Sharron Paige-Whitaker

Job Title: Outreach Coordinator

Phone: 404 712-9818

spaigew@emory.edu

Current Projects: ADULT ASSESSMENT PROJECT

Job Description: Coordinate Outreach activities as it relates to recruiting, contacting, scheduling, interviewing, retaining, and tracking participants in longitudinal studies.

Other studies: INFANT DEVELOPMENT STUDY, CHILD DEVELOPMENT STUDY, TEEN ASSESSMENT PROJECT, NLS (National Longitudinal Study), NELS (National Educational Longitudinal Study), NMES (National Medical Expenditure Study), NPSES (National Post Secondary Education Study), Women's Health Studies, Breast Cancer Study, Manpower Development Study of the PEACH program, and the NHSDA (National Household Survey on Drug Abuse).

Education: Georgia State University, Morris Brown College, " School of the Prophets" Bible Academy, and GACA approved addiction training.

 

Professional Interests or Specialties:

Facilitator: educating high risk groups in treatment and/or shelters to prevent drug/alcohol addiction. I also present at different elementary and pre schools.

Founder: BREAK FREE MINISTRIES, designed to provide resources and information for high risk families with young children.

Traveled to Africa 1994 and 1996 to speak on Addiction, Alcoholism and FAS.

Scientifically based educational materials for Prevention: Article titled "Addiction" and one titled "Tracking High-Risk Families in Longitudinal Studies".

Poster: Mary Ellen Lynch, Claire D. Coles, Sharron Paige-Whitaker, Rebecca Bickelhaupt, Mary F. Dent. "Delinquency & Behavior Problems in Alcohol-Affected Youth". Presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Adolescent, Chicago, Il. April 2, 2000.