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Education:
- Ph.D., Epidemiology , University of South Carolina (1991)
- M.P.H., Epidemiology , University of South Carolina (1983)
- B.A., Biology, Jacksonville University (1981)
Scholarly Areas: Physical Activity and Health, Reducing Risky Health-related Behaviors, Epidemiologic Methods
Biography: Dr. Richard A. Shaffer is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Coordinator of the Joint Doctoral Program in Epidemiology. His Ph.D. is in Epidemiology with emphasis in the health effects of physical activity. His teaching interests are epidemiologic methodology, assessment of physical activity in populations, and evaluation of community interventions to change health related behaviors. His research interests include the effects of exercise on musculoskeletal injury, sexually transmitted disease prevention, and the development and evaluation of community programs to reduce alcohol misuse. He is currently Principal Investigator on three grants: 1) reducing stress fractures in physically active women, 2) development of a program to reduce alcohol misuse in active duty military personnel; 3) evaluating health promotion programs in adolescent populations. In addition, he is an Associate Investigator on 4 grants in the areas of sexually transmitted disease prevention, unplanned pregnancy prevention, drug abuse prevention, and the assessment risky health-related behaviors in military populations.
Selected Publications:
- Wegner, S.A., Brodine, S.K., Mascola, J.R., Tasker, S.A., Shaffer, R.A., and Starkey, M.J. (2000) Prevalence of genotypic and phyotypic resistance to anti-retroviral drugs in a cohort of therapy-naïve HIV-1 infected US military personnel. AIDS. 14: 1-7.
- Bush, R.A., Brodine, S.K., and Shaffer, R.A. (2000) The association of blisters with musculoskeletal injuries in male marine recruits. Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association. 90: 194-198.
- Bech, T.J., Ruff, C.B., Shaffer, R.A., Betsigner, K., Trone, D.W., and Brodine, S.K. (2000) Stress fracture in military recruits: Gender differences in muscle and bone susceptibility factors. Bone. 27: 437-444.
- Shaffer, R.A., Brodine, S.K., Almeida, S.A., Williams, K.M., and Ronaghy, S. (1999) The use of simple measures of physical activity to predict stress fractures in young men undergoing a rigorous physical training program. American Journal of Epidemiology. 149: 236-242.
- Brodine, S.K., Shaffer, R.A., Starkey, M.J., Tasker, S.A., Gilcrest, J.L., and Louder, M.K. (1999) Drug resistance patterns, genetic subtypes, clinical features, and risk factors in military personnel with HIV-1 seroconversion. Annals of Internal Medicine. 131: 502-506.
- Jones, B.H., Shaffer, R.A., and Snedecor, M.R. (1999) Inuries treated in outpatient clinics: Surveys and research data. Military Medicine. 164: 61-71.
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