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Jasmin Tiro, PhD
Contact Information
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390
Biography
Dr. Tiro joined UT Southwestern as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences’ Division of Behavioral and Communication Sciences in April 2008. She is also a member of the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center and holds an adjoint appointment in the University of Texas-School of Public Health for the Dallas Regional Campus.
From 2005 until her move to UT Southwestern, Dr. Tiro was a Cancer Prevention Fellow at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). While there, she led a team of NCI and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) experts in designing several behavioral surveillance and health communication studies to evaluate the integration of the HPV vaccine into cervical cancer prevention and control.
Education
| Graduate School | Univ. of Texas Houston School of Public Health (2005) |
| Graduate School | Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health (1999) |
| Undergraduate | Rice University, Biochemistry (1997) |
Research Interests
Publications
Tiro JA, Meissner HI, Kobrin S, Chollette V. , Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, & Prevention , 2007; (16(2)):288-294
Vernon SW, Briss PA, Tiro JA, and Warnecke RB , Cancer , 2004; (101):1131-1145
Tiro JA, Saraiya M, Jain N, Liddon N, Cokkinides V, Lai SM, Breen N, Wideroff L , Cancer , ; (In press.)
Vernon SW, del Junco DJ, Tiro JA, Coan SP, Perz CA, Bastian LA, Rakowski W, Chan W, Lairson DR, McQueen A, Fernandez ME, Warrick C, Halder A, DiClemente CC , Journal of the National Cancer Institute , 2008; (100):347-358
Vernon SW, Tiro JA, Vojvodic RW, Coan S, Diamond PM, Greisinger A, Fernandez ME , Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention , 2008; (17(4)):758-67
Breen N, Cronin KA, Meissner HI, Taplin SH, Tangka FK, Tiro JA, McNeel TS , Cancer , 2007; (109(12)):2405-9
Tiro JA, Vernon SW, Hyslop T, Myers RE , Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers, & Prevention , 2005; (14(12)):2855-2861
Tiro JA, Diamond PM, Perz CA, Fernandez ME, Rakowski WA, DiClemente CC, Vernon SW. , Health Psychology , 2005; (24(6)):555-566
Honors/Awards
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(2006)
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