David Shoham

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EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
GILLINGS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
PhD in Epidemiology, 2005
Post-doctoral Fellow in Cardiovascular Epidemiology, 2005-2007
Focus on social and life course epidemiology of renal and cardiovascular disease

EMORY UNIVERSITY
ROLLINS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
MSPH in Epidemiology, 2001
Focus on quantitative methodology

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
BA in Political Science (Political Theory), 1995

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2021-present
Chair, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
College of Public Health
East Tennessee State University

2007-2021
Director, MPH Program (2014-2021)
Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences (2014-2021)
Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences (2007-2014)
Stritch School of Medicine (2007-2019)
Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health (2019-2021)
Loyola University Chicago

2005-2007
UNC-CH - NHLBI Post-doctoral Fellow in Cardiovascular Epidemiology

2001-2005
UNC-CH - NIDDK Pre-doctoral Fellow in Renal Epidemiology

2000-2001
Analyst, National Kidney Foundation of Georgia

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

Spring 2021 Webinar Series
Vision for Spring Semester under COVID-19 at Loyola University Chicago
November 24, 2020 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RqYSA31UTo
My comments begin at 35:14

Implications of Higher Ed Trends for the Future of Education in Public Health
2020 ASPPH Annual Meeting
March 20, 2020 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIugPHZ2V6Q
My presentation begins at 8:10 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Shoham DA, Wang Z, Lindberg S, Chu H, Brubaker L, et al. for the PLUS Consortium. School toileting environment, bullying, and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in a population of adolescent and young adult girls: Preventing Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (PLUS) analysis of Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). Urology (The Gold Journal). 2021 May;151:86-93. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2020.06.060. Epub 2020 Jul 15. PMID: 32679271 

Shoham DA and Messer L. Social Network Analysis for Epidemiologists. In Methods in Social Epidemiology, 2nd Edition, ed. by Oakes JM and Kaufman JS. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass; 2nd edition (2017) pp. 212-238.

Shoham DA, Harris JK, Mundt M, McGaghie W. A network model of communication in an interprofessional team of healthcare professionals: A cross-sectional study of a burn unit. J Interprof Care. 2016 Sep;30(5):661-7. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2016.1203296. Epub 2016 Jul 19; PMID: 27436781 

Shoham DA, Dugas LR, Bovet P, Forrester TE, Lambert EV, Plange-Rhule J, Schoeller DA, Brage S, Ekelund U, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Cooper RS, Luke A. Association of Car Ownership and Physical Activity across the Spectrum of Human Development: Modeling the Epidemiologic Transition Study (METS). BMC Public Health; 15:173 (21 February 2015).

Shoham DA. Advancing mechanistic understanding of social influence of obesity through personal networks. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2015 Dec;23(12):2324-5. doi: 10.1002/oby.21261. Epub 2015 Oct 14. PMID: 26465115

Kramer H and Shoham D. The millennial physician and the obesity epidemic: A tale of sugar-sweetened beverages. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 14(1):4-6; DOI: 10.2215/CJN.13851118.

Zhang J, Shoham DA, Tesdahl E, and Gesell S. Network Interventions on Physical Activity in an Afterschool Program: An Agent-Based Social Network Study. Am J Pub Health; February 17, 2015: e1-e8. PMID: 25689202

Shoham DA, Hammond R, Rahmandad H, Wang Y, and Hovmand P. Modeling social norms and social influence in obesity. Current Epidemiology Reports. Published online: 13 January 2015. 

Shoham DA, Mundt MP, Gamelli RL, McGaghie WC. The Social Network of a Burn Unit Team. J Burn Care Res 2014 December 15. PMID: 25501788.

Zhang J, Tong L, Lamberson PJ, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Luke A, Shoham DA. Leveraging social influence to address overweight and obesity using agent-based models: The role of adolescent social networks. Social Science & Medicine. 2014 Jun 2. pii: S0277-9536(14)00343-8. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.05.049.PMID: 24951404

Karalius V and Shoham DA. Dietary Sugar Intake and Chronic Kidney Disease: A Review. Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease. Vol 20, No 2 (March), 2013: pp 157-164; http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.ackd.2012.12.005; PMID: 23439375. 

Shoham DA, Tong L, Lamberson PJ, Auchincloss AH, Zhang J, Dugas LR, Kaufman JS, Cooper RS, and Luke A.  An actor-based model of social network influence on adolescent body size, screen time, and playing sports. PLoS One. 2012;7(6):e39795. Epub 2012 Jun 29.

Shoham DA, Durazo-Arvizu R, Kramer H, Luke A, Vupputuri S, Kshirsagar A, Cooper RS. Sugary Soda Consumption and Albuminuria: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999–2004. PLoS ONE, 3(10): e3431; doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003431, October 2008.

Shoham DA, Vupputuri S, Kaufman J, Kshirsagar AV, Diez Roux A, Coresh J, Heiss G. Kidney disease and the cumulative burden of life course socioeconomic condition: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Social Science & Medicine, 67(8):1311-1320, October 2008.

Shoham DA, Vupputuri S, Diez Roux AV, et al.: Kidney Disease in Life-Course Socioeconomic Context: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Am J Kidney Dis. 2007 Feb;49(2):217-26. PMID: 17261424

Shoham DA, Vupputuri S, and Kshirsagar AV. Chronic kidney disease and life course socio-economic status [review]. Advances Chronic Kidney Disease. January 2005.

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Travel (especially by rail), meditation and practicing mindfulness, listening to electronic music, and exploring Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina