Overview
Education: Masters Degree, Applied Economics. Duke University. 2007
Bachelors Degree, Economics and Mathematics. University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Overview: Alyssa has ongoing collaborations with faculty from Duke Global Health Institute, Hospital Medicine, and Center for Aging. She has experience spanning the entire research cycle from grant development and research design, to primary data (or secondary data analysis), and publication of research findings. Alyssa has an MA in applied economics from Duke University and has a range of experience in the fields of health economics, health behaviors and health outcomes, including physician behavior, obesity and physical activity, infectious diseases, and childhood hearing loss. Special areas of expertise are in pilot/feasibility studies, cluster-randomized trials, electronic health records, and health economics.
Bachelors Degree, Economics and Mathematics. University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Overview: Alyssa has ongoing collaborations with faculty from Duke Global Health Institute, Hospital Medicine, and Center for Aging. She has experience spanning the entire research cycle from grant development and research design, to primary data (or secondary data analysis), and publication of research findings. Alyssa has an MA in applied economics from Duke University and has a range of experience in the fields of health economics, health behaviors and health outcomes, including physician behavior, obesity and physical activity, infectious diseases, and childhood hearing loss. Special areas of expertise are in pilot/feasibility studies, cluster-randomized trials, electronic health records, and health economics.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Biostatistician III
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics,
Basic Science Departments
Recent Publications
Access to Ear and Hearing Care Globally: A Survey of Stakeholder Perceptions from the Lancet Commission on Global Hearing Loss.
Journal Article Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology · March 2025 ObjectiveCharacterize global access to ear and hearing care (EHC) to inform future policy recommendations.Study designSurvey using convenience sampling.SettingSubjects were surveyed via contact lists of the World Health Organizat ... Full text CiteIs there a mental health diagnostic crisis in primary care? Current research practices in global mental health cannot answer that question.
Journal Article Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci · January 30, 2025 In low- and middle-income countries, fewer than 1 in 10 people with mental health conditions are estimated to be accurately diagnosed in primary care. This is despite more than 90 countries providing mental health training for primary healthcare workers in ... Full text Link to item CiteThe Selah trial: A preference-based partially randomized waitlist control study of three stress management interventions.
Conference Translational behavioral medicine · January 2025 Chronic stress undermines psychological and physiological health. We tested three remotely delivered stress management interventions among clergy, accounting for intervention preferences. United Methodist clergy in North Carolina enrolled in a partially ra ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
North STAR Trial: Specialty Telemedicine Access for Referrals in Rural Alaska
ResearchBiostatistician · Awarded by University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2026Appalachian STAR Trial
ResearchBiostatistician · Awarded by University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2025RESHAPE (Reducing Stigma in Mental Health Core Providers) R01
ResearchBiostatistician · Awarded by The George Washington University · 2019 - 2025View All Grants