Research Team

The Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey has been organized and coordinated by Dr. Barry M. Popkin, economist, Professor of Nutrition, and Fellow of the Carolina Population Center, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Other UNC researchers include:

Current Faculty Involvement

Klara Peter, Project Co-Investigator

Past Faculty Involvement

Namvar Zohoori, Project Co-Investigator
Barbara Entwisle, Project Co-Investigator
Tom Mroz, Project Co-Investigator
Lenore Kohlmeier, Project Co-Investigator

Staff and Graduate Student Contributors: past and present

Phil Bardsley, Research Associate
Ekaterina Bender, Translator
Dan Blanchette, Applications Programmer
Mikhail Bontch-Osmolovskii, Graduate Student
Suzanne Cadwell, Research Assistant
Catherine Cross, Programmer/Analyst
Kelly Gallagher, Applications Programmer
Karin Gleiter, Research Associate
Elena Glinskaya, Graduate Student
Laura Henderson, Applications Programmer
Lauren Kier, Graduate Student
Tamara Kitsul, Translator
Laura Kline, Applications Programmer
Sharon Kowalsky, Translator
Michael Lokshin, Graduate Student
Andrey Lukashov, Graduate Student
Dominic Mancini, Applications Programmer
Donna Miles, Senior Programmer
Rick O'Hara, Programmer
Jennifer Shelton Murphy, Translator
David Robinson, Applications Programmer
Loren Watterson, Applications Programmer
Anthony Young, Translator

Consultants

In addition, the following researchers have provided critical consultation: Cynthia Kaplan and Vladimir Treml, survey design; Professor William Kalsbeek, sampling; Barbara Dennis, dietary and nutritional-status instrument development and training; and a panel review of the project and consultation related to the continuation of Phase II that consisted of Barbara Anderson, Donna Bahry, Ward Kingkade, and Vladimir Treml.

Collaborating Agencies

The following agencies have collaborated with the Carolina Population Center on this project: