Biography
Dr. Ursula Keller Weiss is the Director of the Network for Clinical Research, Training, and Community Engagement (NCRT-CE) and a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine at the Florida State University (FSU) College of Medicine. Dr. Weiss leads the FSU Community Engagement Leaders Committee and co-leads the Community Engagement Core of the FSU-UF Clinical and Translational Science Award. She has held previous leadership positions in various public and private health sectors, including the Florida Department of Health, the Agency for Health Care Administration, and Mount Sinai Medical Center.
As Director of NCRT-CE, Dr. Weiss oversees consultation and services of clinical and translational research and community engagement activities for the FSU College of Medicine. She also supports the translational research activities associated with the University of Florida–Florida State University Clinical and Translational Science Award at FSU. A key focus is on rural health, minority and underserved populations, health equity, and community-engaged research.
Dr. Weiss has bachelor’s degrees in International Affairs and Political Science/Sociology with honors and a master’s and Ph.D. in Sociology with a concentration in Demography and Population Health from Florida State University.
Education
Dr. Weiss has bachelor’s degrees in International Affairs and Political Science/Sociology with honors and a master’s and Ph.D. in Sociology with a concentration in Demography and Population Health from Florida State University.
Selected Publications
DuClos, Chris, John Folsom, Jessica Joiner, Melissa Jordan, Keshia Reid, Marie Bailey, Alyssa Cohen, Karen Freeman, Jennifer Johnson, Katherine McDaniel, Ursula Weiss. 2021. “Mapping Chronic Disease Risk Factors with ArcGIS Online in Support of COVID-19 Response Efforts in Florida.” Preventing Chronic Disease 18:200647, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd18.200647.
Randolph, Karen, Leah Cheatham, Ursula Keller Weiss and Jaclyn Williams. 2017. “Exposure to Parent and Peer Alcohol Use and the Risk of Drinking Onset and Escalation among Adolescents.” Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal 35: 97-106, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-017-0516-2.
Lamelas, Joseph, Maurice Mawad, Roy Williams, Ursula Weiss Keller, Qianzi Zhang and Angelo LaPietra. 2017 “Isolated and Concomitant Minimally Invasive Minithoracotomy Aortic Valve Surgery.” The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 155(3):926-936, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.09.044.
Krishna, Rama K, Orlando Santana, Chistos G. Mihos, Andres M. Pineda, Ursula Keller Weiss, Joseph Lamelas. 2014. “Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement in Octogenarians Performed via A Right Anterior Thoracotomy Approach.” Journal of Heart Valve Disease 23(6): 671-674.
Weiss, Ursula Keller and Kathryn Harker Tillman. 2009. “Risky Sexual Behaviors among Hispanic Young Adults in South Florida: Nativity, Age-at-Immigration, and Gender Differences.” Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 41(4): 202-209.
Tillman, Kathryn Harker and Ursula Keller Weiss. 2009. “Nativity Status and Depressive Symptoms among Hispanic Young Adults: The Role of Stress Exposure.” Social Science Quarterly 90(5):1228-1250.
Keller, Ursula and Kathryn Harker Tillman. 2008. “Post-Secondary Educational Attainment of Immigrant and Native Youth.” Social Forces 87(1):121-152.
