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Kristie L. Foley
Associate Professor and Associate Director, Medical Humanities Program, Davidson College

Born:
October 21, 1969 Gastonia, North Carolina/USA

Career:

2008-present	Associate Professor and Associate Director. Medical Humanities Program. Davidson College.
2001-2008	Assistant Professor. Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy. Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
2004-2008	Co-Director of Research for the Wake Forest University Tobacco Intervention Programs (TIP)
2004-2008	Assistant Professor. Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
2004-2006	Assistant Director. Cancer Control Program. Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center.
2001-2001	Research Assistant Professor. Section on Social Sciences and Health Policy. Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
2000-2001	Post-doctoral Fellow. Cancer Control Program. Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
1999-2000	Research Associate. Measurement and Methods Core. Center on Minority Aging, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
1997-2000	Pre-doctoral Trainee. Carolina Population Center, Aging and Life Course Studies, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
1996-1997	Research Assistant. Carolina Health and Transitions Study (CHATS). University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
1995-1996	Research Assistant. Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
1993-1994	Research Assistant. Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

NON-ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT:
1995-1996	Director. Special Care Unit for Alzheimer’s Disease, Britthaven-Chapel Hill, NC.
1994-1995	Lead Rehabilitation Counselor. Division of Services for the Blind, State of NC

Education:

1992	Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
1994	Masters of Science in Rehabilitation Psychology and Counseling University of North Carolina-Chapel Hil Thesis: Examining the Interrater Reliability of the Therapeutic Environment Screening Scale-Revised (TESS 2+): An Instrument that Assesses the Physical Environment of Special Care Units for Persons with Alzheimer's Disease.Committee: Eileen Burker (chair), Philip Sloane, Robert Sakata
2000	Doctor of Philosophy. School of Public Health, Health Behavior & Health Education, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Dissertation: Women’s Health Perceptions over the Life Course Committee: Elizabeth Mutran (chair), Glen H. Elder, Jr., Brenda DeVellis, Elizabeth Colerick Clipp, Victor Marshall
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:
2000-2001	Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, Cancer Prevention and Control (Funding: National Cancer Institute) Program Advisor: Electra Paskett, PhD

Experience and research:

GRANTS: CURRENT
2009-2011	Role: Principle Investigator, National Institute of Drug Abuse, R21DA024631-01, “Implementation and Dissemination of Evidence-Based Tobacco Cessation Strategies in Free Clinics” $370,064
2007-2012	Role: Principal Investigator, Fogarty International Center and National Cancer Institute 1 R01 TW007927-01, “Building Capacity for Tobacco Research in Hungary” $1,463,331
PAST GRANT HISTORY:
2007-2009	Role: Principal Investigator, American Cancer Society, RSGT CPHPS-113077, “Colon Cancer Treatment, Surveillance, and Survival among the Poor” $228,504
2007-2009	Role: Principal Investigator, American Health Initiative, “The Effect of Free Clinics and TAP-IN on HCA Non-Urgent Emergency Department Use and Avoidable Hospitalizations among Uninsured Patients” $73,000
2007-2008	Role: Principal Investigator, National Cancer Institute, 1 R03 CA115190-01A2, “Cervical Cancer Prevention for Latinas” $100,000
2006-2007	Role: Principal Investigator, WFU Comprehensive Cancer Center Push Grant, “Building Community Capacity to Reduce Non-Sacred Tobacco Use among the Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe: A Pilot Study” $10,000
2003-2008	Role: Co-Principal Investigator, National Cancer Institute (Spangler, PI), 1 R25 CA96562-01A1, “Development of a Web Based Tobacco Cessation Curriculum” $1,466,094
2007-2008	Role: Co-Principal Investigator, National Cancer Institute (Spangler, PI), 1 R25 CA117887-01A2, “Nutrition, Exercise, and Weight (NEW) Management Lifestyle Curriculum for Medical Students” $1,583,382
2007-2008	Role: Co-Investigator, National Institute of Mental Health, 1 R21 MH079827-01, “Trabajando Juntos: Working for Health Disparity Reduction among Latinos” (Rhodes, PI) $275,000
1998-2003	Role: Co-Investigator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 98-AH-F8-0101 (Wolfson, PI) “Evaluation of the Combating Underage Drinking Program” $1,352,686
2006-2008	Role: Co-Investigator, WFU Comprehensive Cancer Center Push Grant, “Translational Cancer Research using an Existing Primary Care Network for CVD” $10,000
2004	Role: Co-Investigator, American Cancer Society, RSGT-04-005-01-CPHPS “Classification of Care for Breast Cancer under Medicaid” (Anderson, PI)
2004	Role: Principal Investigator, United Way and the WFUSM Venture Funds “Organizational Capacity of Free Clinics to Offer Preventive Health Services“
2004	Role: Co-Investigator, WFU Intramural Development Cancer Control Program (Avis, PI)
2004	Role: Co-Investigator, Intramural Grant Sponsored by the National Cancer Institute “CAPRELA (Cancer Prevention for Latinas)” (Koval, PI)
2002-2003	Role: Principal Investigator, TIOG-99-361-02-CPC (RF742591), American Cancer Society (Subcontract from The Ohio State University, Paskett PI) “Carolina Colorectal Cancer Screening Project”
2002	Role: Co-Investigator, National Cancer Institute 1 P20 CA91434-01A “Piedmont Alliance for Cancer Research and Education” (PACRE) (Jackson, PI)
2002	Role: Co-Investigator, 1 R03 CA94736-01A1, National Cancer Institute (J. Midthun, PI) “Parental Cancer: The Parent-Child Bond at Risk?”
1997-2002	RO1 CA72022 Paskett (PI) Role: Co-Investigator National Cancer Institute “Breast Cancer Screening in a Tri-Racial Rural Population”
2001	Role: Co-Investigator, “Follow-up of Healthy Breast Cancer Survivors in the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study” CCCWFU Intramural PUSH Grant (E. Paskett, PI)
2001	Role: Principal Investigator, IRBG-93-035-6 (Intramural) “Influence of National Guidelines and Reimbursement on the Early Detection of Breast, Prostate, and Colorectal Cancer among Underserved Populations” American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant
2001	Role: Co-Investigator, TIOG-99-361-02-CPC (RF742591) “Carolina Colorectal Cancer Screening Project” American Cancer Society (E. Paskett, Co-PI)
2001	Role: Co-Principal Investigator, “National Evaluation of the Free to Grow Program” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (M. Wolfson, PI)
2001	Role: Co-Investigator, “National Evaluation of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Combating Underage Drinking Program” Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice (M. Wolfson, PI)
2000	Role: Co-Investigator, “Enforcement of Tobacco Age-of-Sale Laws – II” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (M. Wolfson, PI)
2000	Role: Co-Investigator, “Robeson County Outreach Screening and Education Project” National Cancer Institute (E. Paskett, PI)
1999-2000	Role: Principal Investigator, “Success of Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease Living in Special Care Units: The Role of the Family.” Exploratory Project Grant, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
1998-1999	Role: Principal Investigator, “Women’s Health Trajectories and Social Roles: Patterns of Aging in Two Birth Cohorts 1990-1991, 1911-1920).” Exploratory Project Grant, UNC-Chapel Hill

Languages:

English

Recent publications:

Journal Articles
1. Long KM, S Sudha & E J Mutran. Elder-proxy agreement concerning the elder’s functional status and medical history: the impact of caregiver burden and depressive symptomatology. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1998;46:1103-1111.
2. Brown CJ, EJ Mutran, PD Sloane & KM Long. Primary care physicians’ knowledge and behavior related to Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Applied Gerontology 1998;17, 4:462-479.
3. Sloane PD, K Johnston-Davis, K Long, & CM Mitchell. Residential special care units for dementia: A typology. Special Issue of The Gerontologist, October, 1999.
4. Davis KJ, PD Sloane, CM Mitchell, J Preisser, L Grant, MC Hawes, D Lindeman, R Montgomery, KM Long, C Phillips, & G Koch. Specialized dementia care units in residential care facilities. The Gerontologist 2000;40(1): 32-42.
5. Mutran EJ, S Sudha, T Desai, K Bratton & KM Long. Satisfaction with care among elderly African American and white residents of adult care facilities. Research on Aging 2001;23(1): 61-82.
6. Foley, KL, Tung HJ, Mutran EJ. Preference for Family Care, Self-Loss, and Self-Gain among Black and White Caregivers. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences. 2002;57: S14-S22.
7. Sloane PD, Mitchell CM, Weisman G, Zimmerman S, Foley, KL et al. The Therapeutic Environment Screening Survey for Nursing Homes (TESS-NH): An Observational Instrument for Assessing the Physical Environment of Institutional Settings for Persons with Dementia. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 2002;57B(2):S69-S78.
8. Foley KL, Reed PS, Mutran EJ, DeVellis RF. Measurement Adequacy of the CES-D among a Sample of Community-Dwelling Older African Americans. Psychiatry Research 2002;109(1):61-69.
9. Spangler JG, G George, KL Foley, SJ Crandall. Tobacco Cessation Counseling Training: Current Efforts and Gaps in U.S. Medical Schools. JAMA 2002;288(9); 1102-1109
10. Foley KL, Sudha S, Sloane PD, Gold DT. Staff Perceptions of Successful Management of Severe Behavioral Problems in Dementia Special Care Units. Dementia 2003;2(1): 105-124.
11. Reed PS, KL Foley, EJ Mutran. Recruitment of Older African Americans for Survey Research: A Process Evaluation of Community Partnership in the Durham Elders Project. The Gerontologist 2003;43(1): 52-61. Invited publication.
12. Barringer, TA, JK Kirk, AC Santaniello, KL Foley, R Michiellutte. Effect of a Multivitamin and Mineral Supplement on Infection and Quality of Life. Annals of Internal Medicine 2003;138(5):365-371.
13. Kirkpatrick MJ, KL Foley, GH Elder Jr. Women’s Community Service 1940-1960: Insights from a Cohort of Gifted American Women. The Sociological Quarterly 2003;45(1): 45-66.
14. Foley KL, Crandall SJ, Geeta G, Roman M, Spangler JG. Reliability of a Smoking Cessation Risk Factor Interview Scale (SCRFIS) for Use with Standardized Patient Instructors. J Cancer Educ 2003; 18:134-141.
15. Bonds DE, Foley KL, Dugan E, Hall MA, Extrom P. An Explanation of Patients’ Trust in Physicians in Training. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 2004;15:294-306.
16. Foley KL, Wolfson M, Altman D, DuRant DH. Adult Approval and Adolescent Alcohol Use. Journal of Adolescent Health 2004;35 (4):345-346.
17. Champion HLO, Foley KL, DuRant RH, Hensberry R, Altman D, Wolfson M. Adolescent Sexual Victimization, the Use of Alcohol and Other Substances, and Other Health Risk Behaviors. Journal of Adolescent Health 2004;35:321-328
18. Paskett E, Tatum C, Rushing J, Michielutte R, Bell R, Foley KL, Bittoni M, Dickinson S. Racial Differences in Knowledge, Attitudes and Cancer Screening Practices Among a Tri-racial Rural Population. Cancer 2004 Dec 1;101(11):2650-9.
19. Michielutte R, Sharp PC, Foley KL, Cunningham LE, Spangler JG, Paskett E, Case LD. Intervention to Increase Screening Mammography Among Women 65 and Older. Health Education Research Theory and Practice. 20(2), 2005:149-162.
20. Foley KL, Manual J, Vitolins M. The Utility of Self-Report in Medical Outcomes Research. Evidence Based Healthcare and Public Health 2005; 9:263-4.
21. Foley KL, Farmer D, Petronis VM, Smith RG, McGraw S, Smith K, Carver CS, Avis N. A Qualitative Exploration of the Cancer Experience among Long-term Survivors: Comparisons by Cancer Type, Gender, and Age. Psycho-Oncology 2006; 15:248-58.
22. Foley KL, George G, Crandall S, Walker K, Marion G, Spangler J. A Training Program to Prepare Tobacco Specific Standardized Patient Instructors for Undergraduate Medical Education. Family Medicine 2006; 38:28-37.
23. Montgomery J, Foley KL, Wolfson M. Enforcing the Minimum Drinking Age: State, Local and Agency Characteristics Associated With Compliance Checks and Cops in Shops Programs. Addiction 2006; 101:223-231.
24. Koval AE, Riganti AA, Foley KL. CAPRELA: Cancer Prevention for Latinas. Findings from a pilot study in Winston-Salem, NC. North Carolina Medical Journal 2006;67:9-15.
25. Klein KP, Foley KL, Legault C, Manuel J, Shumaker SA. Creation of a Grant Support Service at Wake Forest University School of Medicine: Experiences and Lessons Learned. Journal of Women’s Health Issues. 2006;15(2):127-134.
26. Foy C, Foley KL, D’Agostino R, Goff DC, Mayer-Davis B, Wagenknecht L. Physical activity, insulin sensitivity, and hypertension among US adults: findings from the Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study (IRAS). American Journal of Epidemiology. 2006; 163(10):921-928.
27. Kimmick G, Camacho F, Foley KL Levine E, Balkrishnan R, Anderson R. Racial differences in patterns of care among Medicaid-enrolled breast cancer patients. J of Oncology Practice. 2006; 2(5):205-213.
28. Miller DP, Foley KL, Lichstein PR et al. 2006. Low literacy patients' knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes about colorectal cancer screening. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 21: 82-82.
29. Foley KL, Kimmick G, Camacho F, Balkrishnan R, Levine A, Anderson R. 2007. Survival disadvantage among Medicaid-Insured Breast Cancer Patients treated with Breast Conserving Surgery without Radiation Therapy. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 101:207-214.
30. Paskett E, Tatum C, Rushing J, Michielutte R, Bell B, Foley KL, et al 2006.. Randomized trial of an intervention to improve mammography utilization among a tri-racial population of women. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 98(17): 1226-1237.
31. Avis N, Ip E, Foley KL. Evaluation of the Quality of Life in Adult Cancer Survivors (QLACS) scale for long term survivors in a simple of breast cancer survivors. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Health Quality Life Outcomes. 2006 (1): 4:92
32. Katz M, Tatum C, Dickinson S, Murray D, Foley KL, Cooper MR, Daven M, Paskett E 2007. Improving Colorectal Cancer Screening by using Community Volunteers. Cancer 110(7): 1602-1610.
33. Rhodes, S, Foley, KL, Zometa, C, Bloom, F Lay Health Advisor Interventions Among Hispanics/Latinos A Qualitative Systematic Review November 2007 American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 33(5): 418-427.
34. Champion H, Foley K, Smith KS, DuRant RH. 2008. Multi-level risk factors associated with date fighting among adolescents. Women & Health, 47(3): 1-22.
35. Proescholdbell S, Foley KL, Johnson J, Malek SH. 2008. Indoor air quality in prisons before and after implementation of a smoking ban law. Tobacco Control. 17: 123-127.
36. Foley KL, Sutfin E. Availability of tobacco cessation services in free clinics. 2008. North Carolina Medical Journal. 69(4):270-274.
37. Song EY, Reboussin BA, Foley KL, Kaltenbach LA, Wagoner K, Wolfson M. 2009. Community Characteristics and Underage Drinking. Substance Use and Misuse, 44(2): 179-194.
38. Spangler J, Foley KL, Crandall S, Lane C, Walker K, MacRae M, et al. 2009. Implementing smokeless tobacco instruction into medical student education: Addressing the gap. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 21(1): 33-37.
39. Foley KL, Proescholdbell S, Malek SH, Johnson J. Implementation and Enforcement of Tobacco Bans in Two Correctional Facilities in North Carolina: A Qualitative Inquiry. Journal of Correctional Health Care, 2010; 16(2):98-105.
40. Foley KL, Balázs, P. 2010. Social will for tobacco control among the Hungarian public health workforce. Central European Journal of Public Health. 18(1):25-30.
41. Snyder J, Foley KL. 2010. Disparities in colorectal cancer stage of diagnosis among Medicaid-insured residents of North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal; 71(3):206-212.
42. Foley KL, Tooze JA, Klepin HD, Song EY, Geiger AM. Adjuvant chemotherapy among Medicaid-enrolled patients diagnosed with non-metastatic colon cancer. American Journal of Clinical Oncology. In Press.
43. Balázs P, Foley K L, Rákoczi I, Grenczer A. Koraszülő roma és nem roma nők összehasonlítása Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg megyei adatok alapján (Comparison of Hungarian Roma and non-Roma mothers with preterm birth and low birth weight babies in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county). Nőgyógyászati és Szülészeti Továbbképző Szemle (Contemporary Obstetrics and Gynecology), 2010, 12, 4, 138-145. [In Hungarian].

Electronic Publications

1. Sloane PD, KM Long, CM Mitchell. (2000). TESS-NH Instrument Manual. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina. World Wide Web: http://www.unc.edu/depts/tessnh/index.html

2. Michiellutte R, Sharp PC, Foley KL, Cunningham LE, Spangler JG, Paskett ED, Case LD. Intervention to increase mammography among women 65 and older. Health Education Research Advance Access published on July 14, 2004, DOI 10.1093/her/cyg108.

3. Crandall S, Foley K, Marion G, Walker K, Kronner D, Vaden K, Spangler J. Training Guide for Standardized Patient Instructors to Teach Medical Students Culturally Competent Tobacco Cessation Counseling. MedEdPORTAL; 2008. Available from: http://services.aamc.org/jsp/mededportal/retrieveSubmissionDetailById.do?subId=762
Non-Peer Reviewed Publications
1. Sloane PD, CM Mitchell, Long KM, M Lynn. 1995. TESS 2+ Instrument B: Unit Observation Checklist – Physical Environment: A report on the psychometric properties of individual items, and initial recommendations on scaling. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina.

2. Wolfson M, Altman D, DuRant R, Shrestha A, Patterson TE, Williams A, Hensberry R, Zaccaro D, Foley KL, Champion H, Preisser J, Vitale J, Garner G. 2003. National Evaluation of the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program: Year 3 Report. Winston-Salem, NC: Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

3. Wolfson M, KL Foley et al. 2003. Free to Grow: Head Start Partnerships to Promote Substance-free Communities. National Evaluation Annual Report. Winston-Salem, NC: Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

4. Foley KL. Annual Evaluation of the BCBSNC Foundation’s Monetary Contribution to the North Carolina Association of Free Clinics. Winston-Salem, NC: Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Annual Reports 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.

5. Johnson J, Malek S, Proescholdbell S, Spearman M, Foley K. Tobacco Use Ban Pilot Project in N.C. Correctional Facilities. Report to the N.C. General Assembly. 2007.

6. Balazs P, Foley, KL. Health programs of the US presidential election campaign 2008. Egeszsegugyi Gazdasagi Szemle 2008, 46, 5, 2-10. (Hungarian only).
Abstracts/Scientific Exhibits/Presentations at National Meetings:

1. Lepisto, E, D Gold, KM Long, & P Sloane. Family participation in the care of cognitively impaired residents in special care units. American Sociological Association. 1995.

2. Long KM, PD Sloane, & M Mitchell. Physicians’ services in nursing home Alzheimer’s units. Special Issue of The Gerontologist, October, 1996.

3. Long KM. Using old data to answer new questions on aging. Poster. UNC Institute on Aging. UNC-Chapel Hill. 1997

4. Long KM and M Bunn. Changing the nurse and nursing assistant role in Alzheimer’s SCUs. National Alzheimer’s Association, 1996 and American Society on Aging (with therapeutic interventions addition), 1997.

5. Long KM & E J Mutran. Predictors of caregiver burden: Does residence of care recipient make a difference. Presentation. World Congress on Gerontology. Honolulu, HI. 1997.

6. Long KM, S Sudha, & E J Mutran. Elder-proxy agreement concerning the
elder’s functional status and medical history: the impact of caregiver burden and depressive symptomatology. Special Issue of The Gerontologist, October, 1998.

7. Long KM, HT Tung & EJ Mutran. What Drives the Race-Burden Relationship? Comparison of African Americans and Whites Caring for Elders in the Community. Special Issue of The Gerontologist, October, 1999.

8. Long KM, S Sudha, & E J Mutran. Elder-proxy agreement concerning the
elder’s functional status and medical history: the impact of caregiver burden and depressive symptomatology. Poster presented at the 51st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1998

9. Sloane PD, K Johnston-Davis, K Long, & CM Mitchell. Residential special care units for dementia: A typology. Presentation at the 52st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, California 1999.

10. Long KM, S Sudha, & PD Sloane. Management of Severe Behavioral Problems for Persons with Dementia: The Role of the Family. Poster presented at the UNC Institute on Aging Symposium. 1999
11. Long KM, HT Tung & EJ Mutran. What Drives the Race-Burden Relationship? Comparison of African Americans and Whites Caring for Elders in the Community. Poster. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. 1999

12. Reed P, E Taylor, KM Long. Challenges in recruiting older African Americans to participate in health and social research: The Durham Elders Project. Poster presented at the Southern Gerontological Society Annual Meeting, Raleigh, North Carolina. 2000

13. Mutran EJ, S Sudha, T Desai, K Bratton & KM Long. Satisfaction with care among elderly African American and white residents of adult care facilities. Presentation at the Southern Gerontological Society Annual Meeting, Raleigh, North Carolina. 2000.

14. Long, KM, PS Reed, P Hooker, RF DeVellis, EJ Mutran. Establishing The Appropriateness Of Standard Measurement Tools For Use With Older African Americans. Presentation at the 53rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, D.C.

15. Reed, PS, KM Long, E Taylor, RF DeVellis, EJ Mutran. A Process Evaluation of the Durham Elders Project: Recruitment Strategies to Promote Participation of Older African Americans in Survey Research. Presentation at the 53rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, D.C. 2000.

16. Foley, KL. Trajectories of Self-Rated Health among Aging Women. Poster. 129th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. 2001.

17. Foley, KL, E. Paskett, C. Tatum, N. Stark. Perceived cost of mammography and stage of screening adherence among low-income women. Poster. 8th Biennial Symposium on
Minorities, the Medically Underserved & Cancer, Washington, D.C. 2002.

18. Champion H.L.O., M. Wolfson, R.H. DuRant, D.G. Altman, KL Foley, T.E. Patterson, A.E. Williams. Adolescent sexual victimization and the use of alcohol and other substances, exposure to violence, and other health risk behaviors. Presentation at the National Sexual Violence Prevention Conference, May 28-31, 2002, Chicago, Illinois.

19. Foley KL, Crandall SJ, Geeta G, Roman M, Spangler JG. Reliability of a Smoking Cessation Risk Factor Interview Scale (SCRFIS) for Use with Standardized Patient Instructors. Poster. The 7th International Symposium: Predictive Oncology & Intervention Strategies, February 7-10, 2004, Nice, France. 2003.

20. DuRant R.H., H. Champion, M. Wolfson, D. Altman, R. Hensberry, K.L. Foley, D. Zacarro. Sexual victimization, other violent behaviors, risky sexual behavior, and alcohol and tobacco use among female adolescents. Presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting May 6, 2003, Seattle, Washington.

21. Paskett E, Tatum C, Rushing J, Bell R, Foley KL, Stuart D. Randomized Trial to Improve Mammography Use among Rural Women: The ROSE Project. Presentation at the American Association of Cancer Research Annual Meeting, October 26-30, 2003, Phoenix, AZ

22. Koval A, Foley KL. CAPRELA: Cancer Prevention for Latinas. Poster. 133rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New Orleans LA 2005.

23. Song E, Wolfson M, Reboussin BA, Foley KL, Wagoner K, Brown S. Community Characteristics and Underage Drinking: Findings from the National Evaluation of the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program. Presentation at the APHA 133rd Annual Meeting, November 5-9, 2005, New Orleans, LA.

24. Song EY, Wolfson M, Reboussin BA, Foley KL, Wagoner KG, Brown BS. Community characteristics and underage drinking: Findings from the National Evaluation of the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program. Poster. 133rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New Orleans LA 2005.
25.
Foy C, Foley KL et al. "Insulin Sensitivity Mediates The Association Between Vigorous Physical Activity And Hypertension Among United States Adults: Findings From The Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study". 45th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention in association with the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism. 2005.

26. Foley KL, Marion G, Crandall S, Lane C, MacRae M, Vaden K, Walker K, Spangler J. Evaluation of Web-Based Curricula on the Epidemiology of Tobacco and Environmental Tobacco Smoke. Poster. 39th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Cancer Education, Cincinnati OH 2005.

27. Foley KL, Champion H, Clinch CR, Kronner D, Rhodes S, Snow Jones A, Wolfson M. Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Services in Free Clinics for the Uninsured. Presented at the American Society of Prevention Oncology, March 14, 2005. San Francisco, CA.

28. Foley KL, Champion H, Rhodes SD, Kronner D, Clinic CR, Wolfson M, Snow Jones A. Understanding the community context of free clinic location. Implications for health care access for the uninsured. Roundtable presentation at the 133rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New Orleans, LA, 2005.

29. Miller DP, Lichstein PR, Brownlee CD, Foley KL, Spangler JG, Pignone MP. Low Literacy Patient’s Knowledge, Beliefs, and Attitudes about Colorectal Cancer Screening. Poster. 29th Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA April 26-29 2006.

30. Foley et al. The influence of radiation therapy on survival among Medicaid-enrolled breast cancer patients treated with breast conserving surgery. American Society of Clinical Oncology. Atlanta, GA. June 2006.

31. Vitolins MZ, Foley KL, Crandall SJ. Obesity Bias Evident Among Medical Students. Association of American Medical Colleges Research in Medical Education Conference, Seattle, Washington, October 27-November 1, 2006.

32. Spangler, JG, Crandall S, Foley, KL, Walker K Smokeless tobacco use in medical education: Addressing the gap 2008 Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Spring Conference, April 30 – May 4, 2008 Baltimore, MD.

33. Foley KL. Increasing Capacity for Tobacco Research in Hungary. Hungarian Medical Association of America. Budapest, Hungary. August 2008

34. Klepin HD, Song EY, Geiger AM, Tooze JA, Foley KL. Influence of age on receipt of chemotherapy for adult Medicaid beneficiaries with metastatic colorectal cancer. 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, May 28-June 2, Orlando FL.

35. K Wagoner, KL Foley, D Kronner, JTooze, and S Rhodes. Challenges in randomizing highly-connected communities of Latina women. American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA. Nov 9, 2009.

36. Song EY, Wolfson M, Foley KL, Reboussin, BA, Wagoner, K Social Influence and Drinking Behavior: Influences of Peers, Parents, Law Enforcement and Perceived Availability of Alcohol on Underage Drinking Poster presented at APHA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA November 2006.

37. Sutfin E, Foley K. Tobacco Cessation Services in Free Clinics for the Uninsured. Congress on Tobacco OR Health. Minneapolis, MN. October 2007.

38. Sutfin E, Foley K Smoking Cessation Services in Free Clinics Serving the Uninsured
Tobacco Control Conference, Minneapolis, MN October 2007


39. Spangler JG, Crandall S, Foley KL, Walker K Smokeless tobacco use in medical education: Addressing the gap 2008 Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Spring Conference, April 30 – May 4, 2008 Baltimore, MD

40. Foley KL. Increasing capacity for tobacco research in Hungary. Hungarian Medical Association of America. August 2008. Budapest, Hungary.

41. Foley KL. Colon cancer treatment, surveillance, and survival among the poor. American Cancer Society regional meeting. Highlands, NC. October 2008.

42. Klepin HD, Song EY, Geiger AM, Tooze JA, Foley KL. Influence of age on receipt of chemotherapy for adult Medicaid beneficiaries with metastatic colorectal cancer. 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, May 28-June 2, Orlando FL.

43. K. L. Foley, J. A. Tooze, E. Y. Song, H. D. Klepin, A. M. Geiger. Receipt of chemotherapy among Medicaid-enrolled patients diagnosed with regional colon cancer. J Clin Oncol 27, 2009 (suppl; abstr e15016). Published Abstract.

44. Foley KL, Rakoczi I, Fogarasi-Grenczer A, Balazs P. Smoking and ETS exposure among women who gave birth to preterm and low birth weight babies in Eastern Hungary. POS5-30. 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, February 24-27, 2010, Baltimore Maryland.

45. Foley KL, Balazs, P. Building capacity for tobacco research and control in Hungary. POS5-31. 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, February 24-27, 2010, Baltimore Maryland.

46. Rhodes SR, Vissman AT, Hergenrather K, Montaño J, Miller C, Duck S, Eng E, DiClemente RJ, Foley KL. Results from a pilot small-group HIV prevention intervention for immigrant Latino men: A community-based participatory research approach. 138th APHA Annual Meeting, November 10, 2010, Denver, CO.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS:
1. Sause, W and KM Long. So many places-where do we go? Evaluating care facilities for people with Alzheimer’s disease. 1995. The Tenth Annual Joseph & Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Conference. Duke University.

2. Long KM. Experts Speak: Strategies for family members and nursing
aids. 1997. Wake County Department of Social Services.

3. Reed PS & KM Long. Evaluating the adequacy of survey instruments to measure mental health in minority elder populations. 2000. North Carolina Summer Symposium on Aging. Asheville, North Carolina.

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