Dr. Conway is an associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Colorado School of Public Health. She is a diabetes epidemiologist with a broad research interest in diabetes incidence and complications. Her research interests includes both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Within diabetes, specific areas of interest include racial disparities in diabetes and its complications, iron as risk factor for diabetes complications, environmental toxicants in diabetes complications, cancer as a consequence of diabetes, and electronic health records for diabetes surveillance.
Areas of Expertise
- Diabetes complications
- Racial disparities in diabetes and its complications
- Iron related indices and diabetes
- Environmental pollutants
- Electronic health record informatics
Education, Licensure & Certifications
- PhD, Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, 2008
- MPH, Epidemiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, 2004
- MA, Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language, University of Birmingham (UK), 2000
- BS General Studies, Andrews University, 1999
Resumes/CV:
Affiliations
- Section Editor, Current Diabetes Reports
- Associate Editor. BMC Endocrine Disorders
Research
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Epidemiology Assessments for the White River Junction VAMC, August 2021-December 2021
Publications and Presentations
- Conway RB, Armistead MG, Denney MJ, Smith GS. Validating matching of patients in the linkage of a large hospital system’s EHR with state and national death databases. Applied Clinical Informatics 2021: 82-89.
- Conway RB, Sudenga S, McClain D, Blot WJ. Diabetes and Liver Cancer Risk: a stronger effect in Whites than Blacks? J Diab Comp 2021; 35 (3):107816
- Muhimpundu S, Conway BN, Andersen SW, Lipworth L, Steinwandel MD, Blot WJ, Shu XO, Sudenga SL. Racial Differences in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Incidence and Risk Factors Among a Low Socioeconomic Population. Cancers 2021; 13 (15):3710
- Hutcheson R, Innes K, Conway B. Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Likelihood of Stroke in Persons with and without Diabetes. Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research 2020. Jan-Feb 2020;17(1):1479164119892223.
- George C, Ducatman AM, Conway B. Increased Risk of Respiratory Diseases in Adults with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 2018; 142: 46-55