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Photo of Elena Andresen Elena M. Andresen, PhD
Core Investigator, Stroke QUERI Center
North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System
1601 SW Archer Road, 151B
Gainesville, FL 32608		 PHONE: 352-376-1611
Extension 4971
FAX: 352-271-4540
E-mail:  elena.andresen@med.va.gov

  TITLES AND AFFILIATIONS
  • Research Health Scientist, Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center
  • Project Director, OAA Associated Health Professions Post-Doctoral Health Services Research and Development Fellowship Program, Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center
  • Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida

  BIOSKETCH

Elena M. Andresen, PhD, is a Research Health Scientist at the Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center at the North Florida/South Georgia VA Medical Center in Gainesville and Professor and Chief of the Division of Epidemiology at the University of Florida College of Public Heath and Health Professions.

Dr. Andresen has her PhD from the University of Washington in Epidemiology. She also trained in health services research and was a predoctoral HSR&D fellow at the Seattle VA Medical Center. Her training and research interests include chronic disease epidemiology among older adults, disability epidemiology, and outcomes research in rehabilitation and disability. Dr. Andresen has special expertise in research methods and measures in research related to older adults and groups with disability, including psychometric testing and refinement of health related quality of life and disability instruments.

Dr. Andresen was a member of the Institute of Medicine committee to develop an agenda for health outcomes research for elderly people (1996), and currently serves as a member of the IOM committee on “Disability in America.” Her current funding includes preparing a surveillance measure of caregiving and caregiver burden for national use, as well as projects related to disability and aging funded by NIDRR and the NIA.

Dr. Andresen joined the Gainesville research community expressly to extend her relationships with the broader group of rehabilitation health sciences, and to help develop a public health program with themes of disability, rehabilitation, and aging.

  RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Quality of Life
  • Research Design
  • Aging
  • Chronic Disease Epidemiology
  • Clinical Epidemiology
  • Epidemiology
  • Functional Status
  • Health Outcomes

  SELECTED PROJECTS

  SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, 2005-2007
  • Chibnall JT; Tait RC; Andresen EM; Hadler NM. Race differences in diagnosis and surgery for occupational low back injuries. Spine (2006); 31; 1272-1275.
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  • Andresen EM, Wolinsky FD, Miller JP, Willson MM, Malmstrom TK, Miller DK. Cross-sectional and longitudinal risk factors for falls, fear of falling, and falls efficacy in a cohort of middle aged African Americans. The Gerontologist (2006); 46; 249-259.
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  • Schootman M, Andresen EM, Wolinsky FD, Malmstrom TK, Miller JP, Miller DK. Neighborhood Conditions and Risk of Incident Lower-Body Functional Limitations among Middle-aged African Americans. Am J Epidemiol (2006); 163; 450-458.
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  • Andresen EM, Malmstrom TK, Miller DK, Wolinsky FD. Reliability and Validity of Observer Ratings of Neighborhoods. J Aging Health (2006); 18; 28-36.
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  • Markovitz BP, Andresen EM. Lack of insurance coverage and urgent care use for asthma: A retrospective cohort study. BMC Public Health (2006); 6; 14-14.
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  • Miller DK, Andresen EM, Malmstrom TK, Miller JP, Wolinsky FD. Test-retest reliability of subclinical status for functional limitation and disability. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci (2006); 61; S52-S56.
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  • Andresen EM, Miller DK. The Future (History) of Socioeconomic Measurement and Implications for Improving Health Outcomes Among African Americans. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2005); 60; 1345-1350.
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  • Malmstrom TK, Wolinsky FD, Andresen EM, Miller JP, Miller DK. Cognitive ability and physical performance in middle-aged African Americans. J Am Geriatr Soc (2005); 53; 997-1001.
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  • Wilson MM, Miller DK, Andresen EM, Malmstrom TK, Miller JP, Wolinsky FD. Fear of falling and related activity restriction among middle-aged African Americans. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2005); 60; 355-360.
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  • Wolinsky FD, Miller DK, Andresen EM, Malmstrom TK, Miller JP. Further evidence for the importance of subclinical functional limitation and subclinical disability assessment in gerontology and geriatrics. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci (2005); 60; S146-S151.
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  • Miller DK, Wolinsky FD, Malmstrom TK, Andresen EM, Miller JP. Inner city, middle-aged African Americans have excess frank and subclinical disability. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2005); 60; 207-212.
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  • Wolinsky FD, Miller DK, Andresen EM, Malmstrom TK, Miller JP. Reproducibility of physical performance and physiologic assessments. J Aging Health (2005); 17; 111-124.
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  • Andresen EM, Malmstrom TK, Miller DK, Miller JP, Wolinsky FD. Retest reliability of self-reported function, self-care, and disease history. Med Care (2005); 43; 93-97.
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  SELECTED PRESENTATIONS, 2005-2007
  • Andresen EM, Malmstrom TK, Wolinsky FD, Miller JP, Miller DK. Measurement Issues in Two Observer Neighborhood Rating Systems: Results from the African American Health Project (AAH) [Oral Presentation]. The Gerontological Society of America 58th Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL. 2005 Nov 22.

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