CURRICULUM VITAE

I. PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Emma J.M. Barinas-Mitchell
Date of Birth: October 7, 1969
Citizenship: U.S.
University Address:Department of Epidemiology,
Graduate School of Public Health,
University of Pittsburgh,
130 Desoto Street,
Pittsburgh, P.A. 15260
Internet Address: EJB4+@PITT.EDU
University Phone: (412) 624-3763
University Fax: (412) 624-7397

II. EDUCATION

Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr P.A.
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Major: Chemistry
Degree Awarded: 1991

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh P.A.
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Field: Epidemiology
Advisor: Ronald E. LaPorte, Ph.D.
Degree Awarded: 1998

III. APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS

March 1998 - Present. Post-doctoral Trainee: Department of Epidemiology,University of Pittsburgh.; Cardiovascular Training Grant.; Advisor: Lewis H. Kuller, MD, DrPH

May 1995- April 1996. Vice-President: Doctoral Student Organization, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh.; Serve as the school representative to the Graduate and Professional Student Organization on campus.

January 1995 - June 1995. Teaching Assistant: Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh.; Responsible for assisting À professors in Chronic Disease Epidemiology course including mentoring a diabetes project group.

January 1994 - February 1998. Predoctoral Fellow: Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh.; Training in diabetes epidemiology. Developing childhood diabetes registry in Florida.; Faculty Advisor: Ronald E. Laporte, Ph.D.

September 1992 - December 1993. Graduate Student Researcher: Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh.; Worked on cross-cultural diabetes mortality study.; Faculty Advisor: Ronald E. Laporte, Ph.D.

IV. AWARDS AND HONORS

1995 Selected to attend the Second Japan-US Diabetes Epidemiology Training Course held at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
1993 Minority Predoctoral Fellowship- NIDDK
1991 Summer Fellowship in Public Health sponsored by Emory University, Centers for Disease Control and Morehouse School of Medicine
1991 Cum Laude, Bryn Mawr College
1989 National Science Foundation Award in Chemistry

V. RESEARCH SUPPORT

1994-1996 National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney Diseases.
Title:Epidemiology of Childhood Diabetes in Hispanic People.
Role: Principal Investigator
Sponsor: Ronald E. Laporte, Ph.D.

VI. PUBLICATIONS

Barinas-Mitchell EJM, Davis NL, McGuire MT, Aaron DJ, LaPorte RE. Internet connectivity of State Health Departments: United States, 1996. Science Communication 1997;19(2):164-175.

LaPorte RE, Barinas E, Chang Y-F, Libman I. Global Epidemiology and Public Health in the 21st Century: Applications of New Technologies. Annals of Epidemiology 1996;6:162-167.

Tull ES, Barinas E, for the Pittsburgh Diabetes Epidemiology Research International (DERI) Study Group. A two fold excess mortality among black compared with white IDDM patients. Diabetes Care 1996;19(12):1344-1347.

Diabetes Epidemiology Research International (DERI) Mortality Study Group. An International Analysis of IDDM Mortality: A Preventable Mortality Perspective. American Journal of Epidemiology 1995;142(6):612-618.

Last updated: June 22, 1998