Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
School of Nursing
3601 4th Street
Lubbock,
TX
USA
79430
Email:
jane.dimmitt-champion@ttuhsc.edu
Biographical Sketch:
I received my PhD in nursing from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 1994 and then completed a 3 year post-doctoral fellowship through the NIH/NIAID at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. My post-doctoral fellowship focused on development of cognitive behavioral interventions for at-risk vulnerable populations of ethnic minority women including adolescents. I have conducted multidisciplinary clinical research including microbiology, public health, OB/GYN, sociology, anthropology and nursing. This clinical research concerns rural and urban populations of at-risk ethnic minority populations with histories of STI/HIV, interpersonal violence, substance use, and unintended pregnancy. I have participated in these control-randomized trials for development of behavioral interventions as a principal investigator, co-investigator, project director and clinician. These interventions have been evaluated as culture and gender specific and have been translated for populations in the United Kingdom, Mexico and among persons lost-to-follow-up with HIV/AIDS in San Antonio, Texas. The work to develop these behavioral interventions includes qualitative and quantitative methodology including secondary analyses and case control designs. As part of these studies we examine biological outcomes as well as self-report and have developed comprehensive questionnaires for assessment of intervention efficacy based on the theoretical frameworks for intervention. Biological markers include HIV, STI, pap smears, HPV and HSV and pregnancy. Self-report outcomes concern sexual risk behavior, genitourinary symptomatology and health seeking behaviors and treatment compliance. I have worked extensively with intervention development and modification and assessment for fidelity during clinical trials. These studies have been funded by NIH in the divisions of NIAID, NIDA, NIAAA and NINR. I am an author on over 200 podium or poster presentations at research conferences, and am an author on 60 manuscripts and 3 book chapters. I am currently a professor of nursing at Texas Tech University Health Science Center at Lubbock, Texas.