Amna Umer , MPH, PhD

Research Associate Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Pediatrics

Classification:

Faculty

Umer A, Loudin S, Maxwell S, Lilly C, Stabler M, Cottrell L, Hamilton C, Breyel J, Mullins C, John C. Capturing the statewide incidence of neonatal abstinence syndrome in real time: the West Virginia experience. Pediatric Research. Oct 2018 doi.org/10.1038/s41390-018-0172-z

Feinberg T, Jones DL, Lilly C, Umer A, Innes K. The Complementary Health Approaches for Pain Survey (CHAPS): Validity testing and characteristics of a rural population with pain. Sirois FM, ed. PLoS ONE. May 2018;13(5):e0196390. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0196390.

Umer A, Kelley GA, Cottrell LE, Giacobbi P, Innes KE, Lilly CL. Childhood obesity and adult cardiovascular disease risk factors: a systematic review with meta-analysis. BMC Public Health. 2017;17:683. doi:10.1186/s12889-017-4691-z.

Lilly C, Umer A, Cottrell L, Pyles L, Neal W. Examination of cardiovascular risk factors and rurality in Appalachian children. Rural and remote health. 2017;17(1):4200. PMC5513183

Umer A, Haile ZT, Ahmadi-Montecalvo H, Chertok IR. Factors associated with pre-pregnancy dental cleaning among women in West Virginia: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) 2009-2010. Oral Health Prev Dent. 2016;14(5):413-422. doi: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a36467.

Ahmadi-Montecalvo H, Haile ZT, Umer A, Chertok IR. Adolescent pregnancy and smoking in West Virginia: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) 2005-2010. Matern Child Health J. 2016 Dec; 20(12):2465-2473. doi: 10.1007/s10995-016-2040-y

Umer A, Hamilton C, Britton C, Mullett M, John C, Neal W, Lilly C. Association between breastfeeding and childhood obesity: Analysis of a linked longitudinal study of West Virginian fifth grade children. Journal of Childhood Obesity. 2015 Aug; 11(4):1-6. doi: 10.1089/chi.2015.0026

Edwards RA, Dee D, Umer A, Perrine CG, Shealy KR, & Grummer-Strawn LM. Using benchmarking techniques and the 2011 maternity practices infant nutrition and care (mPINC) survey to improve performance among peer groups across the United States. J Hum Lact. 2014 Feb;30(1):31-40. doi: 10.1177/0890334413515948

Umer A and Edwards RA. Expanding public health professionals’ roles in promoting and supporting breastfeeding as optimal infant feeding: a pilot study with online tutorial implications. (2013). Open Journal of Preventive Medicine, 3(2): 184-190. doi:10.4236/ojpm.2013.32025

Pediatric Research

Grant Support

1007084R. John C. Principal Investigator. Project WATCH- Working in Appalachia To Identify High Birth Score, Critical Congenital Heart Disease and Hearing Loss. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Public Health, Maternal and Child Health Division.

Role: Epidemiologist. 8/2016-current. 60% effort

1006372R. United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) / National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC). West Virginia University Injury Control Research Center (ICRC). Role: Epidemiologist 10% effort

• Lilly, C. L. (Consortium PI). Drug Free Moms and Babies. Subcontract with WV Perinatal Partnership. 08/2016 – 06/2019.

• Identification of the Provider Attitudes and Learning Needs related to Perinatal Substance Exposure, Role: Co-investigator/data analyst

1003884GR. West Virginia University Center for Excellence in Disabilities (CED)

CED is a federally designated University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) Role: Epidemiologist/Literature Review 30% effort