Faculty Bio

Name: Saba W. Masho, M.D. Dr.P.H.

Titles/Occupation: Director of the Research Action Arm, VCU Center for the Study and Prevention of Youth Violence.  Assistant Professor in Preventive Medicine and Community Health

Address:
Grant house, 3rd Floor, Room 325
1008 East Clay Street
P. O. Box 980212
Richmond, VA 23298-0212

Phone: 804-828-9785
Fax: 804-828-9773
Email: swmasho@vcu.edu

Current Research and Professional Activities:
Evaluator of the Richmond Healthy Start Project, Richmond City Health Department
Principal Investigator, Women’s Health Status in Virginia
Teaching
Research and Evaluation
Academic services

Selected Publications / Books:

Goebel, L., Crespo, R., Abraham, R. Masho, SW. Correlates of Youth Smokeless Tobacco Use. Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. Vol. 2, No. 4 319 - 325. 2000. 

Potts, DM., Masho, SW. Sterilization, Contraception and Abortion: Global Issues for Women. Sexual and Marital Therapy, Vol. 10, No. 2, 1995.

Masho, SW., Carlson, D., Kebede, D. Care Giver's Knowledge, Beliefs, Attitudes and Practices on Case Management of Acute Respiratory Illnesses in a Rural District in Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Health Development, Vol. 8, No. 2, 1994.

 

Monographs and Book Chapters:

Cost Analysis and Attitudinal Study of Abortion among Health Workers and Women Admitted to Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 1997

The perception of adequacy of health care provider access and quality of care among uninsured population in Boone, Clay, Kanawha and Putnam counties, West Virginia. 2000 

Risk Perception to Youth Violence among youth participants of the Richmond Police Athletic League, 2002

Factors affecting retention to short term counseling among domestic violence and sexual assault victims, 2003

The prevalence of sexual assault in Virginia _ A Statewide Telephone Survey 2003

Book Chapter: The New Civil War. The Psychology, Culture, and Politics of Abortion. Bringing Lessons Learned to the United States: Access to Abortion Services. July 1998. 

Courses Taught:

“Principles of Epidemiology” to Master of Public Health Students at the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health
“Advanced Epidemiology” PhD in Epidemiology students at the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health
“ Epidemiology of Public Health Behaviors” Master of Public Health Students at the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health
“Epidemiology and Biostatistics” to Medical Students

Education:

Gondar College of Medical Sciences, Addis M.D. 1987 Medicine
Ababa University, Ethiopia
University of California at Berkeley M.P.H 1991 Public Health
Dr.P.H 1997 Public Health
Additional Training:
Survival Analysis
Accelerated Child Health Program