Resume: CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH RESEARCHER/PROMOTER, WRITER, ARTIST
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ResumeId: 1000145123
Position: CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH RESEARCHER/PROMOTER, WRITER, ARTIST
City/State/Zip: AUSTIN, TX 78703
Location:
Relocate: Y
Years Exp: 5/10
Salary: $50K
Salary Type: HR
Position Type: C
Resume:
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EXPERIENCE
· Extensive hands-on experience developing, implementing, evaluating and disseminating adolescent health promotion programs, including a strong emphasis in adolescent smoking cessation, violence prevention, physical activity and nutrition.
· Sound training in epidemiology, statistical analysis, study design, measurement/ survey development, health promotion theory, program planning and implementation methodology.
· Cross-training in both qualitative and quantitative research methodology.
· Extensive experience working with ethnically diverse populations; English-Spanish bilingual.
· Excellent technical, academic, creative and grant writing skills; complete competence and efficiency with quantitative and qualitative data management and analytic software, as well as word processing, graphics, desktop publications and presentation software.
RELEVANT WORK HISTORY
Project Director, Diffusion Coordinator
CATCH Across Texas/ Dissertation Research Project
Center for Health Promotion Research and Development, UT-Houston School of Public Health
June, 1998- present
The Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH) was developed and proven effective (results published in the Journal of the American Medical Association) in improving children's physical activity and nutrition levels. The impact of this program can only be realized through population-based diffusion. This dissertation project includes three phases: 1) reviews the natural history of the diffusion of CATCH in Texas, 2) develops and pilots a model for the expedited diffusion of CATCH, and 3) implements and evaluates that model in a large-scale comparative design among three of the 20 Texas Education Service Center regions. To date, over 600 schools have adopted the program.
Adolescent Health Fellow
Leadership in Adolescent Health (LEAH)
Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine
September, 1998-May, 1999
LEAH is an interdisciplinary leadership education program funded by a grant from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to promote the development of integrated solutions to adolescent health problems. Professionals in medicine, nursing, nutrition, social work, psychology and now public health collaborate to address a broad range of teen issues in a number of classroom and practice settings. My role as the first public health fellow to participate in LEAH has been to offer perspective on generating population-based solutions to adolescent health problems, and also to bring a better understanding of the scope of clinical practice issues to my own research and program development.
Lecturer
Topics in Adolescent Health
University of Houston Department of Health and Human Performance
January-May, 1999
This mid-level undergraduate course provided an overview of topics in adolescent health, with strong emphasis on a review of the determinants and methodology for prevention of risk behaviors prioritized by the Healthy People 2000 objectives (tobacco, alcohol and drug use, physical activity and nutrition, sexual intercourse, intentional and unintentional injuries). Primary job responsibilities included weekly planning of course materials and presentations, lecturing, facilitating guest speaker presentations, writing and delivering exams, grading exams, papers and presentations, supervising and advising students.
Project Director
Stage-based Smoking Cessation Recruitment and Intervention
Center for Health Promotion Research and Development, UT Health Science Center at Houston
October, 1997- September, 1998
The Smoking Cessation Recruitment project is a study funded by a CDC SIP grant to assess the efficacy of stage-matched (Transtheoretical Model of behavior change) recruitment techniques in comparison to usual care. Primary job responsibilities included survey instrument development, stage-based intervention development, school recruitment, data collection, data management, data analysis, and paper writing, as well as supervision of project staff.
Project Manager
Ethnic Differences in Smoking Project/ Adolescent Smoking Cessation Project
Center for Health Promotion Research and Development, UT Health Science Center at Houston
September, 1996- September, 1997
The Ethnic Differences project was a part of the Tobacco Network CDC sponsored multi-center qualitative study of youth perceptions of tobacco use. Primary job responsibilities included data collection, analysis and report writing, as well as limited oversight of project staff. The Adolescent Smoking Cessation project was a K-07 grant awarded to Dr. Laura McCormick for the purpose of the development and pilot of a survey instrument measuring behavioral and cognitive indicators of adolescent smoking acquisition and cessation. Primary job responsibilities included survey item development, school recruiting, survey implementation and data management. Post-employment responsibilities included data analysis and report writing.
Teaching Assistant
Health Promotion Planning, Implementation & Evaluation Class
UT Health Science Center School of Public Health at Houston
September-December, 1997
This course, taught by Guy Parcel, Ph.D., Kay Bartholomew, Ed.D., M.P.H. and Jan Groff, M.D., Ph.D., facilitates use of the Intervention Mapping framework to integrate empirical evidence, theory and new data into a comprehensive plan which moves a planning group from a needs assessment through program planning, development, implementation, adoption and evaluation. Primary responsibilities include facilitating class planning groups in their understanding and use of Intervention Mapping to address a select public health problem.
Editorial Assistant
Intervention Mapping Textbook
UT Health Science Center School of Public Health at Houston
September 1996- December, 1997
A textbook on the methodology of health promotion and health education planning, implementation and evaluation is currently being written by professors Kay Bartholomew and Guy Parcel (University of Texas at Houston) and Gerjo Kok (University of Maastricht, the Netherlands). Primary job responsibilities include clarification and discussion of Intervention Mapping methodology, extensive editing, reorganization and rewriting of chapters and related papers, as well as preparing manuscripts and drafts for distribution or submission for publication.
Intervention Coordinator
Students for Peace Youth Violence Prevention Project
Center for Health Promotion Research and Development, UT Health Science Center at Houston
January 1995 - August-1996
Students for Peace is a project of the Centers for Health Promotion Research and Development at the University of Texas School of Public Health. Primary job responsibilities have included development, implementation and evaluation of a comprehensive violence prevention intervention among 10,000 HISD middle school students in 8 area schools. Primary responsibilities also included extensive report writing and editing, data collection and analyses.
Planning Committee Member, Assistant to Coordinator, and Camp Facilitator
Conscious Posse II Youth Camp, Puntarenas, Belize, 1993
Conscious Posse was initiated in the vacation months of 1992 as an intervention in response to escalating gang violence problems in Belize City. (Project sponsored by the Society for the Promotion of Education and Research (SPEAR) and the Ministry of Education of Belize.)
Belize Program Coordinator
Institute for Central American Development Studies (ICADS), Belize City, Belize, 1993
ICADS is a non-profit non-governmental organization based in San Jose, Costa Rica, which provides university-accredited internships in community development through field study in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Belize. Field study areas include health, environmental studies, human rights and women's issues. Primary job responsibilities for ICADS included:
· Networking with existing Belizean social programs and field researchers to identify community and project needs and resources;
· Interviewing ICADS students to identify career and curricular interests, skills and educational background;
· Designing, coordinating, and supervising eight week internships for students which supported community organization and program needs and also fulfilled the educational and personal interest goals of students;
· Providing orientation about the social, political, economic, cultural, historical and geographical environment of the host country;
· Developing a Belize survival guide to inform students of health and safety hazards, and the “ins and outs” of health maintenance and emergency care in Belize;
· Evaluating student performance and;
· Budget writing and accounting for ICADS Belize program expenses.
Substitute Teacher
Austin Independent School District, Austin, 1992
Kindergarten through high school, including Spanish speaking and special education classes: all subjects.
Volunteer Mentor, Counselor and Tutor
Austin Independent School District, Austin, 1991-92
Robbins High School (an alternative learning center for at risk youth).
Cultural Pride Promoter, Health Discussion Facilitator and Clinic Liaison
KeköLdi Indigenous Reserve, Talamanca Mountains, Costa Rica, 1990
Activities included use of drama, story-telling, discussion of indigenous history and Bribri language classes to promote pride of indigenous heritage and to encourage communication between community youth and elders. Additional community health discussion topics included tropical diseases, diarrheas, AIDS, first aid, water and prenatal health. (Part of an independent field study project for the Institute for Central American Development Studies, San Jose, Costa Rica.)
Sex Education Facilitator
Austin Independent School District, Austin, 1988
Workshop for pregnant and parenting teenagers which covered the basics of reproductive anatomy, STD awareness and prevention, and birth control methods. (Project coordinated by Communities in Schools and Planned Parenthood of Austin.)
ACADEMIC HISTORY
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, 1997-present
Doctoral Candidate in Public Health
(anticipated graduation May, 2000)
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, 1995-1996
Master of Public Health (Community Health Promotion)
University of Texas, Austin, 1988-1992
B.A. Liberal Arts (English) with Honors
Minor in Spanish
PUBLICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL PAPERS
Current
Orpinas P., Kelder S., Murray N., Fourney A., Conroy J., McReynolds L., & Peters, R. (1996). Critical Issues in the Implementation of a Comprehensive Violence-Prevention Program for Middle Schools: Translating Theory to Practice. Education and Urban Society. 28(4) 456-471.
Kelder, S.H., Peters, R.J.Jr., Conroy, J.L. (1996). A Position Paper on Youth Tobacco Onset and Prevention prepared for The American Cancer Society. (Unpublished)
Working Papers
Conroy, J.L, L.C. Masse. Quantitative assessment, by gender and aggression level, of factors mediating the attention paid to role models, demonstrated in the context of the Celebrity Interviews section of SMART Talk, a computerized conflict resolution program. (Submitted)
Conroy, J.L., Kelder, S.H., Orpinas, P., Murray, N.M. Adolescent Aggression and Exposure to Community Violence.
Murray, N. & Conroy, JL. Physical Activity and Aggression in Middle School Students.
Conroy, J.L., Prokhorov, A., deMoor, C., Kelder, S. The pros and cons of smoking in a large sample of semi-urban adolescent students.
Prokhorov, AV, Kelder,SH, Conroy,JL, DeMoor, C. Validation of the Fagerstrom Tolerance Scale in a large sample of adolescent smokers.
Peters, R, Kelder, SH, Conroy, JL. The prevalence and trends in inhalant use among a large sample of middle school students.
Conroy, JL, Kelder, SK, Parcel, GS, Murray, NM, Hoelscher, DM, Gottleib, N. CATCH Across Texas: An historical perspective on the dissemination and adoption of a school-based nutrition and physical activity program. (dissertation paper)
Conroy, JL, Kelder, SK, Parcel, GS, Murray, NM, Hoelscher, DM, Gottleib, N. CATCH Across Texas: Developing a model to accelerate the dissemination and adoption of a school-based nutrition and physical activity program. (dissertation paper)
Conroy, JL, Kelder, SK, Parcel, GS, Murray, NM, Hoelscher, DM, Gottleib, N. CATCH Across Texas: Evaluating a model designed to accelerate the dissemination and adoption of a school-based nutrition and physical activity program. (dissertation paper)
PRESENTATIONS
Kelder, SH, Hoelscher, DM, Cribb, P, Conroy, J, & Murray, N. Dissemination of the Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH) Program in Texas. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Chicago, November, 1999.
Murray, NG., Conroy, JL, Montgomery, D., Kelder, SH, Cribb, P,. CATCH Diffusion Project. UT-Houston Health Science Center, Faculty Symposium, October, 1999.
Montgomery, D., Kelder, SH, Cribb, P, Conroy, JL. Dissemination of the Child and adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH) Program in Texas. Society for Nutrition Education Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, July, 1999.
Conroy, J.L., Kelder, SH, Prokhorov, A. "Smoking Acquisition and Cessation: Validating the Transtheoretical Model Among a Large Sample of Teens. Paper presented at the Society for Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting, San Diego, March, 1999.
Prokhorov, AV, de Moor, CA, Kelder, SH, Conroy, JL, Ordway, N. Nicotine dependence and withdrawal symptoms in a large sample of adolescent smokers. Paper presented at the Society for Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting, San Diego, March, 1999.
Murray, NG, Conroy JL, Kelder, SH, Orpinas, P. Type of physical activity and level of aggression in urban sixth -graders. Presentation at: American College of Sports Medicine. Denver, CO., June 1997.
Conroy JL, Kelder SH, Murray NG, Orpinas P. Environmental exposures and adolescent aggression. Paper presented at the Society for Behavioral Medicine, San Francisco, CA, 1997.
Conroy, JL. Adolescent Smoking Cessation and Recruitment: A Stage-based approach, guest lecture. UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston. June, 1998.
Murray, NG, Conroy, JL. Youth violence prevention: Evaluation of a school-based intervention. Guest lecture, U.T. School of Public Health, Houston. April, 1998.
Conroy, J.L. , Masse, LC. Quantitative assessment, by gender and aggression level, of factors mediating the attention paid to role models, demonstrated in the context of the Celebrity Interviews section of SMART Talk, a computerized conflict resolution program. Paper presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN, November 1997:
ACADEMIC AWARDS
National Cancer Institute Pre-doctoral Fellow. Dissertation Title: CATCH Across Texas-- Developing a Model for the Diffusion of School-Based Health Promotion Programs. September, 1998-present.
Maternal and Child Health Bureau Leadership Education in Adolescent Health, Research Fellow. Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, 1998-1999.
Cancer Research Trainee, U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Adolescent Smoking Cessation and Recruitment: A Stage-based approach., March-June, 1998.
Winner, 1st Annual School Health Education Student Abstract Competition: Quantitative assessment, by gender and aggression level, of factors mediating the attention paid to role models, demonstrated in the context of the Celebrity Interviews section of SMART Talk, a computerized conflict resolution program. American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Indianapolis, November 1997.
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