Shannon Maloney, PhD
Shannon Maloney, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Promotion of the UNMC College of Public Health.
Previously, Dr. Maloney was director of evaluation and innovation at Building Healthy Futures in Omaha, and an evaluation specialist at the Institute for Financial Management and Research LEAD in Chennai, India.
She was a doctoral fellow at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California.
Education
- 2014, PhD Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School
- 2008, M.P.P., University of California-Los Angeles Luskin School of Public Affairs
- 2001, BS Biopsychology, University of California- Santa Barbara
Research interests
- Developing methods to improve the uptake of evidence-based interventions designed to promote maternal health in health care and community settings.
- Adapting evidence-based interventions to adopt respectful and person-centered approaches to care in the preconception, prenatal and intrapartum periods.
- Prevention of maternal mortality and morbidity.
- Prevention of infant mortalit.
- Preconception health.
Selected Publications
- Maloney, Shannon I, PytlikZillig, Lisa, Mollard, Elizabeth, Palmer-Wackerly, Angela L, Obasi, Sharon N, Kelley, Megan. (2022). Technological Access Barriers, Telehealth Use and Health Care Visits in the Early Pandemic Period. Health Policy and Technology; 11(4): 100693.
- Maloney, Shannon I, Abresch, Chad, Grimm, Brandon, Lyons, Kiara, Tibbits, Melissa. (2021). Factors associated with giving birth at advanced maternal age in the United States. Midwifery, 28: 102975. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2021.102975
- Dinkel, D., Hein, N., Snyder, K., Siahpush, M., Maloney, S., Smith, L., Farazi, P. & Hanson, C. (2019) The Impact of Body Mass Index and Sociodemographic Factors on Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors of Women with Young Children: A Cross-sectional Examination. Women's Health; 16: 1745506519897826.
- Maloney, Shannon I, Siahpush, Mohammad, Dinkel, Danae, Farazi, Paraskevi A, Jose, Jithin, Krishnamurthy, Jayanna, Dutta, Rohini. (2018). Nurse and physician reflections on the application of a quality standards training program to reduce maternal mortality. Volume 66: 155-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2018.08.013
- Ateva E, Blencowe H, Castillo T, Dev A, Farmer M, Kinney M, Mishra SK, Hopkins Leisher S, Maloney S, Ponce Hardy V, Quigley P, Ruidiaz J, Siassakos D, Stoner JE, Storey C, Tejada de Rivero Sawers ML. (2018). Every Woman, Every Child's 'Progress in Partnership' for stillbirths: a commentary by the stillbirth advocacy working group. BJOG; 125(9): 1058-1060. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.15113.
Professional Affiliations
- American Public Health Association
- American Evaluation Association