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

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Chair: Hatch BR. Prevalence of depressive symptoms in urban middle and high school
Hispanic and African American students. MPH.
Advisor: Jones JW. Physicians’ adherence to CDC standards for physical activity
counseling of older women in a cardiology practice in Texas: an exploratory study.
MPH.
Chair: Thiel MA. Internet use, exposure to Internet pornography, and sexual behavior
among middle school youth. MPH.
2006 Advisor: Baum GP. The effect of comorbid psychiatric disorders on risk of continued
alcohol dependence in a cohort of female DWI offenders. MS (Epidemiology).
Chair: Halterman SL. The Open Door Mission: measuring and predicting outcomes of
one community‐based substance abuse treatment program. MPH.
Chair: Meyer SA. Five years later: exploring resilience among maltreated and
institutionalized delinquent youth in Texas. MPH.
Chair: Needham HE. Determining the relationship between health literacy and risk for
sexually transmitted infections in young women. MPH.
2005 Advisor: Beaver JSH. Logistic regression and CART (Classification And Regressio[n] Tree)
analysis in lung cancer with nutrition case‐control study. MS (Biology).
Chair: Dancel TM. Emergency contraception knowledge, attitudes, and use among
alternative high school use. MPH.
Chair: Ledet RM. The impact of subjective social status on sexual risk behaviors among
alternative high school youth. MPH.
Chair: Liscum SL. Predictors of patient withdrawal from a cardiac rehabilitation
program. MPH.
Advisor: Sarayka SS. Pregnancy outcomes: difference between U.S. born and foreign‐
born women in major racial/ethnic groups in Harris County, Texas, U.S.A. MPH.
2004 Chair: Bortot AT. Condom use of incarcerated adolescent males: knowledge and
practice. MPH.
Chair: Eggleston KS. Socioeconomic status as a predictor of cervical cancer survival in
Texas, 1995–2001. MS (Epidemiology).
2003 Chair: Barber MC. HIV testing among high‐risk adolescents. MPH.
Chair: Garza JC. Psychosocial and behavioral correlates of teen pregnancy among girls
in alternative schools. MPH.
Advisor: Hurt DD. How do mothers communicate with their children about sex? MPH.
Advisor: Petrucci CA. Suicide ideation, attempt and family support in a sample of gay,
lesbian, and bisexual adolescents in three Texas cities. MPH.
2002 Chair: Campalans RI. Hazards in family day care homes. MS (Epidemiology).
Chair: Jones JP. Description of parent‐reported asthma‐related symptoms and
diagnosis among adolescents. MS (Epidemiology).
Advisor: McKirahan NK. The association between family connectedness and substance
use among alternative high school youth. MPH.
Advisor: Sun D. Prevalence and risk factors for asthma and wheezing in the U.S.
population: data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS): 1999. MS
(Epidemiology).
2001 Chair: Countryman SN. Correlates of violent behavior among alternative high school
students in Texas. MPH.
Chair: Gilmore MN. Understanding sexual risk taking in African American adolescents:
using focus groups to inform interventions. MPH.