NAME Susan
B. Meltzer
POSITION TITLE
Project
Coordinator
EDUCATION (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)
San
Diego State University, San Diego, CA San
Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Liberal Arts Health Promotion
(if
applicable)
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Concluding with present position, list, in chronological order, previous employment, experience, and honors. Include present membership on any Federal Government public advisory committee. List, in chronological order, the titles, all authors, and complete references to all publications during the past three years and to representative earlier publications pertinent to this application. If the list of publications in the last three years exceeds two pages, select the most pertinent publications. DO NOT EXCEED TWO PAGES.
Professional Experience
1978-1979 Research Coordinator, Allergy & Asthma Medical Group and Research Center, coordinated dose comparison study of inhaled corticosteroid.
1980 Research Coordinator, Allergy & Asthma Medical Group and Research Center, coordinated a comparative study of tixocortol privalate and a placebo inhaler in the treatment for patients with asthma.
1988 Facilities Coordinator, Allergy & Asthma Medical Group and Research Center, coordinated a placebo controlled park study of Rynatan suspension in subjects with allergic rhinitis.
1988 Strategy Team Member, Alvarado Parkway Institute, part of a health education intervention strategy team to develop depression intervention program for physicians to identify signs of clinical depression.
1990-1996 Project Coordinator, Center for Behavioral Epidemiology, Project Zephyr - An intervention study designed to reduce asthmatic children's exposure to passive smoking, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University.
1997-Present Project Coordinator, Center for Behavioral Epidemiology, Project Hijos Sanos-NHLBI study to compare asthma education only with education and counseling in Hispanic children exposed to tobacco smoke.
Grantsmanship
Source: Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (CA Law AB 75), 4RT0092; Mel Hovell, P.I. Title: Reduction of Passive Smoking in Asthmatic Children: A Follow-up. 2/94-6/96 - $682,603.
Source: National Institutes of Health, NHLBI, 1R01 HL52835-01A2; Mel Hovell, P.I. Title: Niños Sanos: Reducing ETS Exposure in Latino Asthmatics. 6/96-5/00 - $2,600,881.
Publications
Meltzer S, Meltzer E. Harmful effects of passive smoking. West J Med 1991; 154:457-458.
Meltzer S, Hovell M, Meltzer E, Atkins C, dePeyster A. The Impact of parental counseling for reducing tobacco smoke exposure in children with asthma. J Asthma 1993; 30:391-400.
Meltzer E, Meltzer S. Passive smoking: An underrated problem in children? J Resp Dis 1993; 14(8):950-954.
Emerson J, Wahlgren D, Hovell M, Meltzer S, Zakarian J, Hofstetter CR. Parent smoking and asthmatic children's exposure patterns: A behavioral epidemiology study. Addict Behav , 1994; 72:93.
Hovell M, Meltzer S, et al. Reduction of environmental tobacco smoke exposure among asthmatic children: A controlled trial. Chest, 1994; 106:440-446.
Meltzer S, Meltzer E, Hovell M, Wahlgren D, Zakarian J. The prevalence of cats and dogs in the home of asthmatic children exposed to environmental tobacco smoke. (Abstr). Annals of Allergy 1994; 72:93.
Emerson J, Hovell M, Meltzer S, Zakarian J, Hofstetter CR. The accuracy of environmental tobacco smoke exposure measures among asthmatic children. J Clin Epi, 1995; 48(10): 1251-1259.
Peretti-Sorenson D, Meltzer S, Mulvihill M, Hovell M, Meltzer E, Light M. Effect of cystic fibrosis and asthma in children on marital stress and divorce. (Abstr). Pediatric Pulmonology, 1994; suppl. 10.
Wahlgren D, Hovell M, Meltzer S, Zakarian J. Measures of asthma severity in applied research. (Abstr). Annals of Allergy 1995; 74:108.
Wahlgren D, Hovell M, Meltzer S, Hofstetter C, Zakarian J. Reduction of environmental tobacco smoke exposure in asthmatic children: A two-year follow up. Chest 1997;111: 81-88.
Wahlgren D, Hovell M, Matt G, Meltzer S, Zakarian J, Meltzer E. Toward a simplified measure of asthma severity. J Asthma 1997; 34(4):291-303.
Presentations
Meltzer S, Hovell M, Atkins C, dePeyster A. The impact of parental counseling for reducing tobacco smoke exposure in children
with asthma. Poster Sessions, Tenth Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, April 1989.
Wahlgren D, Meltzer S, Zakarian J, et al. Predictors of Physicians counseling to reduce tobacco smoke exposure in children with asthma. Poster Session, Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, March 1993.
Zakarian J, Emerson J, Meltzer S, et al. Determinants of asthmatic children's exposure to parents' cigarettes at home. Poster Session, Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, March 1993.
Hovell M, Meltzer S, Zakarian J, Emerson J, Wahlgren D. Control of secondhand smoke exposure in asthmatic children. A symposium presented at the Fourteenth Annual Scientific Sessions of The Society of Behavioral Medicine, March 1993.
Meltzer S, Hovell M, Zakarian j, Wahlgren D, Hofstetter CR, Emerson J, Atkins C. Controlling secondhand smoke exposure in asthmatic children through behavioral intervention. Poster Session, Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, August 1993.
Hovell M, Meltzer S, Zakarian J, Wahlgren D, leader B, Meltzer E, Atkins C. A randomized clinical trial of a behavioral intervention to reduce asthmatic children's exposure to tobacco smoke. A symposium "Bridging the gap: application of social learning theory to high risk populations in clinical settings" presented at the 28th Annual Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy Convention, November 1994.
Wahlgren D, Hovell M, Matt G, Meltzer S, Zakarian J, Meltzer E. Toward a simplified measure of asthma severity for applied community research and non-specialty care providers. A poster presented at the 123rd annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, October 1995.
Wahlgren D, Hovell M, Meltzer S, Zakarian J. Measures of asthma severity in applied research. A poster presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy and Immunology, San Francisco, November 1994.
Meltzer S, Hovell M, Matt G, Wahlgren D, Jones J. Developing clinical approaches to reduce ETS exposure in asthmatic children: A two-trial comparison. A panel discussion presented at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, San Diego, November 8, 1997.
Hovell M, Wahlgren D, Meltzer S, Zakarian J, Matt G, Hofstetter C. Project Zephyr: Reduction of passive smoking in asthmatic children. A poster presented at the annual meeting of Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, San Francisco, December 1997.