David L. Driscoll
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DAVID L. DRISCOLL Curriculum Vitae Dr. Driscoll, an applied anthropologist and epidemiologist, develops and evaluates evidence-based risk communication, health promotion, and disease prevention interventions. His multidisciplinary research designs link population-level health data and sociocultural context to create effective public health programs. His methodological experience spans a range of techniques, including unobtrusive structured observation, semistructured and structured individual and group interviews, focus group interviews, telephone interviews, group-administered questionnaires, and mail surveys. His analytical experience includes narrative and contextual qualitative analysis, perception mapping, univariate and multivariate quantitative approaches, and the triangulation of these analyses into a cohesive final product. Education Ph.D., Applied Anthropology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 1999. M.P.H., Epidemiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 1999. M.A., Anthropology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 1994. B.A., International Studies, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 1990. A.A., Virginia Western Community College, Roanoke, VA, 1988 Professional Experience 2008 to present Director and Associate Professor, Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage AK 99508-4614 phone - 907/786-6581 fax - 907/786-6576 [email protected] 2000 to 2008 Senior Medical Anthropologist RTI International, Health Communication Program, Research Triangle Park, NC 1997 to 1999 Environmental Anthropology Fellow Eastward Ho! Everglades Restoration Project, Miami, FL 1997 (summer) Community Assessment Field School Coordinator The University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 1997 (spring) Health Policy Analyst Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies, Tampa, FL 1996 (summer) Research Analyst New River Community Action, Floyd, VA 1995 (summer) Survey Data Collector Aquirre International, Arcadia, FL 1994 (summer) Contract Ethnographer Montagnard-Dega Association, Greensboro, NC DRISCOLL, 2 Selected Courses Taught 2007 to 2008 Evaluating Culturally Tailored Health Communications CDC/American Evaluation Association Summer Institute, Atlanta, GA 2005 to 2008 (Guest Instructor) Communication for Health-Related Decision Making University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 1994 to 1999 Community Assessment Field Methods Health and Development Introduction to Anthropology The University of South Florida, Tampa, FL Selected Research Conducted Evaluating Challenges to Self Sufficiency Faced by Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Clients in Alaska (2011) – Principle Investigator. The goals of this eight month study, funded by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (AK DHSS), are to (a) assess the characteristics of TANF recipients, specifically health and behavioral health factors, that serve as obstacles to achieving self-sufficiency, (b) develop a simple screening process to identify those clients which need additional supportive services or health care sustainability to achieve self-sufficiency, and (c) assist the Division of Public Assistance to assess the effectiveness of their efforts to identify and meet the needs of prospective long-term TANF clients. (≈$250,000) Promoting Community-based Adaptation Planning for Climate Change: Developing a Surveillance and Response Toolkit in Alaska (2010-2012) – Principle Investigator. The goals of this study, funded by the National Center for Environmental Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (NCEH/CDC), are to (a) coordinate a community-based network of lay observers, (b) develop a toolkit to guide sentinel surveillance of climate change related events, (c) analyze structured observations of sentinel natural and health events, and (d) mitigate climate-change related events of public health significance. (≈$220,000) Evaluating the Patient-Centered Medical Home Model at Southcentral Foundation. (2010-2012) – Principle Investigator. This study (Grant # 1 R18 HS019154-01), funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is assessing the impact of the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model on the nature and quality of health care delivery for Alaska Native patients at Southcentral Foundation; the largest Alaska Native-owned and managed primary care center in the state. The mixed methods study will assess patient and provider experiences and satisfaction, as well as steps taken to overcome challenges and achieve the PCMH transformation. (≈$600,000) A Community Trial in Alaska to Prevent Youth's Use of Legal Products to Get High (2009-2014) – Task Leader. This National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH/NIDA) funded R01 study (Grant # 2 R01 DA015966- 04 A2) is (a) developing and implementing a community-acceptable community inhalant prevention model, (b) assessing its implementation quality and factors associated with successful implementation, and (c) assessing changes in proximal outcomes believed to mediate intervention effects in inhalant use, and identifying factors that may explain proximal outcome changes. As Task Leader, I am coordinating the collection and analysis of substance abuse prevalence data amongst adolescents. (≈$150,000) DRISCOLL, 3 Outmigration and Health (2009-2010) — Principle Investigator. This study (Grant # 65983), funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), collected formative data on the health-related causes and consequences of migration from rural to urban Alaska and its impact on health-care delivery. The study consisted of in-depth, community-based individual and group interviews. Study participants are recent migrants from rural villages and regions of Alaska to urban centers, and rural and urban health care providers. The study demonstrated the influence of health care needs in, and perceived health risks associated with, rural Alaska as determinants of increased rural to urban outmigration. (≈$50,000) Pandemic Influenza Risk Communication Formative Study (2007 to 2008)—Principle Investigator. This study, funded by CDC’s National Center for Health Marketing (CDC/NCHM), collected formative data on population-level obstacles and facilitators to the adoption of non-pharmaceutical mitigation strategies to be advocated by CDC in the event of an influenza pandemic. The study design consisted of in-depth, community-level individual and group interviews, and town-hall hearings to discuss the interview findings and study interpretations. Study participants were members of subpopulations who may encounter cultural or environmental barriers to the adoption of protective behaviors in the event of a pandemic. The data collected were used to develop recommendations for culturally appropriate and actionable pandemic influenza risk communications. (≈$350,000) Lung Cancer Testing Formative Study (2005 to 2008)—Principle Investigator. This study, funded by CDC’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (CDC/DCPC), collected formative data on knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding lung cancer testing among heavy smokers, lung cancer survivors, and clinicians. These data served as a guide to direct future research and educational efforts with the target audiences. The project team, in cooperation with clinically based partners, used a combination of qualitative research methods, including focus groups and subsequent emergent follow-up interviews, in- depth interviews, and triad interviews. (≈$450,000) NIH Roadmap—Re-Engineering the Clinical Research Enterprise: Feasibility of Integrating and Expanding Clinical Research Networks (2004 to 2008)— Task Leader. Funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) through the Duke Clinical Research Institute, this study assessed obstacles to local public health system participation in clinical research and developing and evaluating interventions to overcome those obstacles. The research team employed a case study methodology to characterize the setting and context of research and to develop and evaluate interventions in eight case and eight matched controls in the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium. (≈$150,000) Hematologic Cancer Communications (2004 to 2008)— Principle Investigator. Funded by CDC/DCPC, this study assessed extant health communication materials regarding hematologic cancers by the NCI, CDC, and other information sources; identified gaps in the information available; developed materials to fill those information gaps; and evaluated them. The research team employed an array of current health communication theory to evaluate existing data, conducted an audience segmentation strategy, and developed and tested award-winning risk communication materials. (≈$950,000) Promoting Informed Decision Making about Prostate Cancer Screening (2002 to 2007)—Co-Principle Investigator. This study, funded by CDC/DCPC brought together multidisciplinary groups of health and medical scientists to test the effectiveness of informed decision-making tools in community settings. Researchers worked in community settings with local advisory panels to implement a multimodal intervention that recognized and worked through the community’s strengths and usual modes of communicating. (≈$1.2 million) Understanding the Ecological Risks, Costs, and Benefits of Use Attainment (2004 to 2006)—Task Leader. Funded by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Office of Communications, this study summarized the qualitative and quantitative tools currently available to elicit community-based DRISCOLL, 4 preferences