Risk Reduction Strategies of Urban Adolescent Girls Participating in a Community-Based HIV Prevention RCT; 2014 State of the Science Congress on Nursing Research, Washington DC.; 2014
INFORM: Institute for faculty recruitment, retention and mentoring.; 25th International Networking for Healthcare Education Conference, Churchill College, Cambridge UK; 2014
The Administrative Career Path.; Women’s Leadership in Doctoral Education & Careers in Academia, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; 2014
HIV in Adolescent Women.; ANAC 2014: Navigating a Path Towards an AIDS Free Generation, Miami.; 2014
General Session: How VA Facilities are Connecting with Educational Institutions.; Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs 33rd Annual Meeting VA Nurses: Joining Forces with the Community in Caring for America’s Heroes, San Francisco.; 2013
Teaching Nursing Students to Care for Veterans; American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Webinar.; 2013
Joining Forces: Teaching Students to Care for Veterans.; American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Spring Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.; 2013
Associations Between Co-Parenting, Gender Equity Attitudes and Sexual Risk Among Adolescent Mothers and the Biological Fathers of Their Children.; Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Adolescent Health & Medicine, Atlanta, GA. ; 2013
The Testimonies of Black College Female Students about their HIV Prevention Intervention Needs.; 2013 Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS) Annual Conference; 2013
Lessons Learned from Conducting a Community-Based HIV Prevention RCT with Urban Adolescent Girls; 2012 State of the Science Congress of Nursing Research, Washington, D.C.; 2012
Partner Age Difference, Power, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Risk in Adolescent Girls; Council for the Advancment in Nursing. Washington, DC.; 2012
Robust Research Designs for Nursing Education: Testing Interventions; STTI/NLN Nursing Education Research: Innovations in Nursing Education Research, Indianapolis, IN.; 2012
Joining Forces through Creative Curriculum Approaches: The Veterans Administration Nursing Academy; American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Webinar.; 2012
Nuts & Bolts of Designing, Conducting, Analyzing and Funding Intervention Studies; Expert Faculty, Research Intensive Workshop, Columbus, Ohio.; 2012
Differences in Attrition among Adolescent Girls Attending an HIV Risk Reduction Program: Refining Recruitment and Retention Protocols; SNRS Annual Meeting and Conference, New Orleans, LA.; 2012
Promoting Sexual health: At-Risk Adolescent Girls; American Academy of Nursing (AAN) Annual Meeting and Conference, Washington, DC.; 2011
Towards an Understanding of Pregnancy Weight Gain in African-American Women; STTI Annual Convention, Washington, D.C.; 2011
What Deans Look for in New Hires at Research Intensive Universities; SNRS 25th Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL.; 2011
Factors Related to Onset of Sexual Activity in Teen Girls; SNRS 25th Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL.; 2011
Acceptability of vaginal microbicides in adolescent girls; American Public Health Association, Denver CO.; 2010
HIV Prevention in Adolescent Girls: Pearls of Research Wisdom; AWHONN Annual Convention, Las Vegas, NV; 2010
Prevention of HIV in Adolescent Girls; Hillsborough County School Nurses, Tampa, FL; 2010
Surprising Lessons: HIV Research with Adolescent Girls; University of South Florida, College of Nursing, An Evening With The College of Nursing, Tampa FL; 2010
Always, sometimes, or never: Categorical and conditional condom use decision making among Black adolescent mothers in the US; The Society of Adolescent Medicine Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 2010
The rules of engagement: Exploring use of a sexual partner-type taxonomy by Black adolescent mothers in the US; The Society of Adolescent Medicine Annual Meeting, Toronto; 2010
HIP Teens:Lessons Learned about HIV Prevention in Urban Girls; University of Rochester Public Health Grand Rounds, Dept of Community Preventive Medicine, Center for Community Health and Developmental Center for AIDS Research; 2010
HIV Prevention in Urban Adolescent Girls: Lessons Learned from Community-Based Interventions; Keynote Address at the Annual Global Nursing Conference Sigma Theta Tau, Tampa FL; 2010
Partner age discordance, sexual relationship power, and HIV risk behavior in adolescent girls; The Society of Adolescent Medicine Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 2010
Relationships among neighborhood socioeconomic status, neighborhood social capital, and female reproductive health promotion: Differences among geographic areas; The Society of Adolescent Medicine Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 2010
Relationships among neighborhood socioeconomic status, neighborhood social capital and female adolescent reproductive health attitudes and behaviors; 137th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition; 2009
Physical activity, nutritional intention, and general health risk in adolescent girls enrolled in a HIV intervention trial; Sigma Theta Tau International, 40th Biennial Convention, October 31-November 4, Indianapolis, Indiana.; 2009
Leadership development for Nursing faculty: Experiences from the Sigma Theta Tau International Chiron Leadership Institute; Sigma Theta Tau International Biennial Conference, Indianapolis, IN.; 2009
A gender-specific “abstinence plus” HIV-prevention intervention for urban adolescent girls; Sigma Theta Tau International Biennial Conference, Indianapolis, IN.; 2009
Modeling of HIV Transmission on Three Intercourse Networks: Implications for Evaluating Prevention Strategies; 16th HIV Dynamics & Evolution meeting Oxford, UK.; 2009
Identifying HIV Misconceptions among adolescent girls: Creating targeted and tailored interventions; 2009 NCUR conference, La Crosse, WI.; 2009
Physical activity, nutritional intention, and general health risk in adolescent girls enrolled in a HIV intervention trial.; Society of Behavioral Medicine.; 2009
What’s love got to do with it? Considering an evolution based explanation for selective sexual risk taking among Black adolescent mothers; 2008 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, San Juan, PR.; 2008
Differences in Sexual Motives for Adolescent Girls with Older Male Partners; Eastern Nursing Research Society Conference, Boston, MA. ; 2009
Evidence for a mediator explaining the effect of partner age discordance in adolescent girl’s risk behavior; 2008 National State of the Science Congress in Nursing Research, Washington, D.C. ; 2008
Reducing Sexual Risk in Sexually Active and Abstinent Adolescent Girls.; Perinatal Health Annual Conference: Promoting Healthy Behaviors for Adolescents, Mohawk Valley Perinatal Network Inc, Utica, NY.; 2008
Assessing Linguistic and Cultural Equivalency of Chinese Youth Sexual Scale; The 41st WIN Annual Communicating Nursing Research Conference, Garden Grove, CA. ; 2008
HIV Prevention in Adolescent Girls: Real Research, Real Life; Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies Annual Research Conference Keynote address, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.; 2008
What's love got to do with it? Considering an evolution based explanation for selective sexual risk taking among Black adolescent mothers.; 2008 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. November, 2008. San Juan, Puerto Rico.; 2008
Faculty Publications: Steps to improve your output and sanity; Molloy College of Nursing, Faculty Research Development Day Keynote address, Rockville Centre, NY.; 2007
Randomized Controlled Trials and Intervention Integrity: How and Why; Molloy College of Nursing, Research Day Keynote address, Rockville Centre, NY.; 2007
Sexual abuse/coercion and its relationship to mental health and sexual risk in adolescent girls; 18th International Nursing Research Congress: Focusing on Evidence-Based Practice, Vienna, Austria.; 2007
Designing, Implementing, and Testing a Gender Specific HIV-Prevention Intervention for Adolescent Girls; 18th International Nursing Research Congress: Focusing on Evidence-Based Practice, Vienna, Austria.; 2007
Reducing HIV Risk in Adolescent Girls: Developing a Gender-Specific Intervention,; Family Research Roundtable Keynote address, University of Rochester; 2007
HIV Prevention in Adolescent Girls: Increasing Motivation to Reduce Risk; Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender & Women's Studies Research Seminar, University of Rochester; 2007
Conducting Theory-Based Interventions for HIV/AIDS; Arizona State College of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation, Phoenix, AZ.; 2007
Gender specific, group-based HIV prevention intervention for adolescent girls; 2006 National State of the Science Congress in Nursing Research, Washington, D.C. ; 2006
Substance use and sexual risk behaviors among adolescent girls: Emerging need for emphasis in HIV prevention; 2006 National State of the Science Congress in Nursing Research, Washington, D.C. ; 2006
Dissemination of HIV-related findings; Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Annual Clinical Conference, Atlanta, GA.; 2006
HIV risk reduction in adolescent girls: Prevention research and primary care; Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Annual Clinical Conference, Atlanta, GA.; 2006
Maintaining the integrity of an intervention; Analyzing and Funding Intervention Studies: A Research Intensive Workshop, Arizona State University College of Nursing, Tempe, AZ.; 2006
Challenges & “Character-Builders” in Conducting Intervention Studies in Community-Based Settings; A Research Intensive Workshop, Arizona State University College of Nursing, Tempe, AZ.; 2006
Developing a gender specific HIV prevention intervention for adolescent girls: Piece by piece, step by step; Arizona State University College of Nursing, Phoenix, AZ.; 2006
Developing a program of HIV prevention research in adolescent girls; Molloy College of Nursing, Research Day Keynote address to faculty, Rockville Centre, NY.; 2005
Evidence-based practice in nursing: On your mark, get set, go!; Malloy College of Nursing, Research Day Keynote address to students, Rockville Centre, NY.; 2005
A walk through the woods: The “nurse scholar” in the present not past tense.; 2005 Sigma Theta Tau induction ceremony, Niagara University, NY.; 2005
HIV prevention intervention in adolescent girls: Why and how; Foundation for the New York State Nurses Association Keynote Address, NYSNA 2005 Convention, Atlantic City, NJ.; 2005
HIV prevention intervention in adolescent girls: The link between research and practice.; Sigma Theta Tau Epsilon Xi Chapter Annual Spring meeting, Rochester, NY.; 2005
Mental health correlates of healthy attitudes, choices, & behaviors in overweight teens.; 38th Biennial Convention Sigma Theta Tau, Indianapolis, IN.; 2005
Blazing a trail: testing an intervention strategy with preschoolers “at risk” for later life overweight/obesity.; 38th Biennial Convention Sigma Theta Tau, Indianapolis, IN.; 2005
HIV prevention research in adolescent girls: Methodological challenges and successes: training needs in HIV prevention intervention research; 16th Scientific sessions of the Eastern Nursing Research Society Annual Conference, NY.; 2005
HIV prevention research in adolescent girls: Methodological challenges and successes: recruiting adolescent girls for HIV prevention interventions: overcoming the challenges; 16th Scientific sessions of the Eastern Nursing Research Society Annual Conference, NY.; 2005
HIV prevention research in adolescent girls: Methodological challenges and successes: Training improving sexual behavioral research through Audio Computer-Assisted Self –Interviewing (ACASI).; 16th Scientific sessions of the Eastern Nursing Research Society Annual Conference, NY.; 2005
HIV prevention research on adolescent girls: Retention and tracking of adolescent study participants: Translating the research into practice.; 16th Scientific sessions of the Eastern Nursing Research Society Annual Conference, NY. (2nd place presentation award); 2005
Kicking off an R01: Lessons learned; University of Rochester School of Nursing Center for High-Risk Children & Youth, Research seminar series, Rochester, NY.; 2004
Improving clinical practice through intervention research: Moving from ties to bowties.; Keynote speaker, 2nd Annual Nursing Research Conference, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ.; 2004
HIV prevention in adolescents: What’s happening, what’s not happening.; Finger Lakes Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, Rochester, NY.; 2004
Sexual and reproductive screening in teens.; The First National KySS Institute on Mental Health Screening, Intervention, and Health Promotion for Pediatric and Adolescent Primary Care and School Health providers, The University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY.; 2004
Developing an intervention to reduce HIV risk in adolescent girls.; Syracuse University School of Nursing, Syracuse, NY.; 2002
Breast Self Exam and Motivation to Improve Breast Health; Syracuse University School of Nursing, Syracuse, NY.; 2001
Using focus groups in women’s health research: Commonalities and challenges.; Research Symposium Eastern Nursing Research Society, Atlantic City, NJ.; 2001
Using focus groups to develop an HIV-prevention intervention for young women.; Eastern Nursing Research Society, Atlantic City, NJ. ; 2001
An HIV prevention intervention for young women; Hillbrook Juvenile Detention Center, Syracuse, NY.; 2000
Focus group methodology: Making it work for you.; Research Symposium, AWHONN National Convention, Chicago, IL. ; 1999
Evidenced based practice in nursing.; Syracuse University Nurses Alumni Association, Leaders Addressing Tomorrow’s Health Care Challenges.; 1999
HIV and AIDS: information we all need to know.; Niagara University Staff and Faculty Presentation.; 1998
Suturing seminar: A hands on workshop.; Niagara University.; 1996
Women's health issues: Preparing for menopause and hormone replacement therapy.; Niagara University Women Department Heads.; 1994
HIV/AIDS: A Global Health Crisis; Syracuse University, College of Human Services and Health Professions, Syracuse, NY.; 2001
Genetic risk alleles and the gestational weight gain of black women; Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science: 2014 State of the Science Conference, Washington, DC.; 2014
Creating Access to Registered Nurse Education for Veterans.; Joining Forces to Restore Lives Conference, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. ; 2013