School of Public Health Faculty
Biostatistics | Environmental Health Sciences | Epidemiology & Community Health | Health Policy & Management
Jean Abraham Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Public HealthDivision of Health Policy & Management
Biography
Jean Abraham received her Ph.D. in public policy analysis and management from Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Abraham’s research areas include health economics and policy. She is particularly interested in employer and employee decision-making with respect to health insurance, employer wellness program evaluation, and competition in provider and insurance markets. For the 2008-2009 academic year, she served as the senior economist on health issues with the President’s Council of Economic Advisers in Washington, D.C.
- Ph.D., Public Policy Analysis and Management, Carnegie Mellon University, 2001
- B.A., Economics and Political Science (Summa Cum Laude), University of Arizona, 1995
Professional Experience:
- Senior Economist, Council of Economic Advisers, Executive Office of the President, Washington, D.C., 2008-2009
- Member of the American Economic Association, International Health Economics Association, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, and Academy Health
Honors:
- Leonard M. Schuman Award for Excellence in Teaching, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 2011
- Delta Omega, Honorary Society in Public Health, 2010
- The Class of 1981 Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, Master of Healthcare Administration Program, Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota, 2003 and 2008
- Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Ph.D. Dissertation Award, Honorable Mention, 2001
- H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, 1998
- University of Arizona Outstanding Senior, Department of Economics, 1995
- Phi Beta Kappa, 1994
- Regent’s Scholar, University of Arizona, 1991-1995
Research Interests:
Access and cost of employer-based health insurance for workers and families, behavioral effects of employee wellness programs, consumer use of quality information in health care decision-making, and hospital competition.
Selected Publications:
- Abraham, J., R. Feldman, J. Nyman, and N. Barleen. “The Effect of Regular Exercise on the Medical Expenditures of Employees: An Evaluation of the UPlan Fitness Rewards Program.” 2012, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 54(3): 280-285.
- Karaca-Mandic, P., J. Abraham, and C. Phelps, “A Burden or Merely a Load: New Empirical Estimates of Health Insurance Loading Fees by Group Size.” 2011, International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, 11(3): 181-207.
- Abraham, J., R. Feldman, J. Nyman, and N. Barleen. “What Factors Influence Participation in an Exercise-Focused, Employer-Based Wellness Program?” 2011, Inquiry, 48(3): 221-241.
- Sick, B. and J. Abraham. “Seek and Ye Shall Find: Consumer Search for Objective Health Care Cost and Quality Information.” 2011, American Journal of Medical Quality, 26(6): 433-440.
- Abraham, J., B. Sick, J. Anderson, A. Berg, C. Dehmer, and A. Tufano. “Selecting a Provider: What Factors Influence Patients’ Decision-Making?” March/April 2011, Journal of Healthcare Management, 56(2): 99-114.
- Sommers, Anna, J. Abraham, L. Spicer, A. Mikow, M. Spaulding-Bynon. “Small Group Employer Participation in New Mexico’s State Coverage Insurance Program: Lessons for Federal Reform,” February 2011, Health Services Research, 46(1, Part 2): 268-284.
- Abraham, J. and P. Karaca-Mandic. “Regulating the Ratio: Understanding the Potential Impact of Medical Loss Ratio Requirements on U.S. Health Insurance Markets,” 2011, American Journal of Managed Care, 17(3): 211-218.
- Hofer, A., J. Abraham, I. Moscovice. “Coverage Expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Demand for Primary Care,” 2011, The Milbank Quarterly, 89(1): 69-89.
- Abraham, J. and R. Feldman, “What Will Happen if Employers Stop Providing Health Insurance?: A Simulation of Workers’ Insurance Status Using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.” June 2010, National Tax Journal, 63(2): 191-214.
- Abraham, J., T. DeLeire, A.B. Royalty, “Moral Hazard Matters: Measuring Relative Rates of Underinsurance Using Threshold Measures,” June 2010, Health Services Research, 45(3): 806-824.
- Abraham, J. and R. Feldman, “Taking Up or Turning Down: New Estimates of Worker Demand for Employer-Sponsored Insurance.” 2010, Inquiry, 47: 17-32.
- Abraham, J., T. DeLeire, A.B. Royalty, “Access to Health Insurance at Small Establishments: What Can We Learn from Analyzing Other Fringe Benefits?” Fall 2009, Inquiry, 46(3): 253-273.
- Abraham, J. M. Gaynor, and W.B. Vogt. “Entry and Competition in Local Hospital Markets,” Journal of Industrial Economics, June 2007, 55(2): 265-288.
- Abraham, J. William B. Vogt, and Martin Gaynor. “How Do Households Choose their Employer-Based Health Insurance?” Inquiry, Winter 2006/2007,43(4): 319-332.
- Abraham, J., Roger Feldman, Caroline Carlin, and Jon Christianson. “The Effect of Quality Information on Consumer Health Plan Switching: Evidence from the Buyers Health Care Action Group,” in Journal of Health Economics, 2006,25(4): 762-781.
- Royalty, A.B. and J. Abraham. “Health Insurance and Labor Market Outcomes: Joint Decision-Making Within Households.” Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90 (8-9): 1561-1577.
- Abraham, J. and A. Royalty. “Does Having Two Earners in the Household Matter for Employer-Based Health Insurance?” Medical Care Research and Review, 2005, 62(2): 167-186.
- Abraham, J., R. Feldman, and C. Carlin. “Understanding Employee Awareness of Health Care Quality Information: How Can Employers Benefit?” Health Services Research, 2004, 39(6), Part I: 1799-1815.
- Abraham, J., A. Arora, M. Gaynor, and D. Wholey. “Enter at Your Own Risk: HMO Participation and Enrollment in the Medicare Risk Market,” Economic Inquiry, 2000, 38(3): 385-401.
Biography
Bruce Alexander earned an M.S. in environmental health from Colorado State University and a Ph.D. in epidemiology from the University of Washington. Dr. Alexander’s expertise and scholarly interests are in the epidemiology of health effects due to chemical and physical hazards encountered in the environment, and the longer-term consequences of occupational and environmental disease and injury that are relevant to local, national, and global populations.
- Ph.D. Epidemiology, University of Washington M.S. Environmental Health, Colorado State University
Professional Experience:
1987-1989 Epidemiologist, American Refugee Committee, Aranyaprathet, Thailand, Site 2 Camp for Displaced Cambodians. 1989-1990 Research Assistant, Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. 1990-1994 Pre-Doctoral Trainee, NIEHS Training Grant, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, School of Public Health and Community Medicine. 1994-1996 Post-doctoral Fellow in Epidemiology, NIEHS Training Grant, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, School of Public Health and Community Medicine. 1996-1998 Research Scientist, Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. 1998-2005 Assistant Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2005-present Associate Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Research Interests:
Occupational and environmental epidemiology with emphasis on determinants of cancer, respiratory disease traumatic injury, biological markers and global health.
Selected Publications:
- Baker BA, Alexander BH, Mandel JS, Acquavella JF, Honeycutt R, Chapman P. Farm Family Exposure Study: methods and recruitment practices for a biomonitoring study of pesticide exposure. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology 2005; 15:491-499.
- Zabel EW, Alexander BH, Mongin SJ, Doody, MM, Sigurdson AJ, Linet MS, Freedman DM, Hauptmann M, Mabuchi K, Ron E. Thyroid Cancer Incidence and Employment as a Radiologic Technologist International Journal of Cancer 2006;119:1940-1945.
- Alexander BH, Burns CJ, Bartels MJ, Acquavella JF, Mandel JS, Gustin C, Baker B. Chlorpyrifos Exposure in Farm Families: Results form the Farm Family Exposure Study. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology 2006 16, 447-456.
- Carlson KF, Langner DM, Alexander BH, Gurney J, Gerberich SG, Ryan AD, Renier CM, Mongin SJ. Do parents’ agriculture-related injuries influence their children’s risk of injury? Analyses from the Regional Rural Injury Study-II, Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 2006; 160:1137-1142.
- Alexander BH, Burns CJ, Bartels MJ, Acquavella JF, Mandel JS, Gustin C, Baker B. 2,4-D Exposure in Farm Families: Results form the Farm Family Exposure Study. Environmental Health Perspectives 2007;115:370-376
- Alexander BH, Olsen GW. Bladder cancer in perfluorooctanesulfonyl fluoride manufacturing workers. Annals of Epidemiology. 2007;17(6):471-8.
- Grice MM, Alexander BH, Hoffbeck R, Kampa DM. Self-reported medical conditions in perfluorooctanesulfonyl fluoride manufacturing workers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2007 49(7):722-729.
- Scher DP, Alexander BH, Adgate JL, Eberly LE, Mandel JS, Acquavella JF, Bartels MJ, Brzak KA. Agreement of pesticide biomarkers between morning void and 24-h urine samples from farmers and their children. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2007;17(4):350-7.
- Lonn S, Bhatti P, Alexander BH, Pineda MA, Doody MM, Struewing JP, Sigurdson AJ. Papillary thyroid cancer and polymorphic variants in TSHR- and RET-related genes: a nested case-control study within a cohort of U.S. radiologic technologists. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 2007;16(1):174-7.
- Grice MM, Feda D, McGovern P, Alexander BH, McCaffery D, Ukestad, L. Giving birth and returning to work: The impact of work-family conflict on women’s health after childbirth. Annals of Epidemiology 2007;17(10):791-8.
- Sigurdson AJ, Bhatti P, Doody MM, Hauptmann M, Bowen L, Simon SL, Weinstock RW, Linet MS, Rosenstein, M, Stovall M, Alexander BH, Preston DL, Struewing JP, P Rajaraman. Polymorphisms in apoptosis- and proliferation-related genes, ionizing radiation exposure, and risk of breast cancer among U.S. Radiologic Technologists. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention. 2007 16(10) 2000-2007.
- Larson-Bright M, Gerberich SGG, Alexander BH, Gurney JG,. Masten AS, Church TR, Ryan AD, Renier CM. Work practices and childhood agricultural injury. Injury Prevention 2007 2007;13(6):409-15
- Scher DP, Sawchuk RJ, Alexander BH, Adgate JL. Estimating absorbed dose of pesticides in a field setting using biomonitoring data and pharmacokinetic models. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A 2008;71(6):373-83.
- Chodick G, Bekiroglu N, Hauptmann M, Alexander BH, Freedman DM, Doody MM, Cheung LC, Simon SL, Weinstock RM, Bouville A, Sigurdson, AJ. Risk of cataract after exposure to low doses of ionizing radiation: A 20-year prospective cohort study among US radiologic technologists. American Journal of Epidemiology 2008 ;168(6):620-31.
- Erkal S, Gerberich SG, Ryan A, Renier CM, Alexander BH. Animal-related injuries: a population-based study of a five-state region in the upper Midwest: Regional Rural Injury Study II. Journal of Safety Research (2008. 39(4): p. 351-63.
- Grice MM, McGovern P, Alexander BH. Flexible work arrangements and their association with job and home spillover in women after childbirth. Occupational Medicine 2008. 58(7): p. 468-74
- Johnson K, Alexander BH, Doody MM, Sigurdson AS, Linet MS, Spector LG, Hoffbeck RW, Simon SL, Weinstock RM, Preston DL, Ross JA. Childhood Cancer in the Offspring of U.S. Radiologic Technologists Born from 1921-1984. British Journal of Cancer 2008;99(3):545-50.
- Bhatti P, Doody MM, Alexander BH, Yuenger J, Simon SL, Weinstock RM, Rosenstein M, Stovall M, Abend M, Preston DL, Pharoah P, Struewing JP, and Sigurdson AJ, Breast cancer risk polymorphisms and interaction with ionizing radiation among U.S. radiologic technologists. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 2008. 17(8): p. 2007-11.
- Rajaraman P, Bhatti P, Doody MM, Simon SL, Weinstock RM, Linet MS, Rosenstein M, Stovall M, Alexander BH, Preston DL, and Sigurdson AJ, Nucleotide excision repair polymorphisms may modify ionizing radiation-related breast cancer risk in US radiologic technologists. International Journal of Cancer, 2008. 123(11): p. 2713-6.
- Sigurdson AJ, Bhatti P, Preston DL, Doody MM, Kampa D, Alexander BH, Petibone D, Yong LC, Edwards AA, Ron E, and Tucker JD, Routine diagnostic X-ray examinations and increased frequency of chromosome translocations among U.S. radiologic technologists. Cancer Research, 2008. 68(21): p. 8825-31.
- Carlson KF, Gerberich SG, Alexander BH, Masten AS, Church TR, Shutske JM, Ryan AD, and Renier CM, Children’s behavioral traits and risk of injury: analyses from a case-control study of agricultural households. Journal of Safety Research, 2009. 40(2): p. 97-103.
- Lundin, JL, Alexander BH, Olsen GW, Church TR. Mortality of employees of an ammonium perfluorooctanoate production facility. Epidemiology 2008 (In Press).
Hatfield LA, Hoffbeck RW, Alexander BH, Carlin BP. Spatiotemporal and Spatial Threshold Models for Relating UV Exposures and Skin Cancer in the Central United States. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis 2008 (In Press)
Alvaro Alonso MD, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Public HealthDivision of Epidemiology & Community Health
Biography
Alvaro Alonso earned his M.D. and Ph.D. in epidemiology at the University of Navarra, Spain, and later conducted postdoctoral research at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston. His research interests lie in the epidemiology of cardiovascular and neurological diseases. His recent work has focused on the epidemiology of atrial fibrillation and other cardiac arrhythmias, and on the cardiovascular determinants of cognitive decline and dementia.
- M.D., University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
- M.P.H., National School of Health, Madrid, Spain
- Ph.D., Epidemiology, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
Professional Experience:
- 2011-present, Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- 2007-2011, Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- 2006-2007, Research Associate, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
- 2004-2006, Research Fellow, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
- 2001-2004, Medical Residency, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Virgen del Camino Hospital, Pamplona, Spain
Honors:
- 2004 – Fulbright fellowship
- 2011 – Sandra A. Daugherty Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Disease or Hypertension Epidemiology, American Heart Association
Research Interests:
Epidemiology of cardiovascular and neurological diseases.
Selected Publications:
- Gronroos NN, Chamberlain AM, Folsom AR, Soliman EZ, Agarwal SK, Nettleton JA, Alonso A. Fish, fish-derived n-3 fatty acids, and risk of incident atrial fibrillation in the ARIC Study. PLoS ONE 2012;7:e36686.
- Lopez FL, Agarwal SK, MacLehose RF, Soliman EZ, Sharrett AR, Huxley RR, Konety S, Ballantyne CM, Alonso A. Blood lipid levels, lipid lowering medications, and the incidence of atrial fibrillation: the ARIC Study. Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology 2012;5:155-62.
- Alonso A, Lopez FL, Matsushita K, Loehr LR, Agarwal SK, Chen LY, Soliman EZ, Astor B, Coresh J. Chronic kidney disease is associated with the incidence of atrial fibrillation: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Circulation 2011;123:2946-53
- Alonso A, Tang W, Agarwal SK, Soliman EZ, Chamberlain AM, Folsom AR. Hemostatic markers are associated with the risk and prognosis of atrial fibrillation: the ARIC study. International Journal of Cardiology 2012;155:217-22.
- Chamberlain AM, Agarwal SK, Folsom AR, Duval S, Soliman EZ, Ambrose M, Eberly LE, Alonso A. Smoking and incidence of atrial fibrillation: results from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Heart Rhythm 2011;8:1160-6.
- Alonso A, Cook SD, Maghzi AH, Divani AA. A case-control study of risk factors for multiple sclerosis in Iran. Multiple Sclerosis 2011;17:550-5.
- Huxley RR, Filion KB, Konety S, Alonso A. Meta-analysis of cohort and case-control studies of type-2 diabetes mellitus and risk of atrial fibrillation. American Journal of Cardiology 2011;108:56-62.
- Huxley RR, Lopez FL, Folsom AR, Agarwal SK, Loehr LR, Soliman EZ, MacLehose R, Konety S, Alonso A. Absolute and attributable risks of atrial fibrillation in relation to optimal and borderline risk factors: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Circulation 2011;123:1501-8.
- Chamberlain AM, Agarwal SK, Folsom AR, Soliman EZ, Chambless LE, Crow R, Ambrose M, Alonso A. A clinical risk score for atrial fibrillation in a biracial prospective cohort (from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities [ARIC] Study). American Journal of Cardiology 2011;107:85-91
- Pathan SS, Gottesman RF, Mosley TH, Jr, Knopman DS, Sharrett AR, Alonso A. Association of lung function with cognitive decline and dementia: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. European Journal of Neurology 2011;18:888-98.
- Alonso A, Logroscino G, Jick SS, Hernán MA. Association of smoking with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk and survival in men and women: a prospective study. BMC Neurology 2010, 10:6.
- Alonso A, Nettleton JA, Ix JH, de Boer IH, Folsom AR, Bidulescu A, Kestenbaum BR, Chambless LE, Jacobs DR. Dietary phosphorus, blood pressure and incidence of hypertension in the ARIC and MESA studies. Hypertension 2010;55:776-84.
- Alonso A, Logroscino G, Hernán MA. Smoking and the risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 2010;81:1249-52.
Kristin Anderson Ph.D., M.P.H
Associate Professor
School of Public HealthDivision of Epidemiology & Community Health
Biography
Kristin Anderson received her Ph.D. in oncology at the University of Wisconsin’s McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research. She did postdoctoral work at the Institute of Cancer Research in London that included work on genetics and breast cancer, HPV and cervical cancer and Lung cancer in welders. She returned to the U.S. and received an M.P.H. in Epidemiology at the University of Minnesota. Her primary interest is in cancer etiology. Professor Anderson’s current research includes studies of pancreatic, colon, breast, and lung cancers. She collaborates with laboratory-based scientists, biostatisticians, clinicians and other epidemiologists. Dr. Anderson teaches “Fundamentals of Epidemiology” online and “Cancer Epidemiology” in person. She is actively involved at the University level in promoting best practices in graduate and professional student advising.
- MPH in Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- Ph.D. in Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
- B.S. in Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Professional Experience:
- 2002 – Present, Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota
- 1994 – Present, Member, Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
- 1993 – 2002, Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota
- 1989 – 1992 Post-doctoral fellow, Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota
- 1986 – 1989 Research Fellow, Section of Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, U.K.
Favorite quote: Instead of having “answers” on a math test, they should just call them “impressions,” and if you got a different “impression,” so what, can’t we all be brothers? - Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey
Honors:
- 2004 Outstanding Contributions to Post-baccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education, U Minnesota
- 2004 Member, Academy of Distinguished Teachers, U Minnesota
- 2002 Charles N. Hewitt Creative Teaching Award, School of Public Health, U Minnesota
- 1992 Elected to Delta Omega – Honorary Public Health Society
Research Interests:
Cancer etiology, laboratory-based cancer epidemiology, early detection of cancer pancreatic cancer, cervical cancer, adult solid tumors. Member: University of Minnesota Cancer Center (http://www.cancer.umn.edu/).
Selected Publications:
- Church TR, Haznadar M, Geisser MS, Anderson KE, Caporaso NE, Le C, Abdullah S, Hecht SS, Oken MM, Van Ness B. Interaction of CYP1B1, cigarette-smoke carcinogen metabolism and lung cancer risk. Int J Mol Epidemiol Genet 2010;1(4):295-309. http://www.ijmeg.org/IJMEG1005002.
- Bardia A, Olson JE, Vachon CM, Lazovich D, Vierkant RA, Wang AH, Limburg PJ, Anderson KE, Cerhan JR. Effect of aspirin and other NSAIDs on postmenopausal breast cancer incidence by hormone receptor status: results from a prospective cohort study. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2011;126:149-155 July 29. PMID: 20669045. PMCID:PMC2997337.
- Oxentenko AS. Bardia A, Vierkant RA, Wang AH, Anderson KE, Campbell PT, Sellers TA, Folsom A, Cerhan JR. Body size and incident colorectal cancer: A prospective study of older women. Cancer Prev Res 2010 3(12): 1608-1620; PMID: 20719902.
- Prizment A, Anderson KE, Flood A, Folsom A. (2010) Survival of women with colon cancer in relation to precancer anthropometric characteristics: Iowa Women’s Health Study (IWHS). Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19(9):2229-37. PMCID: PMC29452249.
- Lazovich D, Isaksson Vogel R, Anderson K, Berwick M, Weinstock MA, Warshaw E. Indoor tanning and risk of melanoma: a case-control study in a highly exposed population—Response. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2010; 19:2685-86 (letter).
- Uccella S, Mariani A, Wang AH, Vierkant RA, Robien K, Anderson KE, Cerhan JR. Dietary andsupplemental intake of one-carbon nutrients and the risk of type I and type II endometrial cancer: A prospective cohort study. Annals of Oncology. 2011; PMID: 21324952 doi:10.1093/annonc/mdq724.
- Genkinger JM, Spiegelman D, Anderson KE, Bernstein L, van den Brandt PA, Calle EE, English DR, folsom AR, Freudenheim JL, fuchs CS, Giles GG, giovannucci E, Horn-Ross PL, Larsson SC, Leitzmann M, Männistö S, Marshall JR, Miller AB, Patel AV, Rohan TE, Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ, Verhage BA, Virtamo J, Willcox BJ, Wolk A, Ziegler RG, Smith-Warner SA. A pooled analysis of 14 cohort studies of anthropometric factors and pancreatic cancer risk. International Journal of Cancer, March 2011, 128: n/a. doi: 10.1002/ijc.25794.
- Prizment, A, Anderson K, Visvanathan K, Folsom A. Inflammatory markers with colorectal cancer incidence in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 Feb;20(2):297-307. PMID: 21217085.
- Inoue-Choi M, Flood A, Robien K, Anderson K. Nutrients, food groups, dietary patterns and risk of pancreatic cancer in postmenopausal women.Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 2011;20(4):711- 4. PMID: 21278328. doi:10.1158/1055-9965.
- Anderson KE, Mongin SJ, Sinha R, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Gross MD, Ziegler RG, Mabie JE, Risch A, Kazin SS, Church TR. Pancreatic cancer risk: Associations with meat-derived carcinogen intake in the prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian cancer screening trial (PLCO) cohort. Molecular Carcinogenesis (in press).
- Tan X-L, Reid-Lombardo KM, Bamlet WR, Obert AL, Robinson DP, Anderson KE, Peterson GM. Aspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID), acetaminophen, and pancreatic cáncer risk: A clinic-based case-control study. Cancer Prevention Research (in press, June 2011).
- Prizment AE, Anderson KE, Visvanathan K, Folsom AR. Inverse association of eosinophil count with colorectal cancer incidence: Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. (in press, July 2011).
- Limburg P, Razzak A, Oxentenko A, Vierkant R, Tillmans L, Wang A, Weisenbe, Plaird, Lynch C, Anderson KE, French A, Haile, Harna, Potter J, Slager S, Smyrk T, Thibodeau S, Cerhan J. Alcohol intake and colorectal cancer risk by molecularly-defined subtypes in a prospective study of older women. Cancer Prevention Research (provisionally accepted, July 2011).
Biography
Dipankar Bandyopadhyay earned his Ph.D. in statistics from the University of Georgia. His methodological research interests include modeling of spatially-referenced datasets with emphasis on disease-mapping, clustered/correlated data, survival analysis, non-random missingness, robust regression, nonparametric methods, time-series, etc. His major clinical interest is in dental research, particularly periodontology. His other clinical interests are in substance abuse, diabetes and hypertension, ophthalmology and criminal justice.
- Ph.D., 2006, Statistics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
- M.S., 2003, Statistics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
- M.Sc., 2000, Statistics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
Research Interests:
Bayesian biostatistics, Spatial data analysis, clustered and longitudinal data, survival analysis, robust regression
Research Projects
Robust Nonparametric Methods With Variable Selection for Clustered Dental Data
Principal Investigator: Dipankar Bandyopadhyay
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Robust Spatial Models for Clustered Peridontal Data
Principal Investigator: Dipankar Bandyopadhyay
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Technical Reports:
- rr2012-010.pdf
Brian J. Reich, Dipankar Bandyopadhyay and Howard Bondell
A nonparametric spatial model for periodontal data with non-random missingness
Research Report 2012-10, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2012
(Under Revision), JASA
- rr2011-032.pdf
James J. Prisciandaro, Stacia M. DeSantis and Dipankar Bandyopadhyay
Simultaneous modeling of the impact of treatments on alcohol consumption and quality of life in the COMBINE study: a coupled hidden Markov analysis
Research Report 2011-32, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011
(In Press), Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
- rr2011-033.pdf
Brent M. Egan, Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Stephanie R. Shaftman, C. Shaun Wagner, Yumin Zhao and Kristina S. Yu-Isenberg
The impact of initial treatment of hypertension on blood pressure control in the first year
Research Report 2011-33, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011
(In Press), Hypertension
- rr2011-036.pdf
Emily Van Meter, Elizabeth Garett-Mayer and Dipankar Bandyopadhyay
Dose finding clinical trial design for ordinal toxicity grades using the continuation ratio model: an extension of the continual reassessment method
Research Report 2011-36, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011
(In Press), Clinical Trials
- rr2011-038.pdf
Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Victor H. Lachos, Luis M. Castro and Dipak K. Dey
Skew-normal/independent linear mixed models for censored responses with applications to HIV viral loads
Research Report 2011-38, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011
(In Press), Biometrical Journal
Biography
Sudipto Banerjee received a Ph.D. and an M.S. in statistics from the University of Connecticut. His current interests include hierarchical modeling of data arising from spatial processes, interpolation and prediction (kriging) methods, and smoothness of spatial processes. Dr. Banerjee is also interested in modeling geographically referenced survival data. He is collaborating with plant geneticists, as well as researchers in epidemiology and environmental and occupational health, in designing and analyzing studies in such fields. Dr. Banerjee’s current research involves Bayesian Wombling methods that model stochastic gradients using GIS and formal statistics.
- Ph.D., Statistics, University of Connecticut, 2000
- M.S., Statistics, University of Connecticut, 1998
- M.Stat., Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India, 1996
- B.S., Presidency College, Calcutta, India, 1994.
Honors:
- 2005, Inductee: Pi Chapter of Delta Omega National Honor Society.
- 2009, Abdel El Sharaawi Young Researcher Award from The International Environmetrics Society.
- 2010, Elected member, International Statistical Institute.
- 2011, Mortimer Spiegelman Award from the Statistics Section of the American Public Health Association.
Research Interests:
Statistical analysis and modelling of geographically/spatially referenced datasets, Bayesian statistics (theory and methods), statistical computing and interface modelling with Geographical Information Systems.
Research Projects
Hierarchical Modeling Approaches for Geographical Boundary Analysis in Cancer Studies
Principal Investigator: Sudipto Banerjee
Funding Agency: NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Hierarchical Modeling Approaches for Geographical Boundary Analysis in Cancer Studies
Hierarchical models for Large Geostatistical Datasets with Applications to Forestry and Ecology
Principal Investigator: Sudipto Banerjee
Funding Agency: The National Science Foundation
Hierarchical models for Large Geostatistical Datasets with Applications to Forestry and Ecology
Hierarchical spatial process models for estimating
Principal Investigator: Sudipto Banerjee
Funding Agency: NIH NIGMS NATL INST OF GENERAL
Hierarchical spatial process models for estimating and p
Selected Publications:
Finley, A.O., Banerjee, S. and MacFarlane, D.W. (2011). A hierarchical model for predicting forest variables over large heterogeneous domains. Journal of the American Statistical Association 106, 31-48. pdf.
Banerjee, S., Finley, A.O., Waldmann, P. and Ericcson, T. (2010). Hierarchical spatial process models for multiple traits in large genetic trials. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 105, 506-521. pdf.
Ma, H., Carlin, B.P. and Banerjee, S. (2010). Hierarchical joint site-edge methods for medicare hospice service region boundary analysis. Biometrics, 66, 355-364. pdf.
Zhang, Y., Hodges, J.S. and Banerjee, S. (2009). Smoothed ANOVA with spatial effects as a competitor to MCAR in multivariate spatial smoothing. Annals of Applied Statistics 3, 1805-1830. pdf. Supplementary File.
Finley, A.O., Banerjee, S. and McRoberts, R.E. (2009). Hierarchical spatial models for predicting tree species assemblages across large domains. Annals of Applied Statistics, 3, 1052-1079. pdf.
Zhang, Y., Banerjee, S., Yang, R., Lungu, C. and Ramachandran, G. (2009). Bayesian modelling of air flow and exposure using two-zone models. Annals of Occupational Hygiene 53, 409-424. pdf.
Technical Reports:
- rr2012-008.pdfRajarshi Guhaniyogi, Andrew O. Finley, Sudipto Banerjee and Rich KobeModeling complex spatial dependencies: low-rank spatially-varying cross-covariances with application to soil nutrient dataResearch Report 2012-8, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2012Journal of the American Statistical Association (in review).
- rr2011-044.pdfLi, P., Banerjee, S., McBean, A.M. and Carlin, B.P.Bayesian areal wombling using false discovery rates.Research Report 2011-44, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011Statistics and Its Interface
- rr2011-045.pdfFinley, A.O., Banerjee, S. and Basso, B.Improving crop model inference through Bayesian meld- ing with spatially-varying parameters.Research Report 2011-45, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics
- rr2011-046.pdfFinley, A.O., Banerjee, S. and Gelfand, A.E.Bayesian dynamic modeling for large space-time datasets using Gaussian predictive processes.Research Report 2011-46, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011Journal of Geographical Information Systems.
- rr2011-047.pdfBanerjee, S. and Fuentes, MBayesian modeling for large spatial datasets.Research Report 2011-47, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011WIREs Computational Statistics.
- rr2011-048.pdfRen, Q., Banerjee, S., Finley, A.O. and Hodges, J.S.Variational Bayesian methods for spatial data analysis.Research Report 2011-48, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011Computational Statistics and Data Analysis.
- rr2011-049.pdfGelfand, A.E., Banerjee, S. and Finley, A.O.Spatial design for knot selection in knot-based dimension reduction models.Research Report 2011-49, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011In Spatio-temporal Design: Advances in Efficient Data Acquisition, eds. J.Mateu and W. Muller. Chichester, UK: John Wiley.
- rr2011-050.pdfQuick, H., Banerjee, S. and Carlin, B.P.Modeling temporal gradients in regionally aggregated California asthma hospitalization dataResearch Report 2011-50, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011Annals of Applied Statistics (in review).
- rr2011-051.pdfRen, Q. and Banerjee, S.Flexible predictive process spatial factor models for misaligned data sets.Research Report 2011-51, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011Biometrics (in review).
- rr2011-052.pdfLogan, P.W., Ramachandran G., Mulhausen, J.R., Banerjee, S. and Hewett, P.Desktop study of occupational exposure judgments: Does education and experience influence accuracy?Research Report 2011-52, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (in press).
- rr2011-053.pdfVadali, M., Ramachandran, G. and Banerjee, S.Effect of training, education, professional experience and need for cognition on decision making in occupational exposure assessment.Research Report 2011-53, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2011QAnnals of Occupational Hygiene (To appear in 2012).
- rr2010-017.pdfMonteiro, J., Banerjee, S. and Ramachandran, G.B2Z: An R package for Bayesian two-zone models.Research Report 2010-17, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2010Accepted in Journal of Statistical Software.
- rr2010-016.pdfEidsvik, J., Finley, A.O., Banerjee, S. and Rue, H.Approximate Bayesian inference for large spatial datasets using predictive process models.Research Report 2010-16, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2010Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics (in press).
- rr2010-015.pdfFinley, A.O., Banerjee, S. and MacFarlane, D.W.A hierarchical model for predicting forest variables over large heterogeneous domains.Research Report 2010-15, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2010Journal of the American Statistical Association (appeared in 2011).
- rr2010-014.pdfLi, P., Banerjee, S., Hanson, T.A. and McBean, A.M.Nonparametric hierarchical modeling for detecting boundaries in areally referenced spatial datasets.Research Report 2010-14, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2010Biometrics (under revision)
- rr2010-013.pdfLi, P., Banerjee, S. and McBean, A.M.Mining edge effects in areally-referenced spatial data: A fast Bayesian model choice approach.Research Report 2010-13, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2010Geoinformatica (in press).
- rr2010-012.pdfBanerjee, S., Finley, A.O., Waldmann, P. and Ericsson, T.Hierarchical spatial process models for multiple traits in large genetic trials.Research Report 2010-12, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2010Journal of the American Statistical Association, 105, 506-521.
- rr2010-011.pdfSinha, D.K., Gu, Y. and Banerjee, S.Analysis of cure rate survival data under a proportional odds model.Research Report 2010-11, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2010Lifetime Data Analysis (in press).
- rr2010-009.pdfGelfand, A.E. and Banerjee, S.Multivariate spatial process models.Research Report 2010-9, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2010In Handbook of Spatial Statistics, eds. P. Diggle, M. Fuentes, A.E. Gelfand, and P. Guttorp, Boca Ra
- rr2010-008.pdfBanerjee, S.Spatial gradients and wombling.Research Report 2010-8, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2010Handbook of Spatial Statistics, eds. P. Diggle, M. Fuentes, A.E. Gelfand, and P. Guttorp, Boca Raton
- rr2008-04.pdfFinley, A.O., Sang, H., Banerjee, S. and Gelfand A.E.Improving the Performance of Predictive Process Modeling for Large Spatial Datasets.Research Report 2008-4, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2008Submitted to Computational Statistics and Data Analysis
- rr2007-030.pdfAndrew O. Finley, Sudipto Banerjee, Patrick Waldman and Tore Ericcson.Hierarchical spatial modeling of additive and dominance genetic variance for large spatial trial datasetsResearch Report 2007-30, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2007Biometrics, (revision submitted).
- rr2007-016.pdfSudipto Banerjee, Alan E. Gelfand, Andrew O. Finley and Huiyan Sang.Gaussian predictive process models for large spatial datasets.Research Report 2007-16, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2007Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B, (revision submitted).
- rr2007-015.pdfAndrew O. Finley, Sudipto Banerjee, Alan R. Ek and Ronald McRoberts.Bayesian multivariate process modelling for predicting forest attributes.Research Report 2007-15, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2007Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics, (to appear).
- rr2007-014.pdfSudipto Banerjee and Andrew O. FinleyBayesian multi-resolution modelling for spatially replicated datasets with application to forest biomass data.Research Report 2007-14, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2007Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, (to appear).
- rr2007-013.pdfUlysses Diva, Sudipto Banerjee and Dipak K. DeyModelling spatially correlated survival data for individuals with multiple cancers.Research Report 2007-13, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2007Statistical Modelling, 7, 191-213.
- rr2005-007.pdfBanerjee, S. and Johnson, G.A.Coregionalized Single- and Multi-Resolution Spatially-Varying Growth Curve Modelling with Application to Weed Growth.Research Report 2005-7, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2005Submitted to Biometrics
- rr2005-006.pdfCooner, F., Banerjee, S., Carlin, B.P. and Sinha, D.Flexible Cure Rate Modelling Under Latent Activation SchemesResearch Report 2005-6, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2005Submitted to J. Amer. Statist. Assoc.
- rr2005-001.pdf.gzJin, X., Banerjee, S., and Carlin, B.P.Order-free coregionalized lattice models with application to multiple disease mappingResearch Report 2005-1, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2005Submitted to J. Amer. Statist. Assoc.
- rr2003-009.pdfBanerjee, S.Essential Geodesics for the Spatial StatisticianResearch Report 2003-9, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2003
- rr2003-008.pdfBanerjee, S., Johnson, G.A., Schneider, N. and Durgan, B.R.Modelling Replicated Weed Growth Using Spatially Varying Growth CurvesResearch Report 2003-8, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2003To appear in Environmental and Ecological Statistics.
- rr2003-006.pdfBanerjee, S., Gamerman, D. and Gelfand, A.E.Spatial Process Modelling for Univariate and Multivariate Dynamic Spatial DataResearch Report 2003-6, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2003A modified (shortened) version to appear in Environmetrics.
- rr2002-022.ps.gzBanerjee, S. and Carlin, B.P.Parametric spatial c ure rate models for right- and interval-censored time-to-relapse data.Research Report 2002-22, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2002Submitted to Biometrics
- rr2001-029.ps.gzBanerjee, S. and Carlin, B.P.Semiparametric spatio-temporal frailty modelingResearch Report 2001-29, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2001Submitted to Environmetrics.
- rr2001-004.ps.gzBanerjee, S., Wall, M.M., and Carlin, B.P.Frailty Modeling for Spatially Correlated Survival Data, with Application to Infant Mortality in MinnesotaResearch Report 2001-4, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2001To appear Biostatistics.
Biography
Saonli Basu has research interests in the development of methods for inference from human genome data. Her primary focus is developing methods for linkage analysis using large complex pedigrees. Her areas of interest also include computational statistics and nonparametric inferences.
- PhD in Statistical Genetics track, Department of Statistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- MS in Applied Statistics and Data Analysis, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India
- BS in Statistics, Presidency College, Calcutta, India
Professional Experience:
- 2005 (September) – Present, Assistant Professor, Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota.
- 2000 – 2005 (August), PhD Student, University of Washington, Department of Statistics.
- 1999 – 2000, Research Associate, Department of Statistics, Indian Statistical Institute.
- 1998 – 1999, Research Associate, Market Research, ORG MARG, India.
Honors:
- 2004, ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award Winner. 2003, Travel Award for Rockefeller Advanced Linkage Course.
Research Interests:
Statistical genetics, Genetic epidemiology, Computational Statistics, Nonparametric inference
Research Projects
A gene-set approach for pathway analysis of genome-wide
Principal Investigator: Saonli Basu
Funding Agency: NIH NIDDK NATL INST OF DIABETE
A gene-set approach for pathway analysis of genome-wide
A likelihood-based approach for detecting gene-gene interaction in a case-control study
Principal Investigator: Saonli Basu
Funding Agency: MN MED FDN
A likelihood-based approach for detecting gene-gene interaction in a case-control study
Selected Publications:
- He, H., Oetting, W. S., Brott, M. J., Basu, S. (2009), Pair-wise multifactor dimensionality reduction method to detect gene-gene interactions in a case-control study. Human Heredity 2010;69(1):60-70.
- He, H., Oetting, W. S., Brott, M. J., Basu, S.. (2009), Power of multifactor dimensionality reduction and penalized logistic regression for detecting gene-gene interaction in a case-control study. BMC Med Genet. 2009 Dec 4;10(1):127.
- Basu S, Stephens M, Pankow JS, Thompson EA (2009), A likelihood-based trait-model-free approach for linkage detection of binary trait. Biometrics, Vol 66(1):205-13.
- Basu S (2007), Allele-sharing methods on extended pedigrees, Sankhya, Vol 69 (3): 405-424.
- Basu S, Di Y and Thompson EA (2008), Exact Trait-Model-Free Tests for Linkage Detection in Pedigrees, Annals of Human Genetics, Vol 72(5): 676-682.
- Thompson, E.A. and Basu, S. (2003), “Genome Sharing in large pedigrees: multiple imputation of ibd for linkage detection”, Human Heredity,Vol 56, 119-125.
Technical Reports:
- rr2008-005.pdf – Basu, S., Stephens, M. and Thompson, E.A.A likelihood-based trait-model-free approach for linkage detection of binary traitResearch Report 2008-5, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 2008Biometrics (to appear).
Biography
Jim Begun received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of North Carolina. His research specialties include applications of complexity science, evolution of health care professions, and the structure and strategy of health care organizations. He has served as chair of the Accrediting Commission on Education in Health Services Administration and was awarded the Gary L. Filerman Prize for Innovation in Healthcare Management Education in 2008. Dr. Begun teaches healthcare organization leadership and management.
- PhD, Sociology, University of North Carolina, 1977
- MA, Sociology, University of North Carolina, 1975
- BA, Sociology, University of North Carolina, 1972
Professional Experience:
- Higher Education Committee, American College of Healthcare Executives, 2011-present
- Board of Commissioners, Commission on Nurse Certification, 2007-present
- Board of Directors, Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education, 2006-present
- Editorial Advisory Board, Health Care Management Review, 2005-present
- Science Advisory Board, Plexus Institute, 2002-present; Editorial Board, Advances in Health Care Management, 1999-2007
- Advisory Board, Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership, 2001-2007
- Founding Member, Board of Directors, Upsilon Phi Delta (Health Administration Honor Society), 2001-2004
- Accrediting Commission on Education for Health Services Administration: Commissioner, 1996-2002, Chair, 2001-02
- Board of Directors, Association of University Programs in Health Administration, 2001-2002
- Chair, Healthcare Administration Division, Academy of Management, 1989-90
Honors:
- Leonard M. Schuman Award for Excellence in Teaching, School of Public Health, 2009
- Gary L. Filerman Prize for Innovation in Healthcare Management Education, Association of University Programs in Health Administration, 2008
- Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, MHA Class of 2006
- Curtis Cup Outstanding Teacher Award, Carlson Executive MBA Class of 2000 and Class of 2002
- Edgar C. Hayhow Article of the Year Award, American College of Healthcare Executives, 2001
- Outstanding Faculty Member Award, MSHA Class of 2000, Virginia Commonwealth University
- B.A., summa cum laude, University of North Carolina, 1972
Research Interests:
Structure, strategy, and performance of healthcare organizations; evolution of the professions of nursing and healthcare administration; healthcare organizations as complex adaptive systems.
Selected Publications:
- “The Diffusion of Magnet Hospital Recognition,” with J. Abraham and B. Jerome-D’Emilia. Health Care Management Review, 36, (4), 2011.
- “Association Between Lymph Node Evaluation for Colon Cancer and Node Positivity Over the Past 20 Years,” with H.M. Parsons, T.M. Tuttle, K.M. Kuntz, P.M. McGovern, and B.A. Virnig. Journal of the American Medical Association, 306, (10), 2011.
- “Interprofessional Care Teams: The Role of the Healthcare Administrator,”withK. R. White and G. Mosser. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 25, (2), 2011.
- “Better to Receive than to Give? Interorganizational Service Arrangements and Hospital Performance,” with H.Q. Trinh and R.D. Luke. Health Care Management Review, 35 (1), 2010.
- “The Evolution of Healthcare Management Education: How Can Programs Become More Patient-Centric?” with K.R. White. Journal of Health Administration Education, 26 (2), 2009.
- “An In-House Learning Laboratory for Patient-Centered Innovation,” with R.R. Armbruster and A.K. Duncan, Journal for Healthcare Quality, 31 (1), 2009.
- “Hospital Service Duplication: Evidence on the Medical Arms Race,” with H.Q. Trinh and R.D. Luke. Health Care Management Review, 33 (3), 2008.
- “Strategic Planning Processes and Hospital Financial Performance,” with A.A. Kaissi. Journal of Healthcare Management, 53 (3), 2008.
- “Fads, Fashions, and Bandwagons in Health Care Strategy,” with A.A. Kaissi. Health Care Management Review, 33 (2), 2008.
- “Sustaining and Improving Hospital Performance: The Effects of Organizational and Market Factors,” with H. J. Jiang and B. Friedman. Health Care Management Review, 31 (3), 2006.
- “Hospital Service Offerings: Does Catholic Ownership Matter?” with K.R. White and W. Tian. Health Care Management Review, 31 (2), 2006.
- “Factors Associated with High-Quality/Low-Cost Hospital Performance,” with H.J. Jiang and B. Friedman. Journal of Health Care Finance, 32 (3), 2006.
- “Opportunities for Improving Patient Care Through Lateral Integration: The Clinical Nurse Leader,” with J. Tornabeni and K.R. White. Journal of Healthcare Management, 51 (1), 2006.
- “An Exploratory Study of Healthcare Strategic Planning in Two Metropolitan Areas,” with A. Kaissi. Journal of Healthcare Management, 50 (4), 2005.
- “Diffusion of Breast Conservation Surgery in Medical Communities,” with B. Jerome-D’Emilia. Social Science and Medicine, 60 (1), 2005.
Biography
Lynn Blewett directs the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC), a research and policy center funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to support state efforts to monitor and evaluate programs to increase access and coverage. The Center provides high level access to federal surveys such as the Current Population Survey (CPS), the American Community Survey (ACS) which are accessible through an online Data Center. She also heads up a new project to provide technical assistance to 10 states committed to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act as part of the State Health Reform Assistance Network. She helped to bring a Census Research Data Center to the University of Minnesota and is the only RDC with a health services and policy focus. She has collaborated with the Minnesota Population Center which houses one of Dr. Blewett’s NIHCD projects to harmonize and integrate over 50 years of the NHIS to make it access for academic and policy research. Dr. Blewett teaches U.S. Health Care Systems and Public Health and International Health Systems and works with both Masters and Doctoral-level students. Graduates who have worked with Dr. Blewett have had positions with the Census Bureau, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Congressional Research Service, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Disease and Prevention.
- PhD, Health Services Research, Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1992
- MA, Public Affairs, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, 1986
- BA, Psychology, University of Wisconsin, 1980
Professional Experience:
- Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 2010 – Present
- Director, State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC), School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 2001 to present
- Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 2004 – 2010
- Assistant Professor, Division of Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1998 – 2004
- Director, Health Economics Program and State Health Economist, Minnesota-Department of Health, 1992 – 1996
- Project Director/Senior Research Associate, Institute for Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1988 – 1992
- Consultant-Health Policy, Lewin and Associates, Washington, D.C. 1985 – 1987
- Legislative Aide-Health Policy, Office of Senator Dave Durenberger, U.S. Senate, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee on Health, Washington, D.C., 1983 – 1985
Honors:
- Member (elected), Governing Board, AcademyHealth, (2008 – present).
- Chair (appointed by HHS Secretary Sebelius). Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (2009 to 2011).
- Member (appointed by HHS Secretary Levitt), Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (2007 – 2009).
- Member- National Academy of Social Insurance, 2006 to present
- Leonard M. Schuman Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, 2006
- Delta Omega Honorary Society, Public Health, 1992
- Agency for Health Services Research-Dissertation Grant, 1990
- National Institute of Health Trainee, 1988 – 1989
- Division of HSRP Fellowship, 1987 – 1988
Research Interests:
Dr. Blewett directs the State Health Access Data Assistance Center, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to conduct research and provide technical assistance to states on efforts to measure and monitor health insurance coverage and inform state health policy. Her research addresses of understanding the characteristics and health care needs of the uninsured, improving the provision of safetynet services, and developing effective state health policy. Her research center works to improve state and federal data through analysis from a state policy perspective.
Selected Publications:
- Blewett, Lynn A., Kathleen T. Call and Schelomo Marmor. Health Reform and the US Virgin Islands. Journal of Public Health Management & Practice. Forthcoming 2012.
- Davern, Michael, Lynn A. Blewett, Brian Lee, Michel Boudreaux, and Miriam King. Use of the Integrated Health Interview Series: Trends in Medical Provider Utilization (1972-2008) Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations 2012, 9:2.
- Blewett, Lynn A., Bindman, Andrew B. Harvesting the lessons of state health policy. Health Services Research. 46(1 Pt 2):246-50, 2011.
- Boudreaux, Michel*, Ziegenfuss J.Y., Graven, Peter,* Davern, Michael, Blewett, Lynn A. Counting uninsurance and means-tested coverage in the American community survey: a comparison to the current population survey. Health Services Research. 46(1 Pt 1):210-31, 2011.
- Blewett, Lynn A, Spencer*, Donna, Burke, Donna, Courtney. State high risk pools: An update on the Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association. American Journal of Public Health. 101(2):231-7, 2011.
- Johnson P.J., Blewett Lynn A., Davern, Michael. Disparities in public use data availability for race, ethnic, and immigrant groups: national surveys for healthcare disparities research. Medical Care. 48(12):1122-7, 2010.
- Johnson, Pamela Jo, Blewett, Lynn A., Davern, Michael. American Indian/Alaska Native uninsurance disparities: a comparison of 3 surveys. American Journal of Public Health., 100(10): 1972-1979, 2010.
- Blewett, Lynn A., Johnson, Pamela Jo, Davern, Michael. Immigrant children’s access to health care: differences by global region of birth. Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved. 21(2 Suppl):13-31, 2010.
- Johnson, Pamela Jo, Call, Kathleen T., Blewett, Lynn A. The importance of geographic data aggregation in assessing disparities in American Indian prenatal care. American Journal of Public Health, 100 (1):122-128, 2010.
- Chou, Chiu-Fang, Johnson, Pamela Jo, Blewett, Lynn A. Immigration and selected indicators of health status and healthcare utilization among the Chinese. Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health. 12(4):470-9, 2010.
- Blewett, Lynn A. Persistent disparities in access to care across health care systems: A response to gusmano Michael K, et al. Achieving horizontal equity: must we have a single payer health system? Journal of Health Policy Politics and Law, 34(4):635-47, 2009.
Zobeida Bonilla Ph.D., MPH
Assistant Professor
School of Public HealthDivision of Epidemiology & Community Health
Biography
Zobeida Bonilla received her Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Florida and her MPH in maternal and child health at Boston University School of Public Health. She did postdoctoral work at the University of Florida Department of Special Education on a research project on Latino Families of Children with Disabilities and Chronic Conditions. After her postdoctoral training, she held several program management positions including Program Manager of the Latina Health Initiative of the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective , Program Coordinator of Eduquemos a Nuestras Mujeres of Wake County Human Services in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Program Evaluator with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the West Virginia Prevention Resource Center. Her current teaching and research interests include MCH, pregnancy health education among Latinas, qualitative health research and program evaluation, global health (Caribbean region), and community health promotion in the Latino community. Dr. Bonilla teaches courses in the MCH program including Principles and Programs in Maternal and Child Health, Children with Special Health Care Needs, Qualitative Research Methods in Public Health Practice, and Global Public Health Issues in Maternal and Child Health.
- Ph.D. in Sociocultural Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
- M.P.H. in Maternal & Child Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- M.A. in Cultural Anthropology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
- B.A. in Social Sciences (emphasis sociology), Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Cayey, Cayey, Puerto Rico
Research Interests:
Maternal Child & Health, Latino/a health, qualitative health research and program evaluation, global health (Caribbean region), health disparities.
Collaborations
- Our Bodies Ourselves http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/default.asp
- STEPS Program (Speech Therapy Education, Practicum, and Services for Latino Children and Families), Indiana University http://www.indiana.edu/~sphs/academics/ma/steps.shtml
Selected Publications:
- Bonilla, Z.E., Morrison, S. D. ,& Norsigian, J, Rosero, E. (in press). Reaching Latinas with Our Bodies, Ourselves and the Guia de Capacitacion para Promotoras de Salud: Health Education for Social Change. Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health.
- Bonilla, Z.E.,& Edwards, P.D. (2011). Difficulties encountered by heath care providers delivering services to Latino families and their children with craniofacial conditions. Hispanic Health Care International, 9(2), 60-72.
- Bonilla, Z.,& Ona, F. (2011). Paving New Paths for Health Education in the Global South: Lessons from the RAICES Project. The Health Education Monograph Series, 28(1), 25-31.
- Correa, V., Bonilla, Z., Reyes, M. (2011). Social Support Networks of Single Puerto Rico Mothers of Young Children with Disabilities. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 20(1), 66-77.
- Bonilla, Z.,& Ona, F.& Morrison, S. (2010). Health Education Practice and Global Health (eds.). The Health Education Monograph Vol. 27(2).
- Bonilla, Z.E. (2009). Including Every Woman: The All Embracing We of Our Bodies, Ourselves. In: Diversity and Women’s Health, Sue Rosser, ed., The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore, Maryland. (previously published in the NWSAJ)
- Bonilla, Z.E.,& Rosero-Nordalm, E. (2008). De Camino a la Maternidad. Translation and cultural adaptation of Journey to Parenthood produced by Childbirth Connection. (Second Edition)
- Bonilla, Z. E. (2002). Promotoras de Salud Training Guide. The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, Boston, MA. Full text available at http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/lhi.htm.