Faculty/Staff Craig S. Fryer, DrPH

Assistant Professor
Assistant Director, Center for Minority Health

219 Parran Hall
130 DeSoto Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261

Phone: 412-624-3236
Fax: 412-624-5510
E-mail: cfryer@cmh.pitt.edu
Web site: www.cmh.pitt.edu

RESEARCH

My primary research interests are inextricably linked to the study of the sociocultural context of health and health disparities, qualitative methods, and the translation of research to public health practice. Substantively, my work focuses on minority health and health disparities, the health and well-being of youth and young adult populations, and substance use prevention, cessation, and treatment, including tobacco and marijuana. Collateral research endeavors are related to STI prevention, including HIV and the reproductive health of young populations. Theoretically, I am interested in community-level approaches to these issues that place individual-level risk factors in a broader, cultural context and draw upon social and human capital as strategies to address them. To this end, I hope to advance the application of and methodologies for community-based participatory research (CBPR) utilizing both qualitative and quantitative methodologies to assess structural factors that influence the health of a community and its overall functioning.

TEACHING

I have several years' experience teaching and facilitating courses, workshops and seminars utilizing public health prevention intervention research and practice. Additionally, I have lectured in a multitude of graduate courses focusing on the topics of minority health; tobacco-related health disparities; qualitative methodology; race, racism, and health; and models of community-based participatory research and practice. Currently, as co-coordinator of the Graduate Certificate Program in Minority Health and Health Disparities, I co-teach the course BCHS 2526 Health Disparities Research: Methods and Interventions.

SERVICE

I am a member of the the International Society for Urban Health, the American Public Health Association, the Society for Public Health Education, the Society of African American Public Health Issues and the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. I have also served as a reviewer for the Journals of the National Medical Association, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, Health Education and Behavior, and Addiction.

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Shadel, W.G., Tharp-Taylor, S., and Fryer, C.S. Exposure to Cigarette Advertising and Adolescents’ Intentions to Smoke: The Moderating Role of the Developing Self-Concept. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. (In Press).

Sclafane, JH, Perry, DL, LoIacono, ML, Fryer, CS, Adair, E, Silver, EJ, Bauman, LJ. (2005) Teaching Gender to Younger and Less Sexually Experienced Adolescents in the Context of HIV/STD Prevention. American Journal of Sexuality Education. 1 (1), 119-139.

Falkin, G., Fryer, CS, and Mahadeo, M. (2007). Smoking Cessation and Stress Among Teenagers. Qualitative Health Research. 17(6), 812-823.