Patricia Carcaise-Edinboro, PhD
Assistant Professor
Assistant Director of Graduate Programs
Department of Health Administration
School of Allied Health Professions
Medical College of Virginia Campus
Virginia Commonwealth University
PO Box 980203
Richmond, VA 23298-0203
804.628.2974 (V)
804.828.1894 (F)
Email Address: pedinbor@vcu.edu
Education
Virginia Commonwealth University
Ph D. Health Services Research
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
M.S., Nutrition Research
Gannon University
B.S. Chemistry
Bio
Patricia Edinboro, PhD is an assistant Professor in the Department of Health Administration. She currently serves as assistant Director of Graduate Programs – MHA and Professional MSHA – Online. Dr. Edinboro completed a two year National Cancer Institute postdoctoral fellowship at Massey Cancer center Virginia Commonwealth University in 2008 where she furthered her research in health disparities and access and delivery of preventive care. Dr. Edinboro’s background includes employment in public and not for profit health care organizations. Prior to the completion of her doctoral degree she worked as a research associate at Massey Cancer Center and clinical trial director at the Richmond Affiliate American Cancer Society and has worked in public health nutrition in Virginia.
Dr. Edinboro currently teaches HADM 609: Managerial Epidemiology. Previous teaching responsibility included HADM 705 Advanced Health Organization Theory in the HAD Doctoral program. Dr. Edinboro has investigated areas of CHD preventive care, cancer prevention, patient provider communication, health literacy, and the impact of area level factors on access and delivery of preventive care. Her specific interest has centered on the socioeconomic determinants of health and health disparities in populations.
Publications
Carcaise-Edinboro P, Bradley CJ, Badham B. Colorectal Cancer Screening and the Dual eligible: Too little, too late? JHCPU 20 (2009): 854–865.
Carcaise-Edinboro P, Bradley CJ. Influence of Patient Provider Communication on Colorectal Cancer Screening. Med Care. 2008 Jul; 46(7):738-45.
Carcaise-Edinboro P, McClish D, Kracen A, Bowen D, Fries E. Fruit and Vegetable Dietary Behavior in Response to a Low Intensity Dietary Intervention: The Rural Physician Cancer Prevention Project. J Rural Health. 2008 Summer; 24(3):299-305.
Fries E, Edinboro P, McClish D, Manion L, Bowen D, Beresford SA, and Ripley J. Randomized trial of a low-intensity dietary intervention in rural residents: the Rural Physician Cancer Prevention Project. Am J Prev Med. 2005 Feb; 28(2):162-8.
Edinboro PC, Lawrence W Jr., Nixon DW, Zfass A, Duckworth PF Jr. and King R. Volunteers as adjunct researchers in a cancer prevention trial: the American Cancer Society Colon Polyp Prevention Study. Cancer. 1998 Dec 1; 83(11): 2384 – 90.
Kaugars G, Brandt R, Chan W and Carcaise-Edinboro P. Evaluation of risk factors in smokeless tobacco associated with oral lesions. Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology. 1991 72(3): 326 – 31.
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