Journal of Obesity & Weight Loss Therapy
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Biography

Dr. Tworek received her Ph.D. in Epidemiology and Community Health from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. Other graduate degrees include a MS in Public Policy Analysis and MPH from the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. She is a faculty member at West Virginia University and the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center in Morgantown, WV. She teaches courses in ‘Disease Prevention Health Promotion’ and ‘Social and Behavioral Theory in Health Outcomes Research’. Professionally, Dr. Tworek has worked as a researcher conducting studies in health behavior, healthy lifestyle behaviors, and tobacco control, in addition to community-based research and models for substance abuse prevention. She is also involved with efforts to promote health literacy and effectively translate research into practice, improving public health and enhancing prevention practices among communities. She has a number of publications and has presented her work at both national and international professional meetings.

Research Interest

Health Behavior, Tobacco Control, Health Promotion, Healthy Lifestyle – Diet and Physical Activity, Health Outcomes Research, Community Intervention, Evaluation, Substance Abuse Prevention, Health Policy, Applied Health Services Research, Public Health, Epidemiology.

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