George L. Wehby

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University of Iowa
College of Public Health
Health Management & Policy
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2008
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Mailing Address

E204 GH
Health Management and Policy
College of Public Health
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (319) 384-5133
Fax: (319) 384-5125
george-wehby@uiowa.edu
http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/faculty-staff/faculty/directory/faculty-detail.asp?emailAddress=george-wehby@uiowa.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Iowa, Health Management and Policy, 2006.
M.P.H., American University of Beirut, Health Service Administration, 2000.
B.S., American University of Beirut, Biology, 1998.

Expertise and Research Interests

Areas of Research Interest/Current Projects

Areas of Interest
* Identifying determinants of health
* Assessing the effects of disease on long term socioeconomic and quality of life outcomes
* Identifying the determinants of racial and socioeconomic disparities in health
* Assessing treatment effectiveness and cost-effectiveness
* Economics of disability (especially child disability including effects on family resource allocation, fertility, investment in child health, etc.)
* Determinants of the demand for health care treatments and of health behaviors
* Interactions between socioeconomic determinants of health and health behaviors and genetics

Current Projects
* Assessing the effects of maternal smoking on birth outcomes using instrumental variable analyses with genetic instruments
* Identifying the effects of craniofacial anomalies on long term health care use and socioeconomic outcomes
* Identifying the determinants of birth outcomes
* Assessing the returns of health spending on life expectancy worldwide
* Assessing the effects of ethnic ancestry and wealth on child development
* Identifying the effects of racial residential segregation on child health and prenatal health care

Future Research

- Evaluating the effects of education on health and interactions between education and genetic endowments

- Evaluating the impact of child health on subsequent maternal fertility

- Genetic instrumental variable studies of the effects of maternal health inputs on birth outcomes

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Econometrics, Health Care Economics.

Additional Terms:

Econometrics, Health Economics, Health Services Research, Maternal and Child Health, Pediatric Research.

Memberships

Amercian Society of Health Economists
Amercian Society of Human Genetics
Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health
International Health Economics Association

Honors and Awards

2008, Travel Scholarship to attend the Summit on "The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities", NIH
2005, T. Anne Cleary International Dissertation Research Fellowship, Graduate College, University of Iowa, To fund international dissertation research
2006, Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, Inducted to Alpha Phi Chapter, University of Iowa
2004, Research Week Poster Award, Carver College of Medicine/College of Public Health/VA Medical Center Resesarch Week, University of Iowa

Previous Positions

2007-2008, Adjunct Lecturer, University of Iowa, College of Public Health, Health Management and Policy
2007-2008, Assistant Research Scientist, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Pediatrics
2006-2007, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Pediatrics

Funding Received

  • CDC: PI, Health Outcomes and Improved Phenotypic Characterization of Cleft Lip and Palate, $1,352,303, 2007 to 2010.
  • NIH: PI, Effects of Oral Clefts on Birth Outcomes and Cleft Risks Due to Maternal Smoking, $296,675, 2007 to 2009.
  • NIH: Co-Investigator and Study Coordinator, Oral Cleft Prevention Program, $6,103,529, 2006 to 2011.

Publications

  • Wehby GL, Castilla EE, Lopez-Camelo JS, Murray JC (Mar 2009) Predictors of multivitamin use during pregnancy in Brazil., International journal of public health Abstract
  • Wehby GL, Murray JC, Castilla EE, Lopez-Camelo JS, Ohsfeldt RL (Mar 2009) Prenatal care effectiveness and utilization in Brazil., Health policy and planning Abstract
  • Wehby GL, Castilla EE, López-Camelo JS, Murray JC (2009) Predictors of Multivitamin Use during Pregnancy in Brazil, International Journal of Public Health., In Press
  • Wehby GL, Murray JC, Castilla EE, Lopez-Camelo JS, Ohsfeldt RL (Jan 2009) Quantile effects of prenatal care utilization on birth weight in Argentina., Health economics Abstract
  • Wehby GL, Murray JC, Castilla EE, Lopez-Camelo JS, Ohsfeldt RL (Oct 2008) Prenatal care demand and its effects on birth outcomes by birth defect status in Argentina., Economics and human biology Abstract
  • Wehby GL, Murray JC (Mar 2008) The effects of prenatal use of folic acid and other dietary supplements on early child development., Maternal and child health journal, 12 (2), 180-7 Abstract
  • Shi M, Wehby GL, Murray JC (2008) Review on genetic variants and maternal smoking in the etiology of oral clefts and other birth defects, Birth Defects Research (Part C), 84 (1), 16-29
  • Wehby GL, Ohsfeldt RL, Murray JC (2008) 'Mendelian Randomization' equals instrumental variable analysis with genetic instruments, Statistics in Medicine, 27 (15), 2745-9
  • Wehby GL, Ohsfeldt RL (2007) The impact of having a young child with disabilities on maternal labor supply by race and marital status., Journal of health and human services administration, 30 (3), 327-51 Abstract
  • Wehby GL, Ohsfeldt RL, Murray JC (2006) Health professionals' assessment of health related quality of life values for oral clefting by age using a visual analogue scale method, Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 43 (4), 383-91
  • Wehby GL, Castilla EE, Goco N, Rittler M, Cosentino V, Javois L, McCarthy AM, Bobashev G, Litavecz S, Mariona A, Dutra G, López-Camelo JS, Orioli IM, Murray JC (2006) Description of the methodology used in an ongoing pediatric care interventional study of children born with cleft lip and palate in South America [NCT00097149]., BMC pediatrics, 6, 9 Abstract

Profile Details

Last Updated: 3/23/2009

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