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CURRICULUM VITAE

Jill A. McDonald, MS, PhD

College of Health and Social Services

New Mexico State University

Las Cruces, NM 88003

Tel: (575) 646-8503

Email: jillmcd@nmsu.edu

EDUCATION

University of Washington, Seattle, WA: PhD in Epidemiology l986

University of Washington, Seattle, WA: MS in Epidemiology l982

Hampshire College, Amherst, MA: BA in Natural Sciences/Public Health l976

EMPLOYMENT

Stan Fulton Endowed Chair in Health Disparities Research

Professor of Public Health Sciences

College of Health and Social Services, New Mexico State University

Las Cruces, NM 8/16/2013 –

Director of the Southwest Institute for Health Disparities Research

College of Health and Social Services, New Mexico State University

Las Cruces, NM 8/16/2013 –

Assignee to the US-Mexico Border Region

Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Team (MCHEP), Division of Reproductive Health

(DRH), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP),

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

El Paso, TX 8/16/2009 – 7/13/2013

Senior Epidemiologist and US-Mexico Border Region Coordinator

MCHEP/DRH /NCCDPHP/CDC

Atlanta GA 4/20/2006 – 8/15/2009

Lead Scientist

Unintended and Teen Pregnancy Prevention Team, DRH/ NCCDPHP/ CDC

Atlanta GA 4/19/2004 – 4/19/2006

Epidemiologist

Women’s Health and Fertility Branch, DRH/NCCDPHP/CDC

Atlanta GA 9/30/1996 – 4/19/2004

Research Assistant Professor

Medical Biostatistics, College of Medicine, University of Vermont

Burlington, VT 2/28/1994 – 8/31/1996

Research Consultant, self-employed

Burlington, VT 1/1/1989 – 2/28/1994

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Research Scientist

Department of Health of the State of New Jersey,

Division of Occupational and Environmental Health

Trenton, NJ 8/1987– 6/1988

Visiting Professor

Instituto Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública, Universidad de Guadalajara

Guadalajara, México 7/1/1986 – 12/31/1986

Research Associate

Dean's Office, School of Public Health and Community Medicine,

University of Washington School of Public Health

Seattle, WA 6/6/1985 – 8/31/1985

Project Director: Community Survey of Health Effects of Urea-Formaldehyde Home Insulation

Scientists and Citizens Organized on Policy Issues (SCOPI)

Seattle, WA 5/1/1981 – 4/30/1982

Research Assistant

Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, MA 6/1/1976 – 8/31/1980

UNSALARIED POSITIONS

Adjunct Professor

University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston, El Paso Regional Campus

El Paso, TX 9/2010 – present

Science Curriculum Consultant

City Schools of Decatur, Clairemont Elementary School

Decatur, GA 8/1998 – 5/2000

Research Assistant Professor

Medical Biostatistics, College of Medicine, University of Vermont

Burlington, VT 9/1/1992 – 2/28/1994

Clinical Instructor

Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington

Seattle, WA 9/1/1986 – 10/1/1987

MAJOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING PROJECTS

Federal employee through 7/2013

Principal Investigator: Birth Outcome Disparities in the US-Mexico Border Region;

CDC and partners 2011 – 2014

Principal Investigator: Obstetrical Emergencies at US Ports of Entry along the US-Mexico

Border; CDC support 2011– 2013

Co-Investigator: Method of Delivery Decision-Making in the US-Mexico Border Region;

CDC and HRSA support 2010 – 2013

Principal Investigator: BorderMACH (Binational Capacity-Building Initiative);

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CDC-initiated, supported by US and Mexican governmental partners 2007 – 2013

Principal Investigator: Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project for Women’s Health

(BMSCP); CDC-funded with in-kind support from binational partners 2002–2006

Co-PI and Project Director: Data Coordinating Center, Women’s Contraceptive and

Reproductive Experiences Study (Women’s CARE); NICHD-funded 1994–2002

Faculty member at NMSU since 8/2013

--Funding proposals submitted

PI: Border States CoIIN Hospital Survey; Project Concern International; funded

5/2019 – 12/2019

PI: Memorandum of Agreement between New Mexico Department of Health and the Regents of

New Mexico State University; NMDOH award to facilitate public health research in the border

region 2018 – 2019; funded 11/2018 – 6/30/2019

PI: NMSU Community Engagement and Outreach Core Site Director for the Mountain West

Clinical and Translational Research-Infrastructure Network; NIH/NIGMS Institutional

Development Award (IDeA) Program Infrastructure for Clinical and Translational Research

(IDeA-CTR)(U54), PAR-17-304; UNLV renewal sub-award; funded 7/1/2018 – 6/30/2023

Consultant: Border States CoIIN Initiative; Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network

on Infant Mortality (IM CoIIN): HRSA-17-105; funded 10/2017 – 9/2020

PI: Linked Dataset Analysis of Disparities in Cesarean Delivery Rates on the US-Mexico Border;

HRSA: R40 MCH Secondary Data Analysis Research (SDAR) HRSA-17-012;

Funded 4/2017 – 3/2018

No cost extension 4/1/2018 – 9/30/2018

PI: Ninos de la Frontera: A Healthy Start Family Study; NM State Tobacco Settlement Grant;

CHSS finalist; funding opportunity withdrawn 7/2017 – 6/2018

Co-PI: Development of a Mobile Application for Asthma Attack Prediction and Management;

NM State Tobacco Settlement Funds; NMSU finalist; funding opportunity withdrawn

7/2017 – 6/2018

PI: Borderland Partnerships to Reduce Reproductive Health Disparities in Dona Ana County;

NIH/NICHD: Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series (R13), PAR-15-032;

unfunded 7/2015 – 6/2018

resubmitted, NICHD FOA withdrawn 2/2016 – 1/2019

PI: Salud Para Usted y Su Familia [Health for You and Your Family]: Family-Focused

Childhood Obesity Prevention through a Systems-Oriented Multilevel Approach in

Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas Border Areas; USDA AFRI Sub-award, Texas A&M

Health Science Center, School of Public Health; funded 2/2015 – 1/2019

PI: AZICATS Impactful Research and Training to Reduce Health Disparities in Arizona; NIH:

Clinical and Translational Science Award, RFA-TR-14-009 (U-54); Sub-award, UA CTSA;

unfunded 7/2015 – 6/2020

PI: Enhanced Lamaze to improve and childbirth classes in the US-Mexico border region; NIH:

Mountain West Clinical and Translational Research – Infrastructure Network (CTR-IN) - Round

2; unfunded 7/2014 – 6/2015

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Co-I: Successful Aging and Falls Risk Reduction Center of Biomedical Research Excellence;

NIH: NIGMS 1P20GM113124-01; unfunded 12/2014 – 11/2019

--Southwest Institute for Health Disparities Research (http://swihdr.research.nmsu.edu/)

Annual regional conferences: 2014 – present

Data methods workshops

Multidisciplinary research projects

Student research events

National and international speakers

Faculty and community seminars on diverse research topics

Collaborations with community partners

Advisory committee and interdisciplinary research team coordination

Maternal and Child Health Research MOU with University of Texas, El Paso, College of

Health, 2017-2020, renewable

PUBLICATIONS

Invited

McDonald JA. Monitoring maternal health among US Hispanics in the US-Mexico border

region. Voices of Mexico, stuck in press

McDonald JA. The past, present, and future of reproductive health surveillance in the United

States-Mexico border region (editorial). Prev Chronic Dis 2008c;5(4). Available in English and

Spanish at http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2008/oct/08_0086.htm

Li FP, Hall DJ, McDonald JA. Cancer epidemiology, risk and screening. In Cancer: A Manual

for Practitioners, fifth edition. Boston, MA, American Cancer Society, Massachusetts Division,

1978, pp 22 29

Republished

McDonald JA, Sroka C, Olivares E, Marin M, Gurrola M, Sharkey JR. Patterns of Screen Time

Among Rural Mexican-American Children on the New Mexico-Mexico Border in PCD

Collection: Eliminating Health Disparities: A Collection of Papers Dedicated to the Life and

Work of Dr. Timothy Cunningham. Prev Chronic Dis 2018;15:180070. DOI:

http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd15.180070

Peer-reviewed

Campbell CL, McDonald JA, Sroka CJ, Guerrero AD, Olivares E, Sharkey JR. Geodatabase

development for visualizing obesity risk factors in New Mexico-Mexico border communities.

Under review

McDonald JA, Sroka C, Olivares E, Gurrola M, Marin M, Sharkey JR. Dietary patterns among

children in New Mexico’s border colonias. Under review

McDonald JA, Amatya A, Gard CC. Multi-level drivers of disparities in Hispanic cesarean

delivery rates in the US-Mexico border states, 2015. Under review

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Ma H, Malone KE, McDonald JA, Marchbanks PA, Ursin G, Strom BL, Simon MS, Sullivan-

Halley J, Bernstein L, Lu Y. Pre-diagnosis alcohol consumption and breast cancer-specific

mortality risk among black women and white women with invasive breast cancer. Under review

McDonald JA, Amatya A, Gard CC, Sigala J*. In states that border Mexico, cesarean

rates were highest for Hispanic women living in border counties in 2015. Health Aff

(Millwood). 2019;38(2):276-286. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05369

McDonald JA, Amatya A, Gard CC, Sigala J*. Trends in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white

cesarean delivery rates on the US-Mexico border, 2000-2015. Plos One, Sept 5, 2018.

doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203550

McDonald JA, Sroka C, Olivares E, Marin M, Gurrola M, Sharkey JR. Patterns of Screen Time

Among Rural Mexican-American Children on the New Mexico-Mexico Border. Prev Chronic

Dis 2018;15:180070. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd15.180070

McDonald JA, Brantley L*, Paulozzi LJ. Mortality, Ethnicity, and Urbanization Among

Children Aged 1-4 Years on the US-Mexico Border. Public Health Rep 2018;133(5):593-600.

https://doi.org/10.1177/0033354918792013

DeSisto CL*, McDonald JA. Variation in birth outcomes by mother's country of birth among

Hispanic women in the United States. Public Health Rep 2018;133(3). DOI

10.1177/0033354918765444

McDonald JA, Paulozzi LJ. Parsing the paradox: Hispanic mortality in the US by detailed cause

of death. J Immigrant and Minority Health JOIH 2018. DOI 10.1007/s10903-018-0737-2

McDonald JA, Selchau K, Acquah-Baidoo B*. Scope of knowledge about Zika among women

in US-Mexico border communities. J Community Health 2018;43:705-716. DOI

10.1007/s10900-018-0474-4

Ma H, Ursin G, Xu X, Lee E, Togawa K, Malone K, Marchbanks PA, McDonald JA, Simon

MS, Folger SG, Lu Y, Sullivan-Halley J, Deapen DM, Press MF, Bernstein L. Body mass index

at age 18 years and recent body mass index in relation to risk of breast cancer overall and

ER/PR/HER2-defined subtypes in white women and African-American women: a pooled

analysis. Breast Cancer Res 2018;20:5. DOI:10.1186/s13058-017-0931-5

Ma H, Ursin G, Xu X, Lee E, Togawa K, Duan L, Lu Y, Malone KE, Marchbanks PA,

McDonald JA, Simon MS, Folger SG, Sullivan-Halley J, Deapen DM, Press MF, Bernstein L.

Reproductive factors and the risk of triple negative breast cancer in white women and African-

American women: a pooled analysis. Breast Cancer Res 2017;19:6. DOI: 10.1186/s13058-016-

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Gilbert AM*, McDonald JA, Palacios RL, de la Rosa I, Wilson E. “Cold uterus”

and other beliefs about fertility on the US-Mexico border. Int J Womens Health Wellness 2016

2:032. DOI: 10.23937/2474-1353/1510032

DeSisto C*, McDonald JA, Rochat R, Apodaca-Diaz B, Declercq E. Decision-making about

method of delivery on the U.S.-Mexico border. Health Care Women Int 2016;37:426–443,

DOI:10.1080/07399332.2014.971951. PMCID: PMC4580528

McDonald JA, Argotsinger B*, Mojarro O, Rochat R, Amatya A. First trimester initiation of

prenatal care in the US-Mexico border region. Medical Care 2015;53:700–707

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Ma H, Xu X, Ursin G, Simon MS, Marchbanks PA, Malone K, Lu Y, McDonald JA, Folger SG,

Weiss LK, Sullivan-Halley J, Deapen DM, Press M, Bernstein L. Reduced Risk of Breast Cancer

Associated with Recreational Physical Activity Varies by HER2 status. Cancer Medicine 2015;4:

1122–1135, DOI 10.1002/cam4.465. PMCID: PMC4529350

McDonald JA, Rishel K*, Escobedo MA, Arellano DE, Cunningham TJ*. Obstetrical

emergencies at US-Mexico border crossings in El Paso, Texas. Rev Panam Salud Publica

2015;37(2):76–82. PMCID: PMC4579533

Vasquez D*, McDonald JA, Brown L, Homedes N. Unintended pregnancies among Hispanic

women in Texas: a descriptive analysis. Matern Child Health J 2015;19:1220-1229, DOI

10.1007/s10995-014-1626-5. PMCID: PMC4418950

McDonald JA, Mojarro O, Sutton PD, Ventura SJ. Adolescent births in the border region: a

descriptive analysis based on US Hispanic and Mexican birth certificates. Matern Child Health J

2015;19:128-135, DOI 10.1007/s10995-014-1503-2

McDonald JA, Mojarro Dávila O, Sutton PD, Ventura SJ. Cesarean birth in the border region: a

descriptive analysis based on US Hispanic and Mexican birth certificates. Matern Child Health J

2015;19:112-120, DOI 10.1007/s10995-014-1501-4

Ma H, Lu Y, Marchbanks PA, Folger SG, Strom BL, McDonald JA, Simon MS, Weiss, LK,

Malone KE, Burkman RT, Sullivan-Halley J, Deapen DM, Press MF, Bernstein L. Quantitative

measures of estrogen receptor expression in relation to breast cancer-specific mortality risk

among white women and black women, Breast Cancer Res 2013;15:R90. PMCID:

PMC3978823. Available at http://breast-cancer-research.com/content/15/5/R90

McDonald JA, Mojarro Dávila O, Sutton PD, Ventura SJ. A binational overview of

reproductive health outcomes among US Hispanic and Mexican women in the border region.

Preventing Chronic Disease 2013;10:130019. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd10.130019.

Available in English and Spanish at http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2013/13_0019.htm

Ma H, Lu Y, Malone KE, Marchbanks PA, Deapen DM, Spirtas R, Burkman RT, Strom BL,

McDonald JA, Folger SG, Simon MS, Sullivan-Halley J, Press MF, Bernstein L. Mortality risk

of black women and white women with invasive breast cancer by hormone receptors, HER2, and

p53 status. BMC Cancer 2013;13:225 doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-225. PMCID: PMC3978823

Herrera DGH*, Schiefelbein EL*, Smith R, Rojas R, Mirchandani GG, McDonald JA. Cervical

cancer screening in the US-Mexico border region: a binational study. Matern Child Health J

2012;16 Suppl 2:298-306

Tyler CP, Whiteman MK, Zapata LB, Hillis SD, Curtis KM, McDonald JA, Wingo PA,

Kulkarni A, Marchbanks PA. The Effect of body mass index and weight change on epithelial

ovarian cancer survival in younger women. J Women’s Health 2012;21:865-871

Ahluwalia IB, D’Angelo D, Morrow B, McDonald JA. Association between acculturation and

breastfeeding among Hispanic women: data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment and

Monitoring System. J Human Lactation 2012;28:167-173

Reding KW, Carlson CS, Kahsai O, Chen CC, McDavid A, Doody DR, Chen C, Ornelas I, Lowe

K, Bernstein L, Weiss L, McDonald JA, Simon MS, Strom B, Marchbanks PA, Burkman R,

Spirtas R, Liff JM, Malone KE. Examination of ancestral informative markers and self-reported

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race with tumor characteristics of breast cancer among black and white women. Breast Cancer

Res Treat 2012;134:801-809

Reding KW, Chen C, Lowe K, Doody DR, Carlson CS, Chen CT, Houck J, Weiss LK,

Marchbanks PA, Bernstein L, Spirtas R, McDonald JA, Strom BL, Burkman RT, Simon MS,

Liff JM, Daling JR, Malone KE. Estrogen-related genes and their contribution to racial

differences in breast cancer risk. Cancer Causes Control. Published online ahead of print,

March 15, 2012, DOI 10.1007/s10552-012-9925-x.

Marchbanks PA, Curtis KA, Mandel MG, Wilson HG, Jeng G, Folger SG, McDonald JA,

Daling JR, Bernstein L Malone KE, Wingo PA, Simon MS, Norman SA, Strom BL, Ursin G,

Weiss LK, Burkman RT, Spirtas R. Oral contraception formulation and risk of breast cancer.

Contraception 2011;85:342-350

Lu Y, Ma H, Malone KE, Norman SA, Sullivan-Halley J, Lacey JV Jr, Strom BL, Marchbanks

PA, Spirtas R, Burkman RT, Deapen D, Folger SG, Simon MS, Press MF, McDonald JA,

Bernstein L. Obesity and Survival among Black women and White women 35 to 64 years of age

at diagnosis with invasive breast cancer. JCO 2011;29:3358-3365

Lu Y, Ma H, Malone KE, Norman SA, Sullivan-Halley J, Strom BL, Simon MS, Marchbanks

PA, McDonald JA, West DW, Henderson KD, Deapen D, Ursin G, Bernstein L. Oral

contraceptive use and survival in women with invasive breast cancer. Cancer Epidemiol

Biomarkers Prev 2011;20:1391-1397

Press DJ, Sullivan-Halley J, Ursin G, Deapen D, McDonald JA, Strom BL, Norman SA, Simon

MS, Marchbanks PA, Folger SG, Liff JM, Burkman RT, Malone KE, Weiss LK, Bernstein L.

Breast cancer risk and its association with ovariectomy, hysterectomy, and tubal sterilization in

the Women’s CARE Study. Amer J Epidemiol 2011;173:38-47

Berstad P, Coates RJ, Bernstein L, Folger SG, Malone KE, Marchbanks PA, Weiss LK, Liff JM,

McDonald JA, Strom BL, Simon MS, Deapen D, Press MF, Burkman RT, Spirtas R, Ursin G. A

Case-Control Study of Body Mass Index and Breast Cancer Risk in White and African American

Women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2010;19:1532-44

Tyler C, Whiteman M, Zapata L, Hillis S, Curtis K, McDonald J, Wingo P, Marchbanks P.

(abstract) The effect of body mass index and weight change on ovarian cancer survival.

American J Epidemiol 2010;171:S22

Ma H, Wang Y, Sullivan-Halley J, Weiss L, Marchbanks PA, Spirtas R, Ursin G, Burkman RT,

Simon MS, Malone KE, Strom BL, McDonald JA, Press MF, Bernstein L. Use of Four

Biomarkers to Evaluate the Risk of Breast Cancer Subtypes in the Women’s Contraceptive and

Reproductive Experiences Study. Cancer Res 2010;70: 575–87

Ma H, Wang Y, Sullivan-Halley J, Weiss L, Burkman RT, Simon M, Malone KE, Strom BL,

Ursin G, Marchbanks PA, McDonald J, Spirtas R, Press MF, Bernstein L. Breast cancer

receptor status: Do results from a centralized pathology laboratory agree with SEER registry

reports? Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2009;18:2214-2220

Li CI, Mathes RW, Malone KE, Daling JR, Bernstein L, Marchbanks PA, Strom BL, Simon MS,

Press MF, Deapen D, Burkman RT, Folger SG, McDonald JA, Spirtas R. The relationship

between migraine history and breast cancer risk among premenopausal and postmenopausal

women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2009;18:2030-2034

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Robbins CL, Whiteman MK, Hillis SD, Curtis KM, McDonald JA, Wingo PA, Kulkarni A,

Marchbanks PA. Influence of reproductive factors on mortality after epithelial ovarian cancer

diagnosis. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2009;17:2035-2041

Wingo PA, Kulkarni A, Borrud LG, McDonald JA, Villalobos SA*, Green DC. Health

disparities among U.S. Mexican American Women aged 15 to 44 years, National Health and

Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2004. AJPH 2009;99:1300 – 1307

McDonald JA, Manlove J, Ikramullah EN. Immigration measures and reproductive health

among Hispanic youth: findings from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997-2003. J

Adolesc Health. 2009;44:14–24

Castrucci BC, Echegollen Guzmán A, Saraiya M, Smith BR, Lewis KL, Coughlin SS, Gossman

GL, McDonald JA, Foulkes H, Mirchandani G, Correa-Nieto Canedo L, Garcia IM, Acuña A.

Cervical cancer screening among women who gave birth in the US-Mexico border region, 2005:

the Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project for Women’s Health. Prev Chronic

Dis 2008;5(4). Available in English and Spanish at

http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2008/oct/08_0063.htm

Castrucci BC, Piña Carrizales LE, D’Angelo DV, McDonald JA, Foulkes H, Ahluwalia IB,

Gossman GL, Acuña J, Erickson T, Clatanoff K, Lewis K, Mirchandani G, Smith B. Attempted

breastfeeding before hospital discharge on both sides of the US-Mexico border, 2005: the

Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project for Women’s Health. Prev Chronic Dis

2008;5(4). Available in English and Spanish at

http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2008/oct/08_0058.htm

Gossman GL, Carrillo Garza CA, Johnson CH, Nichols JJ, Castrucci BC, McDonald JA, Lewis

KL, Mirchandani GG. Prenatal HIV testing in the US-Mexico border region, 2005: the

Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project for Women’s Health. Prev Chronic Dis 2008;5(4).

Available in English and Spanish at http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2008/oct/08_0106.htm

Robles JL, Lewis KL, Folger SG, Ruiz M, Gossman G, McDonald JA, Castrucci BC, Perez M,

Zapata L, Garcia I, Marchbanks PA. Prior contraceptive use among women who gave birth in the

US-Mexico border region, 2005: the Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project for Women’s

Health. Prev Chronic Dis 2008;5(4). Available in English and Spanish at

http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2008/oct/08_0057.htm

Galván González FG, Mirchandani GG, McDonald JA, Ruiz M, Echegollen Guzmán A,

Castrucci BC, Gossman GL, Lewis KL. Characteristics of young women who gave birth in the

US-Mexico border region, 2005: the Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project for Women’s

Health. Prev Chronic Dis 2008;5(4). Available in English and Spanish at

http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2008/oct/08_0060.htm

McDonald JA, Johnson CH, Smith R, Folger SG, Chavez AL, Mishra N*, Hernández Jiménez

A, MacDonald LR, Hernández Rodríguez JS, Villalobos SA. Reproductive health surveillance in

the US-Mexico border region, 2003-2006: the Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project for

Women’s Health. Prev Chronic Dis 2008b;5(4). Available in English and Spanish at

http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2008/oct/08_0055.htm

Lord SJ, Bernstein L, Johnson KA, Malone KE, McDonald JA, Marchbanks PA, Simon MS,

Strom BL, Press MF, Folger SG, Burkman RT, Deapen D, Spirtas R, Ursin G. Breast cancer risk

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and hormone receptor status in older women by parity, age at first birth and breast feeding – a

case-control study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008;17:1723-1730

McDonald JA, Suellentrop K*, Paulozzi LJ, Morrow B. Reproductive health of the rapidly

growing Hispanic population: Data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System,

2002. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2008;12:342-356

Li CI, Malone KE, Daling, JR, Potter JD, Bernstein L, Marchbanks PA, Strom BL, Simon MS,

Press MF, Ursin G, Burkman RT, Folger SG, Norman S, McDonald JA, Spirtas R. Timing of

menarche and first full-term pregnancy in relation to breast cancer risk. American Journal of

Epidemiology 2008;167:230-239

Folger SG, Marchbanks PA, McDonald JA, Bernstein L, Ursin G, Berlin JA Daling JR, Norman

SA, Strom BL, Weiss LK, Simon MS, Burkman RT, Malone KE, Spirtas R. Risk of breast

cancer associated with short-term use of oral contraceptives. Cancer Causes and Control

2007;18(2):189-98

Malone KE, Daling JR, Doody DR, , Hsu, L, Bernstein L, Coates RJ, Marchbanks PA, Simon

MS, McDonald JA, Norman SA, Strom BL, Burkman RT, Ursin G, Deapen D, Weiss LK,

Folger SG, Madeoy JJ, Friedrichsen DM, Suter MN, Humphrey MC, Spirtas R, Ostrander EA.

Prevalence and predictors of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in a population-based study of breast

cancer in American White and Black women ages 35 to 64 years. Cancer Res 2006; 66:8297-308

Li CI, Daling JR, Malone KE, Bernstein, L, Liff JM, Strom BL, Simon MS, Press MF,

McDonald JA, Ursin G, Burkman RT, Deapen D, Spirtas R. Relationship between established

breast cancer risk factors and risk of seven different histologic types of invasive breast cancer.

Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006; 15:946-954

Simon MS, Korczak JF, Yee CL, Daling JR, Malone KE, Ursin G, Bernstein L, McDonald JA,

Deapen D, Strom B, Press MF, Marchbanks PA, Burkman RT, Weiss LK, Schwartz AG. Breast

cancer risk estimates for relatives of White and African American women with breast cancer in

the Women’s Contraceptive and Reproductive Experiences Study. J Clin Oncol 2006; 24:2498-

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Bernstein L, Patel AV, Ursin G, Sullivan-Halley J. Press MF, Deapen D, Berlin JA, Daling

JR, McDonald JA, Norman SA, Malone KE, Strom BL, Liff J, Folger SG, Simon MS,

Burkman RT, Marchbanks PA, Weiss LK, Spirtas R. Lifetime Recreational Exercise Activity

and Breast Cancer Risk among Black and White Women. JNCI 2005; 97:1671-1679

Whiteman MK, Hillis SD, Curtis KM, McDonald JA, Wingo PA, Marchbanks PA. Body mass

and mortality after breast cancer diagnosis. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005; 14:2009-

2014

Simon MS, Korczak JF, Yee CL, Daling JR, Malone KE, Bernstein L, Marchbanks PA,

FolgerSG, McDonald JA, Norman SA, Strom BL, Deapen D, Ursin G, Burkman RT, Press MF,

Schwartz AG, Spirtas R. Racial differences in the familial aggregation of breast cancer and

other female cancers in the Women’s Contraceptive and Reproductive Experiences Study. Breast

Cancer Research and Treatment 2005; 89:227-235

McDonald JA, Mandel MG, Marchbanks PA, Folger SG, Daling JR, Ursin G, Simon MS,

Bernstein L, Strom BL, Norman SA, Malone KE, Weiss LK, Burkman RT, Weber A, Spirtas R

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Alcohol exposure and breast cancer: results of the Women’s Contraceptive and Reproductive

Experiences Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004;13:2106-16

Whiteman MK, Hillis SD, Curtis KM, McDonald JA, Wingo PA, Marchbanks PA.

Reproductive history and mortality after breast cancer diagnosis. Obstet Gynecol 2004;104:146-

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Ursin G, Bernstein L, Wang Y, Lord SJ, Deapen D, Liff JM, Norman SA, Weiss LK, Daling JR,

Marchbanks PA, Malone KE, Folger SG, McDonald JA, Burkman RT, Simon MS, Strom BL,

Spirtas R. Reproductive factors and risk of breast carcinoma in a study of white and African-

American women. Cancer 2004;101:353-62

Norman SA, Berlin JA, Weber A, Strom B, Daling J, Weiss L, Marchbanks P, Bernstein L,

Voigt L, McDonald J, Ursin G, Burkman R, Simon M, Folger S, Spirtas R. Combined effect of

oral contraceptive use and hormone replacement therapy on breast cancer risk in post

menopausal women. Cancer Causes and Control 2003;14:933-43

Daling JR, Malone KE, Doody, DR, Voigt LF, Bernstein L, Marchbanks PA, Coates RJ, Norman

SA, Weiss LK, Ursin G, Burkman RT, Folger SG, McDonald JA, Simon MS, Strom BL, Spirtas

R. Associations of regimens of hormone replacement therapy to prognostic factors among

women diagnosed with breast cancer aged 50-64. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and

Prevention 2003;12:1175-81

Burkman RT, Tang M-TC, Malone KE, Marchbanks PA, McDonald JA, Folger SG, Norman

SA, Bernstein L, Ursin G, Weiss LK, Simon MS, Spirtas R. Infertility drugs and the risk of

breast cancer: findings from the NICHD Women’s Contraceptive and Reproductive Experiences

Study. Fertil Steril 2003;79:844-51

Simon MS, Tang M-TC, Bernstein L, Norman SA, Weiss L, Burkman RT, Daling JR, Deapen D,

Folger SG, Malone K, Marchbanks PA, McDonald JA, Strom BL, Wilson HG, Spirtas R. Do

thyroid disorders increase the risk of breast cancer? Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and

Prevention 2002;11:1574-8

Daling JR, Malone KE, Doody DR, Voigt LF, Bernstein L, Coates RJ, Marchbanks PA, Norman

SA, Weiss LK, Ursin G, Berlin JA, Burkman RT, Deapen D, Folger SG, McDonald JA, Simon

MS, Strom BL, Wingo PA, Spirtas R. Relation of regimens of combined hormone replacement

therapy to lobular, ductal, and other histologic types of breast carcinoma. Cancer 2002;95:2455-

64

Weiss LK, Burkman RT, Cushing-Haugen K, Voigt LF, Simon MS, Daling JR, Norman SA,

Bernstein L, Ursin G, Marchbanks PA, Strom BL, Berlin JA, Weber AL, Doody DR, Wingo PA,

McDonald JA, Malone KE, Folger SG, Spirtas R. Hormone replacement therapy regimens and

breast cancer risk. Obstet Gynecol 2002;100:1148-58

Marchbanks PA, McDonald JA, Wilson HG. Oral contraceptives and the risk of breast cancer

(letter). N Engl J Med 2002c;347:1449

Marchbanks PA, McDonald JA, Wilson HG, Folger SG, Mandel MG, Daling JR, Bernstein L,

Malone KE, Ursin G, Strom BL, Norman SA, Weiss LK, Wingo PA, Burkman RT, Berlin JA,

Simon MS, Spirtas R. Oral contraceptives and the risk of breast cancer. N Engl J Med

2002b;346:2025-32

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Marchbanks PA, McDonald JA, Wilson HG, Burnett NM, Daling JR, Bernstein L, Malone KE,

Strom BL, Norman SA, Weiss LK, Liff JM, Wingo PA, Burkman RT, Folger SG, Berlin JA,

Deapen DM, Ursin G, Coates RJ, Simon MS, Press MF, Spirtas R. The NICHD Women’s

Contraceptive and Reproductive Experiences Study: methods and operational results. Ann

Epidemiol 2002a;12:213-21

Schildkraut JM, Bastos E, Halabi S, Marchbanks PA, McDonald JA, Berchuck A. Prognostic

factors in early-onset ovarian cancer: a population-based study. Obstet Gynecol 2000;95:119-

127

Karagas MR, McDonald JA, Greenberg ER, Stukel TA and Weiss JE. Risk of Basal Cell (BCC)

and squamous cell (SCC) skin cancers following ionizing radiation treatment. JNCI

1996;88:1848-1853

McDonald JA, Potter NU. Lead's Legacy? Mortality among survivors of childhood lead

poisoning. Arch Environ Health 1996;51:116-121

McDonald JA, Potter NU. Re: A method for estimating year of birth using social security

number (letter). Am J Epidemiol 1991;134:1475

McDonald JA, Weiss NS, Daling JR, et al. Risk of breast cancer and menopausal estrogen use.

Breast Cancer Res Treat 1987;7:193-199

McDonald JA. Health effects of urea-formaldehyde home insulation: a community survey.

(abstract) In Proceedings of the National Environmental Health Association Annual Educational

Conference. J Environ Health 1985;48

McDonald JA, Li FP, Mehta CR. Cancer mortality among beekeepers. J Occup Med

1979;21:811-813

Corkery JC, Li FP, McDonald JA, et al. Kids who really shouldn't smoke. N Engl J Med

1979;300:1279

Technical reports and training modules

McDonald J, Gard C, Sroka C, Paulozzi L. Research Skills Workshop. One-day curriculum for

graduate and undergraduate students pursuing research projects. Southwest Institute for Health

Disparities Research, NMSU; March 2019

McDonald JA, Olivares E. Border Health. Educational module for integration into selected

undergraduate classes; Southwest Institute for Health Disparities Research, NMSU; January

2018

Border Reproductive Health Technical Work Group. Co-author. Maternal Mortality White

Paper; US-Mexico Border Health Commission; May 2017

McDonald JA. Evaluation Planning: Terms, Logic Models and Indicators. Training module for

funding applicants; US-Mexico Border Health Commission, New Mexico Office of Border

Health; Feb, 2017

US-Mexico Border Health Commission. Co-author. White paper: Border Obesity Prevention

(BOP) Strategic Plan 2016; http://www.borderhealth.org/files/res_3077.pdf

Arellano D, McDonald JA, Perez M. BorderMACH Workshop 2 Evaluation Report; MCH

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Epidemiology Program, CDC; February, 2012

McDonald JA, Welter J, Hall ME. BorderMACH Workshop Evaluation Report; MCH

Epidemiology Program, CDC; March, 2010

McDonald JA, Burnett N, Coronado VG, Johnson RJ: Diseño de Cuestionarios. Series de

Epidemiología de la Salud Reproductiva, Módulo 4; U.S. Department of Health and Human

Services, Atlanta GA, April 2006

McDonald JA, Burnett N, Coronado VG, Johnson, RJ: Questionnaire design; Reproductive

Health Epidemiology Series, Module 4; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta

GA, September 2003

Brown, W, McDonald J, Coronado V: Bolivia Epidemiology Training Assessment Report;

prepared for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Bolivia through

Participating Agency Services Agreement number GH 99-005 between USAID and CDC;

August 1, 2001

Honduras Ministry of Health in collaboration with Brown W, Hughes L, and McDonald JA.

Country Work plan Proposal: Post-Hurricane Reconstruction of the Public Health Care

Systems, Honduras; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; October, 1999

PRESENTATIONS

Invited speaker

Border Health Disparities: Mortality, Maternal and Child Health, and Child Obesity as

Examples; McDonald JA; Academy for Learning in Retirement; Good Samaritan Society; Las

Cruces, NM; April 15, 2019

Health Care Disparities among Ethnic and Racial Minorities; McDonald JA; Osteopathic

Health Policy Fellowship Seminar: Advancing Health Equity; Burrell College of Osteopathic

Medicine, Las Cruces, NM, Jan 25-27, 2019

Disparities in cesarean delivery rates in the border region; McDonald JA, Amatya A, Gard CC,

Sigala J*; Border Bunch Breakfast, NMDOH/OBH monthly health forum; Las Cruces, NM; Nov

7, 2018

Research Bytes - Southwest Health Disparities: Women and Children; McDonald JA; NMSU

RISE to the Postdoctorate STARTUP Workshop; Las Cruces, NM; May 25, 2018

Public health issues facing the border region. Palacios, R, Forster-Cox, S, McDonald, JA, Rao,

S, and Tomaka, J; Roundtable presented at the first Electronic Caregiver Health Summit. Las

Cruces, NM; May 10, 2018

US and Mexican Reproductive Health Outcomes in the Border Region: McDonald JA; Women

in Medicine and Science (WIMS); Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; El Paso, TX;

March 28, 2018

Border Mortality Disparities; McDonald JA, Olivares E, Rios K*; Border Health Breakfast

Hour at Southwest Institute for Health Disparities Research (SWIHDR); Las Cruces, NM;

September 14, 2017

Southwest Institute for Health Disparities Research in Transition (oral): McDonald JA, Olivares

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E, Rios K*; Border Bunch Breakfast, New Mexico Office of Border Health; Las Cruces, NM;

Sept 6, 2017

Evaluation planning (training seminar): McDonald JA; New Mexico Department of Health,

Office of Border Health Workshop; Las Cruces, NM; July 28, 2016

Child Mortality among 1 to 4 Year Olds: A Neglected Priority (oral presentation); McDonald

JA and Brantley L*; MCH Coalition Annual Strategic Planning Event, Healthy Start Program,

Dona Ana County; Las Cruces, NM; December 16, 2016

A Border Problem We Don’t Talk About: Deaths among Toddlers (oral presentation);

McDonald JA and Brantley L*; Border Bunch Breakfast, a regional health organization forum

held monthly; Las Cruces, NM; Nov 2, 2016

Voice of the Public: Designing Healthy Communities with Dr. Richard Jackson and local NMSU

Professor of Health Sciences Dr. Jill McDonald (radio talk show); KRWG TV/FM. Aug 18,

2016 http://krwg.org/post/voice-public-august-18-2016-designing-healthy-communities.

Salud Para Usted y Su Familia: An interdisciplinary approach to child obesity prevention in US-

Mexico Border colonias; McDonald JA and the NMSU SPUSF Team (poster); Southwest

Institute for Health Disparities Research Annual Conference; Sept 11, 2015

Fronteras – A Changing America: Southwest Institute for Health Disparities Research.

McDonald JA, Marin M (television show); KRWG TV/FM, September 10, 2015.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TQTccyetA4

Salud Para Usted y Su Familia: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Child Obesity Prevention in

Texas, New Mexico and Arizona Colonias; McDonald JA; Border Obesity Prevention

Workshop; US-Mexico Border Health Commission and Texas Department of State Health

Services; Laredo, Texas; August 4-5, 2015

Measuring Maternal Health in the Border Region; McDonald JA; International Seminar:

Maternal Health in Mexico and in the United States; Centro de Investigación sobre América del

Norte, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Mexico City, Mexico; April 22, 2015

Southwest Institute for Health Disparities Research (oral presentation); McDonald JA; Border

Bunch Breakfast, a regional health organization forum held monthly; Las Cruces, NM; Nov 5,

2014

Initiating health disparities research in the border region: sí se puede!; University Research

Council’s 14th Annual Research and Creative Activities Fair (poster); New Mexico State

University; Las Cruces, NM; October 3, 2014

Border and Binational Reproductive Health Programs: Measuring Reproductive Health in the

Border Region (plenary session); McDonald JA, Mojarro O; Proceedings Report of the Border

Reproductive Health Summit; San Diego, California; March 19, 2014; United States-Mexico

Border Health Commission; http://www.borderhealth.org/files/res_2696.pdf

Birth Outcome Disparities in the Border Region (oral); McDonald JA; MCH Collaborative of

Memorial Medical Center, Las Cruces/Dona Ana County and New Mexico Department of

Health; Las Cruces, NM; October 30, 2013

MCH Epidemiology in the US-Mexico border region (oral presentation); McDonald JA; HHS

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Office of Global Affairs visit to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, GA, June

25, 2013

Utilización de datos binacionales para el seguimiento de la SMI en la región fronteriza (oral);

McDonald JA; Secretariat of Health of Sonora, IV Reunión de Seguimiento de Los Programas

De Embarazo en Adolescentes, Obesidad y Diabetes de Los Consejos Binacionales de Salud;

Puerto Peñasco, Sonora; May 16-17, 2013

Prevención del Embarazo Adolescente en la Región Fronteriza de Sonora (workshop);

McDonald JA, Mojarro O; Workshop to Identify Determinants and Develop Evidence-Based

Actions to Reduce Adolescent Pregnancy; Secretariat of Health of Sonora, México; San Luis Rio

Colorado, Sonora; May 22-23, 2012

Perinatal Health and Health Care (Moderator); 18th Annual Maternal and Child Health

Epidemiology Conference (MCH EPI); San Antonio, TX; December 12-14, 2012

Epidemiología del Embarazo en Adolescentes (oral); McDonald J; 2nd Annual Reunion of the

Binational Health Councils, Sonora and Arizona; Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, México; October

24-26, 2011

Prioridades de la salud materno-infantil para la región fronteriza México-Estados Unidos

(keynote address); McDonald J; 17th Annual Northern Forum for Health Research, Mexican

Institute of Social Security; Saltillo, México; July 1, 2011

Building Maternal and Child Health Capacity in the US-Mexico Border Region (seminar);

McDonald J; Hispanic Health Research Seminar Series, University of Texas School of Public

Health at Houston, Brownsville Regional Campus; Brownsville, TX; April 1, 2011

Issues in Maternal and Child Health in the US-Mexico Border Region (lecture); McDonald J;

Border Health Lecture Series, University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston, El Paso

Regional Campus; El Paso, TX; October 12, 2010

Maternal and Child Health in the Border Region (oral); McDonald J; Collaborative MCH

Partners Meeting, Memorial Medical Center, Las Cruces, NM, September 21, 2010

MCH Epidemiology Assignment and Impact in the US-Mexico Border Region (oral); McDonald

J; Division of Reproductive Health Seminar, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and

Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, GA; June 16, 2010

Commencement address; McDonald J; University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston,

El Paso Regional Campus; El Paso, TX; May 6, 2010

Early Determinants of Chronic Disease (oral); McDonald J; US-Mexico Binational Health

Councils Planning Workshop II, El Paso, TX, April 19-20, 2010

Border women: opportunities for promoting reproductive health (oral); McDonald J; Paso Del

Norte Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) Annual Meeting; Las Cruces, NM; October

16, 2009

Strengthening MCH Epidemiology in the Border Region (oral); McDonald J; Meetings of the

Columbus, NM-Las Palomas, Chihuahua Binational Health Council on February 5, 2010 and the

Presidio, TX-Ojinaga, Chihuahua Binational Health Council on March 18, 2010

Obesity on the Borderline (Moderator); McDonald J; 16th Annual Maternal and Child Health

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Epidemiology Conference (MCH EPI); San Antonio, TX; Dec 15-17, 2010

The BorderMACH Initiative: A Path to Increased Reproductive Health Capacity in the Border

Region (oral); McDonald J; Meeting between the National Center for Chronic Disease

Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Mexican

Secretariat of Health leadership to develop and strengthen areas of collaboration; Mexico City,

Mexico; October 14-15, 2008

Maternal and Child Health on the U.S.-Mexico Border (Speaker and Panelist); McDonald J;

DataSpeak Web Conference; Office of Data and Program Development, Maternal and Child

Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, July 23, 2008

Iniciativa BorderMACH: El Desarrollo de Capacidades en la Región Fonteriza: Colaboración

entre los gobiernos E.U. y México (oral presentations); McDonald J; Meetings with the Mexican

Secretariat of Health, other federal level Mexican institutions; Mexico City; May 19-23, 2008

MCH Epidemiology along the U.S.-Mexico Border: Building Identity and Creating Capacity

(oral); McDonald J; Division of Reproductive Health Seminar, National Center for Chronic

Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta

GA; May 8, 2007

Border Health Challenges and Opportunities – Border Partners Perspectives (speaker and

panelist); McDonald J; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Annual US-Mexico Border

Health Review, Coordinating Office for Global Health; Atlanta GA; April 30, 2007

Building Reproductive Health Epidemiology Capacity in the U.S.-Mexico Border Area (oral);

McDonald J; Third Border Binational Health Week, U.S.-Mexico Border Health Promotion and

Chronic Disease Policy Forum; United States-Mexico Border Health Commission; El Paso

Texas; October 2006

Forum Policy Discussion: Focus on Border Risk Factor Surveillance; (Moderator), Third Border

Binational Health Week, U.S.-Mexico Border Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Policy

Forum; United States-Mexico Border Health Commission; El Paso Texas; October 2006

A Method for MCH Risk Factor Surveillance on the U.S.-Mexico Border: Results from a 4-year

Demonstration Project (Webcast); McDonald J; MCH Epi Grand Rounds, National Center for

Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;

October 4, 2006

An overview of MCH surveillance methods developed in the border region; possible replication

in the Tohono O’odham Nation; McDonald J; series of oral presentations made at meetings with

Tohono O’odham Nation DHHS and Arizona Office of Border Health; Sells AZ; May, 2006

Maternal and Child Health in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region: Goals and Activities of the MCH

Epidemiology Program; McDonald J; Six presentations at meetings with the Outreach Offices

of the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission, Mexico Section; Tijuana Baja CA,

Nogales Sonora, Ciudad Juarez Chihuahua, Piedras Negras Coahuila and Nuevo Laredo

Tamaulipas; May, 2006

Proyecto para la Salud de la Mujer en las Comunidades Hermanas de Matamoros y

Brownsville: Desarrollo del plan para evaluar la muestra; McDonald J; Oral presentations,

Tamaulipas Secretariat of Health, other Tamaulipas institutions; Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas;

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February 2006

Proyecto para la Salud de la Mujer en las Comunidades Hermanas de Matamoros y

Brownsville; McDonald J; Series of oral presentations at the National Center for Gender Equity

and Reproductive Health, National Center for Health Promotion, Secretariat of Health; Mexico

City, Mexico; November 2005

A river runs through it: reproductive health surveillance on the U.S.-Mexico border; McDonald

J; Division of Reproductive Health Seminar, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention

and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta GA; June 8, 2005

Challenges and perspectives of maternal, infant and child health based on the Healthy Border

2010 agenda: The Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project for Women’s Health (oral);

McDonald J; Every Mother and Child Counts, World Health Day Forum; Matamoros,

Tamaulipas, Mexico; April 6, 2005

The Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project; McDonald J; Brown Bag Seminar, NCD

Prevention and Health Promotion Activities in the Americas; National Center for Chronic

Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta,

GA; October 10, 2003

The BMSCP: A Proposal to Develop Women’s Health Surveillance on the U.S.-Mexico Border

(oral); McDonald J; Annual meeting of the US-Mexico Border Health Commission, Mexico

Section; Monterrey, Mexico; Feb 6, 2003

Minimizing Measurement Error: Questionnaire Design, Interviewer Training and Data

Preparation (seminar); McDonald J; University of Pennsylvania Center for Clinical

Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Departmental Seminar; Philadelphia, PA; November 27, 2001

Chronic Effects of Childhood Lead Poisoning (seminar); McDonald J; National Center for

Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;

Atlanta, GA; October 1993

Chronic Childhood Lead Poisoning (seminar); McDonald J; Division of Cancer Epidemiology

and Control, Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Boston MA; June, 1993

Peer-reviewed abstracts/symposia

McDonald JA, Gard CC. Multi-level drivers of disparities in Hispanic cesarean delivery rates in

US-Mexico border states. Paper accepted for presentation at the American Public Health

Association 2019 Annual Meeting and Expo; Philadelphia, PA; Nov 2 – Nov 6, 2019

Sharifi M*, Gard CC, McDonald JA. Perinatal Lead Exposure Risk in a New Mexico Healthy

Start population. Poster presentation at the New Mexico Public Health Association 2019 Annual

Conference; Las Cruces, NM; April 1-3, 2019

McDonald JA, Gard CC. Multi-level drivers of disparities in Hispanic cesarean delivery rates in

US-Mexico border states. Paper presented at the New Mexico Public Health Association 2019

Annual Conference; Las Cruces, NM; April 1-3, 2019

Sroka C, McDonald JA, Olivares E, Gurrola M, Marin M, Sharkey JR. Dietary patterns among

children in New Mexico’s border colonias. Paper presented at the New Mexico Public Health

Association 2019 Annual Conference; Las Cruces, NM; April 1-3, 2019

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Gard CC, Huang J*, de la Rosa I, McDonald JA. Perinatal depression risk in a New Mexico

Healthy Start population, 2009-2017. Paper accepted for presentation at the New Mexico Public

Health Association 2019 Annual Conference; Las Cruces, NM; April 1-3, 2019

Amatya A, McDonald JA, Gard C, Sigala J*, Stone K.* Segmented regression analysis of the

trends of cesarean delivery in the US-Mexico border states (#5006.0). Paper presented at the

American Public Health Association 2018 Annual Meeting and Expo; San Diego, CA;

November 10-14, 2018

Campbell C, McDonald JA, Guerrero A,* Sroka C. Geodatabase development for health

intervention. Paper presented at the 41st Annual Applied Geography Conference; Kent, OH;

October 31 – November 2, 2018

DeSisto C*, McDonald JA. Variation in Birth Outcomes by Mother’s Country of Birth Among

Hispanic Women in the United States (#0994-000036). Poster presentation at the 2018

CityMatCH Leadership and MCH Epidemiology Conference; Portland, OR; September 12-14,

2018

Gard CC, Amatya A, Sigala J*, Stone K* and McDonald JA. Explaining county-level variation

in cesarean delivery rates in U.S.-Mexico border states (#0994-000403). Paper presented at the

2018 CityMatCH Leadership and MCH Epidemiology Conference; Portland, OR; September 12-

14, 2018

McDonald JA, Amatya A, Gard CL, Sigala J.* Trends in cesarean delivery on the US-Mexico

border, 2000-2015. Poster presentation at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Society for Pediatric

and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research; Baltimore, MD; June 18-19, 2018

Stone K*, McDonald J, Amatya A, Gard CC, Sigala J*. Trends in trial of labor and repeat

cesarean delivery in the border region. Paper presented at the New Mexico Public Health

Association 2018 Annual Conference; Albuquerque, NM; April 4-5, 2018

Sigala J*, McDonald J, Amatya A, Gard CC. Trends in cesarean delivery in the US-Mexico

border states. Poster presented at the New Mexico Public Health Association 2018 Annual

Conference; Albuquerque, NM; April 4-5, 2018

McDonald JA, Paulozzi LJ. Mortality disparities among US Hispanics and Hispanics on the US-

Mexico border (#5139.0). Paper presented at the American Public Health Association Annual

Meeting & Expo; Atlanta GA; November 4-8, 2017

Acquah-Baidoo B*, McDonald JA, Selchau K. Behavior change in response to Zika among US-

Mexico Border women (#4311.0). Paper presented at the American Public Health Association

Annual Meeting & Expo; Atlanta GA; November 4-8, 2017

Selchau K, McDonald JA, Acquah-Baidoo B*. ZikV attitudes and protective measures among

US-Mexico Border Healthy Start participants (#0946-000239). Paper presented at the 2017

CityMatCH Leadership Conference and Healthy Start Convention; Nashville, Tennessee;

September 18-20, 2017

McDonald JA, Acquah-Baidoo B*, Selchau K. Zika Knowledge among US-Mexico Border

Women; Poster presented at the New Mexico Public Health Association 2017 Annual

Conference; Albuquerque, NM; April 5-6, 2017

Do QT*, Tran SC, McDonald JA. A Preliminary Report on Predicting Asthma Severity Level

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and Asthma Attack - A Deep Learning Approach; The Third IASTED International Conference

on Telehealth and Assistive Technology and The First IASTED International Conference on

Intelligent Systems and Robotics; Zurich, Switzerland; Oct 6-8, 2016; In: Acta Press 2016 DOI:

10.2316/P.2016.847-018; http://www.actapress.com/Abstract.aspx?paperId=456359 Abstract nr

847-018

McDonald JA (chair), Mitchell L, Selchau K. Pediatric Morbidity and Mortality on the US-

Mexico Border. Symposium presented at the 2016 CityMatCH Leadership and MCH

Epidemiology Conference; Philadelphia, PA; Sept 14-16, 2016.

Sharkey JR, Umstattd Meyer R, McDonald J, Kunz S, St. John J. Salud Para Usted y Su Familia

[Health For You and Your Family]: Constructive Evaluation of the Program-Planning Stage;

Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior’s (SNEB) 49th Annual Conference, San Diego,

CA; In: J Nutr Educ Behav 2016;48:S130–S131. Abstract nr NP50 DOI:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2016.04.376

McDonald JA and Brantley L*. Greater mortality risk among border Hispanic toddlers durng

the last decade. Poster presented at the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Research (SPER)

Annual Meeting; Miami, FL; June 20-21, 2016. https://sper.org/annual-meeting/meeting-

archives/. Abstract nr Pb118

Ma H, Xu X, Ursin G, Lee E, Togawa K, Lu Y, McDonald J, Simon M, Sullivan-Halley J,

Press M, Bernstein L. Pregnancy-related factors and the risk of triple negative breast cancer: a

pooled analysis. Paper presented at the 2016 Epidemiology Congress of the Americas and

Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) Annual Meeting. Miami, FL; June 21-24, 2016.

https://epiresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Abstract-Book-Final-070416.pdf Abstract

nr 0046

Martin A* and McDonald JA. The new Southwest Institute for Health Disparities Research:

taking stock and looking ahead. Poster presented at the New Mexico Public Health Association

Annual Conference; Las Cruces, NM; April 12-13, 2016

Beltrán E, Castañeda I, Cochran T, Flores R, Garza M*, Hernandez O, Sander A, Somoza M,

McDonald JA. Our experience as promotora researchers in US-Mexico border communities.

Panel presentation at the New Mexico Public Health Association Annual Conference; Las

Cruces, NM; April 12-13, 2016

Olivares E, Maria Gurrola M, McDonald JA. Building research capacity among community

health workers in Southern New Mexico. Poster presented at the New Mexico Public Health

Association Annual Conference; Las Cruces, NM; April 12-13, 2016

McDonald JA, Devall E, Golem D, Gurrola M, Marín M, Olivares E, and the NMSU SPUSF

Team. Salud Para Usted y Su Familia: An interdisciplinary approach to child obesity Prevention

in US-Mexico border colonias; Poster presented at Border Health Research Forum; US-Mexico

Border Health Commission and Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León; Monterrey, Mexico; Oct

21, 2015

McDonald JA and the NMSU Team. Salud Para Usted y Su Familia: an interdisciplinary

approach to child obesity prevention in US-Mexico Border colonias. Poster presented at the

Southwest Institute for Health Disparities Research 2015 Conference, Las Cruces, NM; Sept 11,

2015

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Sharkey JR, McDonald JA, Kunz S, Umstattd Meyer R. Salud Para Usted Y Su Familia [Health

For You And Your Family]: Childhood Obesity Prevention In Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas

Border Areas; Society for Nutrition Education & Behavior 48th Annual Conference; Pittsburgh,

PA; In: J Nutr Educ Behav 2015;47:S97–S98; Abstract nr NP13 DOI:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2015.04.261

McDonald JA, Zhu L*, Amatya A; Bed-sharing in the Texas-Mexico Border Region; Poster

presented at the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting;

Denver, CO; June 15-16, 2015

Gilbert A*, McDonald JA. Cultural influences on fertility behavior along the US-Mexico

border; Paper presented at the New Mexico Public Health Association Annual 2015 Conference,

Albuquerque, NM; March 31 – April 1, 2015

McDonald JA, de la Rosa I; Initiating Health Disparities Research in the Border Region; ¡Sí Se

Puede! Poster presented at the University Research Council Science Fair, New Mexico State

University; Las Cruces, NM; Oct 3, 2014

Vasquez D*, McDonald JA, Brown L, Homedes N, Castrucci B. Unintended Pregnancies

among Hispanic Women in Texas: A Descriptive Analysis; Paper presented at the 2014

CityMarCH Leadership and MCH Epidemiology Conference; Phoenix, AZ; September 17-19,

2014

DeSisto C*, McDonald JA, Rochat R, Diaz-Apodaca BA, Declercq E. A qualitative study of

decision-making regarding method of birth on the US-Mexico border; Paper presented at the

2014 CityMarCH Leadership and MCH Epidemiology Conference; Phoenix, AZ; September 17-

19, 2014

McDonald JA. Primary Cesarean Birth and Hospital Ownership in Texas; Paper presented at the

CityMatCH Leadership and MCH Epidemiology Conference; Phoenix, AZ; Sept 17-19, 2014;

http://www.citymatch.org/sites/default/files/documents/Compendium%20Complete.pdf pg 70-

71

McDonald JA, Mojarro Dávila O, Sutton PD, Ventura SJ. La cesárea en la región fronteriza

México-EU: un análisis descriptivo [Cesarean birth in the US-Mexico border región: a

descriptive analysis]; Paper presented at the Mexican Society of Demography (SOMEDE), XII

Annual Meeting; Mexico City, Mexico; May 28-30, 2014;

http://xiireuniondemografica.ibero.mx/programa.htm Abstract nr 175

McDonald JA, Mojarro Dávila O, Sutton PD, Ventura SJ. Nacimientos en Adolescentes en la

Región Fronteriza Estados Unidos-México: Un Análisis Descriptivo; Paper presented at the

Mexican Society of Demography (SOMEDE), XII Annual Meeting; Mexico City, Mexico; May

28-30, 2014; http://xiireuniondemografica.ibero.mx/programa.htm Abstract nr 199

McDonald JA, de la Rosa IA, Adera T. NMSU’s Southwest Institute of Health Disparities

Research; Paper presented at the New Mexico Public Health Association and the NM CARES

Health Disparities Center 2014 Joint Conference; Albuquerque, NM; April 1-2, 2014

McDonald JA. BorderMACH: Building Binational Maternal and Child Health Capacity in the

US-Mexico Border Region (poster); 18th Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology

Conference (MCH EPI); San Antonio, TX; December 12-14, 2012

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McDonald JA. Emergency medical services (EMS) transports among reproductive age women

in a binational setting (poster); 18th Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology

Conference (MCH EPI); San Antonio, TX; December 12-14, 2012

Luevanos AC*, Fournier M*, Aguilar E, Perez-Lockett K*, Medina MG*, Alvarado Robles A*,

Castro Lopez F*, Rodriguez M*. Community-level bi-national planning to address high teen

birth rates; Winner of the Kate Carson Promising Practice Award. Poster presented at the 2012

CityMatCH Urban MCH Leadership Conference and the18th Annual Maternal and Child Health

Epidemiology Conference; San Antonio, TX; December 12-14, 2012

Argotsinger B*, McDonald JA, Mojarro O, Rochat R. Prenatal Care Utilization in the U.S.-

Mexico Border Region: an Analysis of Timing and Adequacy in 10 Border States Using

Combined Vital Records Data; Paper presented at the 2012 CityMatCH Urban MCH Leadership

Conference and the18th Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference, San

Antonio, TX; December 12-14, 2012

McDonald JA. You say certificate, I say certificado (oral); 18th Annual Maternal and Child

Health Epidemiology Conference (MCH EPI); San Antonio, TX; December 12-14, 2012

McDonald JA. Why is cesarean birth so prevalent in U.S.-Mexico border communities? (oral);

17th Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference (MCH EPI); New Orleans,

LA; Dec 14-16, 2011

Herrera DG*, Schiefelbein EL*, Smith R, Rojas R, Mirchandani GG, McDonald JA. Cervical

cancer screening in the U.S.-Mexico border region: A binational analysis; paper presented at the

Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists 2011 Annual Conference; Pittsburgh, PA; June

12-16, 2011

Herrera DG*, McDonald JA, Rojas Martinez R. Geographic variation in childhood obesity in

Mexican states along the US border, Mexico National Survey of Health and Nutrition, 2006;

Paper presented at the 16th Annual maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference (MCH

EPI); San Antonio, TX, Dec 15-17, 2010

McDonald JA. A U.S. border effect on adolescent health behaviors in Mexico’s most northern

states (oral); 16th Annual maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference (MCH EPI); San

Antonio, TX, Dec 15-17, 2010

McDonald JA, Herrera DG*. The epidemiology of operación cesarea in Mexican border

communities (poster); American Public Health Association 138th Annual Meeting and Expo;

Denver, CO, November 9-11, 2010

Navarrete L*, Welter J, Denn M*, Gomez-Munoz T*, McDonald J. A novel approach to

workshop evaluation: An enhanced role for observers; Paper presented at the American Public

Health Association 138th Annual Meeting and Expo; Denver, CO; November 9-11, 2010

Herrera DG*, McDonald JA. Self-perception of unhealthy weight among Mexican women on

the US-Mexico border; Paper presented at the American Public Health Association 138th Annual

Meeting and Expo; Denver, CO; November 9-11, 2010

Herrera DG*, McDonald JA, Banicki AB. Evaluating Binational MCH Surveillance Resources

on the US-Mexico Border; Poster presented at the Council of State and Territorial

Epidemiologists 2010 Annual Conference; Portland, OR; June 6-10, 2010

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McDonald JA. Is acculturation a factor in high cesarean birth rates on the US-Mexico border?

(oral); 15th Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference (MCH EPI); Tampa,

Florida, December 9-11, 2009

McDonald JA. Building MCH Capacity in the US-Mexico Border Region (poster), 2009 City

MatCH Conference; New Orleans, LA; August 22-25, 2009

McDonald JA. The Past, Present and Future of Reproductive Health Surveillance on the U.S.-

Mexico Border (Special session – speaker and moderator), 14th Annual Maternal and Child

Health Epidemiology Conference (MCH EPI); Atlanta GA; December 10-12, 2008

McDonald JA. Transnational MCH Epidemiology on the U.S.-Mexico Border (Special session-

speaker and moderator); 13th Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference

(MCH EPI); Atlanta GA; December 12-14, 2007

McDonald JA. A protocol for U.S.-Mexico border reproductive health surveillance: The

Brownsville-Matamoros sister city project (BMSCP) (oral); 12th Annual Maternal and Child

Health Epidemiology Conference (MCH EPI); Atlanta GA; December 2006

McDonald JA. Advancing maternal and child health in the U.S.-Mexico border area (Special

session – moderator); 12th Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference (MCH

EPI); Atlanta GA; December 2006

Folger SG, Edwards R*, McDonald JA, Burnett N, Rogers J*, Butler MO, Johnson C,

Villalobos S, Mishra N*, Echegollen Guzman A. Evaluation of The Brownsville-Matamoros

Sister City Project; Paper presented at the 12th Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology

Conference; Atlanta GA; December 2006

Chavez AL, Schaar D, Gamboa B, Edwards RT*, Ayala Leal AL, Romero Alvarez E, Lord E*,

McDonald JA. Language And Cultural Effect on the Bi-National Brownsville-Matamoros Sister

City Project; Paper presented at the 12th Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology

Conference; Atlanta GA; December 2006

Edwards R*, McDonald JA. BMSCP y BorderMACH: El Pasado y el Futuro; Paper presented at

the 64th Annual Meeting of the U.S. Mexico Border Health Association; Monterrey, Mexico;

May 4–6, 2006

McDonald J. Using surveillance and technology to confront public health challenges along the

U.S.-Mexico border (oral); 19th National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and

Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; Atlanta GA;

March 2, 2005

McDonald JA. The Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project for Women’s Health (oral). 61st

Annual Meeting of the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Association; San Diego, CA; May 27-May

30, 2003

Robles LA*, McDonald JA, Folger S, Burnett N. ¿What es la Border or the Frontera? How

different definitions of the U.S.-Mexico border affect collection and interpretation of public

health data. Paper presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the U.S. Mexico Border Health

Association; Ciudad Juarez, Mexico; June 8-11, 2004

McDonald J. From Data to Action (poster); 59thAnnual Meeting of the U.S.-Mexico Border

Health Association; Las Cruces, New Mexico; April 30 - May 1, 2001

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McDonald J. Women's Contraceptive and Reproductive Experiences Study (oral); First Annual

National Cancer Prevention and Control Conference; Atlanta, GA; May 1995

McDonald J. Mortality among survivors of childhood lead poisoning (oral); Annual Meeting of

the Society for Epidemiologic Research; Minneapolis, MN; June 1992

McDonald JA. Health effects of urea-formaldehyde home insulation: a community survey (oral);

National Environmental Health Association Annual Educational Conference; Las Vegas,

Nevada; June 23-27, 1985

McDonald JA. A case-control study of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma classified according to

immunologic markers (oral), Student Workshop on Epidemiologic Methods, Annual Meeting of

the Society for Epidemiologic Research, Houston, Texas, June 12, l984

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Workshops, technical presentations and other training

Research Skills Workshop; (Coordinator/ Trainer); Southwest Institute for Health Disparities

Research 1-day workshop for graduate students contemplating research; New Mexico State

University; Las Cruces, NM; March 15, 2019

Evaluation Planning: Terms, Logic Models and Indicators. Training module developed for

current and future organizations applying to the US-Mexico Border Health Commission for

project funds. February 2017

Mortality Disparities; Southwest Institute for Health Disparities Research, Border Health

Breakfast Hour Series Kickoff (Organizer/Presenter); New Mexico State University; Las Cruces,

NM; September 14, 2017

Evaluation Planning: Terms, Logic Models and Indicators; New Mexico Department of Health

Office of Border Health presentation on logic models and project evaluation; (Trainer/Presenter);

New Mexico Department of Health; Las Cruces, NM; July 19, 2016

NMSU’s Southwest Institute for Health Disparities Research: History, Mission and Action Plan;

SWIHDR Kick-off Mini-Conference: Interdisciplinary Solutions for Complex Border Health

Issues; (Organizer/Host and Speaker); New Mexico State University; Las Cruces, NM;

September 5, 2014

Adolescent Health Discussion Group; SWIHDR Kick-off Mini-Conference: Interdisciplinary

Solutions for Complex Border Health Issues; (Moderator); New Mexico State University; Las

Cruces, NM; September 5, 2014

MCH Indicators in the US-Mexico Border Region; Border States Title V Border Health Meeting;

(Speaker and Organizer); 2013 Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP)

Annual Conference; Washington DC; February 9-12, 2013

BorderMACH Workshop 2; (Director and Instructor), 3-day workshop for binational teams of

program directors and data managers to build maternal and child health data capacity in the

border region, El Paso, Texas, May 4-6, 2011

Faculty Training: BorderMACH Workshop 2; (Director and Instructor), El Paso, Texas, May 3,

2011

Series of 4 Pre-BorderMACH Workshop 2 one-day training sessions on identifying binational

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priorities and developing a binational project proposal; (Director and Instructor); Brownsville

(TX), El Paso (TX), Nogales (AZ) and San Diego (CA); March, 2011

BorderMACH Initiative/Iniciativa BorderMACH; BorderMACH organizational meeting of

Lower Rio Grande Valley communities (Moderator and Speaker); TX DSHS HSR 11, Harlingen,

TX, September 9, 2010

BorderMACH Planning Meeting for Workshop 2;State and regional partners, content experts and

advisory committee members (Co-Host and Speaker); El Paso, TX, August 11-13, 2010

BorderMACH Workshop 1; (Director and Instructor), 3-day workshop for binational teams of

program directors and data managers to build project planning and evaluation skills in the border

region, El Paso, Texas, June 14-17, 2009

Faculty Training: BorderMACH Workshop 1; (Director and Instructor), El Paso, Texas, June 14,

2009

Series of 3 Pre-BorderMACH Workshop 1 one-day training sessions on US and Mexican health

services infrastructure and birth registration systems; (Director and Instructor); Brownsville

(TX), EL Paso (TX), Nogales (AZ) and El Centro (CA); March-April, 2009

BorderMACH: Iniciativa para la Capacitación en Salud Materna-Infantil de la Región

Fronteriza de México-Estados Unidos; (Co-Host and Speaker); Second Meeting of the

Binational Advisory Committee, El Paso, TX, September 3-4, 2008

BorderMACH: Iniciativa para la capacitación en salud materna-infantil de la región fronteriza

de México-Estados Unidos; (Co-Host and Speaker); First Meeting of the Binational Advisory

Committee, Phoenix AZ, March 15, 2008

Public Health Capacity-Building in the Border Region: The BorderMACH Initiative; (Co-Host

and Speaker), Planning meeting with U.S. and Mexico health institutions in the U.S.-Mexico

border region, El Paso, TX October 22-23, 2007

BorderMACH Workshop; (Host and Speaker), binational kick-off meeting of local, state, and

national level epidemiologists and MCH program staff to assess capacity for analysis of pooled

vital statistic data; Matamoros Mexico; August 31 2006

Third Binational Stakeholder Meeting of the Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project; (Co-

Host and Speaker), Matamoros Mexico; August 30, 2006

Interviewer and Field Coordinator Training; Brownsville – Matamoros Sister City Project for

Women’s Health (Director and Instructor); Matamoros, Mexico; August 8 – 12, 2005

Where we have been and where we are going: A framework for the Brownsville-Matamoros

Sister City Project; (Co-Host and Speaker), Second Bi-national BMSCP Meeting, Matamoros,

Mexico; September 28, 2004

Measures of Disease Risk; (Developer and Instructor), Epidemiology of Reproductive Health

Training Course; Centro Centroamericano de Población, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José,

Costa Rica; December 1-12, 2003

Questionnaire Design; (Developer and Instructor), Epidemiology of Reproductive Health

Training Course, Centro Centroamericano de Población, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José,

Costa Rica; December 1-12, 2003

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Overview and rationale for standardized women’s health surveillance in the U.S.-Mexico border

region; (Co-Host and Speaker), First Bi-national BMSCP Meeting; Matamoros, Mexico; October

15, 2003

Cholera, Epidemiology, John Snow and 11 Blue Men; (Developer and Instructor), ad-hoc

presentations and interactive class exercises; Clairemont Elementary School; 1998-1999

Issues in Questionnaire Design; (Developer and Instructor), Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and

Scientific Communications; Annual training course for visiting Russian scientists, Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA; 1996 –2000

Questionnaire Design; (Developer and Instructor), Epidemic Intelligence Service Annual

Summer Course, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA; 1995 – 1997

Women’s Contraceptive and Reproductive Experiences (CARE) Study Interviewer and Field

Coordinator Training (Instructor), June 6-10 and August 23-26, 1994 with 1-day

refresher/attrition trainings through 1997

Issues in Data Quality and Cancer Registration; (Developer and Instructor, series of 4 lectures

for MPH students and faculty), Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco; June - August

1985

TEACHING

PHLS 450 M01 Epidemiology, 3 credits: Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2016, Fall 2017

MPH 530 M01 Epidemiological Approaches to Disease Control and Prevention, 3 credits: Spring

2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019

MPH 599 M11 Master's Thesis, 3-6 credits: Fall 2014, Spring, 2015, Spring 2017, Fall 2017,

Spring, 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019

MPH 590 M01 Independent study in Epidemiologic Methods, 3 credits, Spring 2019

MPH 590 M01 Independent Study in Analysis of Community Data, 3 credits, Spring 2019

MPH 590/NURS 700 Topics in Intermediate Epidemiology, 2 credits, Summer 2016

MENTORING AND ADVISING

Graduate research mentor, committee member/chair

Maryam Sharifi, MS in Applied Statistics, NMSU, Research mentor/Committee member, 2018 –

Alycia Mordaunt, MPH Program, NMSU, Thesis Committee Chair, 2017 –

David Salgado Manzano, PhD Program, NMSU, Department of Civil Engineering, Dissertation

Committee Member and Dean’s Representative, 2017 –

Aracely Pedraza, MA Program, Anthropology, NMSU, Thesis Committee Member and Dean’s

Representative, 2016 –

Quan Do, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program, NMSU, Computer Science and Nursing, Doctoral

Dissertation Committee Member, 2015 –

Jenna Morris (Kendall), MPH program and MS Geography program, NMSU, Thesis Committee

Member/Co-Chair, 2015 – 2019

Najah Al-shanableh, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program, Computer Science and Nursing,

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NMSU, Doctoral Committee member; 2013 – 2018

Bridget Acquah-Baidoo, MPH Program, NMSU, Thesis Committee Chair, 2016 – 2018

Upasana Chalise, MPH Program, NMSU, Thesis Committee Chair, 2017–2018

Camilla Champion, MS Program, Applied Statistics, Master’s Comps Committee member, 2018

Dyanne Herrera, PhD Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program, UT, Dissertation Committee Member,

2016 –2018

Junxin Huang, MS Program, Applied Statistics, NMSU, Masters’ Research Committee Member

2017–2018

Alexis Nicole Ramos, MPH, UT, Thesis Committee Member, 2017 – 2018

Katherine Stone, MPH Program, Master’s level research project mentor, 2018

Hoda Ali, MPH Program, NMSU, Thesis Committee Member, 2016 – 2017

Xiaomei Ye, MS Program, Applied Statistics, NMSU, Masters Research Committee Member,

2016 - 2017

Elmira Torabzadehkhorasani, MS Program, Applied Statistics, NMSU, Thesis Committee

Member and Dean’s Representative, 2015 – 2016

Guadalupe Telford, DNP Program, NMSU, Committee Member and Dean’s Representative,

2015 – 2017

Lisha Zhu, MS Program, Applied Statistics, NMSU, Oral Comprehensive Exam Committee,

Dean’s Representative, 2015

Martha Nelson, PhD Program, Nursing, NMSU, Oral Comprehensive Exam Committee, Dean’s

Representative, 2015

Kate Cartwright, MPH Program, NMSU, Comprehensive Exam Committee Chair, 2015– 2017

Karmon Kuhn, MA Program, Anthropology, NMSU, Thesis Committee, Dean’s Representative,

2015 – 2017

Kimberly Lunar, DNP Program, NMSU, Scholarly Project Committee, 2014 – 2015

Sandra Welling, DNP Program, NMSU, Scholarly Project Committee, Dean’s Representative,

2014

Sengdhuan Defibaugh-Chavez, MPH Program, NMSU, research development, 2014

Allison Gilbert, MPH Program, NMSU, Thesis Committee Chair, 2014 – 2015; publication

Brittany Argotsinger, MPH Thesis Committee, Emory University, 2012-2013

Denise Vasquez, MPH Thesis Committee, University of Texas School of Public Health El Paso

Regional Campus, 2012-2013

Carla DeSisto, MPH Thesis Committee, Emory University; Health Resources and Services

Administration (HRSA) Graduate Student Epidemiology Program (GSEP) Fellow, 2012-2013

John Ely, MPH Program, NMSU, Field Work Supervisor, 2011

Allison Winters, MPH Thesis Committee, University of Texas School of Public Health Austin

Regional Campus, 2010 – 2011

Karen Rishel, MPH Program, NMSU, Field Work Supervisor, 2010 – 2012; publication

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Melissa Denn, University of Arizona College of Medicine; Hispanic-Serving Health Professions

Schools (HSHPS) Internship Program, 2009

Undergraduate field work/internship supervisor/mentor

Damien Speaker, NMSU SWIHDR Intern, spring - summer 2019

Christina Vaquera, NMSU Independent research, spring 2017

Mario Ascencio, NMSU SWIHDR Intern, summer – fall 2016

Helen Faubion, NMSU SWIHDR Intern, summer – fall 2016

Olivia DeLeon, NMSU SWIHDR Intern, spring – summer 2016

Teresa Gomez Munoz, New Mexico State University, research practicum; June – August, 2009

Colleen Kerrigan, Hampshire College, Division III field work; June – August, 2006

Elynor Lord, Hampshire College; Division III Thesis; June, 2004 – May, 2005

Laiza Mitchell, nee Robles, New Mexico State University, Hispanic Association of Colleges and

Universities (HACU) Internship; January - June, 2004

Elynor Lord, Hampshire College; Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)

Internship; June – December, 2003

Post-graduate research/fellowship supervisor

Danielle Arellano, MPH; Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education (ORISE) Fellow; 2011 -

2013

Timothy Cunningham, DrPH; CDC Epidemiology Intelligence Service Fellow; 2010-2011

Dyanne G. Herrera, MPH; CDC/CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellow and Hillary B. Foulkes

Memorial Award winner; 2009-2011

Mirna Perez Rodriguez, MSW; Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education (ORISE) Fellow;

2006-2011

Ninad Mishra, MD, MSHI; CDC Public Health Informatics Fellow; 2005 - 2006

Renai Edwards, MSP; Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education (ORISE) Fellow; 2005-

2006

Tara B Giblin, MPH; CDC Research Fellow; 2004

Claire B. Moore, MPH; American Public Health Association (APHA) Fellow; 2004 - 2005

Tricia Mueller, MPH; American Public Health Association (APHA) Fellow; 2004 - 2005

Jennifer Rogers, MPH; American Schools of Public Health (ASPH) Research Fellow; 2004 -

2005

Katherine Suellentrop, MPH; Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) Fellow; 2004 -

2006

Academic advising, NMSU MPH program

Jared Van Natta, 2018 – present

Helen Faubion, 2018 – present

Jenna Morris, 2017 – present

Michael Nicolaou, 2017 - present

Marian Ortega, 2017 - present

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Carmen Bernal, 2017 - present

Bridget Acquah-Baidoo, 2017 - 2018

Upasana Chalise, 2017 - 2018

Penny Kessler, 2016 – 2018

Jay Johnson, 2015

Yvette Bibb, 2015 – 2017

Gloria Longo, 2015 - 2016

Kate Cartwright, 2014 – 2017

Laura Foreman, 2014 – 2016

Cheryl Williams, 2014 – 2017

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Infant Mortality Border CoIIN, Expert Advisory Committee, funded by HRSA; 2017 – present

MCH Community Coalition, La Clinica de Familia, 2016 – 2018

CDC Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Program Scientific Steering Committee, 2015 –

present

Binational Border Health Network, funded by CONACYT, Mexico; Monterrey, Nuevo Leon,

Mexico; 2015 – present

CDC Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Program Assignee Selection Committee member;

2014 – present

Paso del Norte Binational Health Council (COBINA), JuaPasAna Maternal and Child Health

Committee, founder and member, 2009 – present

Maternal Mortality Review Planning Committee, New Mexico Department of Health and CDC

MMR Initiative; 2016 – 2018

CityMatCH Leadership and Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Epidemiology Conference

Planning Committee member, 2015 – 2018

US-Mexico Border Health Commission Border Obesity Prevention White Paper contributor;

Laredo, Texas; August 6 – October 2015

US-Mexico Border Health Commission Border Obesity Prevention Workshop moderator;

Laredo, Texas; August 4-5, 2015

Border Reproductive Health Technical Work Group (BRH-TWG), Maternal Mortality Methods

Chair, US Section; US-Mexico Border Health Commission; 2014 – 2017

Ocotillo Institute for Social Justice Advisory Council; Las Cruces, NM; 2014

Coordinator, Border Health and Title V Maternal Child Health (MCH) Needs Assessment

Meetings; NM Department of Health; 2014-2015

Binational Border Health Research (BRH) work group; US-Mexico Border Health Commission;

2013 – 2016

Technical assistance to the US-Mexico border state Title V program directors toward a shared

2015 Title V performance measure for the border region; 2012 - 2015

CDC Latino/Hispanic Health Work Group Founding Member and HHS/External partners

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Collaboration Subcommittee; 2012-2013

Border Binational Technical Workgroup Member - Healthy Border 2010/2020; US-Mexico

Border Health Commission; 2011 – 2014

ACHIEVE Healthy Communities Steering Committee Member, El Paso YMCA; CDC Healthy

Communities Program; 2010-2012

New Mexico State University committees/activities

NMSU:

NMSU-FHCRC U54 Cooperative Agreement Internal Advisory Committee, 2014 –

present

Vice President for Research Search Committee, 2017–2018

University Research Council, 2013 – 2015

College of Health and Social Services:

Executive Committee, 2013 – 2018

DrPH/PhD in Public Health Sciences Planning Committee, 2013 – 2014

CHSS Research Committee, 2013 – 2014

Department of Public Health Sciences:

Promotion and Tenure Committee: Chair 2015– 2016, Member 2016 – present

Review of MPH program applicant packages, 2014 – present

Council on Education for Public Health Self Study Activities, 2016 – 2018

MPH Advisory Committee Member, 2016 – 2018

Curriculum Committee, 2013–2015; Curriculum Committee Chair, 2014 –2015

Proposal to strengthen undergraduate program math entrance requirements, 2013 – 2014

Journal reviews

Academic Pediatrics; American Journal of Epidemiology; Archives of Medical Research; BMC

Cancer; Canadian Medical Association Journal; Cancer; Culture, Health and Sexuality;

Epidemiologic Reviews; Fertility and Sterility; Health Affairs; Health Education and Behavior;

International Journal of Public Health; Journal of Adolescent Health; Journal of Immigrant and

Minority Health; Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities; Journal of Women’s Health;

Maternal and Child Health Journal; Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American

Journal of Public Health; Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health; Plos One; Ad hoc

reviews for CDC and other HHS publications

Abstract reviews

American Public Health Association Annual Meetings

New Mexico Public Health Association Annual Meetings

Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology/CityMatCH Leadership Annual Meetings

Society for Epidemiologic Research Annual Meetings

Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Research Annual Meetings

Objective/technical panel reviews for CDC-funded research

Regular participation; 1994 – 2013

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

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American Public Health Association (APHA); selected years, 2009 – present

New Mexico Public Health Association (NMPHA); 2013 – present

Partners of the Americas, Texas Chapter; 2010 – 2011

Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER); selected years, 1981 – present

Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Research; 2015 – present

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2013-present Attendance at national, regional and state conferences

Annual PI Training

Annual Conflict of Interest Training

CDC Maternal Mortality Review Data System (MMRDS); October 24-26, 2016

CDC Maternal Mortality Review Data System (MMRDS) development training; June 7, 2016

NMSU Teaching Academy Sustaining Member, 2013-2017

o Advance Faculty Mentoring Program (regular meetings & trainings): 9/2013 –

5/2015

o Promotion and Tenure Portfolios: Document Your Greatest Accomplishments in

Teaching, Scholarship, and Service Workshop; 6/2014

o OCIP: Magna Online Seminar: Recorded Webinar; 3/2014

o Using the Canvas Gradebook; 2/2014

o Flipping the Classroom with Just-in-Time Teaching Resources; 2/2014

o Daily Five-Minute Quizzes as a Key to Student Engagement and Accountability;

2/2014

o New Employee Orientations; 1/2014 & 8/2013

U54 Sponsored NIH Grant Writing Workshop; 7/2014

NIH Human Subjects Training; 7/2014

Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI): Social and Behavioral Responsible

Conduct of Research; 2014, 2017

Panopto classroom software; 1/2014

NIH Enhancing the Diversity of the NIH-Funded Workforce Webinar; 1/2014

NMSU/CHSS Grant Club; 12/2013 – 5/2014

Nvivo Workshop; 11/2013

HONORS AND AWARDS

NMSU Research Discovery Award, NMSU, January 14, 2017

CHSS International Research Finalist, NMSU, 2015, 2016

Founders Day Award, NMSU, 2015

Graduate Faculty Member, NMSU, 2013 –

Charles C. Shepard Science Award finalist, CDC: 2011

American Fellows Program Community Project Award to support BorderMACH faculty training,

2010-2011

Guest Editor, Preventing Chronic Disease, Volume 5: No. 4, October 2008.

http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2008/oct/toc.htm

Fellow, American Fellows Program, Partners of the Americas, Host agency: Instituto Mexicano

del Seguro Social, Tamaulipas, Mexico, April – May 2005

Charles C. Shepard Science Award for Assessment and Epidemiology, CDC: 2003