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Jones-Webb,  Rhonda J.

Rhonda J. Jones-Webb,  Dr.P.H.
Associate Professor

DrPH in Behavioral Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA

MSPH in Behavioral Science/Health Education, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

M.A. in African Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

B.A. in English, University of California, Los Angeles, CA


Teaches:
Social Inequalities in Health; Tobacco and Alcohol Prevention and Control; Fundamentals of Social and Behavioral Science

Research Interests:
Alcohol epidemiology and policy with a special emphasis on race and social class issues, policy as a prevention strategy, minority health issues Member: University of Minnesota Cancer Center (http://www.cancer.umn.edu/)
>>> Research Projects

Recent Publications:
 
  • Komro, K. Perry C, Veblen-Mortenson S, Farbakhsh, K, Kugler K, Alfano K, Dudovitz B, William, C, and Jones-Webb R. Cross-cultural Adaptation and Evaluation of a Home-based Program for Alcohol Use Prevention Among Urban Youth: The Slick Tracy Home Team Program. Journal of Primary Prevention, 2006;27:135-154.

  • Klein, L. Jones-Webb, RJ. Tobacco and Alcohol Advertising in Televised Sports: Time to Focus on Policy Change. American Journal of Public Health (Letter), 2007; 97:198.

  • Jones-Webb R, McKee P, Hannan Wall M, Pham L, Erickson D, Wagenaar AC. P. Alcohol and Malt liquor Availability and Promotion and Homicide in Inner Cities. Substance Use and Misuse, 2008;43:159-177.

  • Komro K. Perry C, Veblen-Mortenson S., Farbakhsh, K.; Toomey T; Stigler M, Jones-Webb RJ et al., Outcomes from a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Multi-component Alcohol Use Preventive Intervention for Urban Youth: Project Northland Chicago. Addiction, 2008;103:606-518.

  • King L. and Jones-Webb, RJ. Reducing Disparities in Prenatal Care Utilization in Rural Haiti. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 2008;19: 248-257.
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    Professional Experience:
      1997 - Present Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

    2004 - 2008 Member, Behavioral Genetics and Epidemiology Study Section, NIH

    2000 - 2003 Chair, Community Health Education Program, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health

    1998 - 2001 Member, Health Services Research Study Section NIH/NIAAA

    1991 - 1997 Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

    1989 - 1991 Epidemiologist/Ethnographer, The Marin Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems, San Rafael, California
     

    Honors:
      2003 Finalist - Robert Wood Johnson Innovators Award

    1994-1999 FIRST Grant Award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
     

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    Mailing Address:
    Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
    1300 South Second Street, Suite 300
    Minneapolis, MN  55454-1015

    Phone:(612) 626-8866
    Or: Millie Woodbury, 624-4386, woodbury@umn.edu

    Email:  jones010@umn.edu

    Office: 386 WBOB

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