Carol J. Ewan Whyte

PhD, MS, MPhil

Scientist

Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation

(207) 662-6393 Office

(207) 662-2110 Fax

Dr. Carol Ewan Whyte graduated from the Epidemiology Research Unit of the University of the West Indies in Jamaica, in 2006, with a PhD in Nutrition. Prior to coming to CORE in 2007, Dr. Ewan Whyte was involved in several large-scale longitudinal studies that addressed the consequences of early childhood malnutrition, infant feeding practices and low birth weight at term on child development. Her role at CORE is also as the Project Manager of several federally funded grants. Her research interests include prenatal and early life risk factors for childhood and adult diseases, health disparities among minority populations, and the use of informed decision making to improve dietary practices and health care utilization among the immigrant and native populations of Maine. Her research goals are to develop robust collaborative maternal, child health and minority health research programs within CORE, including appropriate intervention programs to reduce adverse pregnancy and early childhood outcomes among the populations of Maine. In 2008, Dr. Ewan Whyte was the recipient of a fellowship to the Summer Institute in Informed Patient Choice (Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice) and was the first author of the presentation that won the prestigious Innovations in Practice Management award at the Society for General Internal Medicine (SGIM) 31st annual conference.

Selected peer-review publications (in chronological order)

Ewan-Whyte C, Walker SP, Chang SM, Powell CA, McDonald D, Fletcher HM. Factors associated with term low birth weight at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital. West Indian Medical Journal 2001; 49 (suppl 4):11 (abstract).
Walker SP, Ewan-Whyte C, Chang SM, Powell CA, Fletcher H, Grantham-McGregor S. Factors associated with size at birth in Jamaican infants born at tem. West Indian Medical Journal 2002: 51 (suppl):24 (abstract).
Ewan-Whyte C, Walker SP, Powell CA, Chang SM. The effects of term low birth weight on growth in Jamaican infants in the first year. West Indian Medical Journal 2002;51(suppl 2):25-26 (abstract).
Walker SP, Ewan-Whyte C, Chang SM, Powell CA, Fletcher H, McDonald D, Grantham-McGregor SM. Factors associated with size and proportionality at birth in term Jamaican infants. J Health Popul Nutr 2003;21:117-126.
Ewan Whyte C, Keller SN, Slater MD,Pbert L, Chang E, Druker S, Kuhl LN, Col NF. Tailoring web-based interventions to young female smokers using audience segmentation. Journal of General Internal Medicine. In press (abstract).
Kuhl L, Keller SN, Slater MD, Pbert L, Chang E, Druker S, Ewan Whyte C, Col NF. A novel approach to tailoring physician-delivered smoking cessation messages to young women. Journal of General Internal Medicine. In press (abstract).