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Objectives
Identify ways to conduct research in rural populations.
Discuss common challenges faced while conducting clinical research in rural communities.
Provide effective approaches to overcoming barriers.
References
ECHO IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network
Speaker(s): Ann Davis, PhD and Lesley Cottrell, PhD
Speaker(s) Bio
Ann Davis, PhD, MPH, ABPP
Ann Davis graduated from the University of Kansas with a dual degree in Psychology and English. She attended Western Michigan University for her PhD in Clinical Psychology, and completed her psychology internship at Father Flanagan’s Boys Home in Nebraska. After a two-year research fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center she returned to her native home in Kansas, to accept a faculty position at the University of Kansas Medical Center in the Department of Pediatrics.
Shortly after her arrival in 2001, Ann founded the pediatric obesity program at KUMC called Healthy Hawks, and embarked on her career as an externally funded scientist in the realm of healthy lifestyles in children. Ann and her team have attained funding from the National Institutes of Health and other federal agencies, as well as local and philanthropic grants to support their work.
Lesley Cottrell, PhD
Dr. Lesley Cottrell is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics in the WVU School of Medicine. She received a PhD in Developmental Psychology from West Virginia University. Her training included an NIDA-funded doctoral project examining parental monitoring and adolescent risk behaviors including substance use and unprotected sexual risk. She is a Co-Principal Investigator for the WVU Prevention Research Center and the Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Pediatrics. During her graduate training, she received a NIDA-funded fellowship to examine parental monitoring and adolescent risk behaviors including substance use and unprotected sexual risk.
Dr. Cottrell’s research interests examine parental influences on child and adolescent health risk decision-making and behaviors. She has led several national projects designed to examine childhood chronic health issues such as obesity, diabetes, asthma as well as health risks in adolescence related to unhealthy decision making. She recently completed her service as the Principal Investigator on the Marion County, WV portion of the National Children’s Study, which was sponsored by NIMH. She is currently the Co-Principal Investigator for the WV Prevention Research Center and the ACTIVATE Project, which is designed to examine children’s physical activity, fitness, and academic achievement over a five-year period. She is also the Principal Investigator on the USDA-funded Choose to Change Project.
DCOC Contact Information
Catrice Banks-Johnson
Email: crbanksjohnson@uams.edu
DeAnn Hubberd
Email: DEHubberd@uams.edu
