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Faculty Profile
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Amanda Birnbaum Health and Nutrition Sciences


Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~birnbauma

Scholarly Interests and Specialties
    I am trained as a behavioral epidemiologist and consider myself a public health researcher with a focus on adolescent health behaviors. I am very interested in the social and environmental contexts of adolescent behaviors, especially physical activity and eating behaviors. I have skills in experimental/quasi-experimental research, observational research, and measurement development. I have considerable experience in school-based research and am now conducting research in after-school programs in NYC. Although my training has been primarily quantitative and deductive, I have begun pursuing qualitative and inductive research as well and I am very interested in gaining more experience using mixed methods (combining quantitative and qualitative methods).

Professional Association Memberships
  • American Academy of Health
  • American Public Health Association
  • International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Society of Behavioral Medicine

Reviewer for the following professional journals
  • American Journal of Health Behavior
  • American Journal of Preventive Medicine
  • Annals of Behavioral Medicine
  • Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
  • Health Education and Behavior
  • Health Education Research Journal
  • Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
  • Medicine Science in Sports and Exercise
  • Preventive Medicine
  • Prevention Science

Editorial Board
  • Editorial Board of the American Journal of Health Behavior (the journal of the American Academy of Health Behavior)

Other Types of Reviews
  • Conference abstract reviewer for Society of Behavioral Medicine and American Public Health Association

Work With Schools and Other Agencies
  • Child Health Advisory Board member, Healthy Directions, Inc., a non-profit organization leading the Healthy Children Healthy Futures programs.
  • Healthy Lifestyles, Nutrition and Obesity Task Force member, Mountainside Health Foundation, Montclair, NJ, 2008, ongoing.
  • Expert Advisory Panel member, Healthy Grandfamilies Initiative, Healthy Children Healthy Futures, 2007-present.
  • New Jersey Coordinated School Health Project, Stakeholders Advisory Group, invited member, Trenton, NJ, 2008.