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Michelle R. Chyatte, DrPH, MPH

Associate Professor Educator

Education/Credentials
  • Doctorate of Public Health (DrPH): Drexel University (public health, policy development and evaluation, biostatistics, epidemiology, program evaluation)
  • Master of Public Health: Kent State University - NEOMED (public health, MCH policy)
  • Bachelor of Science: Kent State University (Broadcast Journalism)
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Research Interests

Michelle Renee Chyatte's primary research focus is the evaluation of child welfare policies and how through integrated knowledge translation (IKT) and community-based participatory reseearch (CBPR) efforts, one can better understand how to improve policies that impact the psycho-social, neurocognitive, physical, and environmental health outcomes for children in the welfare system.  

Peer Reviewed Publications

Cardarelli, Roberto; Bausch, Gregory; Murdock, Joan; Chyatte, Michelle Renee 2017. Return-on-Investment (ROI) Analyses of an Inpatient Lay Health Worker Model on 30-Day Readmission Rates in a Rural Community Hospital. The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association, ,

Wear, Delese; Zarconi, Joseph; Aultman, Julie M; Chyatte, Michelle R; Kumagai, Arno K 2017. Remembering Freddie Gray: Medical Education for Social Justice. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 92 3, 312-317

Fischbein, Rebecca; Meeker, James; Saling, Julia R; Chyatte, Michelle; Nicholas, Lauren 2016. Identifying families' shared disease experiences through a qualitative analysis of online twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome stories. BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 16 1, 163

Agarwal, Ashok; Mulgund, Aditi; Hamada, Alaa; Chyatte, Michelle Renee 2015. A unique view on male infertility around the globe. Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E, 13 , 37

Fischbein, Rebecca; Saling, Julia R; Marty, Paige; Kropp, Denise; Meeker, James; Amerine, Jenna; Chyatte, Michelle Renee 2015. Patient-reported Chiari malformation type I symptoms and diagnostic experiences: a report from the national Conquer Chiari Patient Registry database. Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 36 9, 1617-24

Meeker, James; Amerine, Jenna; Kropp, Denise; Chyatte, Michelle; Fischbein, Rebecca 2015. The impact of Chiari malformation on daily activities: A report from the national Conquer Chiari Patient Registry database. Disability and health journal, 8 4, 521-6

Chilton, Mariana; Chyatte, Michelle; Breaux, Jennifer 2007. The negative effects of poverty & food insecurity on child development. The Indian journal of medical research, 126 4, 262-72