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Emily Meredith D'Agostino

Assistant Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery, Occupational Therapy
311 Trent Dr., 2nd FL, Occupational Therapy Doctorate Division, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Objective measurement of physical activity attributed to a park-based afterschool program - The Active Living Research Conference (2020) · 2020 National Scientific Meeting Orlando, FL
How should future epidemiologists learn epidemiology? - Society for Epidemiologic Research Conference · 2020 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Society for Epidemiologic Research , Salt Lake City, UT
Differences in the effects of student, school and neighborhood poverty on the association between fitness changes and absenteeism in New York City middle school youth - The Active Living Research Conference · 2019 National Scientific Meeting Charleston, SC
Differences in the Association between Residential Segregation and Youth Cardiovascular Health Risk across Gender and Transportation Vulnerability - Georgia State University Community Geography Annual Conference · 2019 National Scientific Meeting Atlanta, GE
After-School Park Internship Program for Urban Teens at High-Risk for Violence Exposure: A CBPR Approach to Poly-Strengths Programming - ResilienceCon Conference · 2019 National Scientific Meeting Nashville, TN
Objective measurement of physical activity attributed to a park-based afterschool program - The Active Living Research Conference (2020) · 2020 National Scientific Meeting Orlando, FL
How should future epidemiologists learn epidemiology? - Society for Epidemiologic Research Conference · 2020 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Society for Epidemiologic Research , Salt Lake City, UT
Differences in the effects of student, school and neighborhood poverty on the association between fitness changes and absenteeism in New York City middle school youth - The Active Living Research Conference · 2019 National Scientific Meeting Charleston, SC
Differences in the Association between Residential Segregation and Youth Cardiovascular Health Risk across Gender and Transportation Vulnerability - Georgia State University Community Geography Annual Conference · 2019 National Scientific Meeting Atlanta, GE
After-School Park Internship Program for Urban Teens at High-Risk for Violence Exposure: A CBPR Approach to Poly-Strengths Programming - ResilienceCon Conference · 2019 National Scientific Meeting Nashville, TN
Longitudinal Population-Level Health-Related Fitness Patterns in New York City Public School Children and Adolescents, 2006-2017 - Society for Epidemiologic Research Conference · 2019 National Scientific Meeting Society for Epidemiologic Research, Minneapolis, MN
New York City Youth Cardiovascular Fitness and Subsequent School Absenteeism Have an Inverse, Dose-Response Relationship, Regardless of How Poverty is Measured - EPI Lifestyle · 2019 National Scientific Meeting American Heart Association, Houston, TX
Teaching Epidemiology for Undergraduate Students: Empowering and Student-Centered Learning - Urban Studies 220, Profs. Sherry Baron and Alfredo Morabia · 2019 Visiting Professorship Lecture City University of New York, Queens College, Barry Commoner Center
The economic stability of a healthy community: Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department · 2018 Invited Talk Aetna Foundation/South Florida Business Journal , Florida International University
Changes in Cardiovascular Health and Physical Fitness in Youth with Disabilities Participating in a Park-Based Afterschool Program for Two Years - The American Public Health Association Annual Meeting · 2018 National Scientific Meeting APHA, San Diego, CA
Examining the longitudinal association of fitness and chronic absenteeism in New York City 6th-8th grade youth over four years - New York City Epidemiology Forum · 2017 National Scientific Meeting New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Stepping Out of Our Comfort Zones: Moving Beyond Mental Health Clinics and Delivering Services to Children in Their Natural Environments - 51st Association for Behavioral Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention · 2017 National Scientific Meeting San Diego, CA
Parks and recreation—making fitness fun for kids - University of Miami Mailman Center for Child Development Community Health IPC Innovation & Connection Conference · 2017 Invited Talk University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL
ISSUES: M-D Parks’ Fit2Lead Program – Helping Local Youth · 2016 Broadcast Appearance WPBT2 South Florida PBS, Miami, FL
Miami-Dade Parks: Fit2Lead & Fit2Play · 2016 Broadcast Appearance NBC6, Miami, FL
The effect of gender on the causal longitudinal association of change in fitness on absenteeism in NYC middle school youth - The American Public Health Association Annual Meeting · 2016 National Scientific Meeting APHA, Denver, CO
Workforce capacity building in after-school settings: Training paraprofessionals to promote youth mental health - 50th Association for Behavioral Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention · 2016 National Scientific Meeting New York, NY
Impact of a park-based afterschool healthy weight program on modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors in youth over 6 years of implementation - The American Public Health Association Annual Meeting · 2016 National Scientific Meeting APHA, Denver, CO
Being Brand New in the NYC DOE - New York City United Federation of Teachers New Teacher Reception Invited Speaker · 2004 Keynote/Named Lecture New York City United Federation of Teachers, New York, NY
Cross-comparative population analyses of infant thermal care practices across cultural groups - Victorian SIDS Research Forum and National SIDS Council of Australia Forum · 1996 International Meeting or Conference Melbourne, Australia

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship


Reviewer - Epidemiology · 2019 Editorial Activities
Reviewer - BMJ Open · 2019 Editorial Activities
Reviewer - American Journal of Public Health · 2019 Editorial Activities
Reviewer - Health & Place · 2019 Editorial Activities
Reviewer - Jornal de Pediatria · 2018 Editorial Activities
Reviewer - Epidemiology · 2019 Editorial Activities
Reviewer - BMJ Open · 2019 Editorial Activities
Reviewer - American Journal of Public Health · 2019 Editorial Activities
Reviewer - Health & Place · 2019 Editorial Activities
Reviewer - Jornal de Pediatria · 2018 Editorial Activities
Reviewer - Preventive Medicine Reports · 2018 Editorial Activities
Reviewer - Preventing Chronic Disease · 2018 Editorial Activities
Reviewer - Society for Epidemiology Research Annual Meeting · 2018 Editorial Activities
Assistant Producer, American Journal of Public Health Monthly Podcast · 2017 Editorial Activities APHA
Reviewer · 2017 Editorial Activities American Public Health Association, Annual Meeting & Expo
Reviewer - European Journal of Preventive Cardiology · 2017 Editorial Activities
Reviewer - Preventive Medicine · 2017 Editorial Activities
Reviewer - American Journal of Epidemiology · 2017 Editorial Activities
Reviewer · 2016 Editorial Activities Pediatrics
Reviewer · 2014 Editorial Activities Journal of Urban Health

Service to the Profession


Education Consultant - Erasmus Summer Program · 2018 Consulting Erasmus Medical College, Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences
Research Consultant - New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · 2017 Consulting Queens, NY
Curriculum Consultant - Green Beetz (Nonprofit) · 2014 Consulting New York, NY