CURRICULUM VITAE

MICHAEL K. CHAPKO, PH.D.

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Research Professor
Department of Health Services
School of Public Health
University of Washington
Box 357660
Seattle WA 98195

             Investigator
Health Services Research and Development (152)
Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System
1660 South Columbian Way
Seattle WA 98108

Phone -- (206) 764-2821
Fax -- (206) 764-2935
Email -- chapko@u.washington.edu
Web -- http://faculty.washington.edu/chapko/

EDUCATION

1976-1978 University of Minnesota, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Evaluation Methodology
1970-1972 City University of New York, Ph.D. Psychology (Social)
1962-1966 Carnegie Mellon University, B.S. Physics

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

1994 - pres Research Professor, Departments of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle
1999 - pres Research Review Coordinator, Health Services Research and Development, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle
1998 - pres Coordinator, Data Management, Epidemiologic Research and Information Center, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle
1993 - pres Director, Post-Ph.D. Fellowship Training Program, Health Services Research and Development, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System
1987 - pres Member, International Health Program, School of Public Health, University of Washington
1992 - 1997 Director, Center for Cooperative Studies in Health Services, Department of Veterans Affairs
1994 - 1995 Member, Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle
1985 - 1994 Research Associate Professor, Departments of Health Services and Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington
1988 - 1990 Associate Member, Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
1978 - 1985 Research Assistant Professor, Departments of Dental Public Health Sciences, Health Services, and Orthodontics, University of Washington
1977 - 1978 Director of Health Systems Evaluation, Minnesota Center for Social Research, University of Minnesota
1976 - 1977 Research Fellow, Minnesota Center for Social Research, University of Minnesota
1974 - 1976 Chairman, Department of Psychology, Bowdoin College
1973 - 1975 Field Faculty, Graduate Program, Goddard College
1972 - 1976 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Bowdoin College
1970 - 1971 Instructor, Department of Psychology, Bowdoin College, Brunswick
1969 - 1970 Research Assistant, Department of Institutional Research, Hunter College
1962 - 1964 Research Assistant, Department of Biophysics, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research

SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND HONORS

1989 - 1990 Fulbright Fellow, African Research Program, Niger, Cost-Effectiveness of Nutritional Rehabilitation Programs for Malnourished Children
1984 - 1986 National Institutes of Health Young Investigator Award (NIDR), Preventive Services Adoption in Private Dental Practices
1976 - 1977 N.I.M.H. Postdoctoral Fellow, Evaluation Methodology, University of Minnesota
1966 - 1969 National Defense Education Act Fellowship, City University of New York
1962 - 1966 Proctor and Gamble Scholarship, Carnegie Mellon University

PAPERS IN REFEREED JOURNALS

  1. Chapko MK. Self-other discrepancy in ethical risk- taking. Psychological Reports 1973; 32:706.

  2. Chapko MK and Solomon H. The cross-situational validity of risk as a value. Memory and Cognition 1974; 2:497-500.

  3. Chapko MK and Lewis MH. Authoritarianism and All in the Family. Journal of Psychology 1975; 90:245-248.

  4. Chapko MK and Solomon H. Air pollution and recreational behavior. Journal of Social Psychology 1976; 100:149-150.

  5. Chapko MK and Revers R. Contagion in a crowd: The effects of size and initial discrepancy from unanimity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1976; 33:382-386.

  6. Chapko MK. Black ads are getting blacker. Journal of Communication, 1976; 26:175-178.

  7. Chapko MK and Revers R. Contagion in a crowd: Conditions under which a crowd will reverse itself. Journal of Social Psychology 1978; 105:313-314.

  8. Chapko MK and Rettig S. Comment on determinant of scientific progress. American Psychologist 1978 28:1140-1141.

  9. Bresolin D, Shapiro PA, Shapiro GG, Chapko MK and Dassel S. Mouthbreathing in allergic children: Its relationship to dentofacial development. American Journal of Orthodontics 1983; 83:334-340.

  10. Milgrom P, Bergner M, Chapko M, Conrad D and Skalabrin N. The Washington State Dental Auxiliary Project: Delegating expanded functions in general practice. Journal of the American Dental Association 1983; 107:776-781.

  11. Bergner M, Milgrom P, Chapko M, Conrad D and Skalabrin N. The Washington State Dental Auxiliary Project: Quality of Care in Private Practice. Journal of the American Dental Association 1983; 107:781-786.

  12. Bresolin D, Shapiro PA, Shapiro GG, Dassel SW, Furukawa CT, Pierson WE, Chapko MK and Bierman CW. Facial characteristics of children who breathe through the mouth. Pediatrics 1984; 73:622-625.

  13. Chapko M, Milgrom P, Bergner M, Conrad D and Skalabrin N. The effects of continuing education in dental practice management. Journal of Dental Education 1985; 48:659-664.

  14. Chapko M, Milgrom P, Bergner M, Conrad D and Skalabrin N. Delegation of expanded functions to dental assistants and hygienists. American Journal of Public Health 1985; 75:61-65.

  15. Chapko M, Bergner M, Green K, Beach B, Milgrom P and Skalabrin N. Development and validation of a measure of dental patient satisfaction. Medical Care 1985; 23:39- 49.

  16. Shields TE, Little RM and Chapko MK. Stability and relapse of mandibular anterior alignment: A cephalometric appraisal of first premolar extraction cases treated by traditional edgewise orthodontics. American Journal of Orthodontics 1985; 87:27-38.

  17. Milgrom P, Chapko M, Milgrom L and Weinstein P. Quality assurance and the role of self-evaluation and continuing education. Dental Clinics of North America 1985; 29:531- 544.

  18. Chapko M, Bergner M, Beach B, Green K, Milgrom P and Skalabrin N. Development of a measure of job satisfaction for dentists and dental auxiliaries. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 1986; 14:76-79.

  19. Chapko MK, Norman J, Bell-Hart M, Nagusky D, Connell FA. Increasing the Utilization of Outpatient Diabetes Education Programs. The Diabetes Educator 1987; 13:116-119.

  20. Chapko MK. A study of the intentional use of pit and fissure sealants over carious lesions. Journal of Public Health Dentistry 1987; 47:139-142.

  21. Shapiro GG, Furukawa CT, Pierson WE, Chapko MK, Sharpe M, Bierman CW. Double-blind, dose-response study of metaproterenol inhalant solution in children with acute asthma. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 1987; 79:378-386.

  22. Artun J, Spadafora A, Shapiro PA, Chapko MK, McNeill RW. Hygiene status associated with different types of bonded, orthodontic canine-to-canine retainers. Journal of Clinical Periodontology 1987; 14:89-94.

  23. Chapko M. Diffusion of knowledge in dentistry: The pit and fissure sealant conferences. International Journal of Health Care Technology 1988; 4:309-318.

  24. Milgrom P, Weinstein P, Chapko M, Grembowski D, Spadafora A. Oral Self Care: Dentist's attitudes and behaviors in counseling patients about oral self care. Journal of the American College of Dentists 1988; 55:48-53.

  25. Chapko M, Syrjala K, Schilter L, Cummings C, Sullivan K. Chemoradiotherapy toxicity during bone marrow transplantation: time course and variation in pain and nausea. Bone Marrow Transplantation 1989; 4,181-186.

  26. Remington DN, Joondeph DR, Artun J, Reidel RA, and Chapko MK. Long-term evaluation of root resorption occurring during treatment. American Journal of Orthodontics 1989; 96:43-46.

  27. Chapko M, Weissert W, Ehreth JL, Hedrick S, and Kelly J. A model for reducing the cost of care in VA medical centers that offer adult day health care. Journal of Health and Aging. 1990; 2:501-513.

  28. Shapiro GG, Kemp JP, DeJong R, Chapko M and Bierman CW. Effects of albuterol and procaterol on exercise-induced asthma. Annals of Allergy. 1990; 65:273-276.

  29. Ades AG, Joondeph DR, Little RM, Chapko MK. A long term study of the relationship of third molar to mandibular dental arch changes. American Journal of Orthodontics 1990; 97:323-335.

  30. Ades AG, Joondeph DR, Little RM, Chapko MK. Langzeitstudie uber die zusammenhange zwischen dritten Molaren und veranderungen im unteren Zahnbogen, Orthodontie und Kieferorthopadie, 1990; 3:329-346.

  31. Chapko MK, Touré IA, Salissou O. The cost of hospital care in Niger for cardiovascular disease associated with hypertension. Health Policy and Planning. 1991;6:320-326.

  32. Chapko MK, Ehreth JL, and Hedrick S. Methods of determining the cost of health care in the Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and other non-priced settings. Evaluation and the Health Professions. 1991; 14:282-303.

  33. Chapko MK. Time to adoption of an innovation by dentists in private practice: Sealant Utilization Journal of Public Health Dentistry. 1991; 51:144-151.

  34. Chapko MK, Syrjala KL, Bush N, Jedlow C, Yanke MR. Development of a behavioral measure of mouth pain, nausea, and wellness for patients receiving radiation and chemotherapy. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 1991; 6:15-22.

  35. Hedrick SC, Rothman ML, Chapko MK, Inui TS, Kelly JR, Ehreth J. Adult day health care evaluation study: methodology and implementation. Health Services Research 1991; 25:935-960.

  36. Touré AT, Salissou O, Chapko MK. Hospitalizations in Niger (West Africa) for complications from arterial hypertension. American Journal of Hypertension. 1992;5:322- 324.

  37. Schubert MM, Williams BE, Lloid ME, Donaldson G, Chapko MK. Clinical assessment scale for the rating of oral mucosal changes following bone marrow transplantation: Development of an oral mucositis index. Cancer. 1992; 69:2469-2477.

  38. Syrjala KL, Chapko MK, Vitaliano PP, Cummings C, Sullivan KM. Recovery after allogeneic marrow transplantation: prospective study of predictors of long-term physical and psychosocial functioning. Bone Marrow Transplantation. 1993; 11, 319-327.

  39. Ehreth JL, Chapko MK, and Hedrick S. Financial management of posthospital care programs. Health Care Management Review. 1993; 18:67-76.

  40. Somsé P, Chapko MK, Hawkins R. Multiple sexual partners: results of a national HIV/AIDS survey in the Central African Republic. AIDS. 1993; 7:579-583.

  41. Chapko MK, Rothman ML, Ehreth JL, Hedrick SC, Sullivan JH, Erdly W, Cooper S. Data collection in the adult day health care evaluation study. Medical Care. 1993; 31:SS15-SS25.

  42. Ehreth JL, Chapko MK, Hedrick SH, Savarino JE. Cost of VA Adult day health care programs and their effect on utilization and cost of health care. Medical Care. 1993; 31:SS50-SS61.

  43. Chapko MK, Ehreth JL, Hedrick SH, Rothman ML. Effects of adult day health care on utilization and cost of care for subgroups of patients. Medical Care. 1993; 31:SS62-SS74.

  44. Ehreth JE, Chapko MK, Hedrick SC, Comparison of utilization and cost among contract adult day health care, VA adult day health care, and customary care. Medical Care. 1993; 31:SS84-SS93.

  45. Hedrick SC, Rothman ML, Chapko MK, Ehreth J, Diehr P, Inui TS, Connis RT, Grover PL, Kelly JR. Summary and discussion of methods and results of the adult day health care evaluation study. Medical Care. 1993; 31:SS94-SS103.

  46. Hedrick SC, Chapko MK, Ehreth J, Rothman ML, Kelly JR, Inui TS. Implications of the adult day health care evaluation study for program revision and research. Medical Care. 1993; 31:SS104-SS115.

  47. Hedrick SC, Rothman ML, Chapko M, Inui TS, Kelly JR, J Ehreth. Overview and patient recruitment in the adult day health care evaluation study. Medical Care. 1993; 31:SS3- SS14.

  48. Chapko MK, Prual A, Gamatié Y, Maazou AA. Randomized clinical trial comparing hospital and ambulatory care for malnourished children in Niger. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 1994;40:225-230.

  49. Syrjala KL and Chapko MK. Evidence for a biopsychosocial model of cancer treatment- related pain. Pain. 1995;61:69-79.

  50. Chapko KM, Weaver MR, Chapko MK, Adamson GD, Pasta D. Stability of in-vitro fertilization success rates from the 1989, 1990, and 1991 Clinic Specific Outcome Assessments. Fertility and Sterility. 1995;64:757-763.

  51. Weaver M, Ndamobissi R, Kornfield R, Blewane C, Sathe A, Chapko M, Bendje N, Nguembi E, Senwara-Defiobona J. Willingness to pay for child survival: results of a national survey in Central African Republic. Social Science and Medicine. 1996;43:985- 998.

  52. Gresenguet G, Kreiss JK, Chapko MK, Hillier SL, Weiss NS. HIV infection and vaginal douching in Central Africa. AIDS. 1997;11:101-106.

  53. Somsé P, Chapko MK, Wata JB, Bondha P, Gonda B, Johnson D, Downer A, Kimball AM. Evaluation of a AIDS Training Program for Traditional Healers in the Central African Republic. AIDS Education and Prevention. 1999;10:558-564.

  54. Maynard C, Chapko MK, Every NR, Martin DC, Ritchie JL. Coronary angioplasty outcomes in the Health Care Cost and Utilization Project, 1993-1994. American Journal of Cardiology. 1998;81:848-52.

  55. Ritchie JL, Maynard C, Chapko MK, Every NR, Martin DC. A comparison of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in the Department of Veterans Affairs and in the private sector in the state of Washington. American Journal of Cardiology. 1998;81:1094-1099.

  56. Syrjala KL, Roth-Roemer SL, Abrams JR, Scanlan JM, Chapko MK, Visser S, Sanders JE. Prevalence and predictors of sexual dysfunction in long-term survivors of marrow transplantation. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 1998;16:3148-3157.

  57. Somsé P, Chapko MK, Wata JB, Bondha P, Gonda B, Johnson D, Downer A, Kimball AM. Evaluation of a AIDS Training Program for Traditional Healers in the Central African Republic. AIDS Education and Prevention. 1999;10:558-564.

  58. Chapko MK, Somsé P, Kimball AM, Hawkins RV, Massanga M. Predictors of rape in the Central African Republic. Health Care for Women International. 1999;20:71-79.

  59. Chapko MK, Fisher ES, Welch HG. When shall this patient be seen again? Effective Clinical Practice, 1999;2:37-43.

  60. Welch G., Chapko MK, James KE, Schwartz LM, Woloshin S. The role of patients and providers in the timing of follow-up visits. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1999;14:223-229.

  61. Ritchie JL, Maynard C, Chapko MK, Every NR, Martin DC. Association between percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty volumes and outcomes in the healthcare cost and utilization project 1993-1994. American Journal of Cardiology, 1999;83:493-497.

  62. Chapko MK, Hedrick SH. Cost as a study outcome: sensitivity of study conclusions to the method of estimating cost. Medical Care, 1999;37:AS37-AS44.

  63. Forster A, Young J, Langhorne P, on behalf of the Day Hospital Group (M. Chapko, Member) Systematic Review of Day Hospital Care for Elderly People. British Medical Journal. 1999; 318, 837-841.

  64. Ritchie JL, Maynard C, Every NR, Chapko MK. Coronary artery stent outcomes in a Medicare population: less emergency bypass surgery and lower mortality in stent patients. American Heart Journal. 1999;138:437-440.

  65. Maynard C, Every NR, Chapko MK, Ritchie JL. Institutional volumes and coronary angioplasty outcomes in California: Results before and after the Introduction of Stenting. Effective Clinical Practice. 1999;2:108-113.

  66. Donaldson GW, Moinpour CM, Bush NE, Chapko M, Jocom J, Siadak M, Nielsen-Stoeck M, Bradshaw JM, Bichindaritz I, Sullivan KM. Physician participation in research surveys: a randomized study of inducements to return mailed research questionnaires. Evaluation and the Health Professions. 1999;22:427-441.

  67. Maynard C, Every NR, Chapko MK, Ritchie JL. Decline in the number of low volume hospitals performing coronary angioplasty in California, 1989-1996. American Journal of Cardiology. in press.

  68. Maynard C, Every NR, Chapko MK, Ritchie JL. Improved outcomes associated with stenting in the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project. Journal of Interventional Cardiology, in press.

  69. Maynard C, Every NR, Chapko MK, Ritchie JL. Coronary angioplasty outcomes in rural hospitals: Results from the Medicare Provider Analysis and Review Files. American Journal of Medicine, in press.

  70. Thompson NJ, Boyko EJ, Dominitz JA, Belcher DW, Chesebro BB, Stephens LM, Chapko MK. A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Clinic-Based Support Staff Intervention to Increase the Rate of Fecal Occult Blood Test Ordering. Preventive Medicine. 2000;30:244-251.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  1. Weiss W and Chapko MK. The media and the black social revolution. In BT King and E McGinnies (Eds.), Attitudes, Conflict and Social Change. New York: Academic Press, 1972; 144-152.

  2. Moinpour CM, Chapko MK, Sullivan KM, Kirk S. Cost issues for BMT. In Buchsel PC, Whedon MB (Ed), Bone Marrow Transplant: Administrative and Clinical Strategies. Boston:Jones and Bartlett, 1995; 427-441.

  3. Hedrick SC, Rothman ML, Chapko M, Ehreth J, Inui TS, Kelly JR, Connis RT, Diehr P. Evaluations of Effectiveness and Costs of Adult Day Care. In Romeis JC, Coe RM, Morley JE. (Ed), Applying Health Services Research to Long-Term care. New York:Springer, 1996; 100-112.

ABSTRACTS

  1. Chapko MK and Revers R. Contagion in a crowd: A test of three models. Eastern Psychological Association, New York, 1975.

  2. Chapko MK, Milgrom P, Bergner M, Conrad D, Skalabrin N and Williams P. Expanded duties in dental private practice: Factors influencing participation in a demonstration study. American Public Health Association, New York, 1979.

  3. Chapko MK. Cost-benefit analysis of dental bite-wing radiographs. International Association for Dental Research, Chicago, 1981.

  4. Chapko MK, Milgrom P, Bergner M, Conrad D and Skalabrin N. Washington State Dental Auxiliaries Project: Management Training Effects on Practices. American Association for Dental Research, Cincinnati, 1983.

  5. Chapko MK, Conrad D, Milgrom M, Bergner M and Skalabrin N. Delegation to dental auxiliaries and dentist's net income. International Association for Dental Research, Anaheim, 1984.

  6. Chapko MK. Prevalence of the intentional use of sealants over carious lesions. International Association for Dental Research, Las Vegas, 1985.

  7. Chapko MK. Adoption of pit and fissure sealants by dentists in Washington State. American Association of Public Health Dentistry, San Francisco, 1985.

  8. Chapko MK. Sealant Consensus Conferences and dentists' knowledge, attitude and behavior. International Association for Dental Research, The Hague, 1986.

  9. Chapko MK, Sullivan KM, Syrjala KL, Cummings C, Chapman CR, Oral pain resulting from chemoradiotherapy in a bone marrow transplant setting. International Association for the Study of Pain, Hamburg, 1987.

  10. Chapko MK, Toure IA, Salissou O. The cost of hospital care in Niger for cardiovascular disease associated with hypertension. American Public Health Association, New York, 1990.

  11. Chapko MK, Sullivan KM, Moinpour C. Cost-effectiveness of early hospital discharge with home nursing care for bone marrow transplant recipients. Department of Veterans Affairs Annual Health Services Research and Development Meeting, 1993.

  12. Chapko MK, Prual A, GamatiJ Y, Maazou AA. Randomized clinical trial comparing hospital and ambulatory care for malnourished children in Niger. APHA, S.F., 1993.

  13. Chapko MK, Borowsky SJ, Fortney JC, Hedeen AN, Hoegle M, Maciejewski ML, VanDeusen Lukas C. Evaluating VA Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) Using VA Databases. Department of Veterans Affairs Annual Health Services Research and Development Meeting, 2000.

FUNDED RESEARCH

  1. The Evaluation of the Impact of TEAM Training on Dental Practices (Contract No. HRA 232-80-0019) Principal Investigator, 1980 ($106,729).

  2. Increasing Participation in Diabetes Education Programs, Co-Investigator, 1983-1985, Center for Disease Control ($27,000).

  3. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Primary Treatment of Esophageal Cancer, Co-Investigator, 1984, Veterans Administration (Planning Contract).

  4. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Rimantadine Therapy for Influenza A Virus, Principal Investigator, 1985, Veterans Administration (Planning Contract).

  5. Preventive Services Adoption in Private Dental Practices, (R123DE06208-01A2), Principal Investigator, 1984-1985, National Institute of Dental Research ($104,789).

  6. Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Costs of Adult Day Health Care, Co-Investigator, 1985 Veterans Administration (Planning contract).

  7. Development of Behavioral Measures of Pain Associated with Oral Mucositis, Principal Investigator, 1985-1987, Biomedical Research Support Grant, University of Washington.

  8. Longitudinal Evaluation of a School Antismoking Program, Co-Investigator, 1984-1989, National Cancer Institute ($1,891,730).

  9. Aplastic Anemia Center Grant: Cost of Day Hospital for Bone Marrow Transplant Patients, Co-Investigator, 1986-1990, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institution ($5,354,278).

  10. Evaluation of the Child Survival Programs in Niger: Baseline Survey in Dosso and Diffa, Principal Investigator, 1989-1990, Africare, Washington D.C. (Small Research Contract).

  11. Chemoradiotherapy Toxicity: Biophysical and Biosocial Determinants, Manifestations and Consequences of Stress in Bone Marrow Transplant Patients, Principal Investigator, 1986-1990, National Cancer Institute ($399,735).

  12. Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Cost of VA Adult Day Health Care, Co-Investigator, 1986-1991, Veterans Administration ($2,528,789).

  13. Evaluation of the Cost and Safety of Early Discharge for Bone Marrow Transplant Patients, Co-Investigator, 1989-1992, Critical Care of America ($352,000).

  14. Evaluation of AIDS prevention and control programs in the Central African Republic. Investigator, 1991-1992, Centers for Disease Control (Contract).

  15. Statistical analysis of a national health care expenditure survey in the Central African Republic, 1992-1993, Abt Associates Inc. (Contract).

  16. Community-based STD and HIV/AIDS intervention: Delineating, broadening, and strengthening the role of traditional healers in the Central African Republic, Co- Investigator, 1994-1996, World AIDS Foundation ($100,000).

  17. Enhancing recovery from bone marrow transplantation. Investigator, 1994-1998, National Cancer Institute, ($1,849,082).

  18. Evaluation of the Data Collection Pilot Program (Means Testing and Income Verification), Principal Investigator, 1994-1996, Department of Veterans Affairs ($402,205).

  19. Effectiveness of Geriatric Evaluation and Management. Co-Investigator, 1994-1995, Department of Veterans Affairs ($911,680).

  20. Coronary Angioplasty Outcomes -- Veterans and the Private Sector. Co-Investigator, 1995-1998, Department of Veterans Affairs ($235,353).

  21. Hawaii Vietnam Veterans Project: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Principal Investigator, 1995, Department of Veterans Affairs ($803,604).

  22. Cost and Outcomes of Telephone Care, Investigator, 1995-1997, Department of Veterans Affairs ($500,000).

  23. Evaluation of the VHA Clinical Workstation Prototype Project, Principal Investigator, 1996-1998, Department of Veterans Affairs ($345,948).

  24. Computerized Decision Support for Posttransplant Care. Co-Investigator, 1997-1999, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research ($1,543,373).

  25. Evaluation of Subacute Rehabilitative Care. Investigator, 1997-1999, Department of Veterans Affairs ($270,900).

  26. An Evaluation of the VA Multi-State Nursing Home Contract Initiative. Investigator, 1996-1997, Department of Veterans Affairs ($93,206).

  27. Effectiveness of Team Treatment of Depression in Primary Care, Investigator, 1997-2000, Department of Veterans Affairs ($521,427)

  28. Evaluation of a Computer-Assisted Neuropsychological Screening Battery. Investigator, 1997-1999, Department of Veterans Affairs ($801,064).

  29. 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Imaging in the Management of Patients with Solitary Pulmonary Nodules, Co-Investigator, 1997-2003, Department of Veterans Affairs ($2,487,475).

  30. Evaluation of Community Based Outpatient Clinics, Principal Investigator, 1998-2000, Department of Veterans Affairs ($201,045).

  31. Evaluation of VHA Computerized Patient Record System, Principal Investigator, 1999-2000, Department of Veterans Affairs ($229,477).

THESIS/DISSERTATION COMMITTEES

2000 Christian Lovis, M.D. Evaluation of a natural language-based order entry pathway for the Department of Veterans Affair Electronic Patient Record, (Chair).
1998 Marcel Lama, M.D. Community and health committee perspectives on the management of cost recovery at district health facilities in the Central African Republic.
1995 Pierre Somsé, M.D. Community-based SAD and HIV/AIDS intervention: Delineating, broadening and strengthening the role of traditional healers in the Central African Republic (Chair).
1995 Gerard Gresenguet, M.D. Bacterial vaginosis, douching, and HIV infection in Central the African Republic .
1990 Patricia J. Hennessy, M.D. A process evaluation of compliance, satisfaction, and outcomes of participants in a pre-term birth prevention project (Chair).
1990 Marianne Hansen Biosocial assessment of sexual functioning and relationships one year after bone marrow transplantation (Chair).
1989 Scotteberlie Cooper Analysis of staff activities at four adult day health care centers.
1988 Beverly Ann Wagener A comparison of patient satisfaction between two groups of HMO patient participants in a randomized controlled clinical trial testing effectiveness of alternative forms of providing preventive services.
1988 Thomas G. Atkins, M.D. An evaluation of the level of performance of fluoridator operators before and after the initiation of a fluoride incentive program by the Portland area Indian Health Service (Chair).
1986 Tara Wolff A study of injured loggers in Washington State (Chair).
1986 Elaine Bild Assessment of regulatory and non-regulatory control strategies on an area-wide source of air pollution: a case study of Missoula, Montana, 1986 (Chair).
1986 Marc E. Lee, M.D. Changing physician behavior: the role of the process audit in medical quality assurance (Chair).
1985 Shirley Moss Program evaluation for family planning health educators in the Seattle-King County Department of Public Health (Chair).

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