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:
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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:
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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 |
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Honors:
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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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