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NORC at the University Chicago

Melissa Heim Viox

Senior Research Director
Health Sciences
Health Implementation Science Center
Melissa works on survey data analysis and complex data collection projects with populations including adolescents and young adults.

Melissa is a senior research director in the Health Sciences department at NORC at the University of Chicago. She has extensive experience in data collection management and data quality monitoring for in-person and web surveys, including for hard-to-reach populations. Melissa is currently the research program manager for the All of Us Participant and Program Services Center, the coordination center for cohort operations, supporting participant interactions and program management.   

Melissa has managed multiple projects with adolescents for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including TAPS, a dyad survey of adolescents and their parents, and CovEx, a survey about the impact of COVID-19 on youth ages 5-19. She also led work to modernize the Dating Matters program, and led the analytic program for START, an innovative sexual behavior survey of adolescent youth using social media for recruitment. Adding to her social media expertise, Melissa was project director for the Using Social Media for Recruitment in Cancer Prevention and Control Survey-Based Research Project, a series of surveys on cancer risk and preventive screening and testing using Facebook and Google for recruitment.

Melissa has co-authored papers and presentations on survey topics such as adolescent mental health, physical measures data quality, and social media recruitment. Prior to NORC, she worked in school- and community-based health programs.

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Expertise

Education

MPH

University of Illinois-Chicago

BA

Vanderbilt University

Project Contributions

Using Social Media to Recruit Cancer Research Participants

Exploring the feasibility of using social media to recruit participants for surveys about cancer risk

Client:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Building Capacity for Small Organizations Engagement Award Learning Network

Building small organizations’ capacity for patient-centered outcomes and clinical effectiveness research

Client:

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

All of Us Participant & Partner Services Center

Providing subject matter expertise and secure technology for All of Us staff and participants

Client:

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS)

The most comprehensive source of data on Medicare spending and the evolving needs of beneficiaries

Client:

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

AHRQ Safety Program for Telemedicine

Improving patient safety in the telemedicine environment

Client:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Survey of Today’s Adolescent Relationships & Transitions

Understanding sexual behavior of Black and Latino young men to prevent HIV

Client:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Adolescent and School Health

Publications

Research Library & Findings