Education:
Ph.D., Brandeis University, Heller School for Social Policy and Management - 1984 (Social Policy)
Areas of Expertise:
U.S. health policy, health services research, health administration and finance, and biostatistics.
Books and Publications
Eastwood, E.A. and J.M. Birnbaum. "Physical and Sexual Abuse and Unstable Housing among Adolescents with HIV." AIDS and Behavior 11.6 Suppl.: 116-27. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
Birnbaum, Jeffrey M., Elilzabeth A. Eastwood, Alexander Kaysin and Patricia Antoniello. "Whom Can I Turn To? The Links between Unstable Housing, HIV, and Teen Motherhood." Journal of Adolescent Health, February: 112. (Books and Publications: Abstract) 2006
Johnston, Mark V., Elizabeth A. Eastwood, Deborah L. Wilkerson, Leigh Anderson and Annette Alves. "Systematically Assessing and Improving the Quality and Outcomes of Medical Rehabilitation Programs." Rehabilitation Medicine: Principles and Practice (4th edition). Eds. Joel Delisa, Bruce Gans, et al. Philadelphia: Lippincott and Williams. 1163-92. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2005
Eastwood, Elizabeth A., Jay Magaziner, Jason Wang, Stacey Silberzweig, Edward L. Hannan, Elton Strauss and Albert L. Siu. "Patients with Hip Fracture: Subgroups and Their Outcomes." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 50.7: 1240-49. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2002
Hannan, Edward L., Jay Magaziner, Jason J. Wang, Elizabeth A. Eastwood, Stacey B. Silberzweig, Marvin Gilbert, Sean Morrison, Mary Ann McLaughlin, Gretchen M. Orosz and Albert L. Siu. "Mortality and Locomotion Six Months after Hospitalization for Hip Fracture: An Assessment of Outcomes and Statistical Models." Journal of the American Medical Association 285.21: 2736-42. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2001
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Evaluator, Health Resources and Service Administration, Special Projects of National Significance: Peer Outreach Worker Engagament and Retention (POWER) for Women of Color with HIV, 2009-14. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Birnbaum, Jeffrey M., Elizabeth A. Eastwood, Beverly Bohannon, Travis Wheeling and Ken Dominguez. "Young Motherhood and Social Functioning." Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Academic Society. Baltimore, May. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
Eastwood, Elizabeth A., Jeffrey M Birnbaum, Beverly Bohannon, Travis Wheeling and Ken Dominguez. "Young Motherhood and Social Functioning among a National Cohort of HIV+ Females in the LEGACY Study, USA, 2006." Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. Philadelphia, November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
Birnbaum, J.M. and E.A. Eastwood. "Predictors of Unstable Housing among Adolescents with HIV." Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Academic Society. Honolulu, May. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
Eastwood, E.A. and J.M. Birnbaum. "Factors Associated with Unstable Housing among Adolescents with HIV: Addressing the Need for Safe Space." National HIV/AIDS Housing Conference; III Research Summit. March.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
"Studies on Housing Instability among Youth with HIV in New York." Quarterly meeting of the Young Women of Color HIV/AIDS Coalition. New York, October. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007
Eastwood, E.A. and J.M. Birnbaum. "Physical and Sexual Abuse and Unstable Housing among Adolescents with HIV: Implications for Treatment." Annual meeting of the American Public Health Association. Washington, D.C., November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
Birnbaum, J.M., E.A. Eastwood and A. Kaysin. "Whom Can I Turn To? The Links between Unstable Living Situation, HIV, and Teen Motherhood." Society for Adolescent Medicine. Boston, February. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006
Eastwood, E.A., J.M. Birnbaum, P. Antoniello and A. Kaysin. "Unstable Housing Predicts Teen Motherhood among Adolescents with HIV." Annual meeting of the American Public Health Association. Boston, November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006
Birnbaum, J.M., E.A. Eastwood, A. Kaysin and P. Antoniello. "A Comparison of Reproductive Health and Behavioral Risk Factors between HIV Infected Female Youth Who Have Delivered Live Births and Those Who Have Not." Pediatric Academic Society. Washington, D.C., May. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005
Professional Leadership
Director, Master's in Public Health Program, Brooklyn College. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2009
Other Professional Activities
Moderator, "Health Literacy in Clinical Settings Conference." CUNY Center for Health Equity. New York, March 11. 2010
Member, Dean's Executive Committee, CUNY School of Public Health, 2009-11. 2009
