CURRICULUM VITAE ANDREW FENELON August 2016 Department of Health Services Administration University of Maryland School of Public Health 3310 School of Public Health Building College Park, MD 20742-2611 afenelon@umd.edu https://sites.google.com/site/andrewfenelon/home CURRENT APPOINTMENT 2016 Assistant Professor, Department of Health Services Administration, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 2016 Faculty Associate, Maryland Population Research Center, University of Maryland EDUCATION PhD. 2012. University of Pennsylvania, Sociology and Demography A.M. 2008. University of Pennsylvania, Demography, with distinction B.A. 2007. University of California, Santa Barbara, Geography, Highest Honors PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT 2014 2016 Senior Service Fellow, Office of Analysis & Epidemiology National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD 2015 2016 Affiliate, Maryland Population Research Center, University of Maryland 2012 2014 Brown University, Providence, RI National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Postdoctoral Fellow, Population Studies & Training Center,
Page 2 of 7 RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Health Equity Health Services Research Housing and Health Statistical Modeling Health Care Access Population Health Public Health Methods Data Linkage Activities GRANTS AND AWARDS 2010 2012 NIH F31-AG039188-01. National Institutes of Health National Research Service Award (F31), Ruth L. Kirschstein Pre-doctoral Fellowship. The impact of cigarette smoking on mortality: a population based approach. Role: PI 2007 2010 NICHD Training Grant Fellowship, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania 2009 2010 Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Visiting researcher at Life Course Dynamics and Demographic Change research group 2008 Presidential Prize Fellowship, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania PUBLICATIONS Fenelon, Andrew (2016) Rethinking the Hispanic Paradox: the Mortality Experience of Mexican Immigrants in Traditional Gateways and New Destinations International Migration Review. Fall 2016 Fenelon, Andrew and Sabrina Danielsen (2016) Leaving My Religion: Understanding the Relationship Between Religious Disaffiliation, Health, and Well-Being Social Science Research. 57: 49-62 Fenelon, Andrew, Chen, Li-Hui, and Baker, Susan P. (2016) Major causes of injury death and the life expectancy gap between the United States and other high-income countries Journal of the American Medical Association. 315(6): 609-611 Ho, Jessica and Andrew Fenelon (2015) The Contribution of Smoking to Educational Gradients in U.S. Life Expectancy Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 56(3): 307-322 Fenelon, Andrew and Laura Blue (2014) Widening Life Expectancy Advantage of Hispanics in the United States: 1990 2010 Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 17:1130-1137 Sullivan, Allison R. and Andrew Fenelon (2014) Patterns of Widowhood Mortality Journal of Gerontology Series B: Social Sciences. 69B(1): 53-62
Page 2 of 7 Fenelon, Andrew (2013) Geographic Divergence in Mortality in the United States Population and Development Review. 39(4): 611-634 Fenelon, Andrew (2013) An Examination of Black/White Differences in the Rate of Age- Related Mortality Increase Demographic Research. 29: 441-472 Fenelon, Andrew (2013). Revisiting the Hispanic Mortality Advantage in the United States: the role of smoking Social Science & Medicine. 82: 1-9. Myrskyla, Mikko and Andrew Fenelon (2012) Maternal Age and Offspring Adult Health: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study Demography. 49(4): 1231-1257. Fenelon, Andrew and Samuel H. Preston (2012). Estimating smoking-attributable mortality in the United States Demography. 49(3): 797-818 Blue, Laura and Andrew Fenelon. (2011) Explaining Low Mortality among US Immigrants Relative to Native-Born Americans: The Role of Smoking International Journal of Epidemiology. 40(3): 786-793 Gurven, Michael and Andrew Fenelon (2009) Has actuarial aging slowed over the past 250 years? A comparison of small-scale subsistence populations and European cohorts. Evolution. 63(4): 1017-1035 WORKS UNDER REVIEW Simon, Alan, Fenelon, Andrew, Helms, Veronica, Lloyd, Patricia C. and Rossen, Lauren The impact of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development rental assistance programs on health care access under review at Journal of the American Medical Association Fenelon, Andrew Cigarette Smoking and Educational Disparities in Mortality among US Adults Aged 55-64 under review Fenelon, Andrew, Chinn, Juanita, and Anderson, Robert. A Comprehensive Analysis of the Mortality Experience of US Hispanic Subgroups in the United States under review WORKS IN PROGRESS Fenelon, Andrew, Mayne, Robert P., Simon, Alan, Helms, Veronica, Lloyd, Patricia C. and Rossen, Lauren HUD Housing Assistance and Adult Health in the United States in preparation Fenelon, Andrew, Dragon, Christina, Reczek, Corinne, and Liu, Hui. Same-Sex and Different- Sex Relationships and Mortality Risk in preparation Fenelon Andrew, Shenassa, Edmond, and Downes, Katheryne Hispanic Subgroups and Birth Outcomes: A Hispanic Paradox? in Preparation
Page 3 of 7 Fenelon, Andrew and Andrew Foster "Policy and Education Gradients in Cigarette Smoking and Obesity" in preparation GRANTS IN PREPARATION NIA R03 Geographic divergence in health and mortality in the United States, 1965 2010. This project examines trends in regional disparities in health and mortality outcomes that have evolved over the second half of the 20 th century. The project considers the roles of health behaviors, health care access and quality, and state-specific investments in health. The relationship between this trend and the comparative performance of the US in the international context is considered. Role: PI OTHER PUBLICATIONS Fenelon, Andrew (2015) Review of Regional Cultures and Mortality in America. Population and Development Review. 41(3) 547-550 Chen, Li-Hui and Fenelon, Andrew (2014) Quickstats: Death Rates for Three Selected Causes of Injury National Vital Statistics System, United States, 1979 2012. Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report. 63(46);1095 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 2014 - Member of the Interagency Working Group on Race and Ethnicity with the US Census Bureau and Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The working group is tasked with examining the goals for and implications of changing the OMB race and ethnicity standards as well as the Decennial Census questions surrounding race and Hispanic origin. Reviewer for: Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Social Science Research, Demography, Demographic Research, Population and Development Review, International Journal of Epidemiology, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, American Sociological Review, Social Science & Medicine, PLoS One, MEDIA COVERAGE New York Times, May 8, 2016: Black Americans See Gains in Life Expectancy National Public Radio, On Point with Tom Ashbrook, May 10, 2016, Guest on the program discussing variation in life expectancy across groups in the United States New York Times, May 8, 2016: Black Americans See Gains in Life Expectancy New York Times, February 12, 2016: Disparity in Life Spans of the Rich and the Poor Is Growing The Guardian, February 9, 2016: Guns, car crashes and drugs cut US male life expectancy by a year, research says CNN, February 9, 2016: Why Americans don't live as long as Europeans
Page 4 of 7 Washington Post, February 9, 2016: Three very American reasons we re still so unhealthy Nature World News, December 27, 2013: High Mortality Rates in US Have Shifted to Tobacco- Friendly Southern States Science Daily, December 27, 2013: High Mortality in Central Southern States Most Likely Due to Smoking Population Reference Bureau, July, 2013: Exploring the Paradox of U.S. Hispanics Longer Life Expectancy New York Times, May 21, 2013: The Health Toll of Immigration Detektor.fm, German radio, February 15, 2013: Radio guest discussing study of maternal age and adult health Science Daily, September 6, 2012: Advanced Maternal Age Not Harmful for Adult Children Psychology Today, September 6, 2012: Childbirth After 35 Doesn t Program Kids for Adult Health Problems Scientific American, September, 2011: The Ethnic Health Advantage Penn Current, University of Pennsylvania, November, 2011: Ph.D student explains puzzling Hispanic Paradox Time, Healthland, February 16, 2011: Why Do Immigrants Live Longer Than Native-Born Americans? Smoking PRESENTATIONS A Comprehensive Analysis of the Mortality Experience of US Hispanic Subgroups by Country of Origin and Nativity Paper to be presented at the American Sociological Association 2016 annual meeting, Seattle,WA Cigarette Smoking and Educational Disparities in Mortality among middle-aged US Adults paper presented at Population Association of America 2016 annual meeting, Washington, DC A Comprehensive Analysis of the Mortality Experience of US Hispanic Subgroups by Country of Origin and Nativity Paper presented at the Population Association of America 2016 annual meeting, Washington, DC Cause of Death Contributions to Black/White Differences in Mortality in the United States 1985-2013 Presentation in Panel on Improving Understanding of Race and Ethnicity: 30 Years After the Heckler Report at National Conference on Health Statistics 2015, Washington, DC Rethinking the Role of Social Support in the Hispanic Paradox: the Mortality Experience of Mexican Immigrants in Traditional Gateways and New Destinations Paper presented at the American Sociological Association 2015 annual meeting, Chicago, IL Cause of Death Contributions to Black/White Differences in Mortality in the United States 1985-2013 Paper presented at the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting 2015, Minneapolis, MN
Page 5 of 7 Rethinking the Role of Social Support in the Hispanic Paradox: the Mortality Experience of Mexican Immigrants in Traditional Gateways and New Destinations Paper presented at the Population Association of America 2015 annual meeting, San Diego, CA The contribution of major causes of injury death to US Life Expectancy in an international context Paper presented at the Population Association of America 2015 annual meeting, San Diego, CA "Leaving My Religion: Understanding the Relationship Between Religious Disaffiliation, Social Support, and Health ", Paper presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion 2014 annual meeting, Indianapolis, IN "Policy and socioeconomic gradients in Cigarette Smoking and Obesity", Paper presented at the Population Association of America 2014 annual meeting, Boston, MA An Examination of Black/White Differences in Aging, Paper presented at the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) 2013 meeting, Busan, South Korea Geographic Divergence in Adult Mortality in the United States, Paper presented at the Population Association of America 2013 annual meeting, New Orleans, LA Revisiting the Hispanic Mortality Advantage in the United States: the role of smoking, Paper presented at the Fall 2012 Colloquium series of the Population Studies & Training Center, Brown University Nativity, Cigarette Smoking, and the Hispanic Mortality Advantage in the United States Paper presented at the Population Association of America 2012 annual meeting, San Francisco, CA Cigarette Smoking and the Hispanic Paradox in the United States Poster presented at the Population Association of America 2011 annual meeting, Washington, DC Estimating smoking attributable mortality in the United States: Geographic Variation Paper presented at the Population Association of America 2010 annual meeting, Dallas, TX Explaining the US Healthy Immigrant Effect: The Role of Smoking (with Laura Blue) Poster presented at the Population Association of America 2010 annual meeting, Dallas, TX The role of smoking in population health disparities: the case of the Hispanic Paradox Presented at the weekly brownbag series at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany. November 2009.
Page 6 of 7 TEACHING As instructor of record: University of Maryland School of Public Health Fall 2016 HLSA 601 Introduction to Health Systems As teaching assistant: University of Pennsylvania Fall 2010 SOC/HSOC 111 Health of Populations As guest lecturer: Brown University Fall 2013 Spring 2013 SOCI 300K Health Inequalities SOCI 2230 Demographic Techniques University of Pennsylvania Fall 2012 SOC 264 Poverty, Race, and Health Fall 2011 SOC 128 Demographic Methods REFERENCES Andrew Foster Director, Population Studies & Training Center, Brown University Professor of Economics, Brown University Phone: (401) 863-2537 Email: andrew_foster@brown.edu Samuel H. Preston Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania Phone: (215) 746-5396 Email: spreston@sas.upenn.edu Irma T. Elo Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania Phone: (215) 898-9162 Email: popelo@pop.upenn.edu Mikko M. Myrskyla Executive Director, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research Rostock, Germany Email: sekmyrskyla@demogr.mpg.de Dennis P. Hogan Robert E. Turner Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Population Studies and Sociology, Brown University Email: dennis_hogan@brown.edu Leah K. VanWey Associate Professor of Sociology, Brown University Associate Director, Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University Email: leah_vanwey@brown.edu