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The following researchers received Calderone Junior Faculty Research Prizes in 2007-2008

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• David Bell, MD, MPH

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  David Bell, MD, MPH, assistant professor of Population and Family Health

  “The Influence of Male Partners’ Attitudes and Relationship Characteristics on Female Partners’ Continuation of Contraceptive Use”

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• Janice Cooper, PhD

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  Janice Cooper, PhD, interim director of the National Center for Children in Poverty

  “Special Study on States’ Knowledge and Practices for Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Children’s Mental Health”

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• Mary Gamble, PhD

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  Mary Gamble, PhD, assistant professor of Environmental Health Sciences 

  “Folic Acid and Creatine Supplementation as Therapeutic Approaches for Lowering Blood Arsenic”

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• Mari Milleri, PhD

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  Mari Milleri, PhD, associate research scientist in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences

  “Pilot Study of Adolescents’ Health Information Seeking on the Internet”

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• Ying Wei, PhD

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  Ying Wei, PhD, assistant professor of Biostatistics

  “Quantile Regression with Errors-in-variables and Its Applications in Public Health Study”

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The following researchers received Calderone Junior Faculty Research Prizes in 2006-2007

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• Ben Cheng, PhD

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  Ben Cheng, PhD, assistant professor of Biostatistics

  “Multivariate Clustered Non-normal Data Modeling: with Applications in Periodontal Studies”

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• Raz Gross, MD, MPH

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  Raz Gross, MD, MPH, assistant professor of Epidemiology and Psychiatry

  “The Effect of Low Birth Weight and Gestational Age at Birth on the Risk of Autism: A Nationwide Register-Based Study”

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• Heather Koball, PhD

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  Heather Koball, PhD, assistant research scientist, National Center for Children in Poverty

  “The Well-Being of Adolescents Living Apart from Both Parents”

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• Sheindy Pretter, PhD

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  Sheindy Pretter, PhD, assistant professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences

  “Psychological Impact of Cardiac Disease on Older Spouses”

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• Yuanjia Wang, PhD

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  Yuanjia Wang, PhD, assistant professor of Biostatistics (in Psychiatry)

  “Methods for Estimating Disease Risk for Rare Genes in Kin-Cohort Designs”

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• Patrick A. Wilson, PhD

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  Patrick A. Wilson, PhD, assistant professor of Sociomedical Sciences

  “Substance Use and Other Situational Factors Impacting Sexual Risk Behavior Among HIV-Positive Men”

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The following researchers received Calderone Junior Faculty Research Prizes in 2005-2006

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• Prakash Gorroochurn, PhD

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  Prakash Gorroochurn, PhD, assistant professor of Biostatistics

  “A New Method to Correct for Population Stratification in Genetic Case-Control Association Studies”

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• Kimberley R. Isett, PhD

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  Kimberley R. Isett, PhD, assistant professor of Health Policy and Management

  “An Exploration of the Salience of Research to Practice Networks”

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• Naa Oyo A. Kwate, PhD

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  Naa Oyo A. Kwate, PhD, associate research scientist, Department of Sociomedical Sciences

  “Exploring the Experience of Internalized Racism Among African Americans”

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• Matthew J. Neidell, PhD

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  Matthew J. Neidell, PhD, assistant professor of Health Policy and Management

  “The Economic Value of Teeth: Evidence from Water Fluoridation”

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• Mark Padilla, PhD

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  Mark Padilla, PhD, assistant professor of Sociomedical Sciences

  “Migrant Male Tourism Workers and HIV/AIDS in the Dominican Republic”

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• Shuang Wang, PhD

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  Shuang Wang, PhD, assistant professor of Biostatistics

  “Statistical Methods in Detecting Gene-Gene Interaction in the Presence of Genotyping Errors”

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The following researchers received Calderone Junior Faculty Research Prizes in 2004-2005

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• Ken Cheung, PhD

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  Ken Cheung, PhD, assistant professor of Biostatistics

  “Dose Finding in Early Phase Acute Stroke Trials”

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• Alison Cuellar, PhD

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  Alison Cuellar, PhD, assistant professor of Health Policy and Management

  “How Do Youth with Emotional Disorders Fare in the Juvenile Justice System?”

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• Michael K. Gusmano, PhD

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  Michael K. Gusmano, PhD, assistant professor of Health Policy and Management

   

  “Urban Ecology of Old Age”

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• Peter Muennig, MD

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  Peter Muennig, MD, assistant professor of Health Policy and Management

  “The Functional Neuroanatomy of Poverty”

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• Dov Rothman, PhD

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  Dov Rothman, PhD, assistant professor of Health Policy and Management

  “Information Technology and Hospital Quality: An Empirical Investigation”

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• Lydia B. Zablotska, PhD

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  Lydia B. Zablotska, PhD, assistant professor of Clinical Epidemiology

  “The Relationship Between Hospital Governance and Hospital Behavior”

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The following researchers received Calderone Junior Faculty Research Prizes in 2003-2004

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• Manisha Desai, PhD

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  Manisha Desai, PhD, assistant professor of Biostatistics

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• Luisa Borrell

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  Luisa Borrell, assistant professor of Epidemiology

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• Hari Bhat, PhD

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  Hari Bhat, PhD, assistant professor of Environmental Health Sciences

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