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

Daniel, M., Buchholz, S. W., Schoeny, M., Halloway, S., Kitsiou, S., Johnson, T., Vispute, S., Kapp, M., & Wilbur, J. (2022). Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on recruitment for the Working Women Walking Program. Research in Nursing & Health, 1–10. DOI: 10.1002/nur.22258.

Reed, M., Julion, W.A., Swanson, B. & Schoeny, M.E. (2022). The Need for a Bold Research Agenda to Address Structural Racism. Nursing Outlook. DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2022.06.002.

Popovich, K. J., Thiede, S. N., Zawitz, C., Payne, D., Aroutcheva, A., Schoeny, M., Green, S.J., Snitkin, E.S., & Weinstein, R.A. (2022). Genomic analysis of community transmission networks for MRSA among females entering a large inner-city jail. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 9(3), ofac049. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac049.

Johnson, T. J., Patel, A. L., Schoeny, M. E., & Meier, P. P. (2022). Cost savings of mother’s own milk for very low birth weight infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. PharmacoEconomics – Open, 6(3), 451-460. DOI: 10.1007/s41669-022-00324-8.

Medina-Poeliniz, C.*, Hoban, R. Schoeny, M., Engstrom, J., Patel, A., & Meier, P. (2022). 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, 17(2), 173-181. DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2021.0167.

Greene, M. M., Schoeny, M. E., Berteletti, J., Keim, S. A., Neel, M. L., Patra, K., Smoske, S., & Breitenstein, S. (2022). ezPreemie study protocol: A randomised controlled factorial trial testing web-based parent training and coaching with parents of children born very preterm. BMJ Open, 12(6), e063706. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063706

Johnson, T. J., Meier, P. P., Schoeny, M. E., Bucek, A., Janes, J. E., Kwiek, J. J., Zupancic, J., Keim, S. A., & Patel, A. L. (2022). Study protocol for reducing disparity in receipt of mother’s own milk in very low birth weight infants (ReDiMOM): A randomized trial to improve adherence to sustained maternal breast pump use. BMC Pediatrics, 22(1), 27. DOI: 10.1186/s12887-021-03088-y.

Julion, W., Sumo, J. N., Schoeny, M. E., Breitenstein, S. M., & Bounds, D. T. (2021). Recruitment, Retention, and Intervention Outcomes from the Dedicated African American Dad (DAAD) Study. Journal of Urban Health, 98(2), 133-148. DOI: 10.1007/s11524-021-00549-8.

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.

Grants

2022-2027 NICHD, Early Childhood Neurodevelopmental, Economic and Nutritional Outcomes among Former Very Low Birth Weight Infants from the Reducing Disparity in Mother’s Own Milk (ReDiMOM) Trial, Co-I

National Institutes of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, R01DK132698
Co-Investigator
2022-2024
Black Girls Move: A Daughter/Mother Intervention to Prevent Obesity by Increasing Physical Activity and Improving Dietary Intake among Black Adolescent Daughters

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

Research Areas