Elizabeth A. Eastwood

  Assc Professor
  Department: Health and Nutrition Sciences
  Location: 5129 Ingersoll Hall
  Phone: 718-951-5000 x2755
  Fax: 718-951-4670

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My primary research interests are in social problems of youth with HIV and evaluation of HIV programs.

Education:
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY - 1984 (SOCIAL WELFARE)

Areas of Expertise:
My expertise is in US health policy, health services research, health administration and finance, and biostatistics.

Books and Publications
Eastwood EA and Birnbaum JM. Physical and sexual abuse and unstable housing among adolescents with HIV. AIDS and Behavior, 2007, 11 (6 Suppl.), 116-127. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007

Birnbaum, Jeffrey M, Eastwood, Elizabeth A, Kaysin, Alexander, Antoniello, Patricia. Whom can I turn: the links between unstable housing, HIV, and teen motherhood. Abstract published in Journal of Adolescent Health, February, 2006, p112. (Books and Publications: Abstract) 2006

Johnston, Mark V, Eastwood Elizabeth A, Wilkerson Deborah L, Anderson Leigh, and Alves Annette. Systematically assessing and improving the quality and outcomes of medical rehabilitation programs. In Delisa, Joel, Gans, Bruce et al. (Eds.) Rehabilitation medicine: principles and practice (4th Edition). Philadelphia: Lippincott and Williams, 2005, pp. 1163-1192. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2005

Eastwood, Elizabeth A., Magaziner, Jay, Wang, Jason, Silberzweig, Stacey, Hannan, Edward L., Strauss, Elton, Siu, Albert L. Patients with Hip Fracture: Subgroups and their outcomes. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2002, 50(7), 1240-1249. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2002

Hannan, Edward L., Magaziner, Jay, Wang, Jason J., Eastwood, Elizabeth A., Silberzweig, Stacey B., Gilbert, Marvin, Morrison, Sean, McLaughlin, Mary Ann, Orosz, Gretchen M, and Siu, Albert L. Mortality and locomotion six months after hospitalization for hip fracture: An assessment of outcomes and statistical models. JAMA, 2001, 285 (21), 2736-2742. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2001

Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Birnbaum JM, Eastwood EA. Predictors of unstable housing among adolescents with HIV. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Academic Society, Honolulu, HI, May 2008. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

Eastwood, EA, Birnbaum, JM. Factors Associated with Unstable Housing among Adolescents with HIV: Addressing the Need for Safe Space. Presented at the National HIV/AIDS Housing Conference; III Research Summit, March, 2008.

(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008

Eastwood EA, Birnbaum JM. Physical and Sexual Abuse and Unstable Housing among Adolescents with HIV: Implications for Treatment. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, November, 2007. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007

Eastwood EA. Studies on Housing Instability among Youth with HIV in New York. Presented at the quarterly meeting of the Young Women of Color HIV/AIDS Coalition, New York, NY, October, 2007. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007

Birnbaum JM, Eastwood EA, and Kaysin A. Whom can I turn to?: The links between unstable living situation, HIV, and teen motherhood? Presented at the Society for Adolescent Medicine, Boston, MA, February, 2006. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006

Eastwood EA, Birnbaum JM, Antoniello P, and Kaysin A. Unstable housing predicts teen motherhood among adolescents with HIV. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, MA, November, 2006. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006

Birnbaum JM, Eastwood EA, Kaysin A, and Antoniello P. A comparison of reproductive health and behavioral risk Factors between HIV infected female youth who have delivered live births and those who have not. Presented at the Pediatric Academic Society, Washington, DC, May, 2005 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005