ANNE PITTMAN SCHENCK, PhD, MSPH · Anne Pittman Schenck, PhD - 4 - 05/2015 8. Cagle JG*, Rokoske FS, Durham D, Schenck AP, Spence C, Hanson LC.Use of Electronic Documentation for

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


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


mailto:[email protected]

Anne Pittman Schenck, PhD - 2 - 05/2015

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


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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


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.


3. Introduction to Public Health (SPHG 600). Graduate course for masters and doctoral students. Co-faculty. Fall 2013.


http://www.medqic.org/http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~ncodh/pdfs/DisabilityReport2003.pdfhttp://www2.thecarolinascenter.org/ncmed/




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


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


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


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.