Megan Quinn, DrPH, MSc

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EDUCATION

DrPH (2012) Epidemiology
East Tennessee State University College of Public Health

M.Sc. (2009) Public Health Research
University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

BA (2005) Psychology
Wesleyan College

COURSES TAUGHT

RESEARCH FOCUS

Adverse Child Experiences (ACEs) and adult health outcomes, global health, health disparities

RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT

Funded/Approved
Title: Adverse Childhood Experiences at a HIV clinic in rural Appalachia: a pilot study to assess HIV/AIDS treatment barriers
Funding Agency: East Tennessee State University Research Development Committee, Major Grant
Grant Number: 20-028M
Role on Project: Principle Investigator
Dates and cost of project: 7/1/2019-6/30/2020, $9,950
Status: in progress

Title: Healthcare disparities in rural Appalachia
Funding Agency: East Tennessee State University Undergraduate Research, Student Faculty Collaborative Grant
Grant Number: n/a
Role on Project: Faculty mentor
Dates and cost of project: 7/1/2019-6/30/2020, $1,500
Status: in progress

Title: Building Capacity for a Trauma Informed System of Care in Munsieville, South Africa
Funding Agency: East Tennessee State University Research Development Committee, Small Grant
Role on Project: Co-Investigator
Dates and cost of project: 10/2018-06/2019, $1,500
Status: completed

Title: Identifying adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and resilience in college students: steps toward a trauma-informed campus
Funding Agency: Tennessee Department of Children's Services, Building Strong Brains
Grant Number: 18-213
Role on Project: Principle Investigator
Dates and cost of project: 07/2018-06/2019, $72, 029
Status: completed

Title: Quality of Life, Human Insecurity, and Distress among Palestinian Refugees in Jordan
Funding Agency: East Tennessee State University Research Development Committee, Major Grant
Grant Number: 18-007M
Role on Project: Co-Investigator
Dates and cost of project: 07/2017-06/2018, $10,000
Status: completed

Title: Model to Interrupt Social Determinants of Rural Health
Funding Agency: BlueCross BlueShield Foundation of Tennessee Health Foundation
Grant Number: 259651
Role on Project: Co-Investigator; 2% effort
Dates and cost of project: 10/2016-07/2017, $25,000
Status: completed

Title: Exploring Adverse Childhood Experiences and infectious disease risk: a pilot study in South Africa
Funding Agency: East Tennessee State University Research Development Committee, Major Grant
Grant Number: 17-020M
Role on Project: Principle Investigator
Dates and cost of project: 07/2016-06/2017, $9,960
Status: completed

Title: Adverse Childhood Experiences in South Africa: understanding childhood trauma in Munsieville
Funding Agency: East Tennessee State University Research Development Committee, Small Grant
Grant Number: 16-023sm
Role on Project: Principle Investigator
Dates and cost of project: 03/2016-08/2016, $1,500
Status: completed

Title: Exploring Adverse Childhood Experiences among Mothers and Daughters in South Central Appalachia
Funding Agency: East Tennessee State University Research Development Committee, Small Grant
Grant Number: 16-014sm
Role on Project: Co-Investigator
Dates and cost of project: 03/2016-08/2016, $1,500
Status: completed

Title: Development of training supplies for first responders on the topic of Infectious Disease Outbreaks
Funding Agency: Tennessee Department of Health
Grant Number: TDH 34349-83216
Role on project: Epidemiologist; 10%
Dates and cost of project: 04/2016-12/2016, $46,945
Status: completed

Title: Tennessee Public Health Traineeship
Funding Agency: Health Resources and Service Administration
Grant Number: A03HP27846
Role on project: Co-Investigator; 8% effort
Dates and cost of project: 09/2014-8/2015, $450,000
Status: completed

Title: Assessment of Impact: Public Health ESSENTIALS
Funding Agency: ETSU Instructional Development Grant
Grant Number: N/A
Role on project: Principle Investigator
Dates and cost of project: 07/2015-06/2016, $4,150
Status: completed

Title: Ensuring safe water in developing communities: establishing a field-use indicator for use with biosand water filters
Grant Number: 15-012-M
Funding Agency: ETSU Research Development Committee Major Grant
Role on Project: Principle Investigator
Dates and cost of project: 07/14-06/15, $9,790
Status: completed

Title: Adult health outcomes: Impact of childhood adversity and preventive care on inpatient health risks
Funding Agency: ETSU Research Development Committee Major Grant
Grant Number: 14-012M
Role on Project: Co-Investigator
Dates and cost of project: 07/2013-06/2014, $9,988
Status: completed

Title: Tennessee Stroke Registry Contract
Funding Agency: State of Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Health
Grant Number: N/A
Role on Project: Manager; 10% effort
Dates and cost of project: August 2013-present, $30,000, annually
Status: On going

Submitted
Title: Appalachian Highlands STRONG Community Voices
Funding Agency: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Community Voices
Grant Number: n/a
Role on Project: sub-award PI; 15% effort
Date submitted: 10/2019
Status: under review

Title: Be Smart! Don't Start! Preventing Substance Use Disorders at the Community Level with special focus on Johnson County Youth
Funding Agency: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Grant Number: n/a
Role on Project: Lead Epidemiologist
Date submitted: 3/2019
Status: not funded

Title: Creating a Culture of Resilience: Mitigating ACEs in Higher Education
Funding Agency: Tennessee Department of Children's Services, Building Strong Brains
Grant Number: n/a
Role on Project: Co-Investigator
Dates and cost of project: 07/2019-06/2020, $90,000
Status: not funded

Title: Assessment of Childhood Trauma Measurement: A Validation and Modification of the Adverse Childhood Experiences Instrument
Funding Agency: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Grant Number: 1R15HD094137
Role on Project: Principle Investigator
Date submitted: 02/2017
Status: not funded

Title: Childhood trauma and risk behaviors for sexually transmitted infections in rural and urban settings: a secondary analysis of high risk groups
Funding Agency: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Grant Number: 1R03HD091586-01
Role on Project: Principle Investigator
Date submitted: 06/2016
Status: not funded

Title: Township-based Research on Adverse Childhood Experiences in South Africa (TRACE South Africa)
Funding Agency: Guggenheim Foundation
Grant Number: N/A
Role on Project: Principle Investigator
Date submitted: 07/2015
Status: not funded

Title: Experiences of developmental adversity in youth and parents among juvenile justice referrals in rural northeast Tennessee
Funding Agency: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Grant Number: 1R211HD087849-01
Role on Project: Co-Investigator
Date submitted: 06/2015
Status: not funded

Title: Experiences of developmental adversity in youth and parents among juvenile justice referrals in rural Northeast Tennessee
Grant Number: N/A
Funding Agency: American Psychological Association
Role on project: Co-Investigator
Date submitted: 04/2015
Status: not funded

Title: East Tennessee State University Health Care Opportunities Program
Health
Grant Number: N/A
Funding Agency: Health Resources and Services Administration
Role on Project: Co-Investigator
Date submitted: 04/2015
Status: not funded

Title: Transforming Evaluation of Safe Water Interventions to Reduce Diarrheal Disease in Children: A field study in Cyegera, Rwanda
Grant Number: N/A
Funding Agency: Thrasher Foundation Early Career Award
Role on Project: Principle Investigator
Date submitted: 03/2015
Status: not funded

Title: Transforming Evaluation of Safe Water Interventions and Outcomes to Sustainably Reduce Diarrheal Disease
Grant Number: N/A
Funding Agency: ETSU Research Development Committee Interdisciplinary Grant
Role on Project: Principle Investigator
Date submitted: 03/2015
Status: not funded

Title: The role of Adverse Childhood Experiences in adult health outcomes: Experiences from a South African township
Grant Number: N/A
Funding Agency: Guggenheim Foundation
Role on Project: Principle Investigator
Date submitted: 08/2014
Status: not funded

Title: Exploring Gender, Violence, and Women's Health in Developing Countries: A pilot study in Haiti and South Africa
Grant Number: N/A
Funding Agency: ETSU Research Development Committee Major Grant
Role on Project: Principle Investigator
Date submitted: 03/2013
Status: not funded

PUBLICATIONS

Ozodiegwu, I., Doctor, H., Quinn, M., Mercer, L. Omoike, E., Mamudu, H. (2020) Is the positive association between middle-income and rich household wealth and adult sub-Saharan African women's overweight status modified by the level of education attainment? A cross-sectional study of 22 countries BMC Public Health.

Owusu, D. Quinn, M., Wang, K., Williams, F., Mamudu, H. (2020) Smokefree home rules and cigarette smoking intensity among smokers in different stages of smoking cessation from 20 low and middle income countries. Preventive Medicine.

Ozodiegwu, I., Littleton, M.A., Nwabueze, C., Fomojuro, O., Quinn, M., Wallace, R., Mamudu, H. (2019) A qualitative research synthesis of contextual factors contributing to female overweight and obesity over the life course in sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS One.

Decosimo, C. A., Hanson, J., Quinn, M., Badu, P., & Smith, E. G. (2019). Playing to live: outcome evaluation of a community-based psychosocial expressive arts program for children during the Liberian Ebola epidemic. Global Mental Health, 6.

Loudermilk, E., Loudermilk, K., Quinn, M. (2018). Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on Adult Alcohol Consumption Behaviors. Child Abuse and Neglect, 86, 368-374.
Zheng, S., Holt, N., Strasser, S., Morrell, C., Quinn, M. (2018) Prevalence and Risk Factors for Adolescent Obesity in Tennessee Using the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Data: An Analysis Using Stratified Hierarchical Logistic Regression. International Journal of High Risk Behaviors and Addiction.

O'Connell, B., Quinn, M., Scheuerman, P., Slawson, D. (2018). Biosand Water Filter Evaluation: Pilot Study of Field Use Indicators. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology.

Owusu, D., Wang, K., Quinn, M., Aibangbee, J., John, R., Mamudu, H. (2018). Health-care provider intervention and utilization of cessation assistance in 12 low- and middle-income countries. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, nty028, https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/nty028

Ogunleye, O.O., O'Connell, B.J., Quinn, M.A., Florence L.C., Shirely, K. (2018). Pap Utilization Survey in Nueva Vida, Nicaragua: Professional and Health Promotoras Partnership. Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences, 12: 1, 1-16.

Quinn, M., Caldara, G., Collins, K., Owens, H., Ozodiegwu, I., Loudermilk, E., Stinson, J. (2018). Methods for Understanding Childhood Trauma: Modifying the Adverse Childhood Experiences International Questionnaire for Cultural Competency. International Journal of Public Health, 63: 149. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-017-1058-2

Decosimo, A., Hanson, J., Boland, C.B., Slawson, D., Littleton, M., Quinn, M. (2017). Process Evaluation: Playing to Live! A Community Psychosocial Arts Program during Ebola. Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences. 11 (1) 176-199.

Curtis, A., Quinn, M., Obenauer, J. (2017). Improving local health response to Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika in a data poor, informal community in Nicaragua. Applied Geography. 87, 197-206.

Hanson, J., Faley, P., Quinn, M. (2017). Analysis of the Liberia Ebola survivors' support system (ESSS). Integrative Journal of Global Health. 1 (2).

Owusu, D., Quinn, M., Wang, K., Aibangbee, J., Mamudu, H. (2017). Intention to quit smoking in 14 low and middle income countries based on the transtheoretical model. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 178, 425-429.

Terry, P. D., Knight, M., Bollig, R., Heidel, R. E., Miller, P., Quinn, M. A., Daly, B. & Goldman, M. (2017). Overreliance on Standardized Protocols: A Pilot Study of Surgical Residents and Fellows. The American Surgeon, 83 (5). e159-e161.

O'Connell, B.J., Quinn, M.A., Scheuerman, P., Slawson, D., and Ogunleye, O. (2017). Review of Biosand Water Filters. Waterlines. Vol 36, Issue 3.

O'Connell, B.J., Quinn, M.A., Scheuerman, P. (2017). Risk factors of diarrheal disease in children among the East African countries of Burundi, Rwanda, and Tanzania. Global Journal of Medicine and Public Health. 6 (1).

Hanson, J., Decosimo, A., Quinn, M. (2017). Diminished Quality of Life amongst Women affected by Ebola. Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences. 10 (1), 112-133.

Stinson, J.D., Quinn, M.A., & Levenson, J.S. (2016). The impact of trauma on the onset of mental health symptoms, aggression, and criminal behavior in an inpatient psychiatric sample. Child Abuse & Neglect. 61, 13-22.

Glenn K.R., Masters P., Quinn, M. (2016). Alignment of Epidemiology Practice and Academic Competencies through Effective Collaboration. Frontiers in Public Health. (4), 68. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00068.

Zheng. S., Mogusu, E., Veeranki, S.P, Quinn, M.A., Cao, Y. (2016). The Relationship Between the Mean, Median and Mode with Grouped Data. Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods. doi: 10.1080/03610926.2015.1081948.

Quinn, M., Southerland, J., Richards, K., Slawson, D., Behringer, B., Johns-Wommack, R., Smith, S. (2016). Quantifying Collaboration using Himmelman's Strategies for Working Together: Findings from the Tennessee Coordinated School Health Program. Health Education 116 (1), 34-49.

Quinn, M., Alamian, A., Hillhouse, J.J., Scott, C., Turrisi, R., Baker, K. (2015) Prevalence and Sociodemograpic Correlates of Indoor Tanning among Female Teens in the United States. Preventive Medicine Reports, Vol 2, pp.40-43.

Owusu, D., Quinn, M., Wang, K. (2015). Alcohol consumption, depression, insomnia, and colon cancer screening: racial differences. International Journal of High Risk Behaviors and Addiction 4 (2): e23424.

Owusu, D., Longcoy, J., Quinn, M., Wang, K. (2014). Relationship between Chronic Disease Conditions and Colon Cancer Screening: Results from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey Data. American Journal of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Vol 2, 1.

Publications in Progress
Taylor, T., Obenauer, J., Leinaar, E., Ozodiegwu, I., Quinn, M.*, (2020). Adverse Childhood Experiences, Stroke, and Depressive Disorders: A Pathway for Mental-Physical Comorbidity.
*corresponding author

Ntaki, T., O'Connell, B., Quinn, M., Scheuerman, P. (2020). Linkage between water, sanitation, and hygiene in Bugersera district, Rwanda: a cross-sectional study.

Stinson, J., Quinn, M., Menditto, A.A., LeMay, C. (2020). Adverse childhood experiences in a high-risk forensic inpatient sample. Criminal Justice and Behavior.

SELECTED ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Intagliata, N., Miller, M., Quinn, M. (November 2019).  ETSU Elevates Housing: Warmer, Safer, Drier Equals Healthier. ETSU Elevates Pitch Competition, Johnson City, TN. 

Intagliata, N. and Quinn, M. (November, 2019). Healthy Homes: Warmer, Safer, Drier Equals Healthier. ReFrame Conference, Kingsport, TN. 

Moser, M. and Quinn, M. (January, 2019). Building an ACEs Informed University: Strategy for Recruitment and Retention. Council of Academic Chairs Meeting at East Tennessee State University. Johnson City, TN. 

Quinn, M. (April, 2018).  From Global to Local: Linkages of working in underserved, low-resource communities.  Moving Mountains: Local/Global Health Perspectives. Johnson City, TN. 

Ozodiegwu, I., Quinn, M., Doctor, H., Mamudu, H. (November, 2018). Socioeconomic status and overweight in low-income countries: a case study of the modifying role of education on the association between household wealth and overweight in Mozambique. American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA. 

Stanley, N., Quinn, M. (September, 2018). Tennessee Stroke Registry Report 2017. Tennessee Public Health Association, Franklin, TN. 

O’Connell, B., Quinn, M., Scheuerman, P., Slawson, D. (November, 2017). Biosand Water Filter Evaluation: Pilot Study of Field Use Indicators. American Public Health Association Meeting. Atlanta, GA.

Baker, K., Quinn, M., Ariyo, T., Peluso, Anthony, Smyth, M., Cano, A., Peterson, A., Mwirigi, K., Owens, H.O. (October, 2017). Exploring Adverse Childhood Experiences among mothers and daughters in south central Appalachia. Adverse Childhood Experiences Summit.  Asheville, NC. 

Quinn, M., Collins, K., Caldara, G., Owens, H., Ozodiegwu, I., Loudermilk, E., Stinson, J. (September, 2017). Modification of the adverse childhood experiences international questionnaire for cultural competency: methods for understanding childhood trauma in low-resource settings. Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum. Rio de Janiero, Brazil.  

Owens, H., Loudermilk, E., Quinn, M. (September, 2017). Effects of physical and sexual abuse on mental health. Tennessee Public Health Association, Franklin, TN.  

Quinn, M., Obenauer, J., Curtis, A. (June, 2017). Spatial analysis of mosquito-borne illness prevalence in Nueva Vida, Nicaragua. Society for Epidemiologic Research. Seattle, WA.  

Johnson, S., Belcher, M., Moody, M., Quinn, M. (April, 2017). Collaboration between local health department and college of public health. Preparedness Summit. Atlanta, GA.  

Masters, P., Quinn, M., Galfano, G., Pettyjohn, S. (April, 2017). Highly infectious disease training for law enforcement/first responders: collaboration to strengthen preparedness capacity. Oral presentation and learning session. Preparedness Summit. Atlanta, Georgia.  

Quinn, M., Obenauer, J., Obure, R., Stinson, J. (June, 2016). Adverse Childhood Experiences in the United States: A descriptive analysis of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System from 2011-2012. Academy Health. Boston, MA.  

Quinn, M., Obure, R., Shekiro, E., Stinson, J. (June, 2016). Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Predictors of Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Victimization in a College Aged Sample. Society for Epidemiologic Research. Americas Congress of Epidemiology 2016. Miami, FL.  

Quinn, M. (April, 2016). Prevalence of Type II Diabetes in Ciudad Sandino, Nicaragua: The role of health promoters in disease estimation.  Oral presentation. Global Health and Innovation Conference, New Haven, Connecticut.  

Quinn, M.  (February, 2015). Raising awareness about cervical cancer in Nicaragua: Working with health promoters to increase Pap smear uptake. Oral presentation at Women on Wednesdays, East Tennessee State University. 

Quinn, M., Stinson, J. (August, 2014). Exposure to violence during childhood: Implications for adult health.  Oral presentation at the International Epidemiologic Association’s World Congress of Epidemiology 2014. Anchorage, AK.  

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• American Association of University Women

• American Public Health Association

• Consortium of Universities on Global Health

• Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists

• International Epidemiologic Association

• Society for Epidemiologic Research

• Tennessee Public Health Association

• Women in Global Health Leadership

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Traveling, humanitarian work, soccer, hiking, volunteering, CDCA