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CURRICULUM VITAE ANNE PITTMAN SCHENCK, PhD, MSPH

Contact information: Associate Dean for Public Health Practice UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health 4103 McGavran-Greenberg Hall, CB 7469 Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 Email: [email protected] Phone: 919.843.8580 EDUCATION PhD 1997 Department of Epidemiology

School of Public Health University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Post graduate 1989 Epi in Action Course Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

Post graduate 1984-85 Department of Epidemiology Courses School of Public Health University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill MSPH 1983 Department of Health Education

School of Public Health University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

BA 1977 Department of Psychology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS 03/2011 -- present Associate Dean for Public Health Practice UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

03/2011 -- present Director, North Carolina Institute for Public Health UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health


12/2009 – present Director, Public Health Leadership Program UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health


mailto:[email protected]

Anne Pittman Schenck, PhD - 2 - 07/2016

12/2009 – present Professor of the Practice UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Chapel Hill, North Carolina 12/2009 – 12/2012 Research Scientist The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence

Cary, North Carolina

6/2007 – 11/2009 Director of Research The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence Cary, North Carolina

7/1999 – 11/2009 Adjunct Assistant Professor Department of Health Behavior Health Education UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Chapel Hill, North Carolina 6/2000 – 6/2007 Epidemiology Manager

The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence Cary, North Carolina

6/1997 – 6/2000 Senior Epidemiologist The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence Cary, NC

4/1996 – 4/1997 Epidemiologist Dept. of Health, Environment and Natural Resources Raleigh, NC

6/1995 – 12/1995 Graduate Teaching Assistant Department of Epidemiology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

3/1994 – 12/1995 Graduate Research Assistant Department of Epidemiology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8/1993 – 8/1994 Epidemiology Consultant

Guilford County Department of Public Health Greensboro, NC

11/1989 – 8/1993 Epidemiologist Guilford County Department of Public Health Greensboro, NC


11/1989 – 6/1999 Adjunct Instructor Department of Health Behavior Health Education University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12/1987 – 10/1989 Lead Health Educator, Adult Health Guilford County Dept. Public Health Greensboro, NC 8/1983 – 12/1986 Cancer Education Project Manager Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill AWARDS AND HONORS 2016 Teaching innovation award, Gillings School of Global Public Health University of North Carolina 2012 Delta Omega, University of North Carolina 2009 Research Fellow, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 2006 Who’s Who in North Carolina Health Policy 2001 APHA Gerontological Health Section, James G. Zimmer, New Investigator Award Honorable Mention 1993-1995 Cancer Control, Education and Prevention Program Fellow Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC 1983 National Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) Graduate Student Research Paper Award, First Place 1982 U.S. Public Health Trainee award MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS American Public Health Association National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable North Carolina Public Health Association Past leadership positions: Executive Committee

Adult Health Promotion Section: Chair, Secretary, Awards Committee Chair


BOOK CHAPTERS

Hanson LC, Schenck AP, Burstin H. Quality and Outcome Measures, in Meeting the Needs of Older

Adults with serious illness: Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of Health Care Reform. Kelley A, Meier D, (eds). Springer Publications. 2014.

Schenck AP, McArdle J, Weiser R. Quality Improvement Organizations and Continuous Quality Improvement in Medicare, in Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Care; Theory, Implementations and Applications, Sollecito WA & Johnson J (eds.), Jones and Bartlett Learning, Sudbury, MA, 2013.

Rokoske FR, McArdle J, Schenck AP. Clemson’s Nursing Home: Working with the State Quality Improvement Organization’s Restraint Reduction Initiative in Implementing Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Care –A Global Casebook. McLaughlin CP, Johnson JK, Sollecito WA (eds.), Jones and Bartlett Learning, Sudbury, MA, 2012.

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:

1. Davis MV, Bevc CA, Schenck AP. Measuring Changes in Local Surveillance & Investigation Capacity, Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research, 2015;4(4):1-6.

2. Schenck AP, Meyer AM, Kuo TM, Cilenti D. Building the evidence for decision-making: the relationships between local public health capacity and community mortality. Am J Public Health, 2015 Apr:105 Suppl 2-S211-6.

3. Davis MV, Bevc CA, Schenck AP. Declining trends in local health department preparedness capacities. Am J Public Health, 2014 Nov;104 (11):2233-8. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302159. Epub 2014 Sep 11.

4. Reeder-Hayes KE, Freburger J, Feaganes J, Peacock S, Henderson L, Massing M, Schenck AP, Stearns SC, Carpenter WR, Chen RC, Khandani AH. Comparative effectiveness of follow-up imaging approaches in pancreatic cancer. J Comp Eff Res, 2014, 3(5):491-502.

5. Bevc CA, Davis MV, Schenck AP. Temporal Trends in Preparedness Capacity. Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research, 2014, 3(3.

6. Davis MV, Bevc CA, Schenck AP. Effects of Performance Improvement Programs on Preparedness Capacities, Public Health Reports, 2014, Volume 129:19-27.

7. Schenck AP. Rokoske F, Durham D, Cagle J, Hanson LC. Quality measures for hospice and palliative care: Piloting the PEACE measures. J Palliat Med 2014;17(7):769-775.

8. Beyea A*, Fischer J, Schenck A, Hanson LC. Integrating palliative care information and hospice referral in Medicaid primary care. J Palliat Med. 2013, Apr;16(4):376-82. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2012.0483.


9. Cagle JG*, Rokoske FS, Durham D, Schenck AP, Spence C, Hanson LC. Use of Electronic Documentation for Quality Improvement in Hospice, Am J Med Qual. 2012 27(4):282-290.

10. Rosemond CA*, Hanson LC, Ennett ST, Schenck AP, Weiner BJ. Implementing Person Centered Care in Nursing Homes. Health Care Management Review, 2012; 37(3):257-266.

11. Wheeler SB*, Carpenter WR, Peppercorn, J, Schenck AP, Weinberger M, Biddle AK. Structural/ organizational characteristics of health services partly explain racial variation in timeliness of radiation therapy among elderly breast cancer patients. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2012, 133(1):333-345.

12. Holmes JA, Carpenter WR, Wu Y, Hendrix LH, Peacock S, Massing M, Schenck AP, Meyer AM, Diao K, Wheeler SB, Godley PA, Stitzenberg KB, Chen RC. Impact of distance to a urologist on early diagnosis of prostate cancer among black and white patients. J Urol. 2012 Mar;187(3):883-8. 2012.

13. Wheeler SB*, Carpenter WR, Peppercorn, J, Schenck AP, Weinberger M, Biddle AK. Predictors of Timing of Adjuvant Chemotherapy In Older Women With Hormone Receptor-Negative, Stage II-III Breast Cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 2012; 131 (1):207-216.

14. Schenck AP, Klabunde CN, Warren J, Jackson E, Peacock S, Lapin P. Physician Visits and Colorectal Cancer Testing Among Medicare Enrollees in North and South Carolina, 2005. Prev Chronic Dis, 2011 Sep; 8(5):A112.

15. Vinikoor LC*, Lavinder E, Marsh GM, Steffes SM, Schenck AP. Predictors of Screening Mammography among a North and South Carolina Medicare Population, Am J Med Qual. 2011 26(5):364-71.

16. Durham DD*, Rokoske FS, Hanson LC, Cagle JG, Schenck AP. Quality Improvement in Hospice: “Adding a big job to an already big job?" Am J Med Qual, 2011; 26(2):103-109.

17. Schenck AP, Rokoske FS, Durham D, Cagle J, Hanson LC. The PEACE Project: Identification of Quality Measures for Hospice and Palliative Care, J Palliat Med, 2010; 13(12):1451-1459.

18. Hanson LC Scheunemann LP, Zimmerman S, Rokoske FS, Schenck AP. The PEACE Project Review of Clinical Instruments for Hospice and Palliative Care, J Palliat Med, 2010, 13(10):1253-1260.

19. Carson AP, Howard DL, Carpenter WR, Taylor YJ, Peacock S, Schenck AP, Godley PA. Trends and Racial Differences in the Use of Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Metastatic Prostate Cancer. J Pain Symptom Manage, 2010, 39 (5):872-881.

20. Hanson LC, Schenck AP, Rokoske FS. Abernathy AP, Kutner JS, Lund-Person J. Hospice Organizations’ Capacity for Quality Measurement. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2010, 39(1):1-8.

21. Schenck AP, Peacock SC, Klabunde CN, Lapin P, Coan J, Brown M. Trends in Colorectal Cancer Test Use in the Medicare Population, 1998 – 2005, AJPM, 2009, 37(1): 1-7.


22. Curtis JR, Arora T, Xi J, Silver A, Allison JJ, Chen L, Saag KG, Schenck A, Westfall AO, Colón-Emeric C. Do physicians within the same practice setting manage osteoporosis patients similarly? Osteoporosis International, 2009, Nov; 20(11):1921-7.

23. Rokoske FR*, Schenck AP, Hanson LC. The potential use of autopsy for continuous quality improvement in hospice and palliative care. Medscape J Med 2008; 10 (12):28.

24. Massing M, Schenck AP. The role of data at The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence. N C Med J, 2008, 69 (2):132-138.

25. Schenck AP, Klabunde CN, Warren JL, Peacock S, Davis WW, Hawley ST, Pignone M, Ransohoff D. Evaluation of Claims, Medical Records and Self-Report for Measuring Fecal Occult Blood Test Use Among Medicare Enrollees in Fee for Service. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers Prevention, 2008. 17:799-804.

26. Lyles KW, Schenck AP, Colon-Emeric C. Hip and Other Osteoporosis-Related Fractures Increase the Risk of Subsequent Fractures in Nursing Home Residents. Osteoporosis International, 2008, 19: 1225-1233.

27. Schenck AP, Klabunde CN, Warren JL, Peacock S, Davis WW, Hawley ST, Pignone M, Ransohoff D. Data Sources for Measuring Colorectal Endoscopy Use Among Medicare Enrollees. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 2007 Oct: 16(10): 2118-2127.

28. Colón-Emeric C, Lyles KW, House P, Schenck A, Alison J, Levine DA, Gorospe J, Fermazin M, Oliver K, Curtis JR, Weisman N, Xie A, Saag K. (2007). A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Multi-Modal Intervention to Improve Fracture Prevention in High Risk Nursing Home Residents. American Journal of Medicine (2007) 120, 886-892.

29. Colón-Emeric C, Lyles KW, House P, Schenck A, Alison J, Levine DA, Gorospe J, Fermazin M, Oliver K, Curtis JR, Weisman N, Xie A, Saag K. Prevalence and Predictors of Osteoporosis Treatment in Nursing Home Residents with Known Osteoporosis or Recent Fracture. Osteoporosis International 2007, 18(4)553-559.

30. Colón-Emeric C, Schenck A, Gorospe J, McArdle J, Dobson L, DePorter C, McConnell E. Translating Evidence-Based Falls Prevention into Clinical Practice in Nursing Facilities: Results and Lessons from a Quality Improvement Collaborative. Journal of the American Geriatric Society 2006, 54(9): 1414-1418.

31. Cohen JH, Schoenbach VJ, Kaufman JS, Talcott JA, Schenck AP, Peacock S, Symons M, Amamoo MA, Carpenter W, Godley PA. Racial Differences in clinical progression among Medicare recipients after treatment for localized prostate cancer. Cancer Causes and Control 2006,17(6): 803-811.

32. Schenck AP, Peacock S, Pignone M, Jackson E, Gunter N, Klabunde CN. Increasing colorectal cancer testing: translating physician interventions into population-based practice. Health Care Financing Review, Spring 2006, 27 (3): 1-11.


33. Schenck AP, Klabunde CN, Davis WW. Racial differences in colorectal cancer test use by Medicare consumers. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2006; 30(4): 320-326.

34. Klabunde CN, Schenck AP, Davis WW. Barriers to colorectal cancer screening among Medicare consumers. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2006; 30(4): 313-319.

35. Brown DW*, Croft JB, Schenck AP, Malarcher AM, Giles WH, Simpson RJ. Inpatient Smoking Cessation Counseling Among the Elderly: Missed Opportunities to Improve Patient Outcomes. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2004; 26(2):112-118.

36. Godley PA, Schenck AP, Schoenbach VJ, Amamoo A, Peacock S, Manning M, Symons M, Talcott JA. Racial Differences in Mortality Among Medicare Recipients after Treatment for Localized Prostate Cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2003, 95: 1702- 10.

37. Colón-Emeric, CS, Biggs DP, Schenck AP, Lyles KW. Risk Factors for Hip Fracture in Skilled Nursing Facilities: Who Should Be Evaluated? Osteoporosis International (2003) 14: 484-489.

38. Massing MW, Henley NS, Carter-Edwards L, Schenck AP, Simpson RJ. Lipid Testing Among Patients with Diabetes Who Receive Diabetes Care from Primary Care Physicians. Diabetes Care, 2003 26(5):1369-1373.

39. Massing MW, Henley N, Biggs D Schenck A, Simpson RJ. Prevalence and Care of Diabetes Mellitus in the Medicare population of North Carolina. Baseline findings from the Medicare health quality improvement program. North Carolina Medical Journal, 2003, Vol. 64, number 1.

40. Sueta CA, Russo A, Schenck A, Brown DW, Simpson RJ. Effect of angiotensin-converting inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker on one-year survival in patients >=65 years hospitalized with left ventricular ejection fraction >=50%. Am J Cardiol 2003 Feb. (91): 363-365.

41. Henderson LM*, Schenck AP. Identifying and characterizing one-time users of mammography screening services among Medicare eligible women. Preventive Medicine, 2001 Jun; 32 (6): 529-33.

42. Sueta CA, Schenck AP, Hall R, Simpson RJ. Hospital Interventions Improve Care of North Carolina Medicare Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction. North Carolina Medical Journal, 2001; 62: 69-73.

43. Schenck A, Stroud S, Godley P, Manning M, Schoenbach V, Symon M. Using North Carolina Medicare data to assess excess prostate cancer mortality among African Americans. Ann Epidemiol. 2000 Oct 1; 10(7):469-470.

44. Sueta CA, Schenck AP, Chowdhury MK, Hall R, Simpson Jr., RJ. Effect of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Therapy on 30-day Outcome in Patients >=65 Years of Age with Chronic Congestive Heart Failure. Am J Cardiol, 2000, Vol. 86: 1151-1153.


45. Schenck AP, Craig SB. Hospitalization for Hip Fractures Among North Carolina’s Medicare Population. North Carolina Medical Journal, 1999, 60:149-151.

46. Sueta CA, Chowdhury MK, Schenck AP, Biggs D, Hall R, Simpson RJ. ACE-I therapy improves 30-day survival in Medicare patients recently hospitalized with heart failure (CHF). Circulation (supplement) 1998; 98:I-811, 4357.

47. Craig SB, Schenck AP, Simpson RJ. Why Don’t Doctors Give Flu Shots to Medicare Patients? Variations by Physician Specialty. North Carolina Medical Journal, 1998, 59:228-231.

48. McMahon MJ, Rongling Li, Schenck AP, Olshan AF, Royce RA. Previous Cesarean Birth as a Risk Factor for Placenta Previa: A Population-Based Case-Control Study, J Reproductive Med, 1997; 42 (7): 409-412.

49. Loomis DP, Browning SR, Schenck AP, Gregory ME, Savitz, DA. Cancer Mortality among electric utility workers exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls. Occup Environ Med; 54(10): 720-728, 1997.

50. Schenck A, Thomas R, Hochbaum G, Beliczky L. A Labor and Industry Focus on Education: Using Baseline Survey Data in Program Design. Health Education Research, 1987, Vol. 2( 1):33-44.

51. Schenck AP, Kaluzny AD, Hochbaum GM, Thomas RP, Lee YY, Ricketts TC, Beliczky LS, Krueger MJ, Clegg LA. Worker perceptions and actions toward cancer control in the workplace: an analysis of baseline data. Prog Clin Biol Res. 1987;248:75-92.

52. Kaluzny AD, Schenck AP, Ricketts TC. Cancer Prevention in the Workplace: An Organizational Innovation. Health Promotion, 1986; Vol. 1 (3): 293-299.

53. Schenck AP, Runyan CW, Earp JL. Seat Belt Use Laws: The Influence of Data on Public Opinion. Health Education Quarterly, 1985; Vol. 12 (4):365-377.

* indicates student or direct report as first author TECHNICAL REPORTS, ABSTRACTS AND UNREFFERED PUBLICATIONS

1. Little TD, Roche KM, Chow SM, Schenck AP, Byam LA. National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Advancing Research to Prevent Youth Suicide. Available: https://prevention.nih.gov/docs/prevent-youth-suicide/P2PSP-Panel-Draft-Report-2016.pdf (March 2016).

2. Research Brief. New methods and measures to assess the impact of the economic recession on public health outcomes: Study Implications. Submitted to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Available at: https://sph.unc.edu/files/2014/09/nciph-new-methods-recession-apr15.pdf (April 2015).

https://prevention.nih.gov/docs/prevent-youth-suicide/P2PSP-Panel-Draft-Report-2016.pdf

https://sph.unc.edu/files/2014/09/nciph-new-methods-recession-apr15.pdf

https://sph.unc.edu/files/2014/09/nciph-new-methods-recession-apr15.pdf


3. Research Brief. Measuring community health outcomes: new approaches for public health services research. Submitted to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Available: https://sph.unc.edu/files/2014/09/nciph-measuring-apr15.pdf (April 2015).

4. Research Brief: Assessing return on investment for NC local health departments: relationship between spending, services and mortality. Submitted to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Available: http://sph.unc.edu/files/2014/09/nciph-assessing-roi-3.pdf (August 2014).

5. Hanson L, Schenck AP, Burstin H. Measuring Quality of Care for Older Adults with Serious Illness. Health Affairs Blog, 1/22/2014, Available at: http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2014/01/22/measuring-quality-of-care-for-older-adults-with-serious-illness/; accessed on 6/7/2014.

6. Research Brief. Measuring outcomes for NC local health departments: Preliminary Results. August 2013. Submitted to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Available: http://sph.unc.edu/files/2013/11/nciph-MeasuringOutcomes_8-2013revised.pdf

7. North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust Fund Oral Health Initiative. Annual report year 2 and final evaluation. The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence, Cary, NC. 2013.

8. Beyea A, Fischer J, Schenck A, Hanson LC. A statewide intervention to improve access to hospice and palliative care for seriously ill Medicaid enrollees. J Pain Symptom Manage 2012; 43:384.

9. Schenck AP, Carpenter WR. Access to care for North Caroilna’s cancer patients: An assessment of the oncology physician workforce in North Carolina. UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2010.

10. Rohweder C, Wolf M, Schenck A, Prasad V, Diehl S. Options for Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates in North Carolina Community Health Centers. Chapel Hill, NC: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2010.

11. The State of North Carolina, Division of Medical Assistance 2009 Assessment of Quality Strategy, submitted to the NC Division of Medical Assistance, Raleigh, NC, September 2009.

12. Colorectal cancer screening in the Medicare population – 1998 – 2005, a web-based report providing county level data for all states, published by The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence, Cary, NC ( updated March 2008).

13. PEACE Project Tools for measuring and improving quality of hospice and palliative care. Published on MedQIC, a national website for the Medicare Quality Improvement Community, February 2008.

14. The role of the QIO in the 21st century – A vital link for medical excellence. Data for North and South Carolina. A technical report prepared for the NC and SC Congressional Delegations. The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence, July 2007.

https://sph.unc.edu/files/2014/09/nciph-measuring-apr15.pdf

http://sph.unc.edu/files/2014/09/nciph-assessing-roi-3.pdf

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2014/01/22/measuring-quality-of-care-for-older-adults-with-serious-illness/

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2014/01/22/measuring-quality-of-care-for-older-adults-with-serious-illness/

http://sph.unc.edu/files/2013/11/nciph-MeasuringOutcomes_8-2013revised.pdf


15. A healthcare snapshot of the Carolinas – where do we go from here? A technical report prepared for the NC and SC Congressional Delegations, The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence, June 2006.

16. Preventive service use of North Carolina Medicare enrollees with disabilities, prepared by The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence for the North Carolina Office on Disability and Health, available at: http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~ncodh/pdfs/DisabilityReport2003.pdf

17. Carolina Medicare Epidemiologic Data (CMED). A web-based report providing county level data on the population, hospitalizations and preventive service use of NC and SC Medicare enrollees, published by The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence, Cary NC, available at: http://www2.thecarolinascenter.org/ncmed/

18. Sueta CA; Brown DW; Schenck A; et al. Older African American patients hospitalized with heart failure do not have a poorer prognosis than whites. CIRCULATION Volume: 106 Issue: 19 Supplement: S Pages: 680-680 Meeting Abstract: 3355 Published: NOV 5 2002

19. Colon-Emeric CS; Biggs D; Schenck A. Predicting hip fracture in nursing facilities using the Minimum Data Set. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY Volume: 50 Issue: 4 Supplement: S Pages: S173-S173 Meeting Abstract: P498 Published: APR 2002

20. Schenck AP, Henderson LM. Use of Peer Review Organization Data to Target Needs for Secondary Prevention Efforts. Preventive Medicine 2001; 33(2): S8.

21. Henderson LM, Schenck AP, McArdle J, Chowdhury MK, Weiser RR, Simpson RJ. Statistical report on hospitalizations and preventive services for Medicare Beneficiaries, North Carolina 1994-1996. Medical Review of North Carolina, Inc., 1998.

22. Henderson L, Schenck AP. CVD Surveillance among North Carolina Medicare Beneficiaries, in 1998 North Carolina Cardiovascular Disease Data Summit: Findings and Recommendations for Surveillance and Evaluation. Full Report. Prepared by Huston SL, Lengerich EJ. NC DHHS, Raleigh, NC, 1998. SELECTED PRESENTATIONS (from the past 10 years)

1. Southwell J, Alexander L, Bell G, Anyalechi G, Schenck AP. Facilitating Cross-Sector Connections: Implementation Research on an Innovative Model for Student-Community Partnership to Improve Health. The Society for Public Health Education 67th Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, March 2016.

2. Schenck AP, Meyer AM. Assessing the impact of economic recession on public health outcomes: exploring new methods and measures. Public Health Systems and Services Research in Progress Webinar, December 2015.

3. Spitzer R, Schenck A. Bridging the gap: disparities in smoking rates across race, sex education and income. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 2015.

http://www.fpg.unc.edu/%7Encodh/pdfs/DisabilityReport2003.pdf

http://www2.thecarolinascenter.org/ncmed/


4. Schenck AP. A snapshot of NC Health compared to Southern states. NC Legislative Joint Health and Human Services Appropriations Committee, Raleigh NC, March 2015.

5. Schenck AP. 25th Anniversary of Americas Health Rankings, 2014 Report Launch, National Press Conference. Newseum, Washington DC, December 2014.

6. Schenck AP. Health disparities by educational attainment across the states: prevalence of smoking, obesity, physical inactivity, diabetes and health status. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 2014.

7. Schenck AP. America’s Health Ranking Senior Report: Measuring the state of Senior Health. Geographic variation and correlates of premature mortality among seniors. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 2014.

8. Schenck AP. The importance of academic and public health practice partnerships to the development of evidence-based public health. NCPHA Annual Educational Conference 2014. Wilmington, NC.

9. Hanson L, Schenck AP, Burstin H. Measuring the quality of care for older adults with serious illness. Center to Advance Palliative Care, podcast, June 2014.

10. Schenck AP, Meyer AM, Kuo M, Cilenti D. Assessing the return on investment in public health: new measures and approaches. Academy Health, Public Health Services Research Interest Group Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 2014.

11. Schenck AP, Meyer AM, Kuo M, Cilenti D. Assessing the return on investment in public health: new measures and approaches. Academy Health, San Diego, CA, June 2014.

12. Schenck AP. Assessing the impact of public health investments on community health outcomes. Public Health Systems and Service Research, National Network of Public Health Institutes Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, May 2014.

13. Schenck AP. Assessing the impact of public health investments on community health outcomes. Public Health Systems and Service Research. Keeneland Conference, Lexington, KY, April 2014.

14. Schenck AP. Educational opportunities at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. USPHE Environmental Health Officers. National webinar. January 2014.

15. Schenck AP. Global health is public health. Global health is local health. GlobeMed Eminence Retreat. Chapel Hill, NC, January 2014.

16. Aaron S* & Schenck A. America’s Health Rankings®: identifying and selecting a leading health indicator. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 2013.

17. Schenck AP, Cilenti D. Measuring the return on investment in public health in NC. North Carolina Public Health Association Annual Educational Conference, Asheville, NC, September 2013.

18. Schenck AP. Embracing Change. NCPHA Annual Educational Conference, Asheville, NC, September 2013.

19. Schenck AP. Assessing public health return on investment: using the NACCHO profile data. National Network of Public Health Institute Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. May 2013.

20. Schenck AP. America’s Health Rankings®: Selection and review of health metrics. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. October 2012.


21. Schenck AP. Leadership for changing times. North Carolina Public Health Association Educational Conference. New Bern, NC. September 2012.

22. Schenck AP. Americas Health Rankings® and Occupational Safety and Health. National Occupational Research Agenda Seminar, Chapel Hill, NC, November 2011.

23. Schenck AP, Eckstein T. Americas Health Rankings®: The influence of preventive health indicators. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, October 2011.

24. Rokoske F*, Schenck AP, Behlke B. Health and Wellness Trust Fund Oral Health Initiative: Results from Year 1. North Carolina Public Health Association Annual Meeting, September 2010, Wilmington, NC.

25. Rosemond C*, Hanson LC, Schenck A. Direct Caregivers' Views on the Implementation of Person Centered Care in their Nursing Home, NC Governor's Conference on Aging, October 2010.

26. Schenck AP. Public health solutions to obesity. Keynote, NC Triangle USPHS Commissioned Officers Association, Fundraising Event, September 2010.

27. Rokoske F*, Schenck AP, Hanson LC. Are Measures of Quality of End-of-Life Care Ready for Public Reporting? Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, June 2010, Boston MA.

28. Durham D*, Carpenter W, Knight K, Schenck A. Where will North Carolinians with cancer find treatment? An Assessment of the oncology workforce. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, June 2010, Boston MA.

29. Durham D*, Rokoske F, Hanson LC, Schenck AP. Looking beyond pain: Potential quality measures for hospice and palliative care. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2009.

30. Schenck A. Potential resources for surveillance. Health Surveillance Work Group, NC Office of Disability and Health, September 2009, Chapel Hill, NC

31. Schenck A. Improving health care quality: what is on the horizon? Medical University of South Carolina Medical Grand Rounds, Charleston, SC, August 2009.

32. Schenck A. Quality of Hospice and End of Life Care: Measures from the PEACE project. The Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care Clinical Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC, May 2009

33. Schenck A. Dress in Blue Day (a news segment for colorectal cancer awareness). News 14 Carolina, March 5, 2009.

34. Schenck A. Measuring Quality of Care at the End of Life: An American Project to Develop Quality Measures and Measurement Instruments. Antea Worldwide Palliative Care Conference, Rome, Italy, November 2008.

35. Schenck A. Colorectal Cancer Screening in the NC Medicare Population, NC Advisory Committee for Cancer Coordination and Control Early Detection Sub-committee meeting, Raleigh, NC, July 2008.

36. Schenck A. New Tools for Quality Management in Hospice: Results from PEACE Project, OCS Hospice Peer Forum, national teleconference, April 2008.

37. Schenck A. Quality of Care Measures from the PEACE Project, National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Technical Expert Workgroup for Clinician Level Palliative Care Measures, national teleconference, April 2008.

38. Schenck A. Measuring Quality of Care in Hospice and Palliative Care Programs: the PEACE Project, National Association of Hospice and Home Care (NAHC) March on Washington, April 2008.


39. Schenck A. Palliative Care Quality Measurement Special Project: An Overview, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Measures Forum, national teleconference, March 2008.

40. Schenck A. Colorectal Cancer Screening in the Medicare Population, American Health Quality Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, February 2008.

41. Schenck A. Measuring Quality of Care in Hospice and Palliative Care Programs. National Association of Hospice and Home Care (NAHC) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, October 2007.

42. Schenck A. Estimating the impact of our Medicare work: the numbers for North and South Carolina Legislative Update to NC and SC delegations, Washington, DC, July 2007.

TEACHING 1. Communicating public health through writing (PUBH 690). Graduate course. Summer 2016.

2. Research Frameworks and Methods for Public Health Practice (PUBH 754). Graduate course. Spring

2016.

3. Population Health in Health Care (PUBH 810). Graduate course. Fall 2015.

4. Research Frameworks and Methods for Public Health Practice (PUBH 754). Graduate course. Spring 2015.

5. Research Frameworks and Methods for Public Health Practice (PUBH 754). Graduate course . Spring 2014.

6. Introduction to Public Health (SPHG 600). Graduate course. Co-faculty. Fall 2013.




10. Independent Studies (PUBH 690): a) Incidence, Mortality and Cervical Cancer Prevention Strategies in South America, Spring 2011; b) Impact of Informed Decision Making, A literature review, Fall 2014.

Guest Lectures 11. The Health of the US Population. (Gillings HPM eMBA 795 online course). Summer 2016.

12. Introduction to Public Health Course (Gillings SPHG 600): Health from an ecological perspective.

Graduate Course. Fall 2014.


13. Public Health in North Carolina: Potential for academic and practice partnerships, sponsored by NC

TraCS. Spring 2011.

14. Increasing colorectal cancer screening in the Medicare population, (Gillings HPM 767). Spring 2010 and 2011.

15. Colorectal cancer screening in the Medicare population, (Gillings HPM 766). Fall 2010.

16. Improving health care quality: activities and research at The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence, sponsored by Health Engineering Seminar Series: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 2009.

17. Numerous UNC graduate level programs and classes, including: health policy and management classes (1999, 2000), cancer control and education (2003, 2004, 2005), preventive medicine residency program (2004), and the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Center (2008).

18. Served as graduate teaching assistant in charge of lab, Advanced Methods in Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, UNC School of Public Health, 1996.

19. Served as graduate teaching assistant, Research Methods, Department of Health Education, UNC School of Public Health, 1983.

MASTERS PAPERS (major advisor) 1. Helen Bristow. Evaluation of the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable tele-town hall on colorectal

cancer screening. MPH, Public Health Leadership, 2011.

2. Heather Del Buono, Using claims data to assess incidence rates of vaccine-preventable disease and rates of immunization: a case study. MPH, Public Health Leadership, 2011.

3. Jessica Southwell. Facilitating client participation in satisfaction surveys: a trial to improve response rates. MPH Public Health Leadership, 2012.

4. Annette Beyea. Integrating palliative care in Medicaid primary care in North Carolina: An educational and quality improvement initiative. MPH, Public Health Leadership, 2012.

5. Mandrill Taylor. Lessons learned through review of telemedicine research in mental health. MPH, Public Health Leadership, 2013.

6. Christine M. Hunt. Age-related differences in reporting of drug-associated liver injury: data-mining for the WHO safety report database. MPH, Public Health Leadership, 2013.

7. Joan Jacobs. Childhood obesity: impact of school-based interventions on body mass index and the role of the school health nurse. MPH, Public Health Leadership, 2013.


8. Zinaida Mahmutefindic. “Let’s Talk about it” mobile application for teen pregnancy and STI

prevention: mhealth implementation plan. MPH, Public Health Leadership, 2013.

9. Samantha Aaron. Improving Housing for Mentally Ill Persons: A review of the literature. MPH, Public Health Leadership, 2013.

10. Sarah Hoffman. Inpatient complications and hospital characteristics for conventional and robotic-assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy. MPH, Public Health Leadership, 2014.

11. Shayna Hill. Tobacco cessation rollout at R.J. Blackley alcohol and drug abuse treatment center in Butner, North Carolina: Let the games begin! MPH, Public Health Leadership, 2014.

12. Sherry Leonard. US Mobile Clinics toppling health care barriers in rural and low income populations. MPH, Public Health Leadership, 2014.

13. Dan Mackey. It’s time to “come out” as a non-smoker: An engaging and culturally appropriate smoking cessation program plan and evaluation for LGBT youth. MPH Public Health Leadership, 2015.

14. Nickie Singleton. How did disaster and lack of improved sanitation and drinking water sources contribute to the 2008 cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe and the 2010 cholera outbreak in Haiti? MPH, Public Health Leadership, 2015.

15. Michael Clay. The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Chiropractic Public Health Prevention Literature. A Review. MPH, Public Health Leadership, 2015.

16. Daniel Ng. Exploratory Analysis of Correlation between the Number of National Council on Aging Fall-Prevention Goals Implemented and American Health Ranking of State Hip Fracture Rates. MPH, Public Health Leadership, 2016.

DISSERTATION COMMITTEES 1. Heather Altman. Assessing the “livability” of cities& towns in central North Carolina for Older

Adults: Implementing the “TJCOG Livability self-assessment” pilot study, DrPH, Health Policy and Management, 2016.

2. Stephanie Wheeler. A closer look: Health services organization, health disparities and receipt of high quality care in breast cancer, PhD, Health Policy and Management, 2010.

3. Cherie Rosemond. Implementing Person Centered Care in Nursing Homes, DrPH, Health Behavior Health Education, 2009.


OTHER STUDENT ADVISING 1. Practicum Advisor, Joanne Whetsell, Background research and development of material regarding

effective practices to meet the mental health needs of New York’s homebound elderly and to address the needs of caregivers of older adults with mental issues, MPH, HBHE, 2008 - 2009.

2. Practicum advisor, Jana Johnson, MD. Inpatient smoking cessation counseling: prevalence and demographic bias among patients admitted with acute myocardial infarction, Preventive Medicine (UNC), 2003

3. MPH field team advisor: Community Diagnosis for Gibsonville, NC, HBHE Field Team, 1988.

TRAINING AND CONSULTATION 1. Consultant and technical assistance to seven grantees, including health departments, community

health centers and hospital-based programs, funded by the Health and Wellness Trust Fund to improve oral health as part of the Oral Health Initiative, 2009 – 2011.

2. Consultant on an adaptation of the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable’s Physician Office Toolkit for use in community health centers (http://www.nccrt.org/Documents/General/IncreaseColorectalCancerScreeningRates.pdf) with Dr. Catherine Rohweder (UNC).

3. Co-planner and faculty for three day workshop (16 hours CEU) title: Implementing continuous quality improvement initiatives in skilled nursing facilities. Three different sessions attended by 62 nursing home administrators, nursing directors, and quality improvement staff, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2002.

4. Measurement faculty and consultant for quality improvement projects with nursing homes, addressing: falls reduction, pain management, and reducing medication errors, 2000-2006. Provided education to hundreds professional staff from nursing homes in NC on how to use data to improve the quality of care they provide through long-term projects with multiple in-person sessions and teleconferences.

5. Measurement faculty and consultant for quality improvement projects with hospitals addressing care for patients with heart attacks, heart failure, pneumonia, 1998 – 2005. Provided education to professional staff from hospitals in NC on how to use data to improve the quality of care they provide through multiple in-person sessions and teleconferences.

http://www.nccrt.org/Documents/General/IncreaseColorectalCancerScreeningRates.pdf


RESEARCH AND CONTRACTS Principal Investigator 2013 – 2014 America’s Health Rankings®, United Health Foundation 2012-2013 Examining the impact on public health outcomes of decreased spending for local health epartments in North Carolina, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 2013 Southeast Public Health Training Center, HRSA. 2012 Southeast Public Health Training Center, HRSA. 2011 -2013 Americas Health Rankings®, United Health Foundation. 2010 Americas Health Rankings®, United Health Foundation. 2010 America’s Health Policy Scorecard, United Health Foundation. 2009 – 2012 Evaluation and technical assistance for the Oral Health Initiative, NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund. 2009 – 2010 Evaluation of the Checkmeds NC program, NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund. 2006-2008 Palliative Care Quality Measures, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

2006-2008 Colorectal Cancer Screening Utilization Project – Update to Web-report,

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

2003-2004 Principal Investigator: Colorectal cancer screening in the Medicare population. Funded by the National Cancer Institute through an Inter-agency agreement with CMS. 2003-2004 Colorectal Cancer Screening Utilization Project: Update to national report colorectal cancer test use, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 2000– 2003 Colorectal Cancer Screening Utilization Project – Evaluating interventions and measuring test use. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 2001 Preventive services use by Medicare enrollees with disabilities.

NC Office of Disability and Health. 1999 Colorectal cancer test use among NC Medicare enrollees.

Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.


Collaborator 2011 - 2013 Investigator: Southeast Public Health Training Center (PI: Baker) 2010 – 2011 Investigator: Engaging Care Managers as Palliative Care Communicators (PI: Hanson) 2009 – 2010 Investigator: Retrospective Evaluation of Outcomes of PET Scanning using the National

Oncologic PET Registry AHRQ, (PI: Carpenter)

2009 – 2010 Investigator (PI of subcontract with Duke): Outcomes of Nursing Management Practice in Nursing Homes, NINR, (PI: Anderson) 2008 – 2010 Investigator (PI of subcontract with University of North Carolina): Linking NC Central

Cancer Registry Case data to Medicare Claims Data: Validation analysis and examination of colorectal cancer treatment outcomes, University Cancer Research Fund, (PI: Carpenter)

2008 – 2009 Investigator (PI of subcontract with University of North Carolina): Oncology providers in

North Carolina, University Cancer Research Fund, (PI: Carpenter). 2007 – 2011 Investigator (PI of subcontract with University of North Carolina): Implementing

Interventions to Close the Discovery Delivery Gap, National Cancer Institute (PI: Weiner).

2009 – 2010 Investigator (PI of subcontract with University of North Carolina): DEcIDE (Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness) Network (PI: Carpenter), AHRQ.

2004-2008 Investigator (PI of subcontract with Shaw University): Prostate Cancer Free Survival and Diffusion of State of the Art Treatment (PI: Howard). 2005–2008 Investigator (PI of subcontract with University of North Carolina): Prostate Cancer Screening among African American and Caucasian Medicare Recipients (PI: Godley).

2001-2006 Investigator (PI of subcontract with University of North Carolina): CanCORS: Cancer

Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance Consortium, National Cancer Institute, (PI: Sandler).

2002 Investigator (PI of subcontract with Wake Forest University): Patterns of care for Medicare enrollees with breast and colon cancer (PI: Anderson).

1999-2001 Investigator (PI of subcontract with University of North Carolina): Racial differences in prostate cancer outcomes. ATPM (PI: Godley).


PROFESSIONAL SERVICE National National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention Review Panel, 2016 The Health of the States Advisory Panel, 2014-2016 Kresge Foundation Emerging Leaders in Public Health, Advisory Board, 2015. Hospice Technical Expert Panel Research Triangle Institute, 2015 Kresge Foundation Emerging Leaders in Public Health Application Review Panel, 2014 Hospice Technical Expert Panel (chair) Research Triangle Institute, 2014 Research Advisory Council Prevention Partners, 2014-2015 Technical Expert Panel on Data Linkage Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality, 2013 National Health Security Preparedness Index Project Model Design Workgroup, 2012 - 2013 Americas Health Ranking Senior Report Senior Health Advisory Group 2013. 2014, 2015, 2016 Technical Expert Panel on Hospice Quality Reporting Program Development, 2012 National Network of Public Health Institutes Conference Planning Committee, 2012 National Commission for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Clinician Level Measures for Palliative Care, Expert Work Group, 2008 National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable Invited individual member, 2004 – present


National Quality Forum Cancer Data and Methods Panel, 2004 State Governor’s Advisory Council on Aging, 2015 North Carolina State Public Health Laboratory Facilitator for state laboratory capabilities assessment, 2014 North Carolina Community Health Center Association Robert J. Greczyn, Jr. Community Health Center Leadership Award Committee, 2013 North Carolina Center for Public Health Quality Advisory Board, 2011 - NC Institute of Medicine Task Force on Evidence-Based Public Health, 2012 North Carolina Advisory Committee for Cancer Coordination and Control Early detection and care committees, 2000 - 2009 NC Department of Health and Human Services Tobacco Control Surveillance and Evaluation Advisory Group, 2003 North Carolina Prevention Partners Board of Directors, 1998 – 2002 Chair of Report Card Committee, 2000, 2002 Healthy Carolinians 2010 Older Adults Committee, 1999 - 2000 NC ASSIST (American Stop Smoking Intervention Study) Coalition, member statewide coalition, 1992-1993 American Heart Association, Worksite Programs committee, 1989 – 1990 Community Child Health Council, Immunization Task Force, Greensboro, 1991 – 1993 Triad Episcopal AIDS committee, Greensboro, NC, 1989-1990 American Cancer Society, Public Health Education Local Committee Chair, Chapel Hill, NC, 1985


University Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cancer Outcomes Scientist, search committee member, 2009 UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, ICISS (Integrated Cancer Information Surveillance System) steering Committee member, 2009 – present UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Self study committee on preparation for the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) Accreditation, alumni and employer representative member, 2008 – 2009 UNC School of Public Health Foundation, Board of Governors, 2001-2004 UNC School of Public Health, Associate Dean of External Affairs, search committee member, 2003 UNC School of Public Health, Director of Alumni Affairs, search committee member, 2003 UNC School of Public Health Alumni Association

Past leadership positions: President, 2002-2003 Past President, 2003-2004.

Section president, Health Behavior Health Education, 2000

UNC General Alumni Association Past leadership position: Board of Governors, 2002-2004. Reviews American Journal of Managed Care American Journal of Preventive Medicine American Public Health Association Annual Meeting Abstract Reviewer Canadian Medical Association Journal Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention Cancer Detection and Prevention Contemporary Clinical Trials Health Education & Behavior Health Education Research Implementation Science Journal of Clinical Epidemiology Journal of General Internal Medicine Journal of Pain and Symptom Management Journal of the National Cancer Institute Preventing Chronic Disease


Grant Reviews UNC Institute on Aging, Pilot Program Grant Reviewer, 2012 Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Reviewer UCRF Innovations Research Awards Reviewer, 2010

Population Sciences Research Awards Reviewer, 2003 NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund Commission, Oral Health Initiative , 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Prevention Research Center Applications Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Prevention Research Special Interest Proposals