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Anne Paxton
Associate Professor of Clinical Epidemiology
Associate Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health
Director, Master's Program, Department of Epidemiology
and:Director, Global Health Track
Biography:
Dr. Anne Paxton has worked for 20 years in public health programs in developing countries, with a particular focus on maternal mortality prevention, nutrition in pregnancy, and blindness prevention. She has expertise in the areas of program design, monitoring & evaluation, and applied research.
Education & Training:
DrPH, Columbia University, 1994
MPH, Columbia University, 1984
BA, Princeton University, 1981
Selected
Global
Activities:
Global
Activities:
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Global Health Track
Project URL: http://www.amdd.hs.columbia.edu/
Selected Publications:
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Anne Paxton, Patricia Bailey, Samantha Lobis. "The UN Process Indicators for emergency obstetric care: Reflections based on a decade of experience." International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2006
Bailey P, Paxton A, Lobis S, Fry D "Measuring progress towards the MDG for maternal health: Including a measure of the health system's capacity to treat obstetric complications." Int J Gynecol Obstet 93 292-299 2006
Paxton A, Bailey P, Lobis S, Fry D "Global patterns in availability of emergency obstetric care." Int J Gynaecol Obstet 93 300-307 2006
Patricia Bailey, Anne Paxton, Samantha Lobis, Deborah Fry "The availability of life-saving obstetric services in developing countries: an in-depth look at the signal functions for emergency obstetric care. International" Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 93 2006
Deborah Maine, Anne Paxton, Patricia Bailey, George Patterson "Research Note: Estimating Maternal Deaths Averted: A Field-Based Methodology." International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 89 221-230 2005
Anne Paxton, Deborah Maine, Lynn Freedman, Deborah Fry, Samantha Lobis "The Evidence Base for Emergency Obstetric Care." International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2005 88(2) 181-193 2005
Lobis S, Fry D, Paxton A "Emergency obstetric care in the United States: availability, access and utilization." IJGO 2004
Liu H, Ou B, Paxton A, Zhao P, Xu J, Long D, Li Z, Yang J, Zhong L, Lietman T, Chen L, Pizzarello LD "Rapid assessment of trachoma in Hainan Province, China: validation of new World Health Organization methodology" Ophthalmic Epidemiology 9(2) 97-104 2002
A Paxton, The Singida Trachoma Study Team "Rapid assessment of trachoma prevalence--Singida, Tanzania. A study to compare assessment methods" Ophthalmic Epidemiology 8(2-3) 87-96 2001
Paxton A, Lederman SA, Heymsfield SB, Wang J, Thornton JC, Pierson RN Jr. "Anthropometric equations for studying body fat in pregnant women " AJCN 67(1) 104-10 1998
Contact Information
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916 Rosenfield Building
New York, NY 10032
Phone:
212-304-6374
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