Pamela Jumper-Thurman, PhD

National Center of Community/Organizational Readiness at Colorado State University
National Center of Community and Organizational Readiness/Ethnic Studies Department
Campus Mail Stop 1790
Fort Collins, CO
USA 80523-1790
pjthurman@aol.com

Biographical Sketch:
Professional Experience: Principal Investigator: “Capacity Building Assistance to Improve the Delivery and Effectiveness of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Prevention Services for Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations” 2009 – 2014. Project funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Principal Investigator: “Advancing HIV/AIDS Prevention in Native Communities: Strengthening Community Access to and Utilization of HIV Prevention Services”. Project funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2004 – 2009 Principal Investigator: SAMHSA funded CA7AE to develop a website for their Minority AIDS Initiative. 2009 – 2010 Principal Investigator: National Minority AIDS Education and Training Center. Howard University, Washington D.C. 2008 – 2010. Project funded by the HRSA. Principal Investigator: Contractual Agreement with Kauffman and Associates To Conduct Community Readiness and Consult on Evaluation for the National Native Aspirations Project, funded by SAMHSA. Principal Investigator: Testing a State-wide Method for Increasing Rural Methamphetamine Prevention Efforts. 2000 – 2004. Project funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Principal Investigator: “Cultural and Community Factors Related to Perpetration of Intimate Violence in Rural and Ethnic Communities”. 2000 – 2004. Project funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Project Director: Technical Assistance to Field Programs. 1990 – 1995. Project funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Co-Principal Investigator: Drug Use Among Young Indians: Epidemiology and Prediction, Project funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. This project was funded for 25 years and ended in 2008. Principal Investigator: Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research – Inhalant Use Among Young Children: A Multicultural Study. Project funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). 2002 –2007. Peer-reviewed publications: Vernon, I. & Jumper-Thurman, P. (2009). Native American Women and HIV/AIDS: Building Healthier Communities. American Indian Quarterly. Vernon, I. & Jumper-Thurman, P. (2009). A compendium on HIV/AIDS and Native American Women. National Minority AIDS Education Training Center. Washington, D.C. Stallones, L., Gibbs-Long, J., 1, Jumper-Thurman, P., Plested, B., & Gabella, B. (Manuscript submitted). Community readiness and community initiated prevention of traumatic brain injury, Summit County, Colorado 1998-2000. Journal of Health Promotion Practice. Thurman, Pamela & Irene S Vernon, 2007, “Advancing HIV/AIDS Prevention among American Indians through Capacity Building & Community Readiness Model”. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice (January):S49-S54. Jumper-Thurman, P, Vernon, I, & Plested, B. (2007). Advancing HIV/AIDS prevention among American Indians through capacity building and the community readiness model. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. Plested, B., Edwards, R., & Jumper-Thurman, P. (2007) Disparities in community readiness for HIV/AIDS prevention. Substance Use and Misuse, 42:729-739.