About Bernie Ellis

Curriculum Vitae

(May, 2004)

FORMAL EDUCATION:

1967-71 Vanderbilt University
Bachelor of Arts (Cum Laude)
Psychology/Sociology/Political Science

1975-76 University of Texas at Austin
Master of Arts
Sociology (Demography and Human Ecology)

1986-87 University of California (Berkeley)
Master of Public Health

ACADEMIC HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS:

Vanderbilt University:
University Scholarship
National Science Foundation Research Fellowship

The University of Texas at Austin:
Graduate Teaching Assistantship
Research Associateship, Population Research Center
University Research Institute Grant
Phi Kappa Phi

The University of California, Berkeley:
Research Assistantship
Public Health Service Traineeship
Graduate Tuition Scholarship
Robert F. Murphy Fellowship, American Cancer Society, CA Division
Finalist, Henrik Blum Award for Distinguished Social Action.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1972-75 Director, Division of Unclassified Studies
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

1976-78 Director, Smoking and Health Information Program (affiliated with the Tyler Asbestos Workers Program), Tyler, TX

1978-80 Program Director for Smoking and Occupational Activities
National Cancer Institute (NIH), Bethesda, MD

1981-84 Preventive Medicine Consultant, Columbia, TN

1985 Regional Planner, South Central Region
Tennessee Department of Health, Columbia, TN

1987-90 Program Director for AIDS Surveillance and HIV Seroprevalence
TN AIDS Division, TN Department of Health, Nashville, TN

1990-91 Epidemiologist, HIV Seroepidemiology Branch
Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA

1991-92 Director, Substance Abuse Epidemiology Unit
NM Department of Health, Santa Fe, NM

1993-present Consultant Epidemiologist
Bernard Ellis and Associates, Inc., Santa Fe, TN

1996-2001 Project Director
WY Substance Abuse Treatment Needs Assessment Project, Cheyenne, WY

1999-2001 Program Consultant, Jail-Based Substance Abuse Treatment
Fremont County Detention Center, Lander, WY

2000-2001 Project Director
Fremont County Alcohol Crisis Center, Riverton, WY

2000-2001 Tribal Consultant, Substance Abuse and Criminal Justice
Wind River Indian Reservation, Ft. Washakie, WY

2000-2001 Drug Court Team Member, Adults and Juveniles
Tribal and District Courts, Fremont County, WY

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS:

An Investigation of the Utility of Broadly Enumerated Census Data for Studying Spanish Heritage Populations in the United States. Austin: University of Texas (MA thesis), 1976.

The Value of Smoking Cessation Among Persons Occupationally Exposed to Amosite Asbestos Fibers (with VF Guinee and CG Spivey). American Public Health Association annual meeting, New York, November, 1977.

How to Reach and Convince Asbestos Workers to Give Up Smoking. World Smoking and Health, 3:12-27, Fall, 1978.

How to Reach and Convince Asbestos Workers to Quit Smoking. Progress in Smoking Cessation (JL Schwartz, Editor), New York: American Cancer Society, 1978: 160-182.

Smoking Cessation Programs in Occupational Settings. National Conference on Health Promotion Programs in Occupational Settings, Washington, January, 1978.

Multistage Interventions to Reduce Smoking in Industrial Populations. American Lung Association of New Jersey conference, "Smoking in Industry: Economic, Medical and Legal Aspects?. Rutgers University, February, 1978.

These Smokers Were Exposed to Asbestos Dust. American Lung Association Bulletin, March, 1978: pp. 1-6.

Cigarette Smoking – What Can Be Done. American Public Health Association annual meeting, Los Angeles, October, 1978.

An Approach to Utilizing the Physician to Promote Smoking Cessation (with E Bratic). Fourth World Conference on Smoking and Health, Stockholm, June, 1979.

Utilizing the Workplace to Promote Smoking Cessation: Opportunities in Capitalistic Countries. Fourth World Conference on Smoking and Health, Stockholm, June, 1979.

Office of Cancer Communications: Smoking Information and Education Programs -- A Status Report. National Cancer Advisory Board, Bethesda, January, 1980.

Smoking Programs for Youth (Editor). Washington, National Cancer Institute (NIH Publication No.80-2156), June, 1980.

How to Help Smokers Who Want to Quit. (with BG Danaher & JW Farquhar). Patient Care, 3(14): 86-121, 1980.

Smoking Control in the Workplace. Proceedings: National Conference on Smoking OR Health -- Developing a Blueprint for Action. (pp. 120-149) New York, American Cancer Society, November, 1981.

Nicorette: A Home Study Manual. Cincinnati: Merrell Dow Pharmaceutical, Inc., January, 1983.

A Smokeless Society by the Year 2000? Siskin Foundation Smoking OR Health conference, Chattanooga, April, 1985.

Opportunities and Pitfalls of Workplace-Based Smoking Cessation Programs. Health Promotion Conference, TN Department of Health, Nashville, May, 1985.

Expert Witness: Addiction. Roysdon vs. RJ Reynolds. (First federal-level lawsuit against tobacco industry in twenty years.) U.S. District Court, Knoxville, TN, November, 1985.

The Tobacco Alternatives Project: Application of Health Education Theory and Practice in Service of Tobacco Farmers Victimized by Positive Public Health Trends. Berkeley, CA, May, 1987.

The Costs of Cancer Care: DRGs and Beyond (Editorial Assistant), Oakland: American Cancer Society, California Division, June, 1987.

AIDS: The Rural Experience. National Rural Health Association Conference, Washington, D.C., May, 1988.

New AIDS Data May Impact Rurals. Healthcare Forum Journal, July, 1988: 12.

Demographic Trends Among AIDS Patients in Tennessee. Journal of the Tennessee Medical Association, October, 1988: pp. 14-18.

AIDS Surveillance in Tennessee: A Report of Trends, 1982-88. Journal of the Tennessee Medical Association, 81(14): 641-43, June, 1989.

HIV Seroprevalence in a Low Incidence City: The Memphis, TN Example". Centers for Disease Control Conference on Nationwide HIV Surveys, Atlanta, February, 1989.

FIRST ANNUAL SOUTHERN AIDS SURVEILLANCE WORKSHOP (Organizer and Moderator). Attended by representatives of eleven Southern states and the Centers for Disease Control, Chattanooga, May, 1989.

AIDS Surveillance: Issues in a Low Incidence State. National AIDS Update Conference, San Francisco, September, 1989.

HIV Blinded Surveys Conducted in Tennessee by the TN Department of Health and Environment AIDS Division: Data From Clinic-Based Blinded Surveys Conducted in the First Year of the Project (1988-89). Nashville, TN AIDS Division, February, 1990.

HIV Infection Among Childbearing Women in Tennessee and Mississippi: Results of a Blinded HIV Survey of PKU Filter Papers (November, 1988 - January, 1990). Nashville, TN AIDS Division, February, 1990.

The Memphis HIV Project: Data from Clinic-Based Blinded Surveys Conducted in the First Project Year (1988-89). TN AIDS Division, February, 1990.

Blinded HIV Seroprevalence Survey of New State Prisoners and Parole Violators Through January, 1990. Nashville, TN AIDS Division, February, 1990.

Evaluation Studies for AIDS Surveillance. Centers for Disease Control HIV/AIDS Surveillance Workshop, Atlanta, February, 1990.

Improving the Blinded HIV Survey of Childbearing Women in Tennessee and Mississippi. Centers for Disease Control HIV Seroepidemiology Workshop, Atlanta, March, 1990.

The HIV/AIDS Epidemic Among Blacks in Tennessee: a Review of AIDS Surveillance and HIV Seroprevalence Data. Nashville, TN AIDS Division, April, 1990.

The AIDS Epidemic in Tennessee & the South: 1990. TN Medical Association annual meeting, Knoxville, April, 1990.

AIDS Surveillance in Tennessee: A Report of Trends, 1982-89. Journal of the Tennessee Medical Association, 82 (14): 354-55.

Substance Abuse Trends in New Mexico. Pan American Health Organization Epidemiology Forum, Laredo, TX, April, 1991.

An Overview of the Epidemiology of Substance Abuse. NIDA Border Substance Abuse Epidemiology Work Group, El Paso, TX, April, 1991.

Substance Abuse Trends in New Mexico -- An Epidemiological Assessment of Available Data. Border Health, 7 (3): 43-58.

The New Mexico Treatment Outcome Study: An Evaluation of the Impact of State-Supported Treatment for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse. Fourth National Conference on Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, Nashville, TN, October, 1991.

Substance Abuse Epidemiology: The New Mexico Example. Council on State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) annual meeting, New Orleans, May, 1992.

New Mexico Treatment Outcome Study: Evaluating the Utility of Existing Information Systems. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Under-Served, 3(1): 138-150.

Biological Components of Substance Abuse and Addiction. U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment. Washington, D.C. (U.S. GPO OTA-BP-BBS-117). September, 1993. (Advisory Panel)

Technologies for Understanding the Root Causes of Substance Abuse and Addiction. U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, Washington, DC, January, 1994 (Advisory Panel)

Conducting Local Assessment/Evaluation of Community-Based Substance Abuse Reduction Efforts. FIGHTING BACK Annual Meeting, Kansas City, KS, September, 1994. (FIGHTING BACK was a 14 community, multi-year substance abuse demand reduction effort funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.)

Taking the Long View - A Review of Substance Abuse-Related Social Indicators in McKinley County, New Mexico. Northwest New Mexico Fighting Back, October, 1994.

A Longer View - An Updated Report on Substance Abuse-Related Social Indicators in McKinley County, New Mexico. Northwest New Mexico Fighting Back, March, 1997.

Approaching Needs Assessment and Evaluation of Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Programs in Wyoming. Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault annual meeting, Gillette, Wyoming, April 23, 1997.

The Alabama Substance Abuse Treatment Outcome and Process (STOP) Study: Assessing Treatment Outcomes Through Administrative Database Linkages. McGlothlin Memorial Lecture, UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center, Los Angeles, CA, August, 1997.

Quantifying Substance Abuse-Related Conditions in a Small State. Bureau of Justice Association regional conference, Nashville, TN, June, 1997.

Wyoming's Indicators of Substance Abuse: 1987-1996 (with W Glover) Office of Substance Abuse, Division of Behavioral Health, Wyoming Department of Health, September, 1997.

Taking a Longer View: A Review of the Positive Impact of a Community-wide Substance Abuse Policy and Program Initiatives in McKinley County, New Mexico (with Ray Daw). Center for Substance Abuse Treatment/National Rural Institute on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, 1997. (Award for Excellence)

Alabama STOP: Using Administrative Database Linkages to Assess Substance Abuse Treatment Outcomes. CA Substance Abuse Research Council annual meeting, Sacramento, October, 1997.

Voters Deserve Say on Drive-Up Sales. (with G. Tomada). Albuquerque Journal, Feb. 18, 1998.

The Fremont County Abate Substance Abuse Project (ASAP): Applying Indian Country Alcohol Policy and Program Lessons Learned from McKinley County, NM. Wyoming Public Health Association annual meeting, Riverton, Wyoming, April, 1998.

Closing Drive-Up Alcohol Sales in New Mexico: Why the Legislature Should Pay Attention To and Respect McKinley County’s Example. Report to the New Mexico Legislature, Ap. 30, 1998.

Tracking Methamphetamine and its Effects in Wyoming. Wyoming Methamphetamine Initiative Conference, Casper, WY, April, 1998

Distinguished Service Award, MADD-New Mexico. Presented in recognition of my role in the passage of legislation to close drive-up windows for alcohol sales in New Mexico. June, 1998.

Applying Alcohol Policy and Program Reforms in the Crow Nation. Crow Nation meeting, Crow Agency (Big Horn County), MT, July, 1998.

Wyoming's Indicators of Substance Abuse, 1987-1997. (with W Glover). Wyoming Department of Health, Cheyenne, WY, August 1998.

Wyoming's Youth Indicators of Substance Abuse, 1987-1997. (with W Glover) Wyoming Department of Health, Cheyenne, WY, September, 1998.

Applying Epidemiological Practices to Tracking Violence in Wyoming. Bureau of Justice Assistance National Policy Briefing - "The Disease of Violence". Atlanta, January, 1999.

The Alabama Substance Abuse Treatment Outcome and Process Study (STOP). Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, February, 1999.

Gallup (NM) Remembers - 10 Years of Alcohol-Related Changes. Strategic Alliance Against Substance Abuse conference, Gallup, NM, March, 1999.

The Latest View: An Updated Report on Substance Abuse-Related Social Indicators in McKinley County, NM. Northwest New Mexico Fighting Back, Inc., Gallup, NM, April, 1999.

Wyoming Women's Reproductive Health Study. (With WA Glover, B Heilman and J Miner)

Division of Behavioral Health, Wyoming Department of Health, Cheyenne, WY, May, 1999.

Wyoming's Indicators of Substance Abuse, 1987-1998. (with W Glover). Wyoming Department of Health, Cheyenne, WY, June, 1999.

Charting Fremont County’s Progress Against Substance Abuse. Gathering of Native Americans (GONA) conference, Northern Arapaho Nation, Ethete, WY, June, 1999.

Cross-System Database Linkage for Substance Abuse Treatment Outcome Research (with G Price). Drug Abuse Research Center/UCLA, Los Angeles, July, 1999.

Mississippi Tobacco Pilot Project Evaluation Conference (Convener and Facilitator). Mississippi State Department of Health, Jackson, MS, August, 1999.

Fremont’s Indicators of Substance Abuse, 1987-1998. (with W Glover). Wyoming Department of Health, Cheyenne, WY, August 1999.

Fremont’s Youth Indicators of Substance Abuse, 1987-1998. (with W Glover) Wyoming Department of Health, Cheyenne, WY, August, 1999.

A Dozen Disturbing Facts about Substance Abuse in Wyoming. Wyoming Governor’s Substance Abuse and Violent Crime Advisory Board, Cheyenne, WY, September, 1999.

Multiple Recapture Study for Fremont County, 1994-97. (w DG Bonett and G Price). Iowa State University, Department of Statistics, Ames, IA, March 2000.

Substance Abuse Interventions in Indian Country. National Expert Advisory Conference, U.S. Department of Justice, Seattle, WA, March, 2000.

Abate Substance Abuse Project: Drug-Free Communities Grant Application. ASAP, Riverton, WY, April 2000.

Arrest and Re-arrest Patterns for Fremont County Residents: 1994-97. Bernard Ellis and Associates, Inc., Riverton, WY, April 2000.

Wyoming's Youth Indicators of Substance Abuse, 1987-1998. (with W Glover) Wyoming Department of Health, Cheyenne, WY, June, 2000.

The Role of Evaluation Research in Promoting Substance Abuse Reduction in Indian Country. Navajo Nation Behavioral Health Summit, Farmington, NM, June 2000.

Appreciation Award. Navajo Nation Behavioral Health Summit, Farmington, NM, June, 2000.

Multiple Recapture Sampling for the Prevalence of Substance Abuse and Dependence in Wyoming. (with DG Bonett and G Price) Iowa State University, Statistics Department, Ames, September 2000.

Fremont County’s Partnership to Reduce Substance Abuse. Joint Substance Abuse Subcommittee; Labor, Health and Social Services Committee, Wyoming Legislature, Sheridan, September, 2000.

The Fremont County Model for Community-Based Solutions to Substance Abuse. Wyoming Legislature, Cheyenne, WY, January, 2001.

Utilizing Quantitative and Qualitative Research to Assess Program Effectiveness in Indian Country. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment/Targeted Capacity Expansion Native American Cluster Group. Salt Lake City, UT, January, 2001.

Providing Substance Abuse Treatment Services in Rural and Remote Areas. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment/Targeted Capacity Expansion National Conference, Dallas, TX, January, 2001.

Utilizing Database Linkage Methods to Assess the Outcomes of Substance Abuse Treatment. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment/Treatment Outcomes and Performance Pilot Studies Grantees Meeting, San Diego, CA, March, 2001.

Wyoming Substance Abuse Treatment Needs Assessment Project (1995-99). Integrated Report. (with WA Glover, G Price, B Heilman and J Miner). Substance Abuse Division, WY Department of Health, Cheyenne, April 2001 (republished October 2002).

Wyoming Substance Abuse Treatment Needs Assessment Project (1995-99). American Indian Studies. (with WA Glover, G Price, B Heilman and J Miner) Substance Abuse Division, WY Department of Health, Cheyenne, April 2001 (republished May 2002).

Learning from Gallup, NM: Lessons for Indian Country. Navajo Nation Mayoral Behavioral Health Summit. Farmington, NM, April, 2001.

Fremont’s Indicators of Substance Abuse, 1987-1999. (with W Glover). Wyoming Department of Health, Cheyenne, WY, June, 2001.

Fremont’s Youth Indicators of Substance Abuse, 1987-1999. (with W Glover) Wyoming Department of Health, Cheyenne, WY, June, 2001.

The Long and the Short View: An Updated Report of Substance Abuse-Related Social Indicators in McKinley County, NM. Northwest New Mexico Fighting Back, Gallup, NM, July, 2001.

Update on Trends in Arrests for All Populations and Juveniles Only, Fremont County, WY 1987-2001. Bernard Ellis and Associates, Inc., Santa Fe, TN, December, 2002.

Mobilizing Communities to Reduce Substance Abuse in Indian Country. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 35 (1): 89-96. (Reprinted in Speaking in Red: Substance Abuse and Mental Health in Native American Communities. E. Nebelkopf & M. Phillips (eds), AltaMira Press (in press)

Monitoring Changes in Substance Abuse-Related Social Indicators. Keynote address, Abate Substance Abuse Project (ASAP) annual meeting, Riverton, WY, February 20, 2003

Lessons Learned about Evaluation. Fighting Back: Lessons Learned Conference. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Chicago, IL, March 3, 2003

Expanding Resources for Tribal Underage Drinking Reduction Efforts (with Kelly Webb). Audio Conference: Indian Country Series. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) National Electronic Seminars, March 27, 2003

Tracking Trends and Managing Your Strategy Though Data Collection and Analysis. Demand Treatment! Partners Institute. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, San Francisco, CA, April 4, 2003.

The Next View: 2002. An Updated Report of Substance Abuse-Related Social Indicators in McKinley County, NM. City of Gallup and McKinley County Health Alliance, Gallup, NM, October, 2003.

Crime Trends in Fremont County and Wind River Country 1994-2003: An Analysis of Arrests for all Reservation and Non-Reservation Jurisdictions. (A series of five reports). Fremont County (WY) Juvenile and Adult Drug Courts and the Wind River Indian Reservation Juvenile and Adult Substance Abuse Courts, May, 2004.

CONSULTANT ACTIVITIES:

Over the past three decades, I have provided consultant services on public health program design, development, implementation and evaluation to the following organizations:

• Abate Substance Abuse Program (Wyoming)
• AFL-CIO
• American Academy of Family Physicians
• ABC-TV
• American Cancer Society (National, and CA, SC, TX, and VA Divisions)
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• American Dental Association
• American Heart Association (National)
• American Lung Association (National, and the CA, CO, NM, and SC Affiliates)
• American Medical Association
• Americans for Safe Access
• Boeing Corporation
• Cannabis Consumers Campaign
• Central Intelligence Agency
• City of Gallup, New Mexico
• Crow Nation (Montana)
• Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Bureau of Health Education, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Branch, HIV Seroepidemiology Branch, and Office on Smoking OR Health
• Indian Health Service (IHS), Billings Area Office and National Alcoholism Program
• National Institutes of Health (NIH): National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Control and Rehabilitation and Office of Cancer Communications; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
• Department of Housing and Urban Development (USDHUD), Wyoming Area Office
• Department of Justice (USDOJ)
  • Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), State Program Office & Drug Court Program Office
  • Office of Justice Programs (OJP), American Indian and Alaska Native Affairs
  • Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program
  • Office of Tribal Justice (OTJ)
• Department of the Navy
• Dow Chemical Company
• Drug Abuse Research Center, UCLA
• Eastern Shoshone Nation (Wyoming)
• Fremont County (WY) Alcohol Crisis Center
• Fremont County (WY) Adult and Juvenile Drug Courts
• Fremont County Sheriff (WY) Detention Center-Based Substance Abuse Treatment Program
• Gallatin (County, Montana) Responsive Interventions Program (GRIP)
• The Gallup Organization
• Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences
• Jackson State University, Mississippi Urban Research Center
• Marijuana Policy Project
• McKinley County (NM) Health Alliance
• Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals - Canada and U.S.
• Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
• Mississippi State University, Social Science Research Center and John C. Stennis Institute of Government
• Na’nizhoozhi Center, Gallup, NM
• Nashville (TN) Community School
• National Interagency Council on Smoking OR Health
• Navajo Nation (New Mexico)
• Northern Arapaho Nation (Wyoming)
• Northern Arapaho Diabetes Awareness Program
• Northwest New Mexico Healthy Nations Program
• Office of Technology Assessment (U.S. Congress)
• Pan American Health Organization
• Religious Leaders for a More Just and Compassionate Drug Policy
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • Fighting Back Program (National Program Office and Charlotte (NC), Kansas City, New Haven, Northwest New Mexico, San Antonio, Santa Barbara and Worcester (MA) sites)
  • Demand Treatment! Program, National Office and Gallatin County, MT program
  • Join Together Program, National Office
• Southwest Indian Foundation (New Mexico)
• State of Alabama, AIDS Division and Substance Abuse Services Division
• State of Connecticut, State Legislature
• State of Hawaii, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division and State Legislature
• State of Maryland, State Legislature
• State of Mississippi, Department of Health, Department of Mental Health, and Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi
• State of Nevada, Department of Health
• State of New Jersey, Governor’s Office
• State of New Mexico, Department of Health, State Legislature and Governor’s Office
• State of New York, State Legislature
• State of Ohio, Department of Health
• State of Rhode Island, State Legislature
• State of South Carolina, Department of Health and Environmental Control
• State of Tennessee, Department of Health and Environment
• State of West Virginia, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse
• State of Wyoming, Department of Health, Division of Criminal Investigation, State Legislature and Governor’s Substance Abuse and Violent Crime Advisory Board
• Tennessee Alliance for Medical Marijuana
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• Texas Interagency Council on Smoking and Health
• Totah Behavioral Health, Farmington, NM
• University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine and Behavioral Medicine Unit
• University of Mississippi, Social Science Research Laboratory
• Wind River Indian Reservation (Wyoming) Adult and Juvenile Drug Courts
• Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault