DAVID L. WYRICK, MPH, Ph.D.

PERSONAL DATA
Address: 3 Wenchelsa Court
Greensboro, NC 27410
Phone: (336) 540-9505
Email Address: david@tanglewood.net

RESEARCH AREAS
Adolescent Health Distance Learning Technologies
Adolescent Substance Abuse Survey Research Methods
School based Prevention Programming Adolescent Risk Assessment
Community-based Prevention Programming Program Evaluation

EDUCATION
1990 - 1994 B.S., Elon University, Exercise and Sports Science
1996 - 1998 MPH, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Public Health Education
1998 - 2002 Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Educational Research Methodology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1998 - present Research Associate, Tanglewood Research, Inc.
1999 - 2003 Lecturer, Public Health Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2003 - present Adjunct Graduate Faculty, Public Health Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2005 - present Adjunct Graduate Faculty, Public Health Education, University of Nebraska at Omaha

POSITIONS/HONORS
2003 - present Steering Committee: Early Career Preventionist Network, Society for Prevention Research
2004 Young Alumnus of the Year (Elon University)
2005 - present Chair-Elect for the Early Career Preventionist Network, Society for Prevention Research

PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE
1998 State of North Carolina AG@ License
Health Specialist (Grades K-12)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Evaluation Association
American Public Health Association
Society for Prevention Research
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
American Educational Research Association

TEACHING
1999 - 2003 Adjunct Lecturer: UNC Greensboro
8 Sections of HEA 201: Personal Health

2003 - present Adjunct Graduate Faculty Member: UNC Greensboro
6 Sections of HEA 201: Personal Health
1 Section of HEA 625: Community Health Research and Evaluation

*** 2001 Developed a distance learning version of HEA 201. The PHE Department at UNC Greensboro offers several sections of the distance version each academic year. The course exceeds capacity each time it is offered.

PROFESSIONAL/SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Undergraduate Practicum Facilitator, Public Health Education, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1999 - present.
Graduate Internship Facilitator, Public Health Education, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2000 - present.
Member, Guilford Health Partnership, Guilford County, North Carolina, 2000 - present.
Reviewer, Prevention Science. Official Journal of the Society for Prevention Research. 2002-present.
Graduate Assistant Facilitator, Public Health Education, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2002 - present.
Abstract Reviewer, Annual Meeting for the Society for Prevention Research (SPR), 2003-04.
ECPN Steering Committee, Early Career Preventionist Network, 2003-present.
Chair of Early Career Prevention Network (ECPN) Luncheon, 2004 Annual Meeting for the Society for Prevention Research (SPR), Quebec, Canada.
NIH Review Committee, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, 2004-present.
Graduate Internship Facilitator, Public Health Education, The University of Nebraska, 2005-present.
ECPN Chair-Elect, Early Career Preventionist Network, 2005-present.

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Wyrick, D.L., Wyrick, C.H., Bibeau, D.L., Fearnow-Kenney, M.D. (2001). Coverage of adolescent substance use prevention in state frameworks for health education. Journal of School Health, 71, 437-442.
Fearnow-Kenney, M.D., Wyrick, D.L., Hansen, W.B. (2003). Initial indicators of effectiveness for a high school drug prevention program. American Journal of Health Education, 34 (2), 66-71.
Wyrick, C.H., Wyrick, D.L., Fearnow-Kenney, M.D. (2003). Student opinions of high school health and common drug prevention efforts. The North Carolina Journal.
Fearnow-Kenney, M.D., Wyrick, D.L., Hansen, W.B., Bibeau, D.L., & Dyreng, D. (2004). Normative beliefs, alcohol expectancies and alcohol-related problems among college students: Implications for theory and prevention practice. Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education.
Wyrick, D.L., Wyrick, C.H., Bishop, D., & Hansen, W.B. (2004). Adolescent health-related normative beliefs. The Health Educator, 36(2), 3-7.
Wyrick, D.L., Fearnow-Kenney, M.D., Wyrick, C.H., Bibeau, D.L. (2005). College alcohol education and prevention: A case for distance education. Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 49(2).
Bersamin, M., Paschall, M.J., Fearnow-Kenney, M.D., Wyrick, D.L., & Currey, D. (In Press). Effectiveness of a web-based alcohol misuse and harm prevention course (College Alc) among high- and low-risk students. Journal of American College Health.

MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW/IN PREPARATION
Wyrick, D.L., Fearnow-Kenney, M.D., Wyrick, C.H. (Under Review). Going the distance: evaluation of a distance drug prevention program.
Paschall, M.J., Bersamin, M., Fearnow-Kenney, M.D., Wyrick, D.L., & Currey, D. (Under Review). Short-term evaluation of a web-based alcohol misuse and harm prevention course (College Alc).
Wyrick, D.L., Fearnow-Kenney, M.D., Hardy, C.Y., Bolejack, M., & Wyrick, C.H. (In Preparation). Crossroads: A multi-component approach to high school drug prevention.
Wyrick, D.L., Bond, L., Wyrick, C.H., & Fearnow-Kenney, M.D. (In Preparation). School-based use of the POSIT: Effects of mode of administration.
Wyrick, D.L., Bond, L., Wyrick, C.H., & Fearnow-Kenney, M.D. (In Preparation). School-based use of the POSIT: Effects of item order.

BOOKS/CHAPTERS
Fearnow-Kenney, M.D. and Wyrick, D.L. (Eds.). (2004). Alcohol Use and Harm Prevention: A Resource for College Students. Lynchburg, VA: Progress Printing.

TECHNICAL REPORTS
Hansen, W.B. and Wyrick, D.L. Phase I Final Report Delivered to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Drug Prevention in High Schools, All Stars, Sr. August 2000.
Fearnow-Kenney and Melodie, Wyrick, D.L. Phase I Final Report Delivered to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). College Alcohol Education. August 2001.
Wyrick, D.L. and Fearnow-Kenney. Phase I Final Report Delivered to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). A Distance Education Approach to Delivering All Stars, Sr. December 2003.
Wyrick, D.L. Final Report Delivered to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). School-Based Use of the POSIT. June, 2004.
Wyrick, D.L. and Fearnow-Kenney. Phase I Final Report Delivered to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Crossroads: Cooperative High School Drug Prevention. December, 2004.
Wyrick, D.L. and Fearnow-Kenney. Phase I Final Report Delivered to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Transitions: High School Alcohol Prevention. April, 2005.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS: PREVENTION PROGRAMS
Hansen, W.B. and Wyrick, D.L. (2000). All Stars, Sr.: High School Drug Prevention.
Fearnow-Kenney, M. and Wyrick, D.L., (2002). College Alc: Alcohol Use and Harm Prevention.
Wyrick, D.L. and Fearnow-Kenney, M.D. (2003) All Stars, Sr. Mulimedia.
Fearnow-Kenney, M.D. and Wyrick, D.L. (2004) Party Drug Prevention for Youth.
Wyrick, D.L. and Fearnow-Kenney, M.D. (2004) Transitions: High School Alcohol Prevention.
Wyrick, D.L. and Fearnow-Kenney, M.D. (2004) Crossroads: Cooperative High School Drug Prevention.

FUNDED PROJECTS EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant, School Health Policies and Programs Study, Centers for Disease Control (Judy Thorne, Project Director), 1998.
Project Director, Drug Prevention Tool Kit for Community Groups, National Institute on Drug Abuse (W.B. Hansen, P.I.), 1998.
Research Assistant, Evaluation of Public Forums for Proposed North Carolina Promotion Standards, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (Rita O=Sullivan, P.I.), 1999.
Research Consultant, Dating Violence Prevention in High Schools, University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Paige Hall-Smith, P.I.), 2000-2003.
Research Consultant, Project Assist, University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Kay Lovelace, P.I.), 2000-2002.
Co-Investigator, Drug Prevention in High Schools, All Stars, Sr. - Phase I, $100,000, National Institute on Drug Abuse (W.B. Hansen, P.I.), 1999-2000.
Co-Investigator, College Alcohol Education - Phase I, $100,000, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (Melodie Fearnow-Kenney, P.I.), 2000-2001.
Co-Investigator, Drug Prevention in High Schools, All Stars, Sr. - Phase II, $1,100,000, National Institute on Drug Abuse (W.B. Hansen, P.I.), 2001-2004.

Principal Investigator, School-Based Use of the POSIT, $60,000, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2001-2004.
Co-Investigator, College Alcohol Education - Phase II, $1,200,000, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (Melodie Fearnow-Kenney, P.I.), 2002-2005.
Principal Investigator, A Distance Education Approach to Delivering All Stars, Sr. - Phase I, $100,000, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2002-2003.
Principal Investigator, Transitions: High School Alcohol Prevention - Phase I, $100,000, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2003-2004.
Co-Investigator, Party Drug Prevention for Youth - Phase I, $100,000, National Institute on Drug Abuse (Melodie Fearnow-Kenney, P.I.), 2003-2004.
Principal Investigator, Crossroads: Cooperative High School Drug Prevention - Phase I, $100,000, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2003-2004.
Principal Investigator, A Distance Education Approach to Delivering All Stars, Sr. - Phase II, $866,709, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2005-present.
Principal Investigator, Crossroads: Cooperative High School Drug Prevention - Phase II, $1,100,000, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2005-present.
Local Principal Investigator, Development of an HIV/STD Risk Scale - R01
$50,000 Fixed Price Contract from NOVA Research, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2005-present.

INVITED PRESENTATIONSWyrick, D.L. (1998, April). Sportsmanship and Athletics. Speech for Elon University Athletes
in Focus, Elon College, NC.
Wyrick, D.L. (1999, July). Win as Much as You Can. Presentation for the Nebraska Council for Drug Free Youth Summer Retreat, Kearney, NE.
Wyrick, D.L. (1999, August). All Stars: Research-Based Drug Prevention. Presentation for the Alamance County United Way, Burlington, NC.
Wyrick, D.L. (2000, October). Methods for Program Evaluation. Presentation for the Public Health Education Graduate Students at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.
Wyrick, D.L. (2000, April). Physical Activity and Health. Presentation for the Public Health Education Undergraduate Students at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.
Wyrick, D.L. & Fearnow-Kenney, M.D. (2001, November). All Stars, Sr.: Drug Prevention in High Schools. Presentation for the North Carolina Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance annual conference, Greensboro, NC.
Wyrick, D.L. & Fearnow-Kenney, M.D. (2002, June). Research-based Drug Prevention for High Schools. Presentation for the North Carolina Healthful Living Institute, Hickory, NC.
Wyrick, D.L. (2002, June). Effective Prevention Practice. Presentation for the State of North Carolina Governor=s Next Step for Youth Initiative, Raleigh, NC.
Wyrick, D.L. (2003, July). Effective Drug Prevention for Communities. Presentation for the Winston-Salem Housing Authority (HAWS), Winston-Salem, NC.
Wyrick, D.L. and Orsini, Muhsin M. (2003, October). Science-Based Drug Prevention Programs. Presentation for the Southeast Missouri State Regional Support Center, Cape Girardeau, MO.

Wyrick, D.L., Jackson-Newsom, Julie, Giles, Steve, Hicks, Breanne. (2004, May). A Historical Perspective from Voices in the Field: The Science of Prevention. Presentation for the Early Career Preventionist Network (ECPN), Quebec City, Canada.

CONFERENCE PAPERSWyrick, D.L. (1999, April). Case study of key decision makers for substance abuse education in Guilford County high schools. Poster for the annual North Carolina Association for Research in Education conference, Greensboro, NC.
Wyrick, D.L. (1999, June). Drug Prevention Tool Kit for Community Groups. Poster for the Society for Community Research and Action annual conference, New Haven, Ct.
O=Sullivan, R., Wyrick, D.L., et al. (1999, November). Evaluation of Public Forums for Proposed North Carolina Promotion Standards. Paper for the American Evaluation Association annual conference, Orlando, Fl.
Wyrick, D.L. (1999, November). Substance Abuse Mediators in Secondary Health Education State Frameworks. Poster for American Public Health Association annual conference, Chicago, Il.
Wyrick, D.L., Giles, S., Nelson-Simley, K., & Hansen, W.B. (2000, June). Relating Program Fidelity to Outcomes: A Community-Based Prevention Program. Poster for the Society for Prevention Research, Montreal, Canada.
Smith, P., Wyrick, D.L., et al. (2000, November). Coaches and Violence. Presentation for American Public Health Association annual conference, Boston, Ma.
Fearnow-Kenney, M.D. and Wyrick, D.L. (2001, May). Online College Alcohol Education. Presentation for the Society for Prevention Research annual conference, Washington, DC.
Wyrick, D.L., Hansen, W.B., Fearnow-Kenney, M.D. (2001, May). All Stars, Sr.: Drug Prevention in High Schools. Presentation for the Society for Prevention Research annual conference, Washington, DC.
Fearnow-Kenney, M.D. and Wyrick, D.L. (2001, September). Online College Alcohol Education. Presentation for the National Prevention Network annual conference, Charlotte, NC.
Wyrick, D.L. and Bond, L. (2002, April). An Investigation of Web-Based Administration and Item Order on Under-Reporting of Sensitive Information in Survey Research. Paper presented for the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual conference, Chicago, Ill.
Wyrick, D.L. and Bond, L. (2003, April). A Comparison of the Use of Aggressive Data Imputation and More Traditional Imputation Procedures on Assessment of Adolescent Risk. Paper presented for the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual conference, San Diego, CA.
Fearnow-Kenney, M.D. and Wyrick, D.L. (2003, October). College Alcohol Education and Prevention: A Case for Distance Education. Presentation for the U.S. Department of Education=s 17th Annual National Meeting on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention in Higher Education, Austin Texas.
Wyrick, D.L. and Orsini, Muhsin (2003, November). Alternatives for Measuring Success for Drug Prevention Programs. Paper presented for the American Evaluation Association annual conference, Reno, Nevada.
Wyrick, D.L. and Fearnow-Kenney (2003, November). Going the Distance: Evaluation of Distance Drug Prevention. Presentation for the American Evaluation Association annual conference, Reno, Nevada.

Wyrick, D.L. and Fearnow-Kenney, Melodie (2004, May). Using Distance Education Technologies to Facilitate a High School Drug Prevention Program. Presentation for the Society for Prevention Research annual conference, Quebec City, Canada.
Wyrick, D.L., Hansen, William B., Fearnow-Kenney (2004, May). Developing a Science-Based Drug Prevention Program for High Schools. Presentation for the Society for Prevention Research annual conference, Quebec City, Canada.
Fearnow-Kenney, Melodie and Wyrick, D.L. (2004, May). Using the Internet to prevent Alcohol-Related Harm Among College Students. Presentation for the Society for Prevention Research annual conference, Quebec City, Canada.
Halfors, Denise, O=Sullivan, Rita, Steckler, Allan, Orsini, Muhsin, Hansen, William B., Wyrick, D.L. and Hardy, Christina. (2004, May). All Stars, Sr. Results. Presentation for the Society for Prevention Research annual conference, Quebec City, Canada.
Orsini, Muhsin, Wyrick, D.L. and Hansen, William B. (2004, May). All Stars, Sr. Evaluation Design. Presentation for the Society for Prevention Research annual conference, Quebec City, Canada.
Wyrick, D.L., Orsini, Muhsin, Fearnow-Kenney, Melodie. (2005, June). Evaluation of Drug High School Drug Prevention, Presentation for the Society for Prevention Research annual conference, Washington, DC.
Orsini, Muhsin, Wyrick, D.L., (2005, October). Blending Collaborative Evaluation and the Randomized Control Trial: Serving the Diverse Needs of Client and Evaluator, Paper presented for the American Evaluation Association annual conference, Toronto, Canada.
Wyrick, D.L., Orsini, Muhsin., (2005, October). All Stars, Sr.: Collaborative Evaluation of a Substance Abuse Prevention Program for High School Students, Paper presented for the American Evaluation Association annual conference, Toronto, Canada.

REFERENCES

William B. Hansen, Ph.D.
Tanglewood Research, Inc.
420-A Gallimore Dairy Road
Greensboro, NC 27409
Phone: 336-662-0090 x101
Email: bill@tanglewood.net

Lloyd Bond, Ph.D.
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
51 Vista Lane
Stanford, CA 94305
Phone: 650 566 5175
Email: bond@carnegiefoundation.org

Larry Seitz, Ph.D.
Prevention Research Branch
Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research
National Institute on Drug Abuse
6001 Executive Boulevard
Room 5153, MSC 9589
Bethesda, Maryland 20892 9589
Phone: 301-402-1725
Email: lseitz@nida.nih.gov