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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 EDUCATIONAL HISTORY 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 EXPERIENCE 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
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
12/2009 – present Director, Public Health Leadership Program UNC
Gillings School of Global Public Health
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 12/2009 – present Professor of the
Practice UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
mailto:[email protected]
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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 6/1997 – 6/2000 Senior Epidemiologist
The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence Cary, North
Carolina
4/1996 – 4/1997 Epidemiologist Dept. of Health, Environment and
Natural Resources Raleigh, 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 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
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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. In press.
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. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Bevc CA, Davis MV, Schenck AP. Temporal Trends in
Preparedness Capacity. Frontiers in Public Health Services and
Systems Research, 2014, 3(3), article 3.
5. Davis MV, Bevc CA, Schenck AP. Effects of Performance
Improvement Programs on Preparedness Capacities, Public Health
Reports, 2014, Volume 129:19-27.
6. 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.
7. 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.
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8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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 Res Treat, 2012; 131
(1):207-216.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. Schenck AP, Peacock SC, Klabunde CN, Lapin P, Coan J, Brown
M. Trends in Colorectal Cancer Test Use in the Medicare Population,
1998 – 2005, American Journal Preventive Medicine, 2009, 37(1):
1-7.
21. 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.
22. 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.
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23. Massing M, Schenck AP. The role of data at The Carolinas
Center for Medical Excellence. N C Med J, 2008, 69 (2):132-138.
24. 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.
25. Lyles KW, Schenck AP, Colon-Emeric C. Hip and Other
Osteoporosis-Related Fractures Increase the Risk of Subsequent
Fractures in Nursing Home Residents. Osteoporosis Int, 2008, 19:
1225-1233.
26. 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 Epidemiol
Biomarkers Prev, 2007 Oct: 16(10): 2118-2127.
27. 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. Am J Med (2007) 120, 886-892.
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. Prevalence and Predictors of Osteoporosis Treatment
in Nursing Home Residents with Known Osteoporosis or Recent
Fracture. Osteoporosis Int 2007, 18(4)553-559.
29. 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.
30. 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.
31. 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.
32. 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.
33. Klabunde CN, Schenck AP, Davis WW. Barriers to colorectal
cancer screening among Medicare consumers. American Journal of
Preventive Medicine, 2006; 30(4): 313-319.
34. 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.
35. 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.
36. 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.
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37. 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.
38. 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.
39. 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%. American Journal
Cardiology 2003 Feb. (91): 363-365.
40. 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.
41. 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.
42. 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.
43. 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. American Journal of Cardiology, 2000, Vol. 86:
1151-1153.
44. Schenck AP, Craig SB. Hospitalization for Hip Fractures
Among North Carolina’s Medicare Population. North Carolina Medical
Journal, 1999, 60:149-151.
45. 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.
46. 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.
47. 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.
48. 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.
49. 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.
50. Kaluzny AD, Schenck AP, Ricketts TC. Cancer Prevention in
the Workplace: An Organizational Innovation. Health Promotion,
1986; Vol. 1 (3): 293-299.
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.
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52. 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 SELECTED
PRESENTATIONS FROM THE PAST 10 YEARS
1. Schenck AP. A snapshot of NC Health compared to Southern
states. NC Legislative Joint Health and
Human Services Appropriations Committee, Raleigh NC, March
2015.
2. Schenck AP. 25th Anniversary of Americas Health Rankings,
2014 Report Launch, National Press
Conference. Newseum, Washington DC, December 2014.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. Schenck AP. Global health is public health. Global health is
local health. GlobeMed Eminence Retreat.
Chapel Hill, NC, January 2014.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. Schenck AP. Embracing Change. NCPHA Annual Educational
Conference, Asheville, NC, September 2013.
15. 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.
16. Schenck AP. America’s Health Rankings®: Selection and review
of health metrics. American Public Health
Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. October 2012.
17. Schenck AP. Leadership for changing times. North Carolina
Public Health Association Educational
Conference. New Bern, NC. September 2012.
18. Schenck AP. Americas Health Rankings® and Occupational
Safety and Health. National Occupational
Research Agenda Seminar, Chapel Hill, NC, November 2011.
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19. Schenck AP, Eckstein T. Americas Health Rankings®: The
influence of preventive health indicators.
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington,
DC, October 2011.
20. 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.
21. Rohweder C, Wolff M, Schenck A, Prasad V, Diehl S. Tailoring
an evidence-based approach to
colorectal cancer screening for Community Health Centers in
North Carolina. American Public
Health Association Annual Meeting, November 2010, Denver,
CO.
22. 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.
23. Schenck AP. Public health solutions to obesity. Keynote, NC
Triangle USPHS Commissioned Officers
Association, Fundraising Event, September 2010.
24. Wheeler S*, Biddle A, Carpenter W, Weinberger M, Schenck A,
Peppercorn J. Health Disparities and
Timeliness of Receipt of Radiation Therapy after Breast
Conserving Surgery in Medicare Patients: What
Role Does Structure/Organization of Health Services Play?
Academy Health Annual Research Meeting,
June 2010, Boston MA.
25. Wheeler S*, Biddle A, Carpenter W, Weinberger M, Peppercorn
J, Schenck A. Health Services Organization, Disparities, and Timely
Receipt of Adjuvant Chemotherapy among Breast Cancer Patients
Enrolled in Medicare. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, June
2010, Boston MA
26. 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.
27. 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.
28. Rosemond C*, Hanson L, Schenck A, Ennett S, Implementing
Person Centered Care in Nursing Homes: Poster Presentation,
Celebrating Lives through Person-Centered Practices Conference, UNC
Center for Aging Research and Educational Services, Greensboro, NC,
May 2010.
29. Rosemond C*, Hanson L, Schenck A, Ennett S, Implementing
Person Centered Care in Nursing Homes: Poster Presentation selected
for the Presidential Poster Session: American Geriatrics Society
Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, May 2010.
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.
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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.
43. Schenck A. Colorectal Cancer Test Use among North Carolina
Medicare Enrollees, NC Cancer Prevention & Control Branch 2006
Annual Update, Greenville, NC, September 2006.
44. Peacock S*, Schenck A. Find that Primary Care Provider,
QualNet Conference for Quality Improvement Organizations,
Baltimore, MD, September 2006.
45. Schenck A. A Healthcare Snapshot of the Carolinas: Data
Overview. Legislative Update to NC and SC delegations, Washington,
DC, July 2006.
TECHNICAL REPORTS, ABSTRACTS AND UNREFFERED PUBLICATIONS
1. 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
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:
https://sph.unc.edu/files/2014/09/nciph-new-methods-recession-apr15.pdf
3. 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
4. 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.
5. 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
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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, available at: www.thecarolinascenter.org/crcreport
(updated March 2008).
https://sph.unc.edu/files/2014/09/nciph-measuring-apr15.pdfhttps://sph.unc.edu/files/2014/09/nciph-new-methods-recession-apr15.pdfhttp://sph.unc.edu/files/2014/09/nciph-assessing-roi-3.pdfhttp://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.pdfhttp://sph.unc.edu/files/2013/11/nciph-MeasuringOutcomes_8-2013revised.pdfhttp://www.thecarolinascenter.org/crcreport
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10. 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.
www.medqic.org, February 2008.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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
14. 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/
15. 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
16. 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
17. Schenck AP, Henderson LM. Use of Peer Review Organization
Data to Target Needs for Secondary Prevention Efforts. Preventive
Medicine 2001; 33(2): S8.
18. 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.
19. 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.
TEACHING
1. Research Frameworks and Methods for Public Health Practice
(PUBH 754). Graduate course for MPH students. Spring 2015.
2. Research Frameworks and Methods for Public Health Practice
(PUBH 754). Graduate course for MPH students. Spring 2014.
3. Introduction to Public Health (SPHG 600). Graduate course for
masters and doctoral students. Co-faculty. Fall 2013.
4. Research Frameworks and Methods for Public Health Practice
(PUBH 754). Graduate course for MPH students. Spring 2013.
http://www.medqic.org/http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~ncodh/pdfs/DisabilityReport2003.pdfhttp://www2.thecarolinascenter.org/ncmed/
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5. Research Frameworks and Methods for Public Health Practice
(PUBH 690). Graduate course for MPH students. Spring 2012.
6. Research Frameworks and Methods for Public Health Practice
(PUBH 690). Graduate course for MPH students. Spring 2011.
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.
CURRENT AND RECENTLY COMPLETED RESEARCH AND CONTRACTS Principal
Investigator 2010 – 2015 America’s Health Rankings®, United Health
Foundation 2012-2013 Examining the impact on public health outcomes
of decreased spending for local health departments in North
Carolina, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 2012--2013 Southeast
Public Health Training Center, HRSA 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 Collaborator 2010 – 2011 Investigator: Engaging
Care Managers as Palliative Care Communicators (PI: Hanson)
http://www.nccrt.org/Documents/General/IncreaseColorectalCancerScreeningRates.pdf
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Reviews American Journal of Managed Care
American Journal of Preventive Medicine (2013, 2014) 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 (2014) Health Education
Research Implementation Science Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Journal of General Internal Medicine (2014) Journal of Pain and
Symptom Management Journal of the National Cancer Institute (2013)
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
National Technical Advisory Panel for the Certification of Advance
Palliative Care Joint Commission, 2015 The Health of the States
Advisory Panel RWJF Project (Steven Woolf PI), 2014-2015 Emerging
Leaders in Public Health Application Review Panel Kresge
Foundation, 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
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Americas Health Ranking Senior Report Senior Health Advisory
Group 2013, 2014 Technical Expert Panel on Hospice Quality
Reporting Program Development Research Triangle Institute, 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
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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.