413-423.

Lord, L.K., Pennell, M.L., Ingwersen, W., Fisher, R.A., and Workman, J.D. In vitro sensitivity of commercial scanners to microchips of various frequencies. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association.

233:2008.1723-1728.

Lord, L.K., Pennell, M.L., Ingwersen, W., and Fisher, R.A. Sensitivity of commercial scanners to microchips of various frequencies implanted in dogs and cats.

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association.

233:2008. 1729-1735.

Robinson AL and Seiber EE. Does community mitigate the negative effect of poverty on adolescent condom use in South Africa? International Family Planning Perspectives. 34(3):2008. 121-126.

Bondy ML, Scheurer ME, Malmer B, Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Davis FG, Il’yasova D, Kruchko C, McCarthy BJ,Rajaraman P, Schwartzbaum JA, Sadetzki S, Schlehofer B, Tihan T, Wiemels JL, Wrensch M, Buffler PA; Brain Tumor Epidemiology Consortium. Brain tumor epidemiology: consensus from the Brain Tumor Epidemiology Consortium. Cancer. 113(7):2008. 1953-6.

Song PH, Smith DG, Wheeler JRC. It was the Best of Times, It was the Worst of Times: A Tale of Two Years in Not-for-Profit Hospital Financial Investment. Health Care Management Review. 33(4):2008. 234-242.

Steinman, K.J., Ferketich, A.K. & Sahr T. The doseresponse relationship of adolescent religious activity and substance use: Variation across demographic groups.

Health Education & Behavior. 35(1):2008. 22-43.

Global Significance. Local Impact.

Parsons JK, Newman V, Mohler J, Pierce JP, Paskett E, Marshall JR. The mens’ eating and living (MEAL) study: A Cancer and Leukemia Group B pilot trial of dietary intervention for the treatment of prostate cancer. Urology.

72(3):2008. 633-7.

Hong X, Sun Q, Song Y. Research update on air pollution on cardiovascular diseases. Chinese Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine. 13:2008. 223-227 Sun Q, Yue P, Kirk RI, Wang A, Moatti D, Jin X, Lu B, Schecter AD, Lippmann M, Gordon T, Chen LC, Rajagopalan S. Ambient Air Particulate Matter Exposure and Tissue Factor Expression in Atherosclerosis.

Inhalation Toxicology. 20:2008. 127-37 Sun Q, Yue P, Ying Z, Cardounel AJ, Brook RD, Devlin R, Hwang JS, Zweier JL, Chen LC, Rajagopalan S. Air Pollution Exposure Potentiates Hypertension Through Reactive Oxygen Species-Mediated Activation of Rho/ ROCK. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 28:2008. 1760-1766 Tanenbaum, Sandra J. 2008. Consumer Perspectives on Information and Other Inputs to Decision-Making: Implications for Evidence-Based Practice. Community Mental Health Journal. 44(5):2008. 31-35.

Tanenbaum, Sandra J. Perspectives on Evidence-Based Practice from Consumers in the U.S. Public Mental Health System. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice.

14(5):2008. 621-958.

Peter Muscarella, Mark Bloomston, Alexander, R. Brewer, Anjali Mahajan, Wendy, L. Frankel, E. Christopher Ellison, William, B. Farrar, Christopher, M. Weghorst, and Junan Li. Expression of the p16INK4A/Cdkn2a gene is prevalently down-regulated in human pheochromocytoma tumor specimens. Gene Expression. 14:2008. 207-216.

Kresty LA, Mallery SR, Knobloch TJ, Li J, Lloyd M, Casto BC, Weghorst CM. Frequent Alterations of p16INK4a and p14ARF in Oral Proliferative Verrucous Leukoplakia. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev.

17(11):2008. 3179-87.

Li J, Warner B, Casto BC, Knobloch TJ, Weghorst CM. Tumor suppressor p16(INK4A)/Cdkn2a alterations in 7, 12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA)-induced hamster cheek pouch tumors. Mol Carcinog. 47(10):2008. 733-8.

Steinman, K.J. & Bambakidis, A. Faith-health collaboration in the United States: Results from a nationally representative study. American Journal of Health Promotion. 22:2008. 256-263.

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Impact Research Magazine

Grants and Contracts ANDERSON, SARAH ELIZABETH, “Childhood overweight and obesity: Prospective analyses of child behavior problems as a risk factor for obesity,” American Heart Association -Great Rivers Affiliate, $121,000, (2008-2010) ANDERSON, SARAH ELIZABETH, “Household routines and the development of obesity in US preschool children,” Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, $155,000, (2008-2010) BUCKLEY, TIMOTHY J, “Case Study Environmental Monitoring in Support of the Baltimore Region Environmental Justice in Transportation Project (BREJT),” Morgan State University (Prime: U.S. Department of Transportation), $22,500, (2006-2008) BUCKLEY, TIMOTHY J, “Evaluation of a u-equipped vacuum cleaner for inactivation of surface embedded microorganisms,” HALO Technologies, Inc., $16,279, (2008) BUCKLEY, TIMOTHY J, “Exposure Assessment Tools to Assess Health Impact of Traffic,” Morgan State University (Prime: Environmental Protection Agency), $15,500, (2006-2008) BUCKLEY, TIMOTHY J, “Public engagement demonstration projects on pandemic influenza (initiative A),” Ohio Department of Health, $144,120, (2008-2009) BUCKLEY, TIMOTHY J, “Public engagement demonstration project on pandemic influenza-rural (initiative B),” Ohio Department of Health, $200,000, (2008-2009) DE MOOR, JANET STERNER, “Cancer survivors’ Employment patterns and consequent economic and health outcomes,” National Cancer Institute, $147,825, (2006-2009) DE MOOR, JANET STERNER, “Cancer survivors’ intentions for work following diagnosis and treatment,” Lance Armstrong Foundation, $109,904, (2007-2008) DEMBE, ALLARD, “A study of employer-sponsored elder care programs,” The Retirement Research Foundation, $215,462, (2006-2009) DEMBE, ALLARD, “Employed Latino Health Initiative,” Access HealthColumbus, $30,000, (2008-2009) DEMBE, ALLARD, “Evaluating the impact of state coverage initiative reform proposals,” Health Policy Institute of Ohio, $65,000, (2008) DEMBE, ALLARD, “Follow-up on status of recommendations from the January 2005 report of the Ohio Commission to reform medicaid,” The Center for Community Solutions, $30,201, (2008)

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DEMBE, ALLARD, “How demanding work schedules affect occupational injury risk,” W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, $74,386, (2006-2008)

KATZ, MIRA L, “Patient activation to increase colon cancer screening,” National Cancer Institute, $675,540, (2005-2010)

DEMBE, ALLARD, “Monitoring and Evaluation of the Mansfield STD Re-entry Testing Pilot Program,” Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, $101,816, (2007-2009)

LIANG, SONG, “The socio-environmental determinants of schistosomiasis re-emergence,” University of California at Berkeley (Prime: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases), $97,835, (2007-2012)

FERKETICH, AMY K, “Examining the reach of clean indoor air policies in Appalachia,” The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $50,000, (2008-2009)

MCALEARNEY, ANN S, “Corporate universities in healthcare organizations,” American College of Healthcare Executives, $25,000, (2006-2008)

FERKETICH, AMY K, “Ohio Family Health Survey,” Health Policy Institute of Ohio, $33,793, (2008-2009) FERNANDEZ, SOLEDAD A, “Emergency department brief intervention to increase carbon monoxide detector use,” Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, $8,928, (2008-2009) HOLTZHAUER, FRANCIS J, “Buckeye Bluegrass Regional Leadership Academy,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $180,555, (2007-2010) HOLTZHAUER, FRANCIS J, “Center for public health preparedness,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $4,780,115, (2004-2009) HOLTZHAUER, FRANCIS J, “Community health assessment and transition, from direct health care to population based services, with intensive technical assistance and training,” Ohio Department of Administrative Services, $64,667, (2006-2008)

MCALEARNEY, ANN S, “Evidence-based practices to maximize physician adoption and use of electronic health record (EHR) systems in ambulatory care settings,” Health Research and Educational Trust, $120,000, (20082009) MCALEARNEY, ANN S, “Health Literacy, Technology Acceptance, & On-line Self-Care: Understanding Teens,” Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, $5,508, (2008-2009) MCALEARNEY, ANN S, “Improving Cardiovascular Care for Minority Americans: Facilitating Organizational Change,” George Washington University (Prime: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation), $100,891, (2007-2008) MURRAY, DAVID, “Center for prevention and early intervention,” Johns Hopkins University (Prime: National Institute of Mental Health), $48,390, (2005-2009)

HOLTZHAUER, FRANCIS J, “Maternal and child health block grant five year needs assessment facilitation,” Ohio Department of Health, $3,641, (2008-2009)

MURRAY, DAVID, “Community youth development study,” University of Washington (Prime: National Institute on Drug Abuse), $88,380, (2005-2008)

HOLTZHAUER, FRANCIS J, “PA & OH public health training center,” University of Pittsburgh (Prime: Health Resources and Services Administration), $348,646, (2005-2009)

MURRAY, DAVID, “Etiology of childhood obesity: A longitudinal study,” University of Minnesota (Prime: National Heart Lung and Blood Insitute), $307,725, (2006-2009)

HOLTZHAUER, FRANCIS J, “Public health workforce scholarship program,” Ohio Department of Health, $368,280, (2005-2009)

MURRAY, DAVID, “Trial of activity in adolescent girls,” University of North Carolina (Prime: National Heart Lung and Blood Insitute), $150,364, (2005-2008)

HOLTZHAUER, FRANCIS J, “Public health workforce scholarship program,” Ohio Department of Administrative Services, $445,370, (2006-2010)

PASKETT, ELECTRA D, “A randomized study to prevent lymphedema in women treated for breast cancer,” Lance Armstrong Foundation, $247,500, (2006-2008)

HOLTZHAUER, FRANCIS J, “Training of Public Health Personnel and Public Health Partners in the “Planning P Process” for a Type 3 Incident,” Ohio Department of Health, $119,022, (2008)

PASKETT, ELECTRA D, “A randomized study to prevent lymphedema in women treated for breast cancer,” Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, $250,000, (20062009)

JARJOURA, DAVID, “After discharge management of low income frail elderly (Ad-Life),” Summa Health System, $156,567, (2005-2009)

PASKETT, ELECTRA D, “Appalachian cancer center network,” University of Kentucky (Prime: National Cancer Institute), $945,343, (2005-2009)

SHIPP, MICHELE, “What accounts for racial disparities in colon cancer?,” National Cancer Institute, $280,001.93, (2004-2008)

PASKETT, ELECTRA D, “Cancer control and health outcomes committee chair support.,” University of Chicago (Prime: National Cancer Institute), $381,612, (2002-2009)

SONG, PAULA H., “Data coding and analysis for the `Consumer Voice for Affordable Health Care’ survey,” Universal Health Care Action Network Ohio, $18,766, (2007-2008)

PASKETT, ELECTRA D, “Cancer information service,” Wayne State University (Prime: National Cancer Institute), $728,034.85, (2005-2010)

STEINMAN, KENNETH J, “Health behavior among religiously active Black youth.,” Association of Schools of Public Health/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $1,093,745, (2003-2008)

PASKETT, ELECTRA D, “CBPR strategies to increase colorectal cancer screening in Ohio Appalachia,” National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, $3,123,981, (2008-2013) PASKETT, ELECTRA D, “Enhancing Colorectal Cancer Screening in Primary Care,” National Cancer Institute, $796,229, (2007-2012) PASKETT, ELECTRA D, “Measuring what navigators do: Task and social network analysis,” Boston Medical Center, $27,573, (2008-2009) PASKETT, ELECTRA D, “Ohio patient navigation program,” American Cancer Society, Inc., $2,364,180, (2005-2010) PASKETT, ELECTRA D, “Reducing cervical cancer in Appalachia.,” National Cancer Institute, $8,582,395, (2003-2009) PIRIE, PHYLLIS L, “Continuation of Netwellness (OPLIN),” University of Cincinnati, $25,846, (2007-2008) PIRIE, PHYLLIS L, “Continuation of Netwellness (SLO),” University of Cincinnati, $46,694, (2007-2008) PIRIE, PHYLLIS L, “Evaluation of the Ohio Tobacco Cessation Centers Project,” Ohio Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Foundation, $250,000, (2007-2008) PIRIE, PHYLLIS L, “Funding for Student Interns,” Ohio Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Foundation, $22,656, (2008) PIRIE, PHYLLIS L, “The Ohio State University public health traineeship,” Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, $32,585, (2006-2009) SCHWARTZBAUM, JUDITH A, “Allergic condition susceptibility polymorphisms and glioma risk,” National Cancer Institute, $2,667,684, (2008-2013) SEIBER, ERIC, “2009 Ohio employer health survey,” Health Policy Institute of Ohio, $33,497, (2008-2009)

WEGHORST, CHRISTOPHER M, “Food-based modulation of biomarkers in human tissues at high-risk for oral cancer,” National Cancer Institute, $1,435,125, (2007-2012) WEGHORST, CHRISTOPHER M, “Genetic Susceptibility and Cervical Cancer Development,” Phi Beta Psi Sorority, $118,500, (2007-2009) WEGHORST, CHRISTOPHER M, “Prevention of Oral Cancer by Strawberries with Selenium Assimilated in the Fruit,” National Cancer Institute, $150,000, (2007-2009)

STEINMAN, KENNETH J, “Profile of Family Violence in Ohio,” Health Policy Institute of Ohio, $100,022, (20072008)

WEWERS, MARY E, “Behavioral cooperative oncology group,” Walther Cancer Institute, $134,866.66, (20052009)

STEVENSON, KURT B, “MRSA colonization in EMS personnel and equipment as a risk factor for secondary infections in Ohio trauma patients,” Ohio Department of Public Safety, $99,991, (2008-2009)

WEWERS, MARY E, “Smokeless tobacco marketing approaches to Ohio Appalachian populations,” National Cancer Institute, $358,999, (2008-2010)

STEVENSON, KURT B, “Ohio State health network infection control collaborative: Epi-centers for prevention of healthcare related infections,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $1,173,582, (2006-2011) SUN, QINGHUA, “Air pollution and microvascular dysfunction: Leukocyte-dependent NAD(P)H oxidase,” National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, $495,953, (2008-2012) SUN, QINGHUA, “Diesel Exhaust Particles on Angiogenesis,” Health Effects Institute, $65,000, (20082009) TANENBAUM, SANDRA J, “Evidence and empowerment among consumers in the public mental health system,” Ohio Department of Mental Health, $68,225, (2005-2008) TANENBAUM, SANDRA J, “The role of consumeroperated services in a transforming public mental health system,” Ohio Department of Mental Health, $149,965, (2007-2010)

WEWERS, MARY E, “The Ohio State University Health System Tobacco Treatment Center,” Ohio Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Foundation, $755,052, (20072008) WEWERS, MARY E, “Tobacco free nurses,” University of California at Los Angeles (Prime: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation), $192,822.05, (2003-2008) WILKINS, JOHN R III, “Bioaerosols in midwest greenhouses and respiratory symptoms among the workers,” University of Cincinnati (Prime: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health), $10,172, (2008-2010) WILKINS, JOHN R III, “Developing and Evaluating New Approaches to Youth Agricultural Injury Prevention,” National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, $1,167,439, (2007-2010) WILKINS, JOHN R III, “Hearing acuity and risk of unintentional injury,” National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, $18,000, (2006-2008)

WEGHORST, CHRISTOPHER M, “Are anthocyanins necessary for oral cancer chemoprevention by berries?,” National Cancer Institute, $150,000, (2008-2010)

WILKINS, JOHN R III, “Ohio regional center for agricultural disease and injury,” National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, $1,944,433, (2003-2008)

WEGHORST, CHRISTOPHER M, “Chemoprevention of oral cancer in Appalachia,” American Cancer Society, Inc., $960,000, (2006-2010)

WILKINS, JOHN R III, “Work-related Injuries among Immigrant Workers,” Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Prime: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health), $18,621, (2006-2009)

WEGHORST, CHRISTOPHER M, “Chemopreventive agent-responsive genes in oral cancer.,” National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, $373,750, (2004-2008)

Global Significance. Local Impact.

PASKETT, ELECTRA D, “Breast cancer prevention through nutrition program (BCRF #6),” The Breast Cancer Res Foundation, $755,434.78, (2006-2009)

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Malaika Stubbs-Wilson, graduate research associate in the College of Public Health, examines smokeless-tobacco products for sale on the street in Mumbai, India. She and Amy Ferketich, associate professor in the Division of Epidemiology, traveled to India to attend the 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health.

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