Elizabeth A. Calhoun, PhD

Professor of Health Policy and Administration

Recent and Noteworthy Publications

Markossian TW, Darnell JS, Calhoun EA. Follow-up and timeliness after an abnormal cancer screening among underserved, urban women in a patient navigation program. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 Oct;21(10):1691-700. [See abstract.]

Esparza A, Calhoun E. Measuring the impact and potential of patient navigation: proposed common metrics and beyond. Cancer. 2011 Aug;117(15 Suppl):3537-3538.

Markossian TW, Calhoun EA. Are breast cancer navigation programs cost-effective? Evidence from the Chicago Cancer Navigation Project. Health Policy. 2011 Jan;99(1):52-9. Epub 2010 Aug 4. [See abstract.]

Calhoun EA, Whitley EM, Esparza A, Ness E, Greene A, Garcia R, et al. A national patient navigator training program. Health Promot Pract. 2010;11(2):205-15.

Parker VA, Clark JA, Leyson J, Calhoun E, Carroll JK, Freund KM, Battaglia TA. Patient navigation: Development of a protocol for describing what navigators do. Health Serv Res. 2010 Apr;45(2):514-531. [See abstract.]

Bennett CL, Calhoun EA. Evaluating the total costs of chemotherapy-induced febrile Calhoun EA, Clemens JQ, Litwin MS, Walker-Corkery E, Markossian T, Kusek JW, et al. Primary care physician practices in the diagnosis, treatment and management of men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2009;12(3):288-95.

Clemens JQ, Calhoun EA, Litwin MS, McNaughton-Collins M, Dunn RL, Crowley EM, et al. Rescoring the NIH chronic prostatitis symptom index: nothing new. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2009;12(3):285-7.

Clemens JQ, Brown SO, Calhoun EA. Mental health diagnoses in patients with interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a case/control study. J Urol. 2008;180(4): 1378-1382.

neutropenia: results from a pilot study with community oncology cancer patients. Oncologist. 2007 Apr;12(4):478-83.

Darnell JS, Chang CH, Calhoun EA. Knowledge about breast cancer and participation in a faith-based breast cancer program and other predictors of mammography screening among African American women and Latinas. Health Promot Pract. 2006 Jul;7(3 Suppl):201S-12S.

Wolf MS, Satterlee M, Calhoun EA, Skripkauskas S, Fulwiler D, Diamond-Shapiro L, et al. Colorectal cancer screening among the medically underserved. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2006 Feb;17(1):47-54.

Honors and Awards

IHRP Fellow

Contact Info

Phone: (312) 355-1572
E-mail: ecalhoun@uic.edu

Division of Health Policy and Administration
UIC School of Public Health, M/C 923
1603 W. Taylor St., 789 SPHPI
Chicago, IL 60612

Other Title(s)

Member, UI Cancer Center Population Health, Behavior and Outcomes Program

IHRP Affiliation(s)

Center for Health Behavior Research

Current IHRP Research Studies (PI)

Administration Core: CPHHD2
CEED Administrative Core
Center for Population Health and Health Disparities
Center of Excellence in Eliminating Disparities
Patient Navigation in Medically Underserved Areas
Reducing Environmental Health Disparities: A Fundamental Cause Approach

Current IHRP Research Studies (Co-I)

Improving Adequacy of Colorectal Cancer Care for African Americans (CEED Project 2)

Other Research (Non-IHRP)

Chicago Cancer Navigation Project;
Community Participation in Research;
Improving Patient Outcomes through System Navigation;
The Night Ministry Response Ability Pregnant and Parenting Program;
A Real-time Assessment of Barriers to Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment;
Research on Adverse Drug Events and Reports: Novel  Multiple Myeloma Drugs

Recently Completed Research