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Noelle Carlozzi, PhD

Director of the Center for Clinical Outcomes Development & Application (CODA)
Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Professor, Department of Surgery
Research Non-Clinical Psychologist

Biography

Dr. Carlozzi is the Director of the Center for Clinical Outcomes Development and Application (CODA). She is an expert in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) computer adaptive test development and in outcomes measurement validation for newly developed measurement systems (the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System—PROMIS, the Neuro-QOL measurement system, and the National Institutes of Health [NIH] Toolbox). 

Dr. Carlozzi’s research focuses on improving outcomes assessment through improvements in test sensitivity, efficiency and clinical utility.  Her research portfolio includes two large-scale, multi-site studies funded by NIH (awards total ~$7,000,000), as well as several smaller awards from the NIH, the Department of Education, the CHDI foundation, a private donor, and the Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Center.  Dr. Carlozzi’s NIH awards, including two R01s, involve: 1) developing new computer adaptive tests, and 2) validating PROMIS and Neuro-QOL in clinical populations.  Specifically, one project is focused on individuals with Huntington disease, while the other project targets caregivers of individuals with traumatic brain injury.  In addition to these studies, she is an investigator for several projects providing HRQOL measurement analysis expertise, measurement selection and evaluation expertise, and/or HRQOL measurement development and validation expertise. Dr. Carlozzi received the prestigious Rosenthal Early Career Award from the American Psychological Association.

Areas of Interest

  • Test Development
  • Neuropsychological Assessment
  • Patient-reported Outcomes
  • Huntington disease
  • Caregivers
  • Psychometrics
  • Health-related quality of life
  • Computer adaptive testing
  • Just in time adaptive interventions

Clinical Interests

  • Huntington disease
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Caregivers

Honors and Awards

National Honors and Awards

  • 2002 Selection for membership in the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi in recognition of the top ten percent of candidates for graduation in the Graduate College at Oklahoma State University
  • 2009-2011 Award Recipient, National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke NIH Loan Repayment Program
  • 2011-2012 Common Data Elements Functional Outcomes/Patient-Reported Outcomes WorkingGroup Member, National Institute for Neurological Disease and Stroke
  • 2011-2013 Award Recipient, National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke NIH Loan Repayment Program
  • 2012-2014 Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, the Editors of Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • 2012 Ranked as the 2nd highest funded NIH Principal Investigator in a Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for 2012 by the Blue Ridge Institute compilation of NIH data for all departments in US medical schools
  • 2013 Ranked as the 4th highest funded NIH Principal Investigator in a Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for 2013 by the Blue Ridge Institute compilation of NIH data for all departments in US medical schools
  • 2014 Nominated to attend the 2014 Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar, The Association of American Medical Colleagues
  • 2014 Ranked as the 4th highest funded NIH Principal Investigator in a Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for 2014 by the Blue Ridge Institute compilation of NIH data for all departments in US medical schools
  • 2014 The Rosenthal Early Career Research Award, the American Psychological Association (APA) Division of Rehabilitation Psychology (Division 22)
  • 2015 Ranked as the 4th highest funded NIH Principal Investigator in a Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for 2015 by the Blue Ridge Institute compilation of NIH data for all departments in US medical schools.
  • 2016-2017 Chair Elect for the Measurement Networking Group by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
  • 2017-2019 Chair for the Measurement Networking Group by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
  • 2018 Tacie Fox Applied Clinician Award by the Huntington Study Group
  • 2019-2020 Past Chair for the Measurement Networking Group by the American Congress of Noelle E Carlozzi Sep 17, 2020
  • 2019-2020 Past Chair for the Measurement Networking Group by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
  • 2019-present Chair for the Common Data Elements (CDE) Rehab Working Group by the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  • 2019-present NINDS Huntington's Disease CDE Oversight Committee. Role: Co-Chair
  • 2019-present NINDS Rehab CDE Oversight Committee. Role: Co-Chair
  • 2019-present Senior Faculty Committee Member for the Rehabilitation Psychology (Division 22 of the American Psychological Association) Science Committee
  • 2019 Nominated to attend the 2019 Mid-Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar, The Association of American Medical Colleagues
  • 2020-2021 Past Chair for the Measurement Special Interest Group, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine

 Institutional Honors and Awards

  • 2002 Award Recipient - The Oklahoma State University Women's Giving Circle. The relationship between childhood sexual abuse, gender, and posttraumatic stress symptomatology
  • 2012-2013 Mcubed award. CHAMPION: Congenital Hand Anomalies -- Measuring PROMIS, Individual Experiences, Outcomes, and Needs. Departments of Neurosurgery, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Center for Statistical Consultation and Research (CSCAR), University of Michigan
  • 2013 University of Michigan Health System Employee Recognition Program; Making a Difference Award
  • 2015 Elizabeth Caroline Crosby Research Award; University of Michigan Medical School

Education

  • 08/1995-12/1998 BA, Psychology and Music, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
  • 08/2000-05/2003 MS, Clinical Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
  • 08/2000-07/2005 PhD, Clinical Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma

Postdoctoral Training

  • 08/2005-02/2006 Postdoctoral Fellow, Clinical Neuropsychology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
  • 03/2006-07/2008 Fellowship, Neuropsychology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

Certification And Licensure 

  • 12/2008-present State of New Jersey, Psychologist License
  • 08/2012-present State of Michigan, Psychologist License

Awarded Grants

  • 2R01NR013658-06, Improving outcomes for care partners with traumatic brain injury; NIH-DHHS-US; Role: PI
  • Enroll-HD: A Prospective Registry Study in a Global Huntington's Disease Cohort; CHDI Foundation; Role: Site PI
  • 5R21DK121092-02, Addressing Social Determinants in Diabetes Care: The REDD-CAT health related social needs screening tool; NIH-DHHS-US; Role: Multiple PI
  • Mobile technology and data analytics to identify real-time predictors of caregiver well-being; MICHR Pilot Grant Program; Role: Multiple PI