Avron
Spiro III, Co-Investigator
Dr.
Spiro is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology, and
Research Scientist, Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic
Research, Boston University School of Public Health; Research Psychologist
and Statistician, Normative Aging Study, VA Boston Healthcare System;
Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center.
Dr. Spiro is a psychologist and methodologist with over 25 years of
experience in the design, analysis and application of self-reported
measures for the study of health and development. For the past decade,
Dr. Spiro has been collaborating with other CREEDD investigators in
the study of health-related quality of life, bother generic and specific
to oral health, ant its association with general health and personality.
With Dr. Jones, Dr. Spiro serves
as co-investigator of the project, assuming responsibility for various aspects of scientific
and administrative activities, and for coordination with other projects
in the Center grant. Dr. Spiro also provides his methodologic expertise
in the area of behavioral sciences to the Center grant as well.
