Health Researcher
Dr. Norman Weatherby has more than 30 years of experience with health program planning, implementation, management, and evaluation. He has worked with health programs in New York, Florida, and Tennessee, and his international health experience includes Sudan, Nigeria, Kenya, and Egypt. His Ph.D. is in demography and applied statistics. Work experience led to expertise in data management, clinical databases, census and housing data, fund accounting, and health program evaluation. As a Professor at Middle Tennessee State University, his teaching areas include data analysis, research design and methods, epidemiology, health behavior, and health program planning, needs assessment, and evaluation.
Over thirty years of experience with analysis of large datasets in SPSS and SAS, including demographics, patient information systems, and clinical database design, implementation, and analysis
Projects include working with family planning clinics at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital and New York City Department of Health, Comprehensive Cancer Centers in New York and Miami, Prevention of Maternal Mortality Network, Drug Research and Health Services Research Centers in Miami, Florida’s Tobacco Control Program, Tennessee’s Lead Elimination and Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention programs, National Healthcare Corporation, and Volunteer Behavioral Health Care System
Research interests include evaluation of health programs, maternal and child health, infectious diseases, chronic diseases, drug and tobacco use, HIV and AIDS, and childhood lead poisoning prevention
Dr. Weatherby is an enthusiastic and well-prepared teacher who always emphasizes what we need to know to be successful in our careers. His real-world experiences are an invaluable addition to our education.
Norman is an excellent communicator with highly developed cross-cultural skills and a wonderful ability to adapt to a variety of situations. In addition to working effectively with students and researchers in the ethnically and culturally diverse areas of Murfreesboro, Miami and New York City, he was exceptional in his ability to work with colleagues in the sometimes difficult and always challenging environments of Kenya, Sudan, Nigeria, and Egypt.
Dr. Weatherby was one of the four best teachers and researchers I encountered in my 22 years at Columbia University. I was able to observe his work directly in our program development and evaluation activities in New York and in the international programs of the Center.
As a colleague, I found Norman to be extremely helpful, insightful, and pleasant when I needed good counsel. I hold Dr. Weatherby in the highest regard both personally and professionally.
In all of his interactions, Norman demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills. He is gifted in communication skills, sensitive to the needs of students, staff and colleagues, and was always in demand both as a leader and as a member of our teams. He combines a high level of energy and discipline with wisdom and a sense of humor. I was fortunate to work so closely with him for almost 10 years, and he was a delight to work with.
Norman is a truly exceptional program planner and evaluator, teacher, mentor and researcher.
Time and time again in the course of my professional activities, I have gone back to notes and information provided by Dr. Weatherby during my graduate studies. His ability to foresee the exact problems that students would face "in the real world" has proven to be invaluable as I navigate through my career. I am so thankful for his knowledge, advice, and desire to see everyone around him achieve successful results.
Judith Rooks, Norman Weatherby, et al. conducted a “large prospective, descriptive study of birth center process and outcomes. Most births were attended by a CNM. Established the safety of birth center birth for low-risk women. A landmark study.”
Dr. Cindy Farley, CNM: Midwifery's research heritage: A Delphi survey of midwife scholars. Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health.