Jennie R. Joe, Ph.D., MPH, RN
Professor, Family and Community Medicine
Director, Native American Research and Training Center

Department of Family and Community Medicine

Native American Research Training Center
1642 E. Helen
Tucson, Arizona 85719

P.O. Box 245052
Tucson, AZ 85724-5052

Phone: (520)621-5075
E-mail: jrjoe@u.arizona.edu

EDUCATION:

University of California, Berkeley, and University of California, San Francisco (Ph.D.)
University of California, Berkeley (MPH)

HONORS/AWARDS:

Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies Fellowship
Rockefeller Research Fellowship
Kellogg Fellowship
Katrin H. Lamon National Resident Scholar, 1993-1994
Member, Board of Directors, National Museum of American Indians

MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST:

Sociocultural study of the meaning of work and its relationship to ideas of occupational safety and religious or spiritual meaning of the land and the environment; American Indian health issues; hyperinsulinemia among Zuni youth; rehabilitation of American Indians with disabilities; Apache families and mental retardation, women and health, medical anthropology.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Orians CE. Erb J. Kenyon KL. Lantz PM. Liebow EB. Joe JR. Burhansstipanov L. Public education strategies for delivering breast and cervical cancer screening in American Indian and Alaska Native populations. Journal of Public Health Management & Practice. 10(1):46-53, 2004.

Lantz PM. Orians CE. Liebow E. Joe JR. Burhansstipanov L. Erb J. Kenyon K. Implementing women's cancer screening programs in American Indian and Alaska Native populations. Health Care for Women International. 24(8):674-96, 2003.

Ritenbaugh C. Teufel-Shone NI. Aickin MG. Joe JR. Poirier S. Dillingham DC. Johnson D. Henning S. Cole SM. Cockerham D. A lifestyle intervention improves plasma insulin levels among Native American high school youth. Preventive Medicine. 36(3):309-19, 2003.

STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH RESEARCH:

Sociocultural impacts of chronic illnesses and/or disability on the lives of American Indians and Alaska natives.

SPONSORED RESEARCH THROUGH MSRP:

Shawn Allen-Brown (MSRP 1992): "Mental health needs assessment."

Last updated: 6/13/2006