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Injury - Alumni Print
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
Year of Graduation: 2007
Title of Dissertation/Thesis: Occupational Injury and Illness Experience of Nurse Aides Employed at Duke University Health System

Kelly Gurka, PhD
Year of Graduation: 2007
Title of Dissertation/Thesis: Workplace homicide in North Carolina, 1994-2003: A case series and examination of recommended prevention strategies

Myduc Ta, PhD
Year of Graduation: 2008
Title of Dissertation/Thesis: Community level determinants of workplace violence in North Carolina

Last updated April 22, 2008
 
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