Jasmin Tiro, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Sciences

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

jasmin.tiro@utsouthwestern.edu

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 SchoolUniv. of Texas Houston School of Public Health (2005)
Graduate SchoolEmory University, Rollins School of Public Health (1999)
UndergraduateRice University, Biochemistry (1997)

Research Interests

Cancer Screening
HPV vaccine

Publications

Featured
What do U.S. women know about human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer?

Tiro JA, Meissner HI, Kobrin S, Chollette V. , Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, & Prevention , 2007; (16(2)):288-294

Featured
Some methodologic lessons learned from cancer screening research.

Vernon SW, Briss PA, Tiro JA, and Warnecke RB , Cancer , 2004; (101):1131-1145

Featured
HPV and cervical cancer behavioral surveillance in the United States.

Tiro JA, Saraiya M, Jain N, Liddon N, Cokkinides V, Lai SM, Breen N, Wideroff L , Cancer , ; (In press.)

Promoting regular mammography screening: II. Results from a randomized controlled trial in U.S. women veterans

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

Reliability and validity of a questionnaire to measure colorectal cancer screening behaviors: Does mode of administration matter?

Vernon SW, Tiro JA, Vojvodic RW, Coan S, Diamond PM, Greisinger A, Fernandez ME , Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention , 2008; (17(4)):758-67

Reported drop in mammography: Is this cause for concern?

Breen N, Cronin KA, Meissner HI, Taplin SH, Tangka FK, Tiro JA, McNeel TS , Cancer , 2007; (109(12)):2405-9

Factorial validity and invariance of a survey measuring psychosocial correlates of colorectal cancer screening among African Americans and Caucasians.

Tiro JA, Vernon SW, Hyslop T, Myers RE , Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers, & Prevention , 2005; (14(12)):2855-2861

Validation of scales measuring attitudes and norms related to mammography screening.

Tiro JA, Diamond PM, Perz CA, Fernandez ME, Rakowski WA, DiClemente CC, Vernon SW. , Health Psychology , 2005; (24(6)):555-566

Honors/Awards

NCI Prevention Research Training Merit Award

(2007)

American Association for Cancer Research-American Cancer Society Scholarship for Behavioral Scientists

(2006)

Fellows Award for Research Excellence, National Institutes of Health

(2006)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Public Health Association

American Society of Preventive Oncology

Society of Behavioral Medicine