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Curriculum Vitae
Judith Marilyn Ottoson
66 Santa Paula Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94127
Home: 415-839-6360 Cell: 415-816-1463 e-mail:
POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
University / Degree / Area / DatesHarvard University / Ed.D. / Education: Administration, planning, and social policy / 1979-1984
University of Hawaii / M.P.H. / Public Health Education / 1971-1972
University of Minnesota / B.S.N. with distinction / Nursing: Public health; mental health / 1964-1968
EMPLOYMENT RECORD
University or Organization / Title / DatesSan Francisco State University – College of Health and Human Services, Dept. of Health Education / Lecturer / Jan-May 1991, 2006 – present
Independent evaluation consultant -- clients include Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Institute for Health Promotion Research (UTHSCSA), Health Policy Center (GSU) / Consultant / Sept 2004 - present
Georgia State University
College of HHS, Institute of Public Health (half time)
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, (AYSPS), Dept of Public Administration and Urban Studies
Applied Research Center (AYSPS) / Assoc Professor
Assoc Professor
Acting Director / Oct 2004 – April 2006
Aug 99 – Sept 2004
July 2001– June 2002
Georgia Institute of Technology / Adjunct Professor / Aug 2000- Aug 2004
University of British Columbia, Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Studies, Adult Education / Assoc professor,
with tenure
Asst. professor / July, 1997 – Aug 1999
July, 1991-June 1997
Training & Evaluation Strategies – evaluation consultant with multiple clients including Shell Oil, American Lung Assoc., Corporate Health Management, PG&E, Health Care Forum, Panhandle Eastern Pipeline, and Texas State Health Department / Consultant / 1982-1991
National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine / Consultant / June-Sept 1981
Harvard University, Institute for Educational Management / Consultant / Jan-June 1981
The Pennsylvania State University – Cooperative Extension Service / Consultant / Nov 1980 - May 1981
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - Office of Health Information, Health Promotion, Physical Fitness, and Sports Medicine / Consultant / June-Sept 1980
Tufts University - Office of Continuing Medical Education / Consultant / Sept 1979 –June 1980
New England Board of Higher Education, Wellesley, MA / Project Director / Sept 1978 – Aug 1979
New England Institute for Rehabilitation Research & Education, Long Term Care Education Center, Region I / Education Director / Sept 1973 – Aug 1978
San Diego County, Public Health Department / Public Health Nurse / Oct 1969 - July 1971
San Diego County, Mental Health Department / Psychiatric Nurse / Sept 1968 - Oct 1969
TEACHING – ACADEMIC: 1991 - present
Areas of special interest
My teaching interests and various consultations focus on program evaluation, community health and education, and process links among policy, program, and practice. Program evaluation has been an educational and research vehicle for exploring how the ideas of policy and pedagogy are translated into practice, especially as they relate to health and education. The comparative approach I use in teaching has been informed by opportunities to teach in different settings and countries, most often with interdisciplinary learners.
Courses Taught
San Francisco State University
HED 840 Program Evaluation Design & Research, 2006 – present
HED 820-1 Community Health Assessment, 2011
HED 830-1 Program Planning, 2011
Community Health Education. 1991
Georgia State University, 1999-2004
Advanced Topics in Policy Analysis and Evaluation (doctoral seminar)
Evaluation Research: Design and Practice (graduate level)
Evaluation Research (undergraduate)
Directed Reading in Policy to Practice Links (doctoral seminar)
University of British Columbia, 1991-1999 full time
Evaluation in Adult and Community Education, Summers: 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011
Perspectives on Program Evaluation
Community Health Education
Program and Policy Implementation
Teaching Strategies for Adults
Master's Research Seminar
Program Planning
EVALUTION AND RESEARCH: STUDIES AND CONSULTATIONS
Research and evaluation post, full- time academic appointment, 2004 – present
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ., Salud America! The RWJF Research Network to Prevent Obesity Among Latino Children. University of Texas at San Antonio, Institute for Health Promotion Research, San Antonio, TX. National Advisory Committee member and evaluation consultant, 2007 – present.
University of Texas at San Antonio, Institute for Health Promotion Research, San Antonio, TX. External Advisory Committee, member, 2007 – present.
Georgia Health Policy Center, Atlanta, GA. Evaluation of Technical Assistance. HERSA, Office of Rural Health, 2011
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ. Case studies on use of RWJF evaluations. Evaluation consultant, July 2009 - May 2011.
International Collaborative on Complex Interventions, University of Calgary, Population Health Intervention Research Centre, Calgary AL, Canada. Invited investigator, 2005 – 2010.
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Vancouver, BC, Canada. The British Columbia Healthy Living Alliance Evaluation Project. Expert Advisory Panel, member, 2007-2010.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Oral Health. Atlanta, GA. Case study linking infrastructure and program outcomes in state oral health programs. Evaluation consultant, June 2006 – September 2009.
University of California, San Francisco, subcontract with Zero Breast Cancer Research, San Raphael, CA. Evaluation of the participatory research activities of the Bay Area Breast Cancer and Environment Research Center. Evaluation consultant, 2006-2007.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, subcontract with the Group Health Community Foundation, Seattle, WA. National evaluation of RWJF Active Living Research Program. Co-PI, 2006-2007.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, subcontract with Gutman Research Associates, Princeton, NJ.
Building Policy Research Networks: Enhancing Program Integration and Impact within The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Childhood Obesity Prevention Portfolio. Evaluation consultant, July – October, 2007.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention. Provide training at four Regional Sexual Violence Prevention Training Institute workshops, in Atlanta (June 8, 2006), Chicago (June 29, 2006), San Diego (July 12, 006), and Hartford (July 27, 2006) on How to design successful training programs for sexual violence prevention. Provide training and follow-up technical assistance to all participants, 2006.
Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project (KSDPP), Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada. Under- standing the context of application of community-based diabetes prevention: Dissemination of the KSCPP Model. Consultant, 2006.
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Washington, DC., Driver Education Evaluation Guidelines Project. Advisory committee member and presenter. Washington DC. February 16-17, 2005.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division
of Violence Prevention, Atlanta, GA. DELTA and RPE Train-the-Trainer System. Consult on system design, training, post-training exercises, and evaluation planning, 2005-2006.
Community Foundation of Atlanta. Atlanta, GA. Technical assistance to community agencies in preparation of their evaluation plans for Foundation proposals. June – July, 2005.
Research and evaluation funding during full- time academic appointments, 1991 - 2004
My research and evaluation interests center on two areas: (1) the process and outcomes of health, education, and community programs and policies; and (2) the links among policies, programs, and effects.
Granting Agency / Subject / $/ Year / Year / PICDC, Division of Diabetes Translation (through ATPM) / Toward a proximal indicator system for state-based programs / $189,000 / 2004-5 / Ottoson
CDC, Division of
Unintentional injuries
(through ATPM) / Evaluation of a fire & fall prevention program for older adults / 271,045 / 2002-4 / Ottoson
CDC, Division of Diabetes Translation
(through ORC Macro) / Case study of state-based programs of excellence / 147,316 / 2002-4 / Ottoson
Georgia Dept. Ed., Office of School Readiness / Implement data collection system for pre-school programs / 398,485 / 2001-2 / Ottoson
Georgia State University / Web-CT course development / 2000 / 2000 / Ottoson
CDC Foundation / Assess Information Network for Public Health Officials / 15,950 / 2001 / Ottoson
CDC Foundation / Develop Evaluation Template/ MAPH evaluation RFP / 24,965 / 2000-2 / Ottoson
CDC Foundation / Evaluation: Management Academy for P.H., UNC / 38,572 / 2001-3 / Ottoson
American Cancer Society / Evaluation of the National School Health Coordinator Leadership Institute / 48,335
77, 094
78,442 / 2000
2001
2002 / Ottoson
CDC, IPA assignment / Global AIDS Program / 39,475 / 2000-1 / Ottoson
Total US$ / $1,253, 585
UBC/SSHRC / Travel grant / 1,100 / 1998 / Ottoson
U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Service, Div. of Community & Prevention Training / Evaluation of U.S. National Training System for Substance Abuse Prevention / $19,000
125,609
94,215
92,603
111,380
27,231 / 1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991 / Ottoson
PI, UBC Research
B.C. Health Research Foundation / Evaluation of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative / $5,242 / 1994 / Ottoson
co PI
UBC HSS Grant / Facilitators and Barriers to the Application of Continuing Ed. / 2,000 / 1991 / Ottoson
Total CN$
/ $478,380INVITED PRESENTATIONS AND PARTICIPATION
Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas. Austin, TX. We Worked Hard, but Did the Program Work? Helpful Answers to Evaluation Questions. Keynote speaker, November 17, 2011
Salud America! San Antonio, TX. Annual conference. Your thoughts on POLICY contribution! Keynote speaker, September 9, 2011.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Atlanta, GA. An Ecological Model of Infrastructure and Proximal Indicators of Success. Keynote speaker, August 25, 2011.
Canadian Institute for Health Research, Institute of Population and Public Health. Toronto, Canada. Symposium: Accelerating Population Health Intervention Research to Promote Health and Health Equity. Facilitator synthesis discussions, November 30, 2010.
Canadian Public Health Association, pre-conference workshop. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Strategic Training in Population Intervention Science and Practice: Integrated Knowledge Translation and Engaged Scholarship. Keynote speaker, June 13, 2010.
The National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention. Boulder, CO. A State of the Science Conference: Evaluation of Policy and Environmental Change for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention. Session: Evaluation Methods Applied to Policy/Environmental Change. Invited discussant, August 27-28, 2007.
National Library of Medicine. Bethesda, MD. Symposium on Community-Based Participatory Research: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Its Implications. Session: Community outreach: From measuring the difference to making a difference with health information. Invited presenter, December 3, 2004.
Cooper Institute Conference. Dallas, TX. Multiple views on the evaluation of physical activity programs: The contributions of transfer, diffusion, and implementation theories. Invited presenter, October, 23, 2004.
National Institutes of Health Conference. Bethesda, MD. From efficacy to effectiveness to community and back: Translational roles of evidence in evidence-based practice. Session: From Clinical trials to community: The science of translating diabetes and obesity research. Invited presenter with L. Green, January 12, 2004.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Atlanta, GA. Chronic Disease Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance: Special Emphasis on Developing Surveillance Systems. Invited participant, September 11-13, 2000.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion. Savannah, GA. Analysis, Interpretation, and Use of Complex Social and Behavioral
Surveillance Data: Looking Back in Order to Go Forward. Invited participant, Savannah, GA June
14-16, 2000.
Society for Public Health Education. Mid-year scientific conference. Denver, CO. Community Resilience /Coalition Evaluation. Invited participant. May 16, 2000.
Midwest Research to Practice Conference, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
I understood it, but... Conference keynote, October 17, 1996.
PRESENTATIONS, PAPERS, & PARTICIPATION AT CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA, & MEETINGS:
1977- present
American Evaluation Association. Annual meeting. Anaheim, CA. Applying an ecological model to the comparison of two case studies of evaluation use. Co-author with D. Martinez and L. Leviton. November 5, 2011.
American Evaluation Association. Annual meeting. Anaheim, CA. An ecological model of infrastructure and proximal indicators. November 3, 2011.
Society for Public Health Education. Annual meeting. Arlington, VA. Health Education Heroes: Remembering Jerome Grossman. Co-Presenter, October 29, 2011.
American Evaluation Association. Annual meeting. Orlando, FL. Evaluating technical assistance for capacity building: learning when to lead and when to follow. Discussant, November 12, 2009.
American Public Health Association. Annual meeting. Philadelphia, PA. Results of an Evaluation of Oral Health Capacity Building Efforts. Presenter, November 10, 2009. (session 4385).
National Oral Health Conference. Annual meeting. Portland, OR. Investment in infrastructure. Presenter, April 22, 2009.
CDC Division of Oral Health, Annual Conference. Atlanta, GA. 2009. Initial results – Oral Health Case study. Presenter, February 10, 2009.
American Public Health Conference. Annual meeting. San Diego, CA. A field test of guidelines for community-based participatory research in the evaluation of an environmental cancer outreach program. Co-author. October, 27, 2008. (session 3399).
American Public Health Association. Annual meeting. Philadelphia, PA. Partnership for diabetes: The key to understanding a model of influence. Presenter, December 14, 2005.
Active Living Research. Annual meeting. San Diego, CA. Linking the Research in Active Living Research to Policy: Implications for Evaluation. Co-presenter with L.W. Green, February, 2007.
American Evaluation Association. Annual meeting. Toronto, ON, Canada. The evaluation challenges of performance measurement in network environments: An example from public health. With De Groff. Contributing investigator, October 27, 2005.
International Collaboration on Complex Interventions. Banff, AL, Canada, Multiple view on “credible story links:” Implementation, utilization, transfer, diffusion, application, and translation. Presenter, November 1, 2005.
American Evaluation Association. Annual meeting. Atlanta, GA. Evaluation Implications of Different Process Lenses: Transfer, Diffusion, Implementation, Knowledge Utilization & Application. Panel organizer and presenter with De Groeff, Blake, Oliver & Ashley, November 3, 2004.
American Evaluation Association. Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA. Making the Case for “Model of Influence” as a Program Theory. Presenter, November, 2004.
American Evaluation Association. Annual meeting. Atlanta, GA. From Theoretical Model Development through Site Visits, Coding, Analysis, and Report Writing: A Quick Tour of One Application of Robert Yin's Case Study Method. Contributing investigator, November, 2004.
CDC Division of Oral Health, Annual Conference. 2004. The model of influence: Mapping progress toward national objectives. Presenter, Chicago, September 13, 2004.