In conjunction with Dr. Deborah Glueck of the Colorado School of Public Health, Dr. Keith Muller has launched a new website, www.SampleSizeShop.org, to help researchers with study design. The website contains free tutorials, papers, and talks related to calculating power and sample size for study design. SampleSizeShop.org also…
Dr. Jill Herndon has been appointed to the editorial board of Medicare & Medicaid Research Review (MMRR), a peer-reviewed, online journal published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to disseminate high-quality and relevant research to a wide audience of Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance stakeholders. …
Dr. I-Chan Huang has been appointed an Associate Editor for Quality of Life Research. This journal is an official journal of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) and a leading journal in the area of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) research. The 5-year…
Congratulations to Dr. Jevetta Stanford for completing her doctorate in education. Her dissertation is entitled “Ecological Influences on Weight Status in Urban African-American Adolescent Females: A Structural Equation Analysis.” Click here to see Dr. Stanford’s faculty profile.
UF and FSU researchers are collaborating on studies of youth concussions. Click here to read the story.
BOSTON – May 31, 2012 – Drs. Baron-Lee, Knapp, and Shenkman of the University of Florida’s Institute for Child Health Policy have been selected to participate in a year-long executive leadership program designed to tackle racial and ethnic disparities in health care. Drs. Baron-Lee, Knapp, and Shenkman are three of…
A paper by Drs. Kelli Komro and Alex Wagenaar titled “Mechanisms of Legal Effect: Perspectives from Public Health” has been listed as one of SSRN’s Top Ten downloads for ERN: Government Expenditures and Health (Topic). Click here to view the abstract of the paper on the SSRN website.
Dr. Stephanie Staras has received $150,000 from the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine for a grant whose goal is to improve adolescent vaccinations. Click here to read an article about Dr. Staras’ grant on the UF&Shands website. Click here to read an article in the Gainesville Sun about Dr.
Dr. I-Chan Huang received a Meritorious Award for his study presented at the 6th Biennial Cancer Survivorship Research Conference hosted jointly by the National Cancer Institute, American Cancer Society, LIVESTRONG, and CDC. This conference was held on June 14-16, 2012, in Arlington, Virginia. Dr. Huang is among 8 scientists, selected…
The NIH/NIDCR has invited Dr. Jill Herndon to participate in its web-based Survey Research Methods Series, a collection of presentations by nationally-recognized experts on survey research design and analysis. Dr. Herndon’s presentation, Comparing and Linking Survey Data: Considerations for Working with Multiple Data Sources, can be viewed at…
