Indiana University School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics -- Section of Adolescent Medicine
410 W. 10th Street
Suite 1001
Indianapolis,
IN
USA
46202
cabest@iupui.edu
Biographical Sketch:
September 2010 - Present
Title: Principal Investigator, Indiana University School of Medicine, IN
Mentors: Sarah Wiehe, M.D., MPH; J. Dennis Fortenberry, M.D., M.S.
Study: The IDEAL Study: Investigating Dating Expectations Among young Ladies
Research Description: Mixed methods research design to help identify how sexual partner ideals, sexual partner feelings, and sexual behaviors with a partner are related to condom use, partner selection, sexual compromise, perceptions of partner availability, and mental health.
Responsibilities Include: Literature reviews, developing and completing the IRB application, subject recruitment, data collection, data analyses, and preparation of manuscripts.
September 2010 - Present
Title: Research Collaborator, Indiana University School of Medicine, IN
Mentor: Gregory D. Zimet, Ph.D.
Study: Partner specific variables, condom use, STI-risk, and microbicide attitudes
Research Description: Examining how partner specific variables influence microbicide attitudes,
condom use and STI acquisition through use of a NIMH-sponsored study investigating the
longitudinal development of adolescent women into sexual behaviors.
Responsibilities Include: Literature reviews, data analyses and preparation of manuscripts.
June 2008 - August 2010
Title: Dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
Supervisors: Christopher Agnew, Ph.D. and Judith Conger, Ph.D.
Study: Ideal Partner Characteristics and Actual Partner Matching in Predicting Sexual Outcomes
among African American Adolescent Girls
Research Description: Examining the psychological processes of romantic relationships on the
sexual behaviors and sexual outcomes among a community sample of 263 African American
adolescent girls across time. Responsibilities Include: Literature reviews, data analyses and
preparation of manuscript drafts.
January 2007 - January 2009
Title: Investigator, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Campus, IN.
Supervisors: Dennis Fortenberry, M.D., M.S., and Donald Orr, M.D.
Study: Young Women’s Project
Research Description: A NIMH-sponsored study investigating the longitudinal development of a
adolescent women into sexual behaviors. The project also includes monitoring and treating sexually
transmitted diseases acquired by the young women and their respective sexual partners.
Responsibilities Include: Conducting in-depth clinical interviews with inner city adolescent girls
every three months to assess sexual frequency, number of sexual partners, sexual behaviors and
feelings about their sexual partners.