| Injury - Alumni |
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Injury Alumni of the Department are defined as all department graduates who focused
on injury for their dissertation or thesis. This list is presented in chronological
order. We apologize for any omissions or inaccurate information – the Department
has a long history! Please send any corrections to Steve Marshall
(SMarshall@unc.edu) Robert Verhalen Current Position – CEO, Verhalen & Associates LLC Year of Graduation: 1972 Title of Dissertation/Thesis: An Historical-Prospective Study of the Effects of Certain Personal and Social Characteristics on Self-Selection into Driver Education and on Subsequent Driving Performance Cynthia Lessne PhD Current Position – Professor, College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island Year of Graduation: 1985 Title of Dissertation/Thesis: Apparent Consumption of Alcohol and Violent and Accidental Death in North Carolina: a Time Series Analysis, 1956-1981 Ellen Heineman PhD Current Position – Epidemiology & Genetics Research Program, National Cancer Institute Year of Graduation: 1987 Title of Dissertation/Thesis: Injuries on the Fireground: the Role of Fire Fighters' Breathing Apparatus Christine Branche PhD Current Position – Director, Division of Unintentional Injuries, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC Year of Graduation: 1988 Title of Dissertation/Thesis: An Assessment of Conditional Risks for Severe Occupational Traumatic Injury during Falls from Elevations at Work among North Carolina Construction Workers Hester Lipscomb PhD Current Position – Associate Professor, Duke University Year of Graduation: 1995 Title of Dissertation/Thesis: The use of combined administrative data for surveillance of back disorders among union carpenters Jane Stutts PhD Current Position – Associate Director for Social and Behavior Research, UNC Highway Safety Research Center Year of Graduation: 1996 Title of Dissertation/Thesis: The Impact of Visual and Cognitive Function on Older Driver Safety and Mobility Jeff Korte MSPH Current Position – Medical University of South Carolina Year of Graduation: 1997 Title of Dissertation/Thesis: An Epidemiologic Analysis of Occupational Injury Fatalities in U.S. Counties Sharing a Border with Mexico Tamera Coyne-Beasley Current Position – Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UNC-Chapel Hill Year of Graduation: 1997 Title of Dissertation/Thesis: The Epidemiology of Adolescent Homicide in North Carolina 1990-1995 Steve Marshall PhD Current Position – Associate Professor, Dept of Epidemiology, UNC-Chapel Hill Year of Graduation: 1998 Title of Dissertation/Thesis: Effectiveness of Protective Equipment in Contact Sports Ruth Shults PhD Current Position – Epidemiologist, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC Year of Graduation: 1999 Title of Dissertation/Thesis: Work-related Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Injuries Among Union Carpenters Betsey Gardstein. MPH Current Position – Research Analyst, Massachusetts Department of Public Health Year of Graduation: 2002 Title of Dissertation/Thesis: Injury Mortality among Men in the Brazilian Navy, 1991-1995 Mark Schultz PhD Current Position – Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Education, UNC-Greensboro Year of Graduation: 2002 Title of Dissertation/Thesis: Athletic Injuries in N.C. High School Athletes: Concussions and Cheerleading Injuries Daniel Macklin MPH Current Position – Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UNC-Chapel Hill Year of Graduation: 2002 Title of Dissertation/Thesis: The relationship of concussive symptoms and return to competition for college football players Joel Clingenpeel MPH Current Position – Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University Year of Graduation: 2003 Title of Dissertation/Thesis: Prevalence of Helmet Rental at U.S. Ski Areas: A National Survey Heather Keenan PhD Current Position – Assistant Professor, University of Utah Year of Graduation: 2004 Title of Dissertation/Thesis: The Epidemiology of Traumatic Brain Injury in Infants and Young Children Sarah Knowles PhD Current Position – Epidemiologist, Palo Alto Medical Foundation Year of Graduation: 2005 Title of Dissertation/Thesis: Incidence and severity of injury among North Carolina high school athletes Ben Zarzaur MPH Current Position – Assistant Professor, University of Memphis Year of Graduation: 2006 Title of Dissertation/Thesis: Motor Vehicle Crashes, Obesity, and Seatbelt use: A Deadly Combination Danielle Rentz PhD Current Position – Epidemiologic Intelligence Officier, CDC Year of Graduation: 2006 Title of Dissertation/Thesis: Child Abuse and Neglect in Military and non-Military Families: An Analysis of the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System, 2000-2003 Kristen Kucera MPH and PhD Current Position – Assistant Research Professor, Duke University Year of Graduation: MPH: 2002; PhD: 2006 Title of Dissertation/Thesis: The NCYSA Classic injury study: Injury History of the Traveling Soccer Team (thesis, 2002); Ergonomic assessment and Low Back Pain in Fisherman in NorthCarolina (dissertation, 2006) Rosa L. Rodriguez-Acosta, PhD Kelly Gurka, PhD
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