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Clinical Activities of Faculty Members

Nancy Perini Chin, PhD

  • Bethany House, Emergency Shelter for Women in Transition, Facilitator, Emotional Support Group for Women, alternate Thursdays.

Ann Dozier, RN, PhD

  • Provided consultation in survey design, development, and implementation to 1) J. Loughner, PhD (Strong Memorial Hospital) - Chemotherapy Error Reduction 2) D. Mukamel, PhD (DCPM) - National PACE Survey 3) S. Humiston, MD and P. Szylagi, MD – National Infant Flu Vaccine Survey 4) J. Griggs, MD (Medical Oncology) – Breast Cancer Survivor (Griggs) 5) R. Gottlieb, MD (Radiology) – Abdominal Pain Study 6) K. Connor, MD (Psychiatry) – Suicide Control Recruitment
  • Provided consultation on qualitative design/implementation to 1) D. Johnson, MD (Eastman Dental Center) – Dental Health Problems Among the Chronically Ill 2) S. Forbis, MD (Pediaatrics) – Evaluation of Parental Asthma Information Sheet
  • Assumed management of Finger Lakes Regional Perinatal Data System database, research requests, and liaison with participating hospitals. Research, and other, consultations provided to 1) D. Fernandez,, MD 2) L. Goldsmith, MD 3) C. Howard 4) C. Glantz, MD 5) J. Ellison (Livingston County Health Department) 6) P. Collier (Perinatal Network of Monroe County) 7) A. Doniger (Monroe County Health Department) 8) S. Berg (Monroe County Health Department)
  • Provided consultations for grant proposal development to 1) J. Bazarian, MD (Emergency Medicine) 2) L. McInerney, MD (Pediatrics) 3) M. Davies, MD (Vascular Surgery) 4) J. Zwanzinger, PhD (DCPM) 5) S. McIntosh, PhD (DCPM)

Scott McIntosh, PhD

  • Manage Website disseminating information on Nutrition and Cardiovascular Health (http://www.naarochester.org)
  • Manage Smokers’ Victory Line and QLine quitlines, oversee activities of telephone staff
  • Accept referrals for smoking cessation from Cancer Center clinicians
  • Provide "Quit Packs", self-help smoking cessation materials to 15 counties

Deborah Ossip-Klein, PhD

  • Direct Smokers’ Victory Line and Adolescent QLine and GottaQuit quitlines and web chat, oversee activities of telephone and chat staff
  • Receive referrals for smoking cessation from University of Rochester Medical Center ad James P. Wilmot Cancer Center clinicians
  • Provide free community "Quit Packs" to 15 county area on request through James P. Wilmot Cancer Center.

Thomas A. Pearson, MD, MPH, PhD

  • Director, Preventive Cardiology Clinic, which is held _ day per week. Clinic staff includes Laurie Kopin, RN, ANP, Nurse Manager, Tracy Cherry, RD, Nutritionist; Carrie Gaynor, RN, research nurses, Carrie Gaynor.
  • Co-director, Strong Heart Program (Cardiac Rehabilitation)
  • Inpatient consultations at physician request, usually for severe lipid disorders.


Consultantships and Other Activities

Theodore M. Brown, PhD

  • Consultant for the history of health services research, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland
  • Scholar-in-Residence, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland

Ann Dozier, RN, PhD

  • S. Taylor-Brown, PhD – Children Affected by AIDS (Annual Program Evaluation 2001-2005)
  • Monroe County Health Department (A. Doniger)
  • Baseline data collection for media campaign launched in 2001
  • Monroe County Health Department (S. Berg)
  • Infant Mortality Review – Final Report
  • Community Health Worker – Funding Proposal
  • Foundation for Sustainable Development (J. Barrios)
  • Site visits (4) to Costa Rica and Dominican Republic for
  • Little Intelligent Communities (LINCOS) project
  • Perinatal Network of Monroe County
  • Infant Mortality Analysis
  • Healthy Start Rochester Program Evaluation

Scott McIntosh, PhD

  • Senior Consultant, Tobacco Control Grant Application (PI: Andrew Align, MD)
  • Paid Consultant, Smoking Cessation Manual "Clearing The Air," National Cancer Institute.
  • Consultant, "Healthy Aging Project" (HCFA) Spring 2001.
  • Consultant, Canadian Cancer Society/University of Waterloo Telephone Quitline (Site Visit)
  • Paid Grant Reviews – Florida State Department of Health (Spring, 2001)

Deborah Ossip-Klein, PhD

  • SmithKline Beecham – Grant Review
  • RAND – Health Aging Medicare Demonstration Project
  • VA CME Presentation
  • RWJF Expert Panel
  • RWJF Survey Consultation
  • Roswell Grand Rounds

Thomas A. Pearson, MD, MPH, PhD

  • Member, External Advisory Committee, Sibling Study, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Member, External Advisory Committee, Stroke Prevention Center, Morehouse College of Medicine
  • Chair, Data Safety and Monitoring Board, Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Health Study. University of Nevada-Reno School of Medicine
  • Member, Data Safety and Monitoring Board, PROSPER Study, University of Glasgow
  • Member, Data Safety and Monitoring Board, PROVE IT Trial, Harvard University
  • Member Data Safety and Monitoring Board, EARTH Study, Astra-Zeneca Corporation
  • Vascular Biology Working Group, Medical Education Programs, Ltd.
  • Advisory Board Member, Lipton Foods, Inc.
  • Advisory Board Member, Johnson and Johnson/Merck
  • Advisory Board Co-Chair, Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • Consultant, Project Olympus, Roche Inc.
  • Chair, Nicostatin Advisory Board, KOS/Dupont Joint Venture
  • Chair, ACHIEVE Advisory Committee, Bayer Corporation
  • Consultant, Millennium Pharmaceuticals
  • Member, Nicostatin Advisory Committee, KOS/DuPont-Canada
  • Consultant, Bassett Healthcare
  • Consultant, Merck Co.
  • Consultant, Pfizer, Inc.
  • Consultant, Western New York Center for Vascular Disease Prevention

Sarah Trafton, JD

  • Facilitator, Aging & Disabilities Project – Collaborative project of LIFESPAN of Greater Rochester, Inc. and Al Sigl Center, Inc.
  • Member, External Review Committee, Dartmouth Colleger Graduate Programs in Evaluative Clinical Sciences (April 2001)

Jack Zwanziger, PhD

  • RAND, Evaluation of Equity of the VA’s VERA Allocation System
  • United Hospital Fund, Identifying Financially Stressed Safety Net Providers