Sylvia E. Furner

Associate Professor
Epidemiology

Contact Information

E-mail: sefurner@uic.edu

Address:
951 SPHPI, M/C 923
1603 W. Taylor St
Chicago, IL 60612

Phone: 312-996-5013

Academic Background

PHD, Epidemiology, Univ of Illinois at Chicago, 1987
MPH, Epidemiology, Univ of Illinois at Chicago, 1986
BS, Biological Sciences, Univ of Illinois at Chicago, 1983

Research Interests

Functional limitations in the older population, public health and aging, gerontology, analysis of large datasets

Teaching Interests

Principles of epidemiology, intermediate and advanced epidemiology methods, epidemiology of aging

Publications

 Furner SE, Davis FG, Nelson RL, Haenszel W: A Case-Control Study of Large Bowel Cancer and Hormone Exposure in Women. Cancer Research 49: 4936-4940, 1989. .

 Furner, SE, Grant, M, Brody, JA. The Aging Population. In Geriatric Urology, Little Brown and Company, Boston, 1994.

 Van Nostrand, J, Furner, SE, and Suzman, R, Editors, Health Data on Older Americans: United States, 1992. National Center for Health Statistics, Vital and Health Statistics, 3 (27), January, 1993.

 Furner, SE, Rudberg, MA, Cassel, CK. Medical Conditions Differentially Affect the Development of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Disability: implications for medical care and research. The Gerontologist, 35 (4), August, 1995. .

Kruger, J, Prohaska, T, FURNER, SE. Preferences of Health Inquiry Among Adults >= 50 Years of Age. Research on Aging, 29 (4):283-296, July, 2007

Risk Factors for the Development of Fecal and Urinary Incontinence in Wisconsin Nursing Home Residents. Maturitas, 12.001, 2004

Wallace, KL, FURNER, SE, David, F, Freeman, V. Racial Trends in Prostate Cancer Incidence for Illinois and the United States: 1986-2000. Journal of Registry Management, 33(4), 2006.

Nelson, RL, Westercamp, M, FURNER, SE. A Systematic Review of the Effect of Cesarean Section in the Preservation of Anal Incontinence. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, ISSN 0012-3706 (Print) 1530-0358 (Online), Springer, New York, September 28, 2006.

Furner, SE, Giloth, BE, Arguelles, L, Miles, TP, Goldberg, JH. A Co-Twin Control Study of Physical Function in Elderly African American Women. Journal of Aging and Health, Vol. 16, No. 1., February, 2004

Cambron JA, Gudavalli, MR, McGregor, M, Jedlicka, J, Keenum, M, Ghanayem, AJ, Patwardhan, AG, FURNER, SE. Amount of Health Care and Self-care Following a Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Flexion-Distraction with Exercise Program for Chronic Low Back Pain. Chiropractic and Osteopathy Medicine, 14:19 August, 24, 2006.

McNutt,LA, FURNER, SE, Moser,M, Weist, EM. Applied Epidemiology Competencies for Governmental Public Health Agencies: Mapping Current Curriculum and the Development of New Curriculum. Public Health Reports, 13-17, March, 2008.

Arguelles, LM, Afari, N, Buchwald, D, Clauw, D, FURNER, S, Goldberg, J. A Twin Study of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Chronic Widespread Pain. Pain, Sep; 124(1-2):150-7, 2006.

FURNER SE, Wallace K, Arguelles L, Miles T, Goldberg J. Twin Study of Depressive Symptoms Among Older African-American Women. Journal of Gerontology, Psychological Sciences, Vol. 61B (6), 355-361, 2006.