University of Pittsburgh
Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Magee-Womens Hospital
300 Halket Street
Pittsburgh,
PA
USA
15213-3180
Email:
aakers@mail.magee.edu
Biographical Sketch:
August 2006 - Present
Magee-Womens Research Institute
Assistant Investigator
July 2006 - Present
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
July 2004 – June 2006
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Research focus on STD risk and sexual behaviors among older women and adolescents as well as family-based sex education.
Akers AY, Bernstein LB, Henderson SJ, Doyle J, Corbie-Smith G. Factors associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus testing among older, urban women. Journal of Women’s Health, Vol 16, No. 6, July/Aug 2007, Pages 842-858.
Grills C, Bass K, Brown D, Akers A. Empowerment evaluation: building upon a tradition of activism in the African American community. In David M. Fetterman, Shakeh J. Kaftarian, Abraham Wandersman, editors. Empowerment Evaluation: Knowledge and Tool for Self-Assessment & Accountability. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 1996