CV: KATHERINE P. THEALL
Katherine Pucheu Theall
Louisiana State University 8320 Birch St.
School of Public Health New Orleans, LA 70118
Department of Epidemiology (504) 495-1647 - cell
1516 Poydras St., Suite 1400
New Orleans, LA 70112
(504) 568-5936
EDUCATION
Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112
Ph.D., Epidemiology, 2005
Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, 1998-2000
M.P.H., Epidemiology, 2000
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1993-1997
B.S., Microbiology, minor in psychology, cum laude, 1997
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (Exchange program, 1995-1996)
AWARDS and HONORS
· CDC Internship, Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH), May 1999 – August 1999.
· Junior Investigator Award, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), scientific conference,
“MDMA/Ecstasy Research: Advances, Challenges, Future Directions.”
· Phi Beta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa, and Golden Key National Honor Societies
· Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Dorothy R. LeBlanc Memorial Scholarship Award
ACADEMIC/RESEARCH INTERESTS
· Substance use and mental health
· Social and spatial epidemiologic methods
· Health disparities
· Infectious disease epidemiology
· Women’s health
CURRENT POSITION
Assistant Professor, LSU Health Sciences Center, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, New Orleans, LA
June 2006-Present
Adjunct Professor, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, New Orleans, LA
August 2006-Present
PRIOR APPOINTMENTS AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Postdoctoral Fellow, National Research Service Award (NRSA), LSU Health Sciences Center, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, New Orleans, LA
June 2005 – June 2006
Supervisory Research Coordinator, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
December 1999 – June 2006
Epidemiologist / Data Analyst, HIV Outpatient Clinic, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
June 2002 – March 2005
Principal Systems Programmer / Surveillance Coordinator, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, National Immunization Program (NIP), Epidemiology and Surveillance Division, Atlanta, GA
August 1999 – December 1999
Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) Intern, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Immunization Program (NIP), Epidemiology and Surveillance Division, Atlanta, GA
May 1999 - August 1999
Research Assistant, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID), Respiratory and Infectious Diseases Branch, Atlanta, GA
August 1998 – May 1999
Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) Volunteer, Texas Health Corps, Corporation for National Service, Ameri Corps, Houston, TX
August 1997 – August 1998
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Course Director, Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, Louisiana State University School of Public Health, New Orleans, LA
· Field Epidemiology
· Epidemiology Seminar
· Behavioral Theory Applications
Course Director, Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA
· Epidemiologic Methods I
Teaching Assistant, Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
· Analytic Epidemiology
· Epidemiology of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI)
· Infectious Disease Epidemiology
· Epidemiologic Methods, II
· Epidemiologic Methods, I
· Women’s Reproductive Health and Sexually Transmitted Infections
Student Committee Advising
· Provide consultation and review of work as a committee member of student thesis (3 from the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, Atlanta, GA) and dissertation projects (2 from the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing; 1 from the Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine).
STATISTICAL and COMPUTER EXPERIENCE
Proficient in all Microsoft Office applications, Corel applications, SAS, SPSS, and Epi Info. Working knowledge of AMOS, STATA, GeoDa and GIS (ERSI trained). Data analysis techniques: multiple regression methods (e.g., linear, logistic, Poisson, ordinal), survival analysis, longitudinal / correlated and multi-level data analysis, spatial data analysis (including spatial regression), factor analysis, reliability, discriminant analysis, and familiarity with structural equation modeling (SEM).
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
COMMITTEES
2000 – 2002 Alternate Member, Community Epidemiology Working Group, NIDA
2002 – 2005 Member, Research Committee – HIV Outpatient Clinic, Medical Center of Louisiana
2002 – Present Member, Society for Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Effectiveness (SASATE)
2006 – Present Member, Louisiana State Epidemiology Workgroup (SEW) on Substance Abuse
2008 – Present Member, Data Sub-committee, New Orleans Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition (NOSAP)
2006 – Present Member, Evaluation Committee, LSU School of Public Health
2008 – Present Member, Grievance Committee, LSU School of Public Health
2006 – Present Chair, Student Recruitment Committee, LSU School of Public Health
REVIEWER FOR PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS
American Journal of Public Health
AIDS and Behavior
Annals of Epidemiology
Journal of Women’s Health
Health Education and Behavior
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
Culture, Health and Sexuality
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP
Phi Kappa Phi
American Public Health Association (APHA)
Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER)
Young Leadership Council (YLC), New Orleans, LA
SUPPORT / RESEARCH GRANTS
Doctoral Dissertation Research, “Consequences of Substance Use among Women Living with HIV.”
Tulane Maternal Child Health Epidemiology Grant.
Co-Investigator, “Alcohol Research Planning and Development (ARPD) Program—Post Traumatic Stress and Alcohol Consumption following Hurricane Katrina.” PI Vimal Kishore, Xavier University. NIAAA, U01 AA014293.
Co-Investigator, “Neighborhood Health Disparities.” PI Richard Scribner, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Public Health. NIAAA, R01 AA013810-01A2.
Co-Investigator, “Changes in Alcohol Availability and HIV Rates.” PI Richard Scribner, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Public Health. NIAAA, RO1 AA013810.
Principal Investigator, “Alcohol and Rural HIV Prevention – A Pilot Project” – Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Alcohol Research Center.
Principal Investigator, “Research and Training on Contextual Effects Impacting Adolescent Health” - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1K01SH000002-01.
PUBLICATIONS
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
1. Theall K, Scribner R, Cohen D, Blumenthal R, Matthias Schonlau, Farley T. Social Capital and the Neighborhood Alcohol Environment. Health and Place. (in press).
2. Theall K, Sterk C, Elifson KW. Neighborhood Fear and Drug Use among Young Adults. American Journal of Health Behavior. (in press).
3. Scribner R, Mason K, Simonsen N, Su Joseph, Theall K. Obese Neighborhoods: A multilevel, spatial analysis of environmental predictors of BMI at the neighborhood level.Obesity Research. (in press).
4. Kissinger P, Amedee A, Clark RA, Dumestre J, Theall KP, Wenthold L, Powell A, Smith H, Myers L, Farley T, Martin DH. Trichomoniasis vaginalisis and HIV Vaginal Viral Shedding among Women. Sexually Transmitted Diseases (in press).
5. Theall KP, Clark RA, Amedee A, Dumestre J, Kissinger P. Alcohol Consumption and HIV-1 vaginal RNA shedding among women. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 2008;69:454.458.
6. Qingzhao Y, Scribner R, Carlin B, Theall KP, Simonsen N, Ghosh-Dastidar B, Cohen D, Mason K. Multilevel Spatiotemporal Dual Changepoint Models for Relating Alcohol Outlet Destruction and Changes in Neighborhood Rates of Assaultive Violence. Geospatial Health. 2008; 2(2):161-172.
7. Scribner, R., Mason, K., Theall, K., Simonsen, N., Schneider, S. K., Towvim, L. G. The contextual role of alcohol outlet density in college drinking. J Stud Alcohol. 2008; 69(1), 112-120.
8. Scribner R, Theall KP, Ghosh-Dastidar B, Mason K, Cohen D, Simonsen N. Structural
Determinants of Social Capital at the Neighborhood Level: A Longitudinal Analysis of Loss of
Alcohol Outlets and Voting. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 2007; 68(6): 934-943.
9. Clark RA, Theall KP, Amedee A., Kissinger P. Lack of Association Between Genital Tract HIV-1 RNA Shedding and Hormonal Contraceptive Use in a Cohort of Louisiana Women. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. November 2007; 34(11):870-872.
10. Clark RA, Theall KP, Amedee A., Kissinger P. Frequent Douching and Clinical Outcomes among HIV-Infected Women. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2007;34(12): 985-990.
11. Barousse MM, Theall KP, Van Der Pol BJ, Fortenberry D, Orr D, Fidel P. Impact of Sexual
Behaviors, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Hormone Contraception on Vaginal Immunity in Middle Adolescent Females. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 2007; 58(2): 159-68.
12. Clark RA, Theall KP, Kissinger P. Microscopy and culture for Trichomonas vaginalis: are both required? International Journal of STDs and AIDS. 2007; 18(3): 220.
13. Elifson KW, Sterk CE, Theall KP. Safe Living: The Impact of Unstable and Inadequate Housing Conditions on HIV Risk Reduction among Female Drug Users. AIDS and Behavior. 2007;11(supplement 2): 45-55.
14. Sterk CE, Theall KP, Elifson KW. Getting into Ecstasy: Comparing Moderate and Heavy Users. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 2007;39(2):103-13.
15. Theall KP, Clark RA, Powell A, Smith H, Kissinger P. Alcohol Consumption, ART Usage, and High-Risk Sex among Women with HIV. AIDS and Behavior. 2007; 11(2): 205-215.
16. Sterk CE, Elifson KW, Theall KP. Individual Action and Community Context: The Health Intervention Project. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2007; 32(6S): S177-S181.
17. Sterk CE, Theall KP, Elifson KW. Young Adult Ecstasy Use Patterns: Quantities and Combinations. Journal of Drug Issues. 2006; 36: 201-228.
18. Theall KP, Sterk CE, Elifson KW. Sex, Touch and Risk: Sexual Behavior and Ecstasy Use. AIDS and Behavior. 2006; 10:169-178.
19. Theall KP, Sterk CE, Elifson KW, Stewart E. An HIV Intervention’s Effect on Criminality
among Women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 2007; 21(12):1-23.
20. Sterk CE, Theall, KP, Elifson KW. African American Women Female Drug Users and HIV Risk Reduction: Challenges with Criminal Involvement. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2005; 16:89-107.
21. Theall KP, Sterk CE, Elifson KW. The Impact of Emotional Distress on HIV Risk Reduction among Women. Substance Use and Misuse. 2006; 41: 1-17.
22. Clark RA, Theall KP, Kissinger P. Consideration for Empiric Trichomonas vaginalis Treatment
Among Selected High Risk HIV-Infected Female Populations with Concurrent Neisseria
gonorrhea or Chlamydia trachomatis Infections. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2006;
33(2):124-125.
23. Beilke MA, Theall KP, Kissinger PJ. In response to: Brites C, Oliveira AS, Netto EM. HIV-
HTLV-I co-infection: What is the real impact on HIV disease? Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2005; 40:330-331.
24. Beilke MA, Theall KP, O’Brien M, Clayton JL, Benjamin SM, Winsor EL, Kissinger PJ.
Clinical Outcomes and Disease Progression among Patients with HIV/HTLV-I/II Co-Infection.
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2004; 39: 256-263.
25. Theall KP, Elifson KW, Sterk CE. Past and New Victimization among African American Female Drug Users Who Participated in an HIV Risk-Reduction Intervention. Journal of Sex
Research. 2004; 41: 400-407.
26. Theall KP, Mitchel C, Ludwick M, Brown B, Kissinger PJ. Factors Associated With
Maternal-Child Separation among HIV-Infected Mothers. AIDS Patient Care and STDs.
2004; 18(9):13-23.
27. Clark R, Theall KP. Population-Based Study Evaluating Association between Selected
Antiretroviral Therapies and Potential Contraceptive Failure. JAIDS. 2004; 37(1):1219-
1220.
28. Clark R, Theall KP. Trends and Correlates of Hormonal Contraception Use among HIV-
Infected Women. JAIDS. 2004; 36(4):986-988.
29. Ejedepang-Koge I, Theall K, Clark R. Pre- and Post-Partum Antiretroviral Choices among HIV-Infected Pregnant Women. JAIDS. 2004; 35(4):428-429.
30. Theall KP, Sterk CE, Elifson KW, Kidder D. Factors Associated With Positive HIV Serostatus Among Women Who Use Drugs: Continued Evidence For Expanding Factors of Influence. Public Health Reports. 2003; 118(5), 415-424.
31. Theall KP, Elifson KW, Sterk CE, Klein H. Perception and Actual HIV Risk Behavior among Two Generations of At-Risk Women. Research & Aging. 2003; 25 (4), 405-432.
32. Sterk CE, Theall KP, Elifson KW, Kidder D. HIV Risk Reduction Among African American Female Injection Drug Users: A Randomized Controlled Trial. AIDS & Behavior. 2003; 7(1), 73-86.
33. Sterk CE, Theall KP, and Elifson KW. Effectiveness of an HIV Risk Reduction Intervention for African American Women Who Use Crack Cocaine. AIDS Education & Prevention. 2003; 15(1), 15-32.
34. Theall KP, Sterk CE, and Elifson KW. Male Condom Use Following an HIV Intervention Among Women Who Use Drugs. Journal of Drug Issues. 2003; 33(1), 1-27.
35. Sterk CE, Theall KP, and Elifson KW. Who’s Getting the Message? Intervention Response Rates Among Women Who Inject Drugs and/or Smoke Crack Cocaine. Preventive Medicine. 2003; 37, 119-128.
36. Reef SE, Frey TK, Theall KP, Abernathy E, Burnett CL, Icenogle J, McCauley M, Wharton, M. Rubella in the 1990's: Evidence for the End of Endemic Transmission and New Challenges for Control and Prevention. JAMA. 2002; 287:464-472.
37. Sterk CE, Theall KP, and Elifson KW. Health Care Utilization among Drug Using and Non-drug Using Women. Journal of Urban Health. 2002; 79:586-599.
38. Sterk CE, Elifson KW, and Theall KP. Women and Drug Treatment Experiences: A Generational Comparison of Mothers and Daughters. Journal of Drug Issues. 2000; 30:839-861.
CHAPTERS
1. Sterk C, Theall KP, Elifson KW. Public health approach to depression and women: The case of
the disadvantaged inner-city woman, pp. 382. 2006. In Keyes, C, Goodman, SH (Eds.) Handbook on Women and Depression. Boston: Cambridge University Press.
2. Theall KP, Elifson KW, and Sterk CE. Illicit Drug Use and Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health, pp. 129-152. 2002. In Wingood, G. and DiClemente, R. (Eds.) Handbook of Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers: New York, NY.
PROCEEDINGS
1. McDonald T, Sterk CE, and Theall KP. Drug Trends in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area. In Proceedings of the Community Epidemiology Work Group. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), June 2002, 16 pp.
2. Theall KP, and Sterk CE. Drug Trends in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area. In Proceedings of the
Community Epidemiology Work Group. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), December 2001, 18 pp.
3. Theall KP, and Sterk CE. Drug Trends in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area. In Proceedings of the
Community Epidemiology Work Group. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), June 2001, 17 pp.
4. Sterk CE, and Theall KP. Drug Trends in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area. In Proceedings of the
Community Epidemiology Work Group. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), December 2000, 15 pp.
5. Theall KP, Sterk CE, and German D. Drug Trends in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area. In
Proceedings of the Community Epidemiology Work Group. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), June 2000, 15 pp.
PAPERS UNDER EDITORIAL REVIEW
1. Elifson KW, Sterk CE, Theall KP. Predictors of Injection Drug Use among Young Adult Methamphetamine and Ecstasy Users. Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
2. Theall KP, Scribner RA, Ghosh-Dastidar B, Cohen D, Mason K, Simonsen N. Neighborhood Alcohol Availability and Gonorrhea Rates: Impact of Social Capital. Journal of Urban Health.
5. Theall K, DeJong W, Scribner R, Mason K, Kessel Schneider S, Simonsen N. Social Capital in the College Setting: The Impact of Participation in Campus Activities on Drinking and Alcohol-Related Harms. Journal of American College Health.