BARRY PORTNOY      Home Address: 9524 Bruce Drive Silver Spring, MD 20901 Telephone: (301) 585-3240 E-Mail: barrylynn1@verizon.net

EDUCATION  

Ph.D. Community Health Education, Minor: Research and Statistics, University of Toledo. Dissertation Title: Effects of a Controlled-Usage Alcohol Education Program Based on the Health Belief Model.

 M.A. School Health Education, Ohio State University.

 B.A. Biology, City University of New York (Baruch College).

     EXPERIENCE  August 2001 to February 2015  

National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director, Office of Disease Prevention, Senior Advisor for Disease Prevention. Duties include assisting the Associate Director in identifying major issues regarding disease prevention and health promotion and designing strategies to assess them. Lead for Strategic Priority 2 that identifies prevention research gaps across NIH, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Directs ODP co-funding activities. Leads the development and provision of advice regarding disease prevention and health promotion to a variety of audiences within and outside NIH. Oversees, coordinates and conducts independent studies bearing upon policy questions in the areas of prevention and prevention research. Provides leadership and serves as the focal point for working relationships with staff from the various Institutes and Centers and other federal agencies.

 July 2007 to present  

College Park Professor - Department of Behavioral and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland

     September 1990 to August 2001  

National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Prevention, Office of the Deputy Director, Cancer Planning and Program Officer. Duties include overall responsibility for Division planning and program evaluation and involvement in the assessment of Division resource

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allocation. Coordinates all congressional correspondence and is responsible for budget narratives. Assures that the overall Division program is developed to meet the priorities of the Cancer Prevention and Control mandate of the National Cancer Program. Ensures overall coordination of the program by working with the Research Group Chiefs and their staffs to develop program plans and specific initiatives responsive to cancer prevention and control research and application needs. Oversees the preparation of annual program implementation plans, including the analysis and evaluation of these plans. Responsible for coordination between Division programs and other Federal and private agency programs. Responsible for overall Division program evaluation. Serves as the liaison for planning and evaluation with the Planning Officer, NCI. The Division of Cancer Prevention has an annual budget of approximately $210 million with a staff of over 100 individuals.

 February 1994 to August 1995  

National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (DCPC), Office of the Deputy Director, Cancer Planning and Program Officer. Responsibility for overall management of the Office of the Deputy Director while the Deputy Director was on detail to the Office of the Director, National Cancer Institute.

 Committees and Activities  

Chair, NIH Prevention Science Subcommittee  

Member, NIH OppNet Steering Committee for Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences Research

 Member, NIH-FDA Tobacco Regulatory Science Workgroup

 Member, Cross-Agency Evaluation Group for ARRA Prevention and Wellness Initiative

 NIH Liaison to Community Guide to Preventive Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 NIH Liaison to Clinical Guide to Preventive Services, Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research

 Senior Advisor to the National Children=s Study, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development

 Member, NIH Nutrition Coordinating Committee

 Member, Trans-NIH Bioethics Committee

 Member, DHHS Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health

 Member, Healthy People 2010 Steering Committee

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Member, NIH Continuing Medical Education Committee  

Member, Adventist Healthcare Health Disparities Advisory Group  

Member, Healthy People 2010 Mid-Course Review Executive Committee  

Task Leader, Evaluation of NIH Consensus Development Conferences - Impact of Research Recommendations

 Task Leader, Evaluation of the NIH State-the-Science Conference, Cesarean Delivery on Maternal Request.

 Priority Coordinator, Cancer, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Healthy People 2010 Initiative to August 2001.

 Priority Coordinator, Cancer, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Healthy People 2000 Initiative.

 Co-Chair, Research and Evaluation Committee, Special Population Network, National Cancer Institute, 2001

 Member, American Cancer Society Blue Ribbon Panel on Community Cancer Control.

Chair, American Cancer Society Committee on Objectives for 2015.

Leader, NCI/DHHS Healthy People 2000 Progress Review.  

Chief, Program Directors, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control -1990-1998  

Executive Secretary, Extramural Division Directors= Committee, National Cancer Institute - January 1997 to July 1997.

 Executive Secretary, Prevention Trials Decision Network, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control 1998.

 Chair, National Cancer Advisory Board Federal Ad Hoc Committee to Develop a Pilot Inventory of Federally Sponsored Cancer Research.

 National Cancer Institute Coordinator to National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ADD HEALTH Study.

 Co-Author, NCI Special Action Sub-Committee Report on Minorities, Over 65 and Underserved Populations 1995-1996.

 Member, Community Randomized Trial Working Group on NIH Women's Health Initiative.

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Task Leader, DCPC Annual Retreat Planning Document -1991-1994.

Co-Author and Task Leader, NCI Health and Behavior Report.

Author and Task Leader, NCI Health and Behavior Implementation Plan.

Co-Author and Task Leader, NCI Biennial Report on Prevention.

Division Coordinator, Fiscal Year 1997 Bypass Budget Narrative and author Cancer Prevention and Control Chapter.

 Division Coordinator, Fiscal Year 1996 Bypass Budget Narrative and author of Cancer Prevention and Control chapter.

 Division Coordinator, Fiscal Year 1995 Bypass Budget Narrative

 Task Leader, NCI, DCPC Fiscal Year 1993 By-Pass Budget Narrative.

Task Leader, NCI, DCPC Fiscal Year 1992 By-Pass Budget Narrative.

Task Leader, DCPC Fiscal Year 1989-1990 Annual Report.

Member, NCI 1992 National Health Interview Survey Planning Group.

Project Officer, Managed Care Strategies in Cancer Control.

January 1990 to September 1990  

National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Office of the Deputy Director (Detail). Responsibilities included participation in the planning of a coordinated program in the areas of cancer prevention, early detection and community oncology, cancer control science and surveillance. Participates with the Deputy Director in making recommendations to the Director for program direction, emphasis, evaluation, coordination, discontinuance and determent of projects. Assists the Deputy Director in the identification and oversight of information sharing and reporting techniques throughout DCPC. Assists the Deputy Director in the coordination of periodic formal and informal reports and presentations of DCPC programs, activities, accomplishments and strategic planning. Assists the Deputy Director and Director in budget formulation. Participates in the coordination and liaison with other agencies including the Centers for Disease Control, National Institute on Aging, Health Care Financing Administration, Health Resources Services Administration and the American Cancer Society.

 January 1985 to December 1990

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Health Promotion Research Officer, National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Health Promotion Sciences Branch.

 Responsibilities included the development of concepts suitable for acceptance by the Board of Scientific Counselors. Identifying theoretical foundations and principles suitable for intervention research initiatives. Coordinating and monitoring program evaluation of extramural research on health promotion interventions for cancer control. Representing the Branch and the Division to other Federal, State and local Health Departments and to private organizations. Providing consultation to scientists in the field on the design and testing of community health promotion interventions.

 Program Director, "Integrating Tobacco Education Programs into the School System." These two grants have the objectives of developing, implementing and evaluating diffusion strategies for integrating tobacco education into the school system (Project budget was approximately $4 million over 4 years).

 Program Director, "Cancer Communications Systems Research". These five grants have the objectives of more effectively communicating the cancer risk reduction message to various at risk populations utilizing the Cancer Information Service (Project budget was approximately $3 million over 3 years).

 Project Officer, Development of Meta-Analytic Software, Small Business Innovative Research Contract (Project budget was approximately $50 thousand for six months).

 Director, Comprehensive Cancer Risk Reduction for High Risk Youth Developmental Initiative.

 Member, Project Management Team - Market Research for High Risk Youth - Project is a combined federal effort to develop a needs assessment survey for high risk youth.

 Member, NCI/ACS Working Group on the Development of an Elementary Education Substance Abuse Curriculum.

 Member, NCI/ACS Working Group on the Development of Youth Nutrition Education Modules.

 Member, NCI/ACS Working Group on the Development of a Food Service Managers Manual to Alter the School Lunch.

 Member, Working Group on the Development of a Nutrition Education Tele-conference for Health Professionals (Joint Project With the American Hospital Association and the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association).

 Member, Task Group on Combined Federal Effort for Health Promotion/Disease Prevention in Primary Care.

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Chair, Stockholm Intervention Working Group - collaborative effort for the design of a community-based nutrition intervention focused on cancer risk reduction in Stockholm, Sweden.

 Director of Evaluation, "Eat for Health" NCI/Giant Food, Inc. Project - this project was a supermarket-based point of purchase dietary intervention for cancer risk reduction.

 Task Leader, Meta-Analysis of Physician-Directed Smoking Cessation Programs.

 Task Leader, Analysis of INSURE Project Data Set. The INSURE Project is a large scale quasi-experimental study investigating the feasibility of insuring for preventive health services. The focus of this task is on the effects of physician delivered smoking cessation protocols.

 January 1989 to June 1996  

Adjunct Professor, Department of Health Education, University of Maryland. February 1987 to October 1987

 Acting Branch Chief, Health Promotion Sciences Branch (HPSB), Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Cancer Institute. Responsibilities included providing the scientific and technical leadership in the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of health promotion intervention research. Monitored progress of Branch grants and contracts. Provided administrative and operational oversight of all Branch activities. Provided technical and administrative supervision to seven professional and three support staff assigned to the Branch. Initiated and maintained contact with DCPC and other components of NIH, Federal agencies, and private organizations with responsibilities related to the activities of the Branch. Prepared and interpreted cancer control policy on areas related to the Branch and delivered oral and written presentations on the current directions of the HPSB.

 December 1982 to December 1984  

Towson State University, Assistant Professor of Health Science.  

Responsibilities included instruction in the courses, entitled Principles and Practices in Community Health, Health Care in the United States, Current Health Problems, and Determinants of Health, as well as advising on graduate level research projects and theses.

 1980 to 1982  

Kappa Systems, Inc., Senior Health Consultant. Manager of the Evaluation Section for the National High Blood Pressure Education Program support contract. Activities included the analysis of secondary data sources, designing, implementing and analyzing information user surveys, developing management information systems and documenting Program activities.

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Task Leader for the National Institute for Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse contract for the evaluation of its national mass media campaign. Activities included survey design, implementation and analysis.

 Directed a Community Implementation Study--intensive studies in twelve cities throughout the country--designed to identify effective community mobilization strategies in alcohol education. Developed innovative research approaches to monitor the community involvement of intermediary groups, and conducted special interview studies with physicians, educators, and key people in the business community. Responsible for report on capacity building and interface among public, non-profit, and voluntary agencies in alcohol education. Analytic consultant for the evaluation of the "Health Style" campaign sponsored by the Office of Health Information and Health Promotion (OHIP). Responsible for the conduct of an experimental study of the influence of mass media health risk assessment material on the beliefs and behavioral intentions of white, Black, and Hispanic populations in Denver and Phoenix. Responsible for analysis of a survey to test alternative models of health education targeted at nutrition, smoking, exercise, and alcohol abuse.

 Task Leader for the National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Disease contract, which determines suitable methodologies to evaluate the non-research components of Multipurpose Arthritis Centers (MAC). Activities included an analysis of MAC objectives and activities and the determination of suitable evaluation methodologies to evaluate MAC activities, i.e., the areas of professional education, patient education and community demonstration projects.

 Author for the DHHS Office of Health Information and Promotion publication "Guidelines for the Development of Community Health Promotion Programs."

     1978 to 1980  

University of Virginia, Assistant Professor of Health Education.  

Responsibilities included instruction in the following courses: Health Behavior, Drug Usage, Health Education Research Techniques, and Contemporary Health Issues.

 Co-Director of a Senior Citizen Health and Physical Education Program (Title I funded).

 Principal Investigator for drug abuse survey for secondary school children funded by the National Foundation March of Dimes.

 Developed and implemented an assessment of health education activities within Virginia's health departments.

 1976 to 1978  

University of Toledo, Graduate Teaching Associate in Health Education.

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Responsibilities included instruction in the courses entitled: Personal Health, Public Health Statistics and First Aid and Personal Safety.

 Conducted an evaluation of provider services at the Guadalupe Family Health Center and conducted a mental health needs assessment of the North Catchment Area of Toledo, Ohio.

 1974 to 1976  

Ohio State University, Graduate Teaching Associate in Health Education.  

Responsibilities included instruction in the courses entitled: Critical Health Issues for College Students, Human Sexuality and First Aid and Personal Safety.

     CONSULTANT SERVICES  2016 Member, Public Health Undergraduate Program Advisory Committee, Gallaudet

University. 1984 National Cancer Institute, Cancer Control Applications Branch. Developed a behavioral

science training package for the Cancer Control Associates Program.  1984 National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Preventive Cardiology Branch. Member,

Contract Review Panel.  1983-85 National Institute of Dental Research. Member, Contract Review Panel.  1979-80 Behavioral Science Unit, Federal Bureau of Investigation. Presentations to mid-level

managers for designing alcohol employee assistance programs. Designed a pre- retirement program for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (8,000 employees).

 1978-80 Virginia State Health Advisory Committee. Developed an evaluation manual for health

education programs to be used by state and voluntary agencies.  COMMITTEES  

Member, Healthy People 2020 Project Planning Committee -2001 - 2004  

Advisor, National Death Index, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC

Member, NIH Behavior and Social Sciences Coordinating Committee. 1987-2000.

Member, NIH Prevention Coordinators Committee.

Member, DHHS Healthy People 2010 Steering Committee.  

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Chair, Technical Evaluation Panel for Office of Disease Prevention Information Technology and Professional Services Support Contract

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Chair, Source Evaluation Group, State Cancer Policy Database Program  

Member, NIH Project Officers Program Officials Forum (POPOF) 1992-1996.  

Chair, Federal Interagency Committee to Develop a Pilot Inventory of Cancer Research 1996.

Member, Steering Group, NCI Extramural Streamlining Committee 1996.

Co-Chair, Review Processes Subcommittee, NCI Extramural Streamlining Committee 1996.

Member, NIH Worksite Health Promotion Committee 1994 - 1996.

Member, ODPHP Preventive Services Steering Committee.

Member, NIH Reunion Task Force 1995.

Member, NCI Office of Cancer Communications Plans Board.

Member, NCI Chiefs of Program Directors Committee.

Member, NCI PO1 Working Group 1995.

Member, Women's Health Initiative Community Randomized Trial Working Group 1994.  

Co-Chair, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) Ad Hoc Group on Health Promotion Communication Technologies.

 Member, NCI Internal Working Group, PDQ - Patient Information File.

Member, Advisory Committee for 4-6 Curriculum, ACS, National Office.

Member, Public Education Evaluation Advisory Group, ACS, National Office.

Member, Program Effectiveness Panel (PEP), U.S. Department of Education.

Chair, Source Evaluation Group, Office of Cancer Communications Research and Evaluation Program, April 13, 1995.

 Reviewer, Center for Behavioral Research and Program Evaluation, National Cancer Institute of Canada, Toronto, Canada, October 24, 1994.

 Member, NCI Source Evaluation Group (SEG), American Stop Smoking InterventionTrial (ASSIST), June 5-7, 1991.

 Member, Review Panel, HIV Education for Universities, Division of Adolescent and

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School Health, Centers for Disease Control, Georgia, September 17, 1990.  Member, Review Panel, Developer Demonstrator Program, National Diffusion Network, Department of Education, July 1989.  Member, Review Panel, Comprehensive School Health Grant Program, Department of Educa- tion, July 1989.  Member, NCI/ACS Advisory Group on Nutrition Education for Youth.  Chairman, Source Evaluation Group, "Indian Health Service Cooperative Agreement", Special Population Studies Branch, National Cancer Institute, June 26, 1989.  Member, Source Evaluation Group, "American Stop Smoking Intervention Trial", Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Cancer Institute, December 12-14, 1990.  Chairman, Source Evaluation Group, "Support Contract for Special Population Initiatives", Special Population Studies Branch, National Cancer Institute, June 27, 1989.  Member, Review Panel, Cooperative Agreements to Support National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Initiatives, DHHS, May 16, 1989.  Member, Expert Review Panel "Improving Prescription Medicine Use by Children and Teenagers, National Council on Patient Information and Education, April 1989.  Co-Chair, Grant Review Panel, Aids Education for High-Risk Youth, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA, June 12-14, 1988.  Chair, Source Evaluation Group, NCI Office of Cancer Communications Program Evaluation, 1988.  Member, NCI Prescribe for Health Internal Working Group 1988.

Member, NCI Working Group on DHHS Year 2000 Objectives.

Member, Contract Review Panel, Substance Abuse Prevention for High Risk Youth, Office of Substance Abuse Prevention, National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, MD, May 16, 1988.  Editor, Stat Bites, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 1996.  Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Family and Community Health, 1995-2001.  Reviewer, Health Education and Behavior (formerly Health Education Quarterly)

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Reviewer, Health Education Quarterly.  

Reviewer, Health Education Research: Theory and Practice.  

Reviewer, Millbank Memorial Fund Quarterly.  

Member, Centers for Disease Control, Teenage Health Teaching Modules Advisory Panel.

Member, American Cancer Society Youth Education Subcommittee, January 1985-1987.

Member, Ad Hoc Interagency Committee on Health Promotion Through the Schools, January 1985-1990.

 Member, Ad Hoc Interagency Committee on Health Risk Assessment, January 1985-1990.

Member, Research Council, American School Health Association, 1987-1990.

Member, Awards Committee, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Cancer Institute 1985-1987.

 Member, Planning and Evaluation Task Force, National Council on Patient Information and Education, 1983-1985.

 Chairman, Program Committee, Health Education and Information Section, Maryland Public Health Association, 1983. Chairman, Newsletter Committee, Capital Area Chapter, Society of Public Health Educators, 1982.

 Member, University of Virginia Alcohol Task Force, 1978 - 1980.

 Human Subjects Committee, Univ. of Virginia, September 1979 to December 1980.

 Doctoral Dissertation Research Awards, Committee, University of Virginia, September 1978 to June 1979.

 Member, Faculty/Graduate Student Seminar Committee, The University of Toledo, September 1977 to June 1978.

 Member, Toledo Public Health Service Organization, The University of Toledo, September 1977 to June 1978.

Member, Consortium for Health Education in Northwest Ohio, September 1977 to June 1978.

Representative, Graduate Assistantship and Stipend Committee, the University of Toledo, September 1977 to June 1978.

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Member, Professional Preparation Committee, The Ohio State University, September 1975 to June 1976.

 Member, Undergraduate Screening Committee, The Ohio State University, September 1975 to June 1976.

     HONORS/AWARDS  

1975-76 Graduate Teaching Associateship, The Ohio State University  

1976-78 Graduate Teaching Associateship, The University of Toledo  

1987 DHHS Quality Step Increase  

1987 Outstanding Young Men of America  

1987 D.K. Stanley Lecture - University of Florida  

1991 DHHS Sustained Superior Performance Award  

1992 DHHS Sustained Superior Performance Award  

1993 DHHS Sustained Superior Performance Award  

1995 DHHS Quality Step Increase  

1996 DHHS Sustained Superior Performance Award  

1997 DHHS Quality Step Increase  

1997 NIH Quality of Work Life Award (Group Award for NIH Worksite Health Promotion Committee)

 1999 NIH Director’s Award

 2000 DHHS Secretary’s Award for Distinguished Service

 2000 Surgeon General’s Certificate of Recognition

 2007 Awarded title of College Park Professor, Department of Public and Community

Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland  

2007 Assistant Secretary for Health Award - Healthy People 2010 Midcourse Review Team

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2012 NIH Office of the Director Honor Award  

2013 NIH Office of the Director Honor Award 2014 NIH Office of the Director Honor Award (2) 2015 NIH Office of the Director Honor Award

     PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS  Member, American Public Health Association

     ADVISNG AND RESEARCH SUPERVISION  Jing Tian, M.D. - Ph.D. Student, University of Maryland - AEffectiveness of Continuing Medical Education: A Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment 2009  Genevieve Garcia-Martinez - Ph.D. Exploring Factors Associated with Pregnancy Prevention and Pregnancy Intention Among Latino Youth in Montgomery County 2010  Peggy Wrobleski, Ph.D. - The Challenge of Teen Nutrition: An Ecological View of Socio-Cognitive Influences on Urban, African-American Adolescent Diet Quality 2010

     SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Enhancing Coordination Among the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and National Institutes of Health. Murray DM, Kaplan RM, Ngo-Metzger Q, Portnoy B, Olkkola S, Stredrick D, Kuczmarski RJ, Goldstein AB, Perl HI, O'Connell ME Am J Prev Med. 2015 Sep;49(3 Suppl 2):S166-73 Enhancing the Quality of Prevention Research Supported by the National Institutes of Health. Murray DM, Cross WP, Simons-Morton D, Engel J, Portnoy B, Wu J, Watson PA, Olkkola S. Am J Public Health. 2015 Jan;105(1):9-12. Independent state health surveys: responding to the need for local population health data. Portnoy B, Craddock Lee SJ, Kincheloe J, Breen N, Olson JL, McCormally J, Brown ER. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2014 Sep-Oct;20(5):E21-33  Brown, ER, Kincheloe J, Breen N, Olson, JL, Portnoy B, Craddock Lee S States’ Use of Local Population Health Data: Comparing the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and Independent State Health Surveys. J Public Health Management Practice, 2012, 00(00), 1–7.  Tian J, Atkinson NL, Portnoy B, Lowitt NR The Development of a Theory-Based Instrument to

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Evaluate the Effectiveness of Continuing Medical Education. Academic Medicine, Vol 85, No. 9/September 2010  Coleman VH, Erickson K, Spong CY, Portnoy B, Croswell J, Schulkin J. Current practice of cesarean delivery on maternal request: Impact of the 2006 State-of-the- Science Conference. Journal of Reproductive Medicine 2010, Jan.-Feb; 55(1-2):25-30.  Portnoy B, Miller J, Brown-Huamani K, DeVoto E Impact of the NIH Consensus Development Program on Stimulating NIH-funded Research, 1998 to 2001. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care July 2007: Vol. 23, Issue 03:349-353.

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Tian, J, Atkinson, NL, Portnoy, B, Gold, RS. A systematic review of evaluation in formal Continuing Medical Education. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions January 2007: Vol. 27, No. 1  Bettes BA, Coleman VH, Zinberg, S, Spong, CY, Portnoy B, DeVoto E, Schulkin, J. Cesarean Delivery on maternal request: Obstetrician-gynecologists knowledge and practice patterns. Obstetrics and Gynecology January 2007:Vol.109, NO.1 p.57-66.  Briss, Peter A., Portnoy, B., Vogel-Taylor, M.., Zaza, S. Identifying continuing research needs: Lessons from the Community Guide@ 2005 Oxford University Press.  Dausch, J., Portnoy, B., Dresser, C., and Gilbert, G. Correlates of high fat/low nutrient-dense snack consumption among adolescents: Results from two national health surveys. American Journal of Health Promotion November/December 1995:10 (2):85-88  Portnoy, B. Healthy People in Rural Areas by the Year 2000, Appalachian Leadership Initiative on Cancer Monograph, National Cancer Institute, 1995, NIH Publication No. 94-3779.  Rodgers, A.B., Kessler, L.G., Portnoy, B., Potosky, A., Patterson, B., Tenney, J., Mathews, O., Kahle, L. The Eat for Health evaluation: Can a diet and cancer supermarket intervention succeed? American Journal of Public Health, January 1994:84(1):72-76.  Kessler, L.G., Patterson, B. Portnoy, B. Rogers, A. Potosky, A., Tenney, J. Testing a supermarket point-of-purchase program: The Eat for Health evaluation. Evaluation Review, October 1992.  Jepson, C., Kessler, L.G., Portnoy, B. and Gibbs, T. Black-White differences in cancer prevention knowledge and behavior. American Journal of Public Health, April,1991.  Odenkirchen, J., Portnoy, B. et al. In-store monitoring of a supermarket nutrition intervention. Family and Community Health, November 1991.  Parcel, G., Lavin, A.T., Portnoy, B., Ross, J.G., Nelson, G.D., and Winters, F. Enhancing implementation of the Teenage Health Teaching Modules, Journal of School Health, March 1991.  Gold, R.S., Parcel, G., Walberg, H., Luepker, R., and Portnoy, B., Stone, E. Summary and conclusions of the THTM evaluation: The advisory panel perspective. Journal of School Health, March 1991.  Anderson, D.M., Meissner, H.I. and Portnoy, B. Initiating the search for health knowledge: How the public finds out about NCI's Cancer Information Service. Health Education Research, 1989;4(4).  Portnoy, B., Anderson, D.M. and Eriksen, M. Application of diffusion theory to health promotion research. Family and Community Health, 1989;12(2).  Portnoy, B. Nutrition Knowledge and Beliefs. Annual Cancer Statistics Review 1989, National Cancer Institute, DHHS.

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Light, L., Tenney, J., Portnoy, B. et al. A point-of-purchase supermarket intervention. Public Health Reports, September/October, 1989;104(5):443-450.  Light, L., Portnoy, B. et al. Nutrition education in supermarkets. Family and Community Health, 1989;12(1):43-52.  Corcoran, R.D. and Portnoy, B. Risk reduction through comprehensive cancer education: The ACS Plan for Youth Education. Journal of School Health, May 1989;59(5):199-204.  Anderson, D.M. and Portnoy, B. Getting health education into the schools. Journal of School Health, May 1989;59(5):214-217.  Portnoy, B. and Christenson, G.M. Cancer knowledge and related practices: Results from the National Adolescent Student Health Survey. Journal of School Health, May 1989;59(5):218-224.  Corcoran, R.D., Portnoy, B., et al. Plan for the American Cancer Society: Youth Education Program. American Cancer Society, 1988.  Corcoran, R.D., Portnoy, B., et al. "Changing the Course": A Nutrition Education Curriculum for Intermediate and Secondary School Students. American Cancer Society, 1988.  Basch, C., Eveland, J.D. and Portnoy, B. Diffusion systems for education and learning about health. Family and Community Health, August 1986.

 Senzik, S., Portnoy, B. et al. Measuring the Success of High Blood Pressure Control Programs, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, April 1986.  Iverson, D.C. and Portnoy, B. Health promotion and behavior change: What the research tells us. Proceedings of the Fifth Cancer Communications Conference, Washington, D.C., 1984.  Probst, J., Portnoy, B. et al. Introduction to Evaluation for Multipurpose Arthritis Centers, September 1982, DHHS Contract No. 1-AM-1-2206.  Portnoy, B. "Guidelines for the Development of Community Health Promotion Programs." Office of Health Information and Promotion, DHHS, 1983.  Solomon, L. and Portnoy, B. et al. "An Affordable Health Behavior Change Program for Employees of a Small Business." Health Education, January/February 1983.  Probst, J., Portnoy, B. et al. Evaluation Plan for the Evaluation of Community Demonstration, Health Services Research Activities of the Multi-purpose Arthritis Centers, September 1982, DHHS Contract No. 1-AM-1-2206.  Walker, P. and Portnoy, B. Hypertension Education Impact on Parental Health Behaviors. Resources in Education, January 1982.

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Portnoy, B. "Effect of a Controlled-Usage Alcohol Education Program Based on the Health Belief Model." Journal of Drug Education, Vol. 10(3), pp. 181-195, 1980.  Portnoy, B. "Sociology of Aging." In Wakat, D., Rotella, R., and Portnoy, B. (eds) Providing for the Physical Activity of Older Adults. Charlottesville, University of Virginia, 1979.  Portnoy, B. "An Evaluation Model for State Health Facilities for Health Education Activities." (Published by the Virginia Department of Health Education, 1979).  Iverson, Donald C. and Portnoy, B., "A Reassessment of the Application of the Knowledge, Attitude/Behavior Triad," Health Education, November and December 1977.  SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

   Sherry Glied, Ph.D., Barry Portnoy, Ph.D., Lina S. Balluz, ScD, MPH, Susan Babey, Ph.D., AJ Scheitler, MEd., Timothy Sahr, MPH, E. Ricahrd, Brown, “Enhancing State, Local Health Survey Data for Policy and Planning” American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC November 1, 2011.  Theory-Based Outcome Evaluation of Asthma CME Conferences Using a Reliable and Valid Instrument Jing Tian MD, PhD; Nancy Atkinson PhD; Barry Portnoy, PhD; Sterling A North, BA; Nancy Ryan Lowitt, MD, EdM, FACP 2010 Annual Meeting AAMC.  Lawrence W. Green, Barry Portnoy, Robert Isman and Dushanka Kleinman, AHeallthy People 2020: Strategies for Oral Health Visibility.@ American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 28, 2008.  E. Richard Brown, David Grant, D. Imelda Padilla-Frausto, Nancy Breen, Barry Portnoy, APutting Data and Information into Hands of Those Who Can Use It: Dissemination and Impact of the California Health Interview Survey,@ Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Washington, DC, June 7, 2008.  Jing Tian, Nancy L Atkinson, Barry Portnoy, Barnett S Kramer, Sylvia Scherr, and Robert S Gold, AInstrument Development for Continuing Medical Education Evaluation.@ American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C, November 6, 2007.  Jing Tian, , Nancy L. Atkinson, Barry Portnoy, Robert S. Gold, AImpact of Continuing Medical Education (CME) in changing physician behavior and/or health care outcomes.@ American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 4-8, 2006.  Grant Writing for Health Educators@ University of Maryland, College Park, MD October 8, 2002  Healthy People 2010 Cancer Objectives Development@ Partnerships for Health in the New Millenium, Washington, D.C. January 26, 2000

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"From Hunch to Grant: Getting Good Ideas Funded--A Guide for Health Educators," National Capital SOPHE, May 20, 1994.  Corcoran, R., Floyd, J., Portnoy, B., and Wyatt, S. "Exercise and Cancer" National Conference, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education Recreation and Dance, Washington, D.C., March 26, 1993.  Portnoy, B. "A Model for Nutrition Education: A Case Study", Annual Meeting of West Virginia Health Education Coalition, Canaan Valley, West Virginia, April 30, 1991.  Portnoy, B., "Nutrition Education in Schools: Organizational Change and Policy" Society of Public Health Education Mid-Year Conference, Portland, Maine, June 14-16, 1990.  Jepson, C., Kessler, L., Portnoy, B., Gibbs, T., "Determinants of Black-White Differences in Cancer Preventive Behaviors". Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Preventive Oncology, Bethesda, Maryland, March 19-21, 1990.  Portnoy, B., Duffy, K., Marcus, A., Cummings, K.M., Kinne, S., Freimuth, V.S., and Manfredi, C. "Five Community Research Projects Using the CIS". Sixth National Cancer Communications Conference, January 10-12, 1990, Washington, D.C.  Portnoy, B. "Analysis of Diet and Nutrition Inquiries as They Relate to Cancer", American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, October 25, 1989.  Mayer, W., Portnoy, B., Anderson, D.M., Colborn, J. "Accelerating the Diffusion of Preventive Services", American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, October 25, 1989.  Portnoy, B. "Health Promotion and Health Education: The Next Generation", Graduate Colloquium, Northern Illinois University, July 10, 1989.  Portnoy, B. and Anderson, D. M. "Diffusion Theory: Research and Application", Society of Public Health Educators Mid-Year Meeting, Seattle, Washington, June 16, 1989.  Portnoy, B. "Diffusion of Tobacco Prevention Programs in Schools: Theoretical Frameworks and Conceptualizations," American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, November 16, 1988.  Portnoy, B. "NCI School-Based Interventions," State Directors of Education Meeting, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia, May 26, 1988.  Portnoy, B. "NIH Grant Mechanisms: Approaches and Prospects," Stanley Lecture Series, University of Florida, Gainesville, March 9, 1987.  Light, L., Portnoy, B. and Kessler, L. "Alternative Methods for Dietary Intervention and Data Collection: Point-of-Purchase Education and Grocery Tapes," American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 18-22, 1987.

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Portnoy, B., Light, L. and Kessler, L. "The National Cancer Institute Supplements to the National Health Interview Survey: Diet and Cancer Knowledge and Behavior." American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 18-22, 1987.  "Health and Education: A Needed Combination," New York State Federation of Professional Health Educators Annual Meeting, New York, New York, November 9, 1986.  "Networking in the Federal Government," American School Health Association Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, October 10, 1986.  Portnoy, B., Light, L. and Smith, S. "What Shoppers Know About Diet and Cancer Prevention," Society of Nutrition Education Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., October 1986.  "Diffusion of tobacco education programs in schools," Grantee Workshop on Mass Media Delivered and School-Based Interventions, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, June 26, 1986.  "Cancer Prevention and Lifestyle Change," Consortium for Health Education in Appalachia, Ohio, April 16, 1986.  "Ethics of Health Promotion in Primary Care Medicine," Ethics of Health Promotion Meeting. National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, February 21, 1986.  "Lifestyle and Health Promotion," Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, September 5, 1985.  "Evaluation of Community Programs," National Conference on High Blood Pressure Control, April 30, 1985, Chicago, Illinois.  "Problems Related to Collecting and Analyzing Data Related to the Adoption and Diffusion of School Health Education Programs," School Health Promotion Meeting, National Cancer Institute, March 7-8, 1985.  "The Scientific Basis of Health Promotion," Second Annual Hospital Employee Health Conference, American Hospital Association, Chicago, Illinois, November 7, 1984.  "Behavioral Science Applications to Cancer Prevention and Control," Cancer Control Associates Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, September 1984.  "Evaluating Community Health Programs," Regional Cluster Training Center, Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, March 1984.  "Validity of Self-Reported Behavior," Capitol Area Chapter, Society of Public Health Educators, Bethesda, Maryland, February 1984.  Portnoy, B., Iverson, D., Mullen, P. and Hersey, J. "Factors Affecting Nutrition and Exercise Behavior." American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, November 1982.

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Portnoy, B., Iverson, D., Mullen, P. and Hersey, J. "Factors Affecting Sweet Consumption Among Adults." American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, November 1982.  "Formative Evaluation for High Blood Pressure Control Programs," Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, November 2, 1982, Bethesda, Maryland.  "Community Program Evaluation," Third Great Lakes Conference on High Blood Pressure, September 30 - October 2, 1981, Brookfield, Wisconsin.  "Health Education for Family Practice Physicians," University of Virginia Primary Care Center, June 1980, Charlottesvile, Virginia.  Iverson DC, Kolbe LJ, Portnoy B, and Vogt K: A A Factor Analytic Investigation of the Components of the Health Belief Model.@ Presented at the American School Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, October 1979.  Health Information for Behavior Change," Virginia Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Norfolk, Virginia, December 10, 1979.  "Effects of a Controlled Usage Alcohol Program Based on the Health Belief Model," National Conference, American School Health Association, October 1979, San Diego, California.  Portnoy, B., Iverson, D.C. and Kolbe, L. "Design and Measurement Problems with Health Belief Model Factors," National Conference, American School Health Association, October 1979, San Diego, California.  REFERENCES: Available on Request