Jennifer Ibrahim, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor Ritter Annex, Rm. 937 215-204-9657 jibrahim@temple.edu

Research Interests Public health law and policy, tobacco control and food safety.

Publications • Ibrahim JK. The Tobacco Tug of War: Advertising and Counter Advertising Tobacco

Products to Youth. (Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, & Pulmonology, exp. Fall 2010) • Zanis DA, Hollm R, Derr D, Ibrahim J, Collins B, Coviello D, Melochick JR. Comparing

Intervention Strategies Among Rural, Low SES, Young Adult Tobacco Users. (American Journal of Health Behavior, exp. Fall 2010)

• Burris S, Wagenaar AC, Swanson JW, Ibrahim JK, Wood J, Mello MM. June 2010. Making the Case for Laws that Improve Health: Framework for Public Health Law Research. Milbank Quarterly, 88(2): 169-210.

• Klaiman TA and Ibrahim JK. March/April 2010. State Health Department Structure and Pandemic Planning. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 16(2):e1-e7.

Current Research Funding Co-Principal Investigator (with Dr. Jennifer Wood and Dr. Nina Gentile) Place-Based Interventions for Public Health: Study of Policing in Philadelphia Temple University Office of the Provost Seed Grants Time Period: July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011 Co-Principal Investigator (with Dr. Bradley Collins and Dr. Jeremy Jordan) Homelessness and Smoking Cessation: The Impact of Social Capital Office of the Senior Vice President for Research & Strategic Initiatives Time Period: September 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010 Co-Principal Investigator (with Mr. Scott Burris) Public Health Law Research: National Program Office Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Time Period: June 1, 2010 – May 31, 2011 Principal Investigator Translating Science into Policy: A Survey of State Tobacco Control Plans National Cancer Institute Time Period: June 1, 2008 – May 31, 2010

Freda Patterson, PhD., MSHEd Assistant Professor Ritter Annex, Rm. 966 215-204-0314 fredap@temple.edu

Research Interests Health behaviors in populations at risk for cancer. Specific behaviors include smoking cessation and physical activity.

Publications • Patterson, F., Wileyto, E. P., Segal, J., Kurz, J., Glanz, K., & Hanlon, A. (2010).

Intention to quit smoking: role of personal and family member cancer diagnosis. Health Educ Res, 25(5), 792-802.

• Patterson, F., Jepson, C., Loughead, J., Perkins, K., Strasser, A. A., Siegel, S., et al. (2010). Working memory deficits predict short-term smoking resumption following brief abstinence. Drug Alcohol Depend, 106(1), 61-64.

• Patterson, F., Jepson, C., Strasser, A. A., Loughead, J., Perkins, K. A., Gur, R. C., et al. (2009). Varenicline improves mood and cognition during smoking abstinence. Biol Psychiatry, 65(2), 144-149.

• Patterson, F., Schnoll, R. A., Wileyto, E. P., Pinto, A., Epstein, L. H., Shields, P. G., et al. (2008). Toward personalized therapy for smoking cessation: a randomized placebo-controlled trial of bupropion. Clin Pharmacol Ther, 84(3), 320-325.

• Patterson, F., Kerrin, K., Wileyto, E. P., & Lerman, C. (2008). Increase in anger symptoms after smoking cessation predicts relapse. Drug Alcohol Depend, 95(1-2), 173-176.

Current Research Funding Characteristics of active versus sedentary smokers (In Preparation)

Adam Davey, Ph.D. Associate Professor Ritter Annex, Rm. 909 (215) 204-7881 adavey@temple.edu

Research Interests

• Aging • Biostatistics

Publications • Davey, A., & Savla, J. (2010). Statistical power analysis with missing data: A

structural equation modeling approach. Philadelphia: Routledge. • Davey, A., & Savla, J. (2009). Estimating statistical power with incomplete data.

Organizational Research Methods, 12, 320-346. • Davey, A., Elias, M. F., Siegler, I. C., Lele, U., Martin, P., Johnson, M. A., Hausman,

D. B., & Poon, L. W. (2010). Cognitive function, physical performance, health, and disease: Norms from the Georgia Centenarian Study. Experimental Aging Research, 36, 394-425.

• Arnold, J., Dai, J., Nahapetyan, L., Arte, A., Johnson, M. A., Hausman, D. B., Rogers, W. L., Hensley, R., Martin, P., MacDonald, M., Davey, A., Siegler, I. C., Jazwinski, S. M., & Poon, L. W. (in press). Predicting successful aging in a population-based sample of Georgia centenarians. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research.

• Mitchell, M. B., Miller, L. S., Woodard, J. L., Davey, A., Martin, P., Burgess, M., & Poon, L. W. (In press). Predicting observed functional status in centenarians. Gerontologist.

Current Research Funding Marriage, Families, and Retirement. National Institutes of Health (R01AG13180) Developmental Transitions and the Impact of Gambling in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood

Stephen Lepore, PhD Professor Ritter Annex, Rm. 957 (215) 204-9422 slepore@temple.edu

Research Interests Cancer prevention and control, health disparities, stress and coping.

Publications • Roberts, K. J., Lepore, S. J., Hanlon, A., & Helgeson, V. (in press). Genitourinary

functioning and depressive symptoms over time in younger versus older men treated for prostate cancer. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

• Godino, J. G., Lepore, S. J., & Rassnick, S. (2009). Relation of misperception of healthy weight to obesity and health behaviors in urban black men. Obesity, 1-5.

• Kernan, W. & Lepore, S. J. (2009). Searching for and making meaning after breast cancer: Prevalence, patterns, and negative affect. Social Science & Medicine, 68, 1176-1182

• Lepore, S. J., Glaser, D., & Roberts, K. (2008). On the positive relation between received social support and negative affect: A test of the triage and self-esteem threat models in women with breast cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 17, 1210-1215.

Current Research Funding

School-based expressive writing intervention trial to youth exposed to community violence, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health (R01 MH081166-01)

Michael J. Rovito, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Ritter Annex, Rm. 904B 215-204-9111 mrovto@temple.edu

Research Interests

Men's health, behavioral health, research methods, health geographies

Publications • Rovito, M. (2010). Appealing to Male At-Risk for Testicular Cancer: A Tailored

Message Approach in Promoting Testicular Self-Examination. American Journal of Men’s Health. SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW

• Rovito, M., Gordon, T., Bass, S., and DuCette, J. (2010). Developing a Health-Based ‘Control Identity’ Typology: A Testicular Self-Examination Application. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW

• Ruggieri, D., Bass, S., Rovito, M., Ward, S., Gordon, T., Paranjape, A., Lin, K., Meyer, B., Parameswaran, L., Wolak, C., Britto, J., and Ruzek, S.B. (2010). Perceived Colonoscopy Barriers and Facilitators among Urban African American Patients and their Medical Residents. Journal of General Internal Medicine. SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW

• Rovito, M. & Masucci, M. (2009). Literacy, Place, and Migration in Philadelphia among Ethnic Chinese. Community Literacy Journal. 3(2), 79-92

• Rovito, M. (2007). Determining the Role of Chinatown in the Lives of Philadelphia’s Foreign-Born Ethnic Chinese Population. The Pennsylvania Geographer. 45(1), 16-31

Current Research Funding

Foundation for Informed Decision Making George Bennett Fellowship

Judith Gold, ScD Assistant Professor Ritter Annex, Rm. 901 Lab - 956 Ritter Annex 215-204-9661; Lab - 215-204-2043 jgold@temple.edu

Research Interests Epidemiology of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) Occupational and environmental epidemiology, Computer use and texting in youth, Office ergonomics, Medical imaging and biomarkers for detection of MSDs, Ergonomics in developing countries, Instrumentation for exposure assessment, Evaluation of ergonomic interventions Economics of workplace health interventions

Publications • Gold JE, Piligian G, Glutting J, Hanlon A, Frings-Dresen M, Sluiter J. Cluster analysis

of symptoms among patients with upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, in press, DOI 10.1007/s10926-010-9240-x. PMID: 20414797

• Gold JE, Cherniack MG, Hanlon A, Dennerlein JT, Dropkin J. Skin temperature in the dorsal hand of office workers and severity of upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders, International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2009, 82(10): 1281-92, DOI 10.1007/s00420-009-0450-5. PMID: 19633984

• Gold JE, d’Errico A, Katz JN, Gore R, Punnett L. Specific and non-specific musculoskeletal disorder syndromes in automobile manufacturing workers, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 2009, 52(2): 124-32. PMID: 19016265

• Gold JE, Park J-S, Punnett L. Work routinization and implications for ergonomic exposure assessment. Ergonomics, 2006, 49(1):12-27. PMID: 16393801

• Lahiri S, Gold J, Levenstein C. Estimation of net-costs for prevention of occupational low back pain: three case studies from the U.S. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 2005, 48(6):530-41. PMID: 16299707

Current Research Funding An Observational Analysis of Postures, Kinematics and Mobile Phone Use Among College-aged Individuals on a College Campus, Dean’s Incentive Grant, Temple University College of Health Professions and Social Work.

• Current project - MRI and serum biomarkers in student mobile phone users • Current project - motion analysis of mobile device usage

Eugene Komaroff, Ph.D. Associate Professor Ritter Annex, Room 939 215-204-3721 komaroff@temple.edu

Research Interests Generalized linear and non-linear (mixed) models for longitudinal and/or clustered data; psychometrics of tests and measurments, statistical techniques of meta-analysis

Publications • Komaroff E. Effect of simultaneous violations of essential tau-equivalence and

uncorrelated errors on coefficient alpha. Applied Psychological Measurement, 1997, 21(4), 337-348.

• Komaroff E, DeLisa JA. Best research evidence for physical medicine and rehabilitation. J Spinal Cord Med. 2009; 32(1): 3-5 Review.

• Sachs S, Bilfinger TV, Komaroff E, Franceschi D. Increased standardized uptake value in the primary lesion predicts nodal or distant metastases at presentation in lung cancer. Clin Lung Cancer. 2005, 6(5):310-3.

• Leske MC, Heijl A, Hyman L, Bengtsson B, Komaroff E. Factors for progression and glaucoma treatment: the Early Manifest Glaucoma Trial. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2004, 15(2):102-6.

• Klawansky S, Komaroff E, Salvado J, Chadbourne E, Cavanaugh D, Mitchell D, Gordon M, Connelly J, Ross SD. Relationship between age, renal function and bone mineral density in the US population. Osteoporosis International, 2003, 14(7):570-6.

Current Research Funding

R01-HD 38856-01A (PI: Nelson) 4/1/2008 - 03/31/2012 NIH, Bacterial Vaginosis-Associated Bacteria and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes among Urban Women Role: Statistical Consultant R01-HD051542-05(PI. C.Hammer) 7/1/2005 - 6/30/2010, NIH/NICHD Assessing Bilingual Phonological Development in Young Children. Role: Statistical Consultant H133AO11403 (PI: Rosenthal) 7/1/2001 - 6/30/2006, NIDRR/ED Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems National Data Center Role: Statistical Consultant 1MO1RR10710-03A1 (PI: Edelman) 12/1/2001 - 5/31/2005, NIH/NCRR General Clinical Research Center (Program Director: Gelato) Role: Senior biostatistician

Jennifer Orlet Fisher, Ph.D., Nutrition Associate Professor 3223 N. Broad Street ODS, Suite 175 215-707-0921 jofisher@temple.edu

Research Interests • Environmental influences on eating; • Child feeding styles and practices • Appetite regulation in children • Child dietary intakes • Child obesity

Publications • Savage, J.S., Fisher, J.O., Birch, L.L. (2007). Parental influence on eating behavior:

conception to adolescence. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 35, 22-34.[PMID: 17341215]

• Fisher, J.O., Kral, T.V.E. (2008). Super-size me: Portion size effects on young children's eating. Physiology and Behavior, 94, 39-47.[PMID: 18155736]

• Hodges, E.A., Hughes, S.O., Hopkinson, S.O., Fisher, J.O.* (2008). Maternal decisions about the initiation and termination of infant feeding. Appetite, 50, 333-339.[PMID: 17977617]

Current Research Funding 08/05- 07/11 “Intake promoting effects of large portions on intake in children.” NIH NIDDK R01. Role: Principal Investigator 08/06-7/11 “Determinants of young children’s self-served portion sizes.” USDA NRI. Role: Project Director 07/10-06/15 "Parenting contributions to child self-regulation, energy intake and weight." NICHD. Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Alice Hausman, PhD, MPH Professor Ritter Annex, Rm. 917 215-204-5112 hausman@temple.edu

Research Interests Youth violence prevention; community-based participatory research; program planning and evaluation; emergency preparedness.

Publications • Hausman, A, Hohl, B, Becker, J, Hanlon, A, Branas, C, Hayden, UT, Thomas, N, Fein,

J. Communicating Success: Translating Community Specified Indicators of Program Success into Measurable Outcomes. Published on line by the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 15(6):E22-E30, 2009.

• Hausman, AJ. Implications of Evidence Based Practice in Community Health. American Journal of Community Psychology 30(3):453-467, 2002.

• Usher-Pines, L., Hausman, A.J., Hagen, M. Disaster Preparedness of Households with Special Needs in Southeastern Pennsylvania. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 37(3):227-230, 2009.

• Hausman, AJ, Hanlon, A, Seals, and B. (2007) Social capital as a mediating factor in emergency preparedness and concerns about terrorism. Journal of Community Psychology, 35(8):1073-1083.

• Hausman, AJ, Siddons, K and Becker, J. Using Community Perspectives on Youth Firearm Violence For Prevention Program Planning. Journal of Community Psychology, 28(6):643-654, 2000.

Current Research Funding Principal Investigator: Planning and Provider Training, Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Mental Retardation. July 1, 2010-June 30, 2011 Principal Investigator: Temple University Subcontract: CDC Philadelphia Collaborative Violence Prevention Center. 9/1/06-8/31/11. Joel Fein, MD, MPH, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Prime.\ Co-Principal Investigator: PA Department of Health, Office of Public Health Preparedness, contract. July 1, 2010-June 30, 2011.

Grace X. Ma, PhD Professor Ritter Annex, Rm. 913 215-204-5108 grace.ma@temple.edu

Research Interests Behavioral Health Intervention Trials, Health Disparities/Community-Based Participatory Research (Asian Americans and Ethnic Minority Populations), Cancer Prevention and Intervention (Hep-B Liver, Lung, Cervical, Breast, Colon Cancers, Clinical Trials), Tobacco Control, Chronic Disease Intervention (Diabetes and Hypertension), Risk and Protective Factors of Health Behaviors, Global or International Health, Translational Health Research

Publications • Ma, G.X., Tan, Y.,Wang, M.Q., Yuan, Y., Chae, W. (2010) Hepatitis B Screening

Compliance and Non-Compliance among Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese and Cambodians. Clinical Medicine: Gastroenterology.3:1-10.

• Wang, X. Fang, C. Tan, Y. Liu, A. & Ma, G.X. (2010). Evidence-Based Intervention to Reduce Access Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening among Underserved Chinese American Women. Journal of Women’s Health. 19(3):463-469.

• Ma, G.X., Shive, E.S., Tan, Y., Gao, W., Rhee, J., Kim, J. & Toubbeh, J. (2010). Community-based Colorectal Cancer Intervention in Underserved Korean Americans. Cancer Epidemiology. 33(5): 381-386.

• Ma, G.X., Toubbeh, J., Wang, M., Shive, S., Cooper, L. & Pham, A. (2009). Factors Associated with Cervical Cancer Screening Compliance and Noncompliance among Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Cambodian Women. Journal of National Medical Association. 101(6): 541-551

• Wu, D., Ma. G.X., Zhou, K. Zhou, D, Liu, A. & Poon, A. (2009). The effect of a culturally tailored smoking cessation for Chinese American smokers. Nicotine & Tobacco. 11(12):1448-1457.

• Ma, G.X., Shive, E.S., Wang, M.Q., Tan, Y. (2009). Cancer Screening Behaviors and Barriers in Asian Americans. American Journal of Health Behavior.33 (6):650-660.

• Ma, G.X. & Daus, G.P (2009). Health Interventions in Asian American Community in Trinh-Shevrin, C, Islam, N.S. & Rey, M.J (Eds). Asian American Communities and Health. Jossey-Bass, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Current Research Funding

Asian Community Cancer Health Disparities Center (U54), funded by NIH-DHHS(Principal Investigator: Grace X. Ma, PhD) A Culturally Appropriate Cervical Cancer Intervention for Underserved Vietnamese Women (RO1), funded by NIH-DHHS (Principal Investigator: Grace X. Ma, PhD)

A Randomized Trial of HepB Screening and Vaccination in High Risk Vietnamese (RO1), funded by NIH-DHHS (Principal Investigator: Grace X. Ma, PhD) CBPR Hepatitis B Intervention For Underserved Korean Americans (R24), funded NIH-DHHS (Principal Investigator: Grace X. Ma, PhD) Evidence-Based Breast Cancer Intervention for Asian Women (Principal Investigator: Grace X. Ma, PhD), Susan G. Komen Patient Navigator Intervention for Improving Health-Related Quality of Life in HBV Infected Patients (Principal Investigator: Grace X. Ma, PhD), NIH A Physician-Based Trial to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening in Chinese (RO1), funded by NIH-DHHS, (Co-Principal Investigator: Grace X. Ma, PhD; Principal Investigator: Wenchi Liang, PhD), NIH

A RCT to Promote Mammography Adherence Among Chinese Immigrant Women (R01) (Co-Investigator: Grace X. Ma, PhD; Principal

Clara Haignere, MPH, Ph.D. Associate Professor Ritter Annex, Rm. 953 215 204-5109 clara.haignere@temple.edu

Research Interests

• Comparison of Global Health Systems between European Countries and the United States.

• Domestic Violence Prevention by working with male on self identity and masculinity training.

• Comparison of the Costa Rican health care system with the US rural health care provisions.

Publications Working on submissions.

Sylvia Twersky-Bumgardner, MPH Clinical Instructor Ritter Annex, Rm. 907 215-204-9316 sylviatb@temple.edu

Research Interests

• Emergency management policy looking at meeting functional needs • Immigrants • Health policy

Current Research Funding

Co-Principal Investigator: PA Department of Health, Office of Public Health Preparedness, contract. July 1, 2010-June 30, 2011

Presentations

Sylvia Twersky-Bumgardner, George Heake, Nora J. O'Brien, and Kevin McCulley Preparedness and Response Considerations for Diverse and Special Populations: Theoretical and Practical. EMA Emergency Management Institute's 13th Annual Emergency Management Higher Education Conference, June 2010 Sylvia Twersky-Bumgardner, Steve Carter, Nathan Collins, and Robert Jaffin. Panel Discussion on Emergency Management and Distance Learning.. FEMA Emergency Management Institute's 13th Annual Emergency Management Higher Education Conference, June 2010 Sylvia Twersky-Bumgardner. Outreach, Emergency Management, and Special Populations. Pennsylvania Emergency Behavioral Health Institute 2010 Sylvia Twersky-Bumgardner MPH and Bethany Picker M. Making a difference in tobacco and pregnancy: Process in a family medicine residency. APHA 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition, Boston, MA 2006

Bradley Collins, Ph.D. Assistant Professor 160 Weiss Hall (963 Ritter Annex) 1-215-204-2849 collinsb@temple.edu

Research Interests

Tobacco and cancer control/prevention; Substance abuse and dependence intervention development; maternal and child health promotion; health disparities; Community-based behavioral health interventions for underserved populations

Publications

• Collins, B.N., Ibrahim, J., Hovell, M.H., Tolley, N.M., & Audrain-McGovern, J. (2010). Residential smoking restrictions alone may not be sufficient to reduce child secondhand smoke exposure among low-income, urban African Americans. Health.

• Collins, B.N., Nair, U.S., & Komaroff, E (in press). Smoking Cue Reactivity Across Massed Extinction Trials: Negative Affect and Gender Effects. Addictive Behaviors.

• DiSantis, K.I., Collins, B.N., & McCoy, A. (2010). Associations among breastfeeding, smoking relapse, and prenatal factors in a brief postpartum smoking intervention. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 89, 582-586.

• Zanis DA, Hollm R, Derr D, Ibrahim J, Collins B, Coviello D, Melochick J. (in press) Comparing Intervention Strategies Among Rural, Low SES, Young Adult Tobacco Users. American Journal of Health Behavior.

• Collins, B.N., Nair, U., Hovell, M.H., & Audrain-McGovern, J. (2009). Predictors of smoking-related weight concerns among underserved, Black female smokers. American Journal of Health Behavior 33, 699-709.

• Collins, B., Levin, K., & Bryant-Stephens, T. (2007). Pediatrician practices & attitudes about environmental tobacco smoke and parental smoking. JPeds, 150, 547-52.

• Collins, B.N. & Brandon, T.H. (2002). Effects of extinction context and retrieval cues on alcohol cue reactivity among nonalcoholic drinkers. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 70, 390-397.

Current Research Funding

Title: SHS Treatment for Postpartum African American Smokers. Source: NIH/NCI R01 CA105183 Role: Principal Investigator Title: Homeless and Smoking Cessation: The Impact of Social Capital. Source: Pennsylvania Department of Health, Tobacco Nonformula Funds Role: Principal Investigator (Jordon and Ibrahim multi-PIs) Title: Kids Write and Create: A Mentored Literacy Program. Source: The Barra Foundation, Inc. (Krakow, PI) Role: Co-investigator Title: Quit Smoking for Good: Smoking Cessation for the Unemployed. Source: City of Philadelphia Role: Principal Investigator

Nikki Franke, BS; EDM; EDD Associate Professor Ritter Annex, Rm. 915 215-204-5111 nfranke@temple.edu

Research Interests

• Health Disparities • Community Organization • Youth Mentoring

Publications

• Franke, N., & Ohene-Frempong, J. (1999). Health Care for African-Americans: Availability, Accessibility, and Usability. In Ma, G.X. & Henderson, G. Rethinking Ethnicity and Health Care: A Sociocultural Perspective (pp. 154-183). Springfield, Illinois:Charles C. Thomas Publisher

• Franke, N. (1997). African-American Women's Health: Outcomes of Disease and Chronic Life Stressors. In Ruzek, S., Clarke, A., Olesen, V. (Eds.) Women's Health: The Dynamics of Diversity. (pp. 353-379). Columbus: Ohio State University Press

Current Research Funding SEPA Area Health Education Center - Internship Grant

Sarah Bauerle Bass, Ph.D., MPH Associate Professor Ritter Annex, Rm. 951 215-204-5110 sbass@temple.edu

Research Interests Health and risk communication; use of new technologies and their impact on patient/public self-efficacy and behavior intention.

Publications • 2010. "Perceptions of Coloretal Cancer Screening in Urban African American Clinic

Patients: Differences by Gender and Screening Status." Bass SB, Gordon TF, Ruzek, SB, Wolak C, Ward S, Paranjape A, Lin K, Meyer B, Ruggieri DG. Journal of Cancer Education; DOI: 10.1007/s13187-010-0123-9.

• 2010 “If you ask them will they come? Predictors of Quarantine Compliance during a Hypothetical Avian Flu Pandemic: Results from a Statewide Survey.” Bass, SB., Ruzek, SB. Ward, L.,Gordon, T.D., Hanlon, A. , Hausman, AJ., Hagen, M. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 4, 1-10.

• 2008 “Your Resource Guide to Health Literacy.” Bass, SB, Gallo, R., Crookes, D., Berger, T., Fleisher, L. http://www.fccc.edu/docs/prevention/hchd/health-literacy-guide.pdf. Pennsylvania Department of Health and Fox Chase Cancer Center, Health Communications and Public Health Program.

• 2010 “Resident Physicians’ Perceptions of Barriers and Facilitators to Colorectal Cancer Screening for African Americans”.

• S Ward, L Parameswaran, SB Bass, A Paranjape, TF Gordon & SB Ruzek. Journal of the National Medical Association, 102: 303-311.

• 2008 “Mapping Perceptions of Factors Related to Acceptance of Smallpox Vaccination Under Varying Levels of Threat among Hospital Emergency Room Personnel.” SB Bass, TF Gordon, SB Ruzek & AJ Hausman. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism, 6(20), 179-189.

Current Research Funding

Bass, SB (PI) NIBIB R03EB009561-01A1 8/2009 – 7/2011 Developing Risk Communication Materials for Radiological Terror Events for Low-literacy Populations. TF Gordon, C Parvanta (Co-Is). Bass, SB (PI) PA Tobacco Settlement Grant 6/2009-12/2010 Office of the Vice-President for Research, Temple University “Pilot Studies to Health Develop Risk Communication Materials for Low Literacy Populations.” Gordon, TF (PI) National Cancer Institute 1R21CA120122 5/2007 – 6/2010 Using Perceptual Mapping to Develop Low Literacy CRC Screening Decision Aids. TF Gordon, PI; SB Ruzek; SB Bass, Co-PI.

Natasha J. Davis Williams,EdD, MPH, MSW Assistant Professor Ritter Annex, Rm 904 215-204-9113 natasha.davis@temple.edu

Research Interests HIV/AIDS, health inequity, community health, and faith based and public health partnerships

Publications • Davis, N. (November, 2009). HIV/AIDS and the Black church: A qualitative

evaluation of a church in a metropolitan area. Round table presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA.

• Levine, D., Moon-Howard, & Davis, N. (November, 2009). Anatomy of a leadership mobilization model. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA.

• Davis, N. (September, 2008). The role of the Black church in combating HIV/AIDS in the African American community. Presented at the United States Conference on AIDS, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

• Davis, N, & Meyer, I. (2005, November). Measuring prejudice and discrimination: Project STRIDE. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC.

Sheryl Burt Ruzek, PhD, MPH Professor Emerita Off campus 925-465-2142 sruzek@temple.edu

Research Interests Health risk communication; patient education; doctor-patient communication

Publications • Lerner, JC, DM. Fox, SB Ruzek & GE Shearer. “The Case for a National Patient

Library.” Health Affairs DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0631 29(10) 1-6, 2010. • Bass, SB, TF Gordon, SB Ruzek, C Wolak, S Ward, A Paranjape, K Lin, B Meyer & D

Ruggieri. “Perceptions of colorectal cancer screening in urban African American clinic patients: Differences by gender and screening status”. Journal of Cancer Education, DOI: 10.1007/s13187-010-0123-9, 2010.

• Ward, S, L Parameswaran, SB Bass, A Paranjape, TF Gordon & SB Ruzek. “Resident Physicians’ Perceptions of Barriers and Facilitators to Colorectal Cancer Screening for African Americans.” Journal of the National Medical Association, 102: 303-311, 2010.

• Ward, SH, K Lin, B Meyer, SB Bass, L Parameswaran, TF Gordon and SB Ruzek “Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening Among African Americans. Linking Risk Perception to Interventions Targeting Patients, Communities and Clinicians” Journal of the National Medical Association 100 (6): 748-758, 2008.

• Ruzek, SB "Transforming doctor: patient relationships," Journal of Health Services Research & Policy 12(3):181-182, 2007.

Current Research Funding

National Cancer Institute/NIH 1R21CA120122-01A1. “Using Perceptual Mapping to Develop Low Literacy CRC Screening Decision Aids.” TF Gordon, PI, SB Ruzek, SB Bass, L Kaplan, Co-PIs. (6/2007-11/2010)

Deborah Nelson, PhD Associate Professor Ritter Annex, Rm. 905 215-204-9659 dnelson@temple.edu

Research Interests

• Reproductive Health • Maternal and Child Health • Womens Health • Violence • Epidemiologic Methods

Publications • Nelson DB, Hanlon A, Hassan S, Britto J, Geifman-Holtzman O, Haggerty C, Fredricks

DN Preterm Labor and Bacterial Vaginosis-associated Bacteria among Urban Women Journal of Perinatal Medicine 2009;37:130-134

• Nelson DB, Usher-Pines L, Grisso JA, Childhood Violence and Long-term Behavioral Effects Among Urban Pregnant Women. Journal of Women’s Health 2010 (In Press).

• Usher-Pines L*, Nelson DB. Neighborhood and Individual-Level Violence and Unintended Pregnancy. Journal of Urban Health 2010; 87(4): 677

• Macones GA, Parry S, Nelson DB, Strauss JF, Ludmir J, Cohen AW, Stamilio DM, Applyby D, Clothier B, Sammel MD, Jeffcoat M. Treatment of Localized Periodontal Disease in Pregnancy does not Reduce the Occurrence of Preterm Birth: Results from the Periodontal Infections and Prematurity Study (PIPS). Am J Obstet Gynecol 2010;202:147.e1-8

• Nelson DB, Sammel MD, Freeman EW, Lin H, Gracia CR, Mogul M, Schmitz KH. Effect of Physical Activity on Menopausal Symptoms among Urban Women. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 2008;40(1):50-8

Current Research Funding

BV-associated Bacteria and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes among Urban Women The Role of Exposures During Gestation and Subsequent Child Health: In-Utero Exposures and Childhood Overweight Neighborhood-level Violence and Contraceptive use among Urban Youth

Thomas F. Gordon, Ph.D. Professor Ritter Annex, Rm. 949 215-204-1366 thomas.gordon@temple.edu

Research Interests

Health Communication; Health Psychology; Research Methods;

Publications • Bass, SB, Ruzek, SB, Ward, L, Gordon, TF, Hanlon, AL, Hausman, AJ & Hagen, M.

(2010). “If you ask them will they come? Predictors of quarantine compliance during a hypothetical avian influenza pandemic: Results from a statewide survey”. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 4:1-10.

• Bass, SB, Gordon, TF, Ruzek, SB, Wolak, C, Ward, S, Paranjape, A, Lin, K, Meyer, B & Ruggieri, D. (2010). “Perceptions of colorectal cancer screening in urban African American clinic patients: Differences by gender and screening status”. Journal of Cancer Education, DOI: 10.1007/s13187-010-0123-9

• Ward, S, Parameswaran, L, Bass, SB, Paranjape, A, Gordon, TF, & Ruzek, SB. (2010). “Resident Physicians’ Perceptions of Barriers and Facilitators to Colorectal Cancer Screening for African Americans”. Journal of the National Medical Association, 102: 303-311.

• Bass, S. B, Gordon, T. F., Ruzek, S. B., Hausman, A. J. (2008). Mapping Perceptions Related To Acceptance Of Smallpox Vaccination By Hospital Emergency Room Personnel. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science, 6 (2): 179-189.

• Ward, S.H., Lin K., Meyer, B., Bass, S. B., Parameswaran, L., Gordon, T. F. and Ruzek, S. B. (2008). Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening Among African Americans: Linking Risk Perception to Interventions Targeting Patients, Communities, and Clinicians

Current Research Funding

Development of a Decision Aid to Encourage Low-Literacy African Americans to be Screened for Colorectal Cancer (NIH - National Cancer Institute) Development of a Typology of Low-Literacy African Americans Relative to Attitudes Toward Cancer Screening (TU - Bridge Grant)

Ian Greaves, MD Professor, Ritter Annex, Room 933 215-204-9120 igreaves@temple.edu

Research Interests

• Global Health • Environmental and Occupational Medicine • Healthy and diseased lungs • Public Health education • Medical history

Publications

• Frampton MW, Greaves IA. NOx-NOx: Who’s there? American Journal Respiratory Critical Care Medicine 2009.

• Greaves IA. Mean airspace chord length (Lm) is useful in assessing emphysema. Journal of Applied Physiology 2008. Viewable online at http://jap.physiology.org/cgi/eletters/90968.2008v1

• Baker BA, Katyal S, Greaves IA, Roeber Rice H, Emmett EA, Meyer JD. Occupational medicine graduate survey: Assessment of training programs and core competencies. Journal Occupational Environmental Medicine 49: 1325-1338, 2007.

• Hirschhorn N, Greaves IA. Louisa May Alcott: Her mysterious illness unmasked. Perspect Biology Med 50: 243-259, 2007

Current Research Funding Special Appropriation, Evaluation of Health Effects from Exposures to Taconite Dust on the Iron Range/ J. Mandel (PI), $4,900,000 (2008-2013). Co-Principal Investigator.

Robert C. Whitaker, MD, MPH Professor of Public Health and Pediatrics Center for Obesity Research and Education 3223 North Broad Street, Suite 175 215-707-8676 rwhitaker@temple.edu

Research Interests Obesity, physical activity, nutrition, mental health, and maternal-child health

Publications -Anderson SE, Whitaker RC. Prevalence of obesity among US preschool children in different racial and ethnic groups. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009;163(4):344-348. -Whitaker RC, Gooze RA, Hughes CC, Finkelstein DM. A national survey of obesity prevention practices in Head Start. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009;163(12):1144-1150. -Anderson SE, Whitaker RC. Household routines and obesity in US preschool-aged children. Pediatrics. 2010;125(3):420-428. -Hughes CC, Gooze RA, Finkelstein DM, Whitaker RC. Barriers to obesity prevention in Head Start. Health Aff. 2010; 29(3):454-462. -Hughes CC, Sherman SN, Whitaker, RC. How low-income mothers with overweight preschool children make sense of obesity. Qual Health Res. 2010;20(4):465-478. -Gooze RA, Hughes CC, Finkelstein DM, Whitaker RC. Reaching staff, parents, and community partners to prevent childhood obesity in Head Start, 2008. Prev Chronic Dis. 2010; 7(3):A54.

Current Research Funding Title: Early risk factors for obesity: parenting, child behavior, and attachment Source: National Institutes of Health (R01 DK088913) Role: Co-Investigator / Sarah E. Anderson, PhD (PI, The Ohio State University) Period of support: 9/1/2010 – 5/31/14 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Reducing solid fat and added sugar intakes in low-income preschoolers through environmental and behavioral portion size strategies Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture Role: Co-Investigator / Jennifer O. Fisher, PhD (Temple University) & Elena L. Serrano, PhD (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) (PIs) Period of support: 8/1/2011 – 7/31/2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Head Start teachers’ perceptions about physical activity in preschool programs Source: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Early Investigator Award Role: Faculty mentor to Jeffrey S. Gehris, PhD (Temple University, Department of Kinesiology) Period of support: 4/1/2010 – 8/31/2011

Jay S. Segal, Ph.D. Professor Ritter Annex, Rm. 935 215-204-5107 jsegal@temple.edu

Research Interests

• Public Health Agenda for Obesity Related Education and Policy. • Health Behaviors Relating to Understanding Stress and Change including

PTSD for First Responders. • Assessment of Stress and Factors Affecting the Health Status, and Quality of

Living.

Recent Professional Presentations and Scholarly Activity

Patterson, F., Wileyto, E. P., Segal, J., Kurz, J., Glanz, K., & Hanlon, A. (2010). Intention to quit smoking: role of personal and family member; cancer diagnosis. Health Educ Res, 25(5), 792-802.

Hakim, R., Segal J.S., Newton R., “A Group Intervention to Reduce Fall Risk Factors in Community Dwelling Older Adults”, Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics. Volume 22# 1

Davis, A, Segal, J and Dickey, S. Experimental Biology: Nutrition and Metabolism, “Early Infant Temperament; Food Intake and Weight Gain in 3 Month Old Filipino Formula Fed Infants”, Washington, DC, April 30, 2007.

Davis, A and Segal J, The 15th European Congress on Obesity: Early Nutrition Programming and Health Outcomes: “The Role of Mother’s Temperament on Weight Gain among Breast Fed Infants”, Budapest, Hungary, April, 21, 2007.

Eisenberg, D, Segal, J, Hanlon A, The International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, “Patient Care, Obesity and Quality of Life for the Chronically Ill”, Arlington, VA, 2007

Seals, B, Segal, J, Hausman, A, and Thomas, C, American Public Health Association “Psychological Distress: Emergency Preparedness and Concerns for Future Events” , Boston, MA. Nov. 2006

Segal, J American Public Health Association, Police Officer Emergency and Disaster Training: Development of a “Best Practice” Stress Reduction Prevention Program for the Majot Incident Response Team (MIRT) Police Officer Emergency and Disaster Training, , Boston MA, Nov. 2007

Seals, B, Bass, S, Rugierri, D, Segal, J and Cunningham A, American Public Association, Communicating in a Crisis: Building Skills for Message Delivery, Boston, MA, Nov. 2006

Eisenberg, D, Segal, J and Hanlon, The International Society for Quality of Life Research, “ Quality of Life for The Chronically Ill” Budapest, Hungary, September, 2007

Natasha Hinton, MPH Instructor, Director of MPH Program Ritter Annex, Rm. 911 215-204-5105 natasha.hinton@temple.edu

Research Interests • Health Disparities • Health Communication • Maternal & Child Health • Training in Public Health Practice

Publications

• Walsh, Melissa M., Hinton, N.A., Rivello, Margaret C. (November 2009) A Preliminary

Analysis of the Effectiveness of Participation in the Chester County Health Department’s Public Cholesterol Screenings on Behavior Recommendations and Physician Referral Compliance presented at American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA

• Tippens, J. & Hinton, N.A. (October 2008) The Needs of Refugees: Empowering Cultural, Ethnic,

and Language Minorities to Self-Advocate via Action Research presented at American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA