Patricia Schnitzer

PhD, RN

Assistant Professor
S331 School of Nursing
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO 65211
E-Mail: SchnitzerP@missouri.edu
Phone: (573) 882-1969
Fax: (573) 884-4544

Nursing Specialty: Epidemiology and Public Health

Research and Interest Area: The epidemiology and prevention of injuries, particularly childhood injuries and injuries related to abuse and neglect. Also, public health surveillance and methods for increasing surveillance case ascertainment.

Dr. Schnitzer joined the School of Nursing faculty in 2005. She has her undergraduate degree in nursing from the University of Arizona, and a master's degree in nursing from the University of Alaska-Anchorage and a PhD in Epidemiology from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Just prior to joining the School, Dr. Schnitzer was a Research Assistant Professor for six years in the Family and Community Medicine Department at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Current memberships:

• Missouri Injury Prevention Advisory Committee
• Columbia/Boone County Board of Health (appointed by the Mayor and City Council)
• Boone County Interagency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect
• Missouri State Child Fatality Review Panel
• Boone County Child Fatality Review Panel (consultant to the panel on childhood injury prevention)
• Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research
• International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
• International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
• International Society for Environmental Epidemiology
• Society for Epidemiologic Research
• American Public Health Association

Recent Honors/Awards

• 2006 Faculty International Travel Award
• 2005 James V & Verna Adwell Rhodes International Research Endowment Award
• 2005 Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award, National Institutes of Health
• 2003 Finalist, Dorsett L. Spurgeon M.D. Distinguished Medical Research Award

Publications

Grants and Contracts

Press Releases:

Risk of Inflicted Injury Death is High for Children Living with Unrelated Adults

 

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