Name: Bijal A - The University of Texas School of Public Health

PRESENT TITLE Assistant Professor
Curriculum Vitae
BIJAL A. BALASUBRAMANIAN, MBBS, PhD
WORK ADDRESS University of Texas – School of Public Health
Dallas Regional Campus
5323 Harry Hines Blvd,
Dallas, Texas 75390-9128
BIRTH DATE November 30, 1974
CITIZENSHIP India (U.S. Permanent Resident)
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1996 Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor Surgery M.B.B.S. (M.D.)
University of Pune, N.D.M.V.P. Samaj’s Medical College, Nashik, India
2001 Masters of Public Health (M.P.H.)
UMDNJ – School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ, USA
Concentration: Public Health (Epidemiology)
Thesis: Use of Adjuvant Systemic Therapy for Early-Stage Breast Cancer among the Elderly
2008 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
UMDNJ – School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ, USA
Major area: Epidemiology, Minor area: Biostatistics
Dissertation: Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment in the United States
APPOINTMENTS
2010 – present Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, & Environmental
Science
University of Texas – School of Public Health
Dallas Regional Campus
2005 – 2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine
UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
2009 Associate Director, NRSA Fellowship
Department of Family Medicine
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
2001 – 2005 Research Teaching Specialist, Department of Epidemiology
UMDNJ School of Public Health
2000 – 2001 Research Assistant
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UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
1999 Medical Officer, Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai, India
1998 Medical Officer, Bhatia General Hospital, Mumbai, India
1996-1997 Intern, K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai, India
HONORS AND AWARDS
1996 Completed medical school education in the 1 st class
2003 Research Achievement Award, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
2008 Delta Omega
2008 PhD Student Public Health Research Award, UMDNJ-School of Public Health
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Maharashtra Medical Council, India
American Public Health Association
North American Primary Care Research Group
Society of Epidemiologic Research
Academy Health
RESEARCH
Research Interests
To study the primary care practice organizational determinants of care quality
To examine and explore the determinants of quality cancer care across the cancer continuum, with
specific interest in the intersection between primary care and cancer specialty care
Peer-Reviewed Original Articles in Journals
1. Sannoh SU, Demissie K, Balasubramanian BA, Rhoads GG. Risk factors for intrapair birthweight
discordance. Journal of Maternal, Fetal, and Neonatal Medicine 2003; 13(4): 230-236.
2. Ananth CV, Balasubramanian BA, Demissie K, Kinzler WL. Small for gestational age births among
black and white women in the United States over two decades: an age-period-cohort analysis.
Epidemiology 2004; 15:28-35
3. Demissie K, Rhoads GG, Smulian JC, Balasubramanian BA, Gandhi K, Joseph KS, Kramer MS.
Operative Vaginal Delivery and Neonatal and Infant Adverse Outcomes. British Medical Journal
2004; 329.
4. Demissie K, Olalekan O, Balasubramanian BA, Oosinubi O, Rhoads GG. Racial Differences in the
Treatment of Colorectal Cancer: A Comparison of Surgical and Radiation Therapy between Whites
and Blacks. Annals of Epidemiology 2004; 14:215-221
5. Balasubramanian BA, Gandhi SK, Demissie K, August DA, Kohler B, Oosinubi OO, Rhoads GG. Use of
adjuvant systemic treatment for early breast cancer among women 65 years and older. Cancer
Control 2007; 14: 63-68.
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6. Orzano AJ, Ohman Strickland P, Tallia AF, Hudson SV, Balasubramanian BA, Nutting PA, Crabtree BF.
Improving Outcomes for High Risk Diabetics using Information Systems. Journal of the American
Board of Family Medicine 2007 20: 245-251.
7. Balasubramanian BA, Green LA, Cohen DJ, Crabtree BF, Tallia AF, Isaacson N, Etz R, Dodoo MS,
Philips RL. Improving the Use of Patient Registries in US Primary Care Practices – Graham Center
One-Pager. American Family Physician, 2007; 76:1629.
8. Balasubramanian BA, Cohen DJ, Dodoo MS, Bazemore AW, Green LA. Improving Behavior Change
Counseling in the Medical Home – Graham Center One-Pager. American Family Physician, Nov
2007.
9. Ohman-Strickland PA, Orzano AJ, Hudson SV, Solberg LI, DiCiccio-Bloom B, O’Malley D, Tallia AF,
Balasubramanian BA, Crabtree BF. Association of Diabetes Care Quality with the Presence of Nurse
Practitioners and Physician Assistants in Family Medicine Practices. Annals of Family Medicine,
2008; 6:14-22.
10. Hung, DY, Dickinson LM, Froshaug, D, Balasubramanian BA, Glasgow RE. The Chronic Care Model
and Relationships to Patient Health Status and Health-Related Quality of Life. American Journal of
Preventive Medicine 2008; 35(5S):S398–S406.
11. Cohen, DJ, Crabtree, BF, Etz, RS, Balasubramanian, BA, Donahue, K, Leviton, LC, Clark, EC, Isaacson,
NF, Stange, KC, Green, LW. Fidelity Versus Flexibility. Translating Evidence-Based Research into
Practice. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2008; 35(5S):S381–S389.
12. Fernald, DH, Forshaug, D, Dickinson, LM, Balasubramanian, BA, Dodoo, M, Holtrop, JS, Hung, DY,
Glasgow, RE, Niebauer, L, Green, L. Common Measures, Better Outcomes (COMBO): A Field Test of
Brief Health Behavior Measures in Primary Care. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2008;
35(5S):S414–S422.
13. Balasubramanian, BA, Cohen, DJ, Clark, EC, Isaacson, NF, Hung, DY, Dickinson, LM, Fernald, DH,
Green, LA, Crabtree, BF. Practice-Level Approaches for Behavioral Counseling and Patient Health
Behaviors. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2008; 35(5S):S407–S413.
14. Crosson JC, Ohman-Strickland PA, Campbell S, Phillips RL, Roland M, Balasubramanian BA,
Kontopantelis E, Bazemore A, Crabtree BF. A comparison of chronic illness care quality in US and UK
family medicine practices prior to pay-for-performance initiatives. Fam Pract. 2009;26:510-6.
15. Balasubramanian BA, Demissie K, Crabtree BF, et al. Racial Differences in Treatment of Early Breast
Cancer among Medicaid Beneficiaries. Breast J 2010;16:162-8.
16. Ferrante JM, Balasubramanian BA, Hudson SV, Crabtree BF. Principles of the Patient Centered
Medical Home and Preventive Services Delivery. Ann Fam Med 2010; 8:108-16.
17. Balasubramanian BA, Chase SM, Nutting PA, Cohen DJ, Ohman Strickland P, Crosson JC, Miller WL,
Crabtree BF, and the ULTRA Study Team. Using Learning Teams for Reflective Adaptation (ULTRA):
Insights from a Team-Based Change Management Strategy in Primary Care. Ann Fam Med
2010:8:425-432.
18. Cohen DJ, Balasubramanian BA, Isaacson NF, Clark EC, Etz RS, Crabtree BF. Coordination of Health
Behavior Counseling in Primary Care. Ann Fam Med 2011, 9:406-415.
19. Gupta S, Shah J, Balasubramanian BA. Strategies for reducing colorectal cancer among Blacks. Arch
Int Med 2011 (in press).
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Book Chapters
Demissie K, Chung KC, Balasubramanian BA. Perinatal Determinants of Atopic Disease. In: Frontiers in
Nutrition Science. Fetal Nutrition and Adult Disease: Programming of Chronic Disease through Fetal
Exposure to Undernutrition. Ed: S. C. Langley-Evans. Oxford University Press, 2004; pp. 259-309
Communications (Abstracts and Conferences)
1. Balasubramanian BA, Demissie K, Rhoads GG. Role of Case-Control Studies in Evaluating Early
Treatment Interventions in Breast Cancer. Presented at the 2002 Annual Retreat on Cancer
Research in New Jersey. Cancer Institute of New Jersey. Princeton, NJ. Abstract in Conference
Manual. April 24, 2002.
2. Balasubramanian BA, Sannoh S, Demissie K, Rhoads GG. Risk Factors for Intrapair Birthweight
Discordance. Presented at the 5 th Annual UMDNJ Research Day. Abstract in Conference Manual.
Oct 23, 2003.
3. Balasubramanian BA, Demissie K, Gandhi K, Smulian J, Joseph KS, Rhoads GG, Kramer MS.
Operative Vaginal Delivery and Neonatal and Infant Adverse Outcomes. Presented at the 5 th
Annual UMDNJ Research Day. Abstract in Conference Manual. Oct 23, 2003.
4. Crabtree BF, Miller WL, Balasubramanian, BA, Ohman Strickland, P. Using Learning Teams for
Reflective Adaptation: Preliminary Results from the NHLBI-funded ULTRA Study. Presented at the
2005 NAPCRG Annual Meeting. Abstract in Conference Manual. Oct 15-18, 2005.
5. Ohman Strickland P, Orzano J, Tallia A, Hudson SV, Balasubramanian BA, Crabtree BF. “Diabetes
care in family medicine practices with nurse practitioners and physician assistants” Presented at the
2006 Annual NAPCRG meeting, Tucson, AZ, Oct 15-18, 2006.
6. Crosson JC, Balasubramanian BA, M Roland, RL Phillips, A Bazemore, M Dodoo, C Fullwood, T
Doran, AF Tallia, JG Scott. A comparison of US and UK family medicine practices using two pay-forperformance
standards. Presented at the 2006 Annual NAPCRG meeting, Tucson, AZ, Oct 15-18,
2006.
7. Balasubramanian BA, Tallia AF, Scott JG, Ohman Strickland P, Miller WF, Crabtree BF.
Multimorbidity in Diabetic Patients and Adherence to Screening Guidelines in Primary Care.
Presented at the 2006 Annual NAPCRG meeting, Tucson, AZ, Oct 15-18, 2006.
8. Hudson SV, Ferrante JM, Balasubramanian BA, Crabtree BF. Attributes of Primary Care and Receipt
of Cancer Screening. Presented at the 2007 Annual NAPCRG meeting, Vancouver, BC, Oct 20-23,
2007.
9. DiCicco-Bloom B, Frederickson K, O'Malley D, Ohman-Strickland P, Balasubramanian BA, Shaw EK,
Crosson JC, Looney A. Social Capital in Primary Care Practices: A Model to Improve Practice
Performance. Presented at the 2007 Annual NAPCRG meeting, Vancouver, BC, Oct 20-23, 2007.
10. Shaw EK, Balasubramanian BA, Crabtree BF. The Effect of Key Organizational Attributes on Cancer
Screening Rates. Presented at the 2007 Annual NAPCRG meeting, Vancouver, BC, Oct 20-23, 2007.
11. Balasubramanian BA, Ohman Strickland P, Crabtree BF. Using Learning Teams for Reflective
Adaptation: Results from a Quality Improvement Intervention to Improve Adherence to Guidelines
for Diabetes and Hypertension in Primary Care Practices. Presented at the 2007 Annual NAPCRG
meeting, Vancouver, BC, Oct 20-23, 2007.
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12. Bijal Balasubramanian, Deborah Cohen, Elizabeth Clark, Nicole Isaacson, Dorothy Hung, L Miriam
Dickinson, Douglas Fernald, Larry Green, Benjamin Crabtree. Practice tools and approaches
associated with physical activity and healthy eating among primary care patients. Extended
Presentation at the 2008 Annual NAPCRG meeting, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, Nov 14-18, 2008.
13. Cohen, DJ., Crabtree, BF., Etz, RS., Balasubramanian, BA., Donahue, K., Leviton, LC., Clark, EC.,
Isaacson, NF., Stange, KC., Green, LW. Fidelity Versus Flexibility. Translating Evidence-Based
Research into Practice. Extended Presentation at the 2008 Annual NAPCRG meeting, Rio Grande,
Puerto Rico, Nov 14-18, 2008.
14. Jeanne Ferrante, Bijal Balasubramanian, Shawna Hudson, A. John Orzano, Benjamin Crabtree.
Characteristics of the Patient-Centered Medical Home and Receipt of Preventive Health Services.
Presented at the 2008 Annual NAPCRG meeting, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, Nov 14-18, 2008.
15. Balasubramanian BA, Demissie K, Crabtree BF, Ohman-Strickland PA, Kohler B, Rhoads GG. Racial
Differences in Treatment of Early Breast Cancer among Medicaid Beneficiaries. Presented at the
2008 Annual Retreat on Cancer Research in New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, May 28, 2008.
16. Balasubramanian BA, Demissie K, Crabtree BF, Ohman-Strickland PA, Kohler B, Rhoads GG. Racial
Differences in Delays in Treatment of Early Breast Cancer among Medicaid Beneficiaries. Presented
at the 2008 Annual Retreat on Cancer Research in New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, May 28, 2008.
17. Cohen DJ, Balasubramanian BA, Clark EC, Isaacson NI, Etz RS. Translating behavioral interventions
into primary care practice. Presented at the 2009 Academy Health Meeting on June 28-30, 2009 in
Chicago.
18. Clark EC, Cohen DJ, Balasubramanian BA, Isaacson NI, Etz RS, Crabtree BF. Translating behavioral
interventions into primary care practice. Presented at the 2009 American College of Preventive
Medicine Annual Conference.
19. Cohen DJ, Balasubramanian BA, Isaacson NI. Translating behavioral interventions into primary care
practice. Accepted for presentation at the Society of Behavioral Medicine's 30th Annual Meeting
and Scientific Sessions on April 22 - 25, 2009, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
20. Jeanne Ferrante, Bijal Balasubramanian, Shawna Hudson, A. John Orzano, Benjamin Crabtree.
Characteristics of the Patient-Centered Medical Home and Receipt of Preventive Health Services.
Accepted for presentation at the 42nd STFM Annual Spring Conference, April 29 - May 3, 2009 in
Denver.
21. Shah J, Balasubramanian BA, Gupta S. Early Screening for Colorectal Cancer for African Americans:
Does the Epidemiologic Evidence Support the Approach? Presented at the Digestive Disease Week
Conference, May 7 – May 10, 2011 in Chicago.
22. Fu Y, Balasubramanian BA, Melton SD, Lash RH, Rockey DC, Genta RM, Gupta S. Size-Specific
Prevalence of Colorectal Adenomas with High Grade Dysplasia: Results from a Nationally
Representative Sample with Implications for CT Colonography Practice. Presented at the Digestive
Disease Week Conference, May 7 – May 10, 2011 in Chicago.
Grants and Contracts
1. Project Director. “Gene Expression as an Approach to Identifying Asbestos-Related Lung Cancer.”
American Lung Association of New Jersey, 2002-2005, $50,000 (PI: Kitaw Demissie, MD, PhD).
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2. Data Manager. “Non Clinical Factors in Disparate Treatment for Early Breast Cancer among Black
and White Medicaid Patients.” Cancer Institute of New Jersey, 2004-2005, $50,000, (PI: Kitaw
Demissie, MD, PhD).
3. Co-investigator. “Trial to Enhance Adherence to Multiple Guidelines.” National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute (RO1), 2002-2007, (PI: Benjamin Crabtree, PhD).
4. Co-investigator. “Prescription for Health Evaluation Round 2: Analysis, Synthesis, and
Dissemination.” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2006-2008, $435,342, (PI: Deborah Cohen,
PhD).
5. Co-investigator. “Academic Administrative Units in Primary Care.” Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), 2008-2011, (PI: Alfred Tallia, MD, MPH).
6. Co-investigator. “Enhancing the theory and practice of Continuous Quality Improvement through a
better understanding of organizational capacities” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 2008-2010,
(PI: Deborah Cohen, PhD.)
7. Co-investigator. “Enhancing Colorectal Cancer Screening through Learning Teams.” National
Cancer Institute (R01), 2005-2010, (PI: Benjamin Crabtree, PhD).
8. Co-investigator. “Non-clinical Factors in Disparate Treatment for Early Breast Cancer among Black
and White Patients.” Susan G. Komen Foundation. 2006-2009, (PI: Kitaw Demissie, MD, PhD).
9. Co-investigator. “Factors of Racially Disparate Breast Cancer.” American Cancer Society. 2007-
2011, $562,931, (PI: Kitaw Demissie, MD, PhD).
10. Co-investigator. “Cardiovascular Disease Care and EMR use in Community-based Primary Care
Practices.” National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 2009-2011, $275,000 (PI: Deborah Cohen,
PhD).
11. Principal Investigator (subcontract). “Advancing Care Together: Creating Systems of Care for the
Whole Person (ACT) Evaluation Plan.” The Colorado Health Foundation. 2011-2014, $169,040 (PI:
Deborah Cohen, PhD).
12. Principal Investigator (subcontract). “Parkland-UT Southwestern PROSPR Center: Colon Cancer
Screening in a Safety-Net.” NCI (U54). 2011-2016, $6, 300,000 (PI: Celette Skinner, PhD and Ethan
Halm, MD).
13. Principal Investigator (subcontract). “UT Southwestern Clinical and Translational Alliance for
Research (UT-STAR).” NIH-NCRR (U54) – pending.
14. Principal Investigator. “Primary Care Practice Organizational Context: Effect on Practice & Patient
Outcomes.” AHRQ (R01). 2012-2016 – pending.
15. Principal Investigator (subcontract). “Social Disadvantages & Organizational Factors in Cervical
Cancer Screening Process.” NCI (R01). 2012-2016 – pending.
TEACHING
Courses Taught
Spring 2001 Teaching Assistant, Biocomputing
Division of Biometrics, UMDNJ-School of Public Health
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Jan 2002 Instructor, Epidemiology 101 training
Evaluation Technical Assistance Program
Fall 2002, 2003 Teaching Assistant, Epidemiologic Methods II
Division of Epidemiology, UMDNJ – School of Public Health
Jan 2005 Moderator, Pathology Journal Club
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Spring 2005 Teaching Assistant, Epidemiologic Methods II
Department of Epidemiology, UMDNJ-School of Public Health
2005-2009 Invited lecturer, Risk Adjustment Methods - Introduction to Outcomes
Research at UMDNJ – School of Public Health
Sep 2006 Workshop on SPSS Statistical Software
Network of Affiliated Family Medicine Residencies
Apr 2007 Seminar – An Introduction to Quantitative Research
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Family Medicine Residency Program
Spring 2011, 2012 Course Director – Fundamentals of Epidemiology
University of Texas – School of Public Health
Student Advising
Trainee Name Degree Training
Period
UMDNJ-School of Public Health
Sunitha
Palanghat
Otayoth
MPH 2004
Roshni Patel MPH 2005
Sampada
Mainkar
Heather
O’Kelley
Jaime
Madrigano
MPH 2005
MPH 2005
MPH 2005
Dissertation Title OR Title of Research Project
(Supervisory Role)
Trends & Determinants in the Prevalence of
Childhood Asthma in the U.S. from 1997- 2002
among Blacks and Whites (Research
Supervisor)
Cancer Incidence among Asian Indian Migrants
in the United States, 1988-2001 (Research
Supervisor)
Asthma Readmission Rates among Medicaid
Recipients (Research Supervisor)
Trends in Childhood Asthma: Ambulatory Care,
Hospitalization, and Anti-Asthma Medication
(Research Supervisor)
Trends and Determinants in Low Birthweight
Morbidity among Blacks and Whites in the
United States and New Jersey from 1989 to
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Current Position of Past
Trainees / Source of
Support of Current
Trainees
Assistant Professor
UMDNJ-Robert Wood
Johnson Medical School
Merck, Inc
Merck, Inc

Meghan
McBreen
MPH 2006
Bharvi Balar MPH 2007
Lorraine
Lacroix
MPH 2009
Kristy Lento MPH 2009
UT – School of Public Health
2002 (Research Supervisor)
Brad Walsh PhD Current Advisor
Vy K Do MPH Current Advisor
Beth Wright PhD Current Committee Member
Briana
Lawrence
Elizabeth
Prezio
PhD Current Committee Member
PhD Current Committee Chair
Liyue Tong PhD Current Committee Member
SERVICE
Professional Service
Efficacy Of Radical Prostatectomy In
Preventing Death From Prostate Cancer – A
Case-Control Study (Research Supervisor)
and Race-Related Disparities in the Treatment
of Early Breast Cancer (Research Supervisor)
The Association between Provider-Patient Race
Concordance and Cancer Screening (Research
Supervisor)
Characteristics of Triple Negative Breast
Cancer (Research Supervisor)
Reviewer, Annals of Family Medicine
Reviewer, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Reviewer, Annals of Epidemiology
Reviewer, Cancer
Reviewer, Archives of Internal Medicine
Institutional Service
2001 Student Member, Executive Committee
UMDNJ-School of Public Health
2001, 2006 Member, Accreditation Committee
UMDNJ-School of Public Health
2006, 2007 Member, Technology Committee
Merck, Inc
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Research Associate,
Rutgers – The State
University of NJ

Family Medicine Research Division, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
2008 Member, Administrative Group
Family Medicine Research Division, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
2011 Member, Faculty Search Committee
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston – School of Public Health
Community Service
2009 - Member, South Asian Total Health Initiative (SATHI)
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