Teaching Associate Professor
Biography
Barbara Saltzman, PhD, MPH is a Teaching Associate professor who earned her Master of Public Health with a concentration in Public Health Genetics from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is an experienced public health educator with extensive expertise in developing and delivering courses across epidemiology, biostatistics, research design, and public health practice. She has taught in both undergraduate and graduate education for over 15 years and her teaching portfolio spans traditional, hybrid, and fully online formats. She has maintained a strong emphasis on instructional design and technology integration, as evidenced by her Quality Matters Peer Reviewer certification and leadership in online course development.
Research
Her research interests include environmental and genetic risk factors for chronic diseases. She has served as co-investigator, epidemiologist and statistician on NIH, USDA and ODHE sponsored grants. Her scholarly work includes numerous peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations, addressing topics such as environmental health risks, centriolar biomarkers in fertility, racial disparities in breastfeeding, organ donation behavior and body image.
Professional Service
She has completed over two dozen Quality Matters course peer reviews, typically serving as the subject matter expert. Her professional service extends to journal peer review, abstract review for national conferences such as the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, the Society for Epidemiologic Research, and the Gerontological Society of America. In the community, she has engaged in public health education for young people and families and supported local Science Olympiad teams as a content area expert.
Publications
Kluczynski, D. F., Jaiswal, A., Xu, M., Nadiminty, N., Saltzman, B., Schon, S., & Avidor-Reiss, T. (2025). Spermatozoa centriole quality determined by FRAC may correlate with zygote nucleoli polarization—a pilot study. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, 42(4), 1121-1132.
Bennett, C. J., Glassman, T. J., Saltzman, B., Dake, J. A., Natal, G. R., & Kruse‐Diehr, A. J. (2025). School‐Based Body Image Programming: A Critical Literature Review. Psychology in the Schools, 62(7), 2286-2299.
Bennett, C. J., Glassman, T. J., Saltzman, B., Dake, J. A., & Kruse‐Diehr, A. (2024). A Pilot Evaluation of the Respect YOU Curriculum. Journal of School Health, 94(8), 687-696.
Odems, D. S., Czaja, E., Vedam, S., Saltzman, B., & Scott, K. A. (2024). “It seemed like she just wanted me to suffer”: Acts of Obstetric Racism and Birthing Rights Violations Against Black Women. SSM-Qualitative Research in Health, 100479.
Dugat, V., Dake, J. A., Czaja, E., Saltzman, B., & Knippen, K. L. (2023). Do Stressful Events and Racial Discrimination Explain Racial Gaps in Exclusive Breastfeeding Duration? A Qualitative Interview Study with Black, Hispanic, and White Mothers Living in Ohio. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.
Wotring, A. J., Jordan, T. R., Saltzman, B. S., Glassman, T. J., Holloway, J. N., & Khubchandani, J. N. (2022). Why Do Young Adults in the United States Have Such Low Rates of Organ Donation Registration? Challenges.
Natal, G., & Saltzman, B. (2022). Decisions, decisions, decisions: decision fatigue in academic librarianship. JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP, 48.
Jaiswal A, Baliu-Souza T, Turner K, Nadiminty N, Rambhatla A, Agarwal A, Krawetz SA, Dupree JM, Saltzman B, Schon SB, Avidor-Reiss T. Sperm Centriole Assessment Identifies Male Factor Infertility in Couples with Unexplained Infertility–a Pilot Study. European Journal of Cell Biology. 2022 May 27:151243.
Magsi R, Shetty N, Giffen Z, Saltzman B, Nadiminty N, Ekwenna O, Rees M, Sindhwani P. Serum bilirubin as a predictor of graft outcomes after renal transplant. Am J Clin Exp Urol. 2022 Feb 15;10(1):37-43. PMID: 35291414; PMCID: PMC8918394.
Wotring, A.J., Jordan, T.R., Saltzman B., Glassman T., Khubchandani, J., Holloway, J. (2021) Why Do Young Adults Not Enrolled in College Have Such Low Rates of Organ Donation Registration? [Manuscript submitted for publication]. School of Population Health. University of Toledo.
Khanal, S., Leung, M. R., Royfman, A., Fishman, E. L., Saltzman, B., Bloomfield-Gadelha, H., . . . Avidor-Reiss, T. (2021). A dynamic basal complex modulates mammalian sperm movement. Nature Communications, 12(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24011-0 *Journal with highest impact factor in my bibliography
Turner, K. A., Fishman, E. L., Asadullah, M., Ott, B., Dusza, P., Shah, T. A., . . . Saltzman B.S., Avidor-Reiss, T. (2021). Fluorescence-Based Ratiometric Analysis of Sperm Centrioles (FRAC) Finds Patient Age and Sperm Morphology Are Associated With Centriole Quality. Front Cell Dev Biol, 9, 658891. doi:10.3389/fcell.2021.658891
Senecal, M. B., McBride, K., Steiner, V., Pierce, L., & Saltzman, B. (2020). State Tested Nursing Assistants' Workplace Experiences That Threaten or Support Intent to Stay. Rehabilitation Nursing, 45(6), 323-331. doi:10.1097/rnj.0000000000000232
Saltzman, B., & Nemunaitis, L. (2021). Healthcare providers attitudes towards risk stratification of adopted patients with limited family history information: a cross-sectional survey. J Community Genet, 12(3), 485-488. doi:10.1007/s12687-021-00527-2 *First Author
Melendez, K., & Saltzman, B. (2021). Puerto Ricans One Year After Hurricane Maria: Secondary Analysis of Factors Affecting Stress Due to Hurricane Effects. Environmental Justice, 14(1), 33-41. doi:10.1089/env.2020.0057 * Senior author
Jain, S., Saltzman, B., Miller, A., Ortiz, J., Nofziger, J. (2017) Same-Day Discharge for Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy. JSLS. 2017 Apr-Jun;21(2). PubMed PMID: 28642640.
Wang, H., Yamamoto. J., Caberto, C., Saltzman, B., Decker, R., Vogt, T.M., Yokochi, L., Franke, A., Chanock, C., Wilkens, L., Le Marchand, L. (2011) Genetic Variation in the Bioactivation Pathway for Polycyclic Hydrocarbons and Heterocyclic Amines in Relation to Risk of Colorectal Neoplasia. Carcinogenesis 2011 Feb;32(2):203-9. Epub 2010 Nov.
Ognjanovic S., Yamamoto J, Saltzman B, Franke A, Ognjanovic M, Yokochi L, Vogt T, Decker R, Le Marchand L. (2010) The relationships of serum CRP and IL-6, SNPs, race/ethnicity and risk of colorectal neoplasia. Cancer Causes Control. 2010 Jul;21(7):1131-8. Epub 2010 Mar 24
McKay JD, McCullough ML, Ziegler RG, Kraft P, Saltzman BS, Riboli E, Barricarte A, Berg CD, Bergland G, Bingham S, Brustad M, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Burdette L, Buring J, Calle EE, Chanock SJ, Clavel-Chapelon F, Cox DG, Dossus L, Feigelson HS, Haiman CA, Hankinson SE, Hoover RN, Hunter DJ, Husing A, Kaaks R, Kolonel LN, Le Marchand L, Linseisen J, McCarty CA, Overvad K, Panico S, Purdue MP, Stram DO, Stevens VL, Trichopoulos D, Willett WC, Yuenger J, Thun MJ. (2009) Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and breast cancer risk: results from the national cancer institute breast and prostate cancer cohort consortium. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Jan;18(1):297-305.
Saltzman BS, Yamamoto JF, Decker R, , Yokochi L, Theriault A, Le Marchand L. (2008)
Association of Genetic Variation in the Transforming Growth Factor Beta – 1 Gene with Serum Levels and Risk of Colorectal Neoplasia. Cancer Res. 2008 Feb 15;68(4):1236-44.
Le Marchand L, Saltzman B, Hankin JH, Wilkens LR, Franke AA, Morris SJ, Kolonel LN. (2006) Sun Exposure, diet and melanoma in Hawaii Caucasians. Am J Epidemiol. 2006;164:232-245
Le Marchand L, Lum-Jones A, Saltzman B, Visaya V, Nomura AM, Kolonel LN. (2001) Feasibility of collecting buccal cell DNA by mail in a cohort study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2001 Jun;10(6):701-3.