Present | Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2016 | Evaluation of the Perinatal Health Program -Contract |
Southeast Health District, Waycross, GA | |
$5,000 | |
2016 | FLEX Financial and Operational Improvement Grant |
Department of Community Health | |
Role: PI | |
Colleague(s): William Mase (Co-PI) | |
$510,000 | |
2014 | Evaluation of the Perinatal Health Program -Contract |
Southeast Health District, Waycross, GA | |
$10,000 | |
2014 | Union County Health Assessment- Contract |
Union General Hospital, Blairsville, GA | |
$10,000 | |
2012 | Community Health Assessment Grant |
Georgia Department of Community Health | |
Role: PI | |
Colleague(s): Raymona Lawrence (Co-Pi) | |
$180,421 | |
2011 | Evaluation of the Perinatal Health Program -Contract |
Southeast Health District, Waycross, GA | |
$9,000 | |
2011 | Run 2 Nursing Program Evaluation- Contract |
School of Nursing, Georgia Southern University | |
$7,500 | |
2010 | Evaluation of Project SeaGails- Contract |
Magnolia Coastlands AHEC | |
$3,500 | |
2010 | SPF-SIG Needs Assessment- Contract |
Pineland Mental Health | |
$39,657 | |
2009 | Community-Based Strategic Planning for Public Health |
ealth Resources and Services Administration | |
Role: Co-PI | |
Colleague(s): Russ Toal (PI) | |
$94,000 | |
2009 | Detecting Spatial Clusters of Low Birth Weight in Southeast Georgia |
Office of Research Services & Sponsored Programs, Faculty Research Competition, Georgia Southern University | |
Role: PI | |
$9,948 | |
2009 | Evaluation of the Perinatal Health Program -Contract |
Southeast Health District, Waycross, GA | |
$18,000 | |
2009 | Evaluation of “Best Babies” Perinatal Health Program- Contract |
Evans County Board of Health, Claxton, GA | |
$18,000 | |
2009 | Georgia Registry of Immunization Transactions and Services Project – Coastal Health District- Contract |
Coastal Health District | |
$7,000 | |
2009 | Georgia Registry of Immunization Transactions and Services Project – Ware County- Contract |
Ware County Board of Health, Waycross, GA | |
$15,000 | |
2007 | Evaluation of the LaRED Program-Contract |
Southeast Georgia Communities Project, Inc. Lyons, GA | |
$15,000 | |
2007 | Evaluation of the SCRUBS Project- Contract |
Magnolia Coastlands AHEC, Statesboro, GA | |
$7,500 | |
2007 | Southwest Georgia Community-Based Initiative |
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital | |
Role: Co-PI | |
Colleague(s): Charles Hardy (PI) | |
$500,000 | |
2005 | Obesity: Identifying and Intervening in the Health Crisis of the 21st |
Georgia Southern University Research and Service Foundation, Inc. Strategic Research Investment Initiative | |
Role: PI | |
Colleague(s): Barry Joyner, Jennie Dilworth, Kathy Thornton, Mary-Kate Pung, Janet Funderburk, Jean Bartels, and Rick Carter (PIs) | |
$50,000 | |
2002 | A Population-based Epidemiological Investigation of Selected Cancers in Georgia |
Office of Research Services & Sponsored Programs, Faculty Summer Stipend Competition, Georgia Southern University | |
Role: PI | |
$7,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2020 - Present | Member, Covid-19 Situation Report Committee, GSU | 2020 | Member, Covid-19 POD Command Team, GSU | 2013 - 2019 | Member, College Assessment Committee, GSU | 2012 - 2019 | Member, College Curriculum Committee, GSU | 2013 - 2014 | Committee Chair, Department of Health Policy & Management Chair Search Committee, GSU | 2010 - 2012 | Member, Institute of Arthropodology & Parasitology Search Committee, GSU | 2010 - 2012 | Member, Senate Executive Committee, GSU | 2009 - 2012 | Member, Faculty Senate, GSU | 2009 - 2011 | Chair, Academic Standards Committee, GSU | 2008 - 2011 | Member, Academic Standards Committee, GSU | 2009 - 2010 | Chair, Faculty Service Committee, GSU | 2007 - 2010 | Member, Faculty Service Committee, GSU | 2008 - 2009 | Alternate, Faculty Senate, GSU | 2006 - 2007 | Member, Faculty Grievance Committee, GSU | 2006 - 2007 | Member, Pandemic Influenza Drill, GSU | 2006 - 2007 | Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, GSU | 2005 - 2007 | Member, University Wellness Council, GSU | 2005 - 2006 | Alternate, Faculty Senate, GSU | 2003 - 2004 | Member, Senate Executive Committee, GSU | 2002 - 2004 | Member, Academic Standards Committee, GSU |
Honors and Awards
- Recipient, Georgia Rural Health Researcher of the Year (1998)
- Recipient, National Rural Health Research Agenda Conference (1999)
- Inductee, Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health (2012)
Courses
- Epidemiology
- Health Promotion Planning & Evaluation
- Public Health Surveillance
1994 | Ph.D. in Public Health, University of South Carolina | |
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1989 | M.S. in Entomology, Clemson University | |
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Contact Information
PO Box 8015
Statesboro, GA 30460
Phone: (912) 478-1922
Office: Hendricks Hall
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