Curriculum Vitae Notarization. I have read the following and certify that this curriculum vitae is a current and accurate statement of my professional record. Signature_____________________________________ Date__April 25, 2015________________ I. Personal Information I.A. UID, Last Name, First Name, Middle Name, Contact Information UID: 107656704 Carter-Pokras, Olivia, Denise Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics University of Maryland School of Public Health 2234G SPH Building College Park, Maryland 20742 opokras@umd.edu http://www.sph.umd.edu/people/olivia-carter-pokras I.B. Academic Appointments at UMD 2007-Present Associate Professor (tenure), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Maryland College Park School of Public Health (formerly College of Health and Human Performance), College Park, MD 2002-Present Associate Professor (2002-2006); Secondary Associate Professor (2007-Present); Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (was Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine), University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore MD. I.C. Administrative Appointments at UMD I.D. Other Employment 1997-2002 Director, Division of Policy and Data, Office of Minority Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville MD (Promoted to GS15). 1996-Present Associate faculty member, Department of Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. 1991-1997 Public Health Analyst, Division of Policy and Data, Office of Minority Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD. 1982-1991 Health Statistician, Medical Statistics Branch, Division of Health Examination Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD (Entered as GS9). 1979-1981 Peace Corps Volunteer, Kisii Kenya. I.E. Educational Background 1994 1982 The Johns Hopkins University, Epidemiology Ph.D. Dissertation: “Detection of heavy alcohol drinking: evaluation and application of biochemical tests” The Johns Hopkins University, Biostatistics M.H.S. 1979 Tulane University, Biology B.S. I.F. Professional Certifications and Licenses II. Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities ^ designates the author with intellectual leadership on jointly authored papers # are co-authors mentored as undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty research assistants, and junior faculty. II.A. Books II.A.1. Books Authored Zambrana RE^, Carter-Pokras O, Valdez RB, Villarruel AM, #Nunez NP. Drawing from the Data: Working Effectively with Latino. A Guide for Health and Family Support Practitioners. American Academy of Pediatrics and Family Support America. 2004. II.A.2. Books Edited II.A.3. Books Translated (as translator) II.A.4. Textbooks II.A.5. Major Reference Works II.A.6. Exhibition Catalogs II.A.7. Other II.B. Chapters II.B.1. Books 1. Carter-Pokras O^, #Fischer A. Chapter 3. Improvements in Latino Health Data. In: Health Issues in Latino Males: A Social and Structural Approach. Rutgers University Press. May 2010. ISBN-10: 0813546044, ISBN-13: 978-0813546049. 2. Carter-Pokras O^, #Kanamori M. Chapter 14. An Overview of Latino Males’ Health Status. In: Health Issues in Latino Males: A Social and Structural Approach. Rutgers University Press. May 2010. ISBN-10: 0813546044, ISBN-13: 978-0813546049. 3. Carter-Pokras O^, Delisser H. Introduction. In: Hark L, DeLisser H, Morrison G (eds). Achieving cultural competency: a case-based approach to training health professionals. Wiley-Blackwell. 2009. (ISBN-10:1405180722; ISBN-13:9781405180726). §Also Associate Editor 4. Carter-Pokras O^. Zambrana RE. Chapter 2: Latino Health Status. In: Health Issues in the Latino Community. Jossey-Bass. 2001. 5. Carter-Pokras O^. Chapter 3: Health Profile. In: Molina C, Aguirre-Molina M (ed) Latino Health in the U.S.: A Growing Challenge. American Public Health Association: Washington DC, 1994. 6. Ramirez A^, Valdez R, Carter-Pokras O. Chapter 8: Cancer. In: Molina C, AguirreMolina M (ed) Latino Health in the U.S.: A Growing Challenge. American Public Health Association: Washington DC, 1994. 7. Carter-Pokras O^. Appendix: Using Vital Statistics to Assess Health Status. In: Molina C, Aguirre-Molina M (ed) Latino Health in the U.S.: A Growing Challenge. American Public Health Association: Washington DC, 1994. 8. Nigg HN^, Beier RC, Carter O, Chaisson C, Franklin C, Lavy T, Lewis RG, Lombardo P, McCarthy JF, Maddy KT, Moses M, Norris D, Peck C, Skinner K, Tardiff RG. "Exposure to Pesticides" In: Baker SR, Wilkinson CF (ed). The Effect of Pesticides on Human Health. Advances in Modern Environmental Toxicology. Princeton NJ: Princeton Scientific Pub Co, Inc. 1990. II.B.2. Collections II.B.3. Encyclopedia 1. Zambrana RE^, Carter-Pokras O. Latino Health and Behavior. In: Anderson NB (Ed). Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior. Sage Publications. January 2004. II.B.4. Series II.B.5. Research Paper II.B.6. Other 1. Carter-Pokras O^. Chapter 1. Cultural Competence Rationale, Context, and Definition. In: Cultural Competency in the Medical Profession. InforMed. 2008, 2013. 2. Carter-Pokras O^. Chapter 2. Patterns of Health Disparities and Strategies to Eliminate Them. In: Cultural Competency in the Medical Profession. InforMed. 2008, 2013. 3. Carter-Pokras O^. Toward a Healthy Hispanic Population: Healthy People 2010. In: Bond ML, Jones ME, Ashwill J (eds). Crossing Borders in Hispanic Health Care: Implementing and Evaluating Cultural Competence in the Health Workforce. University of Texas at Arlington, School of Nursing, Arlington, Texas. 2000. II.C. Articles in Refereed Journals 1. #Kanamori M^, Carter-Pokras O, Madhavan S, Lee S, He X, Feldman R. Associations Between Orphan and Vulnerable Child Caregiving, Household Wealth Disparities, and Women’s Overweight Status in Three Southern African Countries Participating in Demographic Health Surveys. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2015 Jan 29. [Epub ahead of print] 2. #Kanamori M^, Beck K, Carter-Pokras O. Understanding How Social Network and Mass Media Factors Can Influence Cigarette Smoking among Asthmatic Adolescents. Journal of School Health. 2015 Mar;85(3):155-62. doi: 10.1111/josh.12238. 3. Goode TD^, Carter-Pokras O, Horner-Johnson W, Yee S. Parallel tracks: reflections on the need for collaborative health disparities research on race/ethnicity and disability. Medical Care. 2014 Oct;52 Suppl 3:S3-8. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000201. PMCID: PMC4166530. 4. #Martinez-Garcia G^, Carter-Pokras O, Atkinson N, Portnoy B, Lee S. Do Latino youth really want to get pregnant?: Assessing pregnancy wantedness among male and female Latino youth. American Journal of Sexuality Education. 2014;9(3):329-346. 5. #Kanamori M^, Carter-Pokras O, Madhavan S, Feldman R, He X, Lee S. Orphan/vulnerable child caregiving moderates the association between women’s autonomy and their BMI in three African countries. AIDS Care. 2014;3:1-10. 6. Wallen J^, Randolph S, Carter-Pokras O, Feldman R, #Kanamori M. “Every year I say I’m going to stop:” Engaging African Americans in smoking cessation programs. American Journal of Health Education. 2014;45:151-157. 7. #Okafor MT^, Carter-Pokras O, Zhan M. Greater Dietary Acculturation (Dietary Change) is associated with Poorer Current Self-rated Health among African Immigrant Adults. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 01/2014; DOI:10.1016/j.jneb.2013.11.015 8. #Carvajal DN^, Ghazarian SR, Crowne SS, Brown PB, Pokras OC, Duggan AK, Barnet B. Is Depression Associated with Contraceptive Motivations, Intentions, and Use Among a Sample of Low-Income Latinas. Womens Health Issues. 2014 January February;24(1):e105-e113. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2013.10.003. PMID: 24439935. ?<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24439935> 9. Polk S, Carter-Pokras O, Dover G, Cheng TL^. A Call to Invest in Latino and Immigrant Child Health. Journal of Pediatrics;2013 Nov;163(5):1240-1241. 10. #Okafor M-TC^, Carter-Pokras OD, Picot SJ, Zhan M. The Relationship of Language Acculturation (English Proficiency) to Current Self-rated Health among African Immigrant Adults. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 2013 Jun;15(3):499-509. doi: 10.1007/s10903-012-9614-6. 11. Carter-Pokras O^, #Offutt-Powell TN, Kaufman JS, Giles WH, Mays VM. Epidemiology, Policy and Racial/Ethnic Minority Health Disparities. Annals of Epidemiology. 2012;22:446– 455. PMCID: PMC3724931 12. Davis F^, #Peterson C, #Bandiera F, Carter-Pokras O, Brownson R. How do we more effectively move epidemiology into policy action? Annals of Epidemiology. 2012;22:413– 416. 13. Vargas-Bustamante A^, Fang H, Garza J, Carter-Pokras O, Wallace SP, Rizzo J, Ortega A. Variations in Healthcare Access and Utilization Among Mexican Immigrants: The Role of Documentation Status. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 2012;14:146–155. PMCID:BPMC3256312 14. Lie D, Carter-Pokras O^, Braun B, Coleman C. What Do Health Literacy and Cultural Competence Have in Common? Calling for a Collaborative Health Professional Pedagogy. Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives. 2012;17(Sup 3):13-22. PMCID: PMC4263028. 15. Carter-Pokras O^, #Jaschek G, Martinez IL, Brown P, Mora S, Newton N, Luciani I. Perspectives on Latino Lay Health Promoter Programs: Maryland, 2009. American Journal of Public Health. 2011;101:2281–2286. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300317. PMCID: PMC3222417 16. Carter-Pokras O^, Feldman RH, #Kanamori M, Rivera I, #Chen L, Baezconde-Garbanati L, Nodora J, Noltenius J. Barriers and Facilitators to Smoking Cessation among Latino Adults. Journal of the National Medical Association. 2011;103:423-431. 17. Voorhees CC^, #Ye C, Carter-Pokras O, MacPherson L, #Kanamori M, Zhang G, #Chen L, Fiedler R. Peers, Tobacco Advertising, and Secondhand Smoke Exposure Influences Smoking Initiation in Diverse Adolescents. American Journal of Health Promotion 2011 JanFeb;25(3):e1-e11. 18. Carter-Pokras OD^, Johnson TM, #Bethune LA, #Ye C, Fried JL, #Chen L, Fiedler R. Lost opportunities for smoking cessation among adults with diabetes in Florida (2007) and Maryland (2006). Prev Chronic Dis 2011;8(3). PMCID: PMC3103556 19. Carter-Pokras O^, #Bereknyei S, Lie D, Braddock CH for the National Consortium for Multicultural Education for Health Professionals. Surmounting the unique challenges in health disparities education: a multi-institution qualitative study. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2010;25(Suppl 2):S108-14. PMCID: PMC2847111. 20. Gryczynski J^, Feldman R, Carter-Pokras O, #Kanamori M, #Chen L, Roth S. Contexts of tobacco use and perspectives on smoking cessation among a sample of urban American Indians. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2010;21:544-558. 21. Zambrana RE^, Carter-Pokras O. Role of Acculturation Research in Advancing Science and Practice in Reducing Health Care Disparities Among Latinos. American Journal of Public Health 2010 Jan;100(1):18-23. PMCID: PMC2791264. 22. Dogra N^, #Reitmanova S, Carter-Pokras O. Teaching cultural diversity: current status in U.K., U.S., and Canadian medical schools. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2010;25(Suppl 2):S164-8. PMCID: PMC2847109. 23. Carter-Pokras O^, Acosta DA, Lie D, #Bereknyei S, DeLisser H, Haidet P, Gill A, Hildebrandt C, Crandall S, Kondwani K, Glick S. for the National Consortium for Multicultural Education for Health Professionals. Curricular Products from the National Consortium for Multicultural Education for Health Professionals. MDNG: Focus on Multicultural Healthcare. 2009. 24. Martinez IL^, Carter-Pokras O, Brown PB. Addressing the Challenges of Latino Health Research: Community-based approaches in an emergent urban community. Journal of the National Medical Association 2009 Sep;101(9):908-14. 25. #St. Charles M^, Weiss SR, Beardsley R, Fedder D, Carter-Pokras O, #Cross RK. Gastroenterologists Prescribing of Infliximab for Crohn’s Disease: A National Survey. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2009 Oct;15(10:1467-75. 26. Carter-Pokras O^, Spirtas R, #Bethune L, Mays V, Freeman V, Cozier Y. The Training of Epidemiologists and Diversity in Epidemiology: Findings from the 2006 Congress of Epidemiology Survey. Annals of Epidemiology 2009 Apr;19(4):268-75.† 27. Carter-Pokras O^, #Bethune L. Social Science and Medicine Commentary. Response to article: Defining and Measuring Acculturation: A Systematic Review of Public Health Studies with Hispanic Population in the United States. Social Science and Medicine 2009 doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.06.042 [Invited] 28. Dogra N^, #Reitmanova S, Carter-Pokras O. Twelve tips for teaching diversity and embedding it in the curriculum. Medical Teacher. 2009; 31(11): 990-993. PMCID: PMC2967223. 29. #Johnston-Briggs B^, Liu J, Carter-Pokras O, Barnet B. Effect of partner relationships on motivation to use condoms among adolescent mothers. Journal of the National Medical Association. 2008;100(8):929-935. 30. #Ryder PT^, #Wolpert B, Orwig D, Carter-Pokras O, Black SA. Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Older Urban African Americans. Journal of the National Medical Association. 2008;100(10): 1186-1192. 31. Carter-Pokras O^, Brown PB; Martinez I, Solano H, Rivera MI, #Pierpont Y. LatinAmerican Trained Nurse Perspective on Latino Health Disparities. J Transcultural Nursing 2008 Apr;19(2):161-6. 32. Carter-Pokras O^, Zambrana RE, Yankelvich G, #Estrada M, Castillo-Salgado C, Ortega AN. Health status of Mexican-origin persons: Do proxy measures of acculturation advance our understanding of health disparities? Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 2008 Dec;10(6):475-88. 33. #Donovan M^, #Lunney K, Carter-Pokras O, #Cross R. Prescribing Patterns and Awareness of Adverse Effects of Infliximab: A Health Survey of Gastroenterologists. Digestive Diseases and Sciences; 2007 Apr 7 [Epub ahead of print] 34. Carter-Pokras O^, Zambrana RE, Mora SE, Aaby KA. Emergency preparedness: knowledge and perceptions of Latin American immigrants. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved; 2007;18:465-481. a. Reprinted in: Carter-Pokras O^, Zambrana RE, Mora SE, Aaby KA. Emergency preparedness: knowledge and perceptions of Latin American immigrants. In: Brennan VM (Ed). Natural Disasters and Public Health: Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. Baltimore MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press. 2009. 35. Carter-Pokras O^, Zambrana RE, #Poppell CF, #Logie LA, Guerrero-Preston R. The Environmental health of Latino children. Journal of Pediatric Health Care 2007;21(5):307314. PMCID: PMC2967224. [Review article] 36. #Amin S^, #Hanley C, Carter-Pokras O. Indomethacin Use for the Management of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterms: A Web-Based Survey of Practice Attitudes Among Neonatal Fellowship Program Directors in the United States. Pediatric Cardiology; 2007 Apr 24; [Epub ahead of print] 37. Zambrana RE^, Ayala C, Carter -Pokras O, #Minaya J, Mensah GA. Disparities in hypertension-related mortality among selected Hispanic subgroups and non-Hispanic White women ages 45 years and older--United States, 1995-1996 and 2001-2002. Ethnicity and Disease 2007;17(3):434-440. 38. Ortega A^, Fang H, Perez V, Rizzo J, Carter-Pokras O, Wallace S, Gelberg L. Health Care Access, use of services and Experiences among Undocumented Mexicans and Other Latinos. Archives of Internal Medicine 2007;167(21):2354-2360. 39. #Williams-Brown S^, Muntaner C, Carter-Pokras O, Oliver MN. Eliminating Cancer Disparities by Race/Ethnicity: An Analysis of State Comprehensive Cancer Control Plans. Journal of the Association of Academic Minority Physicians 2006;16(1):21-27. 40. Carter-Pokras O^, #McClellan L, Zambrana RE. Surveying Free and Low-Cost Survey Software. Journal of the National Medical Association 2006 Jun;98(6):881-6. PMCID: PMC2569391. 41. #Tolea M^, Black S, Carter-Pokras O, Kling M. Depressive Symptoms as a Risk Factor for Osteoporosis and Fractures in Older Mexican American Women. Osteoporosis International 2007 Mar;18(3):315-22. 42. Martinez I^, Carter-Pokras O. Assessing Health Issues and Barriers in a Heterogeneous Latino Community. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 2006;17(4):899909. 43. Carter-Pokras O^, Kelley E, Mora S, Crespo C. Supporting physical activity among Latina adolescents. Journal of Latino-Latin American Studies 2006 Dec;2(2):33-47. 44. #Jovel M^, Carter-Pokras O, Ho S, Hirshon JM. Racial and ethnic variation in Maryland hospital admissions from home. Journal of the Association of Academic Minority Physicians 2006;17:61-67. 45. Dogra N^, Carter-Pokras O. Stakeholder views regarding cultural diversity teaching outcomes: a qualitative study. BMC Med Educ 2005 Nov 1;5:37. PMCID: PMC1291368. 46. Carter-Pokras OD^, Solano H, Brown PB, Rivera I, Martinez I, Nieves C, Luciani I. General health assessment of Latinos in Baltimore. Am J Epidemiol 2005;161(Suppl):S139. 47. #Tolea M^, #Ling H, #Poppell C, Li J, Carter-Pokras O. Self-reported sleep problems and sleep hygiene practices among peri- and post-menopausal women. Gerontologist 2005;45(Sp. Iss. 2):257-258. 48. Scharf SM^, Seiden L, DeMore J, Carter-Pokras O. Racial Differences in Clinical Presentation of Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Sleep and Breathing. 2004 Dec;8(4):173-83. 49. Zambrana RE^, Carter-Pokras O. Improving Health Insurance Coverage for Latino Children: A Review of Barriers, Challenges and State Strategies. Journal of the National Medical Association 2004;96(4):508-523. PMCID: PMC2594984. [Review Article] 50. Baquet C^, Carter-Pokras O, Bengen-Seltzer B. Healthcare Disparities and Models for Change. The American Journal of Managed Care 2004;10(1):SP5-SP11. 51. Carter-Pokras O^, O’Neill MJF, #Cheanvechai V, #Menis M, #Fan T, Solera A. Providing linguistically appropriate services to persons with Limited English Proficiency: A Needs and Resources Investigation. The American Journal of Managed Care 2004;10(1):SP29-SP36. [Review Article] 52. Flores G^, Fuentes-Afflick E, Barbot O, Carter-Pokras O (4th)… (total of 15 authors). The health of Latino children: urgent priorities, unanswered questions, and a research agenda. Findings of the Latino Consortium of the American Academy of Pediatrics. JAMA 2002; Vol 288(1):82-90. 53. Carter-Pokras O^, Baquet C. What is a health disparity? Public Health Reports 2002;117:426-432. PMCID: PMC1497467. 54. Flores G^, Fuentes-Afflick E, Barbot O, Carter-Pokras O (4th)… (total of 13 authors). Why ethnicity and race are so important in child health services research today. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 2001 Oct;155:1178-9. 55. Zambrana RE^, Carter-Pokras O. Health data issues for Hispanics: implications for public health research. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2001;12(1):20-34. [Review Article] 56. Crespo CJ^, Smit E, Carter-Pokras O, Andersen R. Acculturation and leisure-time physical inactivity in Mexican American adults: results from NHANES III, 1988-1994. American Journal of Public Health. 2001;91:1254-1257. PMCID: PMC1446756 57. Crespo CJ^, Smit E, Andersen R, Carter-Pokras O, Ainsworth B. Race/ethnicity, social class and their relation to physical inactivity during leisure time: Results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination survey, 1988-1994. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2000 Jan;18(1):46-53. 58. Carter-Pokras O^, Woo V. Health profile of racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. Ethnicity and Health 1999;4(3):117-120. [Invited] 59. Montgomery LE^, Carter-Pokras O. Health status by social class and/or minority status: implications for environmental equity research. Toxicology and Industrial Health. 1993;9(5):729-773. [Review article, Invited] 60. Carter-Pokras O^, Gergen P. Reported asthma among Puerto Rican, Mexican-American and Cuban children: HHANES, 1982-84. American Journal of Public Health. 1993;83(4):580582. PMCID: PMC1694490. 61. Carter-Pokras O^, Najjar MF, Billhymer BF, Shulman IA. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels in Hispanics. Ethnicity and Disease. 1993;3:176-180. 62. Kutz FW^, Cook BT, Carter-Pokras O, Brody D, Murphy RS. Selected pesticide residues and metabolites in urine from a survey of the U.S. general population. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. 1992;37:277-291. 63. Carter-Pokras O^, Pirkle J, Chavez G, Gunter E. Blood lead levels in 4-11 year old MexicanAmerican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban children: HHANES, 1982-84. Public Health Reports 1990;105(4):388-393. PMCID: PMC1580082. 64. Carter O^, Haynes S. Prevalence of scoliosis in U.S. adults: results from the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES I). International Journal of Epidemiology 1987;16(4):537-544. II.D. Published Conference Proceedings II.D.1. Refereed Conference Proceedings II.D.2. Non-Refereed Conference Proceedings II.D.3. Historical Conference Proceedings (10+ years ago) II.D.4. Other II.E. Conferences, Workshops, and Talks II.E.1. Keynotes 1. 2. 3. Beyond cultural awareness: a unified approach to better outcomes and reduced health disparities. Institute for Healthcare Advancement’s 12th Annual Health Literacy Conference. Irvine, CA. 5/10/13. Disparities in Tobacco Use Behaviors by Adult and Youth Minority Populations in Maryland. MDQuit's Smoking and Diversity Workshop. 10/08. Keynote speaker. Johns Hopkins University Programa Salud Student Leadership Conference. 4/10/04. II.E.2. Invited Talks International Invited Talks 1. Discussant for film Screening & Discussion of “Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?” at 10th anniversary conference of Community-Campus Partnership for Health, Toronto, Canada. 4/12/07. National Invited Talks 2. Lessons learned from applying epidemiology, cultural competency and health literacy research to address health disparities. FDA Science Forum. White Oak, MD. 5/27/15. 3. Provider Factors. NIH-ACS Symposium on Surgical Disparities Research. Bethesda, MD. 5/6/15. 4. Factors Affecting Policies that Influence Minority Health. American College of Epidemiology’s Minority Affairs Committee Workshop. Silver Spring, MD. 9/15/14. 5. Intersection Between Professional Development, Datasystems And Hispanic Health. Hispanic Serving Health Professions Schools’ Professional Development and Data Systems Workshop. Bethesda, MD. 7/24/14. 6. Public Health Education. Implications of Health Literacy for Public Health: A Workshop. Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Health Literacy. Irvine, CA. 11/21/13. 7. Measuring Acculturation and Legal Status. How to Assess Child Health Disparities in Research. Pediatric Academic Societies. Mini Course. Washington, DC. 5/7/13. 8. Current state of research on racial and ethnic disparities in health and healthcare. Expert perspectives: key issues in the racial and ethnic health equity field; Key issues in the disability health equity field. Project Intersect: Health disparities research at the intersection of race, ethnicity, and disability: a national conference. Washington, DC. 4/25/13. 9. Intersection of Science and Policy in Eliminating Health Disparities. 2012 Science of Eliminating Health Disparities Summit. National Harbor, MD. 12/19/12. (moderator) 10. Hispanic Paradox: Building on Community Assets to Promote Immigrant Health. National Immigrant Integration Conference. Baltimore, MD. 9/23/12. 11. Translating Epidemiologic Research into Policy: What Are the Implications for Our Profession? American College of Epidemiology. Chicago, IL. 9/10/12. 12. Factors Impacting the Translation of Epidemiological Findings into Policies Affecting Health Disparities. American College of Epidemiology’s Minority Affairs Committee workshop. Chicago, IL. 9/8/12. 13. Hispanic Populations. National Cancer Institute Cancer Fellowship Program. Rockville, MD. 7/26/12. 14. The role of genomics in reducing health disparities: an epidemiologist perspective. Why we can’t wait: conference to eliminate health disparities in genomic medicine. University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Miami, FL. 5/31/12. 15. US Latinos: Multiple prevention challenges. Health Disparities and Health Equity: Aiming for a New Anthem (plenary session). Society for Public Health Education Midyear Meeting. Nashville, TN. 4/14/12. 16. Burden of Pain. Relieving Pain in America: IOM Pain Presentation (plenary session). American Academy of Pain Medicine. Palm Springs, CA. 2/25/12. 17. An Epidemiologist Perspective. NIH Careers in Public Health–workshop. NIH Postbaccalaureate Program, Office of Intramural Training and Education. Bethesda, MD. 11/15/11. 18. Hispanics and Cancer. National Cancer Institute Cancer Fellowship Program. Rockville, MD. 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 19. Academic Writing Panel. Kellogg Health Scholars Program Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. 6/2/11. 20. Cultural Competency. Module 11 - Health Literacy and Cultural Competency (9/30/10). Methods and approaches used to assess progress in eliminating health disparities. Module 2 - Application of Data, Measurement Models and Evaluation Methods in Addressing Population Health and Health Disparities (9/21/10). NIH/NIMHD Translational Health Disparities Course. National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities. Bethesda, MD. 21. Placing Equity in the Context of Health Care Quality. Charting a Course for Health Care Quality Improvement: Data-Driven Strategies for Eliminating Health Disparities. National Press Club. Washington, DC. 3/25/10. 22. Hispanics and Cancer. National Cancer Institute Cancer Fellowship Program. Rockville, MD. 2009. 23. Hispanics and Cancer. National Cancer Institute Cancer Fellowship Program. Rockville MD. 8/1/08. 24. Cultural specificity in the delivery of healthcare services-language, culture, economics. National Center for Health Statistics. 10/10/07. 25. Hispanics and Cancer. National Cancer Institute Cancer Fellowship Program. Rockville MD. 7/07. 26. Working with Minority Communities. American Cancer Society Mission Delivery Summit. Atlanta, GA. 6/14/06. 27. The Importance of Standardized Data in Reporting Racial and Ethnic Disparities. 19th National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Atlanta GA. 3/1/05. 28. Latino Disparities in Health Care. National Legal Aid and Defenders Association. Washington DC. 12/2/04. 29. Measures of Race, Ethnicity, Racism and Discrimination. Fourth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations: Integrating Community Needs into the National Health Agenda. Washington DC. 9/29/04. 30. The Use of Race and Ethnicity in Science Policy and Regulations. American College of Epidemiology. Boston MA. 9/11/04. Regional/State/Local Invited Talks 31. Latino Panel. Morgan State University. Introduction to Public Health and Health Disparities class. 11/24/14. 32. Cultural Competency. Delaware Cancer Consortium. Dover, DE. 9/17/12. 33. Latinos in Maryland: Multiple Prevention Challenges. Johns Hopkins University Health Disparities Seminar Series. Baltimore, MD. 3/12/12. 34. Maryland Latino Lay Health Promoter Programs. In: How to Build a Local Model Public Health Program. Summit on Childhood Obesity. University of Maryland. Baltimore, MD. 11/16/11. 35. Cultural Competency and Health Literacy Training Resources: Primer Overview. Maryland Health Disparities Conference, Maryland's Health Workforce: Promoting Diversity and Strengthening the Pipeline. Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities. Hyattsville, MD. 10/4/11. 36. Measurement of race and ethnicity, and improving race/ethnicity health data. Johns Hopkins University General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Fellows Seminar. Baltimore, MD. 3/9/11. 37. Grand Rounds: Strategies for decreasing health disparities. Washington Adventist Hospital. 10/22/10. 38. Cultural Competency. Clinical Practice Updates. Delaware Technical and Community College. Nursing Department. Georgetown, DE. 10/21/10. 39. Health Equity and Effective Cultural Communication. Delaware Cultural Competency Education Series. Delaware Division of Public Health and the National Medical Association First State Chapter. Delaware State University. Dover, DE. 4/1/10. 40. Grand Rounds: Strategies for Decreasing Health Disparities. Shady Grove Adventist Hospital. 10/29/09. 41. Providing Care to Diverse Populations: A New Trend. Delaware Cultural Competency Series. Delaware Division of Public Health in partnership with the Delaware Nurses Association and the Delaware Academy of Family Physicians. Wilmington, DE. 3/6/09. 42. Grand Rounds: Strategies for Decreasing Health Disparities. Shady Grove Adventist Hospital. 10/29/09. 43. Accessing Hispanic Health Data: Puerto Ricans and Cancer. Grand Rounds. Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine. New York City, NY. 11/21/08. 44. Health Disparities. Special Administrative Grand Rounds. Sinai Hospital. Baltimore, MD. 12/8/08. 45. Disparities in Tobacco Use Behaviors by Adult and Youth Minority Populations in Maryland. Diversity and Smoking Workshop. Clinton, MD. 10/3/08. 46. Limitations of Hispanic Data and Conducting Community Surveys. DE. 1/26/08. 47. Examples of cultural competency education and training tools in Maryland. Workforce on cultural diversity: a public health forum. The Maryland State Council on Cancer Control & the Maryland Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan. 4/24/07. 48. Cultural specificity in the delivery of healthcare services-language, culture, economics. Dialogue on Diversity. 2006 Health Care Symposium, Washington DC. 8/23/06. 49. Making a difference in the health of Hispanics/Latinos. University of South Carolina School of Public Health. Columbia, SC. 4/7/06. 50. Health Disparities are No Myth. Maryland’s Third Annual Statewide Minority Health Disparities Conference: A State Agency Action Agenda for Ending Health Disparities. Baltimore, MD. 5/16/06. 51. Hispanic Health Data. Puerto Ricans and Cancer: the unequal burden. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 5/11/06. 52. Disparities and Children with Disabilities. Parent’s Place of Maryland. Glen Burnie, MD. 3/11/06. 53. Barriers and Challenges to Improving Latino Health in Maryland. Latino Immigrants in Maryland: What are Current health and Social Issues? Panel Discussion. Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Latin Student Network and Students for Health and Human Rights. 3/3/06. 54. General Health Assessment of Latinos in Baltimore. The 3rd Annual Scientific Forum on Cancer and Other Tobacco-Related Diseases. Baltimore, MD. 6/6/05. 55. The Latino Health Initiative: A Model for Combating Disparities in Latino Communities. Bridging the Racial Divide in Health Care: Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Status. University of Maryland School of Law, Law and Health Care Program. Baltimore, MD. 3/11/05. 56. Cultural Competency Today in Health Care. 7th Annual Minority Pre-Health Conference. Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, MD. 2/26/05. 57. Measuring Health Care Disparities. Morgan State University. Baltimore MD. 12/6/04. II.E.3. Refereed Presentations International Conferences 1. Suurmond JL, Carter-Pokras O. Culturally Competent Medical Education (C2ME)– outline of a European project. Ottawa/CCME 2014 Conjoint Conference. Ottawa, Canada. 4/27-29/14. 2. Carter-Pokras O. Lessons Learned Across All 8 Cases. In: Translating Epidemiologic Research into Policy: What are we Learning Across Diverse Topics in Public Health? 3rd Congress of Epidemiology. Montreal, Canada. 6/23/11. 3. Carter-Pokras O. Assessing Attitudes Towards Cultural Diversity Among Asthma Care Providers. In: NHLBI Cultural Competence and Health Disparity Academic Award Program for Pulmonary Medicine. American Thoracic Society International Conference. San Francisco, Ca. 5/20/09. 4. U.S. Perspective. International perspectives on cultural competence training: assessment and evaluation of cultural competence education in the UK, US and Canada. Discussion of Theory and Practice. 12th International Ottawa Conference on Clinical Competence. New York City, NY, 5/23/06 (speaker and discussant leader) 5. Yankelvich G, Carter O. Tiene el nivel socioeconomico efecto sobre el estado de salud? Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. 8/3/04. 6. Yankelvich G, Carter-Pokras O. Health improvement vs health achievement. IUAES Inter-Congress: Mega urbanization, multi-ethnic society, human rights and development. Calcutta India. 12/12-15/04. National Conferences 1. Using reflective pedagogy to teach about and assess unconscious bias that impacts health outcomes. American Public Health Association annual meeting. 11/17/14. (moderator and organizer of roundtable). 2. Carter-Pokras O, Chen J, Bloodworth R, Kohrt B, & Pomerantz S. Do Online FDA Consumer Materials Meet Information Needs of People Living With HIV/AIDS? Presented at the Society for Public Health Education Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. 3/20/14. 3. Kanamori M, Carter-Pokras O, Feldman R. Emergence of overweight problems among orphan and vulnerable child caregivers in southern Africa. American Public Health Association. Boston, MA. 11/4/13. 4. Cultural Competency and Health Literacy: Informing the Policy Cycle. 2012 Science of Eliminating Health Disparities Summit. National Harbor, MD. 12/17/12. (speaker and organizer of panel) 5. Carter-Pokras O. Epidemiologists, Policy, and Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities. American Public Health Association. San Francisco, CA. 10/29/12. (speaker and organizer of session: “The Practice of Epidemiology: Intersection of Science, Service, and Policy”) 6. Strategies to Ameliorate the Effect of Bias and Stereotyping on Health Outcomes. Eighth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Population. Oakland, CA. 3/13/12. (moderator and organizer of panel) 7. Martinez-Garcia G, Atkinson N, Carter-Pokras O, Lee S, Portnoy B, Sawyer R, Kattar C, Galeas S. What drive pregnancy intentions among Latino youth? American Public Health Association. Washington, DC. 11/2/11. 8. Carter-Pokras O. Public Health Significance of Pain: a report from the Institute of Medicine. American Public Health Association. Washington, DC. 11/1/11. 9. Dogra N, Reitmanova S, Carter-Pokras O. Teaching cultural diversity: current status in U.K., U.S., and Canadian medical schools – meeting the common challenges. Cultural competence training: What should it be and how it should be taught? DiversityRx Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations Conference. Baltimore, MD. Baltimore, MD. 10/20/10. 10. Carter-Pokras O, Jaschek G, Martinez IM, Brown P, Mora S, Newton N, Luciani I. Perspectives on Implementing Successful Health Promoter Programs Serving the Maryland Latino Population. Community Health Workers: Strategies, outcomes and lessons learned-A Peer-to-Peer Practice Advancement Session. DiversityRx Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations Conference. Baltimore, MD. Baltimore, MD. 10/19/10. 11. Carter-Pokras O, Lie D, Nunez A, Haidet P, Braddock C. What can Health Professions teams do to improve Cross-cultural Communication between Patients, Families & Providers? Preconference Intensive Training Session. DiversityRx Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations Conference. Baltimore, MD. 10/18/10. (organizer, moderator) 12. Feldman RH, Carter-Pokras O, Kanamori M, Ye C, Valliant R, Zhang G, Fiedler R. What motivates former smokers and current smokers to quit in Maryland. American Public Health Association 137th annual meeting. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 11/09. 13. Lee S, Lok JK, Sharma E, Wang Y, Ulpe R, Carter-Pokras O. Psychosocial, cultural, and environmental predictors of tobacco use among Asian Americans in Maryland. American Public Health Association 137th annual meeting. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 11/09. 15. Ye C, Valliant R, Zhang G, Kreuter F, Carter-Pokras O, Fiedler R. Item Nonresponse and Weighting Adjustments in a Telephone Survey of Tobacco Use, 63rd Annual AAPOR Conference. 5/09. 16. Williams S, Carter-Pokras O. Washington Adventist Hospital: Helping Others Breath Better. Third National Leadership Summit on Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health. National Harbor, MD. 2/27/09. 17. Carter-Pokras O. Understanding Federal Data Systems: an Overview of the Collection, Analysis and Reporting of Race and Ethnicity Data. Third National Leadership Summit on Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health. National Harbor, MD. 2/26/09. 18. Carter-Pokras O. Lost Opportunities for Tobacco Cessation: Diabetics in the Maryland Adult Tobacco Survey. 20th National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control. National Harbor, MD. 2/23/09. 19. Carter-Pokras O, Voorhees C, Kanamori M, Ye C, Valliant R, Zhang G, Fiedler R. Disparities in Tobacco Use Behaviors by Youth Minority Populations in Maryland. NIH Summit: the science of eliminating health disparities. National Harbor, MD. 12/16/08. 20. Jaschek G, Mora S, Montes H, Carter-Pokras O, Botello-Harbaum MT, Palacios C, Pezo E. Developing a Latino health agenda through a community-based participatory process: The experience of the Latino Health Initiative in Montgomery County, Maryland. American Public Health Association. San Diego, CA. 10/28/08 (prepared abstract). 21. Pezo E, Montes H, Bianchi FT, Carter-Pokras O, Jimenez M, Jaramillo E, Palacios C, Mora S, Jaschek G, Saenz C, Fernan-Zegarra P. How To Deal With Latino Data: A Guide for Montgomery County Service Providers. American Public Health Association. 11/7/07 (prepared abstract and slides). 22. Applying Epidemiologic Methods in the Hispanic Community Health Study - Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). Minority Affairs Committee Scientific Workshop, American College of Epidemiology. Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 9/15/07 (speaker and organizer) 23. NHLBI Cultural Competency & Health Disparities Education Collaborative. DiversityRX. Seattle, WA, 10/18/06 (speaker and organizer) 24. The Role of Epidemiologists in Cultural Competency Training for Medical Students. Congress of Epidemiology. Breakfast roundtable. Seattle, WA, 6/24/06 (discussant leader and organizer) 25. NHLBI Cultural Competency and Health Disparities Education Collaborative (Braddock C). Best Practices in Cultural Competence Education and Research. National Leadership Summit on Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health: Embracing a Common Destination: Improving Health Outcomes for All Americans. DHHS Office of Minority Health. Washington DC. 1/9/06. (organizer) 26. JP DeMore, L Seiden, O. Carter-Pokras, SM Scharf. Long-term CPAP compliance in a racially diverse population. ATS. 27. Carter-Pokras O. Health of Latino Immigrants in Baltimore. American Public Health Association. Philadelphia, PA. 12/12/05. 28. Carter-Pokras O, Braddock C, Lie D. Best Practices in Cultural Competence Education. Just Doctoring: How Can Medical Education Address Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Health Care? 10/7/05 (Organizer and Speaker) 29. Tolea M, Black S, Kling M, Carter-Pokras O. Depressive symptoms as a risk factor for osteoporosis and fractures in older Mexican American women. Gerontological Society of America. Washington DC. 11/22/04. 30. How to talk to your legislators. Helen Rodriguez-Trias Latino Caucus breakfast. American Public Health Association. Washington DC. 11/9/04. (Moderator and Organizer). 31. Latino Health Initiative: A Model for Change. American Public Health Association. Washington DC. 11/8/04. (Moderator and Organizer). 32. Donnay A, Sattler B, Carter-Pokras O. Breathprints of exhaled chemicals as biomarkers of disease and environmental exposure. NCEH/ATSDR International Conference on Biomarkers for Toxicology and Molecular Epidemiology: New Tools for 21st Century Problems. Atlanta, GA. 3/04. II.E.4. Refereed Abstracts 1. Bowen L, Carter-Pokras O, Kohrt B. Health Literacy and Cultural Competency of FDA Consumer Materials. Annals of Epidemiology. September 2014;24(9): 688. 2. #Cross RK, #Donovan M, #Lunney K et al. Prescribing patterns and awareness of adverse effects of infliximab: a health survey of gastroenterologists. Gastroenterology. 2 Apr 2006;130(4):A207 Suppl. 3. #Tolea M^, Kling M, Carter-Pokras O, et al. Depressive symptoms as a risk factor for osteoporosis and fractures among older Mexican American women. Gerontologist. 1 Oct 2004;44 (Sp Iss):607. II.E.5. Refereed Posters 1. Fix J, Ramsey L, Carter-Pokras O. Improving Health Literacy and Cultural Competency of FDA Consumer Materials on Cardiovascular Disease. FDA's 2015 Office of Regulatory Science and Innovation (ORSI) Science Symposium. Food and Drug Administration. White Oak, MD, 4/27/15. 2. Jaschek G, Carter-Pokras O. Association of Life Events and Depressive Symptoms among Puerto Rican Youth. American Public Health Association annual meeting, New Orleans, LA. 11/19/14. 3. Bowen L, Carter-Pokras O, Kohrt B. Health Literacy and Cultural Competency of FDA Consumer Materials. American College of Epidemiology annual meeting. Silver Spring, MD. 9/14. 4. Carter-Pokras O; Bowen L; Kohrt B; Khan N, Aldoory L, Bookeloo B, Braun B, Chen J. Improving Health Literacy and Cultural Competency of FDA Consumer Materials: Lessons Learned for Epidemiologists. Hispanic Serving Health Professions School’s Professional Development and Data Systems Workshop. National Institutes of Health. Bethesda, MD. 7/14. 5. Carter-Pokras, O., Aldoory, L., Pomerantz, S., Bloodworth, R., Kohrt, B. K., Braun, B., & Boekeloo, B. Improving health literacy and cultural competency of FDA consumer materials. Health Literacy Research Conference, Washington, DC. 10/29/13. 6. Carter-Pokras O, Chen J. Racial and ethnic disparities in utilization of physical therapy among working age adults with chronic low back pain. AcademyHealth 2013 Annual Research Meeting. Baltimore, MD. 6/23/13. 7. Epidemiology, Policy, Racial/Ethnic Minority Health Disparities. 2012 Science of Eliminating Health Disparities Summit. National Harbor, MD. 12/18/12. 8. Jaschek G, Carter-Pokras O. Association between Residential Mobility and Depressive Symptoms among Latino Young Adults: The Role of Current Mother's Support. American Public Health Association. San Francisco, CA. 10/30/12. 9. Kanamori M, Akankunda D, Abate T, Eshetu N, Carter-Pokras O. Association of migration and climate changes on health and food access of HIV/AIDS impacted orphan/vulnerable children and their families in Ethiopia. American Public Health Association. San Francisco, CA. 10/30/12. 10. Carter-Pokras O, Vargas C, Rivera MI, Gesker R. Oral Health of Latino and Ethiopian Children and Their Mothers. 4th AADR Fall Focused Symposium: Oral Health Disparities Research and the Future Face of America. 11/3/11. 11. Kanamori M, Eshetu N, Carter-Pokras O, Feldman RH. Health, Nutritional and Societal Factors Associated with Ethiopian Orphan and Vulnerable Children's School Performance. American Public Health Association. Washington, DC. 10/31/11. 12. Noltenius J, Giachello A, Baez-Conde Garbanati L, Nandi C, Carter-Pokras O. Addressing social justice in tobacco prevention and control: the National Latino Tobacco Control Network. American Public Health Association. Denver, CO. 11/9/10. 13. Kanamori M, Eshetu N, Carter-Pokras O, Correa J. Adapting a social network model for social reintegration of vulnerable children due to HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia. American Public Health Association. Denver, CO. 11/8/10. 14. Carter-Pokras O, Vargas C, Chen L, Rivera MI. Oral health of Latino and Ethiopian Young children and their mothers. American Public Health Association. Denver, CO. 11/7/10. 15. Braun B, Carter-Pokras O. Health literacy: what does it have to do with cultural competency? DiversityRx Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations Conference. Baltimore, MD. Baltimore, MD. 10/20/10. 16. Carter-Pokras O, Jaschek G, Martinez I, Brown PB, Mora S, Newton N, Luciani I. Perspectives on Lay Health Promoter Programs Serving the Latino Population. Partnering to Improve Health: the Science of Community Engagement. Association for Prevention Teaching and Research. Arlington, Virginia. 5/10. 17. Martínez-García G, Atkinson N, Lee S, Carter-Pokras O, Portnoy B, Sawyer R. Using Community Partnerships to Address Latino Teen Pregnancy. Partnering to Improve Health: the Science of Community Engagement. Association for Prevention Teaching and Research. Arlington, Virginia. 5/10. 18. Carter-Pokras O, Vargas C, Rivera I, Chen L, Focht C, Gesker R. Focus Groups On Oral Health Of Latino And Ethiopian Children And Their Mothers. Partnering to Improve Health: the Science of Community Engagement. Association for Prevention Teaching and Research. Arlington, Virginia. 5/10. 19. Carter-Pokras OD, Feldman RH, Kanamori M, Rivera I, Chen L, Baezconde-Garbanati L, Nodora J, Noltenius J. Barriers and Facilitators to Smoking Cessation among Latino Adults. Partnering to Improve Health: the Science of Community Engagement. Association for Prevention Teaching and Research. Arlington, Virginia. 5/10. 20. Voorhees C, Ye C, Carter-Pokras O, Zhang G, Kanamori K, Fiedler R. Social and Environmental Predictors of Smoking Initiation in Diverse Maryland Adolescents. American Public Health Association 137th annual meeting. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 11/09. 21. Kanamori M, Beck K, Carter-Pokras O. Understanding the Relationship between Social Networks and Mass Media with Cigarette Smoking Among Asthmatic Latino Adolescents. American Public Health Association 137th annual meeting. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 11/09. 22. Kanamori M, Beck K, Carter-Pokras O, Fiedler R. Association of Social Networks and Mass Media with Cigarette Smoking Among Asthmatic Adolescents. American Public Health Association 137th annual meeting. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 11/09. 23. Feldman R, Carter-Pokras O, Kanamori, M., Roth, S and Gryczynski, J. Social and Cultural Factors Associated with High Tobacco Use among American Indians in Maryland. 2009 National Conference on Tobacco or Health. Phoenix, AZ. 6/10-12/09. 24. Carter-Pokras for the National Consortium for Multicultural Education for Health Professionals. Advances in curriculum: The National Consortium for Multicultural Education for Health Professionals. 14th Ottawa Conference on the Assessment of Competence in Medicine and the Healthcare Professions. Miami, Florida. 5/10. 25. Gottlieb J, MacPherson L, Carter-Pokras O, Voorhees C, Kanamori M, Ye C, Valliant R, Zhang G, Fiedler R. Disparities in flavored and smokeless tobacco use behaviors by youth minority populations in Maryland. Joint Conference of SRNT and SRNT-Europe. Saggart, Co. Dublin, Ireland. 4/27-30/09. 26. Feldman R, Carter-Pokras O, Kanamori, M., and Rivera, I. Understanding the barriers to the access and use of community resources to promote smoking cessation among Latinos. American Academy of Health Behavior. Hilton Head, SC. 3/8-11/09. 27. Carter-Pokras O, Feldman R, Kanamori M, Ye C, Valliant R, Zhang G, Fiedler R. Disparities in Tobacco Use Behaviors by Adult Minority Populations in Maryland. NIH Summit: the science of eliminating health disparities. National Harbor, MD. 12/16/08. 28. Ryder PT, Carter-Pokras O, Gruber-Baldini A, Zhan M, Muntaner C. Neighborhood, Racism and Health of Urban Black Elders. Gerontological Society of America. 11/17/07. 29. Donovan M, Lunney K, Carter-Pokras O, Cross R. Prescribing Patterns and Awareness of Adverse Effects of Infliximab: A Health Survey of Gastroenterologists. Digestive Disease Week, Los Angeles, CA, 5/20-25/06. 30. Carter-Pokras O, Solano H, Brown P, Rivera I, Martinez I, Nieves C, Luciani I. General Health Assessment of Latinos in Baltimore. Society of Epidemiologic Research. Toronto ON. 6/30/05. II.E.6. Refereed Panels II.E.7. Non-Refereed Presentations II.E.8. Non-Refereed Abstracts II.E.9. Non-Refereed Posters II.E.10. Non-Refereed Panels II.E.11. Symposia II.E.12. Workshops 1. Learning Institute: From Zero to Published in One Morning: A Hands-On MedEdPORTAL Publications Workshop. American Public Health Association annual meeting, New Orleans, LA. 11/16/14 (organizer). 2. Issues of Disparity in Health and Wellness. Maryland Student Affairs Conference. University of Maryland College Park. College Park, MD. 2/11/11. 3. Cultural Competency. Clinical Practice Updates. Delaware Technical and Community College. Nursing Department. Georgetown, DE. 10/21/10. 4. Carter-Pokras O. Bereknyei S, Lie D. What can Health Professions teams do to improve Cross-cultural Communication between Patients, Families & Providers? Preconference Intensive Training Session. DiversityRx Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations Conference. Baltimore, MD. 10/18/10. 5. Carter-Pokras O. Health Equity and Effective Cultural Communication. Delaware Cultural Competency Education Series. Delaware Division of Public Health and the National Medical Association First State Chapter. Delaware State University. Dover, DE. 4/1/10. 6. Carter-Pokras O. Providing Care to Diverse Populations: A New Trend. Delaware Cultural Competency Series. Delaware Division of Public Health in partnership with the Delaware Nurses Association and the Delaware Academy of Family Physicians. Wilmington, DE. 3/6/09. 7. Carter-Pokras O, Acosta D, Lie D. Advances in Curriculum: the National Consortium for Multicultural Education for Health Professionals (A2). Sixth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations. DiversityRX. Minneapolis, MN. 9/21/08. 8. Led discussion of video “Unnatural Causes: Bad Sugar” during a pre-meeting workshop of the American College of Epidemiology’s Minority Affairs Committee: "Research Ethics in Studying Genes and the Environment in Diabetes among Ethnic Minorities". Tucson, AZ. 9/13/08. 9. Health Disparities. New England Public Health Leadership Institute. Providence, RI. 10/15/07. 10. Health Disparities in Prevalence, Treatment and Management in the U.S. and in Baltimore and Culturally Competent Practice. Plan of No Attack: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Managing Childhood Asthma in the Face of Health Disparities. University of Maryland School of Social Work. 1/06. 11. IUPLR Latino Health Research Workshop. Overview of Latino Health Research: Current trends, hot topics and research pitfalls; Integration of national datasets to inform local research projects; Health Disparities Research 101. Inter-University Program for Latino Research. Notre Dame. 7/13/05. 12. Race and Ethnicity Categories and the Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Health. Hampton University Nuts and Bolts of Research Series. 4/23/04. 13. Resource Person. Health Professional Education. Closing the Health Care Divide: Eliminating Disparities for Racial and Ethnic Minorities. Maryland Statewide Conference. 6/8/04. II.E.13. Colloquia II.E.14. Historical Conferences, Workshops, Talks (10+ years ago) Invited talks, etc. 1. Health status of minority populations: focus on Hispanics. The National Conference on Cholesterol and High Blood Pressure Control. Washington DC. 4/91. 2. Hispanic health issues. National Image Inc. 1992 training conference and convention. Albuquerque, NM. 5/92. 3. Latino Mortality: Confronting the 10 leading causes of death in our community. National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials. Santa Fe, NM. 6/92. 4. Panelist: Latino Research--where are we now and where are we going? American Public Health Association. San Francisco, CA. 10/27/93. 5. Baquet C, Carter-Pokras O. Beyond health insurance coverage: barriers to access and utilization of health services. Eastern Sociological Society. Baltimore, MD. 3/19/94. 6. Minority health policy issues. American Medical Student Association/Foundation 1994 Washington Health Policy Fellowship Program. Washington, DC. 7/22/94. 7. Race-Ethnicity classification issues. State Centers' for Health Statistics Directors Meeting. National Center for Health Statistics. Washington, DC. 11/17/94. 8. Healthy People 2000: Midcourse Review Changes for Minority Populations. American Public Health Association. Washington, DC. 11/28/94. 9. Collecting and using race and ethnicity data for health program evaluation and policy development. Society for Applied Anthropology. Albuquerque, NM. 3/30/95. 10. Multiracial classification of events. Association for Vital Records and Health Statistics. San Francisco, CA. 5/9/95. 11. Keynote: Minority Health Data Issues. Summer Minority Public Health Institute, University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC. 6/18/95. 12. Race, ethnicity and socio-cultural data from the Department of Health and Human Services. Study Group on Immigrant Health, Committee on Health Services Research, Medical Care Section. American Public Health Association. San Diego, CA. 10/29/95. 13. Why collect race and ethnicity data? Summer Minority Public Health Institute. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. 6/21/96. 14. Federal Government Perspective on Minority Health Data Needs. Summer Minority Public Health Institute. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. 6/27/97. 15. Minority Cross-cutting Reviews: Healthy People 2000. Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics and Data Users Conference. Washington, DC. 7/28/97. 16. Hispanic Healthy People 2000 Progress Review. American Public Health Association. Indianapolis, IN. 11/11/97. 17. Race, Class and Ethnicity in Health Care. Families USA. Washington, DC. 3/98. 18. Measurement of Race and Racism. Summer Minority Public Health Institute. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. 7/14/98. 19. Data Challenges for Healthy People 2010: Racial and Ethnic Minorities. Healthy People 2010 regional meetings. New Orleans, Chicago, Seattle. 10/98-12/98. 20. Racial and Ethnic Data Issues. Minnesota Health Data Conference. Minnesota. 10/1920/98. 21. Eliminating Health Disparities: A Look at Proposed Healthy People 2010 Objectives for Racial and Ethnic Minorities. American Public Health Association. Washington DC. 11/16/98. 22. HIV/AIDS Data Policy. Racial Ethnic Populations Subcommittee, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. Washington, DC. 11/17/98. 23. Implications of the Change in the U.S. Standard for Age-Adjusting Death Rates: Impact of Presentation of Race/Ethnic Differentials. American Public Health Association Washington, DC. 11/18/98. 24. Making Cultural Competence an Institutional Priority. Massachusetts Division of Medical Assistance Hospital Cultural Competence Technical Assistance Forum: Strategies for mobilizing your organization to improve cultural competence. Worcester, MA. 4/13/99. 25. Minority Health Data. Rhode Island Office of Minority Health. Providence, RI. 4/14/99. 26. Racial and Ethnic Data. National Conference on Health Education and Health Promotion and the AAHE Summer Institute. Washington, DC. 6/2/99. 27. Classification of Race. Summer Minority Public Health Institute. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. 7/14-15/99. 28. Eliminating Disparities for Healthy People 2010. National Conference on Health Statistics. Washington, DC. 8/4/99. 29. Minority Health Data: What Do We Know? What Do We Need to Know?. The Health of Minorities in New Jersey: Part One “The Black Experience”. New Jersey Office of Minority Health. Princeton, NJ. 9/21/99. 30. Toward a healthy Hispanic population: Healthy People 2010. Crossing Borders in Hispanic Health Care: Implementing and Evaluating Cultural Competence in the Health Workforce. Center for Hispanic Studies in Nursing and Health, Arlington School of Nursing, University of Texas. Arlington, TX. 2/25/00. 31. The Power of Healthy Lifestyles. U.S. Administration on Aging Symposium: Building the Network on Aging Toolkit. Chicago, IL. 5/23/00. 32. Race and Ethnicity: Categories and the Influence of SES on Health. Summer Minority Public Health Institute, University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC. 6/13/00. 33. Keynote speaker: Healthy People 2010: Eliminating Disparities. Public Health Nursing Forum V. PHNs in Action: Eliminating Health Disparities. Washington, DC. 7/18/00. 34. Unique needs of non-English speaking populations. Outreach to Diverse and Hard-toreach populations session. Tri-regional ORT meeting. Administration on Aging. Philadelphia, PA. 9/12/00. 35. Keynote speaker: Ensuring Health Care Quality for an Increasingly Diverse Population. Association of Health Facility Survey Agencies training conference. Nashville, TN. 10/16/00. 36. National efforts to eliminate health disparities. Ohio Society for Public Health Education training conference. Cambridge, OH. 10/24/00. 37. Research and Policy Efforts to Improve Immigrant Health in the United States. Metropolis conference. Vancouver, Canada. 11/16/00. 38. National Efforts to Eliminate Health Disparities. Intercultural Cancer Council. Washington, D.C. 2/4/01. 39. Conceptualization, Classification and Measurement of Race and Ethnicity: Challenges and Controversies. Summer Minority Public Health Institute, University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC. 6/19/01. 40. Getting Data: Creating your own database v.s. tapping into existing data sets. Kellogg Fellows’ Summer Symposium. National Medical Fellowships. Warrenton, VA. 6/24/01. 41. Eliminating Disparities. New England Public Health Leadership Institute. Albany, NY. 7/27/01. 42. Health Policy: How policy is developed and how research is used. Center for the Advancement of Health and W.K. Kellogg Foundation Scholars in Health Disparities. Washington, DC. 9/24/01. 43. Race and Ethnicity: Part II. New England Public Health Leadership Institute. Rhode Island. 11/6/01. 44. Exploring the Collection, Use and Analysis of Data on Race and Ethnicity in Genetic Research and Genetic Testing. Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing (SACGT). Washington, DC. 2/14/02. 45. Racial and Ethnic Data Issues. Summer Minority Public Health Institute, University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC. 6/18/02. 46. Health Disparities Policy. Center for the Advancement of Health and W.K. Kellogg Foundation Scholars in Health Disparities. Leesburg, VA. 6/21/02. 47. American Cancer Society’s Minorities and Medically Underserved Policy Review Group. Washington DC. 8/12/02. 48. A policy perspective on using multi-racial/ethnic categories deployed in the Year 2000 census. American Public Health Association. Philadelphia PA. 11/12/02. 50. Federal Standards for Racial and Ethnic Data. New England Coalition for Health Equity. Boston MA. 12/6/02. 51. Do we need data to address health disparities? Minority Health Disparities in Kansas: A Statewide Summit. Wichita KS. 12/11/02. 52. Collecting Racial and Ethnic Data to Support Elimination of Health Care Disparities (Paper discussant). Committee on National Statistics. Washington DC. 12/12/02. 53. Implementing Federal Standards for Racial and Ethnic Data. University of North Carolina’s 25th Annual Minority Health Conference. Chapel Hill NC. 2/28/03. 54. What is a health disparity: an exploration of the various definitions of the term “health disparity.” Cancer Disparities and Intervention Research Program at the Greenbaum Cancer Center. Baltimore MD. 3/18/03. 55. Health Disparities. Howard University Cancer Center/Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Joint Scientific Symposium. Washington DC. 4/3/03. 56. Latino Children and Access to Health Care. Children’s Defense Fund 2003 National Conference. Washington DC. 4/11/03. 57. Latino Children’s Health and The Policy Environment—A National Perspective. Susan B. Meister Child Health Policy Initiative Symposium on Latino Children’s Health Policy. Ann Arbor MI. 4/15/03. 58. Panelist: Career Opportunities for Minorities in Public Health. Eliminating Health Disparities: Focus on Minorities in the Public Health Professional Corps Symposium. Kellogg Health Disparities Scholars Program and the Center for Urban Health Research. Morgan State University, Baltimore MD. 4/25/03. 59. Conducting Research with Hispanics/Latinos. UIC-Midwest Regional Conference on Hispanic/Latino Health and Human Services: Celebrating Our Past and Building Our Future. UIC-JACSW-Midwest Latino Health Research, Training and Policy Center. Chicago. 6/5/03. 60. Racial and Ethnic Data Issues for Epidemiologic Studies. Summer Minority Public Health Institute. University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC. 6/10/03. 61. Minority and Health Disparities Policy and EO. W.K. Kellogg Foundation Health Scholars Symposium. Washington DC. 6/24/03. 62. Secondary Data Sources. Introduction to Clinical Research at UMB. Baltimore MD. 7/24/03. 63. Hispanics and Cancer. National Cancer Institute Cancer Fellowship Program. Rockville MD. 7/30/03. Workshop Training Led by O. Carter-Pokras 1. State of Hispanic adolescent physical health, State of Hispanic adult physical health. Hispanic Health Leadership week. Sponsored by COSSMHO and the Kellogg Foundation. Kennedy School at Harvard: Boston, MA. 7/90. 2. Montgomery LE, Carter-Pokras O. Health status by social class and/or minority status: implications for environmental equity research. EPA/NIEHS/ATSDR Workshop on Equity in Environmental health: Research Issues and Needs. Research Triangle Park, NC. 8/24-25/92. 3. Public health implications of lack of data. New York regional workshop of the Surgeon General's National Hispanic/Latino Health Initiative. Newark, NJ. 4/15/93. 4. Are studies of racial and ethnic differences in health racist? Workshop given at the Boston American Medical Students Association regional conference. Boston, MA. 10/21/94. 5. Collecting, analyzing, and reporting racial and ethnic data: a view from the Office of Minority Health. Regional Network for Data Management and Utilization (RNDMU) Workshop and Family Planning Directors Meeting. Asheville, NC. 9/26/95. 6. HHS Efforts to Further Racial and Ethnic Data Policy. Collecting, Using and Disseminating Health Data on Minority Populations: A Tri-Regional Workshop. Portland, OR. 3/5/02. 7. Resources for community health assessment. The Mid-Atlantic Cumulative Risk Workshop: How Can Cumulative Risk Assessment Be Used To Achieve Environmental Justice? Environmental Protection Agency. Philadelphia. 5/28/03. Proffered Communications 1. Correlates of early liver disease. American College of Epidemiology. Atlanta, GA. 11/91. 2. Staes C, Matte T, Carter-Pokras O. Blood lead levels of Hispanic children six months to three years of age. American Public Health Association. Atlanta, GA. 11/91. 3. Lessons from HHANES. American Association for the Advancement of Science. Chicago, IL. 2/92. 4. Montgomery LE, Carter-Pokras O. Vulnerable children: implications for environmental health equity. American Public Health Association. San Francisco, CA. 11/94. 5. State multiracial legislation. American Public Health Association. NY, NY. 11/19/96. 6. Woo V, Jacobs J, Carter-Pokras O. Can health insurers and health maintenance organizations collect racial and ethnic data? American Association of Health Plans Conference. Atlanta, GA. 4/6/00. 7. HHS Efforts to Further Racial and Ethnic Data Policy. American Statistical Association annual meeting. Atlanta, GA. 8/01. 8. Merriweather SP, Carter-Pokras O, Rouse B. Improving Racial and Ethnic Data Policy. American Public Health Association. Philadelphia PA. 11/11/02. 9. Carter-Pokras O, Crespo C, Jaschek G, Kelly E, Mora S, Rivera I. Physical Activity Among Latina Adolescents. American College of Epidemiology. Chicago, IL. 9/03 10. (Moderator and Organizer). The Emergent Majority: Will we have the data we need? American Public Health Association. Philadelphia PA. 11/17/03. II.E.15. Other II.F. Professional Publications II.F.1. Reports and Non-Refereed Monographs 1. McCann M, Carter-Pokras O^, Braun B. Cultural Competency and Health Literacy Primer: A Guide for Teaching Health Professionals and Students. Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, University of Maryland School of Public Health, and Herschel S. Horowitz Center for Health Literacy. March 2013. Available at: http://dhmh.maryland.gov/mhhd/CCHLP/SitePages/Home.aspx 2. Carter-Pokras O^, et al (2008). Exploring Cultural, Psychosocial, and Environmental Factors Influencing Tobacco use among Asian Americans, Hispanics, African Americans and American Indians in Maryland, December 2008. Report prepared for the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene under contract OPASS-8-9738G. Available at: http://sph.umd.edu/department/epib/cchc/previous-projects 3. Carter-Pokras O^, #Ye C, Voorhees C, Valliant R, Zhang G, #Kanamori M, Wallen J, Fielder R. (2008). Report on Disparities in Tobacco Use Behaviors by Middle and High School Minority Youth in Maryland, 2006. College Park, Maryland: University of Maryland College Park School of Public Health. Report prepared for the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene under contract OPASS-8-9738G. Available at: http://sph.umd.edu/department/epib/cchc/previous-projects 4. Carter-Pokras O^, #Ye C, Feldman R, Valliant R, Zhang G, #Kanamori M, Fieldler R. (2008). Report on Disparities in Tobacco Use Behaviors by Adult Minority Populations in Maryland, 2006. College Park, Maryland: University of Maryland College Park School of Public Health. Report prepared for the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene under contract OPASS-8-9738G. Available at: http://sph.umd.edu/department/epib/cchc/previousprojects 5. #Kanamori M^, Randolph S, Carter-Pokras O, Wallen J. (2008). Maryland Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Logic Models. College Park, Maryland: University of Maryland College Park School of Public Health. Report prepared for the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene under contract OPASS-8-9738G. Available at: http://sph.umd.edu/department/epib/cchc/previous-projects 6. Lie D^, Carter-Pokras O, Cleveland E. Tool for Assessing Cultural Competence Training (TACCT) Resource Guide. AAMC. Available at: https://www.aamc.org/linkableblob/543282/data/tacctresourceguide.pdf-data.pdf 7. Keppel K^, Pamuk E, Lynch J, Carter-Pokras O, Kim I, Mays V, Pearcy J, Schoenbach V, Weissman JS. Methodological Issues in Measuring Health Disparities. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Health Stat 2(141). 2005. 8. Carter-Pokras O^. Implications of New Age Adjustment Standard on Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities. In: Closing the Gap newsletter. HHS Office of Minority Health: Washington DC, Hispanic Agenda for Action issue, October 1998. 9. Najjar M, Carter-Pokras O^. Clinical Chemistry Profile Data for Hispanics, 1982-84. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital and Health Statistics 11(241). 1992. 10. Burnam MA^, McMillan MM, Carter OD, Haynes SA. Validity of the H-HANES Acculturation Measure for Mexican Americans. RAND Publications. P-7391, 1987. II.F.2. Pre-Print/Working Paper (Not Work in Progress) II.F.3. Legal Briefs II.F.4. Policy Briefs II.F.5. Other II.G. Book Reviews, Notes, and Other Contributions II.G. 1. Book Reviews Carter-Pokras O. Montgomery L. Health in Context: Social Epidemiology. Public Health Reports. (Book Review) 2002;116(2):173-175. II.G. 2. Essays II.G. 3. Notes II.G. 4. Manuals II.G. 5.Other 1. Carter-Pokras O^, Zambrana R. Collection of legal status information: Caution (letter to the editor). Am J Public Health. 2006 Mar;96(3):399. PMCID: PMC1470510. 2. Lie D^, Carter-Pokras O, Cleveland E. Tool for Assessing Cultural Competence Training (TACCT) Resource Guide. MedEdPORTAL; 2006. Available from: http://www.aamc.org/mededportal, ID = 325. 3. Carter-Pokras O^, Baquet C, #Poppell C. Four-Year Review Of The Use Of Race And Ethnicity In Epidemiologic And Public Health Research (letter to the editor). American Journal of Epidemiology 2004 Aug 15;160(4):403-4. 4. Flores G^, Fuentes-Afflick E, Barbot O, Carter-Pokras O, et al. Health Risks of Latino Children (letter to the editor). JAMA 2002; Vol 288(16):1983. 5. Carter-Pokras O^, Harrison R. Lead poisoning among Hispanics (letter to the editor). American Journal of Public Health. 1996;10:1479-80. PMCID: PMC1380667. 6. Selective bibliography of HHANES publications. American Journal of Public Health 1990;80(Suppl):71-72. 7. Trevino F, Carter O^. Gallstone size and the risk of gallbladder cancer (letter to the editor). Journal of the American Medical Association 1984;251(32):3080-81. II.H. Completed Creative Works II.H.1. Digital Media (e.g., CDs, DVDs) II.H.2. Datasets II.H.3. Constructed Projects II.H.4. Demonstrations II.H.5. Inventions II.H.6. Original Plans and Designs II.H.7. Photography II.H.8. Software and Applications II.H.9. Websites Maryland’s Approach to Cultural Competency in Healthcare. Available at: http://sph.umd.edu/epib/cultural_competency/. Developed with funding from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. Website was developed to help health professionals, public health practitioners and students find information on cultural competency and health disparities. Library webpage to support epidemiology courses http://www.lib.umd.edu/CHEM/EPIB_610.html (Updated website: http://lib.guides.umd.edu/content.php?pid=176901&sid=4948088 ) Canvas/Blackboard websites to support EPIB 610, EPIB 620 and EPIB 623 courses II.H.10. Exhibitions and Installations II.H.11. Curatorial Practice II.H.12. Performance or Interpretation – Performing Arts II.H.13. Direction - Performing Arts II.H.14. Production - Performing Arts II.H.15. Costume, Stage, Multimedia, and Theatrical Design II.H.16. Artistic and Graphic Design II.H.17. Dramaturgy II.H.18. Artwork II.H.19. Choreography II.H.20. Playwriting, Screenwriting, and Musical Composition II.H.21. Works of Creative Writing II.H.22. Performance or Interpretation - Film, Video, and Multimedia II.H.23. Direction - Film, Video, and Multimedia II.H.24. Production - Film, Video, and Multimedia II.H.25. Citations and Reviews II.H.26. Historical Completed Creative Works (10+ years ago) II.H.27. Other II.I Significant Works in Public Media II.I.1. Explanatory, Investigative, or Long-Form Journalism II.I.2. Other Significant Journalism II.I.3. Commentary/Analysis II.I.4. Interactive Online Database II.I.5. Other II.J. Sponsored Research II.J.1. Grants Extramural Funding, Funded as Principal Investigator: 2R13MD00605-04: National Consortium for Multicultural Education for Health Professionals Annual Meeting, NIMHD/NIH, 7/10/14-6/30/15, $49,999. 2R13MD00605-03: National Consortium for Multicultural Education for Health Professionals Annual Meeting, NIMHD/NIH, 9/1/12-8/31/13, $48,765 Co-Investigator: Bonnie Braun, University of Maryland School of Public Health 2R13MD00605-02: National Consortium for Multicultural Education for Health Professionals Annual Meeting, NCMHD/NIH, 9/1/11-8/31/12, $50,000 1R13MD006056-01: National Consortium For Multicultural Education For Health Professionals Annual Meeting. NCMHD/NIH, 7/1/10-6/30/11, $25,000. 1R21HD060294-01A2: Oral Health of Latino and Ethiopian Children and Their Mothers, NICHD/NIH, 09/30/08 – 08/31/10, $316,701 (2 yrs). Co-Investigators: Clemencia Vargas, University of Maryland School of Dentistry; Cheryl Focht, Donna Grant-Mills, Maria Rivera, Mary’s Center OPASS-8-9738G: Tobacco Program Evaluation MOU, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 11/1/07-12/30/08, $389,000. Co-Investigators: Cong Ye, Mariano Kanamori, Rajiv Ulpe, Lu Chen, Robert Feldman, Carolyn Voorhees, Sunmin Lee, Guangyu Zhang, Jacquie Wallen, Suzanne Randolph, Richard Valliant, Frauke Kreuter from the University of Maryland College Park. 1 K07 HL079255-01: Cultural Competency and Health Disparities Academic Award, Maryland's Approach to Cultural Competency in Healthcare. NHLBI/NIH, 9/30/04-9/29/09, $537,516 (5 yrs). Co-Investigators: Donna Parker, Jon Mark Hirshon, Ligia Peralta, Carol Scott, Rachel Smith, Clemencia Vargas, Jordan Warnick, Fadia Shaya, University of Maryland Baltimore; Pamela Brown, Baltimore Medical Systems PO6646110107 Perceptions of the Latino Community of Montgomery County Maryland about Emergency Preparedness, Montgomery county government, 2006, $55,440. Paper and Special Journal Issue: Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: What Actions Now?, HHS Office of Minority Health, 2003-2004, $41,378 direct cost Co-Investigator: Claudia Baquet, University of Maryland Baltimore Extramural Funding, Funded as Co-Investigator: 539536-LLP-1-2013-1-NL-ERASMUS-EQR (Suurmond): Culturally Competent Teachers in Medical Education. European Commission.10/1/13-9/30/15. 16,999 Euros (subcontract) R24 (Mullins): University of Maryland PATient-centered Involvement in Evaluating the effectiveNess of TreatmentS (PATIENTS), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 9/30/13 - 9/29/18, $1 million per year for 5 years. 2 R01 DA018730-04 (MacPherson): Stage II Trial of Novel Behavioral Activation Intervention for Smoking Cessation, National Institute of Drug Abuse, 7/1/10-6/30/14, $250,000 (first year). 1 U48 DP001929 (Boekeloo): University of Maryland Prevention Research Center, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 9/30/09 - 9/29/14, $343,026 (first year pilot and center). 088 CFDA No. – 93.884 (Bichell): Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry, HRSA, 7/1/05-6/30/08. 1K30 HL04518 (Roghmann, Morris): Clinical Research Curriculum Award, NIH, 9/1/0512/31/06. PD60 MD00532-01 (Wilson): Community Outreach and Information Dissemination (COID) Core, NIH National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities, 2003-2006, $814,942 direct costs. D55HP0018-04-00 (Duggan): Maryland Family Medicine Fellowship Program. HRSA, 20042007, $798,336. K30 HL04518 (Roghmann): NIH Clinical Research Curriculum Award, Development of Training Infrastructure for Clinical Investigators, 2000-2005, $185,128. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Baquet): Paper and Special Journal Issue: Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: What Actions Now?, 2003-2004, $16,605 direct costs. Intramural Funding, Funded as Principal Investigator (2003-Present): 2014 2014 2013 Improving Health Literacy and Cultural Competency of FDA Consumer Materials. University of Maryland Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation. Innovations in Minority Health Award. $20,833 direct costs. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Utilization of Physical Therapy among Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain. University of Maryland ADVANCE Program for Inclusive Excellence. ADVANCE Interdisciplinary and Engaged Research seed grant. $20,000. Improving Health Literacy and Cultural Competency of FDA Consumer Materials. University of Maryland Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation. Innovations in Minority Health Award. $31,434 2012 2004 2003 2003 Improving Health Literacy and Cultural Competency of FDA Consumer Materials. University of Maryland Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation. Innovations in Minority Health Award. $25,000. General Health Assessment of Latinos in Baltimore. University of Maryland Statewide Health Network. $50,000. Supporting Physical Activity for Latina Adolescents. University of Maryland Statewide Health Network. $20,000. Provision of Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services. University of Maryland Statewide Health Network. $10,000 II.J.2. Contracts Extramural Funding, Funded as Collaborator or Consultant: 2007 2005-2006 2002-2003 Consultant, Office of Minority Health Resource Center. $1,500. Consultant. American Medical Association. TACCT Online Resource Guide Development. $1,500. Expert Consultant, NCVHS Subcommittee on Populations Report on Health Data Collection and Racial and Ethnic Disparities. National Center for Health Statistics. $10,800. II.J.3. Other II.K. Fellowships, Gifts and Other Funded Research II.K.1. Fellowships II.K.2. Gifts II.K.3. Other II.L. Submissions and Works in Progress II.L.1. Current Grant Applications University of Maryland Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health (CCEEJH). (Co-Investigator, 25% effort). July 2015-June 2020. Examining Immigration Status as a Social Determinant of Health. County Health Rankings Research Grants. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. July 2015-June 2016. $100,000. II.L.2. Manuscripts in Preparation #Demarco M^, Carter-Pokras O, He X, Kessel W. Factors associated with HPV vaccine completion among Hispanic girls. Mackey S^, Carter-Pokras O, Farrar J, Inturrisi C. President’s Message. Carter-Pokras O^, Hutchins S, #Veeranki SP, Gaudino JA, Lurie P, Weiser T, #Khan N, Cordero JF. Role of Epidemiology in Informing Immunization Policy. #Kohrt B^, Carter-Pokras O, #Bowen LM, #Pomerantz S, Aldoory L. Internet Health Information Seeking Behavior amongst Persons Living with HIV/AIDS: A Systematic Review of Studies 2000-2013. #Nothwehr A^, Carter-Pokras O, He X, Powell-Wiley TM. Associations among Food Insecurity And Dietary Sodium and Potassium Intake Levels: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on NHANES 2007-2010 data. Carter-Pokras O^, Logie LA, Zambrana R. Assessing Complementary/Alternative Medicine (CAM) and Over-the-Counter (OTC) use among Central and South American Immigrants by Gender Carter-Pokras O^, Vargas C, Rivera I, #Chen L. Focus Groups on Oral Health of Latino and Ethiopian Children and Their Mothers II.L.3. Manuscripts under Review (indicate status: submitted or revising to resubmit) #Okafor M-T C^, Picot SF, Carter-Pokras OD, Zhan M, Hurley KM. What is the Relative Explanatory Power of Language and Dietary Acculturation in Relation to the Self-Rated Health and Health Behavior of African Immigrant Adults? Ethnicity and Health (revising to resubmit) Carter-Pokras O^, Nunez A, #Gingold G. Bad Sugar: A Discussion Guide for Health Professional Students to Explore Health Disparities in the United States. MedEdPortal. (revising to resubmit) #Kanamori M^, Carter-Pokras O, Madhavan S, Lee S, He X, Feldman R. Overweight status of the primary caregivers of orphan and vulnerable children in 3 Southern African countries: a cross sectional study. BMC Public Health (submitted). #Jaschek G^, Carter-Pokras O, He X, Lee S, Canino G. Association of Types of Life Events with Depressive Symptoms among Puerto Rican Youth. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (submitted). II.L.4. Working Papers in Preparation II.L.5. Designs in Preparation II.L.6. Other II.M. Centers for Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities II.M.1. Centers Established II.M.2. Centers Directed II.M.3. Symposia Organized (through center) II.M.4. Other II.N. Patents II.N.1. Device II.N.2. Other II.O. Other Research/Scholarship/Creative Activities III. Teaching, Mentoring and Advising. III.A. Courses Taught EPIB 610 Foundations of Epidemiology – Spring 2015 (n=7), Spring 2014 (n=30), Fall 2013 (n=25), Summer I 2013 (n=12), Spring 2013 (n=22), Fall 2012 (n=23), Summer I 2012 (n=7), Spring 2012 (n=23), Fall 2011 (n=36), Summer I 2011 (n=14), Spring 2011 (n=22), Summer II 2010 (n=4), Fall 2009 (n=37) EPIB 623 Epidemiology of Health Disparities – Fall 2010 (n=2), Spring 2010 (n=7), Spring 2009 (n=9), Spring 2008 (n=5) EPIB 620 Chronic Disease Epidemiology – Spring 2015 (n=9), Spring 2014 (n=15), Spring 2013 (n=6), Spring 2012 (n=11), Spring 2011 (n=7), Spring 2010 (n=11), Spring 2009 (n=9), Spring 2008 EPIB 612 Epidemiologic Study Design – Fall 2007 (n=2) EPIB 611 Intermediate Epidemiology – Fall 2007 (n=2) III.B. Teaching Innovations III.B.1. Major Programs Established III.B.2. Education Abroad Established III.B.3. Software, Applications, Online Education, etc. III.B.4. Instructional Workshops and Seminars Established III.B.5. Course or Curriculum Development New course: EPIB 623 Epidemiology of Health Disparities EPIB 611 Intermediate Epidemiology EPIB 612 Epidemiologic Study Design EPIB 610 eMPH course Substantial revision: EPIB 610 Foundations of Epidemiology EPIB 620 Chronic Disease Epidemiology III.B.6. Historical Innovations (10+ years ago) III.B.7. Other III.C. Advising: Research or Clinical III.C.1. Undergraduate 1. Kendrick Gwynn – 2004-2005 UMB-SOM summer research preceptor. Placement: Primary care resident at Emory University School of Medicine 2. Alexander Fischer – supervised 2008-2009 research internship. Placement: Applying for graduate programs 3. Chris Daniels – 2009 public health internship preceptor. Placement: Employed by consulting company 4. Kanokphan Rattanawatkul – 2009 McNair Scholars preceptor, 2010 independent studies advisor. Placement: Enrolled and graduated from UMCP-SPH MPH-Epidemiology program 5. Veena Katikineni – 2011 Maryland Summer Scholars Program preceptor. Placement: Entered University of Maryland School of Medicine in Fall 2012 6. Margaret Dorr – supervised independent study on cultural competency and health literacy in Fall 2012. Placement: Applying for graduate programs. 7. Isaiah Bell – 2013 McNair Scholars preceptor. Placement: Entering Junior year of undergraduate degree program in Behavioral and Community Health. 8. Jonathan Fix – supervised independent study in Spring 2015, and CERSI/FDA project involvement. Placement: Junior year of undergraduate epidemiology and ethics degree program. III.C.2. Master’s Chair, MPH-Epidemiology Thesis Committee: 1. Sonja Williams. “Effects of birthplace, language and length of time in the U.S. on receipt of asthma management plans among U.S. adults with current asthma.” MPH Thesis. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. 2009. Placement: Health Scientist at National Center for Health Statistics. 2. Lisa Bethune. “Survey on Horse-Related Injuries and Safety Practices in Maryland and Virginia.” MPH Thesis. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. 2010. Placement: enrolled in Tufts University veterinary school in Fall 2011 3. (cochair) Lu Chen. “Overweight and acculturation among Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese Americans.” MPH Thesis. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. 2011. Placement: Entered doctoral program at the University of Washington 4. Maria Demarco. “Factors associated with completion of the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine series among Hispanic and non-Hispanic white adolescent girls in the united states.” MPH thesis. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. 2011. Placement: working at Organization of American States, enrolled in UMSP-SPH PhD-Epidemiology program in Fall 2012. 5. Janet Gingold. “Independent and Joint Effects of Parental Attitudes and Special Health Care Needs on Physical Activity and Screen Time among children and adolescents in the United States.” Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. 2012. Placement: Community Quality Improvement Coach, Goldberg Center at Children's National Medical Center. 6. Kanokphan Rattanawatkul. “Compliance with Age at Initiation of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Series by Socioeconomic Status, Race/Ethnicity, and Health Insurance Coverage among 13-17 Year-Old Females Who Received At Least One HPV Vaccine Shot: United States, 2011.” Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. 2014. Placement: Promoted to GS-11 Management Analyst, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. 7. Ann Nothwehr. “Associations Among Food Insecurity, Dietary Sodium and Potassium Intake Levels, And Hypertension: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on NHANES 20072010 Data.” Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. 2014. Placement: Shady Grove Adventist Hospital. 8. Jessica Bermudez. “Comparative Analysis of the Effectiveness and Safety of DrugEluting Versus Bare-Metal Coronary Stents among Patients Registered in the Multi-Payer Claims Database.” Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. In Progress (20132015). Chair, MPH-Epidemiology Project Committee: 1. Stefan Livingstone. “An Exploratory Examination and Geospatial Analysis of the Relationship Between Selected Demographic Factors and Evidence of Malaria Infections (Parasitemia Levels): A Focus on Children in Missira, Mali.” MPH Project. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. 2009. Placement: Associate, Decision Analytics, Booz Allen Hamilton 2. Gabby Molinolo. “Determinants of Breastfeeding Initiation and at Six Months for Hispanic Children by Nativity of Parents.” MPH Project. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. 2012. Placement: Health Intelligence Analyst at iJET International Member, MPH Committee: 1. Haixiao Huang. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. MPH-Biostatistics. 2008. 2. Kristen Kamas. “Investigating the prevalence and distribution of pathogens in cantaloupes using Food and Drug Administration surveillance data.” MPHEpidemiology Project. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. 2012. III.C.3. Doctoral Chair, PhD Dissertation Committee: 1. Kanamori. “The effects of orphan and vulnerable child (OVC) primary caregiving, household wealth, and female autonomy on women’s body mass index in Southern Africa.” School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. 2013. Placement: Post-doctoral student at Florida International University. 2. Graciela Jaschek. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. “Association of Life Events with Depressive Symptoms among Puerto Rican Youth.” School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. 2014. Placement: Instructor at University of Maryland School of Public Health. Member, PhD Dissertation Committee: 1. Priscilla Ryder. “Racism, Place and Health of Urban Black Elders.” UMB School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine. 2007. 2. Meaghan Donovan St Charles. UMB School of Pharmacy, Pharmacoepidemiology. 2007. 3. Laura Logie. “An Intersectional Gaze at Latinidad, Nation, Gender and Self-Perceived Health Status.” Department of Women’s Studies. (proposal defense). 2008. 4. Margaret McDowell. “The association of acculturation, social support, and alcohol use among Mexican American adults.” School of Public Health, Department of Public and Community Health. 2008. 5. Joann Kuo. “Development and Evaluation of New Accelerometer Cut Points for Adolescent Girls.” School of Public Health, Department of Kinesiology. 2009. 6. Genevieve Martinez. “Sin Querer Queriendo": Exploring The Factors Associated With Pregnancy Prevention And Pregnancy Intention Among Latino Youth In Montgomery County.” School of Public Health, Department of Public and Community Health. 2010. 7. Maria-Theresa C. Okafor. “The Effects of Acculturation (English Proficiency and Dietary Change) on Health Outcomes in African Immigrant Adults.” UMB School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine. 2010. 8. Steven Champaloux. “Chronic Health Conditions and Educational Attainment.” School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. 2013. 9. Julia Joh Elliger, “Bureaucrat Politicking: An Examination Of Local Health Officials And Their Local Health Departments. Department of Government and Politics.” 2014. 10. Muneera Alharbi. “Factors Associated with Obesity and Perceived Barriers to Weight Maintenance among 15-45 year old Saudi Women in Jeddah City.” Department of Nutrition and Food Science. (In Progress). 11. Tahani Zareef. “Vitamin D Status in Relation to Dietary intake, Sun Exposure, Obesity, Life style factors and Bone Health among Saudi Premenopausal Women living in Jeddah city.” Department of Nutrition and Food Science. (In Progress). III.C.4. Post-doctoral III.C.5. Other Research Directions (K-12 Interactions) III.D. Mentorship III.D.1. Junior Faculty III.D.2. Other III.E. Advising: Other than Research Direction Approximate number of students per year: Graduate: (2 in 2007, 3 in 2008, 9 in 2009, 9 in 2010, 11 in 2011, 12 in 2012, 10 in 2013, 9 in 2014, 6 in 2015) III.E.1. Undergraduate III.E.2. Master’s MS – Epidemiology: Carolyn Poppell (2003-2005 at UMB-SOM, employed at Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene following graduation) MPH – Epidemiology 1. Sonja Williams (2007-2009) 2. Stefan Livingstone (2007-2009) 3. Lisa Bethune (2008-2010) 4. Lu Chen (2009-2011) 5. Maria DeMarco (2009-2011) 6. Kimberly Love (2010-2011) 7. Janet Gingold (2010-2012) 8. Gabby Molinolo-Combs (2009-2012) 9. Ann Nothwehr (2011-2014) 10. Kanokphan Rattanawatkul (2011-2014) 11. Jessica Bermudez (2012-2015) 12. Ellen Rigterink (2011-Present) 13. Pamela Barainca (2012-Present) 14. Lavisha McClarin (2013-Present) III.E.3. Doctoral PhD – Epidemiology 1. Mariano Kanamori (2009-2013) 2. Graciela Jaschek (2009-2014) 3. Brad Kerridge (2009-2010) 4. Ed Kim (2011-2012) 5. Maria DeMarco (2012-Present) 6. Jared Fisher (2012-Present) III.E.4. Post-doctoral III.E.5. Other Advising Activities Organized a John Snow commemorative event with MPH epidemiology and biostatistics students 9/07 Obtained funding, planned and coordinated 40-hour medical interpretation training for undergraduate students at Johns Hopkins, and health professional graduate students at University of Maryland in May 2007 III.F. Professional and Extension Education III.F.1. Professional Programs Established III.F.2. Major Extension Programs III.F.3. Workshops III.F.4. Other III.G. Other Teaching Activities University of Maryland College Park Independent Study/Fellowship: Maria DeMarco (2015, 2014), Pamela Barainca (2014), Graciela Jaschek (2010-2011), Mariano Kanamori (2009-2011) Conducted all-day seminar on public health, epidemiology and biostatistics for 18 Chinese physicians and public health practitioners from Heping District Health Bureau of Tianjin Municipality. 9/4/12. Delivered Keynote for Research Symposium: Serving the Health Information Needs of Latinas. Phillip Merrill College of Journalism. 5/9/12. Organized workshop, and gave introductory lecture, on Community Based Participatory Research School of Public Health for 18 University of Minnesota undergraduate students, and UMCP faculty and students, 3/16/12. Conducted seminar for Maryland Population Research Center’s Immigration Working Group on “Lessons Learned from Community-Based Participatory Research with Latino Communities in Maryland” 10/7/10. Conducted seminar on epidemiologic study design and statistical methods for the Consortium on Race, Ethnicity and Gender University of Maryland Baltimore Community-Based Participatory Research lecture at the School of Medicine. 8/9/12. Conducted Student National Medical Association workshop on cultural competency at the School of Medicine Developed, coordinated and served as facilitator a small group session on Bidil (first race-based drug) for more than 150 2nd year medical students Conducted seminars on race in biomedical research, and confounders, mediators and effect modifiers for primary care research fellows at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University medical schools (pediatricians and family medicine physicians) Conducted Family Medicine Grand Rounds on cultural competency and health disparities in May 2007 Conducted cultural competency seminar for family medicine interns in August 2007 Provided series of 3 lectures to first year dental students in Fall 2007, 2008, and 2009, and Spring 2011, and organized self-directed learning exercises on cultural competency and health disparities Lectured first and second year medical students on cultural competency and health disparities topics in Fall 2007 and 2008. IV. Service and Outreach IV.A. Editorships, Editorial Boards, and Reviewing Activities IV.A.1. Editorships 2008-2009 Associate Editor for case textbook: Hark L, DeLisser H, Morrison G (eds). Achieving cultural competency: a case-based approach to training health professionals. Wiley-Blackwell. 2009. (ISBN-10:1405180722; ISBN13:9781405180726). IV.A.2. Editorial Boards IV.A.3. Reviewing Activities for Journals and Presses 1990-Present 2004-2006 Ad hoc reviewer for American Journal of Epidemiology, American Journal of Public Health, Ethnicity and Disease, Health Affairs, Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Public Health Reports, Social Science and Medicine, Journal of the National Medical Association, Health Promotion Practice Reviewer, American Journal of Health Promotion IV.A.4. Reviewing Activities for Agencies and Foundations 2002 2003-2004, 2009 2004 2005, 2006 2012, 2013 Reviewer of MCH task order project proposals for Health Care Financing Administration Anonymous reviewer, National Academy of Sciences reports Grant reviewer, NIH SBA Grant reviewer, NHLBI Cultural Competency and Health Disparities Academic Award program Grant reviewer, Disparities, Interventions and Social Participatory Research Study Section, Tobacco Related Disease Research Program, University of California Office of the President IV.A.5. Reviewing Activities for Conferences IV.A.6. Historical Editorships, etc. (10+ years ago) IV.A.7. Other IV.B. Committees, Professional & Campus Service IV.B.1. Campus Service - Department University of Maryland College Park 2007 Graduate Studies Director, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics 2009-Present 2009 2010-Present 2011-2013 2011-2013 2014-Present Member, Comprehensive Examination Committee (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014) Member, EPIB APT Progress Committee EPIB Merit Pay Committee (Chair: 2010-2013; Member: 2014) Member, EPIB APT Committee (reviewed 5 promotion packages) Chair, EPIB Admissions Committee Member, EPIB Epidemiology Curriculum Committee University of Maryland Baltimore 2002-2006 Research Committee, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (DEPM), School of Medicine (Co-Chair 2004-2007, Member 2002-2004) 2002-2006 Member, DEPM Health Disparities Research Group 2004-Present Adjunct Faculty Member, School of Nursing 2009-Present Dean’s Faculty, School of Dentistry IV.B.2. Campus Service - College University of Maryland College Park 2007 Member, Biostatistics Faculty search committee 2007 Member, Maternal and Child Health Faculty search committee 2007-2008 Chair, Junior Biostatistics Faculty position search committee 2007-2008 Member, School of Public Health Self-Study Committee 2007-2008 UMCP representative, CTSA Research Design, Biostatistics and Research Ethics Subcommittee 2008-2009 Member, Epidemiology Faculty search committee 2009- 2011 Member, School of Public Health Community Research/Service Learning and Workforce Development Committees 2010- 2011 Member, EPIB chair search committee 2010- 2011 Member, MIAEH faculty position search committee 2010- 2013 Member, School of Public Health Diversity Council 2011-2012 Member, EPIB Assistant/Associate epidemiology faculty search committee 2011-2013 Member, Workforce Advisory Committee, Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center 2011-2014 Member, School of Public Health Communications Committee 2012-2013 Member, Epidemiology Assistant faculty search committee (2 positions) 2012-2013 Member, Executive-MPH Committee 2012-2014 Member, School of Public Health Commencement committee 2012-Present Affiliate Faculty, Herschel S. Horowitz Center for Health Literacy 2013-2014 Chair, EPIB Assistant/Associate biostatistics faculty search committee (2 positions) 2013-2014 Member, Senate Executive Committee 2014-Present Member, Director’s Cabinet, Herschel S. Horowitz Center for Health Literacy 2014-Present Member, Public Health Science Steering Committee 2015-Present Affiliate Faculty, Maryland Center for Health Equity University of Maryland Baltimore 2002-Present Member, Center for Health Policy/Health Services Research 2002-Present Member, Program in Oncology 2002-Present Member, Greenbaum Cancer Center Cancer Disparities and Intervention Research Program 2003-2006 School of Medicine Faculty Representative for DEPM 2003-Present Regular Member, Graduate Faculty of the Graduate School 2007-Present Full Member, Program in Minority Health and Health Disparities Education and Research IV.B.3. Campus Service - University 2008-Present 2010-Present 2011-Present 2011-Present 2012, 2013 2012, 2013, 2014 2014-2017 20152015 Faculty Affiliate. Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity Faculty Associate. Maryland Population Research Center Member, McNair Scholars Program Faculty Advisory Board Member, Maryland Population Research Center Executive Committee Member, Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship Selection Committee Member, Flagship Fellowship Committee Faculty Representative, University Senate Elected member, Senate Executive Committee Interviewer for Banneker/Key Scholarship IV.B.4. Campus Service - Special Administrative Assignment IV.B.5. Campus Service - Other IV.B.6. Offices and Committee Memberships IV.B.7. Leadership Roles in Meetings and Conferences IV.B.8. Other Non-University Committees, Memberships, Panels, etc. 1994-Present 2002-Present 2002-Present 2004-Present 2008-2013 American Public Health Association: Member-At-Large (1994), Science Board member (2004-2006), W.K. Kellogg Foundation Grant 2006 Advisory Committee (2006-2007), elected Executive Board member (2006-2010), Education Board member (2010-2013); Science Board member (2013-Present). American College of Epidemiology: elected Fellow (2006-Present); elected Member (2002-2006); Secretary, Minority Affairs Committee (2005-2006); elected member of Board of Directors (2007-2010); Vicechair, Minority Affairs Committee (2007-2009); Vice-chair, Policy Committee (2010-2012); Nominations Committee (2013); Chair, Policy Committee (2012-Present) Kellogg Scholars in Health Disparities Program: advisor (2001-2005); Kellogg Health Scholars-Multidisciplinary Tract: advisor (2006-Present) Association for Academic Minority Physicians: elected Member National Latino Tobacco Control Network: Advisory Committee member IV.B.9. Historical Committees, etc. (10+ years ago) IV.B.10. Other IV.C. External Service and Consulting IV.C.1. Community Engagements, Local, State, National, International Community 2002-2007 2003 2005-2006 2006-Present 2008 2013 State 3/2003 2/2007 1/2008-2/2008 2/2012 7/2/2013 2/2014 3/2015 National: 2000-2002 2001-2003 2006 2011-2013 2013 Founding board member, Latino Providers Network, Baltimore MD (cochair of Health Interest Group) Testimony. Montgomery County Board of Education. Latinos, Obesity, Diabetes and Vending Machines. December 9, 2003 Founding Member, Latino Health Coalition, MidAtlantic Community Health Centers Member, Adventist HealthCare Inc’s Center for Health Equity and Wellness Advisory Board. Testimony. Montgomery County Council. Health Priorities for Latinos. December 4, 2008. Briefed Montgomery County Government’s Healthy Montgomery program on Improving Data for Latinos. July 9, 2013. State legislative briefing. Latino health issues in Maryland. State legislative briefing. Community based participatory research with Latino communities in Maryland. Maryland state legislative testimony on trans fatty acids, flame retardants, MRSA, childhood obesity State legislative briefing. Partnership to Address Cultural Competency and Health Literacy in Health Professions Training Programs. Briefed Governor’s Commissions on “Addressing Disparities Through Implementation of the ACA” (webinar) State legislative testimony on community health workers. State legislative testimony on cultural competency education and training requirements OMH Representative for Minority Health Work Group, Academic Medicine and Managed Care Forum Member, Latino Child Health Consortium of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Center for Child Health Research Panelist. How to Achieve Culturally and Linguistically Competent Healthcare. 4th Annual TriCaucus Minority Health Summit. Member, Community Advisory Board, Scientific Integrity in Community Based Participatory Research (R21 ES 020967) Invited expert panelist, Alliance for Aging Research’s Congressional briefing on Persistent Pain IV.C.2. International Activities 2008 Invited participant for first public health Project Interchange seminar in Israel 2013 Invited participant, International consultation on cultural competence education and training for Cochrane Systematic Review on the effects of cultural competence education interventions on patient-related outcomes by Victoria Department of Health. IV.C.3. Corporate and Other Board Memberships IV.C.4. Entrepreneurial Activities IV.C.5. Consultancies (to local, state and federal agencies; companies; organizations) 2013-2015 Expert consultant for professional development of Hispanic Serving Health professional School’s scholars and fellows (GTFP). IV.C.6. Historical External Service and Consulting (10+ years ago) Reviewing activities for agencies. 1991-1994 1995 1998 1999 2000, 2002 2004 2005 NCHS Minority Health Statistics Grant Program reviewer Chair, NCHS Minority Health Statistics Grant Program review panel Reviewer of task order contract proposals for PSC Asthma grant reviewer for National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Reviewer of MCH task order project proposals for Health Care Financing Administration Grant Reviewer, NIH SBA Grant reviewer, NHLBI Cultural Competency and Health Disparities Academic Award program Other unpaid services to federal agencies 1987-1991 NCHS alternate member, Work Group of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Environmental Cancer and Heart and Lung Disease 1992 NCHS representative, Clearinghouse Subcommittee, Federal Task Force on Environmental Education 1992 Research and Data work group member, National Hispanic Health Policy Summit. Office of Minority Health 1992 Data Collection Strategies work group member. National Workshop on Hispanic/Latino Health: Implementation Strategies. Surgeon General's National Hispanic Health Initiative, Washington DC 1992-1996 Staff member, Subcommittee on Health Statistics for Minority and Other Special Populations of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics 1992-1994 OMH representative, PHS Health Data Policy Committee 1993 Facilitator, Data Collection Strategies work group. New York regional workshop. Surgeon General's National Hispanic Health Initiative. 1993-1994 OMH representative, PHS Task Force on State and Community Data 1994-1995 Chair, PHS Working Group on Minority Data of the PHS Public Health Data Policy Coordinating Committee 1994-1996 OMH representative, PHS Public Health Data Policy Coordinating Committee 1994-Present 1996-1997 1996-2002 1996-2002 1997-2002 2000-2002 2002 OMH representative, Interagency Committee for the Review of Racial and Ethnic Standards Principal Staff for HHS Data Council's Working Group on Racial and Ethnic Data Staff for OPHS representation on HHS Data Council Staff for National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics' Subcommittee on Populations Cochair for HHS Data Council's Working Group on Racial and Ethnic Data. OMH Representative for HHS Data Council’s Data Strategy Work Group Member, Community-Based Participatory Research Interagency Work Group IV.C.7. Other IV.D. Non-Research Presentations IV.D.1. Outreach Presentations IV.D.2 Other IV.E. Media Contributions IV.E.1. Internet IV.E.2. TV IV.E.3. Radio IV.E.4. Digital Media IV.E.5. Print Media IV.E.6. Blogs IV.E.7. Feeds IV.E.8. Other IV.F Community & Other Service Local Agencies 2003-Present 2003-Present 2006-2007 2006-2007 2008 State Agencies 2004-2005 Member, Data Workgroup, Montgomery County Latino Health Initiative, (Cochair 2014-Present) Steering Committee, Montgomery County Latino Health Initiative (Elected Cochair 2004-2006; Member 2003-2004 and 2006-Present) Primary Care Coalition, Expert Advisory Panel for Montgomery Cares Technical Advisory Committee to establish Office of Minority Health, State Center for Health Statistics, DC-Department of Health Developed, conducted and evaluated 4 training sessions for emergency department providers on national guidelines on treatment of asthma exacerbations and tools for culturally competent care in Spring 2008 with Adventist Healthcare Inc’s Center for Health Disparities and Montgomery County government. Cochair, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Measuring Disparities Task Force 2012-2013 Federal Agencies 2003 2004 2004 2004-2005 2004 2008 2008 2010-2011 2013 2014 Member, Maryland Health Quality and Cost Council’s Cultural and Linguistic Competency Workgroup Expert panelist, Discrimination in the Workplace, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health Expert consultant, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. Expert Panelist, Race and Genetics Roundtable, National Human Genome Research Institute Member, External Advisory Panel of the "Evaluation of Statistical Methods for Data Collection and Analysis on Racial and Ethnic Minorities and Other Hard-to-Reach Populations.” RAND Health for the Department of Health and Human Services. Expert Panelist, Immigrant Worker Conference, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health Member, PhenX Demographics Working Group, Research Triangle Institute (RTI) for the National Human Genome Research Institute. Expert Panelist, “Understanding the Role of Genetics in Health Disparities: Toward a New Research Agenda workshop.” National Human Genome Research Institute, National Cancer Institute, and the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities. Committee Member, Advancing Pain Research, Care, and Education. Institute of Medicine. o Related report: Committee on Advancing Pain Research, Care, and Education. Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Treatment, and Research. Washington DC: Institute of Medicine. 2011. Member, National Institute of Health’s Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee’s Population Research working group Testimony. Collection, analysis, and availability of demographic subgroup data for FDA-approved medical products. Part 15 Public Hearing. Food and Drug Administration. 4/1/14. V. Awards, Honors and Recognition V.1. Research Fellowships, Prizes and Awards 2013, 2014 2008-2012 1990-1992 1988-1989 1981-1982 1975-1979 1975 Merit Award, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Maryland School of Public Health Recognized at annual University-Wide Celebration of Scholarship and Research Johns Hopkins Post Certified Student Scholarship NCHS Long-Term Training for Johns Hopkins Public Health Service Training Grant Full tuition scholarship to Tulane University Dorothy Reaves Music Scholarship V.2 Teaching Awards V.3 Service Awards and Honors: 1981 1992 1993-2001 1993 1993 1995 1998 1999 1999 1999 2000 2002 2002 2002 2005 2006 2010 2010 2011 2011 2013 2013 2014 Outstanding Young Woman of America NCHS Director's Award for EEO/Civil Rights Program Activities Outstanding Performance Awards OASH Special Recognition Award: Hispanic Health Policy Summit Group Surgeon General's Certificate of Appreciation NCHS Minority Health Statistics Grants Program Certificate of Appreciation Latino Caucus of APHA Certificate of Appreciation Secretary’s Distinguished Service Award Assistant Secretary for Health Special Recognition Award NHLBI Certificate of Appreciation Secretary’s Distinguished Service Award Assistant Secretary for Health's Award for Superior Service Latino Caucus of APHA Distinguished Career Award Assistant Secretary for Health's Award for Superior Service Montgomery County Executive Certificate of Recognition & Appreciation Latino Health Initiative, Montgomery County recognition plaque American Public Health Association award for leadership and service on the APHA Executive Board 2006-2010 Governor’s Hispanic Heritage Month Awardee: Healthcare Champion American Public Health Association 2011 CoA Reception award for service on ACBI Advisory Committee Faculty Inductee, University of Maryland School of Public Health Gamma Zeta Chapter of Delta Omega, the Honorary Society in Public Health American Public Health Association award for service on the APHA Education Board 2010-2013 Jerry P. Wrenn Outstanding Service Award, University of Maryland School of Public Health Pioneer in Pain Award for service on the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Advancing Pain Research, Care, and Education. Western Pain Society. V.4 Recognition in Media Maryland Professor Leads Effort to Develop Framework for Translating Epidemiology into Policy. ASPPH Friday Letter. April 16, 2015. Dr. Carter-Pokras Partners with European Consortium to Improve Cultural Competency of Health Professionals. ASPPH Friday Letter. February 13, 2015. Maryland Releases Cultural Competency and Health Literacy Guide. ASPH Friday Letter. May 9, 2013. Research Findings from O.D. Carter-Pokras et al Update Understanding of Diabetes. Diabetes Week. February 6, 2012 School of Public Health Co-Sponsors Maryland's 8th Annual Minority Health Disparities Conference. (Conference news). States News Service. September 30, 2011. Brooks Phelps. Latinos Expected To Live Longer. December 4, 2010. La Voz Latina. Jason Lewis. Local health care services for Latinos might face major budget cuts. La Voz Latina. May-Summer 2010; V(3). Samuel Orozco. Línea Abierta : Reform: Healthcare, Immigration and the Census. Radio Bilingue (radio show). January 29, 2010. New UM Disease Prevention Effort to Launch on World AIDS Day. States News Service. November 30, 2009. Ray Suarez. Destination Casa Blanca (cable TV show). November 12, 2009. Andrea Alemañy. La FDA supervisará comercialización del tabaco: Ojo con last nuevas regulaciones al cigarillo. Washington Hispanic. July 24, 2009. Donna St. George. County Must Help Improve Latino Health, Report Says. The Washington Post. June 26, 2008. Krisberg, Kim. APHA asks Maryland to curb kids' obesity.(APHA ADVOCATES: Recent actions on public health by APHA). The Nation's Health. April 1, 2008 Names in the News. Baltimore Sun. August 25, 2006. APHA Governing Council to Vote for New Executive Board Members. The Nation’s Health. August 1, 2006. Andrew Green. Ehrlich cuts health care for children of immigrants ; Administration also weighs fate of funds for pregnant women. Baltimore Sun. June 22, 2005. Kelly Brewington. Health care options limited for many Baltimore Latinos. Baltimore Sun. November 15, 2004. Jen Degregorio. Fest offers a healthy dose of fun, education ; LatinoFest volunteers' aim is medical information. Baltimore Sun. June 27, 2004. Katherine Brewer. JHU holds Md. Health forum. The Johns Hopkins Newsletter. April 15, 2004. Health-U.S.: Lacking Data, Race Gap in Health Services Worsens. Inter Press Service English News Wire. November 8, 2001. Minority health videoconference. New Pittsburgh Courier. June 12, 1999. Larry Thompson. Examining the Health Status of Hispanics; Nation's Fastest-Growing Minority Lacks Access to Medical Care, Study Shows. The Washington Post. January 15, 1991. V.5 Other Special Recognition VI. Other Information