Toomey TL, Komro KA, Oakes JM, Lenk KM. 2008. Propensity for illegal alcohol sales to underage youth in Chicago. Journal of Community Health. 33:134-8. PMID 18196448
Johnson PJ, Oakes JM. 2008. American Indian infant death and neighborhood poverty: Are effects identifiable? Annals of Epidemiology. 18:552-9. PMCID: PMC 2464618
Oakes JM. 2008. Invited commentary: Rescuing Robinson Crusoe. American Journal of Epidemiology. 168:9-12. PMID 18480065
Rodriguez DA, Aytu S, Forsyth A, Oakes JM, Clifton KJ. 2008. Neighborhood environmental attributes modifiable in the short term and their relationship to walking behavior. Preventive Medicine. 47:260-4. PMID 18436297
Forsyth A, Hearst MO, Oakes JM, Schmitz K. 2008. Design and destinations: Factors influencing walking and total physical activity. Urban Studies. 45:1973-96.
Hooper S, Rosser BRS, Horvath KJ, Oakes JM, Naumann C, and the Men's INTernet Sex II (MINTS-II) Team. 2008. An online needs assessment of a virtual community: What men who use the internet to seek sex with men want in internet-based HIV prevention. AIDS and Behavior. 12:867-75. PMCID: PMC 2574711
Horvath KJ, Oakes JM, Rosser BRS. 2008. Sexual negotiation and HIV serodisclosure among men who have sex with men with their online and offline partners. Journal of Urban Health. 85:744-58. PMCID: PMC 2527428
Hearst MO, Oakes JM, Johnson PJ. 2008. The effect of racial residential segregation on black infant mortality. American Journal of Epidemiology (with discussion). 168:1233-46. PMID 18974059
Remafedi G, Jurek A, Oakes JM. 2008. Sexual identity and tobacco use in a venue-based sample of adolescents and young adults. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 35:S463-70. PMID 19012840
Forsyth A, Oakes JM, Schmitz K. 2008. Test-retest reliability of the Twin Cities Walking Survey. Journal of Physical Activity & Health. 6(1):119-31. PMID 19205866
Oakes JM , Forsyth A, Schmitz K, Hearst MO. 2008. Recruiting subjects for neighborhood effects research: Strategies and outcomes of the Twin Cities Walking Study. Environment and Behavior. Online vol. 0: pp. 0013916508324674v1
Davern M, Ruggles S, Swenson T, Oakes JM, Alexander JT. In Press. Drawing statistical inferences from historical censusdData. Demography.
Pithua P, Godden S, Wells S, Oakes JM. 2009. Efficacy of a plasma derived commercial colostrum replacer feeding program for the prevention of transmission of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Holstein calves. J Amer Vet Medicine Assoc. 234(9):1167-76. PMID
Rydell S, Harnack L, Oakes JM, Jeffery R, French S. 2008. Why Eat at Fast Food Restaurants: Reported Reasons Among Frequent Consumers. J Am Dietic Assoc. 108(12):2066-70. PMID 19027410
Forsyth A, Oakes JM, Lee B, Schmitz K. 2009. The built environment, walking and physical activity: Is the environment more important to some people than others? Transportation Research, Part D. 14(1):42-9. PMID
Oakes JM. 2009. Invited commentary: Individual, ecological and multilevel fallacies. International Journal of Epidemiology. 38(2):361-8. PMID 19174541
Manson SM, Sander HA, Ghosh D, Oakes JM, et al. 2009. Parcel data for research and policy. Geography Compass. 3(2):698-726. PMID
Oakes JM, Masse LC, Messer LC. 2009. Methodological issues in research on the food and physical activity environment: Overcoming data complexity. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 36:S177-81.
Harnack LJ, French SA, Oakes JM, Story MT, Jeffery RW, Rydell SA. 2008. Effects of calorie labeling and value size pricing on fast food meal choices: Results from an experimental trial. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 5:63. PMCID: PMC 2621234
Rosser BRS, Oakes JM, Horvath KJ, Konstan JA, Peterson JL. 2009. HIV sexual risk behavior by men who use the internet to seek sex with men: Results of the Men's INTernet Sex Study-II. AIDS and Behavior. (13)3:488-98. PMDF
Oakes JM. 2009. The effect of media on children: A methodological assessment from a social epidemiologist. American Behavioral Scientist. 52:1136-51.
Rosser BRS, Gurak L, Horvath JK, Oakes JM, Konstan J, Danilenko G. In Press. The challenges of ensuring participant consent in internet-based sex studies: A case study of the Internet Research-I and II Studies. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.
Harlow BL, Vazquez G, Duval S, Oakes JM, MacLehose R. In Press. Self-reported vulvar pain characteristics and their association with clinically-confirmed vestibulodynia. Journal of Women’s Health.
Professional Experience:
2007 - Present: Associate Professor of Epidemiology, UMN
1992-1997: Research Assistant, SADRI, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Honors:
2009-Present: Senior Advisor, RWJF Healthy Eating Research initiative
2007-2010: McKnight Presidential Fellow, UMN
2003-Present: Elected to Delta Omega, National Public Health Honor Society
July 2000: Fellow. 26th Ten-day Post-Doctoral Seminar on Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Tahoe, CA, AHA/NHLBI.
Grant Funded Projects
A major research interest is the impact of social systems on health outcomes. Dr. Oakes is conducting several studies within this broad program. The first addresses of the effect of residential neighborhoods on health outcomes. In collaboration with Dr. Forsyth (Cornell) and Dr. Schmitz (Penn), Dr. Oakes is working on a RWJ Foundation-funded "walkability" study in St. Paul areas.
The second, in collaboration with Dr. Rosser addresses the effect of internet use on HIV risk behavior. Two major studies are funded by NIMH/NIH and is one of the first to employ internet survey methodology and health behavior interventions to assess and lower health risks.
Another project considers the use of socioeconomic status (SES) in health/epidemiologic research. This work began with the late Distinguished Professor P.H. Rossi of the University of Massachusetts. The goal is to advance SES measurement in health science through rigorous psychometric evaluation.
Finally, other ongoing studies include the effect nutritional information on fast-food menus on food consumption; the effect of "smoke-free Saturday nights" on bar attendance and sales; and community-level measurments related to physical activity of school-aged girls.
Mailing Address:
Division of Epidemiology & Community Health
1300 South Second Street, Suite 300
Minneapolis, MN 55454
Phone:(612) 624-6855 For appts: Barb Lux, 612/626-9092 or b-lux@umn.edu
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