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Adolescent daily cigarette smoking: is rural residency a risk factor?
qualifications: PhD
contribution: statistical analysis, original concept, contributed to drafts
position: Assistant professor and director of research
United States
Dr. Lutfiyya is a chronic disease epidemiologist and Senior Research Scientist at the University of Minnesota. One of her areas of expertise is large population database analysis. She has published widely on asthma education, knowledge of cardiovascular disease, obesity prevention and rural health issues.
qualifications: BS
contribution: original concept, literature review, contributed to drafts
position: Medical student
qualifications: MD
contribution: original concept, literature review, contributed to drafts
position: Resident physician
qualifications: MD
contribution: original concept, contributed to drafts
position: Assistant professor
qualifications: PharmD
contribution: original concept, contributed to drafts
position: Clinical assistant professor
qualifications: MS, FNP
contribution: original concept, contributed to drafts
position: Clinical instructor
Cynthia McGrath is a Family Nurse Practitioner, currently practicing at the University of Illinois at Chicago Clinic in Belvidere, Il. She is a clinical instructor to medical, nursing and pharm-d students and is a Doctoral Student at UIC. Research interests are health promotion, health behaviors, integrative medicine, health literacy, and health services.
qualifications: MD
contribution: original concept, contributed to drafts
position: Regional dean
United States
I am the Regional Dean for the UIC College of Medicine at Rockford and a family physician by training. Our campus has a robust rural medicine progran (RMED) and a center for rural health professions. I am interested in rural health and rural health disparities.
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