Faculty of Medical Sciences

| Public Health and Epidemiology

T Alafia Samuels MBBS, MPH, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer

EDUCATION

2005                                     

PhD (Chronic Disease Epidemiology)                                

Johns Hopkins University

1980                                     

MPH                                    

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

1976                                     

MBBS

University of West Indies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2009 - present

Director, Graduate Programmes in Public Health

Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medical Sciences,

University of West Indies, Cave Hill Campus                                                

2006 - 2008             

Advisor                     

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Washington DC

2004 - 2006             

Clinical Director, Outcomes                       

XL Health, Baltimore Maryland

1989 – 1997             

Senior Medical Officer (Health)                 

South East Area Health Admin Ministry of Health, Jamaica

1984 – 1988

Lecturer                                            

Faculty of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Social Science, UWI, Mona

1980 - 1982             

Medical Officer (Health) / Senior Medical Officer           

Westmoreland Health Dept / Savanna La Mar Public General Hospital

1976 - 1979             

Medical Intern and Resident                      

Kingston Region Public Hospitals

PUBLICATIONS

• T. Alafia Samuels, Henry Fraser "CARIBBEAN WELLNESS DAY: Mobilizing a Region for Chronic Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control" Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health (accepted for publication)

•  Alleyne, Sir George and T. Alafia Samuels. 2010. Creating Global Policy for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases. Resources for the Future. Weekly Policy Commentary. May 7, 2010http://www.rff.org/Publications/WPC/Pages/Creating-Global-Policy-for-Prevention-and-Control-of-Noncommunicable-Diseases.aspx

• Samuels TA, Bolen SD, Yeh HC, Abuid M, Marinopoulos SS, Weiner J, McGuire M, Brancati FL. Missed Opportunities in Diabetes Management: A Longitudinal Assessment of Factors Associated with Sub-Optimal Quality.”  J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Nov;23(11):1770-7. Epub 2008 Sep 12.

•  Bolen SD, Bricker E, Samuels TA, Yeh HC, Marinopoulos SS, McGuire M, Abuid M,  Brancati FL. Factors associated with intensification of oral diabetes medications in primary care provider-patient dyads: a cohort study.Diabetes Care. 2009 Jan;32(1):25-31. Epub 2008 Oct 17. 

• Alafia Samuels, Health promotion in the Caribbean: the experience of three countriesHealthy Municipalities, Cities and Communities: Newsletter of the Sustainable Development and Environmental Health Area PAHO/WHO Volume 3, Number 11, February 2008

•  Moore AF, Jablonski KA, McAteer JB, Saxena R, Pollin TI, Franks PW, Hanson RL,Shuldiner AR, Knowler WC, Altshuler D, Florez JC; Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group. Extension of type 2 diabetes genome-wide association scan results in the diabetes prevention program.Diabetes. 2008 Sep;57(9):2503-10. Epub 2008 Jun 10.

•  Bolen SD, Samuels TA, Yeh HC, Marinopoulos SS, McGuire M, Abuid M, Brancati FLFL.  Failure to intensify antihypertensive treatment by primary care providers: a cohort study in adults with diabetes mellitus and hypertension.J Gen Intern Med. 2008 May;23(5):543-50. Epub 2008 Jan 25.

•  Kim ES, Samuels TA, Yeh HC, Abuid M, Marinopoulos SS, McCauley JM, Brancati FLEnd-digit preference and the quality of blood pressure monitoring in diabetic adults.Diabetes Care. 2007 Aug;30(8):1959-63. Epub 2007 May 7. 

• Samuels TA, Cohen D, Brancati FL, Coresh J, Kao WH.Delayed diagnosis of incident type 2 diabetes mellitus in the ARIC study.Am J Manag Care. 2006 Dec;12(12):717-24.

• Samuels TA. Gender Differentials in Morbidity and Mortality in Jamaica

  West Indian Medical Journal 1997, Vol. 46, Supp 2

PRESENTATIONS

Selected Presentations

June 2010  

“NCDs in the Caribbean” presentation to Pacific NCD Forum 2010: From Evidence to Action, Nadi, FIJI

May 2010

The Chronic Care Model Conference of Pubic and Private Medical Practitioners, Paramaribo, SURINAME

February 2010

NCDs – A Priority for the Caribbean: A Briefing for the U. N. Permanent Representatives on the Non Communicable Diseases Initiative by The Member States of the Caribbean Community In partnership with the World Health Organization, United Nations Headquarters NEW YORK

 March 2010      

Update on NCD Prevention and Control in the Caribbean: CARICOM staff, CARICOM Headquarter, Georgetown, GUYANA

 February 2010, September 2009, June 2009, September 2008

Scheduled Reports to CARICOM Ministers of Health: Update on POS Summit Declaration “Uniting to Stop the Epidemic of NCDs”

April 2008, April 2010

Scheduled Report to CARICOM Chief Medical Officers Meetings: Update on POS Summit Declaration “Uniting to Stop the Epidemic of NCDs”

April 2008:                      

Regional Perspective on Chronic Disease/Port- of-Spain NCD Summit Declaration, Jamaica’s National Policy Dialogue on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) workshop, Kingston, JAMAICA

December 2007            

Global and Regional Status of CNCDs

National Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases, DOMINICA

October 2007                 

Health Promotion in the Americas, First Prevention Summit, Health Department and School of Medical Sciences, UPR: Updating and new approaches at the grass roots level. San Juan, Puerto Rico

September 2007.           

The Epidemic of Diabetes in New York: American Diabetes Association Expo Jacob J. Javits Convention Center New York City

COURSES TAUGHT

Medical Undergraduates

Health Care Concepts

Introduction to Research

Clinical Epidemiology

Masters in Public Health

Introduction to Public Health

Chronic Disease Epidemiology

Primary Health Care

Biostatistics

Epidemiology

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Consultancies and Appointments

July 2010           Appointed to the Barbados National Commission on Chronic Non Communicable Diseases by the Minister of Health of Barbados

March 2010:      Price Waterhouse Coopers Consultancy

                            The Cancer Centre Eastern Caribbean Feasibility Study

March 2009:      Technical Background Paper

PAHO Partners’ Forum for Action for Prevention & Control of Chronic

Diseases

December 2008     Opportunities for CNCD Prevention and Control in Trinidad & Tobago

HONORS & AWARDS

• October 2005            Gold Medal, Scientific Poster Disease Management  Association of America

  Leadership Forum

  May 2005                  Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society   PhD Johns Hopkins University

  May 1980                  Alpha Chapter, Delta Omega   MPH Johns Hopkins School

  Honorary Public Health Society  Of Public Health

  Feb 02 – May 04           AHRQ (1R03HS011946-01)                   Dissertation grant

  July 00 – June 03            NHLBI (T32HL07024)                        Cardiovascular Epidemiology

  Post doctoral Training Grant

  Sept 98 – June 00          NIH (1F31 HD08487-01)                       Pre-doctoral training grant

  June 2000                        American Diabetes Assoc                Travel grant

  Sept 79 – May 80          Pan American Health Organization       (PAHO) fellowship,   MPH Program, Johns Hopkins Scool of Public Health