Vira Pravosud
- 530 Parnassus Ave, S366, San Francisco, CA
- vira.pravosud@ucsf.edu
Capstone project title: "DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPLE PRIMARY CANCERS IN LUNG CANCER PATIENTS: APPALACHIAN VS. NON-APPALACHIAN POPULATIONS OF KENTUCKY" (2016).
GPA: 4.00/4.00
Modern Greek Language and Culture Program
Organizational Management and Administration (in Public Health)
Human Rights and Protection
Concentration in Social Work and Sociology
CPH 605 -- Epidemiology
CPH 410 -- Epidemiology in the Web of Causation: People, Place, and Politics (substituted for select lectures)
CPH 310 -- Disease Detectives: Epidemiology in Action (recitation leader)
''Role of Social Media and Mobile Apps in Sexual and Drug Co-Usage Networks of Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM)'' study: data analysis, preparation of manuscripts, dissemination of the study results
Data analysis, preparation of manuscripts, dissemination of the study results and assistance in other research-related activities for several projects on respiratory diseases, including Bronchiectasis, COPD, and NTM-associated illnesses
Paid internship sponsored by the Edmund S. Muskie Internship Program
Data analysis, generation of reports, and assistance with the arthritis, asthma, colon cancer, and diabetes prevention programs as well as the Kentucky Smoke Free Policy
Provided assistance and service to people with special needs. Assisted in organizing fundraising campaigns and development of grant applications
Spring 2015 Enrolled participants in the National Longitudinal Survey of Public Health Systems conducted by the
College of Public Health in the University of Kentucky
2012 - 2013 Administrated and coordinated educational conferences and master-classes aimed for healthcare
facilities’ top-management (LLC “PRO Studii”, Kyiv, Ukraine)
2010 - 2011 Performed data entry and coding (checking interviewers' questionnaires and coding the answers to fill
the general database for agricultural surveys, Kleffmann Group, Kyiv, Ukraine)
Organizing fundraising campaigns; assisting in teaching children with special needs
My Publons can be found at https://publons.com/author/1199093/vira-pravosud#profile
2018 - Present Editorial Board Member, Journals of the Science Publishing Group
01/2017 - Present Associated Editorial Board Member, Journal of Tobacco Control and Public Health in Eastern Europe
Journal Peer Review Activities
06/2021 - Present Ad hoc reviewer, BMC Cancer (1 reviews)
02/2021 - Present Ad hoc reviewer, Future Oncology (1 reviews)
06/2018 - Present Ad hoc reviewer, Academic Research Journal of Biotechnology (4 reviews)
06/2018 - Present Ad hoc reviewer, Academic Research Journal of Agricultural Science and Research (14 reviews)
01/2017 - Present Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Tobacco Control and Public Health in Eastern Europe (2 reviews, 1 edits)
Study Design, Quantitative & Qualitative Data Analysis
SAS, SPSS, RStudio, ArcGIS, DAGitty. Familiar with STATA, RDSAT, QGIS, GeoDA, Epi Info, OpenEpi
SAS Language, R, SPSS Syntax.
My ORCID can be found at orcid.org/0000-0002-5762-6632
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Pravosud V, Mannino DM, Prieto D, Zhang Q, Choate R, Malanga E, Aksamit TR . Symptom Burden and Medication Use among Patients with Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease. Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis. 2021; Published online February 19, 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.15326/jcopdf.2020.0184
Pravosud V, Vanderford NL, Huang B, Tucker TC, Arnold SM. Exceptional Survival Among Kentucky Stage IV Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients: Appalachian Versus Non-Appalachian Populations [published online ahead of print, 2020 Nov 18]. J Rural Health. 2020;10.1111/jrh.12537. doi:10.1111/jrh.12537
Sullivan J*, Pravosud V*, Mannino DM, Siegel K, Choate R, Sullivan T. National and State Estimates of COPD Morbidity and Mortality - United States, 2014-2015. Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis. 2018;5(4):324-333. Published 2018 Oct 12. doi:10.15326/jcopdf.5.4.2018.0157
*contributed equally to this report
Pravosud V, Huang B, Tucker T, Vanderford NL. Development of Multiple Primary Cancers in Lung Cancer Patients: Appalachian Versus Non-Appalachian Populations of Kentucky. South Med J. 2017;110(12):775-781. doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000742
Pravosud V and Andreeva T. Respondent-driven sampling: characteristics associated with productive and non-productive recruitment. Tobacco Control and Public Health in Eastern Europe, 2016; 6(1), 31-44. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.4495910.v1
IN PRESS/FORTHCOMING
Pravosud V, Ballard AM, Holloway IW, Young AM. Online Partner-Seeking and Sexual Behaviors among Men Who Have Sex with Men from Small and Midsized Towns: Cross-Sectional Study in Kentucky, USA. JMIR Form Res (forthcoming), 2022. doi:10.2196/35056
UNDER REVIEW
"Impact of Policies Restricting Flavors in Non-Cigarette Tobacco Products: A Study of Vape Shops in San Francisco and Alameda Counties" (short communication)
SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION
"Impacts of Tax and Flavor Tobacco Policies on San Francisco Bay Area Tobacco Prices" (journal article)
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
"Latent Class Analysis of Geosocial Networking and Dating App Use and Related Sexual Risk Behaviors among Men Who Have Sex with Men" (journal article)
"Dyadic Analysis of Condom Use in App-facilitated versus Non-app-facilitated Relationships of Men Who Have Sex with Men" (journal article)
Virtual
Virtual
Virtual
Virtual
Virtual
Lexington, KY
Lexington, KY
Covington, KY: https://twitter.com/UKCPH/status/1116425552796233729
Lexington, KY
Lexington, KY
Lexington, KY
Lexington, KY
Lexington, KY: https://www.ccts.uky.edu/about-ccts/annual-ccts-spring-conferences/2018-ccts-spring-conference
Hershey, PA
https://journal.copdfoundation.org/jcopdf/id/1170/Abstract-Presentations-COPD10usa-2017
https://journal.copdfoundation.org/jcopdf/id/1170/Abstract-Presentations-COPD10usa-2017
Lexington, KY
Cincinnati, OH
Lexington, KY
Lexington, KY
Kyiv, National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", School of Public Health
Kyiv, National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", School of Public Health
CIGARETTE PRICES BEFORE AND AFTER STATE AND LOCAL TOBACCO TAX AND PRICE POLICIES IN BAY AREA CITIES 2014-2020
“Exceptional Survival Among Kentucky Stage IV Cancer Patients: Appalachian versus Non-Appalachian Populations”
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/university-of-kentucky-college-of-public-health_icymi-we-had-several-students-faculty-activity-6796176840496177152-LYCL
"SEXUAL RISK-TAKING BEHAVIORS AMONG YOUNG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN (MSM) WHO USE SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS TO MEET PARTNERS"
"DRUG USE AND THE USAGE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING APPLICATIONS AMONG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN (MSM) IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY"
Poster presentation "DRUG USE AND THE USAGE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING APPLICATIONS AMONG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY" at the 71th Annual KPHA Conference in Covington, KY
"FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH EXCEPTIONAL SURVIVAL AMONG KENTUCKY STAGE IV LUNG CANCER PATIENTS: APPALACHIAN VERSUS NON-APPALACHIAN POPULATIONS”, Lexington, KY
Poster presentation "ECOLOGIC STUDY OF APPALACHIA AND DIAGNOSTIC PREVALENCE OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE" at the 2017 ATRN Summit in Hershey, PA (http://appalachianresearch.org/content/2017-atrn-summit)
"DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPLE PRIMARY CANCERS IN LUNG CANCER PATIENTS: APPALACHIAN VS. NON-APPALACHIAN POPULATIONS OF KENTUCKY"
Poster presentation "DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPLE PRIMARY CANCERS IN LUNG CANCER PATIENTS: APPALACHIAN VS. NON-APPALACHIAN POPULATIONS OF KENTUCKY" at the 2016 ATRN Health Summit in Cincinnati, OH (https://cctst.uc.edu/ATRN2016)
"DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPLE PRIMARY CANCERS IN LUNG CANCER PATIENTS: APPALACHIAN VS. NON-APPALACHIAN POPULATIONS OF KENTUCKY"
Summer paid internship at the Kentucky Department for Public Health
"METHODS FOR STUDYING FEMALE SEX WORKERS IN UKRAINE: RESPONDENT-DRIVEN SAMPLING VS. TIME-LOCATION SAMPLING"
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs; Institute of International Education
University of Ioannina, Greece
Kyiv, Ukraine
The best academic record among the students of the department (School of Public Health)
English Department of the National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", Kyiv, Ukraine
Completed
Project Title: “Factors Associated with Exceptional Survival among Kentucky Stage IV Lung Cancer Patients: Appalachian versus Non-Appalachian Populations"
Project Number: N/A
Principal Investigator:
Role in Project: Principal Investigator
Effort: 100%
Institution/University: University of Kentucky
Source of Funding: UK Appalachian Center, 2018 Eller & Billings Student Research Award
Duration of Project: 5/2018 - 2/2019
Total Award: $1,000
Grant Number: N/A
Physician's Weekly: Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Diseases: Assessing Symptom Burden & Medication Use. April 13, 2021.
Appalachian Center Spring Newsletter: Grad Student Spotlight. University of Kentucky Appalachian Center. Feb 13, 2021.
Available at: https://mailchi.mp/3ae1343f5613/uk-appalachian-center-spring-2021-newsletter?e=340e6bec0b