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ADDRESS: Suite 100, 1400 16 St., NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-667-1142
vwells@cedpa.org
POSITION: Director, ENABLE Project (>$30,000,000 5-year USAID centrally-funded project, Centre for
Development and Population Activities)
Strategy Development, Prioritization, Budgeting, Management
Direct supervision of five senior technical advisors, two mid-level technical advisors, two
program associates, and one country director/office (Senegal), among others
Leadership of programs in four additional country offices (Ghana, Nigeria, India, Nepal)
Supervisor of Monitoring and Evaluation team for all of CEDPA (including evaluations in Latin
America, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East) for one year
BOARD CERTIFICATION:
1985 Public Health and General Preventive Medicine
1990 Occupational Medicine
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AWARDS – Cont’d.
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE:
SUPERVISORY EXPERIENCE:
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PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERIENCE:
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
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TEACHING – Cont’d.
1988-2001 Director and Instructor, Occupational Epidemiology Courses, NIOSH, Cincinnati, OH.
1990 Instructor, IX Curso de Salud Ocupacional, Universidad de Carabobo, Maracay,
Venezuela (in Spanish).
1990 Director and Instructor "Principles and Practice of Epidemiology: Focus on Psychiatric
Issues," American Psychiatric Association, New York, New York.
1991 Epidemiology for the Non-Epidemiologist, Cincinnati Health Department, Cincinnati.
1991 Health Effects of Exposure to Chemicals, International Chemical Workers Union,
Tampa, Florida.
1992 Principles of Toxicology, International Chemical Workers Union, Oak Ridge, TN.
1992-2001 Director and Instructor "Epidemiology for the Non-Epidemiologist" Applied Statistics
Training Institute, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention: Chicago, Illinois; Houston, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina.
1992 Director and Instructor, "Introduction to Occupational Epidemiology," Panama Canal
Commission, Panama City, Panama.
1992 Supervisor, Urban Health Project, University of Cincinnati.
1992 Director and Instructor, "Occupational Epidemiology," American Industrial Hygiene
Association, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
1992-93 Supervisor, Preventive Medicine Training Program, Centers for Disease Control &
Prevention.
1993 Director and Instructor, "Epidemiology for the Administrator," American Hospital
Association, Chicago, Illinois.
1994 “Introduction to Occupational Epidemiology,” Annual Meeting of Occupational and
Environmental Health for the Uniformed Services, Norfolk, VA.
1994 “Introduction to Occupational Epidemiology,” Univ. of AK, Anchorage, AK.
1994 “The Socio-Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa,” Xth International
Conference on AIDS & STDs in Africa (ICASA), Kampala, Uganda.
1994 “Introduction to Epidemiology,” XIth International Conference on AIDS,
Vancouver, BC.
1996 “Community Needs Assessment,” XIth International Conference on AIDS,
Vancouver, BC.
1997 “Using Epidemiology and Evaluation Techniques for the Consultant,” Nairobi, Kenya.
1996-1997 “Maternal to Child Transmission of HIV,” XIth International Conference on AIDS
& STDs in Africa,” Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.
2001 “Women’s Rights and Reproductive Health,” Ghana National Association of Teachers,
Accra, Ghana.
2002 “Optimizing the Relationship Between USAID and its Cooperating Agencies,”
Training Course for Technical Advisors in AIDS and Child Survival, USAID,
Washington, DC.
2002 “Setting up ARV Treatment Programs in Low Resource Countries: Tools for
Estimating Annual Costs,” George Washington University.
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INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE:
PRESENTATIONS:
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PRESENTATIONS – Cont’d.
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PRESENTATIONS – Cont’d.
1996 "Epidemiology of HIV in East and Southern Africa," APHA, New York
1996 "Mental Health in Rwanda: Where the Population is the Patient," APHA, NY
1996 "HIV/AIDS in East and Southern Africa: Are Prevention Programs Working?" APHA, NY
1996 "The Prevention of HIV and Safer Sex Promotion," APHA, New York
1996 "Sex, Sexuality, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases," World AIDS Day, University of
Nairobi, Kenya
1997 “Evaluating the Effectiveness of HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs,” ICASA, Abidjan,
Cote d’Ivoire
1998 “The Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa,” Univ. of Cincinnati
1999 “Environmental Tobacco Smoke and its Relationship to Asthma,” Children’s
Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
1999 “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Other Mental Disorders Following the US
Embassy Bombing in Nairobi,” University of Cincinnati
2000 “Stress among Kenyans Exposed to the 1998 Bombing of the US Embassy in
Nairobi,” American Psychiatric Association annual meeting, Chicago
2000 “Depression among Kenyans Exposed to the 1998 Bombing of the US Embassy in
Nairobi,” American Psychiatric Association annual meeting, Chicago
2000 “Global Epidemiology of HIV,” University of Cincinnati
2000 “Public Health Surveillance and Response to Reportable Diseases,” CHMC
2001 “International HIV/AIDS Prevalence and Prevention,” Centre for Development and
Population Activities, Washington, DC
2001 “Women’s Empowerment in Africa,” USAID, Washington, DC
2001 “The Relationship between the Stage of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic and Prevention
Programs in Africa, XIIth International Conference on AIDS and STDs in Africa,
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
2001 “The Relationship between Women’s Empowerment and Reproductive Health,”
Ghana National Association of Teachers, Accra, Ghana
2002 “Mobilizing Communities: Community-Based Care Through Non-Traditional
Providers,” GHC/PAHO/USAID/World Bank Technical Seminar, Washington
2002 “Population, Power and Progress: How Women in Developing Countries are
Champions for Change,” Riley Lecture, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
2002 “Development and Implementation of HIV Programming with Faith Based
Organizations in Nigeria,” XIVth International AIDS Conference, Barcelona
2002 “Leveraging Resources for a Community-Based Vulnerable Children’s Project in
Nigeria,” XIVth International AIDS Conference, Barcelona, Spain
2002 “Social Mobilization, Sustainability, and Sex: CEDPA’s Experience in
Marshaling Local Resources to Support Health Programs,” GHC/PAHO/USAID/
World Bank Technical Seminar, Washington, DC
2002 “Power Dynamics in Partner Communication: Gender and Dual Protection,”
APHA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA [presented by L. Goparaju, PhD]
2003 “The Road to the Optimal Enabling Environment,” Accra, Ghana
2003 “Social Mobilization Reducing the Three Delays: Improved Safe Motherhood,” Accra
2003 “Enhancing Community Support for AIDS Orphans: A Case Study from Benue State, Nigeria,”
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CCHMC.
Ludke, R.L., Obermiller, P.J., Jacobson, C.J., Shaw, T., Wells, V.E., “Functional Health Literacy of
Metropolitan Appalachians,” Journal of Appalachian Studies, 2003 (in press).
Wulsin, L.R., Maddock, R., Beitman, B., Dawaher, R., Wells, V.E., “Clonazepam Treatment of Panic
Disorder in Patients with Recurrent Chest Pain and Normal Coronary Arteries,” International Journal
of Psychiatry & Medicine, Vol. 29, p. 97-105, 1999.
Wulsin, L.R., Vaillant, G., Wells, V.E., “A Systematic Review of the Mortality of Depression,”
Psychosomatic Medicine, Vol. 61, p. 6-17, 1999.
Wright, D.M., Kesner, J.S., Schrader, S.M., Chin, N.W., Wells, V.E., Krieg, E.F., "Methods of
Monitoring Menstrual Function in Field Studies: Attitudes of Working Women," Reproductive
Toxicology, Vol. 6, pp. 401-409, 1992.
McCammon, C.S., Glaser, R.A., Wells, V.E., Phipps, F.C., Halperin, W.E., "Exposure of Workers
Engaged in Furniture Stripping to Methylene Chloride as Determined by Environmental and
Biological Monitoring," Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, Vol. 6, pp. 371-79, 1991.
Wells, V.E., Schrader, S.M., McCammon, C.S., Ward, E.M., Turner, T.W., Thun, M.J., Halperin,
W.E., "Cluster of Oligospermia among Four Men Occupationally Exposed to Methylene Chloride,"
Reproductive Toxicology, Vol. 3, p. 281-282, 1989.
Wu, W., Steenland, K., Brown, D., Wells, V., Jones, J., Schulte, P., and Halperin, W., "Cohort and
Case-Control Analyses of Workers Exposed to Vinyl Chloride - An Update," Journal of Occupational
Medicine, Vol. 31, pp. 518-523, 1989.
Wells, V.E., Schnorr, T.M., Halperin, W.E., "NIOSH Selection of Chemicals and Study Populations:
Setting Priorities for Reproductive Research," Repro. Tox. Vol. 2, p. 289, 1988.
Wells, V.E., Halperin, W.E., Thun, M.J., "The Predictive Value of Screening for Illicit Drugs in the
Workplace," American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 78, No. 7, p. 817, 1988.
Wells, V.E., Deykin, E.Y., and Klerman, G.L., "The Prevalence of Depressive Symptoms in College
Students," Social Psychiatry, Vol. 22, p. 20, 1987.
Deykin, E.Y., Levy, J. and Wells, V.E., "Adolescent Depression, Alcohol and Drug Abuse,"
American Journal of Public Health , Vol. 76, p. 178, 1986.
Wells, V.E., Deykin, E.Y., and Klerman, G.L., "Risk Factors for Depression in Adolescence,"
Psychiatric Developments, Vol. 3, p. 83, 1985.
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Vaillant, G.E., Clark, W., Milofsky, E., Wells, V., Kopp, J.P., Mogielnicki, N.P, "The Natural History
of Alcoholism: An Eight Year Follow-up," American Journal of Medicine, Vol. 75, p. 455, 1983.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS:
As Director of ENABLE Project, I ensured the production of the following (an illustrative list):
Training Manuals:
Integrating Reproductive Health & HIV/AIDS for NGOs, Faith-based Organizations and
Community-based Organizations
Volume I: Family Planning Plus: HIV/AIDS Basics for NGOs and FP Program
Managers
Volume II: Faith Community Responses to HIV/AIDS
Volume III: Home Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS: The Power of a Community
Volume IV: Social Mobilization for HIV/AIDS: A Training Manual
Volume V: Strengthening Organizations to Meet the HIV/AIDS Challenge [to be
completed August 2003]
Sustaining the Benefits: A Field Guide for Sustaining Reproductive and Child Health Services
Title Country
Gender, Power and Multi-partner Sex: Implications for Dual Method Use in Ghana Ghana
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A GIFT for Reproductive Health Project Nepal
Exploring the Role of the Community-based Volunteer in Family Planning Access and Nepal
Choice
Enabling Women for Reproductive Health: The REWARD Project of the Nepal Red Nepal
Cross Society
Reproductive Health and Democracy and Governance Linkages in Plateau State Nigeria
The Impact of Market-based Distributors in the Onitsha Markets, Anambra State Nigeria
Wells, V.E., Chenier, T., Ludke, R.L., Downing, K., Shaw, T., “An Assessment of Functional Health
Literacy Among Patients Served in Primary Care Providers to the Poor Practice Settings,” Institute
for Health Policy and Health Services Research, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati,
OH, 2001.
Wells, V.E. and LaRosa, J.E., "Gender and AIDS in East and Southern Africa," presented at Xlth
International Conference on AIDS, Vancouver, BC, 1996.
Ainsworth, M., ... Wells, V., "Final Report: Workshop on the Status and Trends of the HIV/AIDS
Epidemics in Africa," Family Health International, 1996.
Thun, M.J., Schober, S.E., Stayner, L.T., Wells, V.E., "Urinary Tract Disorders in Nuclear Fuel
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Production Workers," HETA 86-381, NIOSH, 1988.
Thun, M.J., McCammon, C., Wells, V.E., "Health Hazard Evaluation Report" Wilbanks International
Inc., HETA 87-435-1896, NIOSH, May 1988.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS – Cont’d.
Wells, V.E., "Depression in Adolescence," Doctoral Dissertation, Harvard School of Public Health,
Department of Epidemiology, 1985.
Wells, V.E., "Rural Health Care of Great Britain Before and After the Enactment of the National
Health Service in 1948" (Undergraduate Honors Thesis Manuscript), 1975.
COLUMNS:
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"Visima," The Arusha Times, Arusha, Tanzania, 1996-1998.
EDITORSHIPS:
BOOKS:
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:
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Visima is the Swahili word for "wells," and each column discusses a well of hope, knowledge,
innovation, etc., regarding HIV/AIDS and related topics.
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1994-95 Volunteer member of committee to create curriculum for sex education, Indian Hill
High School, Cincinnati, OH
1995-97 Volunteer clinician, Kibera Community Center, Nairobi, Kenya
MEMBERSHIPS:
REFERENCES:
Cornelia Ragiel Wilson, RN, PhD, Professor of Nursing, University of Cincinnati; Director, Health
Resource Center: Supervisor at Health Resource Center (1998-2001)
Connie.Wilson@uc.edu
Al Tuchfarber, PhD, Director, Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research, University of
Cincinnati: Supervisor at IHPHSR (1998-2001)
Alfred.Tuchfarber@uc.edu
William Lyerly, LTC, MS, USAR, Senior Advisor for Threat Assessment and International
Cooperation for “Bioterrorism and Other Public Health Emergencies,” Office of Public Health
Preparedness, Office of the Secretary, DHHS: Supervisor at USAID, Africa Bureau (1995-98)
William.Lyerly@HHS.gov
Joan LaRosa, MPH, Deputy Director, USAID/Rwanda: Supervisor at USAID, Kenya (1995-96)
jlarosa@usaid.gov
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