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Laura Szalacha, EdD

Laura Szalacha, EdD

Statistician, Nursing, Research Enterprise

Professor, Research Methodology & Biostatistics, Morsani College of Medicine

Education

  • EdD, Research Methodologies, Harvard University, 2001

Recent Publications

  • Groer M, Louis-Jacques A, Szalacha L, Redwine L, Dracxler R, Keefe D. Relationship of Anxiety, Inflammation, and Telomere Length in Postpartum Women: A Pilot Study. Biological research for nursing. : 1099800419890424, 2019.
  • Menon U, Szalacha LA, Kue J, Herman PM, Bucho-Gonzalez J, Lance P, Larkey L. Effects of a Community-to-Clinic Navigation Intervention on Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Underserved People. Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. , 2019.
  • Kue J Szalacha LA Happ MB & Menon U. Cervical cancer and cancer screening behavior among Southeast Asian women: An exploratory mixed-methods study Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. , 2019.
  • Kue J, Szalacha LA, Happ MB, Crisp AL, & Menon U, Culturally Relevant Human Subjects Protection Training: A Case Study in Community-Engaged Research in the United States. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. : 107-114. doi: 10.1007/s10903-017-0548-x, 2017.
  • McDaniel JC, Szalacha L, Sales M, Roy S, Chafee S, & Parinandi N, EPA + DHA supplementation reduces PMN activation in microenvironment of chronic venous leg ulcers: A randomized, double-blind, controlled study. Wound Repair and Regeneration: Official Publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society. 25(4) : 680–690, 2017.
  • Szalacha LA, Hughes TL, McNair R, & Loxton D, Mental health, sexual identity, and interpersonal violence: Findings from the Australian longitudinal Women’s health study. BMC Women’s Health. 17: 94, 2017.
  • Melnyk BM, Szalacha LA, & Amaya M, Psychometric Properties of the Perceived Wellness Culture and Environment Support Scale. American Journal of Health Promotion. : 890117117737676, 2017.
  • Gillespie SL, Neal JL, Christian LM, Szalacha LA, McCarthy DO, & Salsberry PJ, Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Polymorphism and Birth Timing: Pathway Analysis Among African American Women. Nursing Research. 66(2) : 95–104, 2017.
  • Rechenberg K Szalacha L Salloum A Grey M. State and Trait Anxiety and Diabetes Outcomes in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes Diabetes educator.