University of Oklahoma
Prevention Research Center

Center’s Web site*

First funded: 1994

 

Core Research Focus

Promoting healthy lifestyles among students in Oklahoma’s public schools.

 

Core Research Projects

Current (2004–2009)
Healthy Kids Project
Screening for risk factors associated with diabetes and heart disease among public school students in Anadarko, Oklahoma, a city whose population is about one-half American Indian.
Principal Investigator:
William E. Moore, william-moore@ouhsc.edu

TRAILS (The Regular Activity in Life Study)
Measuring changes in overweight and other risk factors for heart disease and diabetes among high school students participating in a 16-week physical activity intervention. Principal Investigator:
William E. Moore, william-moore@ouhsc.edu

Past (1998-2004)
Physical Activity Program for American Indian Children in Oklahoma

 

Special Interest Projects (SIPs) by Focus Area

Cancer
SIP# 08-2001	Identifying Early Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer to Increase Survival Rates

Obesity & Overweight
SIP# 07-2000	Preventing Obesity in the United States

Tobacco Prevention & Control
SIP# 16-1999	Network to Enhance Tobacco Control Activities
SIP# 17-1999	Researchers Offer States and Communities Technical Assistance in Tobacco Control

 

Contact Information

Center
University of Oklahoma
Prevention Research Center
Health Sciences Center
Rogers Building, Room 532
800 NE 15th
Oklahoma City, OK 74104

Principal Investigator
June E. Eichner, PhD
Phone: (405) 271-2229 ext. 48064
E-mail: june-eichner@ouhsc.edu

Researcher/Associate Director
William E. Moore, PhD
Phone: (405) 271-2330 ext. 46718
Fax (405) 271-6285
E-mail: william-moore@ouhsc.edu

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