Postgraduate Education:

2005-2006 Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow, Office of Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, West Virginia

2005-2006 American Political Science Association Fellow

2000-2001 Osteopathic Health Policy Fellowship, Facilitated by the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, Ohio; the American Osteopathic Association; and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. A year-long program designed to provide a firm grounding in health policy through educational and experiential offerings.

1/2001 IRB 101 PRIM&R Institute, Sponsored by the OUCOM CORE Research Committee

1995-1996 Mini-MBA Program, University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, MN

12/1995 Congress on Health Outcomes and Accountability, Zitter Group, Center for Outcomes Information, Instructors: John Wennberg, M.D., Ph.D., David Nash, M.D., M.B.A., Barbara Starfield, M.D., M.P.H., Brent James, M.D., Mstat., and others.

6/1994 Improving Health Care Quality, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Instructors: Donald Berwick, M.D., Laura Adams, Glenn Laffel, M.D., Ph.D., David Gustafson, Ph.D., Maureen Bisogano.

11/1991 Methodologies for Mental Health Services Research Institute presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. Instructors: Ann Hohmann, Ph.D., Philip Leaf, Ph.D.

7/1991 Epidemiology of Aging, University of Michigan, 26th Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology

6/2003 – Present Assistant Dean for Clinical Research, Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM), Blacksburg, Virginia

9/2002 – Present Research Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning, Institute for Community Health, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VA Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia

7/2002 – Present Professor and Chair (tenured), Community and Rural Medicine, Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM),  Blacksburg, Virginia

5/2001 – 7/2002 Head, Section of Preventive Medicine/Public Health, Department of Social Medicine, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, Ohio

1/2001 – 7/2002 Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Social Medicine, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine (OUCOM),  Athens, Ohio

4/1999 – 7/2002 Director, Center for Appalachian and Rural Health Research, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, Ohio

4/1998 – 7/2002 Director for Clinical Research Development, Office of Research, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, Ohio

4/1998 – 12/2000 Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens,  Ohio

10/1996 – 3/1998 Research Director, Hennepin County Medical Center Cancer Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

9/1992 – 3/1998 Assistant Professor School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

12/1994 – 3/1998 Director, Office of Clinical Epidemiology

Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center and the Minneapolis

Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1/1991 – 12/1994 Associate Director, Office of Clinical Epidemiology Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center and the Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota

10/1988 – 1/1991 Senior Research Associate, Health Research Center, Park Nicollet Medical Foundation, Minneapolis, MN

9/1984 – 10/1988 Research / Teaching Assistant Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

9/1982 – 9/1984 Research / Teaching Assistant Department of Psychology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND

1/1984 – 5/1984 Psychiatric Consultation Liaison Team, Dakota Hospital Psychological Services, Fargo, North Dakota

9/1983 – 1/1984 Special Clinical Services, Southeast Human Service Center, Fargo, North Dakota

3/1983 – 5/1983 North Dakota Speech and Hearing Clinic, Fargo, North Dakota

12/1982 – 2/1983 The Neuropsychiatric Institute, Fargo, North Dakota

2004-2005 Principal Investigator: Use of Telemedicine Technology in Virginia’s Rural Southwest. Funding Agency: Virginia Department of Health. August, 2004 – July, 2005

2004-2005 Project Director: Appalachian Medical Digital Library Internet Access. Funding Agency: National Library of Medicine. January, 2004 – October, 2005.

2003-2004 Project Director: Access to Health Information in SW Virginia. Funding Agency: National Networks of Libraries of Medicine. February, 2003 – August, 2004.

2000-2003 Clinical Medical Record Steering Committee, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Clinics, Athens, OH.

1996-1998 Electronic Medical Record Team, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN.

2004-present Board of Directors, Virginia Public Health Association

2003-present American Association of Osteopathic Medical Colleges, Education Council

2003-present Appalachian Osteopathic Postgraduate Training Institute Consortium,

Research Committees

2003-2004 Senior Chair, American Osteopathic Association 2004 Scientific Conference

2002-present Virginia Rural Health Association, Board of Directors, Vice-President

2000-present Journal of Rural Health, Editorial Board

Chair, 2002-present

2000-2002 Sixth District Federal Healthcare Advisory Committee for Congressman Ted Strickland

2000-2002 Ohio Cancer Incidence Surveillance System Advisory Board

2000-2002 Ohio Board of Regent’s Health Services Research Task Force

Chair, 2001-2002

1999-2005 Appalachian Regional Commission Health Policy Advisory Task Force & Data Committee

1999-2003 Organization for Health Improvement in Appalachia (formerly Coalition of Appalachian Medical Partners)

President, Board of Trustees, 2001-2003

Chair, Executive Committee, 2000-2001

1999-2000 State of Ohio Arthritis Task Force

1998-Present American Osteopathic Association, Research Directors Committee

1998-2002 State of Ohio Diabetes Task Force, Member and Chair of Surveillance Task Force

1998-2002 Appalachian Diabetes Coalition

Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM)

2002-present Deans Council

2002-present Interdisciplinary Research Committee, chair

2002-present Institutional Review Board, co-chair

2002-present Chair, Health Policy Committee

2002-present Medical Student Years 3 & 4 Curriculum and Assessment Subcommittee

2002-2004 Medical Student Year 1 Curriculum and Assessment Subcommittee

2002-2004 Medical Student Year 2 Curriculum and Assessment Subcommittee

2002-2004 Admissions Committee

2002-2004 Curriculum Assessment Committee

2004-present Virginia Tech Collaborative Masters in Public Health Science Planning Committee

2002-present Virginia Tech / VCOM Collaborative Research Council

Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine (OUCOM)

2001 Dean Search Committee

2001 Preventive Medicine/Public Health Faculty Search Committee

2001-2002 Faculty Advisor, Helping Hands Student Public Health Organization

2000-2002 CORE Research Day 2002 Planning Committee

2000 Director, Office of Research & Sponsored Programs Search Committee

1998-2002 Ex-Officio, CORE Research Committee

1998-2001 Medical Student Admissions Committee Ohio University

2001-2002 MPH Development Committee

2001-2002 Provost’s Office “Kids on Campus” Review Committee

Journal of Rural Health

Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved

Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association

Ohio University Research Committee ad-hoc grant reviewer

Ohio University 1804 Fund Grant Proposal Review Committee

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Primary Health Care, Faculty

Development in Primary Care Grant Review

Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Public Health Fellowship

Program, Applicant Objective Reviewer

Samueli Institute NCCAM Grant Review Committee

Compassion Capital Fund, Extramural Grant Review Committee

Malinoski, Peter. College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology. Mediators and moderators of stress management and antidepressant treatment for chronic tension-type headache. Ph.D.

Simpson, Christopher. College of Education, Ohio University. Curriculum models in the training of medical students. Ph.D. Committee.

Horton, Helen. Urban Affairs and Planning, Institute of Community Health, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Communities At Risk: Social Capital Revisited Ph.D. Committee.

Lau, Clara. Department of Human Nutrition Food and Exercise, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Ph.D. Committee

American Political Science Association

American Public Health Association

American Osteopathic Association, Associate Member

Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine

Institute for National Health Policy and Research

National Rural Health Association

Virginia Public Health Association

Virginia Rural Health Association

Recipient, Michigan Higher Education Authority Award

Psi Chi, The National Honor Society in Psychology

Graduated with Distinction, Indiana University

University of Minnesota, Graduate School Scholarship, 1986

Outstanding Research Award, American Medical Review Research Center, August, 1990

Senior Chair, American Osteopathic Association Scientific Conference, 2004

1. Klesges RC, Fisher L, Pheley A, Boschee P, Vasey M. (1984). A major validation study of the Halstead-Reitan in the prediction of CAT-scan assessed brain damage in adults. Clinical Neuropsychology, 1:155-161.

2. Klesges RC, Fisher L, Vasey M, Pheley A. (1985). Predicting adult premorbid levels: Another look. International Journal of Neuropsychology, 7:1-3.

3. Klesges R, Klesges L, Swenson A, Pheley A. (1985). A validation of two motion sensors in the prediction of child and adult physical activity levels. American Journal of Epidemiology, 122:400-410.

4. Pheley A, Klesges R. (1987). The relationship between experimental and neuropsychological measures of memory. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 4:83-86.

5. Jeffery R, Pheley A, Forster J, Kramer F, Snell M. (1988). Payroll contracting for smoking cessation: A worksite pilot study. Preventive Medicine, 4:83-86.

6. Terry P, Williams D, Strickland S, Pheley A, Raze A. (1990). HIV antibody testing in a multispecialty group practice. Minnesota Medicine, 73:27-29.

7. Shannon B, Mullis R, Pirie P, Pheley A. (1990). Nutrition education in the grocery store using a game format: The Shop Smart for Your Heart game. Journal of Nutrition Education, 22:183-188.

8. Fowles J, Schoenwetter W, Pheley A, McCoy C, Engel W, Lurie N. (1990). Measuring the severity and outcomes of asthma care by generalists and specialists. Journal of Allergy and Immunology, 85:195.

9. Terry P, Pheley A. (1991). Health risks and educational interests of members in an HMO. HMO Practice, 5:3-6.

10. Himes J, Bouchard C, Pheley A. (1991). Lack of correspondence among measures identifying the obese. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 7:107-111.

11. Himes J. Carson C, Pheley A. (1991). Measurement errors for a portable device measuring shortterm growth. American Journal of Human Biology, 3:325-329.

12. Terry P, Pheley A, Williams D, Strickland S. (1992). The results of an educational intervention for physicians providing HIV-antibody testing and counseling. Minnesota Medicine, 75:37-39.

13. Dwyer-Brust J, Leonard B, Pheley A, Roberts W. (1992). Children's ice hockey injuries. American Journal of Diseases in Children, 146:741-747.

14. Lurie N, Pheley A, Miles S, Bannick-Mohrland S. (1992). Attitudes toward discussing life-sustaining treatments in extended care facility patients. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 40:1205- 1208.

15. Terry P, Pheley A. (1993). The effect of self-care brochures on use of medical services. Journal of Occupational Medicine, 35:422-426.

16. Freeman M, Hennessy J, Cass O, Pheley A. (1993) Carbon dioxide retention and oxygen desaturation during gastrointestinal endoscopy. Gastroenterology, 105:331-339.

17. Holtzman J, Pheley A, Lurie N. (1994). Changes in orders limiting care and the use of less aggressive care in a nursing home population. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 42:275-279.

18. Peterson PK, Sirr SA, Grammith FC, Schenck CH, Pheley AM, Hu S, Chao CC. (1994). Effects of mild exercise on cytokines and cerebral blood flow in chronic fatigue syndrome patients. Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, 1:222-226.

19. Kim SW, Dysken M, Pheley A, Hoover, K. (1994). The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS): Measures of internal consistency. Psychiatry Research, 51:203-211.

20. Nelson K, Zink T, Larsen K, Pheley A, Murphy K, Lurie N. (1994). Barriers to Medicaid enrollment in Minnesota: Some implications for health care reform. Journal of the American Medical Association, 272:746.

21. Pheley AM, Terry P, Pietz L, Fowles J, McCoy C, Smith H. (1995). Evaluation of a nurse-based hypertension management program: Screening, management, and outcomes. The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 9(2):54-61.

22. Nida TY, Biros MH, Pheley AM, Bergman TA, Rockswold GL. (1995). Effect of hypoxia or hyperbaric oxygen on cerebral edema following moderate fluid percussion or cortical impact injury in rats. Journal of Neurotrauma, 12(1):77-85.

23. Brandhagen DJ, Pheley AM, Onstad GR, Freeman ML, Lurie N. (1995) Omeprazole use at an urban county teaching hospital. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 10:513-515.

24. Steinberg P, McNutt BJ, Marshall P, Schenck C, Lurie N, Pheley AM, Peterson PK. (1996). Doubleblind placebo controlled study of the efficacy of oral terfenadine (Seldane®) in the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 97:119-126.

25. Aby JS, Pheley AM, Steinberg P. (1996). Motivation for participation in clinical trials of drugs for the treatment of asthma, seasonal allergic rhinitis and perennial nonallergic rhinitis. Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, 76: 348-354.

26. Freeman ML, Nelson DB, Sherman S, Haber GB, Herman ME, Dorsher PJ, Moore JP, Fennerty MB, Ryan ME, Shaw MJ, Lande JD, Pheley AM. (1996). Complications of endoscopic biliary sphincterotomy. New England Journal of Medicine, 335:909-918.

27. Steinberg P, Pheley AM, Peterson PK. (1996). Influence of immediate hypersensitivity skin reactions on delayed reactions in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 98:1126-1128.

28. Bullock MS, Pheley AM, Kiresuk TJ, Lenz SK, Culliton PD. (1997). Characteristics and complaints of patients seeking therapy at a hospital-based alternative medicine clinic. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 3:31-37.

29. Sumner B, Dowd B, Pheley AM, Lurie N. (1997). Denial of health insurance due to preexisting conditions: How well does one high-risk pool work? Medical Care Research & Review, 54:357-371.

30. Cutts DB, Pheley AM, Geppert JS. (1998). Hunger in Midwestern inner-city young children.Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 152:489-493.

31. Peterson PK, Pheley AM, Schroeppel J, Schenck C, Marshall P, Kind A, Haugland JM, Lambrecht LJ, Swan S, Goldsmith S. (1998). A preliminary placebo-controlled crossover trial of fludrocortisone for chronic fatigue syndrome. Archives of Internal Medicine, 158:908-914.

32. Smith SW, Pheley AM, Collier R, Rahmatullah A, Johnson L, Peterson PK. (1998). Severe sepsis in the emergency department and its association with complicated clinical course. Academic Emergency Medicine, 5:1169-76.

33. Bullock MS, Kiresuk TJ, Pheley AM, Culliton PD, Lenz SK. (1999). Auricular acupuncture in the treatment of cocaine abuse: A study of efficacy and dosing. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 16:31-8.

34. Freeman ML, Nelson DB, Sherman S, Haber GB, Fennerty MB, DiSario JA, Ryan ME, Kortan PP, Dorsher PJ, Shaw MJ, Herman ME, Cunningham JT, Moore JP, Silverman WB, Imperial JC, Mackie RD, Jamidar PA, Yakshe PN, Logan GM, Pheley AM. (1999). Same-day discharge after endoscopic biliary sphincterotomy: observations from a prospective multicenter complication study. The Multicenter Endoscopic Sphincterotomy (MESH) Study Group. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 49:580-586.

35. Bullock ML; Pheley AM; Lenz SK; Culliton PD. (1999). Short-term outcomes of treatment for musculoskeletal disorders in a hospital-based alternative and complementary medicine clinic. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 5:253-260.

36. Herzog CA, Marwick TH, Pheley AM, White CW, Rao VK, Dick CD. (1999). Dobutamine stress echocardiography for the detection of significant coronary artery disease in renal transplant candidates. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 33:1080-1090.

37. Pheley AM, Brose JA, Blazyk JF, Cale RG. (1999). Protecting Human Rights and confidentiality in research: The Institutional Review Board process. Ohio Research and Clinical Review, 10:6-8.

38. Pheley AM. (1999). Mass-transit strike effects on access to medical care. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 10:389-396.

39. Pheley AM, Melby D, Schenck C, Mandel J, Peterson PK. (1999). Can we predict recovery in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? Minnesota Medicine, 82:52-56.

40. Simpson C, Pheley AM, Simpson M. (2000). Managed Care: The good, the bad and the ugly. Journal of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physician, 4:6-7.

41. Simpson C, Pheley AM. (2001). Without sampling information, data lack impact: Letter to the Editor. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, 101:301-331.

42. Comeaux Z, Eland D, Chila A, Pheley A, Tate M. (2001). Measurement challenges in physical diagnosis: Refining inter-rater palpation, perception, and communication. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 5:245-253.

43. Pheley AM. (2001). Challenging the tradition of 0.05. Ohio Research and Clinical Review, 12:3.

44. Simpson C, Pheley AM. (2001). Do Osteopathic residencies encourage rural practice? Ohio Research and Clinical Review, 12:9-11.

45. Simpson C, Pheley AM. (2001). The American Osteopathic Association’s database: Implications for identifying practice location, Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, 12:12-13.

46. Spaeth D, Pheley AM. (2002). Evaluation of Osteopathic Manipulation Therapy training by practicing physicians in Ohio. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, 102:145-150.

47. Eland DC, Singleton TN, Conatser RR, Howell JN, Pheley AM, Karlene MM, Robinson JM. (2002). The “iliacus test”: New information for the evaluation of hip extension dysfunction. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, 102:130-142.

48. Pheley AM, Holben D, Graham A, Simpson C. (2002). Food Security and Perceptions of Health Status: A Preliminary Study in Rural Appalachia. Journal of Rural Health, 18:447-454.

49. Spaeth D, Pheley AM. (2003). Use of osteopathic manipulative treatment by Ohio osteopathic physicians in various specialties. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, 103:16-26.

51. Giarelli L, Falconieri G, Zanella M, Cameron JD, Pheley AM. (2003). Schnabel’s cavernous degeneration: A vascular change of the aging eye. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 127:1314-1319.

52. Dudley G, McGrath KN, Pheley AM. (2003). Length of stay and medication use in hysterectomy patients treated with a single massage treatment. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 7:222-227.

53. Leiferman J, Pheley AM. (2006). The effect of mental distress on women’s preventive health behaviors. American Journal of Health Promotion, 20:196-199.

54. Holben D, Pheley AM. (In press). Obesity and diabetes are greater in food insecure households in rural Appalachian Ohio. Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice, and Policy.

56. Pheley AM, Lois H, Strobl J. (In press). Research experience of osteopathic medical students: A survey supporting the need for greater training in U.S. medical schools. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.

55. Pheley AM, Leiferman J. (In preparation). Agreement of clinical and self-report health status in a rural population. Journal of Rural Health.

Simpson C, Isaac S, Burger A, Gerson L, Gemmel D, Pheley A. Assessment of Medicaid Purchased Health Care in Appalachian Ohio: Potential for Managed Care. Final project report to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services and the Ohio Board of Regents. August 1, 2001.

Baird N, Pheley AM, Petrus JJ, Lemkau JP, Markman M, Buncher R, Braun DP, Green SB, Lemeshow SA, Stefanak M, Armbruster JJ. (Ohio Cancer Incidence Surveillance System Advisory Board) Report to the Ohio General Assembly and Senate Finance Committees. March 1, 2001.

Pheley AM, Isaac S, Weiser M, Katz-Stein A, Simpson C. A Comparison of Health Indicators of Ohioans in Fair or Poor Health to Ohioans in Good to Excellent Health. Report to the Center for PublicHealth Data and Statistics, Ohio Department of Health. June 26, 2001. Bohland J, Pheley AM, Horton H, Kanter T, McCann J, Zirkle M, Plymale J. Information technology infrastructure for regional competitiveness in the network economy: Vol. 10: Health informationtechnology and infrastructure. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Publication: Blacksburg. 2003.

Pheley A. (1985). Office based weight management: Developing a comprehensive treatment program. Invited by the Tri-County Nurses Association, Continuing Education program, St. Mary's Hospital, Duluth, Minnesota, December 6-7, 1985.

Pheley A, Isberner F, Wright R. (1987). Reading and interpreting research literature: Becoming an informed consumer. A workshop presented at the annual conference of the National Rural Health Association. Nashville, Tennessee; May.

Pheley A. (1992). How to talk to a statistician. Presented at the annual conference of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Toronto, Ontario, Canada; April.

Pheley A. (1999). Diabetes in the United States: A look at the burden with an emphasis on rural and Appalachian populations. Presented as part of the Diabetes Horizons program, sponsored by the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Pheley A. (2001). Challenges to health in Appalachia. Presented to the Athens Rotary, January 2001, Athens, OH.

Pheley A, Ice G, Dubin B. (2002). HIV/AIDS in Africa: A Continent in Crisis. Presented at the annual joint meeting of the American Osteopathic Association and the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, October, 2002, Las Vegas.

(2003). University of North Carolina School of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control.

Wired communities: Putting the e in Public Health. Public Health Grand Rounds. January 31, 2003. http://www.publichealthgrandrounds.unc.edu/.

Pheley A. (2006). Government Relations and Health Policy. Presented to the American Osteopathic Association Health Policy Fellows. March, 2006, Washington, DC.

Klesges R, Klesges L, Pheley A, Swenson A. (1984). Reliability and validity of mechanical activity monitors in the prediction of child and adult physical activity levels. Poster session presented at the 1984 Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Isberner F, Pheley A, Oakleaf E, Rowley B, Wright W. (1986). Developing and executing a survey research project. A workshop presented at the 1986 National Rural Health Care Association Annual Conference, San Diego, California.

Pheley A, Kofron P. (1986). Smoking cessation: Developing a supportive program. A workshop presented at the Association for Behavioral Sciences and Medical Education Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

Mullis R, Pheley A, Lansing D, Snyder M. (1987). Videotaped nutrition education at the supermarket meat counter. A paper presented at the annual conference of the American Dietetic Association, Atlanta, Georgia.

Pheley A, Shannon J. (1988). Grocery store shelf space, and product health qualities relationship to socio-economic indicators: Where are our health messages aimed? A paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for Nutrition Education, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Admire J, Bell L, Pheley A, Harper D, Mullis R. (1988). Physician acceptance of cholesterol management in primary care: Ways of improving it. A paper presented at the 1988 National Cholesterol Education Program, Washington, D.C.

Himes J. Bouchard C, Pheley A. (1989). Disagreement among indicators identifying the obese. A paper presented at the annual conference of the FASEB, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Pheley A, Kind E, Craft C. (1989). Reliability of two sources of data in evaluating the quality of care in an HMO. A paper presented at the annual conference of the American Public Health Association, Chicago, Illinois.

Schoenwetter W, Pheley A, Fowles J. (1990). Measuring the quality of adult asthma care by generalists and specialists. A paper presented at the annual conference of the Trans-Pacific Allergy and Immunology Society, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Pheley A, McCoy C, Fowles J. Dancha L. (1990). Using administrative data for quality assessment of diabetes in a health maintenance organization. A paper presented at the fifth annual research symposium of the American Medical Review Research Center, Boulder, Colorado.

Pheley A, Petrie D. (1990). Utilization of laboratory tests during the 1980's. A poster presented at the annual conference of the American Public Health Association, New York.

Fowles J, Pheley A, McCoy C. (1991). Using claims data to study the relationship of insurance coverage, specialty, and age to mammography. A paper presented at the second annual Research in Primary Care Conference sponsored by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, San Diego, California. Dwyer-Brust J, Leonard B, Pheley A, Roberts W. (1991). Ice hockey injuries in children. A paper presented at the annual conference of the American Public Health Association, Atlanta, Georgia.

Terry P, Pheley A. (1992). The effects of self-care brochures on utilization of medical services. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, New York.

Jafri I, Onstad G, Pheley A, Lurie N. (1992). Upper-gastrointestinal endoscopy for abdominal pain: Does it change management, and how? Presented at the annual meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine.

Sumner B, Peterson K, Pheley A, Benavides E, Lurie N. (1992). Discounted care for the uninsured: Does it hit the target? Presented at the annual meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine.

Nelson DB, Silvis SE, Yakshe PN, Vennes JA, Herman ME, Stahnke LL, Cass OW, Pheley AM, Freeman ML. (1992) Inaccuracy of clinical assessment in detecting hypoxemia and hypoventilation during ERCP. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, San Francisco, California.

Steinberg P, Pheley AM, Aby J. (1995). A multicenter, longitudinal study of natural rubber latex (NRL) allergy in nursing students. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy and Immunology.

Cutts DB, Pheley AM. (1995). Adaptation in diet of children experiencing hunger due to poverty. Presented at the annual meeting of the Ambulatory Pediatrics Association, San Diego, California.

Cutts DB, Pheley AM, Geppert JD. (1996). Hunger and nutritional status: A cross-sectional analysis. Presented at the annual meeting of the Ambulatory Pediatrics Association, Washington, D.C.

Cutts DB, Pheley AM, Geppert JD. (1996). Predictors of early childhood hunger. Presented at the annual meeting of the Ambulatory Pediatrics Association, Washington, D.C.

Pheley A, Peterson P, Johnson L, Smith S. (1996). Epidemiology of infection and predictors of outcome in the Emergency Department of an urban teaching hospital. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Inc., Washington, D.C.

Collins AJ, Herzog CA, Ma J, Pheley AM. (1996). Acute and chronic survival of dialysis with acute myocardial infarction. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Pheley AM, Lande J, Williams D. (1997). Factors associated with health services utilization in an urban ambulatory clinic. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, New York, New York.

Bullock ML, Culliton PD, Kiresuk TJ, Lenz SK, Pheley AM. (1997). Acupuncture treatment of cocaine addiction. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, New York, New York.

Cutts DB, Pheley AM, Geppert J. (1997). Profile of young children with a history of homelessness receiving care at an inner-city hospital clinic. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, New York, New York..

Khan MA, St. Peter JV, Pheley AM, Halstenson C, Nicol S. (1997). Improvement of cardiovascular disease risk factors in obese diabetic and nondiabetic patients after 12 months of Phentermine/Fenfluramine (Phen/Fen) therapy. Presented at the annual conference of the American Society of Clinical Nutrition.

Herzog CA, Marwick TH, Pheley AM, White CW, Dick CD. (1997). The effect of observer bias on the interpretation of dobutamine stress echocardiography. Presented at the annual conference of the American Heart Association, November.

Khan MA, St. Peter JV, Hartley GG, Pheley AM, McFarland KA. (1998). The effect of adding phentermine to weight management therapy in patients with declining response to dexfenfluramine alone. Presented at the annual meeting of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity 1998.

Pheley AM, Simpson C. (1999). Hunger in rural America: Results from the Ohio Appalachian region. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Rural Health Association, San Diego, CA.

Pheley AM, Brose JA, Simpson C. (1999). Health status or rural patients seen in traditional and nontraditional service settings. Presented at the annual conference of the American Osteopathic Association, November, San Francisco, CA.

Pheley AM, Simpson C. (1999). Food security in rural America: Results from the Ohio Appalachian region. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Chicago, IL, October.

Pheley AM, Simpson C. (2000). Health status of rural populations: Profiling groups to identify the underserved. Presented at the annual conference of the National Rural Health Association, New Orleans, LA, May.

Simpson C, Pheley AM, Isaac S. (2000). Assessment of Medicaid purchased health care in Appalachian Ohio. Presented at the annual conference of the National Rural Health Association, New Orleans, LA, May.

Pheley AM, Blazyk J, Simpson C, Pheley PJ, Harley DW. (2000). Access to care and utilization of medical services: Lessons from Appalachia Ohio. Presented at the annual research conference of the American Osteopathic Association, Orlando, FL, October.

Pheley AM, Simpson C, Blazyk J, Pheley PJ, Harley DW. (2000). Health status of rural populations and relationship to poverty indicators. Presented at the annual research conference of the American Osteopathic Association, Orlando, FL, October.

Pheley AM, Holben D, Graham A. (2000). Food security and perceptions of health among rural Appalachians. Presented at the annual conference of the American Dietetic Association, Denver, CO, October.

Holben DH, Pheley AM. (2001). Obesity, diabetes, and BMI are greater in food insecure households in rural Appalachian Ohio. Presented at the annual conference of the American Dietetic Association, St. Louis, MO, October.

Pheley AM, Dubin BD. (2003). Hospital and clinic preparedness for bioterroism: A focus on smallpox. Presented at the Lewis-Gale Medical Center’s Eighth Annual Potpourri of CME, Roanoke, VA, February.

Leiferman J, Pheley AM. (2004) Preventive Health Behaviors and Mental Health in Rural Women. Accepted for poster presentation at the annual conference of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, March, 2004.

Pheley A, Bohland J. (2004) Use of Medical Information Technology in Rural Hospitals. Accepted for oral presentation at the annual conference of the National Rural Health Association, San Francisco, May.

Developing Researchers in the OUCOM CORE. Funding Agency: The Brentwood Foundation,

Cleveland, Ohio. March , 1999 – June, 2001. $60,000.

Health Systems Improvement Grant. Funding Agency: Ohio Department of Health. January, 2000 – June, 2001. $152,608.

Healthy Adult Program. Funding Agency: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Outreach Grant Program, Health Resources and Services Administration. July, 2000 – December, 2001. $324,000.

Comparison of Ohioans in Fair and Poor Health to Ohioans in Good to Excellent Health. Funding Agency: Ohio Department of Health, Center for Public Health Data and Statistics. April, 2001 – June, 2001. $13,498.

Access to Health Information in SW Virginia. Funding Agency: National Networks of Libraries of Medicine. February, 2003 – August, 2004. $48,000

Appalachian Medical Digital Library Internet Access. Funding Agency: National Library of Medicine. January, 2004 – October, 2005. $97,000

Use of Telemedicine Technology in Virginia’s Rural Southwest. Funding Agency: Virginia Department of Health. August, 2004 – July, 2005. $5,000

Clinical Research Methods - Chair, organizer, and faculty of a two day seminar for health care professionals interested in conducting research. November 1991, 1992, & 1993

Introduction to Research Statistics - Chair, organizer, and faculty for a two day seminar covering the theoretical concept of research statistics, and the application and interpretation of the most commonly used analyses. Presented two times per year, 1992 - 1998.

An Introduction to Statistical Computing - Chair, organizer, and faculty for a two day seminar covering the management of research data and its analysis using statistical software, specifically SPSS. First offering, Fall 1997. Core Curriculum, Hennepin County Medical Center, Department of Medicine Residency Program.

Faculty presenting common research and statistical methodologies. 1991-1998.

A Practical Framework for Analyzing and Reporting Outcomes Data. Faculty for a seminar presented by the Health Outcomes Institute, Minneapolis, MN. July 15 & 16, 1996 and October, 1997.

Community Epidemiology, HLTH 330. An upper-level undergraduate course covering basic epidemiological principles from a health services perspective. College of Health and Human Services, Ohio University. Four quarters, 1998-1999.

Facilitator in the Primary Care Continuum and Case Presentation Curriculum tracks of the OhioUniversity College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1999-2002.

Curriculum Development Team, Case Presentation Curriculum, Cardiovascular Block and Social/Behavioral/Population Medicine Workgroup. Lecturer for public health, research methodology, and statistics components of curriculum, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1999-2002.

UAP 4614 Health Policy. Principal Faculty. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Urban Affairs and Planning. Spring Semesters, 2003-2005.

Introduction to Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine. Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine. 2003-present.

Ethics in Health Care Delivery. Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine. 2003-present.

The American Health Care System. Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine. 2003-present.

Evidence-based Medicine. Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine. 2004-present.

HNFE 5724 Graduate Epidemiology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Human Foods, Nutrition, and Exercise. Spring Semester, 2005

Epidemiology and biostatistics

Public health

Health policy

Research methodology

Rural health

Access to care

Healthcare financing

The Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowships Program provides the nation’s most comprehensive experience at the nexus of health science, policy and politics in Washington, D.C. The Fellowship provides exceptional mid-career medical, behavioral, and social science professionals with an interest in health the opportunity to experience and participate in health policy processes at the federal level and to use that experience to provide leadership to improve health, health care and health policy at the national, state or local levels.

Seven fellows were selected from an intensive, national competition for the 2005-2006 Fellowship. The September-to-August Washington-based program begins with an intense three-and-a-half-month orientation arranged by the IOM. This unique experience offers meetings with key executive branch officials responsible for health policy and programs, members of Congress and their staffs, and representatives of health-related interest groups. Fellows also participate in seminars on health economics, major federal health and health research programs, the congressional budget process, current priority issues in federal health policy, and the process of federal decision-making.

In November, the fellows join the American Political Science Association Congressional program. This full-time, in-residence experience begins with a three-month intensive orientation based out of the National Academies of Science, during which participants visit over 200 organizations in the Washington, DC area. Throughout this network development phase, the Fellows meet with policy leaders from think-tanks, federal agencies. The participants also become Fellows of the American Political Science Association and join with this important group for a month of intensive training with the Congressional Research Service on government, policy, and operations of the offices. In January, Fellows begin hands-on work assignments with members of Congress or the executive branch. The Washington experience prepares individuals to influence the future of health care and accelerate their own career development. Fellows receive funding to continue their health policy activities for up to two years after the Washington placement period.

Each fellowship includes a one-year residential experience in Washington, D.C., which can be augmented by extending the Washington stay through the legislative session or until December 31, 2007. The residential experience features an intensive orientation, followed by hands-on work assignments with members of Congress or in the executive branch. Fellows typically will:

The orientation period concludes in December when fellows interview for and negotiate their working assignments with Congress or the executive branch. Work assignments begin in January and end in August, with an option for extending through the legislative term (which ends in October or early November but must conclude by December 31, 2007). During these assignments, fellows are full-time, working participants in the policy process. Work assignments are supplemented throughout the year by seminars and group discussions on developing health policy, the general policy and governmental process, as well as media training and leadership development. Fellows also take part in meetings of the IOM and other health policy organizations, as well as cultural and social functions

As part of the program, all fellows are asked to prepare a formal presentation on a policy-oriented research issue in which they have become involved. At the end of the Washington placement, and again at the end of the three-year period of grant support, each fellow is also required to submit an evaluation report on the program. After the Washington work assignment, fellows return to their respective institutions, or take another appropriate position where they further develop their health policy leadership skills. Once the Washington experience is completed, fellows become part of a nationwide alumni network and typically return to Washington yearly to attend the IOM’s annual meeting and be briefed on issues and trends in health and health care policy.