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May 15, 2018
Curriculum vitae
James C. Spilsbury, PhD, MPH
Office Address: Iris S. & Bert L. Wolstein Research Building, Room 6127
2103 Cornell Rd., Cleveland, OH 44106-7291
Office Phone: 216-368-7559
E-mail: [email protected]
Facsimile: 216-368-0207
Home Address: 1577 Lakewood Avenue, Lakewood, OH 44107
EDUCATION
School: Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland, OH
Degree: Ph.D. Anthropology
Dates: 1995-2002
Thesis Title:
Thesis Committee:
Hazards and Help-seeking in Inner-City Cleveland: The Child's
Perception of Neighborhood Danger, Safety, and Support
Jill E. Korbin, Ph.D. (Chair), Claudia J. Coulton, Ph.D., Charlotte
Ikels, Ph.D., Janis H. Jenkins, Ph.D.
School: School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Degree: M.P.H. Health Education
Dates:
School:
Degree:
Dates:
1983-1985
Yale University, New Haven, CT
B.S. Biology, magna cum laude, with Distinction in the Major
1977-1981
Post-Graduate Training
Institution: Center for Clinical Investigation, CWRU, Cleveland, OH
Position: KL2 Scholar, NIH K12 (KL2) Multidisciplinary Clinical Research
Training Program
Dates: 2006-2010
Institution: Division of Behavioral Pediatrics & Psychology, University
Hospitals, Cleveland, OH
Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, NIH T32 Ruth Kirchstein National Research
Service Award, Child Behavioral Health Research
Dates: 2002-2005
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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Position/Rank:
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Position/Rank:
Associate Professor, Primary Appointment
CWRU, School of Medicine, Department of Population &
Quantitative Health Sciences (formerly Dept. of Epidemiology &
Biostatistics)
2017-present
Associate Professor, Secondary Appointment
CWRU, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
2017-present
Associate Professor, Secondary Appointment
CWRU, College of Arts & Sciences, Dept. of Anthropology
2017-present
Assistant Professor, Primary Appointment
Institution/Department: CWRU, School of Medicine, Department of Population &
Quantitative Health Sciences
Dates: 2015-2017
Position/Rank:
Institution/Department:
Dates:
Assistant Professor, Primary Appointment
CWRU, School of Medicine, Center for Clinical Investigation.
2010-2015
Position/Rank:
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Assistant Professor, Secondary Appointment
CWRU, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of
Anthropology
2013-present
Assistant Professor, Secondary Appointment
CWRU, School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology &
Biostatistics
2010-2015
Assistant Professor, Secondary Appointment
CWRU, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
2015-present
Instructor, Secondary Appointment
CWRU, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
2010-2015
Instructor, Primary Appointment
Institution/Department: CWRU, School of Medicine, Center for Clinical Investigation
Dates: 2007-2010
Position/Rank:
Institution/Department:
Dates:
Instructor, Primary Appointment
CWRU, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
2006-2007
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Position/Rank:
Part-time Lecturer & Adjunct Instructor
Institution/Department: CWRU, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of
Anthropology
Dates: 2002-2003
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS/POSITIONS
Position/Rank: Co-Director, PhD Program in Clinical Translational Science
Institution/Department: CWRU, Center for Clinical Investigation
Dates: 2015-present
Position/Rank:
Institution/Department:
Dates:
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Institution/Department:
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Member, Medical Scientist Training Program Steering Committee
CWRU, Case School of Medicine
2015-present
Consultant
University of Michigan, Institute for Clinical and Health Research
2015-2016
Position/Rank:
Director, Graduate Certificate Program in Clinical Research
Institution/Department: CWRU, Center for Clinical Investigation
Dates: 2012-present
Position/Rank Co-Chair, Steering Committee for Development of PhD program in
Clinical Translational Science
Institution/Department: CWRU, Center for Clinical Investigation
Dates: 2012-2015
Position/Rank: Member, Evaluation Advisory Committee, Clinical Translational
Science Collaborative (CTSC)
Institution/Department: CWRU, Center for Clinical Investigation
Date: 2011-present
Position/Rank: Director, MS Program in Clinical Research (Clinical Research
Scholars Program, or CRSP)
Institution/Department: CWRU, Center for Clinical Investigation
Dates: 2010-present
Position/Rank:
Member, Education Leadership Committee, CTSC
Institution/Department: CWRU, Center for Clinical Investigation
Dates: 2010-present
Position/Rank: Chair, Clinical Research Team Training Taskforce, CTSC
Institution/Department: CWRU, Center for Clinical Investigation
Dates: 2010-present
Position/Rank: Chair, KL2 Curriculum Committee, CTSC
Institution/Department: CWRU, Center for Clinical Investigation
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Dates: 2010-present
Position/Rank:
Institution/Department:
Member, Multidisciplinary Advisory Committee, Multidisciplinary
Clinical Research Training Program (KL2)
CWRU, Center for Clinical Investigation
Dates:
2010-present
Position/Rank: Director, Academic Development Core, CTSC
Institution/Department: CWRU, Center for Clinical Investigation
Dates: 2010-present
Position/Rank: Senior Program Officer
Institution/Department: Family Health International, Field Operations, RTP, N.C.
Dates: 1993-1993
Position/Rank: Regional Coordinator
Institution/Department: Family Health International, AIDSTECH, RTP, NC
Dates: 1989-1992
Position/Rank: Socio-Economic Study Coordinator
Institution/Department: U.S. Peace Corps/Schistosomiasis Research Project, Yaoundé,
Cameroun
Dates: 1986-1988
Position/Rank: Agro-forestry Extension Agent
Institution/Department: U.S. Peace Corps/CARE Agro-forestry Project, Mora, Cameroun
Dates: 1985-1986
Position/Rank: Research Assistant
Institution/Department: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Health
Education, Chapel Hill, NC
Dates: 1983-1985
Position/Rank: Assistant in Research
Institution/Department: Yale University, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health,
New Haven, CT
Dates: 1981-1982
Position/Rank: Laboratory Technician
Institution/Department: Yale University, Department of Molecular Biophysics and
Biochemistry, New Haven, CT
Dates: 1977-1981
OTHER DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL COMMITTEES
Position/Rank
Institution/Department:
Dates:
Position/Rank:
Member, PhD Executive Committee
CWRU, Department of Population & Quantitative Health Sciences
2016-present
Member, Ad Hoc Graduate Programs Review Committee
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Institution/Department:
Dates:
Position/Rank:
Institution/Department:
CWRU, School of Medicine
2015-present
Member, Curriculum Committee
CWRU, Department of Population & Quantitative Health Sciences
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Institution/Department:
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Position:
Institution/Department:
Dates:
2015-present
Ad hoc Search Committee, Spatial Epidemiologist faculty position
CWRU, Department of Population & Quantitative Health Sciences
2017
Member, Ad Hoc Search Committee, Health Disparities faculty
position
CWRU, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
2016
Member, Ad Hoc Search Committee, Chairperson of Bioethics
Department
CWRU, Case School of Medicine
2015
Member, Design team, “Becoming a Doctor”, Year 1 Block 1
CWRU, Case School of Medicine
2012
HONORS
1. Star Reviewer, recognition of exceptional peer reviewing for the Journal of Immigrant and
Minority Health, 2017
2. Nomination, Jessica Melton Perry Award for Distinguished Teaching in Disciplinary and
Professional Writing, CWRU, 2016
3. Research Award Nomination for article on child maltreatment definitions, 6th Annual
Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Diego, CA, 2002
4. Competitive Graduate Scholarship, Department of Anthropology, CWRU, 1995-2000
5. Certificate of Appreciation, Cameroun Ministry of Public Service, Yaoundé, Cameroun,
1988
6. Delta Omega, National Public Health Honor Society, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 1985
7. U.S. Public Health Service Traineeship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel
Hill, NC, 1984
8. B.S. magna cum laude with Distinction in Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1981
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
1. Sleep Research Society, 2008-present
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Government of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Ottawa, ON
Title: Reviewer
Program: Insight Grants
Dates: January 15, 2018
National Institutes of Health Study Sections/Review Committees
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Journal Editorial Boards
Title:
Reviewer, Special Emphasis Panel 2018/05 ZHD1 DSR-G-50-
1
P50 CAPSTONE Centers for Multidisciplinary Research in
Child Abuse and Neglect (P50)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development
February 20-21, 2018
Reviewer, Special Emphasis Panel ZHD1 DSR-A50-1
P50 CAPSTONE centers for multidisciplinary research in child
abuse and neglect
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development
July 7-8, 2016
Reviewer
Humanitarian Projects Grants
American Sleep Medicine Foundation, Darien, IL
2013
Reviewer
William T. Grant Scholars Program
William T. Grant Foundation, New York, NY
2012
Abstract Reviewer
International Symposium on Minority Health & Health
Disparities, Transdisciplinary Collaborations: Evolving
Dimensions of US and Global Health Equity
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities,
Bethesda, MD
2014
Poster Judge
Research ShowCASE
CWRU, Cleveland, OH
2014
Editorial Board Member
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Journals and Dates
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Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 2015-present
Sleep Health, 2014-present
Ad Hoc Manuscript Reviewer
Behavioral Sleep Medicine, Child Abuse & Neglect, Child
Development, Child Indicators Research, Child Maltreatment,
Children’s Geographies, City & Community, Health & Social
Work, Journal of Adolescent Health, Journal of Environmental
Research & Public Health, Journal of Immigrant & Minority
Health, Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Journal of Research
on Adolescence, Journal of the National Medical Association,
Journal of Traumatic Stress, Landscape & Urban Planning,
Pediatrics, Sleep, Sleep & Breathing, Sleep Health, Sleep
Medicine, Traumatology
2006-present
Member, Sleep in America Poll Taskforce
National Sleep Foundation, Washington, DC
2013-2014
Member, Defending Childhood Initiative’s Advisory Board,
Data and Evaluation Subcommittee, Cuyahoga County, OH
2012-2014
Faculty Associate, Schubert Center for Child Studies
CWRU, Cleveland, OH
2007-present
Member, Advisory Board, Project REECH (Research
Engagement for Community Health)
CWRU, Cleveland, OH
2008-2011
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
CWRU Graduate Courses
1. Title: CRSP 440, Translational and Patient-Oriented Research Theory
Description: An overview of the theoretical framework, rationale, process,
methodologies, and ethics of clinical and translational research.
Contact hrs: 39
Students: 4-5 MDs or PhD students
Years Taught: 2015, 2016, 2017
2. Title: CRSP 450, Seminar Multidisciplinary Clinical & Translational Research
Description: Monthly doctoral seminar using active studies in greater Cleveland to
analyze processes and challenges of multidisciplinary clinical/translational
science among Cleveland area research institutions.
Contact hrs: 1 hr per month (0 credit hrs)
Students: 3-12 doctoral students plus interested CRSP MS students
Years Taught: 2015, 2016, 2017
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3. Title: CRSP 412, Communication in Clinical Research 1 – Grant writing
Description: A seminar on writing NIH style grants, focusing on specific aims and
significance/innovation sections of research strategy. Designed for NIH
career development awardees, clinicians, graduate students.
Contact hrs: 14
Students: 12-18 MDs or PhDs
Years Taught: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
4. Title: CRSP 413, Communication in Clinical Research II – Oral and poster
presentations, working with the mass media
Description: A seminar on developing effective conference-style oral and poster
presentations, as well as effective techniques to disseminate research
results through the mass media.
Contact hrs: 14
Students: 12-18 MDs or PhDs
Years Taught: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
5. Title: CRSP 505, Investigating Social Determinants of Health
Description: Examines the conceptualization and measurement of several key social
determinants of health and illness, such as poverty, socio-economic status,
neighborhood, and social network. Challenges researchers face as they
incorporate social determinants in their research are also discussed. Now
offered remotely via Case WebEx.
Contact hrs: 39
Students: 2-6 students, MDs, medical or PhD-level graduate students
Years Taught: 2013, 2014, 2015
6. Title: CRSP 410, Independent Study in Clinical Research-Special Topics.
Description: Affords in-depth exploration of a clinical research topic. Three studies to
date: qualitative research on bariatric surgery outcomes, Vitamin D
deficiency in immigrants, pre-term nutritional supplements.
Contact hrs: 13-26
Students: 3, MDs
Years Taught: 2013, 2016
7. Title: PSCL 453, Culture, Mental Health, and Human Development/PSCL 601,
Special Problems - Cultural Competence in Research & Practice
Description: Provided clinical psychology doctoral students with a critical
understanding cultural competence in research and practice.
Contact hrs: 39
Students: 9 doctoral students in pediatric or clinical child psychology
Years Taught: 2004
8. Title: ANTH 406, Anthropology of Childhood and the Family
Description: Increased students’ (1) awareness of the approaches used to conceptualize
and study childhood; (2) understanding of the variability of the definition
and experience of childhood/family in the cross-cultural record; and (3)
appreciation of current issues facing children and families worldwide.
Contact hrs: 39
Students: 4 doctoral students in anthropology and psychology
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Years Taught: 2002, 2003
Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda Graduate Workshop
1. Title: “Ethnographic and Mixed Methods Research,”
Description: An introduction to the basics of ethnographic methods and mixed-methods
approaches in social-science research. Successful participation resulted in
a graduate certificate. Co-taught with Dr. Jill Korbin.
Contact hrs: 32
Students: 30 social science graduate students
Years Taught: 2013
CWRU Undergraduate Courses
1. Title: ANTH 306, Anthropology of Childhood and the Family
Description: Combined undergraduate course with ANTH 406, designed to increase
students’ (1) awareness of the variety of approaches used to conceptualize
and study childhood; (2) understanding of the variability of the definition
and experience of childhood and the family in the cross-cultural record;
and (3) appreciation of current global issues facing children and families.
Contact hrs: 39
Students: 9-12 upper-level undergraduate students
Years Taught: 2002, 2003
2. Title: CHST 301, Childhood Learning and Play
Description: Provided students with hands-on experience using anthropological
research skills to study a children’s museum as a setting for child learning
through play. The students’ projects provided descriptive data on exhibit
use that the museum could use for programmatic/evaluation purposes.
Contact hrs: 39
Students: 9 advanced undergraduates
Years Taught: 2002
3. Title: ANTH 366, Doing Urban Ethnography
Description: Covered the definition and history of both written and film ethnography,
taught ethnographic research techniques, and culminated with a hands-on
experience in conducting ethnographic fieldwork in Cleveland.
Contact hrs: 39
Students: 8 upper-level undergraduate anthropology majors
Years Taught: 2001
Guest Lectures (CWRU)
1. Selling a mixed-methods study: What worked for us, MPHP 482, Qualitative and Mixed
Methods in Public Health. Dept. of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland,
OH, November 30, 2017.
2. The role of context in shaping sleep, PSCL 502, Seminar in Pediatric Psychology, Dept. of
Psychological Sciences and Division of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics & Psychology,
University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, March 3, 2017
3. Sleep around the World: Cross-Cultural Perspectives, ANTH 306/406, Anthropology of
Childhood and the Family, CWRU, Dept. of Anthropology, Cleveland, OH, March 31, 2016
4. Neighborhood Conditions and Child Maltreatment: A Mixed-Methods Study-Preliminary
Analyses, EPBI 501, Epidemiology & Biostatistics General Seminar, Dept. of Epidemiology
& Biostatistics, Cleveland, OH, March 28, 2016
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5. Sleep in Cross-Cultural Perspective, ANTH 306/406, Anthropology of Childhood and the
Family, Dept. of Anthropology, Cleveland, OH, March 26, 2015
6. Sleep in Cross-Cultural Perspective, NURS 615, Topical Seminar in Health Science
Research, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Cleveland, OH, July 22, 2014
7. Medical Anthropology, PSCL 502, Pediatric Psychology Seminar, Division of
Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, University Hospitals Case Medical Center,
Cleveland, OH, October 12, 2013
8. Measuring Social Position, EPBI 440, Introduction to Population Health, Dept. of
Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Cleveland, OH, October 5, 2011
9. Sleep in Cross-Cultural Perspective, ANTH 306/406, Anthropology of Childhood and the
Family, Dept. of Anthropology, Cleveland, OH, October 14, 2010
10. Hot-Button Topics in Sleep: Baby Co-sleeping & Adolescent Sleep Deprivation, ANTH
306/406, Anthropology of Childhood and the Family, Dept. of Anthropology, Cleveland,
OH, October 7, 2010
11. Sleep & Adolescence: An Unlikely Combination? EPBI 592, Special Topics in
Epidemiology: Data Management and Analysis, Dept. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics,
Cleveland, OH, September 16, 2009
TRAINEES/MENTEES
Current Doctoral Students Role Trainee Name Program Dates Current Position
Thesis Committee
Chair
Joe Zein, MD PhD Clinical
Translational Science
CWRU, Cleveland, OH
2017-present Staff physician, Cleveland
Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Thesis Committee
Chair
Gloria Taveras,
MS
PhD Clinical
Translational Science
CWRU, Cleveland, OH
2017-present MD/PhD Student, MSTP,
CWRU, Cleveland, OH
Thesis Committee
Chair
Sara Jones, MS PhD Population &
Quantitative Health
Sciences
2017-present Data Core Manager,
Prevention Research Center
for Healthy Neighborhoods,
CWRU, Cleveland, OH
Academic
Advisor
Sandra Silva
Camargo, MD
PhD Clinical
Translational Science
CWRU, Cleveland, OH
2017-present Student, CWRU, Cleveland,
OH
Academic
Advisor
Zainab Albar,
MD
PhD Clinical
Translational Science
CWRU, Cleveland, OH
2017-present Student, CWRU, Cleveland,
OH
Thesis Committee
Chair
Rosa Hand, MS PhD Clinical
Translational Science
CWRU, Cleveland, OH
2015-present Instructor, Dept. of
Nutrition, CWRU,
Cleveland, OH
Previous Doctoral Students Role Trainee Name Program Dates Current Position
Thesis Committee
Member
Sarah Bridges,
PhD
PhD Dept. Anthropology,
CWRU, Cleveland, OH
2013-2015
(graduated)
Director of Faculty Grants,
Gustavus Adolphus College,
Saint Peter, MN
Thesis Committee
Member
Jennifer Shaw,
PhD
PhD Dept. Anthropology,
CWRU, Cleveland, OH
2012-2013
(graduated)
Senior Researcher,
Southcentral Foundation,
Anchorage, AK
Thesis Committee
Member
Diwakar
Vadapalli, PhD
PhD Social Welfare,
Mandel School of
Applied Social Sciences,
CWRU, Cleveland, OH
2010
(graduated)
Assistant Professor of Public
Policy, University of Alaska
at Anchorage, Anchorage,
AK
Thesis Committee
Member
Patricia Watts,
MA
PsyD, Argosy University,
Chicago, IL
2010-2011 Private practice
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Current Master’s Students, MS Clinical Research (Clinical Research Scholars Program) Role Trainee Name Dates Current Position
CRSP Advisor Andrew Tang, MD 2017-present Surgical Resident, Dept. of Thoracic and
Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic,
Cleveland, OH
CRSP Advisor Shivani Butala, BDS 2016-present Research Assistant, School of Dental Medicine,
CWRU, Cleveland, OH
CRSP Advisor Amin Saad, MD 2016-present Student, CWRU, Cleveland, OH
CRSP Advisor Guangjin Zhou, PhD 2016-present Research Associate, Case Cardiovascular Research
Center, CWRU, Cleveland, OH
CRSP Advisor Kavita Arora, MD 2016-present MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
CRSP Advisor H. Matthew Cohn,
MD
2015-present Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology & Liver
Disease, University Hospitals Case Medical
Center, Cleveland, OH
CRSP Advisor Amani Mohamad
Hag, MD
2014-present Student, CWRU, Cleveland, OH
CRSP Advisor Tatiana Riedel, BA 2015-present Project Manager, Mandel School of Applied
Social Sciences, CWRU, Cleveland, OH
CRSP Advisor Dhairya Mehta, MD 2013-present Staff Physician, Fairview Hospital, Cleveland, OH
Previous Master’s Students, MS Clinical Research (Clinical Research Scholars Program) Role Trainee Name Dates Current Position
CRSP Advisor Marcelle Vera Putz,
MD
2016 (graduated) Staff Physician, Mexico
CRSP Advisor Ahmad Alkhalil,
MD
2014-2016
(graduated)
Clinical Instructor, University Hospitals of
Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
CRSP Advisor Gurkan Bebek, PhD 2014-2016
(graduated)
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Nutrition, CWRU,
Cleveland, OH
CRSP Advisor Hun Shim, DMD 2013-2016
(graduated)
Student, School of Dental Medicine, CWRU
Cleveland, OH
CRSP Advisor Praneeta
Chodavarapu, MD
2013-2015
(graduated)
Clinical Research Fellow, Dept. Anesthesiology,
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Thesis Committee
Member
Charles Wojnarski,
MD
2015
(graduated)
General Surgeon, University Hospitals Case
Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Thesis Committee
Member
Adriano Tonelli,
MD
2015 (graduated) Staff physician, Depts. Pulmonary and Critical
Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
CRSP Advisor Ruzica Conic, MD 2015 Transferred to PhD Clinical Translational
Science, CWRU, Cleveland, OH
Thesis Committee
Chair
Matt Bunte, MD 2011-2014
(graduated)
Assistant Professor, Dept. Internal Medicine,
University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO
CRSP Advisor Kashif Shaikh, MD 2013-2014 Residency, Internal Medicine, University of
South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
Thesis Committee
Member
Melissa Young, PhD 2012-2013
(graduated)
Associate Consultant (Staff), Division of
Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, MN
Thesis Committee
Member
Cristina Bocirnea,
MD
2012 (graduated) Geriatrician, Dept. Internal Medicine, UT Health
Medical School, Houston, TX
CRSP Advisor Michael Gomez,
MD
2011-2012 Family Practice Specialist, Kaiser Permanente,
Stockton, CA
Thesis Committee
Chair
Marisa Tungsiripat,
MD
2010-2011
(graduated)
Asst. Professor, Dept. Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
CRSP Advisor Sharon Stein, MD 2010-2013 Associate Professor, Dept. Surgery, University
Hospitals, Cleveland, OH
Thesis Committee
Member
Kristie Ross, MD 2010-2011
(graduated)
Assistant Professor, Dept. Pediatrics, CWRU
School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
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Fellows/Residents Role Trainee Name Program Dates Current Position
Mentoring
Committee
Member
Mary Beth
Slusar, PhD
F32 Postdoctoral
Fellowship
2013-2017 Fellow, School of Dental
Medicine, CWRU, Cleveland,
OH
Scholarship
Oversight
Committee
Member
Pooja Puri, MD Fellowship, Pediatric
Pulmonology, University
Hospitals Case Medical
Center, Cleveland, OH
2013-2015 Staff physician, Pediatric
Pulmonology, Max Multi-
specialty Centre, Panchsheel
Park New Delhi, India
Scholarship
Oversight
Committee
Member
Naseem
Sulayman, MD
Fellowship, Pediatric
Pharmacology/Critical
Care, University
Hospitals Case Medical
Center, Cleveland, OH
2011-2012 Pediatric Intensivist, Dept.
Pediatrics, Carle, Urbana, IL
Residency
Research Mentor
Heidi Bryson,
MD
Pediatrics Residency,
University Hospitals,
Case Medical Center,
Cleveland, OH
2007-2010 Pediatrician, Central Pediatrics
P.A., St Paul, MN
Residency
Research Mentor
Ginna Priola,
MD
Pediatrics Residency,
University Hospitals
Case Medical Center,
Cleveland, OH
2007-2010 Pediatric Hematologist &
Oncologist, University of
North Carolina Hospitals,
Chapel Hill, NC
Scholarship
Oversight
Committee
Member
Shana Kralovic,
DO
Fellowship, Behavioral
Pediatrics, University
Hospitals Case Medical
Center, Cleveland, OH
2007-2009 Assistant Professor, Dept.
Pediatrics, School of
Medicine, CWRU, Cleveland,
OH
Current Medical Students Role Trainee Name Program Dates Current Position
Mentor Paige Hamilton School of Medicine,
CWRU, Cleveland, OH
2015-present Student
Previous Undergraduates Role Trainee Name Program Dates Current Position
Research Mentor Kristina Bowdrie NICHD Supplement
1R01HD077002-03S1,
to promote diversity in
health-related research
2015-present Audiology Doctoral student,
Dept. of Speech and Hearing
Science, The Ohio State
University, Columbus, OH
Previous High School Students Role Trainee Name Program Dates Current Position
Community
Sponsor
Adah Zhang Senior Project, “Dream
and Sleep Analysis,”
Orange High School,
Pepper Pike, OH
2010-2011 Research & Development
Mathematician, Sandia
National Laboratories,
Albuquerque, NM
RESEARCH/GRANT SUPPORT
Current
1. The Traumatic Loss Response Team: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Complex Homicides
Involving Children
Role: Evaluator/Researcher, 7.5% effort
Funder: Department of Justice, Office of Victims Programs, 2016-XV-6X-K019
Total Direct Costs and Dates: $600,000, 2016-2019 (PI Creeden, FrontLine Service, Cleveland)
2. Understanding How Neighborhood Ecologies Influence Child Maltreatment: A Mixed-
Methods Study
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Role: Principal investigator, 25% effort
Funder: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development,
R01HD077002
Total Direct Costs and Dates: $1,435,043, 2013-2019
3. Cleveland Clinic Cardiothoracic Collaborative Clinical Center and Clinical Research Skills
Development Program (CRSDP)
Role: Co-Investigator, 4% effort
Funder: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute UM1HL088955
Total Direct Costs & Dates: $350,000, 2017-2018 (PI Gillinov, Cleveland Clinic)
4. Clinical Translational Science Collaborative of Cleveland
Role: CTSTP (TL1) Associate Director & KL2 Executive Committee, 10% effort
Funder: National Center for Advancing Translational Science, U54-TR-001960
Total Direct Costs and Dates: $33,102,351, 2018-2023
Pending
1. Examining resilience and psychobiologic mechanisms in violence-exposed siblings.
Role: Co-Investigator, 10% effort study years 1-3, 15% years 4-5
Funder: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development,
R01HD095899
Total Direct Costs and Dates: $2,499,714, 2018-2023 (PI Holmes, Jack, Joseph, and Morton
Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, CWRU)
2. SCC: Street-Smart – A social-media data tool to increase organizations’ “Street-Smarts” as
they provide services to residents affected by violence and suicide.
Role: Co-Principal Investigator, 10% effort
Funder: National Science Foundation.
Total Direct Costs and Dates: $1,190,000 2018-2022
Previous
1. Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
Role: Principle Investigator Scientific Mentor, 4% effort (not funded by grant)
Funder: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development,
R01HD077002-03S1
Total Direct Costs and Dates: $22,596, 2015-2017
2. Defending Childhood Initiative: Central Intake and Assessment
Role: Data/Research Specialist, currently 3.5% effort
Funder: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, US Department of Justice
(through Cuyahoga County & Frontline Service)
Total Direct Costs and Dates: $27,315 (subcontract), 2012-2016
3. Peer & Family Effects on Urban, African American Children
Role: Principal Investigator, 10% effort
Funder: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, R21MD007632
Total Direct Costs and Dates: $275,000, 2012-2015
4. Improving the Sleep of Children Victimized by Violence (Sheets and Blankets Project)
Role: Principal Investigator, 0% effort charged
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Funder: American Sleep Medicine Foundation Humanitarian Projects Award 7-HP-11
Total Direct Costs and Dates: $15,493, 2011-2012
5. Translating a Secondary-Trauma Intervention into Community Practice, Cleveland
Translational Science Collaborative Academic Partnership and Community Research Grant
Role: Pilot Study Co-Principal Investigator, 5.9%
Funder: National Center for Research Resources KL2RR024990 (Davis, PI)
Total Direct Costs and Dates: $24,711, 2011-2012
6. Violence, Sleep, and Child Health
Role: Principal Investigator, 25% effort
Funder: William T. Grant Foundation #9792,
Total Direct Costs and Dates: $431,017, 2009-2012
7. Transforming Care for Traumatized Youth in Child Welfare
Role: Evaluator, 15% effort
Funder: US Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration IU79SM058252,
FrontLine Services (Creeden-PI)
Total Direct Costs and Dates: $70,188 (Subcontract), 2007-2012
8. Violence, Sleep, and Behavioral/Health Outcomes in Children
Role: Principal Investigator of KL2 study, effort not calculated
Funder: National Center for Research Resources KL2RR024990 CWRU/Cleveland Clinic CTSA
(Davis-PI)
Total Direct Costs and Dates: $53,621, 2008-2009
BIBLIOGRAPHY (‡ Mentee/Advisee)
Peer Reviewed Articles
1. Kiley K, Sehgal A, Neth S, Theurer J, Pike E, Spilsbury J, Albert J. The Effectiveness of
Guided Imagery for Compassion Fatigue and Anxiety of Mental Health Workers. Social
Work Research; in press
2. Spilsbury JC, Creeden R, Zatta E, Phelps N, Regoeczi W. Lessons Learned Implementing
Community-Based Comprehensive Case Management for Families Surviving Homicide.
Journal of Child and Family Social Work. 2017;22:1161–1174.
3. Spilsbury JC, Patel SR, Morris N, Ehayaei MS, Intille SS. Household chaos and sleep-
disturbing behavior of family members: Results of a pilot study of African-American early
adolescents. Sleep Health. 2017;3:84-89.
4. Puri P‡, Ross KR, Mehra R, Spilsbury JC, Li H, Ievers-Landis CE, Rosen CL. Pediatric
Positive Airway Pressure Adherence in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Enhanced by Family
Member Positive Airway Pressure Usage. J Clin Sleep Med. 2016;12:959-63.
5. Spilsbury JC, Frame J, Magtanong R, Rork K. Sleep Environments of Children in an Urban
US Setting Exposed to Interpersonal Violence. Behav Sleep Med. 2016;14:585-601.
6. Spilsbury JC, Storfer-Isser A, Rosen CL, Redline S. Remission and Incidence of
Obstructive Sleep Apnea From Middle Childhood to Late Adolescence. Sleep. 2015;38:23-
29. PMCID: PMC4262952
7. Nadan Y, Spilsbury JC, Korbin JE. Culture and Context in Understanding Child
Maltreatment: Contributions of Intersectionality and Neighborhood-Based Research. Child
Abuse Negl. 2015;41:40-48
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8. Gunzler DD, Spilsbury JC, Fu M, Rose S, Dawson NV, Moore S, Love TE. Training a
Nonclinician to Become a Leader in Transdisciplinary Clinical Research: Clinical
Observerships. Int J Clin Biostat Biom. 2015;1:1-4
9. Buxton O, Chang AM, Spilsbury JC, Bos T, Emselle H, Knutson KL. Sleep In The Modern
Family: Findings from the National Sleep Foundation’s 2014 Sleep in America Poll. Sleep
Health. 2015;1:15-27
10. Spilsbury JC, Babineau DC, Frame J, Juhas K, Rork K. Association Between Children’s
Exposure to a Violent Event and Objectively and Subjectively Measured Sleep
Characteristics: A Pilot Longitudinal Study. J Sleep Res. 2014;23:585-94
11. Spilsbury JC, Korbin JE. Social Networks and Informal Social Support in Protecting
Children from Abuse and Neglect. Child Abuse Negl. 2013;37S:8-16
12. Spilsbury JC, Korbin JE, Coulton CJ. “Subjective” and “Objective” Views of Neighborhood
Danger & Well-Being: The Importance of Multiple Perspectives and Mixed Methods. Child
Indic Res. 2012;5:469-482
13. Kralovic S‡, Spilsbury JC, Levers-Landis CE, Cuttler L, Narasimhan S, Rosen C. Parent-
reported habitual snoring and depressive symptoms among children and adolescents who are
obese. Child Health Care. 2013;41:233-245
14. Spilsbury JC. Sleep As Mediator in the Pathway From Violence-Induced Traumatic Stress
to Poorer Health and Functioning: A Review of the Literature and Proposed Conceptual
Model. Behav Sleep Med. 2009;7:223-244
15. Spilsbury JC, Korbin JE, Coulton CJ. Mapping Children’s Neighborhood Perceptions:
Implications for Child Indicators. Child Indic Res. 2009;2: 222-131
16. Hayes AL, Spilsbury JC, Patel SR. The Epworth Score in African-American Populations. J
Clin Sleep Med. 2009;5:344-348
17. Spilsbury JC, Fletcher K, Creeden R, Friedman S. Psychometric Properties of the
Dimensions of Stressful Events Rating Scale. Traumatology. 2008;14:116-130
18. Spilsbury JC, Kahana S, Drotar D, Creeden R, Flannery DJ, Friedman S. Profiles of
Behavioral Problems in Children Who Witness Domestic Violence. Violence Vict.
2008;23:3-17
19. Oliver RJ, Spilsbury JC, Osiecki SS, Denihan WM, Zureick JL, Friedman S. Brief Report:
Preliminary Results of a Suicide Awareness Mass Media Campaign in Cuyahoga County,
Ohio. Suicide Life-Threat Behav. 2008;38:245-249
20. Spilsbury JC, Drotar D, Rosen CL, Redline S. The Cleveland Adolescent Sleepiness
Questionnaire: A new measure to assess excessive daytime sleepiness in adolescents. J Clin
Sleep Med. 2007;3:603-612
21. Spilsbury JC, Belliston L, Drotar D, Drinkard A, Kretschnar J, Creeden R, Flannery DJ,
Friedman S. Clinically Significant Trauma Symptoms and Behavioral Problems in a
Community-based Sample of Children Exposed to Domestic Violence. J Fam Violence.
2007;22:487-499
22. Coulton CJ, Crampton DS, Irwin M, Spilsbury JC, Korbin JE. How neighborhoods
influence child maltreatment: A review of the literature and alternative pathways. Child
Abuse Negl. 2007;31:1117-1142
23. Spilsbury JC, Storfer-Isser A, Kirchner HL, Nelson L, Rosen CL, Drotar D, Redline S.
Neighborhood disadvantage as a risk factor for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea. J Pediatr.
2006;149:342-347
24. Drotar D, Greenley R, Hoff A, Johnson C, Lewandowski A, Moore M, Spilsbury J,
Witherspoon D, Zebracki K. Summary of Issues and Challenges in the Use of New
Technologies in Clinical Care and with Children and Adolescents with Chronic Illness.
Child Health Care. 2006;35:91-102
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25. Spilsbury JC. Children’s Perceptions of the Social Supports of Neighborhood Institutions
and Establishments. Human Organ. 2005;64:126-134
26. Spilsbury JC, Storfer-Isser A, Drotar D, Rosen C, Kirchner HL, Redline S. Sleep Behavior
in an Urban US Sample of School-Aged Children: A Critical Appraisal-In Reply. Arch
Pediat Adolesc Med. 2005;159:787-788
27. Spilsbury JC. “We don’t really get to go out in the front yard”- Children’s home range and
neighborhood violence. Child Geograph. 2005;3:79-99
28. Spilsbury JC, Storfer-Isser A, Drotar D, Rosen C, Kirchner HL, Redline S. Effects of the
Home Environment on School-Aged Children’s Sleep. Sleep. 2005;28:1419-1427
29. Spilsbury JC, Drotar D, Burant C, Flannery D, Creeden R, Friedman S. Psychometric
Properties of the Pediatric Emotional Distress Scale in a Diverse Sample of Children
Exposed to Interpersonal Violence. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2005;34:758-764
30. Spilsbury JC, Storfer-Isser A, Drotar D, Rosen C, Kirchner HL, Redline S. Sleep Patterns in
an Urban Sample of U.S. School-Aged Children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004;158:988-
994
31. Spilsbury JC. “If I don’t know them, I’ll get killed probably”: How children’s concerns
about safety shape help-seeking behavior. Childhood. 2002;9:101-117
32. Korbin J, Coulton C, Lindstrom-Ufuti H, Spilsbury J. Neighborhood Views on the
Definition and Etiology of Child Maltreatment. Child Abuse Negl. 2000;24:1509-1527
33. Ratard R, Kouemeni L, Bessala M, Ndamkou C, Greer G, Spilsbury J, Cline B. Human
schistosomiasis in Cameroon. I. Distribution of schistosomiasis. Am J Trop Med Hyg.
1990;42:561-572
34. DeVellis B, DeVellis R, Spilsbury J. Parental actions when children are sick: The role of
belief in divine influence. Basic Appl Soc Psychol.1988;9:185-196
Book Chapters 1. Coulton CJ, Spilsbury JC. Community and Place-Based Understanding of Child Well-
Being. In Ben-Arieh A, Casas F, Frønes I, Korbin, JE (eds.), Handbook of Child Well-Being:
Theories, Indicators, Measures, and Policies. New York: Springer, 2014, pp. 1307-1334
2. Spilsbury JC. Children’s Sleep in Violent Environments. In Wolfson A, Montgomery-
Downs H (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Sleep: Development
and Problems. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013, pp. 150-166
3. Spilsbury JC, Redline S. Ethnicity and Prevalence of Sleep Disorders. In Kushida CA (ed.),
Encyclopedia of Sleep. London: Elsevier, 2013, pp. 685-690
4. Spilsbury JC. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. In Loue S & Sajatovic M (eds.), Encyclopedia
of Immigrant Health. New York: Elsevier, 2012, pp. 1214-1218
5. Horwitz SM, Spilsbury JC, Papp KK, Rudick R. The Career Development Plan: A Tool to
Improve the Mentored Career Development experience. In Loue S (ed.), Mentoring Health
Science Professionals. New York: Springer, 2011, pp. 67-84
6. Spilsbury JC, Redline S. Epidemiology of Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea. In Markus C,
Carroll JM, Donnelly D, Loughlin GM (eds.), Sleep and Breathing in Children: Second
Edition: Developmental Changes in Breathing During Sleep. New York: Informa Healthcare,
2008, pp. 397-418
7. Spilsbury JC, Korbin J. Negotiating the Dance: Social Capital from the Perspective of
Neighborhood Children and Adults. In Pufall P, Unsworth R (eds.), Rethinking Childhood.
Piscataway: Rutgers University Press, 2004, pp. 191-206
8. Korbin J, Spilsbury J. Cultural competence & child neglect. In Dubowitz H (ed.), Neglected
children: Research practice, policy. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 1999, pp. 69-88
9. Spilsbury J, Cooney M. Immigrant Health Care Providers in the U.S. In Loue S (ed.),
Handbook of Immigrant Health. New York: Plenum, 1998, pp. 607-627
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10. Faust M, Spilsbury J, Loue S. African Health. In Loue S (ed.), Handbook of Immigrant
Health. New York: Plenum, 1998, pp. 329-348
Invited Presentations & Seminars
International
1. Sleep, Culture, and Social Service Work. NEVET Seminar. The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, December 13, 2017.
National
1. Using smart-phone and motion sensor technology to study 11-12 year-old’s sleep: Lessons
Learned. NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research Inaugural Director Seminar
Series. April 18, 2017.
2. Peer and family effects on urban African-American children’s sleep. Stress and Sleep:
Integration of behavioral, social, environmental and physiological processes. The NIH
Oppnet Grantees Conference, Rockville, MD, May 14-15, 2014
3. The Sleep and Sleep Environment of Children Exposed to Violence, William C. Dement
Sleep and Chronobiology Summer Research Apprenticeship Program. Presentation to
graduate and undergraduate students, and staff of the Chronobiology and Sleep Research
Laboratory, E.P. Bradley Hospital & Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University,
Providence, RI, August 23, 2010
Local
1. Thoughts on Mentoring. Faculty Toolkit Session – Mentorship for Mentees and Mentors,
CWRU School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, April 17, 2018.
2. Balancing Work and Life in Academe. PSCL 501, Seminar in Pediatric Psychology. Case
Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, December 1, 2017.
3. Getting Good Mentoring. Faculty Toolkit Session - Mentoring for Mentees: How to Get the
Best from your Mentor, CWRU School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, September 19, 2017.
4. (Some) sleep research findings. Out-of-school-time Practice-Based Research Network,
Cleveland, OH, February 28, 2017.
5. Research Ethics: An Inside Look. Garfield Middle School, Lakewood, OH City School
District, November 9, 2016.
6. Preliminary Results from the Neighborhood Conditions and Child Maltreatment Study.
Center for Children and Families, Cleveland, OH, August 30, 2016.
7. The Career Development Plan. Faculty Reaching for Academic Medicine Excellence
(FRAME). CWRU School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, May 28, 2016.
8. Neighborhood Conditions and Child Maltreatment: A Mixed-Methods Study, Health
Services Research Seminar, Center for Health Care Research & Policy, MetroHealth Medical
Center, Cleveland, OH, January 16, 2015
9. PhD Program in Clinical Translational Science, Chinese Delegation to Case School of
Medicine, CWRU, Cleveland, OH, April 24, 2015
10. Data needs for evaluation and research on children of incarcerated parents, Children of
Incarcerated Parents Forum, Cuyahoga County Family and Children First Council,
Cleveland, OH, October 22, 2014
11. Neighborhood Ecologies and Child Well-Being: A Mixed-Methods Study, Ohio Association
of School Social Workers Retreat, Bay Village, OH, August 11, 2014
12. Neighborhood Ecologies and Child Well-Being: A Mixed-Methods Study, Cleveland City
Council, Cleveland, OH, May 8, 2014
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13. Neighborhood Ecologies and Child Well-Being: A Mixed-Methods Study, Department of
Children and Family Service, Director and Chiefs Meeting, Cleveland, OH, April 24, 2014
14. Neighborhood Ecologies and Child Well-Being: A Mixed-Methods Study, Cuyahoga County
Collaboratives Meeting, Cleveland, OH, April 3, 2014
15. Dialogue from the School of Medicine Committee on Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure,
Team Science Workshop, Cleveland Clinical & Translational Science Collaborative, Panel
Moderator, CWRU, Cleveland, OH, February 17, 2014
16. Using Actigraphy in Sleep Research, Grand Rounds, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Fairhill
Sleep Center, Cleveland, OH, December 12, 2013
17. Neighborhood Conditions and Child Maltreatment: A Mixed Methods Study, Frances Payne
Bolton School of Nursing’s Research at CWRU Seminar Series, CWRU, Cleveland, OH,
December 1, 2013
18. The Effects of Violence on Children’s Sleep, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing’s
Research at CWRU Seminar Series, CWRU, Cleveland, OH, May 7, 2012
19. Children’s versus Parents’ Neighborhood Boundaries, Prevention Research Center Healthy
Neighborhoods Seminar Series, Dept. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, CWRU, Cleveland,
OH, December 14, 2011
20. Sleep & Sleep Environment of Children Who Witness Violence, Cuyahoga County’s
Defending Childhood Conference: Together, We Have The Power To Stop Violence, Hilton
Garden Inn, Cleveland, OH, September 26, 2011
21. Sleep of Children Who Witness Violence, Grand Rounds, Cleveland Clinic Foundation,
Fairhill Sleep Center, Cleveland, OH, September 9, 2011
22. Sleep of Children Exposed to Violence, Fellows Seminar Series, Division of Developmental
and Behavioral Pediatrics, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH,
August 17, 2011
23. Sleep Behavior of Children who Witness Violence, Westside Ecumenical Ministries.
Presentation to agency’s Counseling Solutions Staff, Cleveland, OH, June 2, 2010
24. Violence, Sleep, and Child Health, Cuyahoga County Metropolitan Housing Authority.
Presentation to social work staff, Cleveland, OH, February 23, 2010
25. Violence, Sleep, Child Health: Update, KL2 Scholar Seminar. Multidisciplinary Clinical
Research Training Program, Presentation to KL2 scholars and mentors, Cleveland, OH,
November 9, 2009
26. Sleep and Behavior of Children who Witness Violence, Domestic Violence Center of
Cleveland. Cleveland, OH, March 25, 2009
27. Sleep and Behavior of Children Who Witness Violence, Cuyahoga County Witness Victim
Service Center, Cleveland, OH, January 22, 2009
28. Update: Sleep and Behavior of Children Who Witness Violence, KL2 Scholar Seminar,
Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Training Program, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH,
May 12, 2008
Conference Refereed Oral Presentations (* = presenter)
International
1. Spilsbury JC*, Korbin JE, Crampton D, Richter F, Coulton C. The Neighborhood–Child
Maltreatment Link: Findings from the Neighborhood Factors and Child Maltreatment Mixed
Methods Study. Child Maltreatment in Context: The Second Haruv International Conference,
Haruv Institute, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, December 7-8, 2017.
2. Gross-Manos D*, Korbin J, Spilsbury J. Perceptions of spanking over time: Findings from
20 Cleveland neighborhoods in two time points. Child Maltreatment in Context: The Second
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Haruv International Conference, Haruv Institute, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
Israel, December 7-8, 2017.
3. Coulton C, García-Cobián Richter F*, Spilsbury J, Crampton D, Korbin J, Bhatta T. A Panel
Study of Neighbourhood Change and Child Maltreatment. Conceptualizing Childhood and
Youth Conference, Brock, ON, Canada, October 12-14, 2017.
4. Spilsbury JC*, Nadan Y, Kaye-Tzadok A, Korbin J. Neighborhoods and child
maltreatment: Conceptual issues and findings from the Israeli and US sites of the three-
country study. Child Maltreatment in Context: The First Haruv International Conference,
Haruv Institute, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, October 14-15, 2015.
5. Coulton C*, Richter FGC, Spilsbury J, Crampton D, Korbin J, Bhatta T. What can we learn
from a panel study of neighborhoods and child maltreatment? 5th International Society for
Child Indicators Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, September 2-3, 2015
6. Korbin JE*, Spilsbury JC, Coulton CJ. “Subjective and Objective” Views of Neighborhood
Well-Being: Multiple Perspectives and Mixed Methods. Child Well-Being International
Symposium, Dublin Castle, Ireland, September 3, 2010
National
1. Jespersen B*, Korbin, J, Spilsbury JC. Older Adults and the Neighborhood Context of Child
Maltreatment: Pathways to Improving Child Well-Being. 78th Annual Meeting of the Society
for Applied Anthropology, Philadelphia, April 3-7, 2018.
2. Rabb B*, Kelley-Moore JA, Korbin JE, Spilsbury JC. Neighborhood Social Cohesion and
Residents’ Likelihood of Intervening in Suspected Child Maltreatment or Delinquency.
Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Quebec, August 12-15,
2017.
3. Spilsbury JC*, Bhatta T, Coulton CJ, Korbin JE, Crampton D. Neighborhood Conditions
and Child Maltreatment: Changing Patterns from 1990-2010 in a U.S. Urban Setting.
Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Philadelphia, PA,
March 19-21, 2015
4. Spilsbury JC*. How Families Modify the Physical and Psychosocial Environment of Sleep
as a Result of Being Victims of Violence. Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on
Child Development, Seattle, WA, April 18-20, 2013
5. Spilsbury JC*, Korbin J, Coulton C. How Neighborhoods Influence Child Maltreatment:
Multiple Pathways and Policy Implications. Crossing Boundaries: Public and Private Roles
in Assuring Child Well-Being. Council on Contemporary Families Annual Conference,
Chicago IL, April 27-28, 2012
6. Spilsbury JC*, Creeden R, Juhas K. Promoting Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Practice in
Cuyahoga County, Ohio: Preliminary Results and Next Steps. National Child Traumatic
Stress Initiative: Evaluation Conference, Washington, DC, October 21, 2009
7. Spilsbury JC*. Social Determinants of Children’s Sleep. Panelist on Session, “Sleep and
Society: Towards a Research Agenda on the Social Determinants of Sleep”. Annual Meeting
of Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Baltimore, MD, June 7-12, 2008
8. Spilsbury JC*, Drotar D, Rosen CL, Redline S. The Cleveland Adolescent Sleepiness
Questionnaire: A new measure to assess excessive daytime sleepiness in adolescents. 21st
Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Minneapolis, MN, June 9-
14, 2007
9. Spilsbury JC*, Storfer-Isser A, Drotar D, Rosen C, Kirchner HL, Redline S. Sleep Patterns
in an Urban Sample of U.S. School-Aged Children. 18th Annual Meeting of the Associated
Professional Sleep Societies, Philadelphia, PA, June 5-10, 2004
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10. Spilsbury JC*, Korbin JE. Negotiating the Dance: Social Capital from the Perspective of
Neighborhood Children and Adults. How American Children Lead Their Lives, Kahn
Institute for Liberal Studies at Smith, Northampton, MA, March 15-17, 2002
11. Spilsbury JC*. Development and Theories of Poverty in a Cleveland Neighborhood. 96th
Annual Meeting, American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C., November 19,
21-23, 1997
Conference poster presentations (‡Mentee/Advisee)
1. Bowdrie K‡, Korbin J, Crampton D, Bhatta T, Coulton C, Spilsbury J. Comparison of
Neighborhood Residents’ Views on the Definition and Etiology of Child Maltreatment:
1995-2015. Accepted. Austin, TX, April 6-8, 2017.
2. Berg KA, Francis MW, Spilsbury JC. “I don’t get no sleep”: Social Work Opportunities to
Improve Sleep of Children Exposed to Interpersonal Violence. Annual Conference of the
Society for Social Work and Research, New Orleans, LA, January 11-15, 2017.
3. Thomas S, Dudley KA, Spilsbury JC, Patel SR. Racial Disparities in Referral for Sleep
Apnea Evaluation. American Thoracic Society International Conference, San Francisco, CA,
May 13-18, 2016
4. Puri P‡, Spilsbury JC, Ross KR, Ievers-Landis CE, Mehra R, Rosen CL. Pediatric
continuous positive airway pressure adherence enhanced with family member use. 96th 28th
Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Minneapolis, MN, May 31-
June 4, 2014
5. Spilsbury JC, Frame J, Babineau D. Association between Exposure to Violence and
Objectively Measured Sleep Characteristics: A Pilot Longitudinal Study in Cleveland, OH.
26th Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Boston, MA, June 9-13,
2012
6. Spilsbury JC, Frame J, Winfield M. The Witness Study: Violence and Children’s Sleep
Environments. 24th Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, San
Antonio, TX, June 6-9, 2010
7. Priola G‡, Bryson H‡, O’Riordan M, Spilsbury JC, Lyren A. The First Patient Death:
Reflections and Recommendations for the Training of Young Pediatricians. Pediatric
Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Vancouver BC, May 1-4, 2010
8. Bryson H‡, Priola G‡, O’Riordan M, Spilsbury JC, Lyren A. Factors Involved In
Pediatrician Response To Patient Death And Use Of Coping Mechanisms. Pediatric
Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Vancouver BC, May 1-4, 2010
9. Frame J, Spilsbury J. Conducting Home-Based-Sleep Research on Children Exposed to
Violence: Lessons Learned. 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep
Societies, Seattle, WA, June 6-11, 2009
10. Fletcher K, Spilsbury JC, Creeden R, Friedman S. Psychometrics of the Dimensions of
Stressful Events Scale (DOSE) in Children Exposed to Violence. 22nd Annual meeting
International Society for Traumatic Stress, Hollywood, CA, November 4-7, 2006
11. Ntizoyimana P, Buzingo T, Harakey G, Kamuragiye A, Spilsbury J, Rosen N, Alexandre Y.
Projet d’ intervention auprès des femmes à partenaires multiples à Bujumbura, Burundi. 8th
International Conference on AIDS in Africa, Marrakech, Morocco, December 12-16, 1993
12. Welsh M, Boring S, Oliver R, Lamson N, Spilsbury J. Peer education and AIDS
prevention: accessing and influencing a targeted population. 8th International Conference on
AIDS, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 19-24, 1992
13. Betima J, Boupda A, Oliver R, Tchupo JP, Monny-Lobe M, Spilsbury J. Evaluation des
connaissances des patients des MST en matière de prévention du SIDA et autres MST. 6th
International Conference on AIDS in Africa, Dakar, Senegal, December 16-19, 1991
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14. Mimbiang R, Boupda A, Oliver R, Spilsbury J, Monny-Lobe M, Tchupo JP. Evaluation
d’un projet de sensibilisation d’une population de prostituées par leurs pairs à Yaoundé. 6th
International Conference on AIDS in Africa, Dakar, Senegal, December 16-19, 1991
15. Mougnoutou PD, Monny-Lobe M, Boupda A, Mimbiang R, Spilsbury J. Evaluation de
l’action éducative par une troupe théâtral formee par des prostituées au Cameroun. 6th
International Conference on AIDS in Africa, Dakar, Senegal, December 16-19, 1991
16. Yoda G, Ouedraogo CR, Ouedraogo JP, France B, Spilsbury J. Projet pilote de distribution
des préservatifs au Burkina Faso. 6th International Conference on AIDS in Africa, Dakar,
Senegal, December 16-19, 1991
17. Hassig S, Earle D, Price J, Spilsbury J. Tale of Two Programs-Social Marketing in Zaire &
Cameroon. 7th International Conference on AIDS, Florence, Italy, June 16-21, 1991
18. Welsh M, Lamptey P, Brokenshire C, Lamson N, Spilsbury J, Weiss E. Peer Education: A
Critical Assessment of an Approach to AIDS Prevention. 7th International Conference on
AIDS, Florence, Italy, June 16-21, 1991
19. Spilsbury J, Price J, Ferreros C, Sokal D, Ntsomo P. Social marketing of condoms to
persons practicing high-risk behavior in Zaire. 6th International Conference on AIDS, San
Francisco, CA, June 20-24, 1990
COVERAGE IN THE MASS MEDIA
1. Cleveland ABC News Channel 5. Poverty, traumatic incidents contribute to sleep issues in
Cleveland kids, http://www.news5cleveland.com/news/e-team/poverty-traumatic-incidents-
contribute-to-sleep-issues-in-cleveland-kids, August 25th, 2017.
2. WOSU Public Radio 90.3 Ideastream. When Sleep is Disturbed by Neighborhood,
http://radio.wosu.org/post/when-sleep-disturbed-neighborhood#stream/0, August 24th, 2017.
3. Reuters Health News. Preteens in chaotic households may miss out on sleep. February 13,
2017, http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-adolescents-sleep-idUSKBN15S1RK
4. Cleveland Plain Dealer, Half U.S. children exposed to trauma. August 2, 2014, p.A1,A12
5. Cleveland Plain Dealer, Case researchers win $2.3 million grant to study child abuse,
neglect in Cleveland neighborhoods. April 30, 2014, p. A4.
6. Crain’s Cleveland Business, A new way to aid victims of violence. January 16-22, 2012
(Vol. 33, no.3), p. 19
7. AASMNET. Research shows how exposure to violence impacts children’s sleep.
http://www.aasmnet.org/articles.aspx?id=3117. June 13, 2012,
8. Science Daily. Real-life exposure to violence disrupts a child’s sleep habits.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120613091043.htm. June 13, 2012
9. Decoded Science. Witnessing violence disrupts sleep in children.
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