January, 2012 CURRICULUM VITAE Susan R. Tortolero, Ph.D ...

Susan R. Tortolero
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Risk Assessment Instrument for Alternative School Youth. Poster presented at The University of Texas
Health Science Center at Houston Faculty Research Day. Houston, TX. Oct. 2006.
Schuster MA, Windle M, Grunbaum JA, Elliott MN, Tortolero S, Cuccaro P, Gilliland MJ. Healthy
Passages: A Multilevel, Multimethod Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Oral presentation at
Session 3049, “Conception through Adolescence: Longitudinal Community‐Based Studies of Children’s
Health,” at the 134 th APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition. Boston, MA. Nov. 4–8, 2006.
Gilliland MJ, Eden A, Tortolero S, Grunbaum JA, Elliott MN, Cuccaro P, Stein B, Schuster MA. Mental
Health Implications of Children’s Concerns About Terrorism: The Healthy Passages Study. Oral
presentation at Session 3053, “Preparation for and Mental Health Effects of Disaster,” at the 134 th APHA
Annual Meeting and Exposition. Boston, MA. Nov. 4–8, 2006.
Markham C, Tortolero S, Peskin M, Shegog R, Addy R, Baumler E, McKirahan N, Spooner K, Escobar‐
Chaves L, Thiel M. Short‐Term Impact Evaluation of “It’s Your Game, Keep It Real”: A Multimedia HIV/STI
and Pregnancy Prevention Intervention for Middle School Youth. Oral presentation at Session 3150,
“Sexual Health Issues of Youth,” at the 134 th APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition. Boston, MA. Nov. 4–
8, 2006.
Garza JC, Tortolero S, Markham C, Addy R. Psychosocial and Behavioral Correlates of Teen Pregnancy
Among Girls in Alternative Schools. Poster presented at Session 3382, “ATOD and Sexual Issues among
Students,” at the 134 th APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition. Boston, MA. Nov. 4–8, 2006.
Tortolero SR. Short‐Term Evaluation of a Multimedia HIV/STI and Pregnancy Prevention for Middle
School Youth. Presented as part of Symposium S0023, “Health Risk Behaviors in Children and
Adolescents” (La Greca AM, chair), at the 9 th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine. Bangkok,
Thailand. Nov. 30, 2006.
Wallander JL, Dittus P, Kanouse D, Parcel G, Tortolero S, Windle M, Schuster M. Health Risk Behaviors
and Their Correlates in Early Adolescence in Different Race/Ethnic Groups: The Healthy Passages Study.
Paper presented at the 9 th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine. Bangkok, Thailand. Nov. 30,
2006.
Gilliland J, Windle M, Grunbaum JA, Hoelscher D, Tortolero S, Yancey A, Schuster M. BMI, Body Image,
and Children’s Mental Health. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral
Medicine. Boston, MA. Apr. 13–16, 2005.
Dancel TM, Coton C, Shegog R, Markham C, Fleschler M, Ledet R, Pena R, Tortolero SR. “It’s Your Game…
Keep It Real”: Feasibility of an Innovative Multimedia “Virtual World” to Prevent HIV/STI and Pregnancy
in Middle‐School Youth. Poster presented at the 6 th Advances in Teaching and Learning: Scholarship of
Teaching annual regional conference, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Houston, TX. May 10, 2005. (Awarded first prize for best presentation)
Cardarelli KM, Vernon SW, Baumler ER, Tortolero SR, Low MD. Pathways Linking Education and
Diabetes: The Role of Psychosocial Factors. Poster presented at the joint meeting of the Society for
Epidemiological Research/Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Toronto, Canada. June
27–30, 2005.
Barber M, Reininger B, Tortolero S, Murray N. Engaging Stakeholders in the Development of a
Prevention Research Center’s Evaluation Plan. Part of a panel presentation on "Developing and