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CURRICULUM VITAE June 15, 2015
NAME: Jeanette M. Trauth
BUSINESS ADDRESS: 4080 Lab Pavilion, PUBHL
Department of Behavioral &
Community Health Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone: (412) 624-0968
Fax: (412) 624-5510
Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Undergraduate
1971-1974 University of Dayton
Dayton, Ohio
B.S. 1974
Education
Graduate
1976-1978 University of
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
M.P.A. 1978 Public
Administration
1980-1981 Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York
M. S. 1981 Science,
Technology,
Values
1981-1988 University of
Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
PhD. 1988 Public
Administration
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APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS
2012-Present Affiliate Faculty Center for Health Equity, Department of
Behavioral & Community Health
Sciences, Graduate School of Public
Health, University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA.
2004-Present
Director, Doctoral
Program
Department of Behavioral & Community
Health Sciences GSPH,
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
2003- Present Associate Professor Department of Behavioral & Community
Health Sciences GSPH,
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
2003-2009 Affiliate Faculty Center for Health Equity Research and
Promotion, VA HSR&D Center of
Excellence VA Pittsburgh Healthcare
System
Pittsburgh, PA
2002- Present Secondary Appointment Department of Health Policy &
Management GSPH,
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
1996-Present Research Faculty University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Biobehavioral Medicine in Oncology
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
1995-2002 Director, Joint Masters
Degree Program in
Health Promotion and
Education
Graduate School of Public Health
and School of Education,
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA.
1994-2003 Assistant Professor
Department of Behavioral & Community
Health Sciences
GSPH, University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
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1991-1994 Research Assistant
Professor
Department of Health Services
Administration, GSPH,
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
1990-1991 Research Associate
Department of Health Services
Administration, GSPH,
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Non-Academic
1988-1990 Research Associate &
Program Director
Center for Social & Urban
Research, Risk and Emergency
Management Program,
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
1982-1985 Graduate Student
Researcher
Center for Social & Urban Research,
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
1981 Research Associate Program Development Group
New York State Legislature,
Albany, New York
1977-1980 Research Associate Pennsylvania Economy League,
Pittsburgh, PA
CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE
Specialty Certification
2012 Group Lifestyle Balance
Training Workshop
The Diabetes Prevention
Support Center, Graduate
School of Public Health,
University of Pittsburgh
2011 Community-Based
Participatory Research for
Health Equity Summer
Institute
San Francisco State
University and UC
Berkeley, San Francisco,
California
2005 Motivational Interviewing
Treatment Integrity: MITI
Coding Training
Squaretop Training and
Consulting,
Sante Fe, New Mexico
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2003 Motivational Interviewing
Change Planning for
Health Behaviors
Western Psychiatric
Institute & Clinic,
University of Pittsburgh
2003 Crisis and Emergency Risk
Communications Course
Graduate School of Public
Health, University of
Pittsburgh
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC
SOCIETIES
2007 – 2012 American Academy on Communication in Healthcare
2006 - 2012 European Association for Communication in Healthcare
2002 - Present Society for Public Health Education
1997 - Present American Public Health Association
HONORS
2009 Chancellor’s Affirmative Action Award to Provost’s Advisory
Committee on Women’s Concerns (PACWC).
The award is shared by all those who served on this committee over the
26 years of its existence. I served from 1997-2000.
2003 Steven D. Manners Faculty Development Award, University of
Pittsburgh
1996 Delta Omega Honor Society, Omicron Chapter
1986 Provost's Development Award for Dissertation Research, University of
Pittsburgh
1981-1982 Graduate Student Assistantship, Ph.D. Program, GSPIA, University of
Pittsburgh
1981 Outstanding Young Women of America
1981 Graduate Scholars Program Award
New York State Legislature
1980 -1981 Graduate Student Assistantship
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1971 -1974 Dean’s List, University of Dayton
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
1. Teaching
a. Courses Taught
Years
Taught
2015
Course Number: Title
BCHS 3004: Integrative
Research Seminar: Grant
Writing
Hours of
Lecture, credits
Average
Enrollment
2 hrs/biweekly;
1 Cr.; 4-6
students (Spring)
Role in course
Primary/Coordinator
Primary Co-Instructor
2012-
Present
BCHS 3703: DrPH
Executive Management
Practicum
4hr/mo; 3 Cr.
1-2 students
(Year-round)
Primary
2010-
Present
BCHS 3555: Doctoral
Seminar in Behavioral and
Community Health Sciences
Theories and Models
3 hrs/wk; 3 Cr.
4-6 students
(Spring)
Primary Co-Instructor
1996 -
Present
BCHS 2520: Theories of
Health Behavior & Health
Education
3 hrs/wk; 3 Cr.
20-25 students
(Fall & Spring)
Primary
2006-
2007
BCHS 2504 Health
Communication
3 hrs/wk; 3 Cr.
25 students
Primary
2005-
2006
CLRES 2410: Translating
Research into Practice
2 hrs/wk; 1 Cr.
15 students
Instructor
2000 –
2005
BIOST 2062: Clinical
Trials Methods and
Practice
3 hrs/wk; 3 Cr.
8 students
Co-Instructor
b. Other Teaching (lectures, tutorials and continuing education courses)
Date(s) Type of Teaching Title
March 24, 2014 Guest Lecture BCHS 2528: Integrative Seminar in
Health Equity
Oct 30, 2013 Guest Lecture BCHS 2526: Health Equity Research:
Methods & Interventions
April 17, 2013 Guest Lecture PUBHLT: Essentials of Public Health
Feb 26, 2013 Guest Lecture BCHS 2524: Overview of Health Equity
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b. Other Teaching (lectures, tutorials and continuing education courses)
February 20,
2013
Guest Lecture HPM Doctoral Comprehensive Exam
Review
Jan 23, 2013 Guest Lecture PUBHLT 1002: Special Studies in
Global Health
Dec. 2012 Guest Lecture BCHS 2525 Intro to Applied Research
Sept 19, 2011 Guest Lecture BCHS 2558 Program Evaluation
Spring 2010 Guest Lecture BCHS 2558 Program Evaluation
March 26, 2008 Guest Lecture BCHS 2504 Overview of Health
Communication
February 26,
2007
Guest Lecture HPM 2010 Organizational Studies:
Theory and Application to HealthCare
Systems
June 19, 2006 Faculty Mentor for the
Cancer Oral Platform
Presentation Group
The 2006 Summer Research Career
Development Institute in Minority Health
and Health Disparities, Center for
Minority Health,
Graduate School of Public Health,
University of Pittsburgh
February 21,
2005
Guest Lecturer EPIDEM 2271-2274 Advanced Topics in
Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention
February 9,
2005
Guest Lecturer BCHS 2522 Public Health Program
Planning
Spring Term
2005, 2004,
2003, 2002,
2001
Guest Lecturer BCHS 2532 Dimensions of Aging:
Culture and Health
Fall 2002 Guest Lecturer BCHS 2558 Health Program Evaluation,
Fall 2002 Guest Lecturer BCHS 2008 Capstone Course
Fall 2002,
Spring 1995,
1993
Guest Lecturer HSADM 3004 Doctoral Seminar in
Health Services Research
Spring 2000,
1999, 1992
Guest Lecturer HSADM 2502 Social and Behavioral
Aspects of Public Health Practice,.
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b. Other Teaching (lectures, tutorials and continuing education courses)
Summer 1998 Guest Lecturer Nursing 3040 Doctoral Seminar in
Chronic Disorders
Summer 1996,
1994, 1992.
Guest Lecturer EOH 2180 Introduction to the Risk
Sciences,
Summer 1994,
1993
Lecturer PA. Governor's School for Health Care
Professions, Public Health Specialty
Course for High School Students
Fall 1992 Participating Faculty Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics,
School of Medicine
Summer 1991 Guest Lecturer GSPIA 2115 Environmental
Management and Policy
Spring 1991 Guest Lecturer EOH 2035. Radiation Health Colloquium
Spring 1990 Guest Lecturer Political Science1252. State Government
c. Major Advisor for Graduate Student Essays, Theses, and Dissertations
Name of
Student
Johanna
Bellon
Degree
Awarded,
Year
Type of Document and Title
PhD Dissertation:
Inter-professional Practice:
Processes and Context
Notes
I am directing one of
her three manuscripts
for her dissertation
Ravi
Choudhuri
Megan Neuf
MPH
April 2015
MPH/MSW
April 2015
Essay Title: Improving
Pennsylvania Health Policy
Regarding Electronic
Cigarettes
Thesis Title: Pre-K for All?
Understanding the Perceptions
of Expanded Pre-K Policy in
Pennsylvania.
Delta Omega
Outstanding Masters
Student Award.
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c. Major Advisor for Graduate Student Essays, Theses, and Dissertations
Brianna
McDonough
MPH
April 2014
Thesis Title: Emergency
Preparedness Education for
Pregnant and Postpartum
Women: A Structured Review
of the Literature and an
Assessment of Selected Web-
Based Materials
Delta Omega
Outstanding Masters
Student Award.
Center for Public
Health Practice
Translation Award.
Jennifer Lea
MPH
April 2014
Thesis Title: A Water
Auditing Program for the
Brightmoor and Rosedale
Areas of Detroit, Michigan
Marquita
Smalls
MPH
April 2013
Thesis Title: A Synthesis of
the Literature on the
Relationship between Food
Access and Overweight and
Obesity in African American
Adolescents
Tina
Bhargava
DrPH
August 2012
Dissertation Title: Cognitive
Interference in Response to
Weight Loss Stimuli in
Individuals Participating in a
Structured Weight Loss
Program
Received the Delta
Omega National
Honor Society,
Omicron Chapter
Best Dissertation
Award for BCHS
student.
Hillary
Doerfler
MPH April
2011
Thesis Title: Using school
gardens as a vehicle for health
promotion for elementary
school youth: a review of the
literature
Wendy
Bezilla
MPH, April
2010
Thesis Title: Assessing
Fidelity and Use of Core
Implementation Components
in the Implementation of
a Brief Motivational
Intervention to Reduce Binge
Drinking Among College
Students: A Systematic
Review of the Literature
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c. Major Advisor for Graduate Student Essays, Theses, and Dissertations
Barb Folb MPH, April
2010
Thesis Title: Information
Practices of Disaster Response
Professionals: The
Preparedness Phase
Received pre-doctoral
fellowship from the
National Library of
Medicine for her
MPH.
Tarah
Mowers
MPH,
December
2008
Thesis Title: A Synthesis of
the Literature on Interventions
to Improve the Diets of
African American Youth in
Order to Prevent Overweight
& Obesity.
LaShawn
Curtis
DrPH,
August 2008
Dissertation Title: Using a
Mixed-Methods Case Study
Design to Explore, Evaluate
and Enhance a Cancer Patient
Navigation Program.
Received the Delta
Omega National
Honor Society,
Omicron Chapter,
Best Dissertation
Award for BCHS
student.
Nicole
Johnson
MPH
December
2007
Essay Title: Gaps in Diabetes
and Pregnancy Information
and Education Directed at
Diabetic Women
Received the
University of
Pittsburgh
Chancellor's Legacy
Laureate Award.
Amy J Cook
MPH
December
2006
Thesis Title: Caring for
Children with Type 1 Diabetes
During the School Day:
Challenges and
Recommendations
Nadra Tyus DrPH
August 2005
Dissertation Title: Predictors
of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea
Screening Behaviors Among
High-Risk Young Women.
Received GSPH
Outstanding Student
Award for Academic
Excellence in BCHS,
2005; She also
received a Post-
doctoral Fellowship,
Johns Hopkins
University, Fall 2005.
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c. Major Advisor for Graduate Student Essays, Theses, and Dissertations
Linda
Robertson
DrPH, June
2005
Dissertation Title: The Use of
Dietary Supplements Among
Individuals Enrolled in
Clinical Trials for the
Treatment of Cancer.
Received the Delta
Omega National
Honor Society,
Omicron Chapter
Best Dissertation
Award for BCHS
student.
Don Musa DrPH, April
2005 Dissertation Title: Neighborhood Environment
and the Functional Health of
Older Adults.
Received GSPH
Outstanding Student
Award for Academic
Excellence in BCHS,
2005; Inducted into
the Delta Omega
Omicron Chapter of
Delta Omega
National Honor
Society.
Krishnaveni
Dhir
MPH, April
2004
Essay Title: Intimate Partner
Violence: A Review of
Determinants and
Interventions.
David Hicks MPH,
August,
2003
Essay Title: Delineating the
Cause, Effect and Factors
Related to Youth Violence and
its Prevention in the United
States.
Rose Kaucic
MHPE,
August 2002
Thesis Title: A Primary Care
Weight Control Physician-
Delivered-Intervention.
Dianne
Asher
Lescisin
MHPE, June
2001
Thesis Title: A Training
Needs Assessment of Medical
Interns: Student Perceptions
of Intern Teaching
Effectiveness During the
Internal Medicine Clerkship.
Margaret
Kuder
MHPE,
April 2001
Thesis Title: An Evaluation of
Tell A Friend: An American
Cancer Society Cancer Control
Program.
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c. Major Advisor for Graduate Student Essays, Theses, and Dissertations
Diane
Helinski
MHPE,
August 2000
Thesis Title: Assessing the
Impact of a Folic Acid
Educational Intervention for
Health Care Providers.
Venise
Jackson
MHPE,
April 2000
Thesis Title: Child Care
Decision Making by Early
Head Start Families.
Sheri M.
Gallagher
MHPE,
April 1998
Thesis Title: An Analysis of
the Effectiveness of a
Community Cholesterol
Screening Program on
Behavior Change.
Dr. Nhung
Thi Tran
MHPE,
April 1998
Thesis Title: A Report on the
Design of a Diabetes Health
Education Intervention.
d. Service on Masters or Doctoral Committees
Dates Served Name of
Student
Degree
Awarded
Title of
Dissertation/Essay
May-July 2015
April 27, 2015
November 21, 2014
July 22, 2014
Paul Fast
Luis Duran
Johanna
Bellon
Keyonie
James
MPH
DrPH
PhD (HPM)
MPH
Thesis: Developing a Pilot
Study of Evidence-Based
PTSD Treatment in Port-
Au-Prince, Haiti
Dissertation Overview:
Embodied Cognition
Approaches to Health
Behavior Change
Dissertation Overview: Inter-professional Practice:
Processes and Context
Thesis: Perceived
neighborhood stressors
among women enrolled in
the Women, Infants and
Children (WIC) program in
Allegheny County, PA.
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d. Service on Masters or Doctoral Committees
Dates Served Name of
Student
Degree
Awarded
Title of
Dissertation/Essay
May 1, 2014 Marie
Fontelo
MPH Inspiring Students to
Pursue Science: A Program
Evaluation of Pitt Summer
Science Outreach
April 8, 2014 Jessica Deas
MPH Ovarian Cancer Workshop
Program at the University
of Pittsburgh: Survivors
and Clinicians Working
Together to Educate
Future Practitioners
April 1, 2014 William
Broughton
MPH FROM ACORNS GROW
OAKS: Exploring How
Nature-Based Activities in
Childhood Influence Adult
Behavior
April 8, 2013 Erica
Friedman
MPH The Effect of Physical
Activity on Body
Dissatisfaction and
Depressive Symptoms:
Does Race Matter?
April 4, 2013 Andrea
Vujanovic
MPH (HPM) History of Patient
Advocates Participation in
Cancer Research
April 2, 2013 Vanessa
Gatskie
MPH Antibiotic-Resistant
Gonorrhea: The Current
Threat and Future Public
Health Implications
March 19, 2013 Rachael
Monaghan
MS (Genetics) Peer-to-Peer Counseling
for Individuals Recently
Tested Positive for
Huntington’s Disease
March 8, 2013 Jason D Flatt PhD Exploring the Relationship
between Cognitive Health
and the Social Environment
of Older Adults
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d. Service on Masters or Doctoral Committees
Dates Served Name of
Student
Degree
Awarded
Title of
Dissertation/Essay
April 2012 Rachel
Pearlman
MPH (Genetics) Health Beliefs and Barriers
Inhibiting Individuals of
Ashkenazi Jewish Ancestry
from Seeking Cancer
Genetic Counseling
Services
April 2012 Chimeremma
Nnadi
PhD Cancer History, Smoking
Related Morbidities, Quality
of Life and Smoking
Cessation Behavior
April 2011 Courtney
Saltarski
MPH Economic Outcomes of
Large- Scale Human
Capital Development
Programs in Latin America
Utilizing Nutrition &
Educational Components
March 2011 Jennifer
Renee Jones
MPH Exploring Women’s
Perceptions of Barriers and
Facilitators Related to the
Breast Health Continuum
of Care
March 2011 Gina Rose
Londino
MPH Decisions, Decisions:
Developing Interactive
Fiction for Health
Communication
March 2011 Elian Aviraz
Rosenfeld
MPH The Need for Change: An
Examination of the Centers
for Disease Control and
Prevention’s Chlamydia
Screening
Recommendations
April 2010 Christina
Whitney
Kratz
MHA (HPM) Process Improvement: Will
These Initiatives Be
Successful With The
Organizational Culture of
the VA?
14
d. Service on Masters or Doctoral Committees
Dates Served Name of
Student
Degree
Awarded
Title of
Dissertation/Essay
April 2010 Brandon
Cicero
MPH Assessing the Utility of
Fixsen Et Al’s Model: A
Test of Concept Study
April 2010 Danielle
Nipper
MPH The Application of
Sustainability Assessment:
A Community Garden
Assessment Tool
April 2010 Morgan
Jesse
Rutkowski
MPH The Social and Economic
Effects of School Closure
During an H1N1 Influenza
A Epidemic in the United
States
August 2009 Samantha
Malone
MPH Applying Health
Communication Guidelines
to Environmental Health
Websites
April 2009 Xinxin Dong MPH Analysis of Effect of
Missing Data in the Study
of Racial Difference in
Endometrial Cancer
Survival
April 2009 Meghan
Talmadge
MPH The Influence of Social
Contextual Factors on the
Health Outcomes of Rural
Women
April 2008 Jennifer
Middleton
MMPH The Effect of a Targeted
Video Intervention on
Beliefs Regarding
Hypertension
April 2008 Katie Philip MPH Low Cost Water Quality
Interventions for the
Prevention of Diarrheal
Disease
15
d. Service on Masters or Doctoral Committees
Dates Served Name of
Student
Degree
Awarded
Title of
Dissertation/Essay
August 2007 Keisha
Robinson
DrPH The Applicability and
Usage of the International
Classification of
Functioning, , Disability
and Health (ICF) to
Address Obesity among US
Women
June 2007 Sarah Grams MP (Genetics) International Genetic
Counseling and the Lessons
Learned in India.
April 2007 Kathleen
O’Malley
BS University
Honors College
Depression and
Hemoglobin A1c as
Mediated by Self-Efficacy
in People with Type 2
Diabetes
March 2006 Elizabeth A.
Jenkins
MS (Genetic
Counseling)
A Study of Minor Physical
Anomalies in Twin Pairs
Age 5-12 Years: A
Predictor of Behavioral
Variation
April 2003 Louise Platt
Schulhof
MHPE Knowing When to Quit, A
Theory-Driven, Smoking
Cessation Workshop At
UPMC Braddock
April 2003 Jamie Wolf MHPE Worksite Health Promotion
Pilot Test: A Discussion of
an Occupationally-Based
Physical Fitness Program
April 2003 Jennifer
Cribbons
MHPE An Evaluation of Health
Behavior Change: The
Impact of a Lifestyle
Wellness Screening
Dec 2002 Carena Hart MPH (Epi) Questionnaire to Assess
Historical Leisure Physical
Activity in Post-
Menopausal Women
16
d. Service on Masters or Doctoral Committees
Dates Served Name of
Student
Degree
Awarded
Title of
Dissertation/Essay
Dec 2002 Keith Palm MHPE A Self-Directed Distance-
Learning Course for Nurses
on Biological Disasters
Dec 2002 Angie
Gomez
Franco
MHPE Behavioral Weight Loss: A
Theory-Driven Community
Intervention
April 2002 Laura Lynn
Dudlicek
MS (Genetics) The Status of Genetics
Education in US Dental
Schools
Nov 1999 Pam
Overberger
MHPE Planning and Implementing
an Employee Wellness
Program: Children's
Hospital of Pittsburgh
Employee Wellness
Program
July 1999 James Butler DrPH Being There: Exploring the
Fatherhood Experiences
and Beliefs of Low-Income
Urban African American
Males
April 1999 Robert Berry MHPE Small, For-Profit Health
Promotion Program
Providers: Implications and
Recommendations
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e. Service on Comprehensive or Qualifying Examination Committees
Dates Served
Student Population
Type of Exam
April 2015 1 DrPH BCHS student Dissertation Overview
November 2014 1 PhD HPM student Dissertation Overview
September 2014 1 PhD BCHS Qualifying Exam, Chair
June 2013 3 PhD HPM students Comprehensive Exam
June 2012 2 PhD HPM students Comprehensive Exam
May 2012 1 PhD BCHS student Dissertation Overview
December 2011 1 PhD BCHS student Dissertation Overview
December 2011 1 PhD BCHS student Comprehensive Exam
September 2011 1 PhD BCHS student Qualifying Exam, Chair
September 2011 3 PhD HPM students Qualifying Exam
June 2011 1 DrPH BCHS student Overview Exam, Chair
April 2011 1 DrPH BCHS student Comprehensive Exam
January 2011 1 DrPH BCHS student Qualifying Exam, Chair
November 2010 1 DrPH BCHS student Comprehensive Exam, Chair
September 2010 1 PhD BCHS student Qualifying Exam, Chair
November 2010 1 DrPH BCHS student Comprehensive Exam, Chair
September 2010 1 PhD BCHS student Qualifying Exam, Chair
December 2009 1 DrPH, BCHS Comprehensive Exam, Chair
August 2009 1, DrPH, BCHS Comprehensive Exam
May 8, 2008 1 PhD Biomedical
Informatics
Dissertation Overview
February 1, 2008 1 DrPH BCHS student Qualifying Exam
February 27, 2007 1 DrPH BCHS student Dissertation Overview
August 20, 2006 1 DrPH BCHS student Comprehensive Exam
February 10, 2006 2 DrPH BCHS students Qualifying Exam
September 2005 1 DrPH BCHS student Qualifying Exam
February 4, 2005 2 DrPH BCHS students Qualifying Exam
Fall 2004 2 DrPH BCHS students Comprehensive Exam
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e. Service on Comprehensive or Qualifying Examination Committees
Dates Served
Student Population
Type of Exam
May 17, 2004 3 DrPH BCHS students Qualifying Exam
May 10, 2004 3 DrPH BCHS students Qualifying Exam
February 16, 2004 2 DrPH BCHS students Qualifying Exam
February 1998 1 PhD Biostatistics Qualifying Exam
March 1995 2 PhD Environmental &
Occupational Health
Qualifying Exam
g. Mentoring of Graduate Students in Field Placements
Dates Name of
Student
Degree/Program Description Field Site
05/2014-
11/2014
05/2014-
10/2014
Fall 2013-
Spring
2014
Collette
Ncube
Amia
Downes
Joan
Eichner
DrPH; served as preceptor for this
BCHS 3703 Practicum
DrPH; served as preceptor for this
BCHS 3703 Practicum
DrPH; served as preceptor for this
BCHS 3703 Practicum
Allegheny County
Health Department
Allegheny County
Health Department
Office of Child
Development,
University of
Pittsburgh
Fall 2012-
Spring
2013
Collette
Ncube
DrPH; served as preceptor for this
BCHS 3703 Practicum
RAND corporation
2012-2013 Francisca
Flores
MPH; mentored student in her
practicum for the CBPR certificate.
BCHS & Mon
Yough Community
Services
05/2012-
05/2013
Elian
Rosenfeld
PhD; mentored student in a CBPR
qualitative research study in
partnership with the Consumer
Health Coalition and co-authorship
on manuscript
BCHS &
Consumer Health
Coalition
01/2009-
04/ 2009
Meghan
Talmadge
MPH; supervised & mentored MPH
student with her practicum.
BCHS
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g. Mentoring of Graduate Students in Field Placements
Dates Name of
Student
Degree/Program Description Field Site
07/2007-
08/2008
LaShawn
Curtis
DrPH; supervised & mentored
student
11/2006-
03/2007
Barb Folb Assisted with the successful
submission of a pre-doctoral
fellowship to the National Library
of Medicine
09/2005 -
12/2007
Keisha
Tyler
Supervised and mentored DrPH
student as teaching assistant.
01/2006 -
12/2006
Amy
George
Supervised and mentored MPH
practicum
Diabetes Institute
09/2002 –
08/2005
Nadra Tyus
Supervised and mentored a DrPH
student as a graduate student
researcher on AHRQ-funded
project.
03/2002-
06/2005
Linda
Barry
Robertson
Provided dissertation support for
DrPH student from Steven D.
Manners Faculty Development
Award.
01/2001–
04/2003
Susan
Triggs
Provided GSR stipend support for
MPH student, from AHRQ funded
research grant and supervised her
01/2002 -
04/2002
Kristine
Cecchetti
Provided tuition support for MPH
student, from Research
Development Funds and supervised
her work on AHRQ funded project.
01/2001 -
04/2001
Wilfred
Johnson
Provided GSR stipend support for
DrPH student from AHRQ funded
grant
01/1997-
12/1997
Melissa
Hagen
Provided GSR stipend support for,
MPH student, from NIH-NCI
funded grant and supervised her
work
05/1996 -
04/1997
James
Butler
DrPH; mentored and supervised the
student on CDC funded grant
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g. Mentoring of Graduate Students in Field Placements
Dates Name of
Student
Degree/Program Description Field Site
09/1994 -
04/1995
Mary Beth
Gehl
DrPH; Provided GSR stipend
support for student from CDC
funded grant and supervised her
work
h. Other Teaching and Training
Dates Teaching Activity Program/Description
2009 – 2014 Mentoring Dr. Patricia
Documet, Asst Professor
Dept. of Behavioral &
Community Health
Sciences, University of
Pittsburgh
Co-Mentor for Career Development
Award recipient (KO7CA134635)
01/2000 - 2005 Mentoring Dr. Bruce
Ling, Asst Professor
Dept. of General Internal
Medicine, University of
Pittsburgh
Co-Mentor for Career Development
Award recipient (5 K07 CA90359-02)
2. Research and Training
a. Grants and Contracts Received
Principal Investigator
Years
Inclusive
Grant and/or
Contract Number
and Title
Source Annual
Direct
Costs
% Effort
08/01/12-
06/30/13 Health Promotion
among Persons with
Serious Mental Illness
NIH/CTSI $3,450 Contributed
05/01/12-
06/30/12 Reducing Hospital
Readmissions
NIH/CTSI $3,075 Contributed
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Principal Investigator
09/09-
09/10 Diabetes Prevention
and Treatment in
Western PA: Utilizing
MI to enhance
diabetes self-
management.
UPMC/Dept. of
Defense
$18,789 10%
09/07 -
5/09
W81XWH-04-2-0030
Diabetes Prevention &
Treatment Program in
Western Pennsylvania
UPMC/Dept. of
Defense
$110,903
7/04 –
6/06
CHERP
Implementation
Research
Collaborative
Pittsburgh VA
HSR&D
$20,892
09/00 –
08/05
Patient-Provider
Communication
Regarding Cancer
Screening
AHRQ
P01 HS10864-03
(Ricci-Trauth)
$1,067,002
10/01 –
09/04
Integrating Cancer &
Aging: A Qualitative
Study
NIH/National
Cancer Institute
$56,560
07/03 –
06/04
Use of Dietary
Supplements Among
Individuals Enrolled
in Clinical Trials for
the Treatment of
Cancer
UCSUR,
University of
Pittsburgh
$7,000
10/03 –
09/97
Sorting out the Risks
& Benefits of
Childhood
Immunizations: A
Mental Models
Approach to Decision-
making
ASPH/CDC
Cooperative
Agreement
SO13-13/13
$212,696
09/96 –
08/99
Women and Minority
Recruitment
NIH/National
Cancer Institute
R03 CA 73340
$99,654
22
Principal Investigator
10/98 Population Based
Screening Flexible
Sigmoidoscopy
Campaign
Commonwealth of
PA
ME 98-154
$23,995
05/96 –
08/97
STD Prevention
Project
Family Health
Council
Centers for Disease
Control
$82,026
02/95 –
06/96
Promotion of Cancer
Screening by African-
American Survivors
UPMC/UPCI
Cancer Institute
University of
Pittsburgh
$15,000
03/95 –
06/95
Documentary
Development Project
Allegheny County
Health Department
$26,881
10/92 –
9/94
The Mental Models
Approach to
Communicating
Health Risks
Gerber Foundation $12,500
07/90 –
12/91
A contemporaneous
Assessment of Risk
Communication: The
Case of Toxic
Emissions from the
USX Corporation
Clairton Works
ILSI – Risk
Science Institute
$31,540
1/90 –
12/90
Risk Communication:
Explaining the Results
of the Kanawha
Valley Health Effects
Study II
National Institute
for Chemical
Studies/USEPA
$8,392
01/90 –
09/90
Risk Communication
materials for the
Pennsylvania
Department of
Environmental
Resources personnel
Center for
Hazardous
Materials
Research/
Pennsylvania
Department of
Environmental
Resources
$5,793
23
Co-Principal Investigator
Years
Inclusive
Grant and/or Contract
Number and Title
Source Annual
Direct
Costs
%
Effort
09/06
08/09
Enhancing Communications
for CRC Screening
VA HSR&D
(Ling)
$125,206
15
08/01
07/02
Follow-up Care in Breast
Cancer
NIH/NCI
5P30 CA47904 14
(Jernigan) (Co-PI)
$135,807
09/97
09/99
Psychosocial Issues and Older
African Americans
NIH/NCI
N01-CN22511
Jernigan
(Co-PI)
$174,743
06/93
12/93
CDC Core Capacity Building
for Breast & Cervical Cancer
U.S. Centers for
Disease Control
08/92
12/95
Adult Science Literacy for
Mental & Addictive
Disorders
NIH/National
Institute for
Mental Health
(Ricci)
(Co-PI and
Project Director)
03/91
12/93
Greater Pittsburgh
Revitalization Initiative
Pittsburgh
Foundation &
Heinz
Endowments
(Ricci)
(CoPI & Project
Director)
09/88
07/89
Economic Impact Assessment
of the Ashland Oil Company
Tank Collapse
Allegheny
County Planning
Department
Pittsburgh, PA
24
Co-Principal Investigator
4/88
12/88
An Evaluation of the Public’s
Perceptions of the Health and
Environmental Risks
Associated with the 1988
Ashland Oil Spill
Centers for
Hazardous
Materials
Research,
University of
Pittsburgh and
Ashland Oil Inc.
01/92
12/92
A Standardized Protocol for
Assessing Health Risks in
Communities near Hazardous
Waste Sites
The Dupont
Corp.
Co-Investigator on Grants
Years
Inclusive
Grant and/or
Contract Number
and Title
Source Annual
Direct
Costs
%
Effort
02/03
03/05
A County Tobacco
Evaluation
PA Department of
Health
(Sharma) (Co-I)
$557,646
10/01
09/04
Coordinated
Endoscopic
Colorectal Cancer
Screening
ASPH/CDC Cooperative
Agreement. S1796-21/22
(Weissfeld) (Co-I)
$594,627
b. Invited Lectureships and Major Seminars Related to Your Research
Date Title of Presentation Venue
June 18,
2008
Patients with Complex Chronic
Diseases: Perspectives on
Supporting Self-management
Paper presented at 20th Annual
University of Pittsburgh Cancer
Institute Scientific Retreat
November
27, 2007
Translating what we know works:
another pathway to research
funding—the R-25 mechanism.
Department of Behavioral &
Community Health Sciences
Research Seminar
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b. Invited Lectureships and Major Seminars Related to Your Research
Date Title of Presentation Venue
May 11,
2006
“Recruiting Diverse Populations to
Clinical Trials: Barriers and
Solutions.”
UPMC Cancer Centers Educational
Program: Cancer Care and Control
in Diverse Cultures: The Impact of
Clinical Trials. UPCI Herberman
Conference Center, Pittsburgh, PA
September
13, 2006
"The Patient Experience of Self-
Management in Complex Chronic
Diseases: The Current State of the
Research."
Veterans Affairs Office of
Research and Development, State
of the Art Conference: Managing
Complexity in Chronic Care,
Arlington, VA.
April 11,
2005
“What do patients bring to the
medical encounter?”
The 14th Annual LHAS Current
Controversies in Medical Ethics
Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
April 30,
2004
“Preliminary Results of Qualitative
Data: Cancer and Aging at Pitt.”
Presented at the Geriatric Grand
Rounds Seminar, School of
Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
October 26,
2004
NIH Director’s Council of Public
Representatives (COPR)
Workshop on “Inviting Public
Participation in Clinical Research:
Building Trust through
Partnerships”
National Cancer Institute, NIH
July 9,
2002
“Patient-Provider Communication
and Cancer Screening.”
Center of Excellence for Diversity
in Health Education and Research,
School of Medicine, University of
Pennsylvania. 2nd Annual
Regional Health Disparities
Research Conference. Phildelphia,
PA
January 11-
12th, 2001
“Building and Infrastructure for
Elimination of Health Disparities.”
Panelist, National Minority Health
Leadership Summit Eliminating
Racial and Ethnic Health
Disparities: Mapping a Course for
Community Action and Research.
University of Pittsburgh
March 22,
2000
A Response to Chancellor
Nordenberg’s Vision of the
University’s Future
The University Senate, University
of Pittsburgh
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b. Invited Lectureships and Major Seminars Related to Your Research
Date Title of Presentation Venue
November
30, 1999
“Factors Affecting the Recruitment
Decisions of African-American
Women Regarding the PLCO
Clinical Trial.”
Center for Research on Health
Care, University of Pittsburgh,
1102 Scaife Hall
June 21,
1999
“The Transtheoretical Model of
Behavior Change: An Application
to the ACES Project.”
University of Pittsburgh Cancer
Institute Scientific Retreat,
University of Pittsburgh at
Johnstown, PA
June 8,
1999
“An Application of the
Transtheoretical Model to Cancer
Screening in Older African
Americans.” Jan C. Jernigan and
Jeanette M. Trauth
The Society of Prospective
Medicine VIP Seminar Series on
Prescribed Medication &
Adherence Behavior. Pittsburgh,
PA.
October 14,
1998
“The Stages of Behavioral Change
Model and Its Application to
Cancer Control.”
American Cancer Society,
Commonwealth Division,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg, PA.
September
12, 1997
“Listening to Information-- But
What Does It Mean?”
The American Public Health
Association’s Public Health
Innovations Project Workshop.
Pittsburgh, PA
May 17,
1995
"Parental Decision Making
Regarding Childhood
Immunizations."
The 29th National Immunization
Conference, sponsored by the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control. Los
Angles, California
November
4-5, 1993
"Communication with the Public
about Health Risks: Some
Thoughts on the Roles that
Information and Health
Professionals Play in Behavioral
Change." Jeanette Trauth, Sheryl
Bird, and Edmund Ricci
An invited paper prepared for the
Working Group Meeting on Health
Risk Communication, Institute of
Medicine, National Academy of
Sciences. Washington, DC
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b. Invited Lectureships and Major Seminars Related to Your Research
Date Title of Presentation Venue
February
15, 1991
"Local News Coverage of Public
Health Risks Regarding Toxic Air
Emissions from the Clairton Coke
Works Facility, Clairton,
Pennsylvania."
Presented at The Pittsburgh Press
Symposium on Environmental
Reporting for Eastern European
Journalists. The symposium was
part of a national tour and program
organized by the National Safety
Council
April 27,
1990
"What Do People Want to Know
about Health and Environmental
Risks."
Presented at the Greater Pittsburgh
Chamber of Commerce, Seminar
on Air Quality and Environmental
Risk: Assessment and
Management.
c. Other Research and Training Activities
Date Position Description of Activity
November 13-14, 2007 National Teleconference on
Motivational Interviewing
for Healthways, Inc.
Guest Speaker
PUBLICATIONS
1. Refereed Articles
1. McDonough B, Felter E, Downes A and Trauth J* (*corresponding author).
Communicating Public Health Preparedness Information to Pregnant and Postpartum
Women: An Assessment of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web Pages.
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2015; 9(2):134-137.
2. Flatt JD, Hughes TF, Documet PI, Lingler JH, Trauth, JM and Albert SM. A
Qualitative Study on the types and Purposes of Social Activities in Late Life. Activities,
Adaptation & Aging, 2015. 39(2).
3. Documet P, Bear TM, Flatt JD, Macia L, Trauth J and Ricci EM. The Association of
Social Support and Education with Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening. Health
Education & Behavior, 2015, 42(1): 55-64. (Published online November 12, 2014.)
4. Documet PI, Trauth JM, Key M, Flatt JD and Jernigan J. Breast Cancer Survivors’
Perception of Survivorship. Oncology Nursing Forum, 2012. 39(3): 309-315.
5. Trauth J, Documét PI, Hawk M, Arnold N. Aligning a Departmental DrPH Program
with the new ASPH Competencies. Public Health Reports, 2011. 126(2): 294-298.
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1. Refereed Articles
6. Ling BS, Schoen RE, Trauth JM, Wahed AS, Eury T, Simak DM, Solano FX,
and Weissfeld JL. Physicians encouraging colorectal screening: a randomized
controlled trial of enhanced office and patient management on compliance with
colorectal cancer screening. Arch Intern Med, 2009. 169(1): 47-55.
7. Ling BS, Trauth JM; Fine MJ; Mor MK; Resnick A; Braddock CH; Bereknyei
S; Weissfeld J; Schoen R; Ricci EM; and Whittle J. Informed Decision-making
and Colorectal Cancer Screening: Is it Occurring in Primary Care? Medical Care,
2008. 46(9 Suppl 1): S23-9.
8. Mary Ann Sevick, Jeanette M. Trauth, Bruce S. Ling, Roger T. Anderson,
Gretchen A. Piatt, Amy M. Kilbourne and Robert M. Goodman. “Patients with
Complex Chronic Diseases: Perspectives on Supporting Self-Management.”
Journal General Internal Medicine, 2007, 22 (Suppl 3): 438-444.
9. Zimmerman RK, Tabbarah M, Trauth J, Nowalk MP, Ricci EM. Predictors of
Lower Endoscopy Use Among Patients at Three Inner-City Neighborhood Health
Centers. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of
Medicine 2006; 83 (2): 221-230.
10. Trauth JM, Jernigan JC, Siminoff LA, Musa D, Neal-Ferguson D, and Weissfeld
J. Factors Affecting African American Women’s Decisions to Join the PLCO
Cancer Screening Trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2005; 23 (34):8730-8738
11. Helinski DT, Trauth JM*, Jernigan J and Kerr MJ. Describing a Folic Acid
Intervention for Health Care Providers: Implications for Professional Practice and
Continuing Education. Journal of Health Promotion Practice 2004; 5 (3):326-
333. (*Corresponding author).
12. Winters-Hart CS, Brach JS, Storti KL, Trauth JM and Kriska AM. Validity of a
Questionnaire to Assess Historical Physical Activity in Older Women. Med Sci
Sports Exerc 2004; 36(12):2082-7.
13. Trauth JM, Zimmerman RK, Musa D, Mainzer H and Nutini JF. Do Beliefs of
Inner-City Parents About Disease and Vaccine Risks Affect Immunization?
Reprinted in Journal of the National Medical Association (suppl) 2003; 95
(4):4S-15S
14. Trauth JM, Jernigan J, Myers SM, Potter M, Fedor K, Procopio J, LoPiccolo
M.A, Platt-Schulhoff L, Eshman K, Messina A, Peterson K, Gallagher J and
Fertman C. Developing An Academic-Community Partnership in the Context of
Pennsylvania’s State Health Improvement Plan. Public Health Reports 2003;118
(2): 169-174.
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1. Refereed Articles
15. Trauth JM, Ling BS, Weissfeld JL, Schoen RE and Hayran M. Using the
Transtheoretical Model to Stage Screening Behavior for Colorectal Cancer.
Health Education & Behavior 2003; 30 (3): 322-336
16. Trauth JM, Zimmerman RK, Musa D, Mainzer H and Nutini JF. Do Beliefs of
Inner-City Parents About Disease and Vaccine Risks Affect Immunization?
Journal of the National Medical Association 2002; 94 (9): 820-832.
17. Schoen RE, Weissfeld JL, Trauth JM, Ling BS and Hayran M. A Population-
Based, Community Estimate of Total Colon Examination: The Impact on
Compliance with Screening for Colorectal Cancer. American Journal of
Gastroenterology 2002; 97 (2):446-451
18. Jernigan JC, Trauth JM, Neal-Ferguson D and Cartier-Ulrich C. Factors that
Influence Cancer Screening in Older African American Men and Women: Focus
Group Findings. Family & Community Health 2001; 24 (3): 27-33.
19. Stallings FL, Ford ME, Simpson NK, Fouad M, Jernigan JC, Trauth JM and
Miller DS. Black Participation in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian
(PLCO) Cancer Screening Trail. Controlled Clinical Trials (suppl) December
2000; 21(6S): 379S-389S
20. Trauth JM, Musa D, Siminoff L, Jewell IK, and Ricci E. Public Attitudes
Regarding Willingness to Participate in Medical Research Studies. Journal of
Health & Social Policy 2000;12 (2): 23-43
21. Arena VC, Sussman NB, Redmond CK, Costantino JP and Trauth JM. Using
Alternative Comparison Populations to Assess Occupation-Related Mortality
Risk: Results for the High Nickel Alloys Workers Cohort. Journal of
Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1998; 40 (10): 907-916.
22. Zimmerman RK, Kimmel SR and Trauth JM. An Update on Vaccine Safety.
American Family Physician 1996; 54 (1): 185-193
23. Trauth JM. A Case Study of Health Risk Communication: What the Public
Wants and What it Gets RISK: Health, Safety & Environment 1994;5: 49-64.
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2. Books and Book Chapters
1. Jessica G. Burke, Jeanette Trauth and Steven Albert. Chapter 1: Community Health
Research in the 21st Century, in Methods for Community Public Health Research:
Integrated and Engaged Approaches. Springer Publishing, March 2014.
2. Kerr M* and Trauth J. The Profession of Medicine. Science, Technology, and
Society. New York: Oxford University Press, July 28, 2005. (*student advisee).
3. Cobb, J.T., C.P. Mangelsdorf, J.R. Blachere, K. Banerjee, D. Reed, C. Crouch, C.
Miller, J. Li, and J. Trauth. High-Strength Portland Cement Concrete Containing
Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Ash.Clean Energy from Waste and Coal.
Washington, DC: American Chemical Society. 1992: 264-275.
3. Published Proceedings
1. Folb BL, Detlefsen EG, Quinn, SC, Barron G, Trauth J. Information Practices of
Disaster Preparedness Professionals in Multidisciplinary Groups. In: Navigating
Streams in an Information Ecosystem: Proceedings of the American Society for
Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA. October 22-27,
2010.
2. Trauth, Jeanette M. The 1988 Ashland Oil Spill: Lessons Learned Regarding
Emergency Response Planning for Hazmat Releases. In B. John Garrick and Willard
C. Gekler (Eds.), The Analysis, Communication, and Perception of Risk. 1991: 389-
392. New York, NY: Plenum Publishing Inc.
3. Trauth, J. M. and Pavlak, T. Hazardous Materials Transport Emergencies. In
William L. Waugh, Jr. and Ronald John Hy (Eds.), Handbook of Emergency
Management: Programs and Policies Dealing with Major Hazards and Disasters.
1990: 177-196.Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, Inc
4. Trauth, Jeanette M. Information Utilization in the Formulation of Hazardous Waste
Facility Siting Regulations: A Method of Research for Organizational Learning. In
Lester Lave (Ed.), Risk Assessment and Management. 1987: 375-381. New York,
NY: Plenum Publishing Inc
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6. Published Abstracts
1. Documet PI, Macia L, Leyva B, Maldonado H, Trauth J, Albert S and Myers R. A
collectivist approach to cervical cancer screening among Latinas: The Sisters in
Health Study. Abstract #: American Public Health Association November 2014.
New Orleans, LA.
2. Trauth JM, Lin M, Rosenfeld E, Folb B and Snyder SJ. Reducing hospital
readmissions: The perspective of the consumer. Abstract #: 288393. American
Public Health Association, Boston, MA. November 2013.
3. Documet PI, Macia L, Maldonado H, Trauth JM, Albert SM, Myers RE. Recruiting
Latinas for a cancer screening interventions in an emerging community: Lessons
learned. Abstract #: 289661. American Public Health Association, Boston, MA.
November 2013.
4. Bhargava T, Trauth JM, Keane C, Albert SM, Zgibor JC, Mctigue KM. Cognitive
Limitations and Health Behavior Change. Abstract #: 0208-000342. Presented at:
Society for Public Health Education Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. April 2013.
5. Bhargava T, Marx J, Trauth JM. Cognitive barriers to effective chronic disease
self-management. Abstract #: 272961. American Public Health Association, San
Francisco, CA. October, 2012.
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6. Bear TM, Documet P, Trauth JM, Ricci E. Cancer screening disparities among
women with severe mental illness. Abstract #: 270092. American Public Health
Association, San Francisco, CA. October, 2012.
7. Documet P, Bear TM, Ricci E, Trauth J and Maldonado H., Association of Social
Support, Socio-economic Status, and Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening,
Abstract # 239069, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting,
Washington DC, November 2011.
8. Documet P, Trauth J, Key M, Flatt J and Jernigan J. Breast Cancer Survivors'
Perception of Survivorship, Abstract # 17, 23rd Annual University of Pittsburgh
Cancer Institute Scientific Retreat, Pittsburgh, PA., June, 2011
9. Folb B, Detlefsen E, Quinn S, Barron G, and Trauth J. Information Practices of
Disaster Preparedness Professionals in Multidisciplinary Groups, Abstract #226,
ASIST Annual Meeting 2010, Pittsburgh, PA, Fall, 2010.
10. Trauth JM, Terry MA, Keane C, Jaros K, Piatt G and Siminerio L. Exploring the
meaning of the Chronic Care Model's community construct: A study of diabetes self-
management support. Abstract # 200009, American Public Health Association
Annual Meeting, November 7-11, 2009.
11. Documet PI and Trauth JM. Aligning a Departmental DrPH program with the new
ASPH competencies. Abstract # 199889. American Public Health Association
Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. November 7-11, 2009.
12. Trauth JM, Keane C, Terry MA, Piatt G, Zgibor J. and Siminerio L. The Chronic
Care Model: Challenges to Productive Patient-Provider Interactions. Abstract # 436.
International Conference on Communication in Healthcare. Miami Beach, Fl.
October 4-7, 2009.
13. Trauth JM, Ling BS, Bereknyei S, Braddock C. Challenges to Informed Decision-
making about Prostate Cancer Screening. Medical Encounter. Fall 2007/Winter
2008. 21 (4): 96
14. Trauth JM, Goodman RM, Jaros KJ, Terry MA, BlueEye L, Siminerio L and Fisher
D. Utilizing motivational interviewing to enhance diabetes self-management,
Abstract # 163606, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting,
Washington DC, November 3-7, 2007.
15. B. Ling; J.M. Trauth; M.J. Fine; M.K. Mor; R. Abby; C.H. Braddock; S.
Bereknyei; J. Weissfeld; R. Schoen; J. Whittle. Informed decisionmaking and
colorectal cancer screening: is it occurring in primary care and what is the impact on
screening rates? J Gen Intern Med. 2007 22 (supplement 1).
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16. Ling B, Trauth J, Weissfeld J, Jernigan J, Whittle J, Schoen R, Arndt D, Mor M,
Fine MJ. Patient-Provider Communication toward Colorectal Cancer Screening: A
Review of Audiotaped Clinical Visits. J Gen Intern Med 2005; 20 (supplement
1):278
17. Ling BS, Trauth JM, Jernigan J, Whittle J, Arndt D, Fine MJ. Patient-Provider
Communication for Colorectal and Prostate Cancer Screening. J Gen Intern Med
2003; 18 (supplement 1):268.
18. Trauth JM, Weissfeld JL, Schoen RE and Hayran M, Ling BS. Staging Colorectal
Cancer Screening Behavior. Annals of Behavioral Medicine (Supplement) 2002; 24:
E-108
19. Weissfeld JL, Schoen RE, Trauth JM, Ling BS, Weinberg G. Population-based
estimate of total colon examination and risk-appropriate screening for colorectal
cancer. Gastroenterology (Suppl. 2) 2000; 118: A706
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7. Presentations
1. Documet PI, Macia L, Leyva B, Maldonado H, Trauth J, Albert S and Myers R. A
collectivist approach to cervical cancer screening among Latinas: The Sisters in
Health Study. Poster presentation at American Public Health Association Annual
Meeting November 2014. New Orleans, LA.
2. Trauth J. A Behavioral Weight-Loss Intervention in Persons with Serious Mental
Illness. The Center for Health Equity Journal Club, BCHS, GSPH, Pittsburgh, PA.
June 6, 2014.
3. Trauth J and Rosenfeld E. Reducing Hospital Readmissions: The Perspective of the
Consumer. BCHS Research Colloquium, Pittsburgh, PA. January 14, 2014.
4. Documet PI, Macia L, Maldonado H, Trauth JM, Albert SM, Meyers RE. Recruiting
Latinas for a Cancer Screening Intervention in an Emerging Community: Lessons
Learned. Poster presented at the American Public Health Association Annual
Meeting November 2013. Boston, MA.
5. Trauth JM, Lin M, Rosenfeld E, Folb B and Snyder SJ. Reducing hospital
readmissions: The perspective of the consumer. Poster presentation at the American
Public Health Association Annual Meeting November 2013. Boston, MA.
6. Bhargava T, Trauth JM, Zgibor J, Keane C, Albert SM and McTigue K. Cognitive
Limitations and Health Behavior Change. Poster presentation at the Society for
Public Health Education 64th Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL. April 17-19, 2013.
7. Flatt JD, Guclu H, Documet PI, Lingler JH, Trauth JM and Albert SM. Memory
Performance and the Structural Characteristics of Social Networks in Community –
Dwelling Older Adults. Poster presentation at the Aging Institute of UPMC Senior
Services, University of Pittsburgh, 7th Annual Research Poster Day, Pittsburgh, PA.
April, 2013.
8. Bhargava T, Marx JH, Trauth JM. Cognitive barriers to effective chronic disease
self-management. Presented at: American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
2012 Oct. San Francisco, CA.
9. Bear T, Documet PI, Trauth JM, Ricci EM. Cancer screening disparities among
women with severe mental illness. Presented at: American Public Health Association
Annual Meeting 2012 Oct. San Francisco, CA.
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10. Trauth JM, Snyder SJ and Rosenfeld EA. Reducing Hospital Readmissions by
Improving Health Literacy among Elderly and Caregivers. Poster Presentation at the
Pennsylvania Public Health Association annual meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, October 12,
2012.
11. Documet P, Bear TM, Ricci E, Trauth J and Maldonado H. Association of Social
Support, Socio-economic Status, and Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening. Oral
Presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington
DC, November 2011.
12. Documet P, Trauth J, Key M, Flatt J and Jernigan J. Breast Cancer Survivors'
Perception of Survivorship. Poster presentation at the 23rd Annual University of
Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Scientific Retreat, Pittsburgh, PA., June, 2011
13. Folb B, Detlefsen E, Quinn S, Barron G, and Trauth J. Information Practices of
Disaster Preparedness Professionals in Multidisciplinary Groups. Oral presentation at
ASIST Annual Meeting 2010, Pittsburgh, PA, Fall, 2010.
14. Trauth JM, Terry MA, Keane C, Jaros K, Piatt G and Siminerio L. Exploring the
meaning of the Chronic Care Model's community construct: A study of diabetes self-
management support. Poster presentation at the American Public Health Association
Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. November 7-11, 2009.
15. Documet PI and Trauth JM. Aligning a Departmental DrPH program with the new
ASPH competencies. Poster presentation at the American Public Health Association
Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. November 7-11, 2009.
16. Trauth JM, Keane C, Terry MA, Piatt G, Zgibor J. and Siminerio L. The Chronic
Care Model: Challenges to Productive Patient-Provider Interactions. Poster
presentation at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare. Miami
Beach, Fl. October 4-7, 2009
17. B. Ling; J.M. Trauth; M.J. Fine; M.K. Mor; C.H. Braddock; S. Bereknyei; J.
Weissfeld; R. Schoen; J. Whittle. Communications on Colorectal and Prostate Cancer
Screening: Are Patient Perceptions Consistent with Actual Information Exchanged.
Oral Presentation at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting.
Pittsburgh, PA. April 12, 2008
18. Trauth J, Fisher D and, Cluss P. et al. Utilizing Motivational Interviewing to
Enhance Diabetes Self-Management. Poster presentation at the 135th APHA Annual
Meeting, Washington, D.C. November 6, 2007.
19. Trauth J, Ling B, Bereknyei S, Braddock C and Mor M. Challenges to Informed
Decision-making about Prostate Cancer Screening. Oral presentation at the
International Conference on Communication in Healthcare. Charleston, South
Carolina. October 11, 2007
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20. Ling B, Trauth J, Mor M, Roberts M and Fine M. Dynamic Analysis of Colorectal
Cancer Screening through Longitudinal Assessment Using the Transtheoretical
Model of Staging. Poster presentation at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for
Medical Decision Making, Boston, MA, October 15-18, 2006
21. J Trauth1, B Ling1, C Braddock2, S Bereknyei2, M Mor3, X Xu3: 1University of
Pittsburgh, USA; 2 Stanford University, USA; 3VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System,
USA. Informed decision making about cancer screening. Oral presentation at the
European Association for Communication on Healthcare 2006 conference, Basel,
Switzerland, September 7, 2006.
22. Trauth J and Documet P. Reinventing the DrPH Program: Models for Developing
Practice-based Leaders. Oral Presentation at the APHA Annual Meeting,
Philadelphia, PA. December 14, 2005
23. Weissfeld, Schoen, Trauth and Ling. Physicians Encouraging Colorectal Screening
(PECS): Results from a Randomized Trial. Presentation at the PAC3 Research
Summit, Harrisburg, PA. November 16, 2005.
24. Jernigan J, Trauth J, Jewell I, Smola S, Edwards B, Berent E, Barkley C. We Are
All In This Together: Intercultural Comparisons of African American and White
Breast Cancer Survivors. Poster Presentation at the APHA Annual Meeting,
Washington DC, November 9, 2004
25. Jeanette Trauth, Health Promotion Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Diabetic
Males: Motivational Interviewing as a Behavioral Change Technique. Presentation at
Institute for Doctor-Patient Communication, June 9, 2004
26. Jeanette M. Trauth, Nadra Tyus, Jan Jernigan and Bruce Ling. An Innovative
Approach to the Study of Patient-Provider Communications Regarding Cancer
Screening. Poster presentation at Society for Public Health Education Annual
Meeting. San Francisco, CA. November 14-15, 2003
27. Bruce Ling, Jeanette Trauth, Jan Jernigan, Michael Fine and Jeff Whittle. Patient-
Provider Communication for Colorectal and Prostate Cancer Screening. Poster
presentation at the 26th Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting.
Vancouver, B.C. Canada, May 2, 2003
28. Jeanette Trauth and Bruce Ling, Patient-Provider Communication Regarding Cancer
Screening: Methodological Issues Encountered in Conducting a Longitudinal
Audiotaped Study. Presentation to the Center for Research on Health Care, February
4, 2003
29. Jernigan J, Trauth JM, Neal-Ferguson D, Thomas SB, Ford A, Musa D, Durham Y,
Donaldson G and Hawkins E. "Follow-up Surveillance in Breast Cancer Survivors:
Racial Differences." Selected for Oral Presentation at the APHA Annual Meeting,
Philadelphia, PA. November 13, 2002
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30. Jeanette M. Trauth, Nadra Tyus, Jan Jernigan and Bruce Ling. "An Innovative
Approach to the Study of Patient-Provider Communications Regarding Cancer
Screening." Poster presentation Society for Public Health Education Annual
Meeting. San Francisco, CA. November 14-15, 2003.
31. Bruce Ling, Jeanette Trauth, Jan Jernigan, Michael Fine and Jeff Whittle. "Patient-
Provider Communication for Colorectal and Prostate Cancer Screening." Poster
presentation at the 26th Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting.
Vancouver, B.C. Canada, May 2, 2003.
32. Jeanette Trauth and Bruce Ling, "Patient-Provider Communication Regarding
Cancer Screening: Methodological Issues Encountered in Conducting a Longitudinal
Audiotaped Study." Presentation to the Center for Research on Health Care, February
4, 2003
33. Jernigan J, Trauth JM, Neal-Ferguson D, Thomas SB, Ford A, Musa D, Durham Y,
Donaldson G and Hawkins E. "Follow-up Surveillance in Breast Cancer Survivors:
Racial Differences." Selected for Oral Presentation at the APHA Annual Meeting,
Philadelphia, PA. November 13, 2002
34. Jernigan J, Trauth JM, Neal-Ferguson D, Thomas SB, Ford A, Musa D, Durham Y,
Donaldson G and Hawkins E. "The HAT Study: Health After Treatment." Oral
Presentation at the Intercultural Cancer Council Annual Board Meeting. Houston,
Texas. September 28-30, 2002
35. B. Ling, J.M. Trauth, R.E. Schoen, M. Hayran, J. Weissfeld. “Effect of Tailored
Letter on Colorectal Cancer Screening Behavior.” Poster presentation given at the
Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia. May 3, 2002
36. Daniel Stryer, Jeanette M. Trauth, Paul M. Haidet and Eliseo J. Perez-Stable.
Assessing the Impact of Patient-Physician Communication on Disparities in Health.
Workshop presentation at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting.
Atlanta, Georgia, May 3, 2002
37. Jeanette M. Trauth, Bruce S. Ling, Joel L. Weissfeld, Robert E. Schoen and Mutlu
Hayran. Using the Transtheoretical Model to Stage Screening Behavior for Colorectal
Cancer. Poster Presentation given at the Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual
Meeting, Washington, DC, April 5, 2002
38. Ling B, Trauth J, Schoen R, Hayran M, Weissfeld J. “Transtheoretical Model of
Behavior Change and Colorectal Cancer Screening”. Poster presentation at American
Society of Preventive Oncology. New York, NY. March 2001
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39. Jeanette M. Trauth, Jan C. Jernigan, Deriertra Neal-Ferguson, Laura A. Siminoff.
“Understanding African American Women’s Decisions to Join a Cancer Screening
Clinical Trial”. An Oral Presentation at the American Public Health Association
Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. November 15, 2000.
40. Jeanette M. Trauth and Jan C. Jernigan. “Adapting the Transtheoretical Model for
Cancer Screening Behavior Among an Elderly African American Population”. An
Oral Presentation at the Society of Prospective Medicine Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh,
PA. September 25, 2000
41. Frook A, Weissfeld JL, Schoen RE, Ling BS, Trauth J, Weinberg G. “Medicare
Coverage and Screening Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Practices of Physicians.” Poster
presentation at American Society of Preventive Oncology. March 2000.
42. Jeanette Trauth, Donald Musa, Richard Zimmerman, Anne Medsger, Jean Nutini
and Hugh Mainzer. “Factors Associated With Under Immunization in an Urban
Population.” An oral presentation at the 33rd National Immunization Conference,
Dallas, Texas. June 23, 1999
43. Jeanette M. Trauth. “An Assessment Tool for Identifying African-American Parents
At-Risk for Late Immunizations.” An Oral Presentation at the 32nd CDC National
Immunization Conference, Atlanta, Ga, July 20-24, 1998.
44. Jeanette M. Trauth, Anne Medsger, Rick Zimmerman, Donald Musa and Jean
Nutini. “Parent versus Expert Judgment Regarding Childhood Disease and
Immunizations.” A Poster Presentation at the CDC National Immunization
Conference, Atlanta, GA. July 21-24, 1998.
45. Jeanette Trauth, Presentation to the PLCO Steering Committee, National Cancer
Institute. Washington DC. February 1998
46. Jeanette M. Trauth. “Parental Decision making Regarding Immunization.” An oral
presentation at the Pennsylvania Public Health Association. Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania. October 15, 1997.
47. Jeanette M. Trauth. A poster presentation at the CDC National Immunization
Conference, Detroit, Michigan. May 21, 1997.
48. Richard A. Steinman, Jeanette M. Trauth and Derietra Neal-Ferguson. “An African
American Community-Based Campaign for Breast Health”. A poster presentation at
the 1997 Oncology Nursing Society Congress. New Orleans, LA. May 1-4, 1997
49. Derietra Neal-Ferguson, Richard A. Steinman and Jeanette M. Trauth. “An African
American Community-Based Campaign for Breast Health”. A poster presentation at
the Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved & Cancer.
Washington, DC. April 23-27, 1997.
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50. Jeanette Trauth. “Parental Decision making Regarding Childhood Immunizations”.
Risk Assessment and Policy Association Biennial International Meeting. Alexandria,
VA. March 6, 1997.
51. Vincent Arena, Nancy Sussman, Joseph Costantino, Carol Redmond and Jeanette
Trauth. "Mortality of High Nickel Alloys Workers: An Update". American Public
Health Association Annual Meeting. New York, New York. November 1996.
52. Jeanette Trauth. Poster Presentation at the National Immunization Conference,
Washington, DC. May 1996.
53. Jeanette M. Trauth. A presentation and panel discussion of the video entitled: "No
More Shame: Understanding Schizophrenia." American Psychiatric Association
Annual Meeting. Miami, Florida. May 1995.
54. Jeanette M. Trauth. "Sorting Out the Risks and Benefits of Childhood
Immunizations: A Mental Models Approach to Decision making." Society for Risk
Analysis Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA. December ’93.
55. Vincent C. Arena, Carol K. Redmond, Joseph P. Costantino, Jeanette M. Trauth,
Gordon Bass, Arthur A. LeGasse. "Cancer Mortality Experience of Women
Employed in the High Nickel Alloys Industry." International Conference on Women's
Health: Occupation and Cancer. November 1993
56. Jeanette M. Trauth. "The Role of the Public in the Risk Communication Dialogue:
The Case of Toxic Emissions from the USX Clairton Coke Works." Society for Risk
Analysis Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. December 1991
57. Jeanette M. Trauth and Paul L. Hill. "The Kanawha Valley Risk Communication
Project: The Results of a Public Opinion Survey." Society for Risk Analysis Annual
Meeting, New Orleans, LA. October 1990
58. Jeanette M. Trauth. "The Management of Health and Environmental Risks: Models
of Risk Communication."Paper delivered at ASPA Region IV Conference,
Pittsburgh, PA. September 1990.
59. Jeanette M. Trauth. "The 1988 Ashland Oil Spill: Lessons Learned Regarding
Emergency Response Planning for Hazmat Releases." Paper delivered at the Society
for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. October 1989
60. Jeanette M. Trauth. "The Results of a Survey of the Public's Perception of Risk." A
Symposium Presentation on the Monongahelia River-Ohio River Oil Spill of 1988 at
the Annual Meeting of the Ohio River Basin Consortium for Research and Education,
Lexington, KY. November 1988
61. Jeanette M. Trauth. "The Public's Perception of the Environmental Risks Associated
with the 1988 Ashland Oil Spill: Lessons for Policymakers." Paper delivered at the
Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. November, 1988
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62. Jeanette M. Trauth. "Siting Regulations for Hazardous Waste Disposal."
Presentation at the American Society for Public Administration Annual Meeting,
Boston, MA. April 1987.
63. Jeanette M. Trauth. "Organizational Learning About the Risks from Hazardous
Waste Disposal Facility Sites: The Results from Current Research." Paper delivered
at the Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. October 1986
64. Jeanette M. Trauth. "Information Utilization in the Formulation of Hazardous Waste
Facility Siting Regulations: A Method of Research for Organizational Learning."
Paper delivered at the Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, Alexandria, VA.
October 1985.
65. Jeanette M. Trauth. "The Use of the Public's Perception of Risk in the Formulation
of Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Regulations." Paper delivered at the Society for
Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, Knoxville, TN. October 1984
8. Non-Print Media
1. Trauth JM, Ricci E, Roth LH. No More Shame: Understanding Schizophrenia,
Depression and Addiction [videos]. Films for the Humanities and Sciences (1995). A
series of educational videos prepared with a National Institute of Mental Health,
Science Education Partnership Award -- Grant Number 5 R25 MH 50549-03. The
University of Pittsburgh entered into a License Agreement with Films for the
Humanities and Sciences, Princeton, NJ, in August 1995 to distribute these videos
nationally and internationally. As of 2003, these videos have generated over
$250,000 in sales and over $63,000 in royalties.
9. Other Publications
1. Trauth, J.M. Risk Communication: The Case of Toxic Emissions from the USX
Clairton Coke Works. Hazardous Materials Dialogue, The Center for Environmental
and Hazardous Materials Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
1992; 3 (2):1-2.
2. Trauth, Jeanette M., Donald R. Mattison, Donald Musa, Jean F. Nutini, Anne R.
Medsger, Richard K. Zimmerman. Sorting Out the Risks and Benefits of Childhood
Immunizations: A Mental Models Approach to Decision Making. Prepared for the
ASPH/CDC/ATSDR Cooperative Agreement Grant Number S013-13/13. University
of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. (1997).
3. Ricci, Edmund M., Loren H. Roth and Jeanette M. Trauth. No More Shame:
Understanding Schizophrenia, Depression and Addiction. Prepared for National
Institute of Mental Health, SEPA Grant Number 5 R25 MH 50549-03. (1996).
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9. Other Publications
4. Ricci, Edmund, Vijai Singh, Roger Ahlbrandt, Steven Manners, Jeanette Trauth,
James Nesbitt, Francis Higdon, Brock Onque, Donna Karen, and Donald Musa.
Greater Pittsburgh Revitalization Initiative Evaluation Final Report. Prepared for the
Pittsburgh Foundation, Howard Heinz Endowment and Vira I. Heinz Endowment.
University Center for Social and Urban Research, Graduate School of Public Health,
and Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. (1994).
5. Redmond, Carol K., Vincent C. Arena, Joseph P. Costantino, Jeanette M. Trauth,
Gordon Bass, and Arthur A. LeGasse. High Nickel Alloys Workers Study Update.
Prepared for NiPERA. Department of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public
Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. (1994)
6. Trauth, Jeanette, Jonathan Ramlow, Gary Marsh, Roderick DeCamp, and Richard
Day. Responding to Community Concerns About Chemical Exposures: A Manual for
Du Pont Company Plant Managers. Prepared for the Du Pont Company, Wilmington,
Delaware. Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh,
PA. (1992).
7. Trauth, Jeanette M. Risk Communication: The Case of Toxic Emissions from the
USX Clairton Coke Works. Prepared for The International Life Sciences Institute,
Risk Science Institute, Washington, D.C. Graduate School of Public Health,
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. (1991).
8. Ricci, Edmund, Steven Manners, Donna Keren, Donald Musa, Jeanette Trauth and
Eileen Tuccillo. Evaluation of the Greater Pittsburgh Revitalization Initiative.
Prepared for the Boards of the Howard Heinz Endowment, The Pittsburgh
Foundation and the Vira I. Heinz Endowment of Pittsburgh, PA. University Center
for Social and Urban Research, Graduate School of Public Health and Katz Graduate
School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. (1991).
9. Trauth, Jeanette M. and Kathryn Zuberbuhler Klaber. Risk Communication: An
Introductory Manual. Prepared for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Resources. Center for Hazardous Materials Research, University of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh, PA. (1991).
10. Trauth, J.M. Chemical Risks in Kanawha County, West Virginia: A Survey of
Public Knowledge and Public Perceptions. Prepared for the National Institute for
Chemical Studies, Charleston, West Virginia. Graduate School of Public Health,
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. (1990).
11. Trauth, Jeanette M. An Analysis of the Responses to the Survey of Murrysville
Businesses' Recycling Practices. Prepared for the Municipality of Murrysville,
Murrysville, PA. University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. (1990).
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9. Other Publications
12. Trauth, Jeanette M, Vijai P. Singh and Edgar Berkey. Economic and Policy
Implications of the January 1988 Ashland Oil Tank Collapse in Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania. Prepared for the Allegheny County Planning Department. University
Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
(1989).
13. Trauth, Jeanette M. An Evaluation of the Public's Perceptions of the Health and
Environmental Risks Associated with the January 2, 1988 Ashland Oil Spill.
Prepared for the Center for Hazardous Materials Research. University Center for
Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
(1988).
14. Singh, V.P., Bangs, R.L., and Trauth, J.M. The State of the Region: Recent
Economic, Demographic and Social Trends in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh, PA. (1984).
15. Trauth, J.M. Funding the Cleanup of Hazardous Waste Dumpsites: A Proposal for
a New York State Mini-Superfund. Program Development Group, NY State
Assembly, Albany, NY. (1982).
16. Trauth, J. Hazardous Waste Exchange: A Proposal for the Safe Recycling of
Hazardous Waste. Program Development Group, New York State Assembly, Albany,
New York. (1981).
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3. Service (Professionally Related)
a. University/Institute of Higher Learning
Years Committee Position
2004-
Present
BCHS Doctoral Program Director
Fall 2014 FAPTC Interim
Member-for
Jessie Burke
2014-2015 GSPH Reaccreditation Member
2014-2015
2013-2015
2012-
Present
2012-2013
ad hoc Faculty Search Committee for an assistant
professor position (tenure stream) in BCHS
BCHS Research Colloquium
GSPH Dean’s Day
Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Committee, Department
of Health Policy & Management
Member
Coordinator
Judge/BCHS
Coordinator
Member
2012-2013 Faculty Search Committee for Assistant/Associate
Professor in Health Disparities in BCHS
Member
2011 Ad-hoc Faculty Search Committee for Associate
Professor in BCHS
Member
2009-2010 GSPH Faculty Senate Past President
2008-2009 GSPH Faculty Senate President
2007-2008 GSPH Faculty Senate President-
Elect
2006-2009 African American Cancer Care Partnership Member
2005-2007 University Senate Elections Committee Member
2003–2010 Doctor - Patient Communication Institute, School of
Medicine.
Member,
Steering
Committee
2000- GSPH Planning Budget Policy Committee Chair
2000–2004 University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees Health
Sciences Committee
Faculty
Representative
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a. University/Institute of Higher Learning
Years Committee Position
1997 –
2000
Provost’s Advisory Committee on Women’s Concerns (Appointed by
Vice Provost
for Graduate
Studies.)
b. Editorial Boards, Editorships
Date Position Organization
2013-2016 Editorial Board Family & Community Health Journal
c. Manuscript and Other Document/Publication Review
Dates
June 2014
May 2014
Journal Title
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Pediatrics
Periodic Annals of Epidemiology
October 2014
BMC Public Health
BMC Health Services Research
Periodic Cancer Detection and Prevention
Periodic Clinical and Translational Science
Periodic Contemporary Clinical Trials
Ongoing Family & Community Health
Ongoing Health Education & Behavior
Periodic Health Psychology
Periodic Journal of Ethnicity & Disease
Ongoing Journal of General Internal Medicine
Periodic Journal of the National Medical Association
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Dates
June 2014
May 2014
Journal Title
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Pediatrics
Periodic Preventive Medicine
Ongoing Social Science & Medicine
Periodic Vaccine
d. Study Sections, Review Panels, and Related Advisory Boards
Date
Position
Organization and Nature of Activity
May 2014
2013, 2012,
2011
Grant Reviewer Steven Manners Faculty Development
Awards program, Center for Social &
Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh
January 30-
31, 2013
Grant Reviewer (ad hoc) Psychosocial and Behavioral Research
peer review committee, Council for
Extramural Grants, American Cancer
Society
June 2012 Grant Reviewer Psychosocial and Behavioral Research
peer review committee, Council for
Extramural Grants, American Cancer
Society
May 2012 Grant Reviewer Aging Institute, University of Pittsburgh
March 2012 Abstract Reviewer American Public Health Association
2011-2012 Member, Advisory Board
for Healthy Hospitals
Initiative
Consumer Health Coalition, Pittsburgh,
PA.
September
2011
Grant Reviewer Pittsburgh Affiliate, Komen for the Cure
Foundation
Fall 2009 Grant Reviewer Pittsburgh Affiliate of Komen Foundation
2007-
Present
Member, Health Care
Disparities Culturally and
Linguistically Appropriate
Services Advisory Panel
Highmark Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
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d. Study Sections, Review Panels, and Related Advisory Boards
Date
Position
Organization and Nature of Activity
May 2014
2013, 2012,
2011
Grant Reviewer Steven Manners Faculty Development
Awards program, Center for Social &
Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh
January 30-
31, 2013
Grant Reviewer (ad hoc) Psychosocial and Behavioral Research
peer review committee, Council for
Extramural Grants, American Cancer
Society
June 2012 Grant Reviewer Psychosocial and Behavioral Research
peer review committee, Council for
Extramural Grants, American Cancer
Society
May 2012 Grant Reviewer Aging Institute, University of Pittsburgh
March 2012 Abstract Reviewer American Public Health Association
2011-2012 Member, Advisory Board
for Healthy Hospitals
Initiative
Consumer Health Coalition, Pittsburgh,
PA.
March 22-
23, 2007
Member, Review
Committee
Evaluate Pilot Projects for Community
Networks Program to Reduce Cancer
Health Disparities (UO1). NIH/NCI.
Fall 2005-
2007
Member, Data Safety
Monitoring
Diabetes Project ENHANCE,
University Committee,
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
October 20,
2006
Member, Special Emphasis
Panel
Review R21, R15 and RO3 community
health promotion applications. NIH.
March 16-
17, 2006
Member, Review
Committee
Evaluate PAR 04-020, Small Grants
Behavioral Research in Cancer Control
(R03). NIH/NCI
Fall, 2005-
06
Advisory Board Member Education Network to Advance Cancer
Clinical Trials (ENACTT)
May 5-6,
2005
Member, Review
Committee
Evaluate applications in response to
CA05-019, Patient Navigator Research
Program: Eliminating Barriers to Timely
Delivery of Cancer Diagnosis and
Treatment Services. NIH/NCI.
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d. Study Sections, Review Panels, and Related Advisory Boards
Date
Position
Organization and Nature of Activity
May 2014
2013, 2012,
2011
Grant Reviewer Steven Manners Faculty Development
Awards program, Center for Social &
Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh
January 30-
31, 2013
Grant Reviewer (ad hoc) Psychosocial and Behavioral Research
peer review committee, Council for
Extramural Grants, American Cancer
Society
June 2012 Grant Reviewer Psychosocial and Behavioral Research
peer review committee, Council for
Extramural Grants, American Cancer
Society
May 2012 Grant Reviewer Aging Institute, University of Pittsburgh
March 2012 Abstract Reviewer American Public Health Association
2011-2012 Member, Advisory Board
for Healthy Hospitals
Initiative
Consumer Health Coalition, Pittsburgh,
PA.
July 9-10
2003
Member, Special Emphasis
Panel
Evaluate Pilot Projects submitted by the
Special Populations Networks for Cancer
Awareness Research and Training.
NIH/NCI
Nov. 18-19,
2002
Member, Special Emphasis
Panel
Evaluate Pilot Projects submitted by the
Special Populations Networks for Cancer
Awareness Research and Training.
NIH/NCI.
Jan 28-29,
2002
Member, Special Emphasis
Panel
Evaluate Pilot Projects submitted by the
Special Populations Networks for Cancer
Awareness Research and Training.
NIH/NCI.
March 5-6,
2001
Member, Special Emphasis
Panel
Evaluate Pilot Projects submitted by the
Special Populations Networks for Cancer
Awareness Research and Training.
NIH/NCI.
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d. Study Sections, Review Panels, and Related Advisory Boards
Date
Position
Organization and Nature of Activity
May 2014
2013, 2012,
2011
Grant Reviewer Steven Manners Faculty Development
Awards program, Center for Social &
Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh
January 30-
31, 2013
Grant Reviewer (ad hoc) Psychosocial and Behavioral Research
peer review committee, Council for
Extramural Grants, American Cancer
Society
June 2012 Grant Reviewer Psychosocial and Behavioral Research
peer review committee, Council for
Extramural Grants, American Cancer
Society
May 2012 Grant Reviewer Aging Institute, University of Pittsburgh
March 2012 Abstract Reviewer American Public Health Association
2011-2012 Member, Advisory Board
for Healthy Hospitals
Initiative
Consumer Health Coalition, Pittsburgh,
PA.
Nov 18-19,
1999
Member, Special Emphasis
Panel
Assess the merit of the applications in
response to RFA CA99-003, Special
Populations Networks for Cancer
Awareness Research and Training.
NIH/NCI.
April 1999 Member, Site Visit Team NIH, Research Centers in Minority
Institutions (RCMI) Site Visit Team to
Clark Atlanta University. Atlanta,GA.
April, 1994 Participant Ethics and Values Studies Program,
Decision, Risk, Management Science
Program, National Science Foundation.
1991 Member of Peer Review
Team
Westinghouse Electric Corporation's
Bloomington Project
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e. Leadership in Professional Organizations and Honorary Societies
Date Position Organization
2015 President-Elect DrPH Council, ASPPH
1989 Co-founder Society for Risk Analysis – Pittsburgh Chapter
1990 Treasurer Society for Risk Analysis – Pittsburgh Chapter
1991 President-Elect Society for Risk Analysis – Pittsburgh Chapter
1992 President Society for Risk Analysis – Pittsburgh Chapter
1993 Councilor Society for Risk Analysis – Pittsburgh Chapter
f. Service to Governmental and Other Public Organizations
Date Position Type of Service and/or Agency
1997 Member Environmental Risk Project for the Allegheny
County Health Department.
1995 Member Ad Hoc Advisory Task Force, Office of
Science Policy & Program Planning, NIMH
1994 Member Development of a statewide HIV Prevention
Plan
1992 Member Testify before state task force on beryllium
exposure.
g. Consultantships
Date Name of Consultantship
1989 Conducted a regulatory review of state policies regarding the
use of solid waste incineration ash for building concrete
structures for Westinghouse.
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5. Service (Community Related)
a. Service to Community-Based Organizations
Year(s) Position and Organization Type of Service
2011-
Present
Regional Health Literacy Coalition Member
2011-
present
1987-
present
Temple Sinai Tikkun Olam Center
Blackridge Civic Association
Volunteer—Cook & serve
monthly meals at the East End
Cooperative Ministry men’s
shelter.
Volunteer on neighborhood
projects.
2007-
2013
Global Links Volunteer—Pack medical
supplies.
2000 –
2006
Appointed Member, University of
Pittsburgh’s FALK School PTA
Executive Board
Volunteer for committees
1994 -
1996
Steering Committee, Allegheny Forum
on Risk Communication.
A local organization comprised of
individuals from universities and
industry interested in risk
communication issues
Member
