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Chanza M. Baytop
Vice President
Contact
ChanzaBaytop@westat.comOverview
Chanza Baytop, MPH, DrPH, is a Vice President for Public Health. She is a public health researcher whose expertise includes using mixed methods for evaluation research and translating research findings into evidence-based practice in community and health system settings to reduce health disparities. Baytop leverages key public health and evaluation capabilities across the company in developing and leading strategies to grow CDC’s and HRSA’s public health portfolio with an emphasis on HIV prevention and chronic disease prevention.
Baytop’s work focuses on the design and evaluation of effective strategies for HIV testing and linkage to care among high-risk populations and for increasing access to care for disadvantaged communities with diabetes and hypertension. She has directed local, national, and international projects with diverse multidisciplinary teams and in collaboration with partners in public and private sectors around the world.
Education
- DrPH, Population & Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- MPH, Behavioral Health Sciences/Health Services, Boston University School of Public Health
- BA, Pre-Medicine/Anthropology, University of Notre Dame
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Association between tobacco product use and asthma among US adults from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study waves 2-4
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BMJ Open Respiratory Research
January 2023
M.F. Brunette, M.J. Halenar, K.C. Edwards, Kristie Taylor, J.A. Emond, S.E. Tanski, S. Woloshin, et al.
DOILink for: Association between tobacco product use and asthma among US adults from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study waves 2-4 -
Associations between ABO non-identical platelet transfusions and patient outcomes-A multicenter retrospective analysis
Transfusion
January 2023
D.W. Bougie, S.E. Reese, R.J. Birch, Deborah Bookwalter, P.K.1713457 Mitchell, D. Roh, L.B. Kreuziger, et al.
DOILink for: Associations between ABO non-identical platelet transfusions and patient outcomes-A multicenter retrospective analysis -
Frequent detection but lack of infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in presymptomatic, infected blood donor plasma
132,
Journal of Clinical Investigation
January 2022
P. Saa, Rebecca Fink, S. Bakkour, J. Jin, G. Simmons, M.O. Muench, H. Dawar, et al.
DOILink for: Frequent detection but lack of infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in presymptomatic, infected blood donor plasma