Presentations:

• "Engaging Patients in Research: Methods and Lessons Learned" 43rd Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2015)
• "Erie County NYSDOH Maternal Infant Community Health Collaborative: Process Assessment" 43rd Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2015)
• "Evaluation of the “New Americans” Lead Risk Reduction Program" 43rd Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2015)
• "Impact of a Patient-Powered Research Intervention on Patient Activation, Communication and Chronic Disease Self Management" 43rd Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2015)
• "Learning From “Research-Engaged” Patient and Community Organizations: First Year Findings From a PCORI Methods Study" 43rd Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2015)
• "Patient Engagement in Cancer Research" 43rd Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2015)
• "The Impact of Patient Powered Recruitment Strategies on Retention in a Study to Improve Chronic Disease Self-Management" 43rd Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2015)
• "Development an Appointment Planning Worksheet by patients to improve management of chronic disease" 42nd Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2014)
• "Results of a School-based Intervention: the Fit and Fun Program" 42nd Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2014)
• "Patients as Experts: Comparative Analysis of a Patient-Developed Healthcare Visit Planning Tool" University at Buffalo Scholarly Exchange Day (2014)
• "Leadership of the Patient Voices Network: The Role of the Steering Committee" 41st Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2013)
• "The Patient Voices Network: Engaging Patients in Primary Care" 41st Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2013)
• "What Patient Voices Means to Me: A qualitative exploration of the participant experience in an ongoing CBPR project" 41st Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2013)
• "Engaging Patients in Primary Care: The Patient Voices Network" NAPCRG PBRN Annual Conference (2013)
• "Tell Me More: Patients' Knowledge of CKD and Health Information Preferences" ; 40th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2012)
• "Community Mentors: Engaging in Outreach and Education" CHCRD Cancer Health Disparities Annual Program Meetings (2012)
• "The Community-Driven Approach to Environmental Exposures: How a Community-Based Participatory Research Program Analyzing Impacts of Environmental Exposure on Lupus Led to a Toxic Site Cleanup" Healthy Eating in Context: Local Solutions, Global Challenges (2012)
• "Comparing a Patient-centered Group Diabetes Education Model With Traditional Diabetes Classes in a Safety-net Family Medicine Health Center" 39th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2011)
• "Developing Successful Academic Community Partnerships: Lessons Learned From Patient Voices" 39th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2011)
• "Living With Diabetes on Buffalo's Culturally Diverse West Side" 39th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2011)
• "Patterns of Cancer Screening Among Low-income Minority Patients With Complex Chronic Disease" 39th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2011)
• "Refugee Perceptions of Cancer and Cancer Screenings to Inform Primary Care and Health Education in Buffalo, NY" 39th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2011)
• "Utilizing Your Electronic System and Creating Registries: Building a Foundation for a Medical Home" 39th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2011)
• "Integrating Practice Based Research Networks and Community Based Participatory Research" 38th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2010)
• "Patterns of Complex Chronic Disease in Two Family Practices Serving Low-Income Minority Patients" 38th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2010)
• "Barriers and Solutions to Commercially Insured Adolescents Accessing Confidential Sexual Health Services" Annual Meeting of the Society of Adolescent Medicine (2010)
• "Patient Voices to Improve Primary Care. Taking it to the Curbside: Engaging Communities to Create Sustainable Change for Health" Association and Prevention Teaching and Research Regional Workshop (2010)
• "Barriers and Solutions to Commercially Insured Adolescents Accessing Confidential Sexual Health Services" Annual Meeting of the National STD Prevention Conference (2010)
• "Assessing the Impact of a Provider Education Intervention to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening" 37th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2009)
• "Good for the Neighborhood: A Partnership to Improve the Health of Underserved Communities" 37th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2009)
• "Good for the Neighborhood: An Evaluation of a Dynamic Community Health Intervention" 37th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2009)
• "Translating a Diabetes Lifestyle Change Program for Individuals Living With Serious Mental Illness and Diabetes" International Conference of the Society for Medical Anthropology of the American Anthropological Association; Yale University (2009)
• "Complex Chronic Disease in a Primary Care Setting: A Pilot Study to Inform Design of Self-Management Interventions" 36th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2008)
• "The Community-Driven Approach to Environmental Exposures: How a Community-Based Participatory Research Program Analyzing Impacts of Environmental Exposure on Lupus Led to a Toxic Site Cleanup" Think Tank for African American Progress (2008)
• "A Geographic Information Assessment of Exposure to a Toxic Waste Site and Development of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Findings from the Buffalo Lupus Project" URISA’s 4th Caribbean GIS Conference (2008)
• "A Western New York Regional Adult Behavioral Health Risk Assessment: A Public/Private Partnership" CDC Assessment Initiative Conference (2008)
• "Racial Disparities Related to Cancer Prevention and Access to Care Among Women with Chronic Joint Pain: Findings from the National Health Interview Survey" 41st Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research (2008)
• "Reviving UB Family Medicine Journal Club: A reformatted approach to enriching EBM content and addressing ACGME competencies" AAFP 2008 Workshop for Directors of Family Medicine Residencies (2008)
• "Community Involvement Influences Policy Decisions: Victories of a Community-Based Participatory Research Partnership" 135th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association (2007)
• "A Review of Asthma Needs in Buffalo’s West Side Community" 35th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2007)
• "Improvement of Mammography Referral Implementation Among African American Women" Preventive Medicine (2007)
• "Community-Driven Research on Environmental Exposure and Autoimmune Diseases" 134th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association (2006)
• "Community Driven Research on Environmental Exposure and Autoimmune Disease" 34th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2006)
• "Evaluation of Project INHALE: A Program to Improve Asthma Outcomes Through the Reduction of In-Home Triggers" 34th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2006)
• "Health Care Fragmentation Among African American Women with Lupus" 34th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2006)
• "Keys to Success: The Real-World Implementation of the Inner-City Asthma Intervention" Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting (2006)
• "A Western New York Regional Adult Behavioral Health Risk Assessment: A Public/Private Partnership" 133rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association (2005)
• "Health Insurance for the Working Uninsured" 33rd Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2005)
• "Impact of Providers’ Knowledge and Attitudes on Self- Reported Implementation of National Asthma Guidelines" 33rd Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2005)
• "The Impact of On-Site Mammography for Primary Care Offices" 33rd Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2005)
• "Patient Experiences with Asthma in a Puerto Rican Inner-City Community" 32nd Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2004)
• "Mapping Asthma on the Lower West Side of Buffalo: A Community-Based Asthma Registry" NIEHS and NIOSH Environmental Justice/ Community-Based Participatory Research Grantee Meeting (2004)
• "Asthma and Smoking in an Urban Native American Population" 31st Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2003)
• "Correlates of Hospitalization and Emergency Department Use for Asthma Among Children with Access to Primary Care" 30th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2002)
• "Building Blocks of a Community Coalition for Asthma and the Environment" National Asthma Conference (2002)
• "Correlates of Asthma Among Adults in Western New York" 29th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2001)
• "Public Health Priorities: Hearing the Voice of the Community" 28th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (2000)
• "Birthweight and Gestational Age as Criteria for Classifying SIDS Cases and Live Controls" Society for Epidemiologic Research (2000)
• "Validity of Self-Reported Mammography and Pap Smear Screening Among Low-Income Urban Women" 27th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (1999)
• "Targeting Women of Color for Intervention of Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Using a Single Question" 26th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (1998)
• "Asthma in the Lower West Side of Buffalo, New York: Environmental triggers" 25th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (1997)
• "Patients’ Referral for Drug and Alcohol Help in a Predominantly Puerto Rican Community" 25th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (1997)
• "Perception of the Risk of HIV Infection in an Inner-City Urban Community" 25th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (1997)
• "Perceptions of the Value of Physicians’ Advice and Maintenance of Cervical Cancer Screening Among Poor Urban Women" 24th Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (1996)
• "Risk of Low Birth Weight and Preterm Delivery among Hispanic Mothers" 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research (1996)
• "Using Large Data Sets" 29th Annual Spring Conference of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (1996)
• "Meeting the Health Needs of Buffalo’s West Side Community. Health Professions Schools in Service to the Nation." Community Partnerships in Health Professions Education: Service Learning Conference (1996)
• "Risk of Low Birth Weight and Preterm Delivery" 23rd Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (1995)
• "Lessons from Puerto Rican Patients with Diabetes: Measuring Adherence" 22nd Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (1994)
• "Proportion of Community Residents with Chronic Diseases Served by an Urban Family Practice Office" 22nd Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (1994)