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Needoba, Joseph - PhD
Biography
Dr. Needoba uses chemical and biological sensors deployed in the environment to characterize water quality and its determinants, with a focus on linkages between human activities, ecological processes, and human health. As part of the Ecosystem Monitoring Program supported by the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership, the lab studies water quality and ecosystem characteristics of juvenile salmon habitat in the Columbia River estuary. Additional ongoing research addresses regional environmental health issues associated with harmful algal blooms, chemicals of emerging concern, and ocean acidification/hypoxia.
Education, Degrees
B.A., University of British Columbia, Canada, 1997
Ph.D., University of British Columbia, Canada, 2003
Postdoctoral Fellow, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, 2007
Newgard, Craig - MD, MPH
Biography
Craig Newgard is a practicing emergency physician and clinical researcher, with a primary appointment in the OHSU Department of Emergency Medicine. He is director of the Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine at OHSU, a position that bridges emergency care research and health policy. His research has focused on emergency medical services, trauma systems, field triage and the use of advanced statistical methods to evaluate emergency care. Most recently, these scientific interests have been supported through federal grants to study long-term health outcomes and costs for injured older adults served through the emergency 9-1-1 system.
He has received continuous federal funding since 2000, including from the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Centers for Disease Control. Newgard has also been involved in multiple national scientific leadership positions and emergency care research networks.
Education, Degrees
M.D., Loyola Chicago – Stritch School of Medicine, 1997
M.P.H., Epidemiology, UCLA, 2001
Nguyen, Thuan - MS, PhD
Biography
Thuan Nguyen is an associate professor of biostatistics in the School of Public Health. She teaches and advises graduate students in biostatistics and teaches two graduate courses – Linear Models and Survey Designs and Analysis. She is a biostatistician with a research emphasis in statistical methodology. Her research of interest includes mixed effects models, statistical genetics, model selection, small area estimation and longitudinal data analysis.
She has been involved with the Biostatistics Design Program at the Oregon Clinical Translational Research Institute since 2008 and has collaborated with many investigators on a wide range of research projects in clinical care, public health, health policy, basic science and social behavior science.
Education, Degrees
M.D., Hue University of Medicine & Pharmacy, 1995
M.S., Statistics, California State of University, East Bay, 2002
Ph.D., Biostatistics, University of California, Davis, 2008
Awards and Honors
- 2014: PHPH Mentoring Award
- 2002: Hee-bok Award
Nicolaidis, Christina - AB, MD, MPH
Biography
Christina Nicolaidis is a general internist and health equity researcher. She serves as a professor in the School of Social Work at PSU and adjunct associate professor in the OHSU Department of Medicine and the School of Public Health. Nicolaidis has focused much of her career on improving the health and healthcare of populations that have traditionally not been well-served in the health care system, including racial and ethnic minorities, adults on the autism spectrum, people with intellectual disabilities, trauma survivors and people with chronic pain or substance use disorders. She directs the Social Determinants of Health Initiative, a Portland-wide initiative that supports and conducts community-engaged, interdisciplinary research, education and action to promote health equity.
Nicolaidis also co-founded and co-directs the Academic Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education, a National Institutes of Health-funded partnership with individuals on the autism spectrum.
Education, Degrees
A.B., Cognitive Science, Brown University, 1988
M.D., Columbia University, 1993
Residency, Internal Medicine, OHSU, 1996
Chief Residency, Internal Medicine, OHSU 1997
M.P.H., University of Washington, 1999
Fellowship, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Washington, 1999
Awards and Honors
2011: Clinician Investigator of the Year. Northwest Region, Society of General Internal Medicine
Notes
- 1R34MH111536-01 (Nicolaidis, Christina) December, 2016-November 2018. NIH/NIMH. Health System Integration of Tools to Improve Primary Care for Autistic Adults. Role: PI
- 1R21MH112038-01 (Raymaker, Dora) December, 2016 – November, 2018. NIH/NIMH. ♦ Autism and skilled employment: An exploratory study to inform future intervention. Role: Co-Investigator
- 200-2015-F-88070 (Nicolaidis, Christina and McCollister, Kathryn) Is: Nicolaidis and McCollister. September 2015 to September 2017. Centers for Disease Control. Literature Review and Framework for Estimating the Costs of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in the United States. Role: Co-Principal Investigator
- R21HD078830-01A1. (Oschwald, Mary) August 2014-July 2016. NIH/NICHD. Pregnancy Decision-Making and Supports for Women with Developmental Disabilities. Role: Co-Investigator.
- 1R34MH092503-01. (Nicolaidis, Christina). June 2011 to April 2014. NIH/NIMH. ♦ Partnering with Autistic Adults to Develop Tools to Improve Primary Healthcare. Role: PI
- RTOI (Hughes, Rosemary) October, 2009- April, 2013. CDC. Partnering with People with Developmental Disabilities to Address Interpersonal Violence. Role: Co-Principal Investigator
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- VA#08-1610 (Hickam, David). June 2011-May 2015. Veternans Administration. ♦ VISN 20 Patient-Aligned Care Teams Demonstration Lab. Role: Co-Investigator.
- 1R21MH082139-01. (Nicolaidis, Christina). June 2008-May 2011. NIH/NIMH. CBPR to Improve Depression Care for African-American Domestic Violence Survivors. Role: PI
Niederhausen, Meike - PhD
Biography
Meike Niederhausen is an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health in the Biostatistics programs. Dr. Niederhausen teaches BSTA 550, “Introduction to Probability” to graduate level students and has an extensive background as a biostatistician in the School and beyond. For over ten years, she has been committed to teaching, research, and service by supporting research with study design, grant preparation, data management, statistical analyses, and manuscript review/preparation. She has also been lead on publications and grants.
A large part of Dr. Niederhausen’s research has focused on analyzing data from wearable activity trackers; on a series of projects investigating the effects of altering levothyroxine (L-T4) doses in hypothyroid subjects on quality of life, mood, cognition, energy expenditure, and body composition; and using machine learning methods to investigate the effects of alcohol, nicotine, and methamphetamine on decision-making and neural connectivity using functional MRI data.
Education, Degrees
B.A., New College of Florida, 1998
M.S., Purdue University, 2004
Ph.D., Purdue University, 2005
Nielson, Carrie - MPH, PhD
Biography
Carrie Nielson is an epidemiologist focused on genetic risk factors for osteoporosis and other outcomes of aging that are related to body composition and endocrinology. She and her colleagues work to understand the regulation of bone, fat, and lean mass in older adults in order to prevent frailty and fracture, which lead to immobility and loss of independence. She works primarily on two large cohort studies of aging men and women in the United States, using genotyping in these cohorts to explore genetic variants that may affect bone mineral density and other traits.
2017 EpiData Research Symposium Spotlight
Education, Degrees
M.P.H., University of Arizona, 2004
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2006
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cancer Prevention and Control
