Christa L Lilly, BS, MS, PhD

Associate Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Public Health

Department:

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Classification:

Faculty

• PhD, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 2008
• MS, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 2005
• BS, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 2003

MOST RECENT:

Pyles, L. A., Lilly, C., Mullett, C., Polak, E., Elliott, E., & Neal, W. (In press, 2017) LDL cholesterol level in fifth grade school children associates with stature. Journal of Lipid Research. PMID: 28870972

Woods, S. & Lilly, C. (Accepted, 2017). Pinch testing positions among certified hand therapists: A cross-sectional survey. Open Journal of Occupational Therapy.

Cho,* K., Jones, E., Lilly, C., Bulger, S., Braga, L., & Elliott, E. (2017) Relationship between adherence to individual goals within the 5-2-1-0 guidelines for obesity prevention and number of PACER laps in adolescents. Journal of School Health. 87, 769-775. PMID: 28876479

Cottrell, L., Lilly, C., Metzger, A., Cottrell, S., Epperly, A., Rishel, C., Wang, B., & Stanton, B. (2017). Constructing tailored parental monitoring strategy profiles to predict adolescent disclosure and risk involvement. Preventive Medicine Reports. 7, 147-151. PMID: 28660123

Feinberg,* T., Lilly, C., & Innes, K. (2017). Nonvitamin, nonmineral dietary supplement use among adults with Fibromyalgia: United States, 2007-2012. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 6751856, 1-13. PMID: 28811828

West Virginia University Office of Research and Graduate Education Outstanding Mentor Award,
Honorable Mention, 2016

Faculty, Delta Omega Society, Gamma Mu chapter, 2015

American Heart Association Fellow, Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, 2008

Vanderbilt University Susan Gray Award, Most Outstanding First-authored Publication by a Graduating Student, 2008

Vanderbilt University Graduate Fellowship, 2003-2008

Vanderbilt University Graduate School Travel Awards, 2005-2008

Vanderbilt University Peabody College Travel Awards, 2005-2008

Vanderbilt University Department of Psychology and Human Development Travel Award, 2004

Vanderbilt University, graduated Cum Laude, 2003
 

Christa Lilly is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health at West Virginia University. Previously, Dr. Lilly was a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine, also at WVU, where she worked as the biostatistician of the Coronary Artery Risk Detection in Appalachian Communities (CARDIAC) project.

Dr. Lilly received her PhD in Psychology with emphasis in both Developmental and Quantitative Psychology from Vanderbilt University. She has experience working with parent-child interactions as they relate to child achievement and health outcomes, and has applied statistical interests in factor analysis, structural equation modeling, and psychometrics.

Dr. Lilly maintains a strong record of scholarship resulting in many conference presentations to date. She has co-authored published articles in Pediatrics, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, and Archives of Internal Medicine, in addition to first author publications in other pediatric, obesity, and psychology and education journals.

Dr. Lilly enjoys teaching introductory biostatistics and multivariate analysis.