Allison Rose, MHS

Clinical Project Manager I
Clinical Research Directorate/CMRP, SAIC-Frederick, Inc.
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research
Frederick, MD
USA 21702

Biographical Sketch: Ms. Allison Rose is a Clinical Project Manager I who began working with SAIC-Frederick, Inc. in 2006 as a contractor to the Tobacco Control Research Branch (TCRB) within the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences at the National Cancer Institute. Ms. Rose has a Master of Health Sciences degree in Behavioral Sciences and Health Education from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and she has nearly fifteen years of experience working with multidisciplinary research networks to address challenging and complex issues that contribute to health disparities. Currently, Ms. Rose provides research and program support to the Tobacco Research Network on Disparities (TReND), a transdisciplinary research effort co-funded by the NCI and Legacy, whose mission is dedicated to building the evidence-base to support practice and policy efforts that will ultimately eliminate tobacco-related health disparities. In support of TReND and other research efforts within TCRB, Ms. Rose conducts literature reviews, provides analytic and writing support to research efforts involving national health surveillance systems, and leads key dissemination activities to promote translation of research findings. Areas of special interest include tobacco-related health disparities, the the role of public policies and social factors in tobacco use and other health risk behaviors, and women’s health issues. Ms. Rose has presented at national and international conferences and has served as a lead author and co-author on various peer-reviewed publications. In 2009, Ms. Rose was honored with a blue-ribbon award at the 14th World Conference on Tobacco of Health in Mumbai, India for the presentation of a scientific poster titled, “Increased Risk of Smoking among Low Socioeconomic Status Women in the United States: Informing Research and Prevention Efforts Worldwide.”

Papers:
4144.0 More than smokefree: Healthy lifestyle and weight management on women.smokefree.gov