Barbara Lohr Ward
Survey Director
- Email Barbara Lohr Ward
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BIO
Barbara Ward, MBA, is a Survey Director in Survey Research Operations (SRO). She has over 35 years of experience in survey research, including 14 years in proposal development and financial management and 20 years managing data collection activities. Ms. Ward is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), with experience managing large, complex, data collection projects using achievement and cognitive assessments, anthropometric measurements, biomarkers and environmental data collection. Her past projects have included interviewing children and hard-to-reach populations. Ms. Ward developed SRO’s mandated reporting protocol and serves as the team leader for the mandated reporting triage team. She serves as an IRB consultant for SRO.
- Lepkowski, James M, Ward, Barbara Lohr, Garabrant, D , Franzblau, A , Gillespie, B , Adriaens, P , Demond, A , Hedgeman, E , Knutson, K , Zwica, L , Olson, K , Towey, T , Chen, Q , Hong, B , Chang, C , Lee, Shih-Yuan , LaDronka, Kathy , Luksemburg, W , Maier, M . 2009. The University of Michigan Dioxin Exposure Study: Predictors of Human Serum Dioxin Concentrations in Midland and Saginaw, Michigan. Environmental health perspectives 117(5):818-824.
- Lepkowski, James M, Ward, Barbara Lohr, Garabrant, D , Franzblau, A , Gillespie, B , Adriaens, P , Demond, A , LaDronka, Kathy , Hedgeman, E , Knutson, K , Zwica, L , Olson, K , Towey, T , Chen, Q , Hong, B . 2009. The University of Michigan Dioxin Exposure Study: Methods for an Environmental Exposure Study of Polychlorinated Dioxins, Furans, and Biphenyls. Environmental health perspectives 117(5):803-810.
- Ward, Barbara Lohr, Lepkowski, James M, Hedgeman, E , Chen, Q , Hong, B , Chang, C , Olson, K , LaDronka, Kathy , Adriaens, P , Demond, A , Gillespie, B , Franzblau, A , Garabrant, D . 2009. The University of Michigan Dioxin Exposure Study: Population Survey Results and Serum Concentrations for Polychlorinated Dioxins, Furans, and Biphenyls. Environmental health perspectives 117(5):811-817.
- Lepkowski, James M, Ward, Barbara Lohr, Demond, A , Adriaens, P , Towey, T , Chang, S , Hong, B , Chen, Q , Chang, C , Franzblau, A , Garabrant, D , Gillespie, B , Hedgeman, E , Knutson, K , Lee, C , Olson, K , Zwica, L , Luksemburg, W , Maier, M . 2008. Statistical Comparison of Residential Soil Concentrations of PCDDs, PCDFs, and PCBs from Two Communities in Michigan. Environmental science & technology 42(15):5441-5448.