Susan R. Levy, PhD
Professor Emerita of Community Health Sciences and Education
Research Interests
AIDS prevention and risk reduction in communities, children and adolescents; drug education and substance abuse; adolescent pregnancy programs; health promotion; hypertension and diabetes prevention in minorities
Recent and Noteworthy Publications
Gonzalez, S, Mlinarevich, N, Michalski-Rimington, AN, Cornbleet, A, Stoller, NE, Anderson, EE, Levy, SR. The Latina gestational diabetes mellitus pilot study: baseline data. Hisp Health Care Int. 2005;3(1):21-26.
Koerber A, Burns JL, Berbaum M, Punwani I, Levy SR, Cowell J, Flay B. Toothbrushing patterns over time in at-risk metropolitan African-American 5th-8th graders. J Public Health Dent. 2005 Fall;65(4):240-3.
Koerber A, Graumlich S, Punwani IC, Berbaum ML, Burns JL, Levy SR, Cowell JM, Flay BR. Covariates of tooth-brushing frequency in low-income African Americans from grades 5 to 8. Pediatr Dent. 2006 Nov-Dec;28(6):524-30.
Levy, SR, Anderson, EE, Issel, LM, Willis, MA, Dancy, BL, Jacobson, KM, Fleming, SG, Copper, ES, Berrios, NM, Sciammarella, E, Ochoa, M, Hebert-Beirne, J. Using multi-level, multi-source needs assessment data for planning community interventions. Health Promot Pract. 2004;5(1): 59-68.
Levy, S, Rasher, SP, Mandernach, J, Bercovitz, LS, Berbaum, ML, Deardorff Carter, S. Adult literacy research and field-based practice: piloting on experimental health literacy curriculum for full-scale field implementation. Fam Lit Forum. 2004;3(1):32-35.
Honors and Awards
Member, NIH Center for Scientific Review Committee on Health Literacy, 2007
Health Promotion Practice’s Best Paper of the Year Award (2004) for Levy SR, Anderson EE, Issel LM, Willis MA, Dancy BL, Jacobson KM, et al. Using multilevel, multisource needs assessment data for planning community interventions. Health Promot Pract. 2004 Jan;5(1):59-68.
Jonas Salk Health Leadership Award in Public and Community Health, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, 2002
Fellow, American School Health Association (FASHA), 1991
Member, Lambda Chapter, Delta Omega Society (national honorary public health fraternity), 1990
Volunteer Service Award, National March of Dimes, Prenatal Health Promotion Programs, 1989
Section Award American Public Health Association - School Health Education and Services, 1988
UIC Silver Circle Teaching Award Nomination, 1981, 1976, 1975
UIC Silver Circle Teaching Award, 1977 and 1974
Contact Info
Institute for Health Research and Policy
University of Illinois at Chicago (MC 275)
418 Westside Research Office Bldg.
1747 West Roosevelt Road
Chicago, IL 60608
IHRP Affiliation(s)
Current IHRP Research Studies (PI)
Other Research (Non-IHRP)
Urban Children’s Mental Health and AIDS Prevention
Recently Completed Research
Ilinois Prevention Research Center,
Latino Gestational Diabetes Prevention Project;
Mother/Daughter Risk Reduction Intervention