Faculty and adjuncts teaching in the MPH program publish and present in a variety of venues relevant to their area(s) of research expertise and the scholarship of teaching. Funding is also sought from a number of sources in support of research, teaching, and community outreach. As a unit within a regional, comprehensive university with a strong focus on workforce development, the mission of the Master of Public Health program includes achieving excellence in teaching, research and community involvement by attracting the highest quality adjuncts from the public health, health care, and military communities. Students are welcomed to participate in research and funding opportunities with faculty outside of their internship experience, particularly when completing term projects in various courses.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Textbooks

• Hoyt, R.E., Sutton, M.A., & Yoshihashi, A. (2007). Medical Informatics: Practical Guide for the Healthcare Professional 2007. Lulu.com. 252 pages.
  NOTE: Proceeds generated from this text, available in softback or as an eTextbook, are donated to the Medical Informatics Program at the University of West Florida, so order and download now, and enjoy! (Also available at amazon.com.)

Journals

• Gilmore, A.S., Zhao, Y., Kang, N., Ryskina, K.L., Legoretta, A.P., Taira, D.A., Chung, R.S. (2007, in press). Patient outcomes and evidence-based medicine in a preferred provider organization setting: A six-year evaluation of a physician pay-for-performance program. Health Services Research.
• Karouna-Renier, N.K., Rao, K.R., Lanza, J.J., Y., Davis, D.A., Wilson, P.A. (2007, October). Serum profiles of PCDDs, PCDFs, in individuals near the Escambia Wood Treating Company Superfund site in Escambia County, FL. Chemosphere, 69(8):1312-1319.
• Findley, M., Smith, S., Gorski, J. & O’Neil, M. (2007, October). Group differences in safety climate among job positions in the nuclear decommissioning and demolition industry in the US. Safety Science, 45(8):875-889.
• Murphy, R. (2007, July). Evidence-based leadership for reduced risk. Managing Infection Control, 7(7):64-72.
• O'Conner, R.D., Gilmore, A.S., Manjunath, R., Stanford, R.H., Legorreta, A.P., & Jhingran, P.M. (2006). Comparing outcomes in patients with persistent asthma: A registry of two therapeutic alternatives. Current Medical Research and Opinion, 22(9).
• Rivers, S. & Stewart, G.L. (2005). Arboviral surveillance in Escambia County. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases.
• Bilukha, O., Hahn, R., Crosby, A., Fullilove, M., Liberman, A., Moscicki, E., Snyder, S., Tuma, F., Corso, P., Schofield (Gilmore), A., Briss, P. and the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. (2005). The effectiveness of early childhood home visitation in preventing violence: A systematic review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 28(2 Suppl 1): 11-39.
• Findley, M. & Gorski, J. (2005, April). Global inequities in occupational health and safety. Professional Safety, 50(4):24-30.

Journals, Under Review

• Lanza, J.J. (August 2007). Radiological incidents and the Florida physician. Florida Medical Association Journal.
• Amin, R., Li, K. & Bengel, O. (2007). Multivariate MaxMin plots as tolerance limits. Submitted to Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation.
• Ryals, P.E., Cross, R., Jones, J., Riggs, B.M., & Stewart, G.L. (2007, April). Phospholipid and phospholipid-bound fatty acid composition of isolated Trichinella spiralis muscle larvae and nurse cells. Submitted to Molecular and Biochemical Parasitiology.

Book Chapters, Under Review

• Sutton, M.A., Hoyt, R.E., Mbizo, J. & Yoshihashi, A. Imaging and communication in medical and public health informatics: Current issues and emerging trends. Submitted to Bankman, I.N. (Ed.), Handbook on Medical Imaging and Analysis, Academic Press, 2nd edition.
• Sutton, M.A. Image segmentation by fuzzy clustering: Methods and issues. Submitted to Bankman, I.N. (Ed.), Handbook on Medical Imaging and Analysis, Academic Press, 2nd edition.

Conference Proceedings/Presentations

• Amin, R., Li, K. & Bengel, O. (2007). Multivariate MaxMin plots as tolerance limits. Proceedings of the International Statistical Institute Meetings, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Gilmore, A., Tian, H., Legorreta, A., Taira, D. & Chung, C. (2007). A decision tree approach to estimating cost savings of pay for performance programs in a PPO setting. Presentation at the 12th annual international meeting for the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, Arlington, VA.
• Min, J., Lin, F., Legoretta, A., Kang, N., & Gilmore, A. (2007). Cost effectiveness and clinical outcomes of coronary computed tomographic angiography compared to myocardial perfusion imaging for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease. Presentation at the 56th annual scientific session for the American College of Cardiology, New Orleans, LA.
• M.A. Sutton. (2006). Function-based reasoning for goal-oriented image segmentation. Presentation at the International Conference and Research Center for Computer Science, Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany. (One of 40 researchers of international standing in their respective fields invited to participate in Dagstuhl Seminar 06231: Towards Affordance-Based Robot Control.)
• Ajidahun, A., Cross, R.W., Stewart, G.L. & Lepo, J.E. (2006, May). PCR detection of helicobacter pylori prevalence in pig feces. Presentation at the American Society of Microbiology, Orlando, FL.

Technical Reports

• Lanza, J. (Editor/Author). (2007, April). State of Florida emergency management annex for an all-hazards radiological emergency. Annex E to the Florida Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan.
• Rao, K.R., Karouna-Renier, N., Lanza, J.J., et al. (January 25, 2007). Biomonitoring of mercury levels in hair samples from women of child-bearing age in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, FL. Florida Department of Health Epi Update.

Publications, In Development

• Lanza, J.J., Wilson, P.A., & Hodges, D. Health screening profile of a community near the Escambia Wood Treatment Co. Superfund site in Pensacola, FL—Clarinda Triangle. Report to be submitted to CDC, Fall 2007.
• Mbizo, J., Stewart, G.L., Sutton, M.A., & White, L. Building an online program with high quality and innovation to support an engaged learning community. Invited contribution to Maki, P. (Ed.), Faculty experiences with and perspectives on assessing student learning. To be submitted January 2008.

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RECENT FUNDING

External Grants

• Stewart, G.L. (2006-2007). Development of pathways from high school health academies to UWF's allied health programs. Subcontractee to Okaloosa School District. Funding provided for support and enhancement of project management in internships, $25,000.

Internal Grants

• Bennett, L. (with Sutton, M.A., Faculty Advisor). (2006, Spring). Recycling works: An application of the EPA’s quest for less program to the Bajo people of Indonesia. College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Project Grant. Funding provided for travel, $1,000.

Grant Proposals, In Development

• Stewart, G.L. & Sutton, M.A. Building an online student organization in support of service learning. Internal proposal to Quality Enhancement Plan Program, Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment, University of West Florida. To be submitted February 2008 with a request for $5,000.

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OTHER RELATED AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Fellowships

• Walch, S. (2006-2007). Named the William A. Bailey Health and Behavior Congressional Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her activities involved conducting legislative and oversight work, assisting in congressional hearings and debates and preparing briefs and writing speeches related to her area of expertise in HIV/AIDS and other health focused issues. This appointment came on the heels of the $1.1 million grant she wrote which was funded for five years by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for Okaloosa AIDS Support and Information Services (OASIS) of Fort Walton Beach. This grant implements a community-level intervention that addresses the HIV prevention needs of heterosexual African American men and women and HIV prevention intervention for young gay and bisexual men.

Awards

• Lanza, J.J. (2004). Pensacola Area Commitment to Excellence Professional of the Year Award.
• Lanza, J.J. (2003). Florida Department of Health, Secretary’s Special Recognition Award (Domestic Security Health Team).

Thesis Supervisions (joint faculty)

• Stadel, D. (with Raid, A., Thesis Chair). (2007). Statistical analysis of cancer rates in Florida. M.S., Mathematics and Statistics.