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CURRICULUM VITAE

Jonathan B. VanGeest, Ph.D.

ADDRESS

Office: College of Public Health

Kent State University

P.O. Box 5190

Kent, OH 44242-0001

TEL: 330.672.6514

FAX: 330.672.6505

Email: [email protected]

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Medical Sociology. University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,

Chicago, Illinois, 1998. Dissertation: Pathways to the Street: Vulnerability to Homelessness in America.

M.A., Sociology-Urban Studies (Dual Degrees). Michigan State University, College of Social Sciences,

East Lansing, Michigan, 1991. Thesis: Underclass Poverty Effects on the Severity of Homelessness.

B.S., Sociology. Michigan State University, College of Social Sciences, East Lansing, Michigan, 1988.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Current Positions:

Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, Kent State

University, Kent, OH. Dates: 8/2012 – Present

Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health,

Kent State University, Kent, OH. Dates: 8/2011 – Present.

Previous Positions:

Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management. School of

Community Health and Policy, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD. Dates: 11/2007 –

8/2011.

Director, Center for Health Informatics, Planning and Policy (CHIPP). Morgan State University,

Baltimore, MD. Dates: 8/2010 – 8/2011.

Director, Doctoral Program in Leadership and Policy. Graduate College, Kennesaw State

University, Kennesaw, GA. Dates: 4/2004 – 10/2007.

mailto:[email protected]


Associate Professor, WellStar College of Health and Human Services. Kennesaw State

University, Kennesaw, GA. Dates: 4/2004 – 10/2007.

Director, Health Care Disparities Program. American Medical Association, Science, Quality and

Public Health Standards Group, Chicago, IL. Dates: 10/2002 – 4/2004.

Senior Scientist, Medicine and Public Health. American Medical Association, Science, Quality,

and Public Health Standards Group, Chicago, IL. Dates: 04/2001– 4/2004.

Scientist, Institute for Ethics. American Medical Association, Ethics Standards Group, Chicago,

IL. Dates: 1998 – 2001.

Project Director, AMA National Health Index. American Medical Association, Division of

Science, Technology, and Public Health Standards, Chicago, IL. Dates: 1997 – 1998.

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology. University of Illinois at Chicago,

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Chicago, IL. Dates: 1996 – 2003.

Project Coordinator, Survey Research Laboratory. University of Illinois at Chicago, College of

Urban Planning and Public Affairs, Chicago, IL. Dates: 1993 – 1997.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology. University of Illinois at Chicago, College of

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Chicago, IL. Dates: 1992 - 1993.

Research Associate, Study of Homelessness and the Urban Underclass. Michigan State

University, Urban Affairs Programs, East Lansing, MI. Dates: 1990 - 1991.

Research Associate, Michigan 4-H Urban Impact Survey. Michigan State University, Michigan

Cooperative Extension Service, East Lansing, MI. Dates: 1988 - 1989.

Research Associate, Benton Harbor Project for the Homeless. Michigan State University, Urban

Affairs Programs, East Lansing, MI. Dates: 1988.

Director, Michigan Community Economic Development Coalition. Lansing, MI. Dates: 1986 -

1987.

Officer Cadet, U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps. Michigan State University, East

Lansing, MI. Dates: 1983 – 1987.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Public Health Association (APHA)1

American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)1

American Sociological Association (ASA)

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH)

Illinois Sociological Association (ISA)

Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters (MASAL)

1 Denotes current membership


Midwest Sociological Society (MSS)

Urban Affairs Association (UAA)

HONORS AND AWARDS

National Center for Health Statistics Director’s Award

Kennesaw State University Collaborative Teaching Award

Kennesaw State University Faculty Mentorship Award

Alpha Kappa Delta Honors Society

Outstanding College Students of America

Michigan Competitive Scholarship

American Sociological Association Honors Program

United States Army 4-Year Scholarship

ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Health services research

Health policy

Minority health/Health care disparities

Research methodology/Program evaluation

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Books:

VanGeest JB, Johnson TP, Alemagno S. (Eds.). Handbook of Substance Abuse Research Methods.

New York, NY: Springer USA (Forthcoming 2014).

Schwartzberg JG, VanGeest JB, Wang CC. (Eds.) Understanding Health Literacy: Implications for

Medicine and Public Health. Chicago, IL: American Medical Association Press, 2005.

VanGeest JB, Melcher J. (Eds.) Greater Lansing Housing and Human Services Directory.

East Lansing, MI: Center for Urban Affairs, Community Development Component, Michigan State

University, 1992.

Book Chapters:

VanGeest JB, Johnson TP, Alemagno S. “Introduction to the Handbook of Substance Abuse

Research Methods.” In Handbook of Substance Abuse Research Methods [edited] by JB VanGeest, TP

Johnson and S Alemagno. New York, NY; Springer USA (Forthcoming 2014)

Johnson TP, VanGeest JB. “Quantitative Designs: Surveys.” In Handbook of Substance Abuse

Research Methods [edited] by JB VanGeest, TP Johnson and S Alemagno. New York, NY; Springer

USA (Forthcoming 2014).

VanGeest JB, Beebe T, Johnson TP. “Surveying Physicians.” In Handbook of Health Survey Methods,

[edited] by TP Johnson. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons. (In press).


Fullam F, VanGeest JB. “Surveying Patient Populations.” In Handbook of Health Survey Methods,

[edited] by TP Johnson. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons. (In press).

Brewer T, Tossone K, VanGeest JB. “Health and Social Policy: An Evidence-Based Imperative for

Epidemiological Criminology.” In Epidemiological Criminology: Theory to Practice, [edited] by E

Waltermaurer and T Akers. New York, NY; Routledge, 2013.

VanGeest JB, Cummins DS. “International Research Ethics.” In Global Healthcare Issues and Policies,

[edited] by CS Holtz. Boston, MA; Jones and Bartlet Publishers, 2008.

Contributing author for: Cocchiarella L, & Andersson GBJ (Eds.) Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent

Impairment (5th Edition). I. “Philosophy, Purpose, and Appropriate Use of the Guides.” Chicago, IL:

American Medical Association Press, 2000.

Contributing author for: Cocchiarella L, & Andersson GBJ (Eds.) Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent

Impairment (5th Edition). II. “Practical Application of the Guides.” Chicago, IL: American Medical

Association Press, 2000.

VanGeest JB, Royer A. “Albany Park.” In Local Community Fact Book: Chicago Metropolitan Area,

[edited] by the Chicago Fact Book Consortium. Chicago, IL: Academy Chicago Publishers, 1996.

VanGeest JB. “Irving Park.” In Local Community Fact Book: Chicago Metropolitan Area, [edited] by

the Chicago Fact Book Consortium. Chicago, IL: Academy Chicago Publishers, 1996.

VanGeest JB. “Lincoln Square.” In Local Community Fact Book: Chicago Metropolitan Area, [edited]

by the Chicago Fact Book Consortium. Chicago, IL: Academy Chicago Publishers, 1996.

VanGeest JB. “North Park.” In Local Community Fact Book: Chicago Metropolitan Area, [edited] by

the Chicago Fact Book Consortium. Chicago, IL: Academy Chicago Publishers, 1996.

Articles:

VanGeest JB, Johnson TP. Surveying clinicians: An introduction to the special issue. Evaluation and

the Health Professions. 2013;36:275-278.

Cho YI, Johnson TP, VanGeest JB. Enhancing surveys of health care professionals: A meta-analysis

of techniques to improve response. Evaluation and the Health Professions. 2013;36:382-407.

VanGeest JB, Johnson TP. Using incentives in surveys of cancer patients: Do “best practices” apply?

Cancer Causes and Control. 2012; 23:2047-52.

Welch VL, VanGeest JB, Caskey R. Time, costs, and clinical utilization of screening for health

literacy in primary care: A case study using the Newest Vital Sign (NVS) instrument. Journal of the

American Board of Family Medicine. 2011;24:281-289.

VanGeest J, Johnson TP. Surveying nurses: Identifying strategies to improve participation.

Evaluation and the Health Professions. 2011;34:487-511.

VanGeest JB, Welch VL, Weiner SJ. Patients’ perceptions of screening for health literacy: Reactions

to the Newest Vital Sign. Journal of Health Communication. 2010;15:402-412.


VanGeest JB, Welch VL. Evaluating “Not in Mama’s Kitchen” second-hand smoke awareness

campaign in Georgia. Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice. 2008;2(3):73-87.

Weiner SJ, VanGeest J, Abrams RI, Moswin A, Warnecke R. Managing the unmanaged: A case study

of the intra-institutional determinants of uncompensated care at hospitals with differing ownership

models. Medical Care. 2008;46(8):821-828.

VanGeest JB, Johnson TP, Welch VL. Methodologies for improving response rates in surveys of

physicians: A systematic review. Evaluation and the Health Professions. 2007;30(4):303-321.

Schwartzberg JG, Cowett A, VanGeest J, Wolf MS. Communication techniques for patients with low

health literacy: A survey of physicians, nurses, and pharmacists. American Journal of Health

Behavior. 2007;31(Suppl 1):S96-104.

VanGeest JB, Weiner SJ, Johnson TP, Cummins DS. Impact of managed care on physicians’ decisions

to manipulate reimbursement rules: An explanatory model. Journal of Health Services Research and

Policy. 2007;12(3):147-152.

Bremner MN, Aduddell K, Bennett DN, VanGeest JB. The use of human patient simulators: Best

practices with novice nursing students. Nurse Educator. 2006;31(4):170-174.

Weiner SJ, VanGeest JB, Abrams RI, Moswin A, Warnecke R. Avoiding free care at all costs: A survey

of uninsured patients choosing not to seek emergency services at an urban county hospital. The

Journal of Urban Health. 2006;83(2):244-252.

Long J, Rozo-Rivera A, Akers T, VanGeest JB, Bairan A, Fogarty K, Sowell R. Validating the utility of

the Spanish version of the American Diabetes Association risk test. Clinical Nursing Research.

2006;15(2):107-118.

Schwartzberg JG, Fleming M, Oliver C, Vergara LC, VanGeest JB. Evaluating a health literacy kit for

physicians. Studies in Communication Sciences. 2005;5(2):159-170.

Weiner SJ, VanGeest JB, Wynia MK, Cummins DS, Wilson IB. Falling into line: The impact of

utilization review hassles on physician adherence to insurance contracts. The Journal of Clinical

Ethics. 2004;15(2):139-148.

Lee SYD, Dow WH, Wang V, VanGeest JB. Use of deceptive tactics in physician practices: Are there

differences between international and US medical graduates? Health Policy. 2004;67(3):257-264.

Elster AB, Jarosik J, VanGeest JB, Fleming M. Racial and ethnic disparities in health care for

adolescents: A critical review of the literature. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.

2003;157(9):867-874.

Wynia MK, VanGeest JB, Cummins DS, Wilson IB. Do physicians not offer useful services because of

coverage restrictions? Health Affairs. 2003;22(4):190-197.

VanGeest JB, Johnson TP. Substance abuse and homelessness: Direct or indirect effects? Annals of

Epidemiology. 2002;12(7):455-461.


Johnson TP, VanGeest JB, Cho YI. Migration and substance use: Evidence from the U.S. National

Health Interview Survey. Substance Use & Misuse. 2002;37(8-10):941-972.

VanGeest JB, Wynia MK, Cummins DS, Wilson IB. Measuring deception: Test-retest reliability of

physicians’ self-reported manipulation of reimbursement rules for patients. Medical Care Research

and Review. 2002;59(2):184-196.

Peters K, Elster AB, VanGeest JB. Population-based medicine and clinical practice: Rationale and

opportunities. Chicago Medicine. 2001;104(9):6-8.

VanGeest JB. Process evaluation of an educational intervention to improve end-of-life care: The

Education for Physicians on End-of-Life Care (EPEC) program. American Journal of Hospice and

Palliative Care. 2001;18(4):233-238.

VanGeest JB, Wynia MK, Cummins DS, Wilson IB. The effects of different monetary incentives on

the return rate of a national mail survey of physicians. Medical Care. 2001;39(2):197-201.

Wynia MK, Cummins DS, VanGeest JB, Wilson IB. Physician manipulation of reimbursement rules

for patients: Between a rock and a hard place. Journal of the American Medical Association.

2000;283(14):1858-1865.

VanGeest JB, Johnson TP. Substance use patterns among homeless migrants and nonmigrants in

Chicago. Substance Use & Misuse. 1997;32(7/8):877-907.

Johnson TP, Freels SA, Parsons JA, VanGeest JB. Substance abuse and homelessness: Social selection

or social adaptation? Addiction. 1997;92(4):437-445.

Health Policy and Evaluation Reports (selected):

Alabanza-Akers MA, VanGeest JB. Counting Matters: Results of the 2011 Baltimore Vulnerability

Index. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Mayor’s Office, 2011.

Alabanza-Akers MA, VanGeest JB. Counting Matters: 2011 Biennial “Point-In-Time” Homeless

Count Report. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Mayor’s Office, 2011.

VanGeest JB. Response to Changing Outcomes Achieving Health Equity: A National Plan for Action.

Baltimore, MD: The School of Community Health and Policy, Morgan State University, 2010.

Owens L, Cho YI, Johnson TP, VanGeest JB, Welch VL. An Overview of Strategies for Obtaining

Representative Samples of Minority Populations in Health and Epidemiologic Research. Chicago, IL:

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change Program at the

University of Chicago, 2009.

Alabanza-Akers MA, VanGeest JB, Loubert L, Wong S, Kamal A, Perry M. The Impact of the

Baltimore Housing Resource Center. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Mayor’s Office, 2008.

VanGeest JB, Kamal A, Loubert L, Perry M, Alabanza-Akers MA. Homelessness in Baltimore: Causes,

Urban Planning, and Service Design. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Mayor’s Office, 2008.


Blake BJ, Akers TA, Taylor GA, VanGeest JB. State of Georgia Comprehensive HIV Prevention Plan

2007-2012. Atlanta, GA: Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Public Health, 2007.

VanGeest JB, Akers TA, Pierannunzi, C, Karcher B, Storey C. Conference Proceedings: Faculty

Applied Research Retreat. Kennesaw, GA: The A.L. Burrus Institute, Kennesaw State University, 2007.

VanGeest JB. Evaluating “Not in Mama’s Kitchen” Secondhand Smoke Awareness Campaign in

Georgia. Atlanta, GA: Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc., 2006.

VanGeest JB. Strategies for Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. Chicago, IL:

Board of Trustees, American Medical Association, 2003.

VanGeest JB, Cummins DS. An Educational Needs Assessment for Improving Patient Safety: Results

of a National Study of Physicians and Nurses. Chicago, IL: National Patient Safety Foundation, 2003.

VanGeest JB, Hawk JC, Head CA, Turner PL. Increasing Organ Donation. Chicago, IL: The Council on

Scientific Affairs, American Medical Association, 2002.

VanGeest JB, Robinowitz CB, Schneider JF. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. Chicago, IL:

The Council on Scientific Affairs, American Medical Association, 2002.

VanGeest JB, Schneider JF, McCaffree MA. Childhood Asthma: Emerging Patterns and Prospects for

Novel Therapies. Chicago, IL: The Council on Scientific Affairs, American Medical Association, 2002.

The Ethical Force Program. Protecting Identifiable Health Care Informational Privacy: A Consensus

Report on Eight Content Areas for Performance Measure Development. Chicago, IL: American

Medical Association, 2001.

VanGeest JB, Williams MA, Deitchman SD. Classification Systems for Data on Race and Ethnicity.

Chicago, IL: The Council on Scientific Affairs, American Medical Association, 2000.

VanGeest JB, Short MP, Genel M. Accuracy, Importance, and Application of Data from the U.S. Vital

Statistics System. Chicago, IL: The Council on Scientific Affairs, American Medical Association, 2000.

VanGeest JB. Evaluation of the Education for Physicians on End-of-life Care (EPEC) Project: The

AMA-Sponsored Conferences. Chicago, IL: The Institute for Ethics, American Medical Association,

2000.

VanGeest JB. Evaluation of the Education for Physicians on End-of-life Care (EPEC) Project.

Chicago, IL: The Institute for Ethics, American Medical Association, 1999.

VanGeest JB, Williams MA, Nielsen NH. Race and Ethnicity as Variables in Medical Research.

Chicago, IL: The Council on Scientific Affairs, American Medical Association, 1998.

VanGeest JB, Blum LN, Genel M. Folk Medicine among Individuals in Ethnic Subgroups in the

United States: Some Clinical Implications. Chicago, IL: The Council on Scientific Affairs, American

Medical Association, 1998.

VanGeest JB, Parsons JA, Warnecke RB. Evaluation of the How to Quit Smoking Cessation Program:

A Report Prepared for the American Medical Association. Chicago, IL: The Survey Research

Laboratory of the University of Illinois at Chicago, 1996.


VanGeest JB, Warnecke RB. Tobacco Control within the Rocky Mountain Tobacco-Free Challenge

States: A Report to the Rocky Mountain Tobacco-Free Challenge Evaluation Committee. Chicago, IL:

The Survey Research Laboratory of the University of Illinois at Chicago, 1995.

VanGeest JB, Warnecke RB, Sudman S, et al. Impact of Media Intervention on Awareness and

Sensitivity to the Substantive Interview among Respondents to a Pilot Study of the Disables: A Report

to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Chicago, IL: The Survey Research Laboratory of the

University of Illinois at Chicago, 1994.

Schweitzer J, VanGeest JB. Homelessness and the Urban Underclass: A Report to the Michigan State

University All University Research Initiation Grants Program. East Lansing, MI: Urban Affairs

Programs, Michigan State University, 1991.

Hayes R, VanGeest JB. The 4-H Urban Impact Survey: A Report to the Michigan State Cooperative

Extension Service. Grand Rapids, MI: Michigan State University, Center for Urban Affairs, Community

Development Component, 1990.

VanGeest JB. A Need for Shelter. Blossomland Area Community Action Agency, Benton Harbor,

Michigan, 1989.

VanGeest JB. The Benton Harbor Project for the Homeless. East Lansing, MI: Urban Affairs Programs,

Benton Harbor Project, Michigan State University, 1989.

Other Publications:

VanGeest JB. Addressing “Failures in Substance Use Surveys” through applications of best

practices: Commentary on Timothy Johnson. Substance Use & Misuse. 2012;47:1685-6.

Welch VL, VanGeest JB, Majett C. Finding Answers: A Health Literacy Tool Kit for Clinical

Screening. Atlanta, GA: Cardiovascular Health Research Program, Morehouse School of Medicine,

2009.

Contributing author for: 5-Year Summary of the Commission to End Health Care Disparities:

Unifying Efforts to Achieve Quality Health Care for All Americans. Chicago, IL: American Medical

Association, 2009.

Weiner SJ, VanGeest JB, La Porte M, Abrams RI, Moswin A, Warnecke R. Avoiding free care at all

costs: A survey of uninsured patients opting not to seek emergency services at a county hospital.

Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2004;19 (Suppl 1):124. (Abstract)

Wynia MK, VanGeest JB, Cummins DS, Wilson IB. Physicians facing coverage restrictions. Health

Affairs. 2003;22(6):283-284.

Short MP, Goldberg SA, VanGeest JB. Convenience survey regarding autopsy/organ donation

education at the 1999 American Medical Association annual meeting. Archives of Internal Medicine.

2000;160(20):3167.

Wynia MK, Cummins DS, VanGeest JB, Wilson IB. Should physicians manipulate reimbursement

rules to benefit patients? Journal of the American Medical Association. 2000;284(11):1382-1383.


VanGeest JB, Rosenberg HM. Is it OK to omit “AIDS” from the death certificate? American Medical

News. 2000;43(29):16.

Wynia MK, Cummins DS, VanGeest JB. Managed care and markets: Impact of managed care on

providers. Health Services Research. 1999. (Abstract)

VonGunten CF, Ferris FD, Marquis D, DiPrima K, Ryan P, VanGeest JB, Portenoy R, Emanuel L. The

EPEC project: Education for physicians on end of life care. Journal of Cancer Education.

1999;14(Suppl):14.

Schweitzer JH, VanGeest JB. A study of homelessness. The Street Corner. 1991;6(2).

Schweitzer JH, VanGeest JB. A study of homeless and the urban underclass: Implications for policy

and service provision. The Street Corner. 1990; 5(2).

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

Conference Presentations:

VanGeest JB. “Health literacy and the provider/system role in improving communication and reducing

bias.” Strategies to Ameliorate the Effect of Bias and Stereotyping on Health Outcomes (Panel).

Diversity Rx Eighth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations.

Oakland, CA, March 2013.

Alabanza-Akers MA, VanGeest JB, Loubert L. “Homelessness in Baltimore: Understanding and

Mapping Risk across Neighborhoods.” American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C.,

October-November 2011.

Akers TA, Daniels K, Smith S, VanGeest JB. “Where Two Worlds Collide: A Social Justice Imperative

for Youth Gang Violence Prevention Through an Epidemiological Criminology Disparities Framework.”

American Public Health Association, Denver, CO, November 2010.

VanGeest JB, Welch VL. “Exploring the Business and Clinical Cases for Screening for Health Literacy

in Primary Care: A Case Study Using the NVS.” Diversity Rx Seventh National Conference on Quality

Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations, Baltimore, MD, October 2010.

VanGeest JB, Welch VL. “Patients’ Perceptions of Screening for Health Literacy in Primary Care:

Reactions to the Newest Vital Sign.” American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, November

2009.

VanGeest JB. “Using an Epidemiological Criminology Framework to Advance Evidence-Based Public

Health Policy: The Case of Adolescent Substance Abuse.” American Public Health Association,

Philadelphia, PA, November 2009.

VanGeest JB. “Medical Homes: A Model to Address Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.” Maryland

Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Sixth Annual Minority Health Disparities Conference,

Baltimore, MD, May 2009.


VanGeest JB, Welch VL. “Patients’ Perceptions of Screening for Health Literacy in Primary Care:

Reactions to the Newest Vital Sign.” (Poster) Institute for Healthcare Advancement, Eighth Annual

Health Literacy Conference, Irvine, CA, May 2009.

Welch VL, VanGeest JB. “Clinical Screening of Patients Understanding to Improve Quality and

Reduce Disparities.” (Poster) The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Finding Answers:

Disparities Research for Change Grantee Conference, Chicago, IL, November 2008.

Welch VL, VanGeest JB. “Dissemination and Translation of Research into Practice.” The

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change Grantee

Conference, Chicago, IL, November 2008.

Strayhorn, G, Welch VL, VanGeest JB. “Perceptions of Health Literacy Screening in an African-

American Patient Population.” North American Primary Care Research Group, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico,

November 2008.

Welch VL, VanGeest JB. “Understanding CHOICES: Examining a Model Faith-based Intervention to

Improve CVD Outcomes in African American Communities.” American Public Health Association,

Washington, D.C., November 2007.

VanGeest JB. “Evaluating the Not in Mama’s Kitchen Secondhand Smoke Campaign in Georgia.”

(Poster) American Public Health Association, Boston, MA, November 2006.

VanGeest JB, Callan C. “Quality as a Lever for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care.”

(Poster) Community Campus Partnerships for Health & The Network, International Conference, Atlanta,

GA, October 2004.

Cummins DS, VanGeest JB. “An Educational Needs Assessment for Improving Patient Safety.”

American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Philadelphia, PA, October 2004.

Schwartzberg JG, VanGeest JB. “Evaluation of a Training-of-Trainers Program in Low Health Literacy

and Self-Reports of Clinical Practice Change.” Translating Research into Practice, Washington, DC, July

2004.

Weiner S, VanGeest JB. “Avoiding Free Care at All Costs: A Survey of Uninsured Patients Choosing Not

to Seek Emergency Services at a County Hospital.” Society of General Internal Medicine, Chicago, IL,

May 2004.

Callan C, VanGeest JB. “Quality as a Lever for Reducing Disparities in Healthcare.” American Medical

Women’s Association, San Diego, CA, February 2004.

Cummins DS, VanGeest JB. “Bringing a National Initiative to the Community Level: Enhancing the

Health Care Quality and Safety of Chicago’s Underserved Population.” (Poster) Chicago Patient Safety

Forum, Chicago, IL, October 2003.

VanGeest JB, Cummins DS. “An Educational Needs Assessment for Improving Patient Safety: Results

of a National Survey.” (Poster) Chicago Patient Safety Forum, Chicago, IL, October 2003.

Cummins DS, VanGeest JB. “Who’s Dead? How we Define Death and the Need for Transplant Organs.”

American Society of Bioethics and Humanities, Baltimore, MD, October 2002.


Weiner SJ, VanGeest JB. “Dilemmas in the Care of the Uninsured and Underinsured.” (Workshop)

Midwest Society of General Internal Medicine, Chicago, IL, September 2002.

Lee SY, Wang V, Dow WH, Wang V, VanGeest JB, Wynia MK. “Use of Deceptive Tactics in Physician

Practices: Are There Differences Between US and Foreign-Born Physicians?” (Poster) Academy for

Health Services Research and Health Policy, Washington, DC, June 2002.

Weiner SJ, VanGeest JB. “Ethical and Legal Dilemmas in the Care of the Uninsured and Underinsured.”

(Workshop) Society of General Internal Medicine, Atlanta, GA, May 2002.

VanGeest JB, Johnson TP. “Methodologies for Improving Response Rates in Surveys of Physicians: A

Review.” American Public Health Association, Atlanta, GA, October 2001.

VanGeest JB, Johnson TP, Warnecke RB. “Substance Abuse and Homelessness: Direct or Indirect

Effects?” American Public Health Association, Boston, MA, November 2000.

VanGeest JB, Johnson TP, Warnecke RB. “Pathways to the Street: Modeling Transitions from At-Risk

Situations to Literal Homelessness.” American Sociological Association, Washington, DC, August 2000.

Wynia MK, VanGeest JB, Cummins DS, Wilson IB. “Do Physicians Decide Not to Offer Their Patients

Useful Services that are Not Covered by Health Plans? A National Survey.” Society of General Internal

Medicine, Boston, MA, May 2000.

VonGunten CF, Ferris FD, Marquis D, DiPrima K, VanGeest JB, Portenoy R, Emanuel L. “The EPEC

Project: Education for Physicians on End-of-life Care.” American Association for Cancer Education,

Cleveland, OH, October 1999.

Emanuel L, VonGunten CF, Ferris FD, Marquis D, DiPrima K, VanGeest JB, Portenoy R. “The EPEC

Project: Education for Physicians on End-of-life Care.” European Association of Palliative Care, 6th

Congress, Geneva, Switzerland, September 1999.

Wynia MK, Cummins DS, VanGeest JB. “Physician Responses to Utilization Review Pressures: Results

from a National Physician Survey.” Association for Health Services Research, Chicago, IL, June 1999.

Johnson TP, Cho YI, VanGeest JB. “Substance Use/Misuse among Displaced Persons.” Middle Eastern

Summer Institute on Drug Use, Jerusalem, Israel and Mediterranean Institute, San Giovanno Valdarno,

Italy, June 1997.

Johnson TP, Freels SA, Parsons JA, VanGeest JB. “Substance Abuse and Homelessness: Social Selection

vs. Social Adaptation.” American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA, October 1993.

VanGeest JB, Crittenden K. “Think Globally, Act Locally: Student Comparative Research on Education.”

Illinois Sociological Association and the Wisconsin Sociological Association, Rockford, IL, October

1993.

VanGeest JB. “Underclass Poverty Effects on the Severity of Homelessness.” Midwest Sociological

Society, Chicago, IL, April 1993.

VanGeest JB. “Homelessness and the Urban Underclass: Implications for Policy and Service Provision.”

Urban Affairs Association, Vancouver, Canada, April 1991.


VanGeest JB. “The Michigan 4-H Urban Impact Survey.” American Sociological Association,

Washington, DC, August 1990.

VanGeest JB, Schweitzer J. “Homelessness and Progressive Shelter Provision in Benton Harbor,

Michigan.” Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, Saginaw, MI, March 1988.

VanGeest JB. “The Benton Harbor Project for the Homeless.” American Sociological Association,

Chicago, IL, August 1987.

Invited Presentations:

VanGeest JB. “Health Literacy Tools: Transforming Practice through Professional Training” (Plenary).

Mississippi Health Care Symposium, Raymond, MS, June 2013.

VanGeest JB. “Health Care Reform in the Election’s Aftermath: Now What?” (Panel). Akron Healthcare

Reform Breakfast, Akron, OH, December 2012.

VanGeest JB, Hoornbeek J. “Health Care Reform and Local Governments.” Ohio Municipal Clerks

Association Fall Institute, North Canton, OH, October 2012.

VanGeest JB. “Health Literacy in Primary Care.” Center for Community Solutions, Family Planning

Program, Cleveland, OH, June 2012.

VanGeest JB. “Using Faith Based Initiatives to Improve Public Health: A Model Intervention to Improve

CVD Outcomes in African American Communities.” Maryland Statewide Faith Based Advisory Board,

Maryland Infectious Disease and Environmental Health Administration (IDEHA), Office of Faith Based

and Community Partnerships (OFBCP), Baltimore, MD, February 2011.

VanGeest JB. “Homelessness in Baltimore.” B’More Program, Humanities Center, Johns Hopkins

University, Baltimore, MD, January 2011.

VanGeest JB, Ball C. “Developing and Delivering Online Education Initiatives.” Faculty Institute,

Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, August 2010.

VanGeest JB. “Developing Distance Education Initiatives: Beginning the Journey.” Distance Education

Faculty Workshop, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, May 2010.

VanGeest JB, Edwards L. “Health Disparities Training: Empowering the Community Health

Partnership.” Sanofi Aventis, Inc., Bridgewater, NJ, December 2009.

VanGeest JB. “Attaining Comparability and Competitiveness: Building a Doctoral Research Platform.”

(Panel) Faculty Institute, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, August 2009.

VanGeest JB. “Homelessness: Multiple Pathways; Different Shelter Needs?” Panel Discussion on

Designing for the Homeless, Institute of Architecture and Planning, Morgan State University, Baltimore,

MD, March 2008.

Welch VL, VanGeest JB. “Engagement of Minorities in Health Research.” The Robert Wood Johnson

Foundation, Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change Grantee Conference, Chicago, IL,

October 2007.


Welch VL, VanGeest JB. “Health Literacy and the Primary Care Physician.” Morehouse School of

Medicine Department of Family Medicine, Atlanta, GA, July 2007.

Akers TA, Rozo-Rivera A, VanGeest JB. “Developing a Research Agenda for Latinos in Georgia.”

Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, January 2006.

VanGeest JB. “Patient Safety Workshop for Physicians and Nurses.” Poh Ai Hospital, Lo-Tung Town, I-

Lan County, Taiwan, ROC, January 2005.

VanGeest JB. “Patient Safety in the United States: Understanding the Perspectives and Training Needs of

Physicians and Nurses.” National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC,

December 2004.

VanGeest JB. “Evaluating CHOICES: Understanding the Process of Empowerment to Improve CVD

Outcomes.” Health Ministry Empowerment Conference, Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc., Atlanta,

GA, October 2004.

VanGeest JB. “Improving Patient Safety: An Educational Needs Assessment of Physicians and Nurses.”

Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Allentown, PA, December 2003.

Weiner SJ, VanGeest JB. “Avoiding Free Care at all Costs: A Survey of Uninsured Patients Opting Not to

Seek Care at a County Hospital.” The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ, December 2003.

VanGeest JB, Cummins DS, Wynia MK. “Confronting Utilization Review and Patient Pressures:

Implications for the Practice of Medicine.” University of Illinois, College of General Internal Medicine,

Chicago, IL, December 2000.

VanGeest JB. “Classification Systems for Data on Race and Ethnicity.” Minority Affairs Consortium

(MAC) Governing Committee, American Medical Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, June 2000.

VanGeest JB, Cummins DS, Wynia MK. “Ethical Dilemmas in Medicine: Physician Responses to

Utilization Review and Patient Pressures.” University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Sociology,

Health & Medicine Colloquium Series, Chicago, IL, April 2000.

VanGeest JB. “Homelessness and the Urban Underclass.” Michigan State University, Urban Affairs

Programs, 1990-1991 Colloquium Series, East Lansing, MI, May 1991.

VanGeest JB. “The Relationship of Homelessness and the Urban Underclass.” Annual Meeting of the

Michigan State University Foundation, East Lansing, MI, December 1990.

VanGeest JB, Schweitzer J. “A Need for Shelter in Benton Harbor.” A position paper presented to the

community of Benton Harbor, MI, November 1988.

Other:

VanGeest JB (Invited Session Organizer/Moderator). “Health Literacy Invited Session: Intersection of

Medicine and Public Health.” American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA, October 2012.

VanGeest JB (Session Moderator). “Social Sciences in Health: Cultural and Clinical Interfaces.”

American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, October-November 2011.


VanGeest JB (Invited Session Co-Organizer/Moderator). “Epidemiological Criminology: A New

Paradigm Promoting Innovative Practice and Policy-based Solutions for Social Justice.” American

Public Health Association, Denver, CO, November 2010.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Courses taught:

KSU HPM 52016– Public Health Administration

KSU HPM 53006 – Cost Benefit Analysis of Public Health Programs

KSU HPM 53007 – Public Health Planning, Implementation and Evaluation

MSU PUBH 742 – Health Services Planning and Evaluation

MSU PUBH 503 – Policy and Health Services Planning and Management

KSU 1101 – Introduction to the Health Sciences [Undergraduate]

KSU NURS 4402 – Research Methods [Undergraduate]

KSU NURS 7745/7746 – Research Applications and Outcome Evaluation

KSU NURS 7785 – Health Policy and Finance

KSU NURS 8863 – Advanced Care Management Leadership Project

UIC SOC 100 – Introduction to Sociology [Undergraduate]

UIC SOC 105 – Social Problems [Undergraduate]

UIC SOC 451 – Medical Sociology

Workshops taught (selected):

Community-Based Participatory Research

Evidence-Based Practice Fundamentals

Health Literacy

Patient Safety

Population-based Medicine

Program Evaluation

Professionalism/Leadership

Substance Abuse and Homelessness

Surveying Health Care Professionals

Survey Instrument Design

Developing Online Education Initiatives

Course/Curriculum Development:

Leadership and Organizational Change MPH (Kent State University). Co-Developed a Master of Public

Health (MPH) cohort-based accelerated leadership degree program (with Drs. Sonia Alemagno, Ken

Zakariasen, and R. Scott Olds) for the KSU College of Public Health’s Health Policy and Management

Department.

PH 44015 Public Health Management (Kent State University). Co-Developed course (with Dr. Sonia

Alemagno) for the KSU College of Public Health’s BSPH-HPM track.

Public Health Concentrations in Health Policy and Management (Morgan State University). Finalized

curricula proposals for MPH and DrPH concentrations in health policy and management for submission


to the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) and the Council on Education for Public Health

(CEPH).

Health Records Management (Morgan State University). Conceptualized and developed a professional

certificate program in Health Records Management, with a focus on applied interdisciplinary informatics.

Certificate courses included: Theories of Electronic Health Records Systems, Applications in Health

Records Management, Data for Evidence-based Decision-Making, and Applied Interdisciplinary

informatics.

Community Health Leadership and Management (Morgan State University). Conceptualized and

developed a professional certificate program in Health Leadership and Management, with a focus on

applied interdisciplinary informatics. Certificate courses included: Theories of Leadership and

Management in Health, Applications of Health Leadership and Management, Data for Evidence-based

Decision-making, and Applied Interdisciplinary Informatics.

Planning and Health (Morgan State University). Developed a detailed prospectus submitted through the

Morgan State University’s School of Architecture and Planning for a joint (concurrent) Master’s degree

program in Urban Planning and Public Health.

Leadership and Policy (Kennesaw State University). Developed a comprehensive curriculum for the

University’s interdisciplinary doctoral program in leadership and policy.

HS 4490/SW7900 Social Epidemiology (Kennesaw State University). Co-developed (with Dr. Timothy

Akers) a social epidemiology course for the Department of Human Services in the WellStar College of

Health and Human Services.

Dissertation Committees (selected):

Rebecca Brody. Topic: Identifying Components of Advanced-Level Practice in Clinical Nutrition

Practice: A Delphi Study. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Health Related

Professions, 2008-2010. [External Committee Member/Methodologist]

Marvin Rock. Topic: Public Health Implications of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription

Drugs. Morgan State University, School of Community Health and Policy, 2009-2011. [Committee

Chair]

Sharon Barrett. Topic: Integrating Health Literacy into a Chronic Care Model: A Comparative Case

Study of Five Safety Net Primary Care Organizations. Morgan State University, School of Community

Health and Policy, 2010-2011.

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

Title: Clinical Perception of Health Literacy and the Epilepsy Patient: An Exploratory Study Focusing on

Treatment of Transition-Aged Adolescents

Funding Agency: Kent State University – Akron Children’s Hospital Collaborative Health Research

Awards

Total Amount: $6,500.00

Year Awarded: 2012


Purpose: Pilot study of health literacy issues associated with care and health outcomes among transition-

aged youth (ages 16-24) with epilepsy.

Role: Principal Investigator

Title: Biennial Baltimore Homeless Census

Funding Agency: Baltimore Homeless Services/Baltimore Mayor’s Office


Year Awarded: 2010

Purpose: Project to conduct the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-mandated

biennial one-day census count and survey of the homeless in the City of Baltimore.

Role: Co-Investigator

Title: Problem-Solving Courts Evaluations

Funding Agency: Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), Maryland Judiciary


Year Awarded: 2010

Purpose: Facilitated grant to Morgan State University from the AOC supporting ongoing and expanded

work in evaluating Maryland’s problem-solving courts.

Role: Grant Facilitator/School of Community Health and Policy Judiciary Research Consortium Liaison

Title: CHIPP Supplemental Funding

Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education (Title III)


Year Awarded: 2010

Purpose: Title III supplemental funding supporting development of the Morgan State University Center

for Health Informatics, Planning and Policy (CHIPP).

Role: Principal Investigator/Center Director

Title: Center for Health Informatics, Planning and Policy (CHIPP): Addressing the Social Determinants

and Impact of Health Disparities

Funding Agency: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Total Amount: $1,000,000.00 ($200,000/year)2

Year Awarded: 2010

Purpose: Development of an interdisciplinary Center for Health Informatics, Planning and Policy within

the Morgan State University’s Office of Academic Affairs, in partnership with MSU’s Schools of

Community Health and Policy, Architecture and Planning, and Social Work.

Role: Principal Investigator/Center Director

Title: Diabetes Interventions in Minority Communities: A Review of the Evidence

Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and

Medicaid Services (Contract)


Year Awarded: 2009

Purpose: Cursory review of diabetes management practices in urban racial and ethnic minority

populations.


Title: Applied Interdisciplinary Informatics Curriculum to Address Needs of BRAC and MHEC

2 $3,235,004.00 (5 years) approved by Congress and signed by the President.


Funding Agency: Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC)


Year Awarded: 2008

Purpose: Develop distance education/distance learning certificate programs in support of the

Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)/MHEC initiative for the State of Maryland in the areas of Health

Leadership and Management, Health Records Management, Bioinformatics, and Planning and Health.

Common across the curricula is a focus on applied interdisciplinary informatics.

Role: Co-Director/Co-Principal Investigator

Title: Baltimore Homeless Shelter Impact Analysis



Year Awarded: 2008

Purpose: Conduct a community-based impact assessment to inform the city’s planned location of a

homeless shelter in down town Baltimore, MD.

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Title: Baltimore Homeless Census



Year Awarded: 2008

Purpose: Conduct a one-day census of the homeless in Baltimore, Maryland.


Title: Health Policy and Management Library

Funding Agency: Institute of Medicine


Year Awarded: 2008

Purpose: Endowment of books and other materials valued at $10,000 in support of the development of a

new health policy library in the School of Community Health and Policy at Morgan State University.

Role: Director

Title: Update of HIV/AIDS Comprehensive Plan for 2009-2013

Funding Agency: Georgia’s Dept. of Human Resources, Division of Public Health & HIV Section/CDC


Year Awarded: 2007

Purpose: Develop Georgia’s first five (5) year HIV/AIDS Comprehensive Plan to be used by

community-based groups, policy-makers, and academics, among others.


Title: Clinical Screening of Patients Understanding to Improve Quality and Reduce Disparities:

A Program Assessment

Funding Agency: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation


Year Awarded: 2006

Purpose: Implement/Assess a model clinical quality improvement program to improve care for patients’

with low health literacy.


Title: Physician Forum on Disparities in Health Care

Funding Agency: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation



Year Awarded: 2004

Purpose: Convene a meeting of the Federation of Medicine to review the Institute of Medicine report on

racial/ethnic disparities in health care and make policy recommendations for change.

Develop a Federation of Medicine task force on disparities in health care.


Title: Health Disparities Introductory Kit

Funding Agency: Washington Square Foundation


Year Awarded: 2003

Purpose: Develop an introductory kit targeting clinicians addressing racial/ethnic disparities in health

care.


Title: Evaluation of the AMA Foundation’s Health Literacy Kit

Funding Agency: Pfizer Inc.


Year Awarded: 2001

Purpose: Conduct evaluation of the American Medical Association Foundation’s Health Literacy

Introductory Kit.


Title: Healthcare Privacy: Measuring Performance

Funding Agency: Greenwall Foundation


Year Awarded: 2001

Purpose: Develop a consensus report on health care privacy.


Title: Identification of Issues and Recommendations to Enhance Physician Participation in

Organ Donation

Funding Agency: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)


Year Awarded: 2000

Purpose: National study to examine issues specific to clinicians’ roles in improving organ and tissue

donation.


Title: Healthcare Privacy: Measuring Performance

Funding Agency: AHRQ Small Conference Grant on Privacy and Confidentiality Issues in Health Care


Year Awarded: 2000

Purpose: Convene a national conference addressing privacy and confidentiality issues in health care.

Role: Project Manager

Title: Homelessness and the Urban Underclass

Funding Agency: All University Research Initiation Grant, Michigan State University


Year Awarded: 1990


Purpose: Study in Benton Harbor, Michigan examining the structural and personal antecedents to

homelessness.


Title: Homelessness and Community Service Provision

Funding Agency: The Benton Harbor Project, Michigan State University


Year Awarded: 1987

Purpose: Needs Assessment of services for the homeless in Benton Harbor, Michigan.


PROPOSALS SUBMITTED or NOT AWARDED (Selected)

Title: SCORE (Stark County Opportunity for Re-Entry)

Funding Agency: SAMHSA


Year Submitted: 2012

Purpose: Sub-contract to provide evaluation services to the Stark County Mental Health and Health

Services Recovery Board in relation to their 2012 SAMHSA Offender Reentry Program proposal

submission.

Role: co-Investigator (Evaluation)

Status: Under review

Title: Health Literacy and the Patient with Epilepsy: Implications for Patient Care of Transition-aged

Youth

Funding Agency: Epilepsy Foundation



Purpose: Pilot study conducted in the Akron Children’s Hospital of the relationship between health

literacy and care outcomes for transition-aged youth (ages 16-24) with epilepsy.

Role: co-Principal Investigator

Status: Not funded. Being revised for resubmission.

Title: Health Integration Project (HIT)

Funding Agency: Stark County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board (CMS sub-award)

Total Amount: $469,775.04 (3 years)


Purpose: Sub-contract to provide evaluation services to the Stark County Mental Health and Health

Services Recovery Board in relation to their 2012 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Health Care

Innovation project submission.

Role: Principal Investigator (Evaluation)


Title: The ETHOS Project – Embedded Transitional Healthcare Operations for Savings

Funding Agency: Summa Health System (CMS sub-award)



Purpose: Sub-contract to provide evaluation services to Summa Health System in relation to their 2012

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Health Care Innovation project submission.

Role: KSU-SHS Project Liaison/Principal Investigator (Evaluation)


Status: Not funded.

Title: Assessment of Limited Health Literacy as a Factor in CQI, Improved Patient-Centered Outcomes

and Use/Misuse of Services

Funding Agency: Kent State University – Summa Health System Collaborative Health Research Awards



Purpose: Pilot study of health literacy issues within a community-based primary care hospital setting.


Status: Not funded.

Title: 2012 Ohio Youth Tobacco Survey

Funding Agency: Ohio Department of Health



Purpose: Collaboration on bid to conduct the 2012 Ohio Youth Tobacco Survey submitted by the Kent

State University Survey Research Laboratory (SRL).


Status: Not Funded – No applications were with within budgeted funds allocated to the project. RFP

reissued 3/26/2012.

Title: Ohio Family Health Survey

Funding Agency: Ohio Colleges of Medicine



Purpose: Collaboration on bid to conduct the 2012 Ohio Family Health Survey submitted by the Kent

State University Survey Research Laboratory (SRL).


Status: Not funded. Proposal withdrawn - SRL capacity review.

Title: Consortium for Effective Access to Health Care

Funding Agency: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)



Purpose: Create a consortium of institutions in northeast Ohio conducting research on effective access to

health care. Partnering institutions include Summa Health System (lead), Kent State University College

of Public Health (co-lead), NEOMED, and Children’s Hospital.

Role: Co-Principal Investigator/Co-Director

Status: Not funded.

Title: Promotores/Community Health Worker Training Conference

Funding Agency: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)



Purpose: Plan and coordinate a national training conference for Promotores/Community Health Workers

in Houston, Texas.

Role: Grant proposal author/Conference Evaluator

Status: Under Review

Title: C-FIRES (Center for Food Safety Informatics, Research, Engineering and Security)

Funding Agency: Corporate


Total Amount: $17,500,000.00 (5 years)


Purpose: Develop a new center at Morgan State University in areas of food safety informatics and food

safety/security database development and management.

Role: Co- Investigator

Status: Pre-Proposal/Under Review

Title: MINDS e-Health 2.0

Funding Agency: National Library of Medicine



Purpose: Develop project utilizing NLM databases to create health information resources designed to

increase health literacy among African American youth on the Morgan State University campus and in

the surrounding Baltimore community.


Status: Not funded

Title: B-MORE! Baltimore’s Youth Gang Violence Prevention Project: An Epidemiological Criminology

Intervention Approach

Funding Agency: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Public Health Law Research Program



Purpose: Development and beta-testing of problem-solving-courts-based interventions to address gang

violence in Baltimore utilizing and an interdisciplinary Epidemiological Criminology framework.


Status: Not funded

Title: Stand-Off Biometric Extraction Resolver (SOBER-EC)

Funding Agency: Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA)

Total Amount: $TBD (under negotiation)


Purpose: Development of an intervention combining biometric with psychometric data for potential risk

assessment and identification. Proposal is in partnership with Harris Corporation, General Electric Global

Research, and the University of Central Florida.



Title: Program for Advanced Research in Food Informatics, Safety and Security (PARFISS)

Funding Agency: Maryland General Assembly



Purpose: Development of a multidisciplinary Center for Advanced Research in Food Informatics, Safety

and Security within the Morgan State University’s Office of Academic Affairs, in partnership with

MSU’s School of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences.

Role: Co-Principal Investigator/Co-Director


Title: Center for Learning Environmental Analysis and Research (CLEAR)





Purpose: Development of a multidisciplinary Center focusing on environmental informatics for student

learning. CLEAR is created in partnership with the MSU Schools of Computer, Mathematical and

Natural Sciences (SCMNS) and Architecture and Planning (SA+P).



Title: CHP-CHAT II

Funding Agency: Sanofi-Aventis, Inc.



Purpose: Collaboration with faculty at the University of Maryland Baltimore to evaluate Sanofi-Aventis’

Community Health Partnership (CHP) activities.


Status: Not funded

Title: Joint Center for Epidemiological Criminology

Funding Agency: National Institutes for Health, National Center on Minority Health and Health

Disparities (NCMHD)

Total Amount: $6,085,932.00


Purpose: Collaborative effort between Morgan State University and the University of Central Florida to

develop the first Joint Center for Epidemiological Criminology to address racial and ethnic health

disparities and derive solutions at the intersection of public health and criminal justice.

Role: Co-Principal Investigator/Research Core co-PD


Title: Maryland Center for Minority and Immigrant Health

Funding Agency: National Institutes for Health, National Center on Minority Health and Health

Disparities (NCMHD)



Purpose: Collaborative effort between the University of Maryland and Morgan State University to

develop a Maryland Center for Minority and Immigrant health. Proposal includes a study evaluating a

clinical intervention to improve care for patients with limited or low health literacy.

Role: Project Principal Investigator/Grant Co-author

Status: Not funded

Title: Institute for Equitable Health Policy




Purpose: Development of an Institute for Equitable Health Policy within the Morgan State University’s

School of Community Health and Policy, Department of Health Policy and Management.

Role: Co-Principal Investigator/Director

Status: Not funded/Resubmitted and funded as Center for Health Informatics, Planning and Policy

(CHIPP) above

Title: Open Source Tools for Rapid Response Research into Organizational Learning

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)




Purpose: SGER study using innovative open source tools to examine rapid response information about

health sector organizational preparedness following Hurricane Katrina.


Status: Not funded

Title: Clinical Leadership to Improve Patient Safety: A Multi-Hospital Study of Physicians, Nurses, and

Pharmacists

Funding Agency: National Patient Safety Foundation



Purpose: Proposal to study front-line clinical leadership to improve patient safety within different

hospital systems and to make recommendations on improving cultures of care to facilitate clinical

decision-making.


Status: Not funded

CONTRIBUTIONS TO OTHER SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH PROJECTS

Research Consultant (2012). Patients, Family Practice and Dietitians: A Team Approach to Heart Failure.

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Proposal submitted to the Patient Centered Outcomes Research

Institute (PCORI). Kent State University College of Public Health Sub Award: $30,000.

Evaluation Consultant (2012). Research Ethics Educational Training for a Latin American Malaria

Research Network. International Research Ethics Education and Curriculum Development Program

(R25) [NIH/FIC]. Kent State University, College of Public Health, Global Health Programs.

Research Consultant (2012). Innovative Dissemination of AAOS Evidence-Based Clinical Practice

Guidelines. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Proposal submitted to the Centers for

Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Research/Evaluation Consultant (2010). B-more for Health: East & West Side Community Approaches

Program to Address Inequalities in CVD, Diabetes, and Obesity. Baltimore City Health Department.

Research/Evaluation Consultant (2010). Obesity Prevention through Improved Nutrition and Physical

Activity. ARRA Prevention and Wellness – Leverage National Organizations (CPPW) (OS-PAW-10-

001). American Dietetic Association.

Research/Training Consultant (2006). Teaching Cultural History and Sensitivity in Prevention and

Treatment of Diseases in US Immigrant Populations. Western Michigan University.

Research Consultant (2004). ADVANCE: A Partnership to Advance Integrating Race, Ethnicity, and

Primary Language Data with National Clinical Performance Measures to Improve Health Care. American

Medical Association (AMA) and the American Hospital Association Health Research and Educational

Trust (AHA-HRET). Funded September 7, 2005. Funding Agency: The Robert Wood Johnson

Foundation (Grant Number: 051071). Award Amount: $175,642.00.


UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES

Kent State University

Member, Search Committee for the Dean of the College of Nursing, Office of the Provost, Kent State

University, 2013-

Member, Academic Affairs Strategic Planning Committee (AASPC), Kent State University, 2012-2013.

Chair, Enhancing Academic Excellence and Innovation Subcommittee, AASPC, Kent State University,

2012-2013.

Member, Executive Committee, College of Public Health, Kent State University, 2012-

Member, University Requirements Curriculum Committee, Kent State University, 2011-2012.

Member, Educational Policies Council, Kent State University, 2011-2012.

Member, Research Committee, College of Public Health, Kent State University, 2011-

Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UGCC), College of Public Health, Kent State

University, 2011-

Morgan State University (selected committees 2008-2011)

Member, Morgan Online Education Committee, Morgan State University, 2010-2011.

Member, Planning Committee, Applied Interdisciplinary Informatics Program, Morgan State University,

2008-2011.

Member, Executive Committee, School of Community Health and Policy, Morgan State University,

2007-2011.

Member, Public Health Program Leadership Committee, School of Community Health and Policy,

Morgan State University, 2007-2011.

Chair, Admissions Committee, School of Community Health and Policy, Morgan State University, 2009-

2011.

Co-Chair, Research Committee, School of Community Health and Policy, Morgan State University,

2007-2009.

Chair, CEPH Accreditation Workgroup (Chapter 4), School of Community Health and Policy, Public

Health Program, Morgan State University, 2008-2009.

Member, CEPH Accreditation Workgroup (Chapter 1), School of Community Health and Policy, Public

Health Program, Morgan State University, 2008.

Member, Comprehensive Exam Committee. School of Community Health and Policy, Morgan State

University, 2007-2008.

Kennesaw State University (selected committees 2004-2007)

Member, Institutional Review Board, Kennesaw State University, 2006-2007.


Member, Graduate Policy and Curriculum Committee, Kennesaw State University, 2006-2007.

Co-Chair, Planning Committee, KSU Applied Research Retreat. The A.L. Burris Institute, Kennesaw

State University, 2006.

Member, Programs Assessment Committee, School of Nursing, WellStar College of Health and Human

Services, Kennesaw State University, 2006-2007.

Co-Chair, Doctoral Program Development Taskforce. Graduate College, Kennesaw State University,

2004-2007.

Member, Evaluation Committee, School of Nursing, WellStar College of Health and Human Services,

Kennesaw State University, 2005-2006.

REGIONAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL COMMITTEES

Member, Home Health and Hospice Professional Advisory Board, Summa Health System, 2013-.

Section Councilor, Medical Care Section, American Public Health Association, 2012-.

Member, Collaborative Research Committee, Kent State University and NEOMED (Northeast Ohio

Medical University) Joint Strategic Planning Effort for Northeast Ohio, 2011-.

Co-Chair, Finding Answers Dissemination and Translation Working Group. The Robert Wood Johnson

Foundation Finding Answers Disparities Research for Change Program, University of Chicago, 2008-.

Organizational Liaison, Base Realignment and Closure Initiative (BRAC) Initiative. Maryland Office of

the Governor, 2008-2011.

Member, Baltimore Community Health Action Team, Sanofi-Aventis, Baltimore, MD, 2008-2011.

Member, Greater Baltimore Region Power to End Stroke (PTES) Ambassador Task Force. American

Heart Association and the American Stroke Association, 2009-2010.

Organizational Liaison, Judiciary Research Consortium, Maryland Office of the Courts, 2008-2010.

Member, Kennesaw State University Presidential Search and Advisory Committee. Board of Regents of

the University System of Georgia, 2005-2006.

Participant, Working Group to Develop CDC’s First Agency-wide Research Agenda. U.S. Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention, 2005.

Facilitator, Revisiting GRACE (Georgia’s Response to Health Disparities by Addressing Cultural

Competence and Equity in Health Care). Georgia Office of Minority Health, Department of Community

Health, 2005.

Member, Planning Committee, Cobb and Cherokee County Heart Walk. American Heart Association,

2005.


Member, Reviewer Panel, Patient-Centered Communication for Vulnerable Populations Initiative, Ethical

FORCE, American Medical Association, 2004-2006.

Member, Planning Committee, Improving the Health of Chicago: Solutions to Resolve Health Disparities,

Institute of Medicine of Chicago, 2004.

Organizational Liaison, Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis, 2003-2004.

Member, National Advisory Panel, Developing and Testing a Uniform Framework for Collection of

Hospital Data by Race, Ethnicity, and Primary Language. Health Research and Educational Trust,

American Hospital Association, 2003-2007.

Member, Electronic Health Record System External Advisory Board. Alliance of Chicago Community

Health Services, 2003-2005.

Organizational Liaison, ACET Consultation – Tuberculosis in America: Disparities in the Southeast.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2003-2004.

Organizational Liaison, Memorandum of Understanding between the American Medical Association and

the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

supporting the goals of Healthy People 2010, 2001-2004.

Organizational Liaison, Liaison Panel on Assuring the Health of the Public in the 21st Century. Institute

of Medicine, 2001-2002.

Organizational Liaison, Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2001-2005.

Member, Working Group on National Electronic Medical Record Systems. Science, Quality, and Public

Health Standards, American Medical Association, 2001-2002.

Member, Planning Committee, Reducing Health Disparities in Chicago: The Role of Population-Based

Medicine in Clinical and Public Health Practice. Conference sponsored by the Chicago Medical Society

and the University of Illinois Prevention Research Center, 2001.

Member, Working Group to Revise the National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS). National

Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention U.S. Department of

Health & Human Services, 2001.

Member, Expert Taskforce on End-of-Life Care, Ethics Standards Division, American Medical

Association, 2000-2001.

Member, Taskforce to Improve Organ and Tissue Donation. Science, Quality, and Public Health

Standards, American Medical Association, 2000-2002.

Member, Quality Measurement and the Appropriate Care of the Dying Patient. Last Acts: A National

Coalition to Improve Care and Caring at the End of Life, 2000.

Member, Panel to Evaluate the U.S. Standard Certificates. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS),

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 1998-1999.


Member, Committee to Enhance Physician Cultural Competence. Cultural Competence Initiative,

American Medical Association, 1998.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Consultant to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), 2012-13.

Evaluation Consultant to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the American Dietetic

Association), 2012-.

Grant Writer for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the American Dietetic Association),

2011-.

Consultant to the American Dietetic Association. Energy Expenditure Workgroup, ADA Evidence-Based

Guidelines for Practice, 2010.

Consultant to the American Dietetic Association. Validation Study of Nutritional Practice Guidelines for

Patients with Acute Traumatic Brain Injury, 2008-2010.

Consultant to Avanta, Inc. Evaluation of Grady Heath System in Atlanta, GA, 2007-2008.

Consultant to the American Dietetic Association. Scientific/technical writer for the ADA’s Evidence-

based Practice Center, 2007-2011.

Consultant to the Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc. Scientific overlay team for the development of

the CHOICES faith-based intervention to improve CVD outcomes in African American Communities,

2004-2006.

Consultant to the Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc. Evaluation of the Not in Mama’s Kitchen

secondhand tobacco smoke campaign in Georgia, 2004-2005.

Consultant to the American Medical Association, Science, Quality and Public Health Standards Group.

Health literacy initiatives, 2004-2007.

Consultant to the American Medical Association, Science, Quality and Public Health Standards Group.

Validation study of clinical quality improvement guidelines, 2004-2006.

Consultant to the Chicago Medical Society. Development of a city-wide intervention to educate clinicians

about the importance of low health literacy, 2002-2004.

Consultant to the American Medical Association Foundation. Evaluation of the AMA’s Health Literacy

Introductory kit for physicians, 2001-2004.

Consultant to the National Patient Safety Foundation. National patient safety educational needs

assessment of physicians and nurses/Improving Patient Safety through Web-based Education project,

2001-2003.

Consultant to the PBM Strategic Healthcare Group, Hines Veteran’s Administration Hospital. Proposal

development, study design and data analyses, 2001.


Consultant to the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Development of the

AAPM&R Resident’s Research Packet, 2001.

Consultant to the American Medical Association House of Delegates, Minority Affairs Consortium. Staff

analyst for racial and ethnic health disparities issues, 2000-2001.

Consultant to the American Medical Association’s Ethical Fundamental Obligations Report Card

Evaluation Program (Ethical F.O.R.C.E.), Expert Advisory Panel on Health Care Privacy. Program

design and evaluation, 1998-2001.

Consultant to the American Medical Association, Ethics Standards Division. Evaluator/ methodologist for

the Education for Physicians in End-of-Life Care (EPEC) Project, 1999-2000.

Consultant to the American Medical Association, Public Health Standards Division. Evaluation of the

AMA’s How to Quit Tobacco Cessation Program, 1997.

Consultant to the Rocky Mountain Tobacco-Free Challenge. Program Evaluator, 1995.

Consultant to the Michigan State University Center for Urban Affairs Benton Harbor Project.

Community-based needs assessment of emergency services for the homeless in Benton Harbor,

MI, 1990-1991.

Consultant to the Michigan State University Center for Urban Affairs Grand Rapids Community

Development Component. Evaluation of the urban 4-H programs in Grand Rapids, MI, 1990.

Consultant to the Michigan Cooperative Extension Service. Program evaluation, 1990.

Consultant to the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) Neighborhood Builders

Alliance. Program evaluation, 1990.

Consultant to the Michigan Neighborhoods Association. Evaluation of state-wide community economic

development programs, 1990.

Consultant to the Blossomland Area Community Action Agency, Benton Harbor, Michigan. Agency-

wide program evaluation and community needs assessment, 1989.

EDITORIAL SERVICE

Guest Editor (with Dr. Timothy Johnson), Special Edition on Surveying Clinicians, Evaluation and the

Health Professions (2013)

Editorial Board, Evaluation and the Health Professions (2013-Present)

Associate Editor, BMC Medical Research Methodology (2011-Present)

Editorial Board, Journal of Substance Abuse and Alcoholism (2013-Present)

Co-Editor, Roadmaps for Clinical Practice Monograph Series in Disease Prevention and Health

Promotion (2003-2004)

Ad hoc reviewer for the American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Ad hoc reviewer for BMC Family Practice

Ad hoc reviewer for BMC Health Services Research

Ad hoc reviewer for BMC Medical Research Methodology

Ad hoc reviewer for BMC Public Health


Ad hoc reviewer for Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations

Ad hoc reviewer for Evaluation and the Health Professions

Ad hoc reviewer for Health Promotion International

Ad hoc reviewer for the Journal of the American Medical Association

Ad hoc reviewer for the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Ad hoc reviewer for the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Ad hoc reviewer for the Journal of General Internal Medicine

Ad hoc reviewer for the Journal of Health Communication

Ad hoc reviewer for the Journal of Nursing Measurement

Ad hoc reviewer for Medical Care

Ad hoc reviewer for Substance Use & Misuse

Ad hoc textbook proposal reviewer for McGraw Hill

Ad hoc textbook proposal reviewer for Wiley/Jossey-Bass

SCIENTIFIC REVIEW PANELS

2013 Florida Department of Health, James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program.

2012 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City Outcomes Research Grant Program.

2012 Florida Department of Health, James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program and the

Bankhead Coley Cancer Research Program.

2012 Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Tobacco Prevention Program for Community-based

Tobacco Prevention and Control Initiatives.

2011 James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program. New Investigator Research Grants.

Florida Department of Health, Office of Public Health Research.

2010 James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program. New Investigator Research Grants.

Florida Department of Health, Office of Public Health Research.

NON-PRINT MATERIALS AND PUBLIC SERVICES APPEARANCES

Consultant and guest for two television shows on the homeless. “City Lights”, Michigan State University,

Center for Urban Affairs, Community Development Component, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Consultant and guest for two television shows on the homeless. “Metro Reports”, Michigan State

University, Urban Affairs Programs, East Lansing, Michigan.

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