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Liza Creel, PhD, MPH
Health Management and Systems Sciences
Adjunct Associate Professor
liza.creel@louisville.edu
Research Interests
o Maternal and child health
o Access to health care for children with special healthcare needs
o Interorganizational relationships
o Health delivery systems and services
Current Projects
o ACA Outreach and Enrollment in Louisville Metro, PI
o Texas Medicaid 1115 Waiver Evaluation, Network Study and Analysis of Stakeholder Perceptions, co-PI
o Data Analytics and Evaluation for the Kentucky Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program, PI
o Mountain States Genetics Regional Collaborative Evaluation, PI
o Commonwealth Institute ACA Evaluation, Scholar
Courses Taught
o PHMS-710, Health Policy and Analysis
o PHMS-715, Health Policy Research
o Microeconomic Theory (under development)
Honors and Awards
o Member, Delta Omega, Public Health Honor Society, 2016 to present
o Member, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 2015 to present
o Member, Alpha Eta Honor Society, National Scholastic Honor Society for the Allied Health Professions, 2004 to present
o Member, Delta Omega, Public Health Honor Society, 2016 to present
o Member, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 2015 to present
o Member, Alpha Eta Honor Society, National Scholastic Honor Society for the Allied Health Professions, 2004 to present
Selected Publications and Manuscripts in Progress
Gong, A., Guillory, C., Creel, L., Livingtson, J. E., McKee-Garrett, T. M., & Fortunov, R. (2017). A Multicenter Initiative for Critical Congenital Heart Disease Newborn Screening in Texas Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Am J Perinatol. doi:10.1055/s-0037-1599053
Creel, L.M., Gregory, S., McNeal, C. J., Beeram, M. R., & Krauss, D. R. (2017). Multicenter neonatal databases: Trends in research uses. BMC Res Notes, 10(1), 42. doi:10.1186/s13104-016-2336-4
Benitez, J. A., Creel, L. M., & Jennings, J. A. C. (2017). Who and Where Are Kentucky’s Remaining Uninsured? Medical Care, 55(3), 215-219. doi:10.1097/mlr.0000000000000646
Benitez, J., Creel, L.M., & Jennings, J.A. (2016). Kentucky's Medicaid Expansion Showing Early Promise on Coverage and Access to Care. Health Affairs. 25(3). doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1294
Guillory, C., Gong, A., Livingston, J., Creel, L.M., Ocampo, E., & McKee-Garrett, T. Texas Pulse Oximetry Project (TxPOP): A Multi-center Educational and Quality Improvement Project for Implementation of Critical Congenital Heart Disease Screening using Pulse Oximetry. American Journal of Perinatology. (forthcoming).
Wendel, M., Creel, L.M., Wells, R., Gregory, S.T., Cummings, A., & Roper-Coleman, S. Using Network Analysis to Measure Changes in Local Collaboration Resulting from Implementation of the Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program. (Preparing for Submission)
Creel, L.M. Outcomes of Newborn Hearing Screening in a NICU Setting. (Preparing for Submission)
Creel, L.M., and Jennings, J. C. “Trends in Hospital Health Promotion Services before and after the ACA.” (Working Paper)
Creel, L.M. Newborn Hearing Screening, Discharge Hospital Scheduling, and Follow-Up Outcomes. (Working Paper in collaboration with Bush, M. & Lester, C.)
Technical Reports
McMaughan D, DeSalvo D, Creel L. Maternal and Child Health in Rural United States: Updates and Challenges. In: Bolin JN, Bellamy G, Ferdinand AO, et al. eds. Rural Healthy People 2020. Vol. 1. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Health Science Center, School of Public Health, Southwest Rural Health Research Center; 2015:119-125.
Armstrong T, Brossart D, Creel L, Du Y, Ghaffari A, Gregory, ST, Helduser J, Kum HC, McMaughan D, Ohsfeldt R, Olutola O, Pennel C, Tamayo L, Wells R and Zhao H. (2014). DSRIP funded Patient Care Navigation to Reduce ED Use: Report to Participating Sites. Strategic Decision Support, Texas Health and Human Services Commission.
Brown, H.S., Madsen, K.K., Perry, C.L., Stigler, M., Colwell, B., Blakely, C., & Creel, L.M. Smoke-free workplace environments: the benefits to Texans and their communities. Austin, TX: Smoke-Free Texas. Available at: http://s3.amazonaws.com/smokefree/fact_sheets/original/Secondhand%20Smoke%20Economic%20Study_FINAL.pdf#!.
Bohr, D., Barrera, S., Torres G., Creel, L. (2006). Report of the National Steering Committee on Hospitals and the Public’s Health. Chicago, IL: Health Research & Educational Trust. Available at: http://www.hret.org/upload/resources/reportnsc.pdf.
Selected Conference Publications and Presentations
Davis, D., Creel, L.M., Benitez, J., Lohr, W.D., Feygin, Y., Smith, M., & Liu, G. Achieving Quality Outcomes in Youth Prescribed Antipsychotic Medications: What Matters? Oral Presentation at: Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Conference; May 2017; New Orleans, LA.
Creel, L.M., Lester, C., & Bush, M. Impact of Hospital Scheduling on Follow-up Appointments After Failed Newborn Hearing Screening. Oral presentation at: EHDI Annual Conference; February 2017; Atlanta, GA.
Creel, L.M. & Jennings, J.C. Trends in Hospitals’ Health Promotion Services Before and After the ACA. Oral presentation at: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; June 2016; Boston, MA.
Jennings, J.C. & Creel, L.M. Trends in Hospitals’ Health Promotion Services Before and After the ACA. Poster presentation at: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; June 2016; Boston, MA.
Buchino, S., Creel, L.M., & Wendel, M. Consumer Experiences with the Affordable Care Act in Kentucky. Poster presentation at: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; June 2016; Boston, MA.
