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Robert H. Aseltine, Ph.D.

Professor, Behavioral Sciences and Community Health
Academic Office Location:
Behavioral Sciences and Community Health
Center for Public Health and Health Policy
UConn Health
263 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, CT 06030-3910
Phone: 860-679-3282
Fax: 860-679-1342
Email: aseltine@uchc.edu
Education
DegreeInstitutionMajor
B.A.Wesleyan UniversitySociology
M.A.University of MichiganSociology
Ph.D.University of MichiganSociology

Awards
Name of Award/HonorAwarding Organization
Best Dissertation AwardAmerican Sociological Association
Walter S. Barr Graduate Fellowship 1988-1992The Horace Smith Fund
Phi Beta KappaWesleyan University
Robert S. Lynd Prize in SociologyWesleyan University
Name & DescriptionCategoryRoleTypeScopeStart YearEnd Year
Scientific Review Committee Patterson Trust Awards Program in Clinical ResearchResearch CommitteeMemberExternalRegional2014
Scientific Committee U21 Health Sciences Group Annual Meeting 2015 Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileProfessional/Scientific OrganizationMemberInternational20142015
Public Health Data Standards Council American Health Information Management AssociationProfessional/Scientific OrganizationMemberNational20142015
Graduate Faculty CouncilEducation CommitteePublic Health RepresentativeUConn-StorrsUniversity20122015
ZRG1 IDM-P (70) R Special Emphasis Panel Patient Centered Outcomes Research InstituteStudy SectionMemberNational20122012
Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health Study Section Center for Scientific Review National Institutes of HealthStudy SectionMemberNational2012
Program Committee, 1st IEEE International Conference on Computational Advances in Bio and Medical Sciences Advisory CommitteeMemberExternalNational20112011
New England Comparative Effectiveness Public Advisory CouncilAdvisory CommitteeVice ChairExternalRegional2011
Senior Appointments and Promotions CommitteeAdvisory CommitteeMemberUConn HealthUniversity2011
Executive Committee Universitas 21Professional/Scientific OrganizationMemberInternational2011
Admissions Committee, PhD Program in Public Health, Behavioral Sciences Concentration Advisory CommitteeMemberUConn-StorrsUniversity2010
Steering Committee, Connecticut Data Quality Partnership Advisory CommitteeMemberExternalState2010
Community-Level Health Promotion Study Section, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health Study SectionMemberExternalNational20102010
School of Dental Medicine, Compensation Plan Appeals Committee Advisory CommitteeMemberUConn HealthUniversity20092011
Graduate Faculty CouncilEducation CommitteePublic Health Representative (Alternate)UConn-StorrsUniversity20092012
University of Connecticut, Oversight Committee, The Taylor L. Booth Engineering Center for Advanced Technology Advisory CommitteeMemberUConn-StorrsUniversity2009
Data Working Group of the P-20 Council, Connecticut Department of Education, Connecticut Department of Higher Education Advisory CommitteeMemberExternalState2009
ZCD1 CJM (06) Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, Centers (PRCs) Special Emphasis Panel, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Study SectionMemberExternalNational20092009
ZMH1 ERB-I (08) Special Emphasis Panel ,Suicide Prevention in Emergency Departments (U01), National Institute of Mental Health Study SectionMemberExternalNational20092009
ZMD1 P20 Special Emphasis Panel ,NCMHD Exploratory Centers of Excellence (P20), National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities Study SectionMemberExternalNational20092009
University of Connecticut, CTSA Biomedical Informatics ProgramAdvisory CommitteeAssistant DirectorUConn-StorrsUniversity2008
Nominating Committee, Public Health Data Standards Consortium Advisory CommitteeMemberExternalNational20082008
AA-2 Health Services Research Committee, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Study SectionMemberExternalNational20082008
Search Committee, Assistant Vice President for Research Informatics, Information TechnologyAdvisory CommitteeMemberUConn HealthUniversity20072008
Search Committee, Professor of Epidemiology, Division of Public Health and Population Sciences Advisory CommitteeMemberUConn HealthUniversity20072008
Research Strategic Plan Workgroup, Public Health Signature Program Advisory CommitteeChairUConn HealthUniversity20072009
Scientific Advisory Committee, Hartford Department of Public Health Advisory CommitteeMemberExternalState2007
UCONN Health Center, Executive Committee, Public Health Signature Program Advisory CommitteeMemberUConn HealthUniversity20062009
University of Connecticut, Search Committee, Informatics Director, Center for Public Health and Health PolicyAdvisory CommitteeMemberUConn-StorrsUniversity20062007
HH-51 SEP Health Services Research Committee, AA-2 Health Services Research Committee, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Study SectionMemberExternalNational20062006
ZAA1 CC 70 1 SEP Health Services Research Committee National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Study SectionChairExternalNational20062006
Board of Directors, Public Health Data Standards ConsortiumAdvisory CommitteeMemberExternalNational20052015
HH-42 SEP Health Services Research Committee, AA-2 Health Services Research Committee, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Study SectionMemberExternalNational20052005
ZRG1 HOP-S (50) (R) Community Participation in Research Review Committee, National Institutes of HealthStudy SectionMemberExternalNational20052005
HH-51 SEP Health Services Research Committee, AA-2 Health Services Research Committee, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Study SectionMemberExternalNational20052005
UCONN Health Center, Public Health Working Group for Vision Implementation Research Infrastructure Committee Advisory CommitteeMemberUConn HealthUniversity20042006
University of Connecticut, Health Information Core Task Force Center for Public Health and Health Policy Advisory CommitteeCo-ChairUConn-StorrsUniversity20042006
University of Connecticut, Biostatistics Task Force Center for Public Health and Health Policy Advisory CommitteeMemberUConn-StorrsUniversity20042006
University of Connecticut, Coordinating Committee Center for Public Health and Health Policy Advisory CommitteeMemberUConn-StorrsUniversity2004
School of Dental Medicine, Task Force on ReorganizationAdvisory CommitteeMemberUConn HealthUniversity20032004
School of Dental Medicine, Search Committee, Professor and Chair, Department of PeriodontologyAdvisory CommitteeMemberUConn HealthUniversity20032004
University of Connecticut, Public Health Initiative Task ForceAdvisory CommitteeMemberUConn-StorrsUniversity20032003
School of Dental Medicine, Faculty CouncilAdvisory CommitteeMemberUConn HealthUniversity20012003
School of Dental Medicine, Faculty CouncilAdvisory CommitteeMemberUConn HealthUniversity20012003
UCONN Health Center, Connecticut Health Task ForceAdvisory CommitteeMemberUConn HealthUniversity20012006
UCONN Health Center, Legislative Liaison CommitteeAdvisory CommitteeMemberUConn HealthUniversity20012006
Task Force to Promote Mental Health Education in Schools and Communities, Mental Health Association of Connecticut, Inc.Community ServiceMemberExternalState20012005
NECON Task Force on Mental Health Promotion, Mental Illness, and Substance Abuse Prevention, The New England Coalition for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Advisory CommitteeMemberExternalRegional2001
Journal of Health and Social BehaviorEditorial BoardAssociate EditorExternalNational19971999
William T. Grant FoundationAdvisory CommitteeGrant ReviewerExternalNational19952000
American Public Health AssociationProfessional/Scientific OrganizationMemberExternalNational
Connecticut Public Health AssociationProfessional/Scientific OrganizationMemberExternalState
American Association of SuicidologyProfessional/Scientific OrganizationMemberExternalNational
International Association of Dental Research/American Association Of Dental ResearchProfessional/Scientific OrganizationMemberExternalInternational
PediatricsProfessional/Scientific JournalAd Hoc ReviewerExternalNational
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryProfessional/Scientific JournalAd Hoc ReviewerExternalNational
American Journal of Public HealthProfessional/Scientific JournalAd Hoc Reviewer ExternalNational
Journal of the American Medical AssociationProfessional/Scientific JournalAd Hoc ReviewerExternalNational
American Sociological ReviewProfessional/Scientific JournalAd Hoc ReviewerExternalNational
Journal of Health and Social BehaviorProfessional/Scientific JournalAd Hoc ReviewerExternalNational
American Journal of Community PsychologyProfessional/Scientific JournalAd Hoc ReviewerExternalNational
Social ForcesProfessional/Scientific JournalAd Hoc ReviewerExternalNational
Social Psychology QuarterlyProfessional/Scientific JournalAd Hoc ReviewerExternalNational
Adolescent & Family HealthProfessional/Scientific JournalAd Hoc ReviewerExternalNational
Journal of Adolescent ResearchProfessional/Scientific JournalAd Hoc ReviewerExternalNational
Journal of Marriage and the Family Professional/Scientific JournalAd Hoc ReviewerExternalNational
Journal of Research on AdolescenceProfessional/Scientific JournalAd Hoc ReviewerExternalNational

Journal Articles

Book Chapters

  • Transition to adulthood, mental health and inequality
    Gore SL, Aseltine RH Jr, Schilling EA Mental Health, Social Mirror 2006 Jan;
  • Life after high school: Development, stress, and well being
    Gore SL, Aseltine RH Jr., Colten ME, Bin L Stress and Adversity Over the Life Course: Trajectories and Turning Points 1997 Jan;
  • The patterning of distress and disorder in a community sample of high school aged youth
    Colten ME, Gore SL, Aseltine RH Jr Adolescent Stress: Causes and Consequences 1990 Jan;

Conference Papers

  • Responsible data releases
    Rajasekaran S, Harel O, Zuba M, Matthews G, Aseltine R 2009 Jan;5633338-400
  • Data integration on multiple data sets
    Mi T, Aseltine RH Jr, Rajasekaran S 2008 Jan;443-446

Letters

  • In Reply.
    Aseltine, Robert H; Yan, Jun; Fleischman, Steven; Katz, Matthew; DeFrancesco, Mark Obstetrics and gynecology 2016 Apr;127(4):800

Other

  • The Physician’s Perspective on Managed Care Organizations: A Three Year Follow-up
    Aseltine RH Jr, Landon BE, Cleary PD An Occasional Health Report from the Publishers of The New England Journal of Medicine. Waltham, MA: The Massachusetts Medical Society. 2000 Jan;
  • The Massachusetts Medical Society’s Managed Care Report: The Physician’s Perspective on Managed Care Organizations in Massachusetts
    Cleary PD, Aseltine RH Jr An Occasional Health Report from the Publishers of The New England Journal of Medicine. Waltham, MA: The Massachusetts Medical Society 1998 Jan;
Title or AbstractTypeSponsor/EventDate/YearLocation
Evaluation of the 2008 National Depression Screening Day Online Screening ProgramTalk43rd Annual Conference of the American Association of Suicidology2010Orlando, FL
An Evaluation of the SOS Suicide Prevention Program Among Students in Technical-Vocational SettingsTalk43rd Annual Conference of the American Association of Suicidology2010Orlando, FL
Serving Urban Youth At-Risk of Depression and Self-Harm in School-Based and Community Health Clinics: A Middle School Intervention PilotTalk43rd Annual Conference of the American Association of Suicidology2010Orlando, FL
Responsible data releasesTalk2009 Joint Statistical Meetings2009Washington, DC
Facilitating Health Data Sharing: The Connecticut Health Information Network's Innovative Approach to Data Integration and Data DisseminationTalkAnnual Meeting of the American Public Health Association2009Philadelphia, PA
Privacy and Confidentiality in the Context of a Statewide Health Information NetworkTalkThe 2009 Joint Statistical Meetings2009Washington, DC
Examining the Robustness of Fully Synthetic Data Techniques for Data with Binary VariablesTalkThe 2009 Spring Meetings of the Eastern North American Region of the International Biometric Society2009San Antonio, TX
The Connecticut Health Information Network: Opportunities for the School of Dental MedicineTalkDental Dean’s Seminar Series, University of Connecticut Health Center2008Farmington CT
Examining the Robustness of Fully Synthetic Data Techniques for Data with Binary VariablesTalk2008 New England Statistics Symposium2008Boston, MA
Alcohol Use and Suicidal Behavior among AdolescentsTalk40th Annual Conference of the American Association of Suicidology2007New Orleans, LA
Best Practices in Youth Suicide PreventionTalkPathways into Hope: Arkansas Youth Suicide Prevention Conference2007Little Rock, AK
Determinants of Overall Satisfaction with Dental PPOs: A National StudyTalk35th Annual Meeting & Exhibition of the American Association of Dental Research2006Orlando, FL
Gender and Depression: Resolving the Young Adult ConundrumTalk10th International Conference on Social Stress Research2006Portsmouth, NH
Effects of Childhood Trauma on Mental Health During the Transition to AdulthoodTalkAnnual Meeting of the American Public Health Association2006
The Impact of SBIRT on ED Patients’ Alcohol UseTalkAnnual Meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine2005New York, NY
SOS Signs of Suicide: An Evidence-based Suicide Prevention Program for Secondary School StudentsTalkAnnual Meeting of the American School Counselor Association2005Orlando, FL
Evaluation of the SOS Suicide Prevention ProgramTalkThe 52th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry2005Toronto, CA
The Connecticut Health Information NetworkTalkChild Health and Development Institute Research Roundtable2005Farmington, CT
The Impact of SBIRT on ED Patients’ Alcohol UseTalkInternational Conference on Alcohol and Injury: New Knowledge from Emergency Room Studies2005Berkeley, CA
Signs of Suicide: A School-Based Prevention ProgramTalkConference on Evidence-Based Programs for the Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental an2004Sturbridge, MA
Signs of Suicide: A School-Based Prevention ProgramTalkConference on Preventing Suicide Through Proactive Policy and Interventions2004New Britain, CT
Latent Transition Analysis of College Status Differences in the Development of Drinking and Binge Drinking BehaviorTalkBiennial Conference of the Society for Research on Adolescence2004Baltimore, MD
An Evaluation of a School-Based Suicide Prevention Program: A Replication and ExtensionTalk37th Annual Conference of the American Association of Suicidology2004Miami, FL
Translational Research in the ED: Can Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Work in Real Life?TalkAnnual Meeting of the American Public Health Association2004Washington, DC
Evaluating the SOS Suicide Prevention ProgramTalkAnnual Conference of the American Association of Suicidology2003Santa Fe, NM
Childhood Family Conflict, Sexual Victimization, and Depression from Adolescence to Early AdulthoodTalkDental Dean’s Seminar Series, University of Connecticut Health Center2003Farmington, CT
The State of the Art in School based Suicide PreventionTalkAnnual Meeting of the Connecticut Public Health Association2003
The SOS Suicide Prevention Program: Finally, an Effective and Safe Program for Schools?Talk36th Annual Conference of the American Association of Suicidology2003Santa Fe, NM
An Outcome Evaluation of the SOS Suicide Prevention ProgramTalk50th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry2003Miami Beach, FL
Results of the 2002 National Alcohol Screening DayTalkAnnual Meeting of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse2003Baltimore, MD
Results from an Evaluation of the SOS Suicide Prevention ProgramTalkMental Health Association of New York2002New York, NY
Race and Ethnic Differences in Depression Following the Transition from High SchoolTalkEighth International Conference on Social Stress Research2002Portsmouth, NH
Childhood Adversity and Trajectories of Depression from Adolescence to Early AdulthoodTalkEighth International Conference on Social Stress Research2002Portsmouth, NH
An Evaluation of the Across Ages Program in Springfield, MassachusettsTalkAcross Ages Community Collaborators & Advisory Board1999Springfield, MA
Pathways Linking Early Adversity and Young Adult Depression: The Mediating Role of Stress, Coping, and Social SupportTalkBiennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development1999Albuquerque, NM
Testing Strain, Control, and Peer Influence Theories of Adolescent DevianceTalkAnnual Meetings of the American Sociological Association1997Toronto, Canada
Development, Stress, and Well BeingTalkSixth International Conference on Social Stress Research1996Paris, France
Coping Resources, and Gender: An Ecology of Protective Processes in AdolescenceTalkBiennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence1994San Diego, CA
The Occurrence and Co-occurrence of Affective Disorder and Substance Abuse During the Transition to AdulthoodTalkBiennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence1994San Diego, CA
The Emotional Impact of Early and Later Parental Divorce on AdolescentsTalkBiennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development1993New Orleans, LA
Chronic Stress and Chronic Distress in Adolescence: A Transactional AnalysisTalkBiennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence1992Washington, DC
Constancy and Change in Depressive SymptomsTalkAdolescent Issues Seminar1991Wellesley, MA
Family Structure and Depression: Mediating and Moderating InfluencesTalkBiennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence1990Atlanta, GA
Gender, Social Relational Involvement, and DepressionTalkInternational Conference on Social Stress Research1990London, England
Gender Differences in Resilience and Vulnerability to Stress in AdolescenceTalkAnnual Meetings of the American Psychological Association1990Boston, MA