• Professor, Epidemiology
• Co-Director, Native American Prevention Research Center

The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center 800 NE 13th St.
Roger's Building, Room 532
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190
Tel: (405) 271-2330 X46738

E-mail: June-Eichner@ouhsc.edu

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Chronic disease epidemiology
Lifestyle determinants of chronic disease
Prevention research
Familial and ethnic aggregation of chronic disease
Biological/genetic markers in cardiovascular disease
           
Current major research areas:

• Determining the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults
• Intervening to promote physical activity in schools
• Assessing chronic disease risk factors in working adults
• Developing community based cooperative research in schools

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

B.A. The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH
M.P.H., University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health, Houston, TX
Ph.D. University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health, Houston, TX
M.S., University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health,  Pittsburgh, PA

Cardiovascular Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Epidemiology, University of   Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA

APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS

Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, 2001-present.

Director, University of Oklahoma Prevention Research Center, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, 2003-present.        
Representative Publications:

Books

Riccardi VM and Eichner JE:  Neurofibromatosis:  Phenotype, Natural History and Pathogenesis.  Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 1986.

Papers

Moore WE, Stephens A, Wilson T, Wilson W, Eichner JE: Body mass index and blood pressure screening in a rural public school system: the Healthy Kids Project. Preventing Chron Dis 2006;3:1-10.

Kebert CB, Eichner JE, Moore WE, Schechter E, Yaoi T, Vogel S, Allen RA, Dunn ST: Relationship of the 1793G-A and 677C-T polymorphisms of the 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene to coronary artery disease.  Dis Markers 2006;22:293-301.

Schweigman K, Eichner JE, Zhang Y, Welty T: Cardiovascular disease risk factor awareness in American Indian communities: The Strong Heart Study.  Ethnicity & Dis 2006;16:647-652.

Eichner JE, Cravatt K, Beebe LA, Blevins KS, Stoddart ML, Bursac Z, Yeh F, Lee ET, Moore WE: Tobacco use among American Indians in Oklahoma: An epidemiologic view. Pub Health Rep 2005;120:192-199.

Eichner JE, Dunn ST, Perveen G, Thompson D, Stewart K, Stroehla B: HuGE Review: Apolipoprotein E polymorphism and cardiovascular disease.  Am J Epidemiol  2002;155:487-495.
           
Hayslett JA, Eichner JE, Yeh JL, Wang W, Henderson J, Devereaux RB, Welty TK, Fabsitz RR, Howard BV, Lee ET: Hypertension treatment patterns in American Indians: The Strong Heart Study.  Am J Hypertension 2001;14:950-956.

Moore WE, Yeh J, Knehans AW, Eichner JE, Lee ET: Intermethod agreement and body fat estimates using skinfolds and a footpad-style bioelectrical impedance device.  Meas Phys Educ Exer Sci  1999, 3:51-62.