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

Susan R. Tortolero
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2000 Chair: Fleschler MA. Demographic, psychosocial, and other risk behaviors associated
with lifetime inhalant use among students at alternative high schools in Texas. MS
(Epidemiology).
Advisor: Chen Y. Use of socioeconomic data from public school attendance zones to
map the distribution of race and urban poverty: correspondence with public health
data. MPH.
Chair: Sayre S. Determining predictors of attrition in an outpatient substance abuse
program. MPH.
Advisor: Tyrrell SD. Program to improve the asthma‐related environment of urban
elementary schools: an application to the intervention mapping framework. MPH.
1999 Advisor: Davis LL. Clinical intervention to improve asthma management and outcomes
in adults. MPH.
Advisor: Miller J. Ethnic differences in the use of alternative medical therapies in an
urban pediatric clinic: a pilot study. MPH.
Advisor: Todd LB. The effect of light reduction on retinopathy of prematurity: a meta‐
analysis. MS.
1998 Chair: Escobar Chaves SL. The impact of media on Latino adolescents. MPH.
Chair: Mittal C. Measuring functional status: a comparison of SF‐36 health scores for
persons with asthma and persons with hypertension. MPH.
Chair: Rocha MEM. The relationship between nonadherence and recurrent disease: a
case‐comparison study of DNA fingerprint clustering of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
isolates among recurrent and primary tuberculosis cases. MPH.
Advisor: Samuel SV. Physician and patient characteristics in outpatient breast cancer
screening. MPH.
1997 Chair: Amschwand ML. Religiosity, sexual behavior and safe sex practices among high‐
risk youth in Texas. MPH.
Advisor: Heesch KC. Determinants of continuous versus intermittent walking. MPH.
Advisor: Pilkinton KA. Assessing the association between ethnic status and asthma in
children: a case‐control study. MPH.
1996 Chair: Dautel PJ. Development and pilot test of an environmental observation checklist
of elementary schools for children with asthma. MPH.
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS
2006–present Chair, McGovern Lectureship Committee
2006 Advisory Committee, The University of Texas School of Public Health, Cancer
2003 Ad Hoc Building Committee Prevention and Control Training Program
2002 Search Committee for Director of Research Services Committee (SPH)
2002 Search Committee for Director of Office of Sponsored Projects (UTHSC‐H)
2000–2001 Search Committee for position in cardiovascular epidemiology (SPH)
2000 Public Health Medicine Task Force
2000 Postdoctoral Education Committee (UTHSC‐H)
1999–2000 SACS Self Study Affiliates Training Team (UTHSC‐H accreditation)
COMMUNITY SERVICE
2008–present Vice Chair, Member, Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
2008–present Member, Children at Risk Institute