Dr. Rogers is the Senior Data Manager for the multi-generational New England Family Study, a TTURC (Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use in Research Centers) project. She also serves as a project analyst for this study. She received her PhD in Sociology from Brown in 2002, with concentrations in quantitative methods and mortality and morbidity in the United States. She conducted postdoctoral research in the Population Studies and Training Center from 2002 to 2003 and then worked at the Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine (CBPM) at The Miriam Hospital, where she managed the data management and computer support teams. She also served as the statistical programmer for CBPM, lending her expertise to many projects, including secondary data analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Study (NIS), the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS), the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), the Commonwealth Fund's Survey on Disparities in Quality of Health Care, as well as clinical trials. She became involved in the TTURC project while at the Miriam and then moved to Brown when the project moved here last year.

Publications

Msall, M., Rogers M., Lima, J., Hogan, D. Children with Disabilities: Disparities in the Receipt of Rehabilitation and Mental Health Services. Currently under review.

Sciamanna, C., Rogers, M., Lewis, B., Diaz, J. Quality of Preventive Care and Use of the Internet for Heath Information in the USA. Currently under review.

Rabin, C., Rogers, M., Pinto, B., Nash, J., Frierson, G., Trask, P. Effect of Personal Cancer History and Family Cancer History on Levels of Psychological Distress. Currently under review.

Niemeier, H. , Raynor, H., Lloyd-Richardson, E., Rogers, M., Wing, R. Fast Food Consumption and Breakfast Skipping: Predictors of Weight Gain from Adolescence to Adulthood in a Nationally Representative Sample. Currently under review.

Sciamanna, C., Rogers, M., Shenassa, E., Houston, T. Patient Access to Physicians who Conduct Email Consults. Currently under review.

Neighbors, C., Rogers, M., Shenassa, E., Sciamanna, C., Clark, M., Novak, S. Health Disparities in Quality of Care for Lung Resection for Lung Cancer. Currently under review.

Trask PC, Rabin C, Rogers ML, Whiteley J, Nash J, Frierson G, Pinto B. 2005 May. Cancer screening practices among cancer survivors. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 28(4):351-6.

Simmons EM, Rogers ML, Frierson GM, Beckwith CG, Flanigan TP. 2005 Jan. Racial/ethnic attitudes towards HIV testing in the primary care setting. Journal of National Medical Association, 97(1):46-52.

Shenassa, Edmond D; Rogers, Michelle L; Spalding, Kirsten L; Roberts, Mary B. October 2004. Safer storage of firearms at home and risk of suicide: a study of protective factors in a nationally representative sample. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 58(10):841-848.

Msall, Michael E., Tremont, Michelle R., Avery, Roger C., Lima, Julie C., Rogers, Michelle L., Hogan, Dennis P. March 2003. Functional Disability and School Activity Limitations in 41 300 School-Age Children: Relationship to Medical Impairments. Pediatrics, 0031-4005, Vol. 111, Issue 3.

Rogers, M., Hogan, D. 2003. Family Life With Children With Disabilities: The Key Role of Rehabilitation. Journal of Marriage and Family, 65:4 818-883.

Bernhardt, E., Goldscheider, F., Rogers, M., Koball, H. 2002. Qualities Men Prefer for Children in the United States and Sweden: Differences Among Biological, Step and Informal Fathers. Journal of Comparative Family Studies 33: 235-247.

Goldscheider, F., Rogers, M. 2001. Gender and Demographic Reality. Gender Stratification: Social Construction and Structural Accounts, edited by D. Vannoy. p. 124-133. Los Angeles: Roxbury Press.

Hogan, D., Rogers, M., Msall, M. 2000. Functional Limitations and Key Indicators of Well-being in Children With Disability. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 154: 1042-1048.