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(PhD, Health Behavior/Health Education and Sociology, University of Michigan ). Dr. Forthofer earned her BA in Sociology and Gender Studies from Case Western Reserve University in 1992, and her PhD in Health Behavior/Health Education and Sociology from the University of Michigan. Both degrees were from self-designed dual degree programs. While at the University of Michigan, Dr. Forthofer was on the staff of the NIMH-funded National Co-morbidity Study at UM’s Institute for Social Research.
From 1996-2006, Dr. Forthofer was Associate Professor in the Department of Community and Family Health at the University of South Florida College of Public Health. Dr. Forthofer was a Co-Founder of the CDC-funded Florida Prevention Research Center , and she served as Director of the Center’s Research Methods and Evaluation Unit from 1998-2005. Within the FPRC, Dr. Forthofer led the development of a strategic research agenda aimed at continued investigation of the framework’s feasibility and value as well as a thorough examination of mechanisms for enhancing the capacity of community organizations, local and state health departments, and academic researchers to collaborate effectively in such efforts.
In addition to her work in the Florida Prevention Research Center,
Dr. Forthofer was also Principal Investigator of the Florida Health Literacy Study, an evaluation of Pfizer Inc.’s health literacy program for patients with diabetes and/or hypertension in community health clinics in Florida, Director of Evaluation for the CDC-funded four-city demonstration of Friendly Access, a health service delivery model developed by the Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies, and Director of Evaluation for the HRSA-funded Central Hillsborough Healthy Start Initiative.
Dr. Forthofer’s research interests include social epidemiology, prevention science methodology, and community-based health promotion. Dr. Forthofer’s current program of research is aimed at explicating the mechanisms through which social structure and social context influence health outcomes.
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