Tilahun Adera
Sr. Associate Dean, Emerging School of Public Health
Contact Information
Emerging School of Public Health
1008 East Clay Street, Room 326
Box 980473
Richmond, VA 23298-0473
Phone: 804-628-2510
email: tadera@vcu.edu
Other Affiliations
Epidemiology and Community Health
Biostatistics, Health Administration
Education
1987, PhD, Oregon State University
1983, MPH, University of Washington
1980, MA,
Oregon State University
1973, BPharm,
Addis Ababa University
Research Interests
Dr. Adera’s major research interests include designing, conducting
and analyzing epidemiological studies of hearing loss in occupational
and school settings. Effect of minimal hearing and vision loss on academic
performance in underserved school children; effect of chemicals and
noise on occupational hearing loss; developing methods for evaluating
hearing loss prevention programs. Other areas of research include effect
of statin drugs on bone mineral density, risk factors for osteoporosis,
hypercholesterolemia and coronary heart disease in the elderly, oral
contraceptive use and abortion as risk factors for breast cancer, risk
factors for low back pain and premenstrual syndrome.
Select Publications
Adera T ., Amir C., Anderson L. Time Trends Analysis of Hearing Loss: An Approach
to Evaluating Hearing Loss Prevention Programs. American Industrial Hygiene
Association Journal 2000; 61:161-165.
Adera T ., Amir C., Anderson L., Use of Comparison Populations for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Hearing Loss Prevention Programs. American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal 2000; 61:11-15.
Adler RA, Funkhouser HL, Petkov VI, Elmore BL, Via PS, McMurtry CT, Adera T. Osteoporosis in Pulmonary Clinic Patients: Does point-of-care screening predict central dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry? Chest 2003; 123:2012-2018.
Anum EA, Adera T. Hypercholestrolemia and coronary heart disease in the elderly: a meta-analysis. Ann Epidemiol. 2004 Oct; 14(9):705-21.
Masho SW, Adera T, South-Paul J. Obesity as a risk factor for premenstrual syndrome. J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol 2005; Mar; 26(1):33-9.
