Eric P. Green

About Me

I am a postdoctoral research fellow with the New York University School of Medicine and Bellevue Hospital in the Program for Survivors of Torture. I also teach a seminar in the NYU Master's Program in Global Public Health.

PhD, Clinical-Community Psychology, University of South Carolina, 2008

MA, International Studies, University of South Carolina, 2006

MA, Psychology, University of South Carolina, 2004

BA, Psychology, Bucknell University, 2002

Eric P. Green, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture
462 1st Avenue, C/D 733
New York, NY 10016
P: (212) 994-7176
F: (212) 994-7177
mail@ericpgreen.com
Skype: epgreen
CV

Research

I study global health, development, and humanitarian challenges from a social-ecological perspective. Key features of my work include:

Setting-level measurement and intervention
Geospatial technologies (e.g., geographic information systems, satellite imagery)
Participatory methods
Mixed-methods (e.g., household surveys, qualitative interviews, spatial data collection, multi-media)
Impact Evaluation
Data management systems (e.g., databases, PDA-based data collection)

Projects
Participatory Mapping and the Social Ecology of HIV (2009)
I am working with Dr. Eve Puffer and WISER to develop a participatory mapping project in Muhuru Bay, a small fishing village on the shore of Lake Victoria in Kenya. As part of WISER's efforts to build a girls' boarding school and a research center in Muhuru Bay, Dr. Puffer is developing a multi-level HIV prevention intervention for adolescents. We are hoping to add a participatory mapping component to better understand how the social and physical environment enhance or restrict youths' abilities to avoid HIV. This work could ultimately inform the development of a setting-level HIV prevention intervention.	View Larger Map
Needs Assessment of Refugees in Chad (2009)
As of 2008, Chad was host to approximately 240,000 refugees from Darfur (Sudan) and the Central African Republic. The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) asked the Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture to design and implement a protection needs assessment of refugees living in eastern and southern Chad in order to identify indicators of risk. I joined two colleagues from Bellevue/NYU (Dr. Andrew Rasmussen and Dr. Samantha Stewart) on this assignment for HIAS.	View Chad in a larger map
Women's Income Generating Support Program (WINGS) -- (2009-2011)
WINGS is a micro-enterprise development program supporting young women in northern Uganda following two decades of war. Dr. Chris Blattman, Dr. Jeannie Annan, and I are working with AVSI to conduct a 3-year impact evaluation of the program. This project will evaluate the overall impact of the program on economic activity, social capital, and empowerment in addition to the relative impact of individual program components.	View Larger Map
Program for Survivors of Torture -- (2008-)
As a postdoctoral research fellow at the Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture, I am involved in program evaluation and various research projects, including WINGS. I also conduct individual psychotherapy with patients in our program. During the 2008-2009 academic year, I taught a seminar in the NYU Master's Program in Global Public Health.	View Program for Survivors of Torture in a larger map
Stability, Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Uganda (SPRING) -- (2008)
In 2008, I worked as a consultant on a USAID-funded project, SPRING (Stability, Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Uganda), an initiative designed to help spur the transition from relief to development. In this project, my role was to lead a geographic assessment and to make recommendations about priority areas for intervention based on existing needs and community resources. Our team interviewed more than 200 key informants from the local govern-ment, United Nations agencies, non-governmental organizations, and community-based organizations.	View SPRING in a larger map
Communities in Transition -- (2007)
I completed eight months of fieldwork in Northern Uganda where I studied mass internal displacement and community transitions. I used multiple methods (household surveys, geographic information systems, in-depth interviews, Photovoice project) to investigate various aspects of population movement and well-being. This project was innovative in its use of PDAs for data collection, spatial data (GIS, GPS, satellite images) for sampling and data analysis, and participatory documentary photography for data collection and social change efforts. More information about this project can be found at: www.displacedcommunities.org.	View Larger Map

Writing and Presentations

See CV for additional papers and presentations.

1. DRAFTS

Green, E. P. & Kloos, B. (2009). Facilitating youth participation in a context of forced migration: A Photovoice project in northern Uganda.

Green, E. P. & Kloos, B. (2008). Using remote sensing and GIS to develop a sampling frame in a setting of internal displacement.

2. RESEARCH BRIEFS

Green, E. P. & Ocaka, T. (2008). Village leaders as data collectors: Willing, capable, and rational. Households In Conflict Network, Research Design Note 9.

3. PRESENTATIONS

Green, E. P., & Kloos, B. (2007, June). Finding your way in community-based research: GPS/GIS Mapping as a method for learning about communities, building relationships, and organizing sampling strategies. Poster presented at the 11th biennial meeting of the Society for Community Research and Action, Pasadena, CA.