Llewellyn J. Cornelius, PhD, LCSW is a professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work.. He has more than 27 years of experience in evaluation research. For the last ten years he taught a doctoral research practicum, where he assisted students in the development, pilot testing and fielding of surveys. In addition to teaching survey research, he has been involved in the design and implementation of a multitude of studies, including the fielding of a statewide survey which examined the cultural competency of mental health providers; the evaluation of community based HIV prevention efforts and the development and implementation of surveys which assessed the use of technology in social work.

He was recently appointed by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to the National Center for Health Statistics, Board of Scientific Counselors, a board of research scientists who advise the director of NCHS regarding the design and management of a multitude of federal health surveys. He is the Principal Investigator of a Ruth Young Center/Administrative Offices of the Courts evaluation research collaboration. This project currently focuses on the design and implementation of ten evaluations for the judiciary, including an assessment of Alternative Dispute Resolution practice in the state of Maryland and an evaluation of the Truancy Reduction Pilot Program on the Lower Eastern Shore , in Prince George’s County and in Harford County. Recently he was involved in the design and implementation of three community based cancer disparity research projects in the state of Maryland: one involving the Piscataway Conoy Tribe in Southern Maryland; a second project focusing on the residents of Somerset County on Maryland’s’ Eastern Shore, and a third involving a statewide cancer outreach effort with community partners. He previously completed a four year evaluation of the Baltimore Needle Exchange Program with the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health. In March of 2001 he completed the development of a model of statewide coalition building for people of color called SMOTA- Sustained Minority Oriented Technical Assistance that was used from 2001 through 2009 by the Maryland Cigarette Fund Restitution Program (Maryland's Tobacco Settlement Program) to empower communities of color around issues of smoking cessation and cancer reduction. He also recently completed the 3rd edition of the book Designing and Conducting Health Surveys with Lu Ann Aday (published in April of 2006). He is currently the co-editor of a special issue in the journal Health and Social Work on HIV/AIDS among persons of color, that was published in November, 2009. He received his doctorate from the University of Chicago, School of Social Services Administration and has extensive research experience in examining the issue of equity of access to Medical Delivery and the Outcome of Care for African Americans and Latinos.

Mailing Information:

Contact Information:

University of Maryland

Phone: (410) 706.7610

School of Social Work

Fax: (410) 706.6046

525 West Redwood Street

E-mail: lcornelius@ssw.umaryland.edu

Baltimore, Maryland 21201

Room: 3W17

Education:

MA; PhD, University of Chicago

Expertise and Research Interests:

Access to Medical Care for the Disadvantaged

Ethnicity

Institutional Racism

Poverty

Honors and Awards:

National Center for Health Statistics, Board of Scientific Counselors 2008-2012

Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, December 2001.

Association of Black Social Workers, Baltimore Chapter - outstanding commitment and contribution to healthcare access for African Americans, 2000.

University of Maryland, Baltimore, Certificate of Merit for Distinguished Service in a technical capacity as a campus year 2000 technical coordinator, 1999.

The 1996 Elizabeth Butler Alumni Award for demonstrated exceptional leadership in health and social policy. The University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration, 1996.

The City Council of Baltimore, resolution in recognition of outstanding service to the HIV Prevention Community Planning Group, 1995.

Recent Publications:

Books
Aday, LA, Cornelius LJ. Designing and Conducting Health Surveys (3rd edition). San Francisco: Jossey Bass (April 2006).

Selected Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Cornelius, LJ, Hamilton-Mason, J. (2009). Enduring Issues of HIV/AIDS for People of Color: What Is the Roadmap Ahead? Health and Social Work, 34: 243-246.

Cohen, L. A., Bonito, A. J., Akin, D. R., Manski, M. D., Edwards, R. R., & Cornelius, L. J. (2008). Toothache pain: A comparison of visits to physicians, emergency departments and dentists. Journal of the American Dental Association, 139, 1205-1216.

Cornelius, LJ, Boykin Brown,, S, Bankins, K.A. (2008) Perceptions of Physicians in Medicaid Managed Care Practices regarding the practice of medicine with African American and Latino Patients. African American Research Perspectives. 12 (1): 131-138.

Strathdee SA, Ricketts EP, Huettner S, Cornelius L, Bishai D, Havens JR, Beilenson P, Rapp C, Lloyd JJ, Latkin CA Facilitating entry into drug treatment among injection drug users referred from a needle exchange program: Results from a community-based behavioral intervention trial- Drug & Alcohol Dependence. 83(3):225-32, 2006 Jul 27.

Bramble, J. Cornelius, LJ, Simpson, G. Eating as a Cultural Expression of Caring Among Afro-Carribean and African American Women: Understanding the Cutlural Dimensions of Obesity. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and the Underserved. 20(2): 53-68.

Bishai D. Sindelar J. Ricketts EP. Huettner S. Cornelius L. Lloyd JJ. Havens JR. Latkin CA. Strathdee SA. Willingness to pay for drug rehabilitation: implications for cost recovery. Journal of Health Economics. 27(4):959-72, 2008 Jul. 

Brawley OW, Cornelius LJ, Edwards LR, Gamble VN, Green BL, Inturrisi CE, James AH, Laraque D, Mendez MH, Montoya CJ, Pollock BH, Robinson L, Scholnik AP, Schori M. (2008). NIH Consensus Development Statement on Hydroxyurea Treatment for Sickle Cell Disease. Ann Intern Med, May 2008

Cohen LA. Harris SL. Bonito AJ. Manski RJ. Macek MD. Edwards RR. Cornelius LJ. Coping with toothache pain: a qualitative study of low-income persons and minorities. Journal of Public Health Dentistry. 67(1):28-35, 2007.

Lloyd JJ. Ricketts EP. Havens JR. Cornelius LJ. Bishai D. Huettner S. Latkin C. Strathdee SA. (2007) The relationship between lifetime abuse and suicidal ideation in a sample of injection drug users. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 39(2):159-66.

Havens JR , Cornelius LJ , Ricketts EP, Bishai D , Lloyd JJ, Huettner S , Strathdee SA (2007). The effect of a case management intervention on drug treatment entry among treatment-seeking injection drug users with and without comorbid antisocial personality disorder Journal of Urban Health 84 (2): 267-271.

Cornelius, LJ, Lloyd, JJ, Bishai, D., Latkin, CA, Huettner, S, Brown, M, Havens, JR,Ricketts, EP, Bankins, KA. Rapp, CA & Strathdee. SA. (2006). The Treatment Retention Intervention: A case study of an Evaluation of a Case Management Intervention to Improve Treatment Outcomes for Injection Drug Users. Journal of the Association for Academic Minority Physicians. Vol 17, (Summer): 44-53.

Cornelius, LC., Sims-Boykin, S., Bryant, V. (2006) How significant are patient-provider factors in the receipt of preventive-health care for minority women? Journal of the Association of Academic Minority Physicians. (Spring): 28-33.