Profile for Gary Gilmore

Gary D. Gilmore, Health Education & Health Promotion, was named on May 22, by Governor Tony Evers for three additional years of service on the Wisconsin Public Health Council. Gilmore has served continuously on the council since it was established by State Statute in 2003 through appointments by three Wisconsin Governors. He chaired the council for two years.

David Anderson, Archaeology & Anthropology; Gary Gilmore, Health Education & Health Promotion; and Ryan McKelley, Psychology; co-authored the article "Comprehensive Assessment of the Psychosocial Occupational Health Status of Archaeologists in the United States" in the Journal of Health, Safety and Environment published on April 1, 2019 by Wolters Kluwer Publishing. This is the first national study of the occupational health status of archaeologists working in the majority realm of Cultural Resource Management using a nationally-validated survey. Preliminary findings were presented via a national webinar to the members of the American Cultural Resources Association, at the 125th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association in Washington, D.C., and at the 145th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association in Atlanta.

Gary D. Gilmore, Health Education & Health Promotion; Alyson Taub, Professor Emerita, New York University; David Connell, Research Associates, Cambridge; and Larry Olsen, Still University of Health Sciences; co-authored the article "Applied Contributions and Insights from Health Education Role Delineation Research (1978-2015) in Advancing the Health Education Profession in the United States" in Pedagogy in Health Promotion published on Nov. 27, 2018 by SAGE Publications. This is the first comprehensive review of five national role delineation studies for health education specialists conducted during 1978-2015 in order to determine the contributions to professional preparation, credentialing, and professional development. The co-authors comprised the Steering Committee for the National Health Educator Competencies Update Project with Gary Gilmore serving as chairperson.

Gary Gilmore, Health Education & Health Promotion, co-authored the article "Applied Contributions and Insights from Health Education Role Delineation Research (1978-2015) in Advancing the Health Education Profession in the United States " in Pedagogy in Health Promotion published on Mar. 4, 2018 by SAGE Publications. Co-authors included: Alyson Taub, New York University; Larry Olsen, A.T. Still University of Health Sciences and David Connell, Cambridge Research Associates.

Gary D. Gilmore, Health Education & Health Promotion, presented "Assessment of the Occupational Health Status of Field Archaeologists in the United States (David Anderson and Ryan McKelley, co-authors)" at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting on Nov. 7, 2017 in Atlanta, GA. This was the first national comprehensive health and well-being assessment of field archaeologists using a nationally-validated electronic survey prepared by the three authors. The assessment specifically focused on reported risk factors, protective factors, and preventive measures taken by the respondents.

Gary D. Gilmore, Health Education & Health Promotion, received The 2017 Wisconsin Distinguished Service to Public Health Award at the Wisconsin Public Health Association Annual Meeting on May 25, 2017 in Wisconsin Dells, WI. The Award is given to the health professional who demonstrates exceptional dedication and effort in the support of Public Health in Wisconsin. Gilmore also received the Award in 1986.

Gary Gilmore, Health Education & Health Promotion, received the 2017 Eagle Teaching Excellence Award at UW-La Crosse on May 20, 2017 in La Crosse, WI.

Gary Gilmore, Health Education & Health Promotion, co-authored the article "Population-Based Cross-Sectional Research: Salient Processes, Rationale, and Insights from the National Health Educator Competencies Update Project" in "SAGE Research Methods" published on Mar. 15, 2017 by SAGE Publications. This publication joins other international articles in examining research methodology. It explores the details related to the National Health Educator Competencies Update Project which spanned 8 years and was chaired by Gilmore. During the national research, a validated hierarchical model of Areas of Responsibility and competencies for health educators and health promotion specialists was established empirically for the first time. This is an invited publication of SAGE Publications.

Gary Gilmore, Health Ed., Health Promotion was interviewed by Dustin Luecke of News 19 Daybreak on Feb. 19, 2016. They spoke about three local events to help raise money for cancer research.

Gary Gilmore, Health education, health promotion, authored the article "Methodological Comparisons of Four National Health Education Specialist Role Delineation Research Projects (1978-2012) in the United States" in Pedagogy in Health Promotion published on Nov. 11, 2015. The article, co-authored by Alyson Taub, New York University, Larry K. Olsen, A.T. Still University, and David Connell, Cambridge Research Associates for the December publication, serves as the lead publication in that issue of the journal, with the following editorial comment by the Editor in Chief: "In conducting this comparison, the authors were able to provide recommendations for future studies taking into consideration the strengths and weaknesses of each project. This should assist in future role delineation projects not only in the United States but also entities worldwide who are in the planning or nascent stage of quality assurance for preparing health education specialists."