Curriculum Vitae
of
Jeffrey L. Lennon, PHD, MD, MSPH, MPH, CHES
Professor of Health Professions
Liberty University
Department of Health Professions
1971 University Blvd.
Lynchburg, VA 24515
Contact Information:
Office: Green Hall 1952
Phone: (434) 592-3759
jlennon@liberty.edu
EDUCATION:
Doctor of Philosophy – 2001
University of Alabama and University of Alabama
at Birmingham Joint Ph.D. Program in Health
Education and Health Promotion. Unit – UAB
School of Public Health, Department of Health
Behavior. Birmingham, Alabama. Major: Health
Education & Health Promotion.
Master of Science in Public Health – 1991
University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of
Public Health, Department of Public Health
Sciences, Division of International Health,
Birmingham, Alabama. Major: International
Health, concentration: Health Care Organization.
Master of Public Health – 1986
University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of
Public Health and Graduate School, Department of
International Public Health Sciences, Birmingham,
Alabama. Major: International Health.
Doctor of Medicine – 1982
Cetec University School of Medicine, Santo
Domingo, Dominican Republic, Major: Medicine.
1980-1978
Bachelor of Arts in Biology – 1976
Central del Este University School of Medicine, San
Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic.
The King’s College, Briarcliff Manor, New York.
Major: Biology.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2008 – Present
Liberty University, Department of Health Professions, School of
Health Science, Lynchburg, VA, Associate Professor 2008 – 2013,
Professor of Health Professions 2013 – Present.
1991 – 2007
International Technical Assistance Group. Representative and Health
Specialist: Manila and Dumaguete City, Philippines. This included
Visiting Professor appointment at Silliman University College of
Education (1992-1996), Graduate School of Public Health Program
(1996-1998) and Coordinator of MPH Program (1997- 1998),
Dumaguete City, Philippines. Also included health seminar in Bac
Thai, Vietnam, 3/96. Visiting Professor, Foundation University,
Dumaguete City, Philippines (2002 – 2006). U.S.A. based,
Southeastern region (2006 – 12/07).
2001 - 2002
Post-doctoral Scholar in Public Health, University of Alabama at
Birmingham School of Public Health, Department of Health
Behavior, Birmingham, AL. (Concurrent with ITAG Appointment.)
1987 - 1989
Medical Ambassadors International. Representative, Physician,
and Health Specialist in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
(1/87 - 9/88), and Manila, Philippines (10/88 - 7/89), with project
visits to Guatemala, El Salvador, Kenya. This included training
health promoters and trainers of health workers.
1985
Yale University School of Medicine, Department of
Pharmacology, New Haven, Connecticut. Postdoctoral Associate
in Pharmacology.
1982 - 1983
Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology
and Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut. Postdoctoral
Associate in Epidemiology.
LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION:
Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) 2007
Full Medical Licensure, Dominican Republic, 1988
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COURSES TAUGHT AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY, LYNCHBURG, VA, U.S.A.:
Undergraduate University Level:
HLTH 105 – Introduction to Health Professions
HLTH 216 – Personal Health
HLTH 311 – Health Promotion Methods for International Settings
HLTH 320 – Introduction to Global Health
HLTH 349 – Public & Community Health for Business (Online)
HLTH 350 – Introduction to Public & Community Health
HLTH 350 – Introduction to Public & Community Health (Online)
HLTH 420 – Principles of Behavior Change and Health Counseling
HLTH 444 – Principles of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
HLTH 488 – Infectious Disease
Graduate University Level:
HLTH 620 – Introduction to Global Health
HLTH 620 – Introduction to Global Health (Online)
HLTH 624 – Sanitation in Developing Countries
HLTH 624 – Sanitation in Developing Countries (Online)
NEW COURSES CREATED AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY:
HLTH 311 - Health Promotion Methods for International Settings
HLTH 320 – Introduction to Global Health
HLTH 350 – Introduction to Public & Community Health (Online Format)
HLTH 349 – Public & Community Health for Business (Online Format)
HLTH 620 – Introduction to Global Health
HLTH 620 – Introduction to Global Health (Online Format)
HLTH 624 – Sanitation for Developing Countries
HLTH 624 – Sanitation for Developing Countries (Online Format)
HLTH 554 – Medical Terminology in Español (in development)
COURSES TAUGHT IN THE PHILIPPINES:
Undergraduate University Level:
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Personal and Community Hygiene
Environmental Sanitation and Health
Teaching Strategies for Health Education in the Community (Seminar)
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Graduate University Level:
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Human Ecology and Community Health
Epidemiology
Environmental Health
Health Education
Advanced Health Planning
School Health
Health Education Practicum
Public Health Education (Seminar)
Community Level:
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Community Health Trainer Seminars
Health Education & Control of Dengue Fever for Schools & Communities
COURSES TAUGHT IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:
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Health Promotion Training Seminars
HONOR STUDENT ADVISOR & THESIS CHAIR:
Evan Sebastian. Honor Student, Fall 2008, Health 350. Student Class Project: “Student
Eye Health & Disease Awareness Survey”.
Emily Stoepker. Honor Student, Spring 2009, Health 350. Student Class Project:
“Student Sleep Survey”.
Emily Stoepker, Thesis Committee Member, Fall 2009 – Spring 2010
Sharayah Smith, Honor Student, Fall 2009, Health 497. Student Class Project: “Global
Swine Flu”.
Rebekah Gibbs, Honor’s Thesis Chair, Spring 2010 - 2011. “Nutrition Related Eye
Disease in Bangladesh”.
Katelyn Bowers, Honor Student, Fall 2010, Health 350. Student Class Project: “Health
Insurance Survey”.
Monterey Starkey, Honor Student, Spring 2011, Health 350. Student Class Project:
“Student Hydration Survey”.
Amy McLaughlin, Honor Student, Fall 2012, Health 488, Student Class Project:
“Epidemics During Emergency Situations”.
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HONOR STUDENT ADVISOR & THESIS CHAIR: (Continuation)
Amy McLaughlin, Honor’s Thesis Chair, Fall 2012 – Spring 2013, “The Use and Effects
of Vitamin C in Cancer Treatment”
Michael Frost, Honor Student, Spring 2013, HLTH 350, Student Class Project: A Survey
of Sleep on the Liberty University Student Population.
Michael Frost, Honor’s Thesis Chair, Fall 2013 – Spring 2014, “The Effects on Health of
Alzheimer’s Disease Care Givers”.
Maria Kometer, Honor Student, Fall 2014, HLTH 444, “Epidemiology of C. difficile”.
Jessica Stokes, Honor Student, Fall 2014, HLTH 488, “Epidemiology of Chikungunya
Fever”.
PUBLICATIONS (Peer Reviewed):
Lennon, J.L. (1983). Dengue in the Caribbean (letter). Journal of the American Medical
Association, 250, 613.
Lennon, J.L. (1984). High-tech medicine in the Caribbean: 25 years of Cuban health care
(letter). New England Journal of Medicine, 311, 60.
Lennon, J.L., Black, F.L. (1986). Maternally derived measles immunity in the era of vaccine
protected mothers. Journal of Pediatrics, 108, 671-676.
Lennon, J.L., Pimentel, J., Manon, F.J. (1987). Comparaciones de huevos de parasitos
intestinales en dos localidades de Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana (Comparisons
of intestinal parasite ova counts in two locations in Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic). Acta Medica Dominicana, 9, 218-222.
Lennon, J.L. (1988). A review of health education in leprosy. International Journal of Leprosy,
56, 611-618.
Lennon, J.L. & Coombs, D.W. (1992). An application of the LePSA methodology for health
education in Leprosy. Leprosy Review, 63, 145-150.
Lennon, J.L., Coombs, D.W. (1992). A Community-based intervention for childhood diarrhoea
control (letter). Journal of Diarrhoeal Disease Research, 10, 35-36.
Lennon, J.L. (1993). An application of the PRECEDE model in health program planning: An
example of health promotion in diarrhea control. Filipino Family Physician Journal,
31, 23-29.
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PUBLICATIONS (Peer Reviewed): Continuation
Lennon, J.L. (1993). An assessment of university education students on health issues based on
Facts for Life messages in Negros Oriental, Philippines. Philippine Journal of
Education, 72, 84-86, 92.
Lennon, J.L. (1994). The Change in Facts for Life health knowledge among university
education students: special reference to the LePSA methodology. Graduate Currents,
1, 1-6.
Lennon, J.L. (1994). Knowledge of dengue hemorrhagic fever by a parents-teachers group in a
Filipino high school. Silliman Journal, 37, 27-40.
Lennon, J.L. & Gonzales, J.C.P. (1995). The utilization of college of education students in a
dengue health education campaign. Philippine Journal of Education, 73, 393, 421, 425426.
Lennon, J.L. & Florendo, T.E. (1995). Reproductive health and AIDS awareness in Filipino
university students through the use of LePSA and Facts for Life. Philippine Journal of
Obstetrics and Gynecology, 19 (1), 43-47.
Lennon, J.L. & Diputado, B.V. (1995). A descriptive epidemiology of parkinson’s disease and
environmental exposure in Negros Oriental, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Internal
Medicine, 33 (6), 205-209.
Lennon, J.L. (1996). The Knowledge of Facts for Life diarrhea information as a result of two
LePSA training sessions: Emphasis on the cessation of the use of inappropriate
pharmaceuticals. Convergence., 2 (2), 78-85.
Lennon, J.L. (1996). Knowledge of dengue haemorrhagic fever by Filipino university education
students. Dengue Bulletin (W.H.O.), 20, 82-86.
Lennon, J.L. (1997). University students’ awareness of leprosy as a result of an educational
training module. Philippine Journal of Arts and Sciences, 1, 8-14.
Lennon, J.L. & Florendo, T.E. (1997). Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of alcohol in Dumaguete
school children and college students. Graduate Research Journal (Foundation University),
10 (1), 18-25.
Lennon, J.L. (1998). Perspectives on public health. Silliman Journal, 39(1), 101-107.
Lennon, J.L. (2001). Dengue control in the Philippines: Health education strategies for dengue
control for schools and communities. Retrieved May 16, 2001, from University of
Alabama at Birmingham, John J. Sparkman Center for International Public Health
Education Web site: http://main.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=38016.
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PUBLICATIONS (Peer Reviewed): Continuation
Lennon, J.L. & Coombs, D.W. (2002). Study of child-invented health educational games on
dengue fever. Dengue Bulletin., 26, 195-202.
Stallworth, J., & Lennon, J.L. (2003). An interview with Dr. Lester Breslow. American
Journal of Public Health, 193, 1803-1805.
Lennon, J.L. (2004). Students’ perceptions about mosquito larval control in a dengue-endemic
Philippine city. Dengue Bulletin, 28, 196-206.
Lennon, J.L. & Coombs, D.W. (2005). The dengue game debriefing study. Simulation &
Gaming: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Theory, Practice and Research, 36, 499-517.
Lennon, J.L. (2005). The use of the health belief model in dengue health education. Dengue
Bulletin, 29, 217-219.
Lennon, J.L. & Coombs, D.W. (2006). Child invented health education games: A case study
for dengue fever. Simulation & Gaming: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 37, 88-97.
Lennon, J.L. (2006). Debriefings of web-based malaria games. Simulation & Gaming: An
Interdisciplinary Journal, 37, 350-356.
Lennon, J.L. (2006). Transmission of DHF at Home or School (letter). Dengue Bulletin, 30,
294-295.
Lennon, J.L. & Coombs, D.W. (2007). The utility of a board game for dengue haemorrhagic
fever health education. Health Education, 107 (3), 290-306.
Lennon, J.L. (2007). Perceived self-efficacy to plan and execute an environmental action plan
for dengue control among Filipino university students. Dengue Bulletin, 31, 160-165.
Lennon, J.L. (2009). Debriefing a Health-Related Educational game. Simulation Gaming
OnlineFirst. Published online ahead of print April 26, 2009.
(DOI: 10.1177/1046878109332810).
Lennon, J.L. (2010). Debriefing a Health-Related Educational game: A case study. Simulation
& Gaming, 41(3), 390-399. (DOI: 10.1177/1046878109332810).
Lennon, J.L. (2013). Dengue game debriefing by Health promotion students. Dengue Bulletin,
37, 203 – 210.
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ABSTRACTS (Peer-Reviewed):
Lennon, J.L. & Black, F.L. (1986). Journal of Pediatrics: Maternally derived measles immunity
in the era of vaccine protected mothers. Journal of the American Medical Association,
256, 1882.
Lennon, J.L. (1995, November). Knowledge of dengue hemorrhagic fever by Filipino
university education students. Presentation: American Public Health Association
Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA USA. Environmental Section.
PUBLICATIONS (Non-peer-reviewed):
Lennon, JH.L. (1993, February 10). Status of Silliman’s dengue control campaign. Weekly
Sillimanian.
Lennon, J.L. (2003, February 26). The challenge of dengue (part 1). San Carlos News, p. 8.
Lennon, J.L. (2003, March 5). The challenge of dengue (part 2), San Carlos News, p. 4.
Lennon, J.L. (2003, May 28). Have you heard the news about SARS? San Carlos News, p. 4.
Lennon, A.J. and Lennon, J.L. (2010). Things Can Get Better. Bloomington, IN, AuthorHouse.
NON-PUBLICATIONS WORKS:
Lennon, J.L., ed. (1987). Un folleto para promotores de salud. Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic, 1-30 pp.
Lennon, J.L., ed. (1989). Medical ambassadors community health worker manual. Manila,
Philippines, 1-128 pp.
Lennon, J.L. (1996). Health education and control of dengue hemorrhagic fever for schools and
communities, 1-83 pp.
Lennon, J.L. (2001). Utility of a board game for dengue hemorrhagic fever health education.
University of Alabama at Birmingham. Doctoral Dissertation.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
Journal Reviewer:
2005, 2010 : Health Education & Behavior
2006 – 2008, 2012, 2013 Dengue Bulletin
2007: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (Associate Editor)
2007 – 2009: Gaming & Simulation (Associate Editor for Health Promotion & Public Health
Games 2009 and beyond)
2010 – The Journal for Simulation & Gaming for Education & Development (Associate Editor)
2012 – Eta Sigma Gamma Student Monograph
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UNIVERSITY & DEPARTMENT SERVICE:
Member - Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Liberty University, 2008 to current
Faculty Advisor – Eta Sigma Gamma at Liberty University, 2009 to current
Member – MPH Program Development Group, Spring 2011
Faculty Senate – 2011 to Present
Member – Review Team of Health Ministry, Hope of Life, Zacapa, Guatemala – January 2012
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Consultant – Dengue Game Research Study, Belo Horizonte, Brazil – 2011
Health Assessment Consultant – Environmental Impact Assessment, Negros Island - 1997
Co-initiator – Master of Public Health Program, Silliman University, Dumaguete City,
Philippines – 1996.
Relief Worker – AMG International, Guatemala, Central America - 1976
HONOR:
Member
Delta Omega – National Public Health Honor Society.
Inducted April 2002.
Member
Eta Sigma Gamma. National Health Education Honorary.
Inducted November 2008.
Selected
Who’s Who in the World 2011, 2012, 2013 (Marquis, 28th – 30th Editions)
Who’s Who in Medicine & Health Care 2011-2012 (Marquis 8th Ed.)
Who’s Who in America 2013 (Marquis 67th Ed.)
SCHOLARSHIPS:
Post Graduate
University of Alabama at Birmingham. School of Public Health.
Public Health Fellowship, 1990-1991. Public Health Tuition
Scholarship. 1985-1986, 1989-1990. Health Behavior Fellowship
1998-2000.
Undergraduate
New York State Regents Scholarship.
Hoerner-Waldorf Corporation Scholarship.
GRANT:
Sparkman Center for International Public Health Education, University of Alabama at
Birmingham Travel Grant – 2001
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
American Public Health Association
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation (American Health
Education Association)
Eta Sigma Gamma (National Health Education Honorary)