Curriculum Vitae
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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