Walker to Give Oral Presentation at Upcoming American Diabetes Association Conference
Ashby Walker, Ph.D., will give an oral presentation, “Type 1 Diabetes through Two Lenses: Comparing Adolescent and Parental Perspectives....
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Cochrane Review Co-Authored by HOP Professor Ranks as Top Download for 2014
A recent Cochrane Review examining the most effective policies for promoting health in schools, which was co-authored by Kelli A. Komro, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, has been ranked as the third most downloaded Cochrane Review for 2014. The review, published online in April 2014,…
Research Team Creates Brief, Reliable Alcohol Risk Survey for American Indian and White Adolescents
As part of a large-scale, NIH-funded prevention science study that aims to reduce underage alcohol use among American Indians and other adolescents in rural Oklahoma, an Institute for Child Health Policy and Cherokee Nation Behavioral Health team designed and executed a novel alcohol risk survey. “American Indians suffer from alcohol-related…
Three Pediatric Workgroup Projects Funded
The University of Florida’s Department of Pediatrics, Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, Institute for Child Health Policy, and Family Data Center recently reviewed applications for the creation of three workgroups focused on intervention studies and health outcomes in pediatric research. Research proposals receive funding of up to $10,000 to…
Implementation Science and Clinical Effectiveness Expert Discusses New Statewide Research Infrastructure
Betsy Shenkman, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy at the University of Florida, appeared on WCJB TV-20, a north-central Florida ABC affiliate that broadcasts throughout Gainesville, Lake City and Ocala, to discuss the OneFlorida Clinical Research Consortium. On WCJB TV-20, Shenkman, who is the principal…
OneFlorida Clinical Research Consortium in UF Health Strategic Planning Document
In a recent article distributed to all UF Health faculty and employees, David S. Guzick, M.D., Ph.D., recognized the OneFlorida Clinical Research Consortium and its contribution to UF’s growing preeminence in the implementation of educational and research programs at UF Health. “The state’s designation of the University of Florida as…
Research Design Expert to Present Preliminary Findings at National Dissemination and Implementation Conference
Kelli Komro, Ph.D., M.P.H., professor in the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, will be speaking about reducing health disparities in underserved communities at the National Institutes of Health and AcademyHealth’s conference on Dec. 9. The seventh annual conference, entitled The Science of Dissemination and Implementation: Transforming Health Systems to…
First NIH-funded Post-Doc to Join Department
Brady Garrett, Ph.D, a counseling psychologist intern with Cherokee Nation Behavioral Health in Tahlequah, Okla., has received the first NIH-funded post-doctoral position with the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy and Institute for Child Health Policy. “I’m very excited, and extremely fortunate to have received this wonderful opportunity,”…
Shenkman to Discuss Research at HealthStreet Event
Betsy Shenkman, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, will speak on the Wellness Incentives and Navigation (WIN) Project at HealthStreet’s upcoming Our Community, Our Health event on Thursday, July 31. Our Community, Our Health is a forum for conversation between health researchers and the…
