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B.A.- English Literature
Gordon College, Wenham, MA
M.Ed- Curriculum and Instruction
University of Virginia.
Ph.D.- Health Services Research
Old Dominion University, 2007 - Present
Research Interests
- Obesity
- Social Marketing
- Health Disparities
- Health Communications
- Program Evaluation
Honors and Awards
- Whos Who in American Colleges and Universities, 1975
- Silver Medal Addy’s ’86 (Advertising Federation of Greater Hampton Roads and Tidewater Society of Communicating Arts)., 1986
Professional Affiliations
- Society for Professional Health Educators, 2006 - present
- American Public Health Association, 2007
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Instructor of Pediatrics
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Division of Community Health & Research
E. V. Williams Hall
855 W. Brambleton Ave
Norfolk, VA 23510
Phone: (757) 668-6442, Fax: (757) 668-6475
Email: kigerpg@evms.edu
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Research
Role (Principal Investigator, etc.) |
Project Title |
Funding Source |
Amount of Funding |
Dates |
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Principal Investigator |
Virginia Safe Routes to School |
Portsmouth Public Schools |
$10,000 |
2008 – 2009 |
Co-Investigator |
Evaluation, Cancer Plan Action Coalition |
Virginia Department of Health (#703L82473) |
$18,142 |
2008 |
Co Investigator |
Evaluation, Surviving Abundance of Overweight Kids in Crisis |
WHRO/Obici |
$15,000 |
2007 – 2008 |
Co-Investigator |
Virginia Diabetes Plan |
Virginia Department of Health (#703AAR72234) |
$9, 679 |
2007 - 2008 |
Co-Investigator |
Academic Admin Units in Primary Care: Primary Care Research Infrastructure, Development and Education (PRIDE) |
Health Resource Services Administration (D54HP01071) |
$740,880 |
2004 - 2006 |
Co-Investigator |
The Genetics of Pectus Excavatum |
CHKD |
$177,631 |
2006 – 2007 |
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