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Rhonda BeLue, Ph.D.
Investigator, The Methodology Center
Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Administration

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Rhonda BeLue, Ph.D.
Education:
Ph.D., Cornell University, 2001 (Health Policy Analysis)
M.S., Cornell University, 1999 (Statistics)
B.S., University of New Mexico, 1994 (Biology)

Teaching:
  • Spring 2008: Intro to Epidemiology: The Pennsylvania State University, Undergraduate program. Graduate level methods course: Complexity Science in the Social Sciences.
  • Fall 2006 /7: Managerial Epidemiology: The Pennsylvania State University MHA program.
  • Spring 2006: Intro to Epidemiology: The Pennsylvania State University, Undergraduate program.
  • Fall 2005: Managerial Epidemiology: The Pennsylvania State University MHA program.

Honors and Awards:
  • 2007, Selected as the Santa Fe Complex Systems Summer School Fellow
  • 1999, Cornell University Anonymous Donor Fellowship
  • 1995, State University of New York Fellowship
  • 1994, New Mexico Biological Society Award
  • 1994, Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society
  • 1992, Minority Access to Research Careers Fellowship

Publications:
Peer-reviewed Papers

Rollins, B.Y., BeLue, R., & Francis, L.A., (in press). Do family meals protect against childhood overweight?: An examination of racial/ethnic, individual, and familial moderators. The Journal of the American Dietetic Association.

 

BeLue, R., Francis, L., Rollins, B., & Colaco, B., (in press). One size does not fit all. Identifying risk profiles for adolescent obesity.  The Journal of Adolescent health.

 

Coffman, D., & BeLue, R., (in press). Racial Differences in Sense of Community:  Race Effects or Differential Item Functioning.  The Journal of Community Psychology.

 

BeLue, R., Lanza, S.T., & Figaro, M.K., (in press). The Latent Class Structure of Diet and Exercise Behavior Related to Hypercholesterolemia. The role of race and gender. Ethnicity and Disease.

 

Figaro, M.K., Elasy, T., BeLue, R., Speroff, T., & Dittus, R., (2009). Exploring socioeconomic variations in diabetes control strategies: impact of outcome expectations. J Natl Med Assoc, 101(1), 18-23.

 

BeLue, R., Francis, L.A., & Colaco, B., (2009). Mental health problems and overweight in a nationally representative sample of adolescents: effects of race and ethnicity. Pediatrics, 123(2), 697-702.

 

Short, P.F., Vasey, J.J., & Belue, R., (2008). Work disability associated with cancer survivorship and other chronic conditions. Psychooncology, 17(1), 91-7.

 

Trochtenberg, D.S., BeLue, R., Piphus, S., & Washington, N., (2008). Differing reports of asthma symptoms in African Americans and Caucasians. J Asthma, 45(2), 165-70.

 

BeLue, R., Schreiner, A.S., Taylor-Richardson, K., Murray-Kolb, L.E., & Beard, J.L., (2008). What matters most: an investigation of predictors of perceived stress among young mothers in Khayelitsha. Health Care Women Int, 29(6), 638-48. PubMed

 

Menon, U., Szalacha, L.A., Belue, R., Rugen, K., Martin, K.R., & Kinney, A.Y., (2008). Interactive, culturally sensitive education on colorectal cancer screening. Med Care, 46(9 Suppl 1), S44-50.

 

Whitfield, K.E., Allaire, J.C., Belue, R., & Edwards, C.L., (2008). Are comparisons the answer to understanding behavioral aspects of aging in racial and ethnic groups?. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 63(5), P301-8.

 

Ogedegbe, G., Schoenthaler, A., Richardson, T., Lewis, L., Belue, R., Espinosa, E., Spencer, J., Allegrante, J.P., & Charlson, M.E., (2007). An RCT of the effect of motivational interviewing on medication adherence in hypertensive African Americans: rationale and design. Contemp Clin Trials, 28(2), 169-81.

 

Menon, U., Belue, R., Sugg Skinner, C., Rothwell, B.E., & Champion, V., (2007). Perceptions of colon cancer screening by stage of screening test adoption. Cancer Nurs, 30(3), 178-85.

 

Franklin, M.D., Schlundt, D.G., McClellan, L.H., Kinebrew, T., Sheats, J., Belue, R., Brown, A., Smikes, D., Patel, K., & Hargreaves, M., (2007). Religious fatalism and its association with health behaviors and outcomes. Am J Health Behav, 31(6), 563-72. PubMed PMID: 17691869.

 

Trochtenberg, D.S., & BeLue, R., (2007). Descriptors and perception of dyspnea in African-American asthmatics. J Asthma, 44(10), 811-5.

 

Iwelunmor, J., Airhihenbuwa, C.O., Okoror, T.A., Brown, D.C., & BeLue, R., (2006-2007). Family systems and HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Int Q Community Health Educ, 27(4), 321-35.

 

Gray, K.D., Ballard, B.R., Washington, M.K., Belue, R., Grady, W.M., Chapman, W.C., & Stain, S.C., (2006). Do adverse histopathologic findings in colorectal cancer patients explain disparate outcomes?. J Natl Med Assoc, 98(3), 348-51.

 

Belue, R., Taylor-Richardson, K.D., Lin, J.M., McClellan, L., & Hargreaves, M.K., (2006). Racial disparities in sense of community and health status: implications in community-based participatory interventions targeting chronic disease in African Americans. J Ambul Care Manage, 29(2), 112-24.

 

Larson, C., Belue, R., Schlundt, D.G., & McClellan, L., (2006). Relationship between symptoms of depression, functional health status, and chronic disease among a residential sample of African Americans. J Ambul Care Manage, 29(2), 133-40.

 

BeLue, R., Taylor-Richardson, K.D., Lin, J., Rivera, A.T., & Grandison, D., (2006). African Americans and participation in clinical trials: differences in beliefs and attitudes by gender. Contemp Clin Trials, 27(6), 498-505.

 

Stain, S.C., Mitchell, M., Belue, R., Mosley, V., Wherry, S., Adams, C.Z., Lomis, K., & Williams, P.C., (2005). Objective assessment of videoconferenced lectures in a surgical clerkship. Am J Surg, 189(1), 81-4.

 

Figaro, M.K., & Belue, R., (2005). Prevalence of influenza vaccination in a high-risk population: impact of age and race. J Ambul Care Manage, 28(1), 24-9.

 

Boutin-Foster, C., Euster, S., Rolon, Y., Motal, A., BeLue, R., Kline, R., & Charlson, M.E., (2005). Social Work Admission Assessment Tool for identifying patients in need of comprehensive social work evaluation. Health Soc Work, 30(2), 117-25.

 

BeLue, R., Butler, J., & Kuder, J., (2004). Implications of patient and physician decisionmaking: an illustration in treatment options for coronary artery disease. J Ambul Care Manage Oct-Dec, 27(4), 305-13.

 

Butler, J., Chomsky, D.,  BeLue, R., Wilson, J., & Dittus, R., (2003). Tolerability to Beta-Blocker Therapy Among Heart Failure Patients in Clinical Practice. J Card Fail, 9(3), 203-9.

 

Dean, J.M., Woods, K.F., BeLue, R., Merin, L.M., & Nwachuku, U., (2002). Population-Based Diabetic Retinopathy Screening (DRS) Using Digital Fundus Imaging (DFI), Diabetes, 51(Suppl 2), A208.

 

Butler, J., Arbogast, P., BeLue, R., Dauherty, J., Ray, W., & Griffin, M., (2002). Outpatient Adherence to Beta-Blocker Therapy After Acute Myocardial Infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol, 40(9), 1589-95.

 

Segal, A. Z., Abernathy, W.,  Palacils, I., BeLue, R., & Rordorf, G., (2001). Stroke as a Complication of Cardiac Catheterization: Risk Factors and Clinical Features. Neurology, 56(7), 975-7.


Book Chapters

Smith, E., Richardson, J., & BeLue, R., (2009). The Epidemic of Homicide and Violence, Health Issues in the Black Community: 3rd Edition.


Select Abstracts and Presentations

BeLue, R., (2009). The Role of Race and Ethnicity in Epidemiologic Research. Round table presentation at the American College of Epidemiology 2009 conference, Washington DC.

 

BeLue, R., (June 2008). Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Location and Quality of Care for Cardiovascular Risk Conditions. Podium presentation at the AcademyHealth Scientific meetings.

 

BeLue, R., (June 2008). Comorbidy mental health and obesity in adolescents. Podium presentation at the AcademyHealth Scientific meetings.

 

BeLue, R., (March 2008). The Promise of Translational Behavioral Science: Using Basic Science Findings, Innovative methodologies and New Theoretical Perspectives to Build Better Behavioral Interventions. Symposium presentationat the Society of Behavioral Medicine annual meeting, San Diego CA.

 

BeLue, R., (September 2007). The Application of Latent Class analysis to Obesogenc Behavior. Poster presentation at the American College of Epidemiology Annual Conference, Ft. Lauderdale FL.

 

BeLue, R., (May-June 2007). Using Dynamical Systems Methodology to Inrm and Improve Community-Based Participatory Research. Poster presentation at the 15th annual meeting of the Society for Prevention research, Washington DC.

 
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