TODD C. EDWARDS, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Health Services Department
University of Washington
Todd C. Edwards, Ph.D. is a
Research Scientist in the Health Services Department at the University of
Washington in Seattle. His research
interests include community development and participation, knowledge
utilization in public policy formulation, and quality of life as a societal
issue. He has worked for the past 4
years with Dr. Donald Patrick and the rest of the Youth Quality of Life (YQOL)
Research Group on studies of quality of life among children and adolescents
with and without chronic conditions and disabilities. The YQOL Group recently completed psychometric validation work on
an instrument called the Youth Quality of Life Instrument – Research Version
(YQOL-R) (Edwards, Huebner, Connell, & Patrick, in press; Patrick, Edwards,
& Topolski, in press), a generic instrument they developed which is
designed for youth ages 12 to 18 with and without chronic conditions. Information on the YQOL Group and use of the
YQOL instruments will be made available on the following website in the near
future: http://www.depts.washington.edu/hserv/yqol.