Associate Professor
Emory University
Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education
1518 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta,
GA
USA
30322
jmcderm@emory.edu
Biographical Sketch:
Over the past 10 years, Dr. Sales has been involved with implementing cross-sectional and prospective studies in childhood stress and trauma, chronic disease management for children and preadolescents, and HIV/STD prevention for adolescents. Her current research projects focus on understanding how psychosocial factors impact adolescents’ HIV/STD-associated sexual behavior and their likelihood of acquiring an STD, examining the role both genetic and environmental factors play in adolescents’ sexual risk-taking, and exploring factors associated with adolescents’ non-responsiveness to HIV/STD intervention. Additonally, she is also involved with two intervention studies to increase adolescent vaccination rates for HPV and influenza vaccines.