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Michael H. Fox, Sc.D. Research Director, Research and Training Center on Independent Living The University of Kansas, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue Room 4089 Dole. Lawrence, KS 66045-7555 Phone: (785) 864-4095, FAX: (785) 864-5063, TTY (785) 864-0706 e-mail: mfox@ku.edu |
Professional Biography
Research and Training Center on Independent Living research director Mike Fox also chairs the department of Health Policy and Management at the Kansas University Medical Center in which he is an associate professor and an associate in the Landon Center on Aging as well as a joint associate professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health. Fox received a Sc.D., with a major in health policy and management, from the School of Hygiene and Public Health at The Johns Hopkins University and has graduate degrees in Studies in Behavioral Disabilities and Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology from the University of Wisconsin and Medical College of Wisconsin.
After a variety of administrative, research, and teaching positions, Fox joined the University of Kansas in 1995. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of public health, disability and health policy. At the RTC/IL, Fox has directed the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation funded study of paralysis surveillance and co-directs the Centers for Disease Control-funded Nobody Left Behind projects that investigate disaster management that affects persons with physical disabilities.
Publications
Fox’s publications appear in several research publications including the Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, the American Journal of Public Health, the Journal of Poverty, the Journal of Disability Studies, Disability and Society, Medical Care, the Journal of Health and Social Policy, the Journal of Family and Community Health, Journal of Family and Community Nursing, Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy, Kansas Policy Review, Medical Care, Journal of Poverty, and the Journal of Rehabilitation.
Recent articles include:
Kim K.M., & Fox, M.H. Moving to a holistic model of health among persons with mobility disabilities. Qualitative Social Work: Research and Practice. Accepted for publication 11/2005.
Fox, M.H., Averett, E., Hansen, G., & Neuberger, J. The effect of health communication on a statewide West Nile Virus public health education campaign. American Journal of Health Behavior. Accepted for publication 11/2005.
Kim, K.M., Fox, M.H., & White, G.W. Comparing outcomes of persons choosing consumer-directed or agency-directed personal assistance services. Journal of Rehabilitation. Accepted for publication, 1/2006.
Fox, M.H., & Kim, K.M. (2004, June). Understanding emerging disabilities. Disability and Society 19(4), 323-337.
Kim, K.M., & Fox, M.H. (2004, March). Knocking on the door: The integration of emerging disability groups into independent living. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation 20(2).
Fox, M.H., & Mead, R. (2004, Fall). The relationship of disability to employment protection under Title 1 of the ADA in the United States Circuit Courts of Appeal. The Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy 13(485).