Carol Gilbert, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Health Promotion
Senior Health Data Analyst, CityMatCH
Phone: 402-559-4325
Carol Gilbert, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Promotion of the UNMC College of Public Health, where she also serves as a senior health data analyst for CityMatCH.
She previously had a faculty appointment in the Division of Child Health Policy of the Department of Pediatrics in the UNMC College of Medicine.
Education
- PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Medical Sciences Interdepartmental Area (Preventive and Societal Medicine), 2021, Omaha, Nebraska
- MS, University of Iowa, Mathematical Statistics, 1987, Iowa City, Iowa
- Mathematics Coursework University of Nebraska Omaha, 1983-1985
Research interests
Improve the way communities use local data, research findings, and other information for planning and decision-making, including work on the impact of data quality limitations on estimates of preventable mortality, and finding ways to help communities connect their epidemiologic surveillance findings to needed activities or policy changes.
Selected Publications
- Gilbert CS, Xaverius PK, Tibbits MK, Sappenfield WM. Refreshing the Perinatal Periods of Risk: A New Reference Group and Nationwide Large-County-Level Analyses. Matern Child Health J. 2022 Oct 2. doi: 10.1007/s10995-022-03561-9. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36183285. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36183285/
- Gilbert, Carol S. 2021. Dissertation 'Perinatal Periods of Risk: Examination Of Data Quality & Inclusion Criteria, New Unbiased Reference Groups, And A Nationwide County-Level Analysis'. University of Nebraska Medical Center.
- Consulting Population-Based Data to Inform Fetal and Infant Mortality Review and Community Action Decisions June 2022 (Co-author on publication of the National Center on Fatality Review and Prevention) https://ncfrp.org/wp-content/uploads/Report_Population-Health-and-FIMR-Guidance.pdf
- Gilbert CS. The Perinatal Periods of Risk Approach: A Quantitative Method That Can Enhance Death Review Processes. American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Child Death Review and Prevention Newsletter. 2022 Fall. Page 3-5.
- Abresch C, Gilbert C, Johnson M, Karki B, Lyons K, Meyer K, Tibbits M, Toure D. Understanding the Emotional Labor of Public Health Equity Work: a Mixed Methods Study. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2022 Mar 31:1–11. doi: 10.1007/s40615-022-01292-9. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35357672; PMCID: PMC8969814.
Professional Affiliations
- American Public Health Association
- Public Health Association of Nebraska