Terisa Davis
Principal Research Associate
Contact
TerisaDavis@westat.comOverview
Terisa Davis, MPH, is a Principal Research Associate for Public Health with over 20 years of experience in study management, survey instrument development, data collection, coding, and analysis. She currently directs projects including the NIH Climate Survey, NCI’s Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS), and NCI’s Division of Cancer Control and Population Studies (DCCPS) Scientific Support Contract. She identifies and engages appropriate technical, statistical, and operational teams to meet all client research goals in addition to contract requirements. She has also developed materials for OMB submissions for a variety of studies, and shepherded these submissions through approval.
Davis has provided survey development and data collection with multiple populations such as physicians, cancer survivors, and smokers, and is experienced in both qualitative and quantitative data collection, across all modes (mail, telephone, web).
Education
- MPH, Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- BA, Sociology and Anthropology, Guilford College
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The effects of prompt interventions on web survey response rate and data quality measures
Field Methods
January 2022
H. Sun, A. Caporaso, David Cantor, Terisa Davis, K. Blake
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Effect of incentive amount on U.S. adolescents' participation in an accelerometer data collection component of a national survey
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Field Methods
January 2021
A.Y. Oh, A. Caporaso, Terisa Davis, L.A. Dwyer, L.C. Nebeling, B. Liu, E. Hennessy
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Effect of incentive amount on US adolescents’ participation in an accelerometer data collection component of a national survey
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Field Methods
January 2021
A.Y. Oh, A. Caporaso, Terisa Davis, L.A. Dwyer, L.C. Nebeling, B. Liu, E. Hennessy
DOILink for: Effect of incentive amount on US adolescents’ participation in an accelerometer data collection component of a national survey