Our Alumni
Aimee Ferraro , Ph.D. – 2006
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Oyuntsetseg Chuluundorj, Ph.D. - 2006
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Anne Sebert Kuhlmann, Ph.D.-2006
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Michael Grodesky, Ph.D. - 2006
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Steffie Goodman , Ph.D. - 2006
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Kirsten Black, Ph.D. – 2005
Dissertation: Physical Activity in Primary Care
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Denver (UC Denver)
Carol Darr, Ph.D. – 2005
Dissertation: Primary Care Providers' Approaches to Mental Health Care for Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Adults with Chronic Disease
Current Position: Postdoctorate, Colorado Health Outcomes Program (COHO)
Bonnie Leeman-Castillo, Ph.D. – 2005
Dissertation: Treatment Seeking Behavior for Symptoms of Acute Myocardial Infarction Among Latina and non-Latina Women
Current Position: Behavioral Scientist, Colorado Prevention Center
Diane King , Ph.D. – 2005
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Michelle Okun, Ph.D. – 2005
Dissertation: How Sleep is Different in Pregnancy: Exploring How Sleep Patterns and Cytokine and Endocrine Parameters Change in the 3rd Trimester of Pregnancy
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Pittsburgh/UPMC, Department of Psychiatry
Bernadette Pistone , Ph.D. – 2005
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Teresa Sharp, Ph.D. – 2005
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Mark Strand, Ph.D. – 2005
Dissertation: Determinants of Nutrition-related Rickets in Chinese Children and Associated Health Outcomes
Current Position: Programs Officer, Evergreen (American NGO)
Terri Tillis , Ph.D. – 2005
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Snip Young, Ph.D. – 2005
Dissertation: Diffusion of a Web-based Tobacco Education Curriculum in Colorado Schools
Current Position: President, Advanced Health Directions and Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Denver (UC Denver)
Susan Charlifue, Ph.D. – 2004
Dissertation: Partners of Men with Spinal Cord Injury: An Exploration of Stress, Depression and Burden
Current Position: Research Supervisor, Craig Hospital, Englewood, Colorado
Leigh Rich, Ph.D. – 2004
Dissertation: Rolling the Bones: Decisional Law and the Risks of Treating the Body as Property
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Mary Hayden, Ph.D. – 2003
Dissertation: The Potential for Emergence of Dengue Fever Along the Mexico/Arizona Border
Current Position: Postdoctorate, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs
Mari Long, Ph.D. – 2003
Dissertation: Healing through Cancer: The Use of Complementary Therapies by Breast Cancer Survivors
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Mondi Mason, Ph.D. – 2003
Dissertation: From Mandate to Practice: How Language Access Policies Affect Spanish-speaking Patients and the Health Professionals Who Serve Them
Current Position: Community Health Scholar, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Susan Scherer, Ph.D. – 2003
Dissertation: Disability and Quality of Life in People with Peripheral Arterial Disease and Intermitten Claudication
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Regis University
Mansoureh Tajik, Ph.D. – 2003
Dissertation: Disease Incidence Patterns and Environmental Contamination in North Casper, Wyoming: Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Current Position:
Assistant Professor,
Department of Community Health and Sustainability School of Health and Environment,
University of Massachusetts at Lowell
Yvonne Yousey, Ph.D. – 2003
Dissertation: Household Factors Associated with Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure of Young Children
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Hulya Yuksel, Ph.D. – 2003
Dissertation: Sociocultural Influences on Tobacco Use by Turkish Youth: Findings from Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
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Jim Werner, Ph.D. – 2002
Dissertation: Slipping into the Void: the Specialty Access Gap for Medically Uninsured Community Health Center Patients
Current Position: Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Case Western University
Ingrid Asmus, Ph.D. – 2002
Dissertation: Chronic Mountain Sickness at 3100 Meters in North America: A Multifactorial Analysis of a Community Study
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Meredith Silverstein, Ph.D. – 2002
Dissertation: Factors Associated with Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy: An Evolutionary Feminist Approach
Current Position: Assistant Director of Development, American Humane Association
Kelly Causey, Ph.D. – 2002
Dissertation: Getting to Work: Factors Influencing Sustained Work Performance by High-Risk Youth
Current Position: Executive Director, Mile High Youth Corps
Lee Hoffer, Ph.D. – 2002
Dissertation: Junkie Business: The Evolution and Operation of a Heroin Dealing Network
Current Position: National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Cordt Kassner, Ph.D. – 2002
Dissertation: Understanding Suffering at the End of Life
Current Position: Executive Director, Hospice Association of Colorado
Jodi Strzelczyk, Ph.D. – 2001
Dissertation: Adherence to Recommended Follow-up on Screening Mammography in a Multiethnic Sample of Colorado Women
Current Position: Associate Professor of Radiology at the School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver (UC Denver)
Catherine Dempsey, Ph.D. – 2001
Dissertation: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptomatology among Native American Indian Vietnam Veterans: Mediators and Moderators of the Stress-Illness Relationship
Current Position: RMR Project Manager, Clinical Trial Network, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Denver (UC Denver)
Mark Earnest, M.D., Ph.D. – 2001
Dissertation: Holding Your Breath-the Lived Experience of Supplemental Oxygen Therapy
Current Position: Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver (UC Denver)
Mary J. Barry, Ph.D. – 2000
Dissertation: Parental Influence on Physical Activity in Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Children
Current Position: Physical Activity and Nutrition (PAN) Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Human Nutrition, University of Colorado Denver (UC Denver)
Susan Dreisbach, Ph.D. – 2000
Dissertation: Adolescent Sexuality: The Gap between knowledge and Action
Current Position: Social Science Research Council Post-doctoral Fellow and Adjunct Faculty, HBS, University of Colorado Denver (UC Denver)
Arnold H. Levinson, Ph.D. – 2000
Dissertation: Elevated Smoking Prevalence Among Region VIII Health Center Patients
Current Position: Research Scientist, Center for Research Methods and Biostatistics, AMC Cancer Research Center
Holly K. Woods, Ph.D. – 2000
Dissertation: Youth Asset Mapping in an Urban Community: Discovering the Availability of Resources and Opportunities for Youth to Build Developmental Assets
Current Position: Assistant Scientist and Project Manager, Center for Research Methods and Biostatistics, AMC Cancer Research Center
Christine W. Duclos, Ph.D. – 1999
Dissertation: Factors Associated with Alcohol, drug, and Mental Health Service Utilization among a sample of American Indian Adolescent Detainees
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Denver (UC Denver)
Jerry W. Howell, Ph.D. – 1999
Dissertation: Physicians' Opinions about Patient Involvement in Health and Medical Care Decisions and Telephone-based Decision Support
Current Position: Manager, Outcomes Services Division, Optx Corporation
Lucinda L. Bryant, Ph.D. – 1998
Dissertation: Healthy Aging: Factors that Contribute to Positive Perceived Health in an Older Population
Current Position: Adjunct Professor, HBS and Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, University of Colorado Denver (UC Denver)
William L. McGill, Ph.D. – 1998
Dissertation: Computer Assisted Contraception Choice: A Development and Evaluation Project
Current Position: Senior Analyst, Wisconsin Department of Public Health