Assistant Professor
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
Medical Director
Physician Assistant Program, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
Mailing Address:
Emory Family Medicine Center
4500 North Shallowford Rd
Suite B
Dunwoody, GA 30338
Research Fellow, Global Collaborating Center in Reproductive Health in Atlanta
Appointment granted July 1998
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine
Appointment granted December 2010
Staff physician, Emory Healthcare
Previous Academic and Professional Appointments:
Former Chief, Preventive Medicine Division and Preventive Medicine Residency Program
Licensures/Boards:
Georgia Medical License, issued September, 1998.
American Board of Preventive Medicine Certification, certified 2001, recertified 2011
American Board of Family Practice Certification, certified 2002, recertified 2009
Education:
Year Earned
|
Degree Earned |
Institution |
1993 |
B.S., Microbiology (summa cum laude) |
University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, Arts Ann Arbor, Michigan |
1997 |
M.D. |
Mayo Medical School Rochester, Minnesota |
2000 |
M.P.H., Global health (epidemiology track) |
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health Atlanta, Georgia |
Postgraduate Training:
Dates
|
Program |
Supervisor |
July 1997 – June 1998 |
Internship, Family Practice Emory University School of Medicine |
Lawrence Golusinski, M.D. Residency Program Director |
July 1998 – June 2000 |
Residency, Preventive Medicine Emory University School of Medicine |
Erica Frank, M.D., M.P.H. Residency Program Director |
June 2000 – May 2002 |
Residency, Family Practice Emory University School of Medicine |
Susan Schayes, M.D. Residency Program Director |
Committee Memberships:
National and International:
Regional and State:
Institutional:
Consultantships:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Development:
Georgia Academy of Family Physicians:
IMPLICIT: Family Medicine Practice-Based Research Network:
network of primary care practices (2/08 – 3/08).
Editorships and Editorial Boards:
Manuscript reviewer:
Reviewer, Academic Pediatrics
Reviewer, American Family Physician
Reviewer, American Journal of Disaster Medicine
Reviewer, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Reviewer, American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Reviewer, American Journal of Public Health
Reviewer, Annals of Family Medicine
Reviewer, Annals of Epidemiology
Reviewer, Environmental Research
Reviewer, Indoor Air
Reviewer, Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Reviewer, Journal of the National Medical Association
Reviewer, Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing
Reviewer, Journal of Pediatrics
Reviewer, Journal of Urban Health
Reviewer, Journal of Women’s Health
Reviewer, Pediatric Allergy & Immunology
Reviewer, Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
Reviewer, Pediatrics
Reviewer, Women’s Health Issues
Reviewer, Sexual and Reproductive Health
Honors and Awards:
Fellow, Woodruff Leadership Academy (2012)
Atlanta Clinical-Translational Science Institute New Investigator in Nutrition Award(2010-2011)
CDC Foundation Young Investigator in Public Health Training Grant (2005-2009)
Fellow, American Academy of Family Physicians (October 2005)
Chief Resident, Department of Family & Preventive Medicine (July 2001 – May 2002)
Family Practice Resident of the Year, Georgia Academy of Family Physicians (June 2002)
PGY-3 Family Practice Resident of the Year, Emory University (June 2002)
Mead Johnson Resident Award for Leadership & Patient Care (June 2001)
PGY-2 Family Practice Resident of the Year, Emory University (June 2001)
Outstanding Resident Award, American College of Preventive Medicine (2000)
Delta Omega (public health honor society) (2000)
Dean's Merit Scholarship Recipient (1998)
Harry H. Hoffman Award (1994) – for service to indigent people of Bolivia
Harry H. Hoffman Award (1995) – for service to indigent people of the Dominican Republic
Dean’s Merit Scholarship Recipient (1993-1997)
Summa Cum Laude graduate
Phi Beta Kappa (junior year inductee)
James B. Angell Scholar (8 consecutive terms of all A’s)
Society Memberships:
Member, American Academy of Family Physicians
Member, Georgia Academy of Family Physicians
Member, American Public Health Association
Member, Georgia Public Health Association
Member, American College of Preventive Medicine
Research focus:
My research focuses upon improving women’s health and health care with a focus upon reproductive health and child health outcomes. Specifically, I am interested in identifying underlying factors that contribute to racial disparities in reproductive and pregnancy outcomes (especially preterm and low birth weight deliveries) and in clinical translational research to identify interventions to improve reproductive and pregnancy outcomes, particularly among low-income minority populations. A major research focus has been the content and mechanism of delivery of preconception health care and exploring whether improvements in specific women’s health parameters can improve birth outcomes such as rates of preterm birth. In addition, my research with the WHO Collaborating Center in Reproductive Health in Atlanta has focused upon monitoring racial disparities in reproductive health outcomes, exhuming factors contributing to trends over time, as well as implementing and evaluating health services and policy interventions. Presently, I am evaluating the integration of women’s primary and preconception health care services in county- and federally-funded clinic sites in metropolitan Atlanta. I am a member of the Emory PRiCE (Preterm Research International Center of Excellence) under the leadership of Drs. Robert Taylor (Gynecology-Obstetrics) and Carol Hogue (Epidemiology/Women’s and Children’s Center), and have contributed to the submission of several federal grants to study environmental and genetic contributors to preterm birth and adverse pregnancy outcomes.
ACTIVE Grants and Contracts:
Federally funded:
Outcome & Translatability Evaluation of a Client-Centered Counseling Toolkit in Title X
Oct 2012 – Sep 2015
Evaluation of the integration of preconception and primary health care for low- income, minority women
Feb 2009 – Feb 2013
Creation of a ‘Maternal-Child and Reproductive Health Track’ for the Preventive Medicine Residency Training Program
July 2010 – June 2013
Exploration of successful academic-public health partnerships in crisis planning and response (PI = Alexander Isakov, MD, Emergency Medicine)
10/2008 – 10/2013
Evaluation of Promising Approaches to Improved Infant Health Program
10/2012 – 09/2013
Does health care coverage for primary care services before and between pregnancies improve birth outcomes for low income?
06/2012 – 05/2013
Evaluation of the Georgia Medicaid Family Planning Waiver
January 2011 – July 2013