Llewellyn Cornelius, Ph.D Professor lcornelius@ssw.umaryland.edu 410-706-7610 View CV

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Llewellyn J. Cornelius (SSW), is a professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work.. He has more than 25 years of experience in evaluation research.  For the last eight years he taught a doctoral research practicum, where he assisted students in the development, pilot testing and fielding of surveys.  In addition to teaching survey research, he has been involved in the design and implementation of a multitude of studies, including the fielding of a statewide survey which examined the cultural competency of mental health providers; the evaluation of community based HIV prevention efforts and the development and implementation of surveys which assessed the use of technology in social work.

He is currently involved in the design and implementation of  three community based cancer disparity research projects in the state of  Maryland: one involving the Piscataway Conoy Tribe in Southern Maryland; a second project focusing on the residents of Somerset County on Maryland’s’  Eastern Shore, and  a third involving a statewide cancer outreach effort with community partners. He recently completed a four year evaluation of the Baltimore Needle Exchange Program with the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health.   In March of 2001 he completed the development of a model of statewide coalition building for people of color called SMOTA- Sustained Minority Oriented Technical Assistance that is being used by the Maryland Cigarette Fund Restitution Program (Maryland's Tobacco Settlement Program) to empower communities of color around issues of smoking cessation and cancer reduction. He also recently completed the 3^rd edition of the book Designing and Conducting Health Surveys with Lu Ann Aday (published in April of 2006). He is currently the co-editor of a special issue in the journal Health and Social Work on HIV/AIDS among persons of color, that is scheduled to be published in 2009.

He received his doctorate from the University of Chicago, School of Social Services Administration and has extensive research experience in examining access to Medical Delivery and the Outcome of Care for African Americans and Latinos.