Dr. Lisa Ulmer

Professor & Chair
Department of Community Health and Prevention
Director, Dr.P.H. Program
School of Public Health

Background: Dr. Ulmer has a BA in Natural Sciences from the Johns Hopkins University , an MSW in Family Mental Health from Catholic University, and a ScD in Psychiatric Epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health. Dr. Ulmer has extensive experience designing and directing epidemiologic and prevention research, designing and administering population-based and facility-based surveys, designing and administering direct observation methods (with time-sampling, area sampling, and digital photography and videography), manipulating multi-method/multi-wave data sets, conducting multivariate analyses, and disseminating research results and policy recommendations to the scientific community, policymakers, and community groups.

Research Interests: Drug Prevention In High-Risk Youth, Drug Treatment In High-Risk Adults, Prevention Research Methods, Cost Effectiveness Analysis & Cost Benefit Analysis, Advocacy- Restricting Youth Access To Tobacco and Alcohol

Current or Pending Research Grants:

2002-2004 Principal Investigator, DHH State of Louisiana, ''Youth Tobacco Policy: Preventing Youth Access to Tobacco'' (current)
 
2002?2004 Principal Investigator, DHH State of Louisiana, ''Tobacco Cessation Program'' (current)
 
2003?2004 Co-Principal Investigator, HRSA, Economic Evaluation ''Healthy Community Access Program'' (current)
 
2003-2004 Principal Investigator, North Penn Foundation ?Emergency Room Use of Uninsured in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area: Amount of Use, Spatial Pattern of Use, and Economic Consequences (current)
 
Evaluation and Monitoring of STEPS to a Healthy Philadelphia . Principal Investigator: Lisa Ulmer, School of Public Health , Drexel. Co-Principal Investigator: Diane Sicotte. Total Budget: $136,479. Submitted to Philadelphia Dept. of Public Health 12/10/03 . (pending)
 
Community Health of Philadelphia : An Analysis of the Social and Environmental Impacts on Community Health in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area. Principal Investigator: Robert J. Brulle, Dept. of Culture and Communication, Drexel. Co-Principal Investigator: Diane Sicotte. Total Budget: $2,001,799. Submitted to National Institutes of Environmental Health Science 2/1/04 . (pending)

Courses Taught:

Theory And Practice Of Community Health And Prevention
Research Methods For Community Health And Prevention
Community Epidemiology
Analytic Methods For Community Health And Prevention
Community Health Policy Development And Analysis
Economic Evaluation Methods For Community Health And Prevention