| Education: |
- BS: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- PhD (Public Policy): Vanderbilt University
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| Honors, Awards, and Recognitions (selected): |
- President, Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals, 1990
- Reviewer, Am J Public Health; Ann Rheum Dis; Arth Rheum; Brit J Rheum; JAMA; J Rheum; S Med J; Spine
- Editor, Arthritis Care and Research, 1995-1999
- National Service Citation Award, Arthritis Foundation, 1990
- Distinguished Service Award, Middle-East Tennessee Chapter, Nashville Branch, Arthritis Foundation, 1990, 1992
- Distinguished Service Award, Tennessee Chapter, Arthritis Foundation, 1993, 1995
- Distinguished Service Award, Georgia Chapter, Arthritis Foundation, 1995
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| Research Interests: |
Predictors of health status outcomes in rheumatic diseases, including mortality, functional status, psychological consequences, and work disability. Many of her studies have focused on rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but she has also evaluated outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, and other conditions. Evaluating health status outcomes in routine clinical practice using self-report questionnaires assessing functional capacity, symptoms, pain, and psychological status. Assessing the role of the patient in long-term health status outcomes. Associations between socioeconomic status and health status outcomes.
Dr. Callahan is the principal investigator of a study on self-management, education and outcomes in RA and she is co-investigator of a study on joint inflammation, damage and outcomes over five and ten years in RA.
Dr. Callahan has evaluated the prevalence and the economic, psychological and social impact of the rheumatic diseases and has been a member of the National Arthritis Data Workgroup since 1993. She is also interested in arthritis as a women's health issue. |
| Academic Appointments: |
| 1979-1981 |
Research Assistant; Wistar Institute, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1981-1982 |
Research Assistant; Division of Rheumatology & Immunology, Vanderbilt University |
| 1983 |
Research Associate; Division of Rheumatology & Immunology, Vanderbilt University |
| 1993-1995 |
Epidemiologist; Aging Studies Branch, Centers for Disease Control |
| 1995-present |
Associate Director; Thurston Arthritis Research Center, UNC School of Medicine; Adjunct Assistant Professor; Department of Epidemiology, UNC School of Public Health |
| 1996-present |
Research Fellow; Sheps Center for Health Services Research, UNC |
| 1997-present |
Research Assistant Professor; Department of Medicine (Rheumatology), UNC School of Medicine |
| 1998-present |
Director; Numerical Sciences Core, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, UNC School of Medicine |
| 1999-present |
Research Associate Professor; Department of Orthopaedics, UNC School of Medicine |
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| Selected Publications: |
- Yelin E, Callahan LF. The economic cost and social and psychological impact of musculoskeletal conditions. Arthritis Rheum 1995; 38:1351-1362.
- Callahan LF, Cordray DS, Wells G, Pincus T. Learned helplessness as a possible mediator of associations between formal education and mortality in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Care Res 9:463-472, 1996.
- Callahan LF, Rao J, Boutaugh M. Arthritis and women's health: prevalence, impact, and prevention. Am J Prev Med 12:401-409, 1996.
- Callahan LF, Pincus T, Huston JW, Brooks RH, Nance EP, Kaye JJ. Measures of activity and damage in rheumatoid arthritis: Depiction of changes and prediction of mortality. Arthritis Care Res 10:6:381-394, 1997.
- Callahan LF, Pincus T. Education, self-care and outcomes of rheumatic diseases: further challenges to the "biomedical model" Paradigm. Arthritis Care Res 10:5:283-288, 1997.
- Kruger J, Helmick CG, Callahan LF, Haddix A. Cost-effectiveness of the Arthritis Self-Help Course. Arch Int Med 158:1245-1249, 1998.
- Callahan, LF. The burden of rheumatoid arthritis: Facts and figures. J Rheum 25(suppl):S3:8-12, 1998.
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Revised September 2006 |
