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Jane E. Miller, Ph.D. Research Professor, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research |
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Contact Information
Civic Square Building, room 160
Phone (732) 932-4101, x676
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy & Aging Research
30 College Avenue
Phone: (732) 932-6730
E-mailjem@rci.rutgers.edu
Research Interests
- Statistical literacy
- Quantitative communication
- Poverty and child health
- Access to health care
Undergraduate Courses
- Field Practicum in Public Health
- Internship in Urban Studies
Publications and Activities
- J.E. Miller, 2008. “Writing about Hazards Models: Practical Guidelines for Effective Presentation.” Working paper, Rutgers University.
Version with examples from medicine, public health and health services research.
Version with examples from economics literature. - J.E. Miller and Y.V. Rodgers, 2008. “Economic Importance and Statistical Significance: Guidelines for Communicating Empirical Research.” Feminist Economics. 14(2): 117-149.
- J.E. Miller, 2007. “Organizing Data in Tables and Charts: Different Criteria for Different Tasks.” Teaching Statistics.29(3):98-101.
See related on-line lecture “Organizing Data in Tables and Charts: Criteria for Effective Presentation.” in the World Health Organization Supercourse: Epidemiology, the Internet and Global Health. Available on-line at: http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec32271/index.htm - T.A. Macon, J.E. Miller, D. Gaboda, T. Simpson, and J.C. Cantor, “Is there Differential Retention of Children with Special Health Care Needs in SCHIP?” Pediatrics. 120: e1217-e1224.
- J.E. Miller, 2007. “Presenting Quantitative Research Results,” Chapter 42 in: G.J. Miller and K. Yang, editors: Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration, 2nd edition. Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis, Inc. pp. 861-878.
- J.E. Miller. 2007. Book Review: ‘Creating More Effective Charts,’ Sociological Methods and Research. 36: 143-146.
- J.E. Miller, 2007. “Preparing and Presenting Effective Research Posters.” Health Services Research. Volume 42(1):311-328, with appendixes online.
- J.E. Miller, 2006. “How to Communicate Statistical Findings: An Expository Writing Approach.” Chance. 19(4):43-49.
- E. Valiyeva, L.B. Russell, J.E. Miller, and M. Safford, 2006. “Lifestyle-related Risk Factors and Risk of Nursing Home Admission.” Archives of Internal Medicine. 166:985-990.
- J.E. Miller, 2005. The Chicago Guide to Writing about Multivariate Analysis. The Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing. University of Chicago Press.
Also available: Study Guide for the Chicago Guide to Writing about Multivariate Analysis.
Available on-line at: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/miller/multivariate/ - J.E. Miller, 2004. The Chicago Guide to Writing about Numbers. The Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing. University of Chicago Press.
Also available: Study Guide for the Chicago Guide to Writing about Numbers.
Available on-line at: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/miller/numbers/
Also available in Japanese. Kazu o hyougen suru gijutsu: tsutawaru report, ronbun,
presentation. Ohmsha Ltd. Toyko, Japan. - J.A. Phillips, J.E. Miller, J.C. Cantor, and D. Gaboda, 2004. “Context or Composition: What Explains Variation in SCHIP Disenrollment?” Health Services Research. 39(4, Part I):865-885.
- J.E. Miller, D. Gaboda, J. Cantor, T. Videon, and Y. Diaz, 2004. “Demographics of Disenrollment from SCHIP: Evidence from NJ KidCare.” Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 15(1):113-126.
Profile
Jane E. Miller(Ph.D., Pennsylvania, 1989) is a Professor in the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, and Research Professor at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research (IHHCPAR). Dr. Miller's research interests include relationships between poverty, child health, health insurance, and access to health care. Collaborating with colleagues at the Center for State Health Policy and New Jersey's Department of Human Services, she has conducted several studies of New Jersey's State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) on issues related to program retention, chronic childhood illness, and other issues. She received a Faculty Scholar's Award from the William T. Grant Foundation for her work on poverty dynamics and child well-being. Dr. Miller is a faculty associate at both the Center for Research on Child Well-Being at Princeton University, and the Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research. A specialist in quantitative communication and statistical literacy, she has written two books: The Chicago Guide to Writing about Numbers, and The Chicago Guide to Writing about Multivariate Analysis, and a series of related articles in teaching and research journals. With funding from an Academic Excellence Fund grant, she is collaborating with Dr. Joel Cantor and Deedee Davis on the Rutgers Research Data Center Initiative to develop a confidential research data center for the social, economic and health sciences at Rutgers. In fall 2008, Dr. Miller will become Faculty Director of Project L/Earn, funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s program on Building Human Capital. She received the Faculty Mentor of the Year Award from Rutgers' Aresty Research Center for Undergraduates in 2007.
Complete Curriculum Vitae (C.V.)