Michael Schoeny, PhD

Biography

Michael Schoeny, PhD is an expert in clinical research methodology and statistical analysis. He completed a PhD in child-clinical psychology at DePaul University in 2000, where he received extensive training in research design, program evaluation, and statistical analyses.  Over the past 20 years, Schoeny has been a co-investigator on numerous funded research grants. Within the College of Nursing, Schoeny collaborates with researchers studying physical activity, father involvement, parenting, and a problem-solving intervention for individuals with intellectual disabilities living in group homes. Schoeny also collaborates with researchers in the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Schoeny teaches Multivariate Statistics within the PhD program.  In addition, he frequently provides methodological and statistical support to students and serves on dissertation committees.

Publications

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Selected Publications

Medina-Poeliniz, C., Hoban, R. Schoeny, M., Engstrom, J., Patel, A., & Meier, P. (in press). Prepregnancy BMI is associated with time-dependent changes in secretory activation measures during the first 7 days postpartum in breast pump-dependent mothers of premature infants. Breastfeeding Medicine.

Julion, W. A., Sumo, J. N., Schoeny, M. E., Breitenstein, S. M., & Bounds, D. T. (2021). Predictors of maternal participation in fatherhood intervention research with African American nonresident fathers. Research on Social Work Practice, DOI: 10.1177/10497315211005538.

Popovich, K. J., Thiede, S. N., Zawitz, C., Aroutcheva, A., Payne, D., Janda, W., Schoeny, M., Green, S.J., Snitkin, E.S., & Weinstein, R.A. (2021). Genomic epidemiology of MRSA during incarceration at a large inner-city jail. Clinical Infectious Diseases. DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1937.

Popovich, K. J., Green, S. J., Okamoto, K., Rhee, Y., Hayden, M. K., Schoeny, M., Snitkin, E. S., & Weinstein, R. A. (2021). MRSA transmission in ICUs: Genomic analysis of patients, their environments and healthcare workers. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 72(11), 1879-1887. DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa731.

Proctor, D.M.; Dangana, T.; Sexton, D. J.; Fukuda, C.; …; Schoeny, M. E.; et al. (2021). Integrated genomic, epidemiologic investigation of Candida auris skin colonization in a skilled nursing facility. Nature Medicine. DOI: 10.1038/s41591-021-01383-w.

Bounds, D., Boakye-Donkor, A., Sumo, J., Schoeny, M. & Julion, W. A. (2021). Listening to the “HITS:” Screening for IPV in African American co-parents of young children. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. DOI: 10.1177/08862605211006356.

Breitenstein, S. M., Fehrenbacher, C., Holod, A. F., & Schoeny, M. E. (2021). A randomized trial of digitally delivered, self-administered parent training in primary care: Effects on parenting and child behavior. The Journal of Pediatrics, 231, 207-214. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.12.016.

Reed, M. Wilbur, J. Tangney, C. C., Schoeny, M.E., Miller, A. M., & Webber-Ritchey, K. J. (2021). Development and feasibility of an obesity prevention intervention for adolescent African American daughters and their mothers. Journal of Health Eating and Active Living, 1(2), 84-97. DOI: 10.51250/jheal.v1i2.14.

Halloway, S., Schoeny, M. E., Barnes, L. L., Arvanitakis, Z. A., Pressler, S. J., Braun, L. T., Volgman, A. S., Gamboa, C. & Wilbur, J. (2021). A study protocol for MindMoves: A lifestyle physical activity and cognitive training intervention to prevent cognitive impairment in older women with cardiovascular disease. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 101. DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2020.106254.

Halloway, S., Wilbur, J., Schoeny, M. E., Braun, L. T., Aggarwal, N. T., Miller, A. M., Crane, M. M., & Volgman, A. S. (2020). Feasibility of a lifestyle physical activity intervention to prevent memory loss in older women with cardiovascular disease: A mixed-methods approach. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 52(4):278-289. DOI: 10.1177/0844562119856233.

Tolan, P., Schoeny, M., Gorman-Smith, D., & Henry, D. (2020). Family support and connection groups: Long-term benefits for inner-city children? Prevention Science, 21(1), 109-119. DOI: 10.1007/s11121-019-01051-z.

Buchholz, S. W., Wilbur, J., Halloway, S., Schoeny, M., Johnson, T., Vispute, S., & Kitsiou, S. (2020). Study protocol for a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial (SMART) to improve physical activity in employed women. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 89. DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2019.105921.

Breitenstein, S.M., Laurent, S., Pabalan, L., Risser, H.J., Roper, P., Saba, M.T., & Schoeny, M.E. (2019). Implementation findings from an effectiveness-implementation trial of tablet-based parent training in pediatric primary care. Families, Systems, and Health, 37(4), 282-290. DOI: 10.1037/fsh0000447.

Halloway, S., Arfanakis, K., Wilbur, J., Schoeny, M. E., & Pressler, S. J. (2019). Accelerometer physical activity is associated with greater gray matter volumes in older adults without dementia or mild cognitive impairment. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 74(7), 1142-1151. DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gby010.

Grants

2021-2026 NICHD, Parent Training for Parents of Toddlers Born Very Premature: A Factorial Design to Test Web Delivery and Telephone Coaching, Co-I

2020-2024 NINR, Lifestyle Physical Activity and Cognitive Training Interventions: Preventing Memory Loss in Older Women with Cardiovascular Disease, Co-I

2020-2024 NIMHD, Reducing Disparity in Receipt of Mother’s Own Milk in Very Low Birth Weight Infants: An Economic Intervention to Improve Adherence to Sustained Maternal Breast Pump Use, Co-I

2020-2025 NIAID, A Multi-Level Genomic and Spatial Analysis of MRSA Transmission, Statistician

2020-2023 NIAID, Mitigating COVID-19 Transmission in U.S. Jails, Statistician

2018-2022 NINR, Testing Adaptive Interventions to Improve Physical Activity for Sedentary Women, Co-I

2005-2022 CDC, Chicago Center for Youth Violence Prevention, Co-I

2016-2020 NICHD, Steps to Effective Problem Solving, Co-I

2016-2020 Chicago Prevention and Intervention Epicenter II (CPIE-II), Statistician

2015-2022 CDC, Chicago Center for Youth Violence Prevention, Co-I

2015-2020 NIAID, Genomic Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in Jail, Statistician

2014-2018 NINR, The African American Non-Resident Fatherhood Program, Statistician

2015-2018 AHRQ, Parent Training in Pediatric Primary Care: A Self-directed Tablet-based Approach, Co-I

2012-2016 NICHD, Housing Services for Child Welfare Families: Impact on Stability and Well-Being, Co-I

2014-2016 NICHD, Barriers to Continued Provision of Human Milk for Black Mothers of VLBW Infants, Co-I

2009-2012 CDC, Developmental Ecological Measurement of Neighborhood Effects on Youth Violence, Co-I

2007-2011 NIDA, Developmental Evaluation of Prevention Effects of the SAFE Children Intervention, Co-I

2007-2010 NIJ, Implementation of a Developmental-Ecological Approach to Prevention of Antisocial Behavior, Co-I

2008-2010 CDC, Individual, Family, and School Level Protective Factors in Early Adolescence, Co-I

2006-2008 NICHD, Family and Peer Influences on Adolescent Sexual Behavior, Co-I

Education

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