Elizabeth Radcliff, PhD, MSPH, RN Division of Maternal Child Health South Carolina Rural Health Research Center Arnold School of Public Health University of South Carolina 220 Stoneridge Drive Columbia, SC 29210 Email1: radclife@mailbox.sc.edu Email2: bethradcliff@gmail.com Phone: 803-576-7706 Fax: 803-251-6399 EDUCATION 2014 PhD in Health Services Research, Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Health and Human Services, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC. Dissertation: Effects of hydrocephalus on health care resource use and timeliness of care among children with spina bifida. 2010 Master of Science in Public Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Health and Human Services, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC. Thesis: Association between family composition and the well-being of vulnerable children in Nairobi, Kenya. 1978 Bachelor of Science in Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. 1975 Bachelor of Science in Zoology, Department of Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS 2013 Certificate in Global Health, Public Health Leadership Program, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. 2010 Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) certification. National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc., Whitehall, PA. HONORS AND AWARDS 2013 Poster Award, Honorable Mention. National Birth Defects Prevention Network Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA, February 24-27, 2013. Delmelle E, Dony C, Radcliff E, Kirby RS, Tanner JP, Watkins S, Correia J, Cassell CH. Using geographical information systems (GIS) to determine travel distance and travel time to hospitals for infants with spina bifida in Florida, 1998-2007. 2012 Greg Alexander Outstanding Student Paper Award, 2 nd Place. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, October 27-31, 2012. Radcliff E, Cassell CH, Tanner JP, Kirby RS, Watkins S, Correia J, Peterson C, Grosse SD. Hospital use, associated charges, and payer status for infants born with spina bifida. 1
2012 Honorable Mention, Investigator Award, 2 nd World Congress on Spina Bifida Research and Care. Las Vegas, NV, March 11-14, 2012. Radcliff E, Cassell CH, Tanner JP, Kirby RS, Watkins S, Correia J, Peterson C, Grosse SD. Hospital use, associated charges, and payer status for infants born with spina bifida in Florida, 1998-2007. 2012 Doctoral Student Paper Award: University of North Carolina Charlotte s Health AcademyAcademic Awards. Charlotte, NC, April 10, 2012. Radcliff E. Hospital use, associated charges, and payer status infants born with spina bifida in Florida, 1998-2007. 2011-12 Senior Student Fellow, American Public Health Association. Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Section MCH Program Planning Committee, 2012 APHA annual meeting 2010-11 Student Fellow, American Public Health Association. Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Section Program Planning Committee, 2011 APHA annual meeting 2010-15 Delta Omega, National Honorary Society Public Health 2013-14 Chapter Secretary 2011-12 Graduate Student Mentor 2010-11 Chapter Delegate, National Council Meeting 2010 Dr. Nish Jamgotch, Jr. Student Humanitarian Award Finalist (1/3), presented for creative achievements that clearly elevate the quality of life and show solid promise of enhancing the survival, dignity, and well-being of humankind. 2009-15 Phi Kappa Phi, National Honorary Society RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2015-current Research Assistant Professor, Division of Maternal and Child Health, South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina. 2014-2015 Post-doctoral Fellowship, Division of Maternal and Child Health, South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina. Primary project: Evaluation of Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program for Children s Trust of South Carolina. 2010-14 Project Manager/Research Associate, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. March of Dimes Basil O Connor Starter Scholar Research Grant titled Access to Health Care,Timeliness of Services, and Costs for Children with Birth Defects Principal Investigator: Cynthia H. Cassell, PhD Research sites: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD), University of South Florida, and the Florida Birth Defects Registry in the Florida Department of Health 2
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teaching assistant, Spring 2009-Fall 2010. Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Health and Human Services, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Assisted with lesson preparation, gave presentations on selected topics, and graded coursework for graduate and undergraduate courses in epidemiology, biostatistics for public health, health policy development, and health and quality of life. OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Executive Manager for International and Corporate Programs, 1999-2008. Galway Company, managed personal accounts valued at $30 million in retail dollars. Oversaw multiple programs from product conception through manufacture and delivery. Worked with diverse, international support teams and logistic managers. Maternal and Child Health/Nursing experiences, 1974-1987 Staff Nurse, Central Connecticut OB-GYN, Bristol, CT, 1984-87 Charge Nurse, Bristol Hospital, Bristol, CT, 1982-83 Community Health Nurse, Greater Bristol Visiting Nurses Association, Bristol, CT, 1979-81 University of Florida, Shands Teaching Hospital, Department of Neonatology, Gainesville, FL, 1974-79 Research Assistant to staff neonatologists Grant Coordinator, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) family support Clinic Coordinator, developmental clinic for NICU graduates Neonatal Nurse, newborn teaching and discharge planning PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Radcliff E, Delmelle E, Kirby RS, Laditka SB, Correia J, Cassell CH. Travel time and distance to access hospital care among children with spina bifida. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2016. 20:205-217. Delmelle E, Cassell CH, Dony C, Radcliff E, Tanner JP, Siffel C, Kirby R. Modeling travel impedance to medical care for children with birth defects using Geographic Information Systems. Birth Defects Research Part A. 2013. 97(10): p. 673 84. Hospital use, associated charges, and payer status for infants born with spina bifida. Birth Defects Research Part A. 2012. 94(12): p. 1044-53. Radcliff E, Racine E, Huber L, Whitaker BE, Association between family composition and the well-being of vulnerable children in Nairobi, Kenya. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2012. 16(6):1232-40. OTHER PUBLICATIONS Radcliff E and J Correia. Hospital costs for florida infants with spina bifida. Florida Folic Acid Coalition Newsletter, 2013 Spring. Volume 7(1). 3
MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS Radcliff E, Cassell CH, Laditka SB, Grosse, SD, Thibadeau JK, Correia J, Kirby RS. Factors associated with timeliness of primary surgical repair of spina bifida. Radcliff E, Workman L, Fishbein EM, Hale N. A systems-level comparison of four community networks serving pregnant and parenting teens in South Carolina PEER-REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS Radcliff E, Hale N. A systems-level comparison of three implementing agencies and their community partners for a South Carolina program serving pregnant and parenting teens. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. October 31-November 4, 2015. (Poster presentation) Radcliff E, Hale N. Working together: A network analysis of a South Carolina program for pregnant and parenting teens. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. October 31-November 4, 2015. (Poster presentation) Radcliff E, Cassell CH, Laditka SB, Correia J, Kirby RS. Timeliness of surgical repair among infants with spina bifida. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. November 15-19, 2014. (Poster presentation) Radcliff E, Delmelle E, Kirby RS, Laditka SB, Correia J, Cassell CH. Factors associated with travel time and distance to access hospital care among children with spina bifida. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. November 15-19, 2014. (Poster presentation) Radcliff E, Delmelle E, Kirby RS, Laditka SB, Correia J, Cassell CH, Factors associated with travel time and distance to access hospital care among children with spina bifida. Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference, Phoenix, AZ. September 17-19, 2014. (Poster presentation) Radcliff E, Cassell CH, Kirby RS, Laditka SB, Troyer JL, Correia J, Grosse SD. Examination of hospital use and associated costs for children with spina bifida with and without hydrocephalus. Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference, Phoenix, AZ. September 17-19, 2014. (Poster presentation) Delmelle E, Cassell CH, Dony C, Radcliff E, Tanner JP, Siffel C, Kirby RS. Modeling travel impedance to medical care for children with spina bifida using Geographic Information Systems. Program and Abstract Book, 40 th Annual Meeting of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research (ICBDSR), San Jose, Costa Rica. December 3-6, 2013. (Oral presentation) Delmelle E, Dony C, Radcliff E, Kirby RS, Tanner JP, Watkins S, Correia J, Cassell CH. Using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to determine travel distance and travel time to hospitals for infants with spina bifida in Florida, 1998-2007. National Birth Defects Prevention Network Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. February 24-27, 2013. (Poster Presentation) Delmelle E, Dony C, Radcliff E, Kirby RS, Tanner JP, Watkins S, Correia J, Cassell CH. Using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to determine travel distance and travel time to hospitals 4
for infants with spina bifida in Florida, 1998-2007. CDC/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry GIS Day 2012, Atlanta, GA. November 15, 2012. (Poster Presentation) Delmelle E, Dony C, Radcliff E, Kirby RS, Tanner JP, Watkins S, Correia J, Cassell CH. Using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to determine travel distance and travel time to hospitals for infants with spina bifida in Florida, 1998-2007. University of North Carolina at Charlotte GIS Day 2012, Charlotte, NC. November 14, 2012. (Poster Presentation) Hospital use, associated charges, and payer status for infants born with spina bifida. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. October 27-31, 2012. (Oral Presentation) Radcliff E, Racine E. Factors associated with guardianship planning for vulnerable children living in urban settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. October 27-31, 2012. (Poster Presentation) Hospital use, associated charges, and payer status for infants born with spina bifida in Florida, 1998-2007. Second World Congress on Spina Bifida Research and Care, Las Vegas, NV. March 11-14, 2012. (Oral presentation) Hospital use, associated charges, and payer status for infants born with spina bifida in Florida, 1998-2007. National Birth Defects Prevention Network Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA. February 27-29, 2012. (Poster presentation) Radcliff E. The role of social determinants of health in reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. October 29- November 2, 2011. (Poster Presentation) Radcliff E, Cassell, CH, Laditka SB. Opportunities to improve quality of care for children born with spina bifida. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. October 29-November 2, 2011. (Poster Presentation) Radcliff E, Cassell, CH, Laditka, SB. Opportunities to improve quality of care for children born with spina bifida. AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA. June 12-12, 2011. (Poster Presentation) Radcliff E. The role of social determinants of health in reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV. University of North Carolina Charlotte, Health Services Research Doctoral Student Symposium, Charlotte, NC. December 8, 2010. (Oral presentation) INVITED PRESENTATIONS Invited Presentation at the National Birth Defects Prevention Network Virtual Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA, April 23, 2014. Panel Title: Emerging data sources: health resource data use. Presentation title (Radcliff E): Health service data utilization. 5
Invited Presentation at the CDC s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Atlanta, GA, April 23, 2014. Presentation title (Radcliff E): Effects of hydrocephalus on hospital resource use and access to care among children with spina bifida. Invited Panelist at the National Birth Defects Prevention Network Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA, February 24-27, 2013. Panel Title: Making the data talk: analysis of existing databases for health services and outcomes research in birth Defects. Presentation title (Radcliff E): Using existing Florida datasets to examine hospital resource use and access to care among children with birth defects. Invited Panelist at the Florida March of Dimes Collaborators Meeting: Research Findings on Access to Health Care, Hospitalizations, and Associated Costs for Children with Birth Defects. CDC s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Atlanta, GA. August 22, 2012. Presentation title (Radcliff E): Hospital use, associated charges, and payer status for infants born with spina bifida in Florida, 1998-2007. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Discovery Day, Reviewer. Office of Undergraduate Research, University of South Carolina, April 24, 2015. Journal Reviewer Maternal and Child Health Journal Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Population Research and Policy Review Public Health Proposal Reviewer Ryan White Part A and Minority AIDS Initiative Grant. Mecklenburg County, NC American Public Health Association, Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Section. Member, APHA-MCH Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee (2010-2014). Member, Children with Special Health Care Needs committee Abstract reviewer for MCH Section annual meeting PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS AcademyHealth American Public Health Association Section Member: Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Section Member: International Health COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT 2015-present I'm A Great Child Worldwide SM, Cary, NC. Advisory Board member 2015- present City Connect, Columbia, SC. Advisory Board member 2012-present ReachOut African Communities, Mooresville, NC. Advisory Board member. 6
2010-2014 Mooresville Soup Kitchen, Mooresville, NC. Volunteer. 2005-2011 Reach-Out Orphans and Vulnerable Children Centre, Kisumu, Kenya. Board Member and volunteer. 2005-2012 HOPE worldwide Kenya. Orphans and Vulnerable Children Programs, Nairobi, Kenya. Volunteer. 7