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I. Tiffany Billmeier Kindratt, MPH Assistant Professor, Director of Research

University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions

Department of Physician Assistant Studies

5323 Harry Hines Blvd.

Dallas, TX 75390-9090

Phone: 214-648-4255 Fax: 214-648-1003

Email: [email protected]

II. EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy, Candidate, Epidemiology

University of Texas School of Public Health, Dallas Regional Campus

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Dallas, TX. 2014-Present

Expected Graduation, August 2018

Master of Public Health, Global Health Concentration


University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Dallas, TX. 2007-2009

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology Major, Business Minor

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. 2002-2004

III. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Academic/Research

Assistant Professor (100%)

Tenure Track

Director of Research

Department of Physician Assistant Studies

University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions, Dallas, TX

November 2014 to Present

Research Associate Senior (100%)

Department of Family and Community Medicine

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

March 2014 to October 2014

Research Assistant (12.5-25%)

Wellness, Health Promotion & Injury Prevention

Oakland University, Rochester, MI

January 2012 to June 2014

mailto:[email protected]


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Research Study Coordinator (100%)



November 2012 to February 2014

Lecturer (50-80%)

Institute of Postgraduate Medicine

Division of Medical Education

Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, England

August 2011 to November 2012

Health Education Evaluator (20-50%)

Division of Public Health and Primary Care

Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, England

September 2011 to September 2012

Research Study Coordinator (100%)


Division of Community Medicine


September 2009 to March 2011

Teaching Assistant (50%)

Foundations of Epidemiology


University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Dallas, TX

August 2009 to December 2009

Clinical Data Specialist (100%)

Community Health Fellowship Program Coordinator




September 2008 to August 2009

Graduate Student Intern (50%)

GoodNEWS and Healthy Wellness Walkers Program Coordinator




August 2007 to August 2008

IV. CERTIFICATION OR BOARD STATUS

Not Applicable.


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V. LICENSE

Not Applicable.

VI. RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP

1. Research Grants And Contracts

Present

a. Promoting Oral Health Screening and Education at a Student-Run Free Clinic through

Student Manager Training

Agency: nccPA Health Foundation Oral Health Grants Program, September 2017

Status: Funded, $500

Role: Faculty Research Mentor (5%)

Past/Completed

b. Development and Evaluation of a Research Extension Experience in Directed Studies

(REEDS) for Physician Assistant Students

Purpose: Develop an online program to train PA students how to conduct research.

Agency: Texas Society of Allied Health Professionals (TSAHP), September 2015

Status: Funded, $1,500

Role: Principal Investigator (3%)

c. Teaching Smartphone Applications to Physician Assistant and Clinical Nutrition Students

Purpose: Develop, implement and evaluate an interdisciplinary health care providers how to

incorporate the use of smartphone technology with traditional patient education methods into

patient care visits.

Agency: University of Texas Academy of Health Sciences, Health Science Education Small

Grants Program, December 2015


Role: Co-Investigator (5%)

d. Training Future Primary Care Providers while Enhancing Pediatric Literacy among

Homeless Women and their Children in Dallas, TX

Purpose: Develop, implement and evaluate an interprofessional curriculum to improve

pediatric literacy knowledge, attitudes and practices among future primary care providers and

determine the impact on reading behaviors among mothers and their children living at

homeless shelters in Dallas, TX.

Agency: Southwestern Academy of Teachers (SWAT) Junior Faculty Development Fund

(JFDF), August 2015




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e. Exploring the Barriers of Cervical Cancer Screening Knowledge and Health Behaviors

among Women and Their Mother’s Influence

Purpose: Develop community-based health education curriculum to improve women’s

knowledge of pap tests and HPV vaccines while also inspiring mothers to encourage their

daughters to adhere to cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccine guidelines.

Agency: Texas Academy of Family Physicians Foundation, August 2014



f. Development and Validation of HITS Screening in Pediatric Populations

Purpose: Develop a universal family violence screening tool based on the adult HITS survey

for use in the pediatric and adolescent populations,

Agency: Texas Academy of Family Physicians Foundation, August 2013



g. Health Literacy Objective Structured Clinical Exam for Family Medicine Residents

Purpose: To develop and evaluate a curriculum to increase residents’ health literacy

knowledge, improve communication and work with an interpreter.


Grants Program, February 2011


Role: Collaborator (5%)

h. Health Promotion & Disease Prevention for Community Based Seniors: Teaching Patient

Education Skills to Medical Students & Residents

Purpose: Enhance the geriatric curriculum for medical students and family medicine residents

and teach chronic disease prevention, increase health literacy and enhance quality of life

among an underserved geriatric community based on needs assessment.




Role: Project Coordinator (5%)

i. Assessing Health Literacy Levels in Family Medicine Clinics

Purpose: Measure health literacy levels of patients attending two clinics in Dallas, TX and

determine associations between health literacy, health information access and internet usage.

Agency: Physician Assistant Foundation Community-Based Projects Program, May 2009



Submitted/Not Funded

j. Reach Out and Read for Texas: Determining the Feasibility of a Multi-Site Pediatric Literacy

Curriculum in Pediatric Residency Programs


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Agency: Academic Pediatrics Association, Submitted December 2017, Starting March 2018

Status: Scored, not funded, $15,000


k. EQUATE: Emphasizing Quality Across Training Environments

Purpose: Develop/expand, implement, evaluate and disseminate QI/PS curricula for PA

students, faculty and primary care preceptors.

Agency: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), July 2015



l. Community Based Participatory Research: A Short-Term Training Program for Medical

Students

Purpose: Equip medical students with community based participatory research skills while

also meeting the health needs of the underserved.

Agency: National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T35),

December 2014


Role: Faculty Mentor (3%)

m. Expanding Medical Services and Training Family Medicine Residents to Provide Care for

Women and Families Residing in an Intimate Partner Violence Shelter

Purpose: Expand medical services and health prevention efforts at The Family Place intimate

partner violence shelter and train family medicine residents to serve the unique needs of the

shelter population.

Agency: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Community-Based Research

Pilot Awards, September 2014



n. E-QUIP Family Medicine Residents with Knowledge and Skills to Improve Quality of Care

for Pain Management

Purpose: Enhance pain management and quality improvement curriculum for residents,

training residents how to conduct quality improvement projects and improve quality of care

for chronic pain patients.

Agency: The University of Texas Healthcare Safety and Effectiveness Grants Program,

Medical Education in Quality, Safety, Medical Errors and Patient Outcomes, September 2014

Status: Not funded, $100,000


o. Training Family Medicine residents in electronic quality improvement and pain management

skills: The e-QUIP curriculum

Purpose: Enhance pain management and quality improvement curriculum for residents,

training residents how to conduct quality improvement projects and improve quality of care

for chronic pain patients.


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Agency: The University of Texas Healthcare Safety and Effectiveness Grants Program,

Medical Education in Quality, Safety, Medical Errors and Patient Outcomes, September 2014



p. Family Medicine Resident Research and Scholarly Activity: Identifying Ways to Meet New

ACGME and ABFM Requirements

Purpose: Enhance existing curriculum and improve residents’ knowledge, skills and attitudes

towards research and scholarly activity.

Agency: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Southwestern Academy of

Teachers (SWAT) Educational Grants Program, July 2014



q. Community Medicine Week: Teaching Community Medicine and Population Health

Approaches to Medical Students

Purpose: Develop a community medicine week within the existing Family Medicine

Clerkship for medical students.




Role: Collaborator (3%)

r. “Don’t Be Scared:” Demystifying Statistics in Postgraduate Medical Education

Purpose: Evaluate the statistics curriculum for Master of Science in Public Health and

Medical Research students in the Institute for Postgraduate Medicine.

Agency: University of Brighton, Springboard Grants Programme, February 2012

Status: Not funded, £1,000


s. Training Medical Students in Community-Based Participatory Research

Purpose: Equip medical students with research skills while emphasizing the importance of

collaboration in addressing health disparities in underserved communities and measure the

intent of pre-doctoral fellows selecting research-related careers.

Agency: National Institutes of Health, National Heart Blood and Lung Institute (T35),

December 2010.


Role: Co-Mentor/Program Coordinator (3%)

t. Residency Training in Primary Care

Purpose: Expand the scope of community-engaged residency training program, the

Community Action Research Experience.

Agency: Health Resources and Services Administration, June 2010

Status: Not funded, $1,150,000

Role: Program Evaluator (2%)


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u. Computer user group visits to improve health literacy and diabetes in Hispanics

Purpose: Improve health literacy and objective diabetic outcomes by incorporating a

computer and internet skills education intervention for underserved, Spanish-speaking

diabetics attending shared medical appointments.

Agency: National Institutes of Health, National Networks of Libraries of Medicine (R03)

PAR-07-019, May 2009


Role: Research Assistant (3%)

Teaching Materials Developed

a. MPA 5130: Evidence Based Medicine Lectures (2015-present)

Introduction to Evidence-based Medicine, Develop PICO/PECOT Questions

Levels of Evidence, Study Designs I and II, Internal/External Validity

Bias and Confounding, Estimating Risk/EBM Statistics

Therapy Article Appraisal, Diagnostic and Screening Article Appraisal

Prognosis Appraisal, Harm/Etiology Appraisal

Systematic Review/Meta-Analysis Appraisal

Patient Oriented Evidence that Matters (POEMs)

Practice Guidelines/Analysis, Quality Improvement and EBM

b. MPA 5204: Clinical Prevention and Population Health Lectures

Introduction to Clinical Prevention & Population Health (CPPH) (2015-present)

Health Literacy (2015-2017)

Social Determinants of Health (2015-2017)

Pediatric Literacy (2016)

c. MPA 5101: Professional Practice Issues I Lecture (2015-present)

Assuring Physician Assistant Competency, Quality Improvement & Patient Safety

d. MPA 5101: Professional Practice Issues II Lectures

Quality Improvement Workshop (2015-present)

Start off Strong - Learning from Others’ Mistakes (2015-present)

NCCPA and Physician Assistant Certification (2015-present)

Health Literacy OSCE and Lecture (2015)

e. UT Southwestern Family Medicine Residency Program Annual Didactic Class Block:

Basic Statistics (2013- 2015); Epidemiology (2014)

f. UT Southwestern Family Medicine Residency Weekly Didactic Conference: National Public

Health Week, Be Healthy from the Start – Childhood Obesity (April 8, 2014); Health

Literacy (February 11, 2014); Study Designs (April 30, 2013); Journal Club (June 11, July 9,

and October 8, 2013); Residency Scholarly Activity Update (January 29, April 30, July 30,

and October 29, 2013)


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g. UT Southwestern Community Health Fellowship Program for Pre-Doctoral Medical

Students: Paper and Presentation Workshop; Research Poster Presentations; IRB Workshop;

Data Analysis, Interpretation and Synthesis; Assessing Health Literacy Levels in Family

Medicine Clinics; Reporting and Writing (July 15, 2014); SPSS Workshop (July 30, 2015)

h. UT Southwestern Community Action Research Track for Medical Students, Core Concepts

Seminar: Health Literacy

i. Postgraduate Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, England. MDM50

Meeting the Challenges of Public Health in Practice: A Brief History of Public Health; Public

Health at the Macro Level; Health Literacy: Local and International Perspectives; Global

Health

j. Postgraduate Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, England. MDM10

Research Methods and Critical Appraisal: Introduction to Statistics 1 & 2; Asking the

Research Question; Statistics: Hypothesis Testing 1 & 2; Systematic Reviews

k. Postgraduate Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, England. MDM34

Evidence-Based Practice: Overview of Research Methods: What counts as Evidence?

Overview of Statistics: Getting the numbers right!

l. Postgraduate Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, England. MDM66

Essential Statistics in Health and Medical Research: Introduction to SPSS; Descriptive

Statistics; Chi-Squares; T-test; ANOVA; Reporting your Results; Assignment Overview –

Health internet technology use, NHIS data.

m. Postgraduate Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, England. MDM12

Epidemiology: Introduction to Epidemiology, Measuring Occurrence, Events and Outcomes

in Epidemiology Part 1; Study Designs, Measurement of Risk, Attributable Risk and

Population Attributable Risk; Internal and External Validity, Bias and Confounding

Other Scholarly Activities and Creative Achievements

a. Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation Research in Progress. Associations between face-to-face

and online patient-centered communication and cancer screening uptake: Results from the

NHIS, MEPS and HINTS. Proposal Defense February 28, 2018. Expected Dissertation

Defense July 2018.

b. Research Extension Experience in Directed Studies (REEDS), Online Research Training

Program. This program was developed as a resource to train PA students how to conduct

research projects utilizing online resources while on clinical rotations. The curriculum has

been extended for use with UTSW medical students for their research and scholarly activity

rotation in the Foundation for Excellence curriculum and the Community Health Fellowship

Program.


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c. Population Management Curriculum, UTSW Family Medicine Residency Program. This

curriculum was developed for Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP)

program. The curriculum is a longitudinal experience designed to train Family Medicine

(FM) residents in applying the principles of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH),

quality improvement (QI) and mentoring with the ultimate goal of training FM physicians to

provide care for Medicaid and low income populations.

d. BrightMed, Brighton & Sussex Medical School Division of Primary Care & Public Health,

April 16, 2011. Breakout Group Leader - Whose Data Is It Anyways? Using health records

for medical research. Program for Gifted and Talented Students in Years 8, 9, 10 (UK) to

Learn More about Medicine.

e. Master of Public Health Thesis Research. Determining the association between nativity status

and mammography utilization among women in the United States using 2000 and 2005

NHIS data (January 1, 2009). Texas Medical Center Dissertations (via ProQuest). Paper

AAI1462700. http://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/dissertations/AAI1462700

VII. PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journals

1. Kindratt TB, Dallo FJ, Roddy J. Cigarette smoking among Arab Americans in the United

States. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. Under Review. Submitted December

13, 2017.

2. Gimpel NE, Kindratt TB, Dawson A, Pagels P. Community Action Research Track

(CART): Community-based participatory research and service-learning experiences for

medical students. Perspectives on Medical Education. 2018 Jan 26. doi: 10.1007/s40037-

017-0397-2. [Epub ahead of print].

3. Kindratt TB, Gonzalez JR. Perceived Maternal Relationship as a Predictor of Pap Test

Utilization: Results from The Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. Journal of

Adolescent and Family Health. 2018. Jan:9(1):1-23.

4. Kindratt TB, Pagels P, Chung K, Moehlman M. Improving the Reach Out and Read

Program at a Student-Run Free Clinic for Homeless Women and Children. Journal of Student

Run Clinics. 2017. Nov;3(1):1-8.

5. Kindratt T, Orcutt V. Development of a Quality Improvement Curriculum in Physician

Assistant Studies. Journal of Physician Assistant Education, 2017. Jun;28(2):103-107.

6. Gimpel N, Pagels P, Kindratt T. Teaching Exchange: Community Action Research

Experience for Family Medicine Residents. Education for Primary Care. 2017

Nov;28(6):334-339. doi: 10.1080/14739879.2017.1295789.

http://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/dissertations/AAI1462700


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7. Nazar CM, Bojerenu MM, Safdar M, Ahmed A, Akhtar MH, Kindratt TB. Efficacy of

dietary interventions in end-stage renal disease patients; a systematic review. Journal of

Nephropharmacology, 2015;5(1):28-40.

8. Dallo F, Kindratt T. Chronic Disease Prevalence Varies by Nativity Status and Region of

Birth among non-Hispanic Whites. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 2015

Nov: 1-9.

9. Pagels P, Kindratt T, Arnold D, Brandt J, Woodfin G, Gimpel N. Improving Public Health

through Health Literacy Training for Family Medicine Residents. International Journal of

Family Medicine, vol. 2015, Article ID 129187.

10. Pagels P, Kindratt T, Reyna G, Lam K, Silver M, Gimpel N. Establishing the Need for

Family Medicine Training in Intimate Partner Violence Screening. Journal of Community

Health. 2015;40(3):508-514.

11. Dallo F, Kindratt T. Disparities in Preventive Health Behaviors among Non-Hispanic White

Men: Heterogeneity among US- and Foreign-Born Arab and European Americans. American

Journal of Men’s Health. 2015;9(2):124-131.

12. Kindratt T, Raza A, Anderson J, Evans DJR, Gimpel N. Letter to the Editor: ‘Don’t be

scared:’ Demystifying Statistics in Postgraduate Medical Education. Education for Primary

Care. 2015;26(1):53-54.

13. Dallo F, Kindratt T. Disparities in Vaccinations and Cancer Screening among US- and

Foreign-Born Arab and European American Non-Hispanic White Women. Women’s Health

Issues. 2015;25(1):56-62.

14. Shakil A, Bardwell J, Sherin K, Sinacore J, Zitter R, Kindratt T. Development of Verbal

HITS for Intimate Partner Violence Screening in Family Medicine. Family Medicine.

2014;46(3):180-185.

15. Gutierrez N, Kindratt T, Pagels P, Foster B, & Gimpel N. Health Literacy, Health

Information Seeking Behaviors and Internet Use among Patients Attending a Private and

Public Clinic in the Same Geographic Area. Journal of Community Health. 2014;39(1):83-

89.

16. Bailey S, Billmeier Kindratt T, Smith H, Reading D. Food Allergy Training Event for

restaurant staff; a pilot evaluation. Clinical and Translational Allergy. 2014;4(26);1-4.

17. Nazar CMJ, Kindratt TB, Ahmad SMA, Ahmed M, Anderson J. Barrier to successful

Practice of Chronic Kidney Diseases at the Primary Care Level: A Systematic Review.

Journal of Renal Injury Prevention. 2014;3(3):61-67.


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18. Dallo F, Kindratt T, Snell T. Serious psychological distress: Ethnic heterogeneity among

foreign-born non-Hispanic whites. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.

2013;48(12):1923-1930.

19. Jolly L, Pagels P, Woodfin G, Silver M, Kindratt T, Gimpel N. Knowledge and Attitudes

towards Breastfeeding in an African American Male Population. Journal of Obstetrics,

Gynecology and Neo-Natal Nursing. 2013;42(6):664-671.

20. Pagels P, Kindratt T, Arnold D, Brandt J, Woodfin G, Gimpel N. Letter to the Editor:

Health Literacy Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE) for Family Medicine Residents.

Medical Teacher. 2013;35(10):874-875.

21. Gimpel N, Pagels P, Roy V, Tullius Z, Kindratt T. Family Medicine Resident Education:

An Innovative Model of Community Medicine Training. Journal of Community Medicine

and Health Education. 2013;3(1):197.

22. Billmeier T, Dallo F. Nativity Status and Mammography Use: Results from the 2005

National Health Interview Survey. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.

2011;13(5):883-890.

23. DeHaven M, Gimpel N, Dallo F, Billmeier T. Reaching the Underserved Through

Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) and Service Learning: Description and

Evaluation of a Unique Medical Student Training Program. Journal of Public Health

Management and Practice. 2011;17(4):363-368.

24. Shakil A, Gimpel N, Rizvi H, Siddiqui Z, Ohagi E, Billmeier T, & Foster B. Awareness and

prevention of osteoporosis among South Asian women. Journal of Community Health.

2010;35(4):392-397.

25. Gimpel N, Teng R, Billmeier T, Persaud D, Ohagi E, Foster B, Wiggins J, & Garry T.

Evaluating the impact of the Fitness in Nutrition and Exercise (FINE) program within shared

medical appointments (SMA) on reducing childhood obesity in a community-based clinic.

Texas Journal of Public Health. 2010:62(2):28-31.

Manuscripts Submitted, Under Revision or In Preparation

1. Kindratt T, Pagels P, Bernard B, Webb J. Pediatric Literacy Communication Training for

Family Medicine Providers. Family Medicine. Revisions Under Review. Submitted October

2, 2017. Revisions submitted November 29, 2017.

2. Rodder SG, Kindratt TB, Orcutt V, Koch C, McIlvaine K. Neville MA. Teaching and

evaluating smartphone applications: An interprofessional curriculum expansion. Education

for Health. Under Review. Submitted December 1, 2016.

3. Shakil A, Reingle J, DeCrescenzo A, Day PG, Kindratt T, Krepcho M. Expansion of the

HITS screening tool to detect child abuse. Journal of Family Violence. Under Revision.


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4. Kindratt T, Callendar L, Cobbaert M, Wondrack J, Bandiera F, Salvo D. Health information

technology use and influenza vaccine uptake among US adults (2011-2015). Health

Communication. In Preparation.

5. Kindratt T, Pagels P, Koch C, Salinas H, Laws V, Yeh, N. Tobacco use and smoking

cessation referrals at a student-run clinic for homeless men. Journal of Community Health. In

Preparation.

6. Alafifi R, Kindratt T, Pagels P, Saleh N, Gimpel N. Knowledge, attitudes and mother’s

influence on cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccines in an underserved population.

Journal of Community Health. In Preparation.

Abstract Publications

1. Silva P, Siddiqi S, Johnson J, Kindratt T, Budhwar N, Gimpel N. Identification And

Intervention of Potentially Inappropriate Medication That Meets The Beers Criteria At The

Parkland Family Medicine Geriatric Clinic. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

2014:62. S57.

Book Chapters

1. Kindratt T, Kitzman-Ulrich H. Dissemination: Reporting and writing. In: Gimpel N.

Community Action Research in Family Medicine Residencies: A Community Medicine

Handbook. Dallas, TX; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Print Shop;

2014:133-150.

2. Salvador A, Kindratt T. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

& Institutional Review Board (IRB). In: Gimpel N. Community Action Research in Family

Medicine Residencies: A Community Medicine Handbook. Dallas, TX; University of Texas

Southwestern Medical Center Print Shop; 2014:61-83.

Oral Presentations

International

1. Kindratt T, Orcutt V. The Continuous Quality Improvement ‘Squeeze’ into the Curriculum

in PA Education: A Model for Adaption in Physician Associate Programmes. Oral

Presentation at the Association for the Study of Medical Education Annual Scientific

Meeting. Exeter, England, June 21, 2017.

2. Kindratt T, Rodder SG, Orcutt V, Koch C, McIlvaine K. Neville MA. Teaching and

Evaluating Smartphone Applications: An Inter-professional Curriculum Expansion for PA

and Nutritionist students. Oral Presentation at the Association for the Study of Medical

Education Annual Scientific Meeting. Exeter, England, June 23, 2017.


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3. Kindratt T, Orcutt V, Pagels P, Gimpel N. Physician Assistant Students’ and Family

Medicine Residents’ Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes for Research and QI. Oral

Presentation at the North American Primary Care Research Group’s 43nd Annual Meeting.

Cancun, Mexico. October 27, 2015.

4. Gimpel N, Kindratt T, Pagels P, Murthy B, Murthy N, Silver M. Evaluating Faculty Interest

in Incorporating Public Health Education in Medical School Curricula– Barriers and

Facilitators to Building Public Health Educational Capacity. Oral Presentation at the North

American Primary Care Research Group’s 43nd Annual Meeting. Cancun, Mexico. October

27, 2015.

5. Kindratt T, Orcutt V, Williams J. Development of a Quality Improvement Curriculum in

Physician Assistant Studies. Oral Presentation at the North American Primary Care Research

Group’s 43nd Annual Meeting. Cancun, Mexico. October 26, 2015.

6. Gimpel N, Pagels P, Roy V, Tullius Z, Kindratt T. Family Medicine Resident Education:

An Innovative Model of Community Medicine Training. Oral Presentation at the North

American Primary Care Research Group’s 41st Annual Meeting. Ottawa, Canada. November

12, 2013.

7. Gimpel N, Shakil A, Pagels P, Billmeier T, Ohagi J, Wright J, Foster B. Community

Medicine Education and Research Training: an Innovative Pipeline for Future Primary Care

Physicians. Oral Presentation at the 19th WONCA World Conference of Family Doctors.

Cancun, Mexico. May 2010.

8. Gutierrez-Chefchis N, Billmeier T, Pagels P, Gimpel N, Foster B. Assessing Health Literacy

in Family Medicine Clinics. Oral Presentation at the 19th WONCA World Conference of

Family Doctors. Cancun, Mexico. May 2010.

9. Pagels P, Werdenberg J, Gimpel N, Billmeier T. Vaccinations for Homeless and High-Risk

Children via the Center of Hope. Oral Presentation at the 19th WONCA World Conference

of Family Doctors. Cancun, Mexico. May 2010.

10. Peddle A, Billmeier T, Pagels P, Gimpel N. Assessing the Health Needs of a Hispanic

Senior Population Attending a Community Center. Oral Presentation at the 19th WONCA

World Conference of Family Doctors. Cancun, Mexico. May 2010.

11. Ashitey S, Khatami S, Billmeier T, Foster B, Gimpel N. HIV/AIDS in Ghana: Role of Non-

Governmental Organizations in Achieving Objectives set forth by the Ghana AIDS

Commission. Oral Presentation at the 19th WONCA World Conference of Family Doctors.

Cancun, Mexico. May 2010.

12. Billmeier T, Dallo F. Determining the Association between Nativity Status and

Mammography Utilization among Women in the United States using 2000 and 2005 NHIS

Data. Oral Presentation at the North American Primary Care Research Group’s 37th Annual

Meeting. Montreal, Canada. November 15, 2009.


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National

1. Kindratt T, Callendar L, Cobbaert M, Wondrack J, Bandiera F, Salvo D. Association

between Health Information Technology Use and Influenza Vaccine Uptake among US

Adults (2011-2015). Roundtable Presentation at the American Public Health Association

Annual Meeting and Exposition. Atlanta, GA. Nov 2017.

2. Bradley-Guidry C, Millner L, Beck T, Wesley C, Morrissey K, Kindratt T. Screening Our

Sisters: Faith-Based Breast Cancer Education and Navigation. Oral presentation at the

American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting and Exposition. Denver, CO.

November 1, 2016.

3. Kindratt T, Gimpel N, Pagels P, Syed Z. Family Medicine Resident and Faculty Research

and Scholarly Activity: Identifying Ways to Meet New ACGME Requirements. Oral

Presentation at the North American Primary Care Research Group’s 42nd Annual Meeting.

New York, New York. November 24, 2014.

4. Gimpel N, Pagels P, Kindratt T. The Community Action Research Experience (CARE):

Engaging the community through Family Medicine residency research and public health

training. Oral Presentation at the North American Primary Care Research Group’s 42nd

Annual Meeting. New York, New York. November 24, 2014.

5. Dallo F, Kindratt T. Disparities in Vaccinations and Cancer Screening among US- and

Foreign-Born Arab and European American Non-Hispanic White Women. Oral Presentation

at the American Public Health Association 142nd Annual Meeting and Exposition. New

Orleans, LA. November 19, 2014.

6. Jolly L, Pagels P, Woodfin G, Silver M, Kindratt T, Gimpel N. Knowledge and Attitudes

towards Breastfeeding in an African American Male Population. Oral Presentation at the

American Public Health Association 141st Annual Meeting and Exposition, Boston, MA.

November 5, 2013.

7. Mehta S, Kindratt T, Gimpel N. Establishing long-term medical follow-up in an

underserved, high-risk population identified at a local health fair. Oral Presentation at the

American Public Health Association 141st Annual Meeting and Exposition, Boston, MA.

November 4, 2013.


Children via the Center of Hope. Oral Presentation at the National Health Care for the

Homeless Conference and Symposium, Washington, DC. June 22-25, 2011.

9. Zaki H, Shakil A, Gimpel N, Ohagi E, Billmeier T. Barriers to Health Care Facing the South

Asian Population in Dallas, Texas. Oral Presentation at the American Public Health

Association 137th Annual Conference. Philadelphia, PA. November 9, 2009.

Local/State


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1. Kindratt T. Development and Evaluation of a Research Extension Experience in Directed

Studies (REEDS) for Physician Assistant Students. Oral Presentation at the Texas Society of

Allied Health Professional Annual Conference, Houston, TX. September 21, 2017.

2. Kindratt T, Orcutt V, Williams J, Klocko D. Development of a Quality Improvement

Curriculum in Physician Assistant Studies. Oral Presentation at the Texas Society of Allied

Health Professional Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX. September 25, 2015.

3. Dekat L, Orcutt V, Kindratt T. Enhancing Competence through an Integrated Diabetes

Management Curriculum. Oral Presentation at the Texas Society of Allied Health

Professional Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX. September 25, 2015.

4. Gimpel N, Pagels P, Kindratt T. The Community Action Research Experience (CARE):

Engaging the Community through Family Medicine Residency Research and Public Health

Training. Oral Presentation at the JPS Annual Research Day, Fort Worth, TX. June 2015.

5. Kindratt T, Gimpel N, Pagels P, Syed Z. Research & Scholarly Activity Curriculum for

Family Medicine Residents. Oral Presentation at the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

Annual Spring Conference. San Antonio, TX. May 4, 2014.

6. Gimpel N, Pagels P, Dallo F, Billmeier T, DeHaven M. Reaching The Underserved through

Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) and Service Learning: Program

Description And Evaluation. Oral Presentation at the University of Texas Academy of Health

Science Education 7th Annual Innovations in Health Science Education Conference. San

Antonio, TX. May 18, 2011.

7. Gimpel N, Pagels P, Dallo F, Billmeier T, DeHaven M. Reaching The Underserved Through

Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) and Service Learning: Program

Description And Evaluation. Oral Presentation at the Society of Teachers of Family

Medicine Annual Conference on Medical Student Education. Houston, TX. January 20-23,

2011.

Poster Presentations

International

1. Kindratt T, Pagels P, Bernard B, Webb J. Parent-Provider Literacy Communication:

Training Future Primary Care Providers while Enhancing Pediatric Literacy among

Homeless Women and their Children in Dallas, TX. Poster Presentation at the North

American Primary Care Research Group’s 45th Annual Meeting. Montreal, Canada.

November 13-17, 2017.

2. Egbonim E, Vizzini S, Batts T, Kindratt T, Day C, Gimpel N. Barriers to Continuity of Care

at a Community-Based Free Clinic. Poster Presentation at the North American Primary Care

Research Group’s 45th Annual Meeting. Montreal, Canada. November 13-17, 2017.


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3. Kindratt T, Pagels P, Koch C, Salinas H, Laws V, Yeh, N. Evaluating Tobacco Use and

Increasing Smoking Cessation Attempts by Adults at a Men’s Homeless Shelter Clinic.

Poster Presentation at the North American Primary Care Research Group’s 43nd Annual

Meeting. Cancun, Mexico. October 27, 2015.

4. Abraham P, Pagels P, Kindratt T, Dawson A, Gimpel N. Implementation and Assessment of

a Smoking Cessation Intervention at a Men’s Homeless Shelter. Poster Presentation at the

North American Primary Care Research Group’s 43nd Annual Meeting. Cancun, Mexico.

October 27, 2015.



Parkland Family Medicine Geriatric Clinic. Poster Presentation at the North American

Primary Care Research Group’s 41st Annual Meeting. Ottawa, Canada. Nov 2013.

6. Govindan A, Patel M, Wani A, Kindratt T, Gimpel N. Shared Medical Appointments:

Expanding Education for Family Medicine Residents In Diabetes Management. Poster

Presentation at the North American Primary Care Research Group’s 41st Annual Meeting.

Ottawa, Canada. Nov 2013.

7. Gimpel N, Pagels P, Kindratt T. Community Action Research Track: Equipping Future

Physicians with Population Health Concepts and Research Knowledge in Community

Medicine. Digital Poster Presentation the First Global Conference on Research Integration

and Implementation. Canberra, Australia and Online, Sep 2013.

8. Billmeier T, Raza A, Anderson J, Evans, DJR. ‘Don’t be scared:’ Demystifying statistics in

postgraduate medicine. Poster Presentation at the Association for the Study of Medical

Education Annual Scientific Meeting. Brighton, England. July 2012.

9. Billmeier T, Gutierrez N, Pagels P, Gimpel N, Foster B. Health literacy, health information

seeking behaviors and internet use among patients in Dallas, Texas. Poster Presentation at the

Health Literacy UK Seminar, Funding Opportunities for Health Literacy Research. London,

England. March 5, 2012.

10. Billmeier T, Pagels P, Brandt J, Gimpel N. Health Literacy Objective Structured Clinical

Examination for Family Medicine Residents. Poster Presentation at the Health Literacy UK

Seminar, Funding Opportunities for Health Literacy Research. London, England. March 5,

2012.

11. Patel B, Morrow J, Billmeier T, Gimpel N. Educational Needs Of Hispanic, Overweight

Patients At GRACE Community Clinic. Poster Presentation at the 19th WONCA World

Conference of Family Doctors. Cancun, Mexico. May 2010.

12. Gutierrez-Chefchis N, Billmeier T, Pagels P, Gimpel N. Assessing Health Literacy Levels in

Family Clinics. Poster presentation at the North American Primary Care Research Group 37th

Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. November 14 - 18, 2009.


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13. Zaki H, Shakil A, Gimpel N, Ohagi E, Billmeier T. Barriers to health care facing the South

Asian population in Dallas, Texas. Poster Presentation at the North American Primary Care

Research Group 37th Annual Meeting. Montreal, Canada. November 14 - 18, 2009.

National

1. Lindner S, Kindratt T, Pagels P. Mother’s Reading Behaviors and Satisfaction of The Reach

Out and Reach Program at a Homeless Shelter for Women and Children. Accepted for Poster

Presentation at the Society for Student Run Free Clinics Annual Conference. Omaha, NE.

February 23-25, 2018.

2. Kindratt T, Dallo F, Reddy J. Disparities in Tobacco Use among Non-Hispanic Whites:

Heterogeneity among Foreign-Born Arab and European Americans. Poster Presentation at

the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition. Atlanta, GA. Nov

2017.

3. Sturges D, Kindratt T, Coleman V. Pop Culture and Physician Assistant Education. ePoster

Presentation at the American Academy of Physician Assistants Annual Meeting. Las Vegas,

NV. May 19, 2017.

4. Leland M, Dawson A, Sepdham D, Gimpel N, Kindratt T, Access to Primary Care and

Pharmacy Services Among High-Frequency Emergency Department Users. Poster

Presentation at the North American Primary Care Research Group’s 44th Annual Meeting.

Denver, CO. November 15, 2016.

5. Kindratt T, Rodder S, Mulfinger K. Life Habits Interprofessional Education with

MyNetDiary. Poster Presentation at the Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA)

Education Forum, Minneapolis, MN. October 13, 2016.

6. Kindratt T, Orcutt V, Williams J, Development of a Quality Improvement Curriculum in

Physician Assistant Studies. Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) Education

Forum, Washington, DC, Nov 2015.

7. Murthy N, Murthy B, Silver M, Kindratt T, Pagels P, Gimpel N. Evaluating Faculty Interest

in Incorporating Public Health Education at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical

School – Barriers and Facilitators to Building Public Health Educational Capacity. Poster

Presentation at the American College of Preventive Medicine Annual Conference. Atlanta,

GA. Feb 2015.

8. Avila C, Pavle A, Kindratt T, Pagels P, Gimpel N. Evaluating mother’s influence on

daughter’s receipt of pap tests and HPV vaccines. Poster Presentation at the North American

Primary Care Research Group’s 42nd Annual Meeting, New York, NY. Nov 2014.

9. Blower J, Nazir T, Munez K, Yun O, Kindratt T, Gimpel N. Assessing barriers and

completion of preventive health services in female patients at a Family Medicine Residency


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Clinic. Poster Presentation at the North American Primary Care Research Group’s 42nd

Annual Meeting, New York, NY. Nov 2014.



Parkland Family Medicine Geriatric Clinic. Poster Presentation at the American Geriatrics

Society Annual Scientific Meeting. May 15, 2013.

11. Jetpuri Z, Nguyen J, Pagels P, Goyal V, Kindratt T, De Valdenebro S, Gimpel N. Lost Kids:

Discovering the Barriers among Caregivers & Residents and Bridging the Gap behind a

Missing Demographic. Poster Presentation at the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

Annual Spring Conference. Baltimore, MD. May 2013.


Patients At GRACE Community Clinic. Poster Presentation at the American College of

Preventive Medicine Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida. Feb 2012.

13. Murthy N, Gimpel N, Powell T, Scott-Harris J, Billmeier T. The Perceptions of Shared

Medical Appointments among Health Care Workers at Parkland Hospital’s Community

Oriented Primary Care Clinics. Poster Presentation at the American College of Preventive

Medicine Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida. Feb 2012.



Oriented Primary Care Clinics. Poster Presentation at the American Medical Association

Joint Research Symposium, New Orleans, Louisiana. Nov 2011.

15. Lightfoot T, Pagels P, Billmeier T, Gimpel N. Assessing the Needs of Women and Their

Children at a Homeless Shelter in Dallas, TX. Poster Presentation at the National Health Care

for the Homeless Conference and Symposium, Washington, DC. June 22-25, 2011.

16. Vadivelu T, Pagels P, Billmeier T, Gimpel N. The Impact of a Health Literacy Intervention

for Homeless Mothers. Poster Presentation at the National Health Care for the Homeless

Conference and Symposium, Washington, DC. June 22-25, 2011.


Children via the Center of Hope. National Health Care for the Homeless Conference and

Symposium, Washington, DC. June 22-25, 2011.



Oriented Primary Care Clinics. American College of Physicians Annual Convention, San

Diego, California. Apr 2011.


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Patients At GRACE Community Clinic. American Medical Student Association Annual

Convention, Washington, DC. Mar 2011.



Oriented Primary Care Clinics. American Medical Student Association Annual Convention,

Washington, DC. Mar 2011.


Patients At GRACE Community Clinic. North American Primary Care Research Group’s

38th Annual Meeting. Seattle, Washington. November 2010.

22. Merrill E, Julka M, Freeman A, Giddens C, Gimpel N, Billmeier T. Community

Assessments of an Intervention for HIV Positive People In Dallas, TX: The Healthy

Relationships Intervention. North American Primary Care Research Group’s 38th Annual

Meeting. Seattle, Washington. November 2010.

23. Reyes R, Pandya A, Dominguez A, Pagels P, Gimpel N, Billmeier T. Developing a

Curriculum for Promotoras that Addresses Atopic Dermatitis Management for Spanish

Speaking Families. Poster Presentation at the North American Primary Care Research

Group’s 38th Annual Meeting. Seattle, Washington. November 2010.



Oriented Primary Care Clinics. Poster Presentation at the North American Primary Care

Research Group’s 38th Annual Meeting. Seattle, Washington. November 2010.


Children at a Homeless Shelter in Dallas, TX. Poster Presentation at the North American

Primary Care Research Group’s 38th Annual Meeting. Seattle, Washington. November 2010.

26. Peddle A, Billmeier T, Pagels P, Morrow J, Dallo F, Gimpel N. Assessing the Health Needs

of a Hispanic Senior Population Attending a Community Center. Poster Presentation at the

American Public Health Association’s138th Annual Meeting & Exposition. Denver, CO.

November 2010.

27. Graneto D, Gimpel N, Foster B, Pagels P, Ohagi E, Billmeier T, Wright J. Physician

decision making in the prescribing of non-occupational post exposure prophylaxis (nPEP) to

patients after a possible high risk exposure to HIV. Poster Presentation at the American

Academy of Family Physicians Scientific Assembly. Denver, Colorado. September 2010.

28. Zaki H, Shakil A, Gimpel N, Ohagi E, Billmeier T. Barriers to health care facing the South

Asian population in Dallas, Texas. Poster Presentation at the American Academy of Family

Physicians Scientific Assembly. Denver, Colorado. September 2010.


____________________________________________________________________________________________________


29. Gonzalez K, Gimpel N, Kitzman-Ulrich H, DeHaven M, Billmeier T, Foster B. A

Community-based Childhood Obesity Prevention Program for Predominately Low-Income

Hispanic Families Utilizing Medical and Allied Health Students: FIT (Families in Training)

for Health. Poster Presentation at the American Medical Student Association Annual

Convention, Anaheim, California. March 2010.

30. Vadivelu T, Gimpel N, D’Souza Shekar DA, Foster B, Billmeier T. Assessment of South

Indian women’s perspective on healthcare in India. Poster Presentation at the American

Public Health Association 137th Annual Meeting and Exhibition. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

November 2009.


in Family Medicine Clinics. Poster Presentation at the American Public Health Association

137th Annual Meeting and Exhibition. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 2009.

32. Shakil A, Rizvi H, Gimpel N, Siddiqui Z, Foster B, Ohagi EJ, Billmeier T. Educational

intervention as a public health strategy: A case of osteoporosis awareness in a South Asian

community. Poster Presentation at the American Public Health Association 137th Annual

Meeting and Exhibition. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 2009.


Indian women’s perspective on healthcare in India. Poster Presentation at the American

Medical Student Association 59th Annual Conference, Arlington, Virginia. March 2009.

Local/State

1. Shakil A, Day P, Chu J, Kindratt T. Development and Validation of HITSS Screening in

Pediatric Populations. Submitted for a poster presentation at the Texas Academy of Family

Physician’s Annual Session * Primary Care Summit. Galveston, TX. November 10-12, 2017.

2. Saleh M, Hoese J, Burnet P, Pagels P, Kindratt T. Assessing Knowledge, Attitudes, and

Barriers to Prenatal Care in Women of the Izabal Department in Guatemala. Poster

Presentation at the American Academy of Family Physicians Global Health Summit.

Houston, TX. October 6, 2017.

3. Kindratt T, Pagels P, Chung K, Park C, Corder TM, Kim J, Walls K, Salinas H, Williams J.

Evaluating the Reach Out and Read Program to Promote Pediatric Literacy in a Student-Run

Homeless Shelter Clinic. Poster Presentation at the University of Texas Southwestern School

of Health Professions Research Poster Day. Dallas, TX. August 30, 2017.



Poster Presentation at the University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions

Research Poster Day. Dallas, TX. August 30, 2017.

5. Rodder SG, Kindratt TB, Orcutt V, Koch C, McIlvaine K, Neville MA. Teaching and

Evaluating Smartphone Applications: An Interprofessional Curriculum Expansion. Poster


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Presentation at the University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions Research

Poster Day. Dallas, TX. August 30, 2017.

6. Sturges D, Kindratt T, Coleman V. Pop Culture and PA Education. Poster Presentation at

the University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions Research Poster Day.

Dallas, TX. August 30, 2017.


Curriculum. Poster Presentation at the University of Texas Southwestern School of Health

Professions Research Poster Day. Dallas, TX. August 30, 2017.

8. Kindratt T, Dallo F, Reddy J. Disparities in Tobacco Use among Non-Hispanic Whites:

Heterogeneity among Foreign-Born Arab and European Americans. Poster Presentation at

the University of Texas School of Public Health’s Annual Research Day. Houston, TX. April

6, 2017.

9. Rodder SG, Kindratt TB, Orcutt V, Koch C, McIlvaine K, Neville MA. Teaching and

evaluating smartphone applications: An interprofessional curriculum expansion. Poster

presentation at the University of Texas System, Kenneth I. Shine MD Academy of Health

Science Education, 2017 Innovations in Health Science Education Annual Conference.

Austin, TX. February 16, 2017.

10. Leland M, Dawson A, Sepdham D, Gimpel N, Kindratt T, Access to Primary Care and

Pharmacy Services Among High-Frequency Emergency Department Users. Poster

Presentation at the Texas Academy of Family Physicians (TAFP) 2016 Annual Session and

Primary Care Summit. Dallas, TX. November 4, 2016.

11. Sturges D, Kindratt T, Coleman V. Pop Culture and Physician Assistant Education. Poster

Presentation at the University of Texas Southwestern Academy of Teachers (SWAT)

Educational Symposium, Dallas, TX. April 2016.


Physician Assistant Studies. Poster Presentation at the University of Texas Southwestern

Academy of Teachers (SWAT) Educational Symposium, Dallas, TX. April 2016.

13. Kindratt T, Pagels P. Training Future Providers & Enhancing Pediatric Literacy among

Homeless Women & Children. Poster Presentation at the University of Texas Southwestern

Academy of Teachers (SWAT) Educational Symposium, Dallas, TX. April 2016.

14. Sturges D, Kindratt T, & Coleman V. Pop Culture and Physician Assistant Education. UT

Academy of Health Sciences Innovations Conference. Austin, TX. Feb 2016.


Physician Assistant Studies. UT Academy of Health Sciences Innovations Conference.

Austin, TX. Feb 2016.


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Evaluating the Reach Out and Read program to promote pediatric literacy in a student-run

homeless shelter clinic. Poster Presentation at the UT Southwestern National Healthcare

Quality Week, Oct 2015.



Poster Presentation at the UT Southwestern National Healthcare Quality Week, Oct 2015.

18. Kindratt T, Orcutt V, Williams J, Klocko D. Development of a Quality Improvement

Curriculum in Physician Assistant Studies. Poster Presentation at the UT Southwestern

National Healthcare Quality Week, Oct 2015.

19. Kindratt T, Orcutt V, Pagels P, Gimpel N. Knowledge, skills and attitudes towards research

and quality improvement concepts: PA students and FM residents. Poster Presentation at the

JPS Annual Research Day, Fort Worth, TX. June 2015.

20. Blower J, Kindratt T, McGregor T. Determining characteristics of yoga users and assessing

the perceived benefits of yoga use for health using the 2002, 2007, and 2012 National Health

Interview Survey (NHIS) data. Poster Presentation at the JPS Annual Research Day, Fort

Worth, TX. June 2015.

21. Avila C, Pavle A, Kindratt T, Pagels P, Gimpel N. Evaluating mother’s influence on

daughter’s receipt of pap tests and HPV vaccines. Poster Presentation at the JPS Annual

Research Day, Fort Worth, TX. June 2015.



Clinic. Poster Presentation at the JPS Annual Research Day, Fort Worth, TX. June 2015.

23. Gimpel N, Kindratt TB, Pagels, P, Machado RI. Assessing Knowledge, Practice, and

Attitudes of Family Medicine Residents towards Home Care Visits-UT Southwestern Family

Medicine. Poster Presentation at the JPS Annual Research Day, Fort Worth, TX. June 2015.


Evaluating the Reach Out and Read program to promote pediatric literacy in a student-run

homeless shelter clinic. JPS Annual Research Day, Fort Worth, TX. June 2015.


and quality improvement concepts: PA students and FM residents. Institute for Healthcare

Improvement (IHI) 16th Annual International Summit on Improving Patient Care in the

Office Practice and the Community, Grapevine, TX. March 2015.



Clinic. Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) 16th Annual International Summit on


____________________________________________________________________________________________________


Improving Patient Care in the Office Practice and the Community, Grapevine, TX. March

2015.

27. Dekat L, Orcutt V, Kindratt T. Enhancing competence through and integrated diabetes

management curriculum. UT Academy of Health Sciences Innovations Conference. Austin,

TX. February 2015.


and quality improvement concepts: PA students and FM residents. UT Academy of Health

Sciences Innovations Conference. Austin, TX. February 2015.


Expanding Education for Family Medicine Residents In Diabetes Management. JPS

Research Day. Fort Worth, TX. June 2014.


Expanding Education for Family Medicine Residents In Diabetes Management. Society of

Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Spring Conference. San Antonio, TX. May 2014.

31. Blower J, Nazir T, Munez K, Kindratt T, Gimpel N. Assessing Completion of Preventive

Health Services In Female Patients At a Family Medicine Residency Clinic. Society of

Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Spring Conference. San Antonio, TX. May 2014.


Expanding Education for Family Medicine Residents In Diabetes Management. Dallas

Chapter of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians Poster Research Contest, Dallas, TX.

May 2014.

33. Blower J, Nazir T, Munez K, Kindratt T, Gimpel N. Assessing Completion of Preventive

Health Services In Female Patients At a Family Medicine Residency Clinic. Poster

Presentation at the Dallas Chapter of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians’ Poster

Research Contest, Dallas, TX. May 2014.



Parkland Family Medicine Geriatric Clinic. Quality Improvement in Healthcare and Patient

Safety Symposium, Temple, TX. September 2013.

35. Jetpuri Z, Nguyen J, Pagels P, Goyal V, Kindratt T, De Valdenebro S, Gimpel N. Lost Kids:

Discovering the Barriers among Caregivers & Residents and Bridging the Gap behind a

Missing Demographic. Dallas Chapter Texas Academy of Family Physicians Poster Research

Contest, Dallas, TX. May 2013.

36. Roy V, Kindratt T, Gimpel N. Interventions to Curb Indoor Tanning – A Systematic

Review. Poster Presentation at the Dallas Chapter of the Texas Academy of Family

Physicians Poster Research Contest, Dallas, TX. May 2013.


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37. Gimpel N, Pagels P, Dallo F, Billmeier T, Morrow, J., DeHaven, M. Reaching the

Underserved Through Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) and Service

Learning: Program Description and Evaluation. Poster Presentation at the University of

Texas Academy of Health Science Education 7th Annual Innovations in Health Science

Education Conference. San Antonio, TX. May 2011.

38. Vadivelu T, Pagels P, Billmeier T, Gimpel N. The impact of a health-literacy intervention

for homeless mothers. Poster Presentation at the University of Texas Academy of Health

Science Education 7th Annual Innovations in Health Science Education Conference. San

Antonio, Texas. May 2011.


Children at a Homeless Shelter in Dallas, TX. Poster Presentation at the University of Texas

Academy of Health Science Education 7th Annual Innovations in Health Science Education

Conference. San Antonio, TX. May 2011.

40. Peddle A, Billmeier T, Pagels P, Morrow J, Dallo F, Gimpel N. Assessing the Health Needs

of a Hispanic Senior Population Attending a Community Center. Poster Presentation at the

University of Texas Academy of Health Science Education 7th Annual Innovations in Health

Science Education Conference. San Antonio, TX. May 2011.


Children via the Center of Hope. Poster Presentation at the University of Texas Academy of

Health Science Education 7th Annual Innovations in Health Science Education Conference.

San Antonio, TX. May 2011.

42. Gimpel N, Pagels, P, Ohagi EJ, Billmeier T, Wright, J. Community Medicine Education and

Research Training: An Innovative Pipeline for Future Primary Care Physicians. Society of

Teachers of Family Medicine Conference on Medical Student Education. Houston, TX.

January 20-23, 2011.

43. Gimpel N, Wright J, Pagels P, Foster B, Ohagi EJ, Billmeier T, Dobbie A. Community

Action Research Track: An Innovative Community-based Training Program for Medical

Students. Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Conference on Medical Student

Education. Houston, TX. January 20-23, 2011.

44. Gimpel N, Pagels P, Dallo F, Billmeier T, Morrow, J., DeHaven, M. Reaching the

Underserved Through Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) and Service

Learning: Program Description and Evaluation. Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

Conference on Medical Student Education. Houston, TX. Jan 2011.

45. Vadivelu T, Pagels P, Billmeier T, Gimpel N. The Impact of a Health Literacy Intervention

for Homeless Mothers. Poster Presentation at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical

Center Medical Student Research Forum, Dallas, TX. January 18, 2011.


____________________________________________________________________________________________________


46. Smitherman E, Gimpel N, Kitzman-Ulrich H, Foster B, Gonzalez K, Billmeier T. Evaluating

the Efficacy of a Student-Run Childhood Obesity Intervention Program. Poster Presentation

at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center’s Medical Student Research Forum.

Dallas, Texas. January 2011.

47. Vadivelu T, Pagels P, Billmeier T, Gimpel N. The impact of a health-literacy intervention

for homeless mothers. Poster Presentation at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical

Center’s Medical Student Research Forum. Dallas, Texas. January 2011.



Oriented Primary Care Clinics. Poster Presentation at the University of Texas Southwestern

Medical Center’s Medical Student Research Forum. Dallas, Texas. January 2011.

49. Graneto D, Gimpel N, Foster B, Pagels P, Ohagi E, Billmeier T, Wright J. Physician

decision making in the prescribing of non-occupational post exposure prophylaxis (nPEP) to

patients after a possible high risk exposure to HIV. Poster Presentation at the Texas Academy

of Family Physicians 61st Annual Session and Scientific Assembly. San Antonio, Texas. July

2010.

50. Quartey N, Ashitey S, Interiano R, Khatami S, Billmeier T, Gimpel N. HIV/AIDS in Ghana:

The impact of Non-Governmental Organizations in assisting people living with HIV/AIDS.

Texas Academy of Family Physicians 61st Annual Session and Scientific Assembly. San

Antonio, Texas. July 2010.


Patients At GRACE Community Clinic. Texas Public Health Association Annual

Conference, South Padre, TX. May 2010.

52. Gonzalez K, Gimpel N, Kitzman-Ulrich H, DeHaven M, Billmeier T, Foster B. A

Community-based Childhood Obesity Prevention Program for Predominately Low-Income

Hispanic Families Utilizing Medical and Allied Health Students: FIT (Families in Training)

for Health. Texas Public Health Association Annual Conference, South Padre, TX. May

2010.

53. Graneto D, Gimpel N, Foster B, Pagels P, Ohagi E, Billmeier T, Wright J. Physician decision

making in the prescribing of non-occupational post exposure prophylaxis (nPEP) to patients

after a possible high risk exposure to HIV. Poster Presentation at the Parkland Health and

Hospital System Clinical Research and Poster Event. Dallas, Texas. May 2010.


Patients At GRACE Community Clinic. Poster Presentation at the University of Texas

Southwestern Medical Center’s Medical Student Research Forum. Dallas, Texas. January

2010.


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in Family Medicine Clinics. Poster Presentation at the Texas Academy of Family Physicians

60th Annual Session and Scientific Assembly. Arlington, Texas. July 2009.


Indian women’s perspective on healthcare in India. Poster Presentation at the University of

Texas Southwestern Medical Center and School of Public Health National Public Health

Week Poster Presentation. Dallas, Texas. April 2009.

Workshops

International

1. Pagels P, Kindratt T, Gimpel N. Implementing and Evaluating a Health Literacy Objective

Structured Clinical Examination in Medical Education. Accepted for Conference Workshop

at the North American Primary Care Research Group 2013 Annual Meeting, Ottawa,

Ontario, Canada. November 9-13, 2013.

VIII. TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Within Department

Fall Semester: August- December

MPA 5102: Family Medicine Clinical Rotation – EBM Module Director/Small Group Leader

(2015-present)

MPA 5305: Directed Studies, Co-Course Director/Research Mentor (2015-present)

MPA 5350: Professional Practice Issues II - Lecturer (2015-present)

Spring Semester: January- May

MPA 5130: Evidence Based Medicine- Co-Course Director /Co-Lecturer (2016-present),

Course Director/Primary Lecturer (2015)

MPA 5204: Clinical Prevention and Population Health- Co-Course Director/Lecturer (2015-

present)


(2015-present)


Summer Semester: May- August

MPA 5101: Professional Practice Issues I – Lecturer (2015-present)


(2015-present)


Interdepartmental/School/University


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Medical Students, Community Health Fellowship Program, Program Associate Director,

Lecturer (2009-2011; 2013-present)

Residents, Research and Scholarly Activity: Co-Course Director/Lecturer (2012-2014)

Residents, Community Action Research Experience; Lecturer (2012-2014)

Other Teaching Activities

Division of Medical Education, Postgraduate Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School

MDM66: Essential Statistics for Health and Medical Research, Co-Course Director, Primary

Lecturer (2012)

MDM 50: Principles and Practice of Public Health, Lecturer (2011-2012)

MDM 10: Research Methods and Critical Appraisal, Lecturer (2011-2012)

MDM 12: Epidemiology, Lecturer (2011)

Research Mentoring and Supervision

Undergraduate Student Intern

Courtney Koch, University of Notre Dame (2015)

Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) Students

Tu Bui, University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions (2017-present)

Graduate Project in Progress: Improving dental and vision care provided at men’s and

women’s homeless shelter clinics

Patrice (Patty) Burnett, University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions (2017-

present)

Graduate Project in Progress: Understanding patterns and barriers to prenatal care in

Sarstun, Guatemala

Jessica Chu, University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions (2017-present)

Graduate Project in Progress: Development and validation of Pediatric HITS screening

tool.

Cherrell Mays, University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions (2017-present)

Graduate Project in Progress: Development and evaluation of a student-run medical

Spanish course.

Andrea Pavia-Jimenez, University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions (2017-

present)


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Graduate Project in Progress: Improving follow-care using semi-structured interviews

among patients diagnosed with depression through the Vital Sign 6 program at North

Dallas Shared Ministries: Part 1.

Sarah Smith, University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions (2017-present)

Graduate Project in Progress: Improving follow-care using semi-structured interviews

among patients diagnosed with depression through the Vital Sign 6 program at North

Dallas Shared Ministries: Part 2.

Haley Hill

Graduate Project in Progress: Assessment of attitudes towards community service, cultural

competency and desire for future practice in underserved populations among volunteers at Lumin charter schools.

Kenzie Cocke, University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions (2017-present)

Graduate Project TBD:

Rure Salinas, University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions (2017)

Graduate Project: Pertinent Evidence Based Medicine for Primary Care

Lauren Elliot, University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions (2017)

Graduate Project: Five POEMs: Clinical Review of Relevant Journal Articles

Sarah Lindner, University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions (2016-2017)

Graduate Project: Knowledge, attitudes and reading behaviors among parents at a

women’s homeless shelter.

Brittany Bernard, University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions (2016)

Graduate Project: Development of a pediatric literacy OSCE for physician assistant

students.

Camille Hebert, University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions (2016)

Graduate Project: Five Patient Oriented Evidence that Matters

Mary Alice Neville, University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions (2016)

Graduate Project: Teaching Smartphone Applications to Physician Assistant and Clinical

Nutrition Students.

Jade Webb, University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions (2016)

Graduate Project: Evaluation of a pediatric literacy OSCE for physician assistant

students.

I. Sonali Weerasinghe, University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions (2016)

Graduate Project: Analyzing long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) access for

adolescents in Dallas, Texas.

Kathy Chung, University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions (2015-2016)


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Graduate Project: Evaluation of the Reach Out And Read Program For Pediatric Literacy

At A Student-Run Homeless Shelter Clinic: A Quality Improvement Project.

Nathan Yeh, University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions (2015-2016)

Graduate Project: Quality improvement project evaluating tobacco use and increasing

smoking cessation attempts by adults at a men’s homeless shelter clinic.

Kaylyn Gerth, University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions (2015)

Graduate Project: Enhancing competence through and integrated diabetes management

curriculum.

Keri Miller, University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions (2015)

Graduate Project: Evaluating a Health Literacy OSCE for PA Students.

Kelley Mulfinger, University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions (2015)

Graduate Project: Life Habits Interprofessional Education with MyNetDiary.

Michelle Corder, Jenny Kim, Christina Park, Kristen Walls, University of Texas Southwestern

School of Health Professions (2015)

Quality Improvement Project: Improving documentation of book delivery of the Reach

Out and Read Program at Center of Hope, Homeless Shelter for Women and Children.

Vanessa Laws, University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions (2015)

Quality Improvement Project: Improving document of tobacco use and cessation referrals

at Calvert Place, Homeless Shelter for Women and Children.

Master of Science Dissertation Supervisor

Memon Illahi, MSc Nephrology, Brighton and Sussex Medical School (2012)

Masters Dissertation Project: A systematic review of the effect of Metformin treatment

in causing vitamin B12 deficiency when used in the treatment of Diabetes.

Chaudhary Junaid Nazar, MSc Nephrology, Brighton and Sussex Medical School (2011-2012)

Masters Dissertation Project: The effectiveness of dietary interventions in the end stage

renal failure (ESRF). A systemic review.

Mohamed Eltoum, MSc Nephrology, Brighton and Sussex Medical School (2011-2012)

Masters Dissertation Project: What can we do to promote kidney donation in the UK? A

systematic review.

Catherine Kironde, MSc Public Health, Brighton and Sussex Medical School (2011-2012)

Masters Dissertation Project: Catherine Kironde. A review of the effectiveness of

Cardio-vascular risk assessment among African and Caribbean populations in the UK.

Lisa Radway, MSc Public Health, Brighton and Sussex Medical School (2011-2012)


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Masters Dissertation Project: An evaluation of the effectiveness of public health

messages in relation to alcohol consumption.

Sian Eustace, MSc Cardiology, Brighton and Sussex Medical School (2011)

Masters Dissertation Project: The Effect of Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy on Renal

Function.

Master of Public Health (MPH) Students

Alexandra DeCrescenzo, Eriko Iwatate, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston,

School of Public Health Dallas Regional Campus (2014)

Tammy Lightfoot, Walden University (2010)

Master’s Thesis Project: Needs Assessment Questionnaire Study for Homeless Women.

Doctor of Medicne/Master of Public Health (MD/MPH) Students

Community Health Fellowship Program, Predoctoral Summer Training

Emmanuela Egbonim, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and University of

Texas Health Science at Houston , School of Public Health Dallas Regional Campus (2017)

MPH Practicum/Summer Research Project: Assessing barriers to care for diabetes and

hypertension patients at North Dallas Shared Ministries.

Margaret Leland, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and University of Texas

Health Science at Houston , School of Public Health Dallas Regional Campus (2017)

MPH Practicum/Summer Research Project: Residential hotspots associated with high-

frequency ER use at Parkland Memorial Hospital.

Doctor of Medicine (MD) Students

Community Health Fellowship Program, Predoctoral Summer Training

Paul Abraham, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (2015)

Summer Research Project: Evaluating tobacco use and increasing smoking cessation

attempts by adults at a men’s homeless shelter clinic.

Allison Peddle, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (2009)

Summer Research Project: Assessing the Health Needs of a Hispanic Senior Population

Attending a Community Center,

Community Action Research Track and Community Medicine Elective

Allison Bonds, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (2010)

CART Project: Dental Education for the Elderly Latino Population at the Wesley-Rankin

Community Center.

Anny Chang, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (2010)


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CART Project: Hypertension Education for the Elderly Latino Population at the Wesley-

Rankin Community Center.

Kym Gonzalez, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (2010)

CART Project: Development of the Fit for Health Student-Run Childhood Obesity

Intervention Program.

Rania Hanna, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (2010)

CART Project: The efficacy of educating medical students and residents in pediatric

immunization

Emily Smitherman, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (2010)

CART Project: Evaluation of the Fit for Health Student-Run Childhood Obesity

Intervention Program.

Margaret Wood, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (2010)

CART Project: Development of a health literacy intervention for homeless mothers.

Sarah Ashitey, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (2009-2010)

CART Project: HIV/AIDS in Ghana: The impact of Non-Governmental Organizations

(NGOs) in assisting people living with HIV/AIDS, Part 1: Semi-Structured Interviews

Sherri Khatami, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (2009-2010)


(NGOs) in assisting people living with HIV/AIDS, Part 2: Key Informant Surveys

Nana Quartey, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (2009-2010)


(NGOs) in assisting people living with HIV/AIDS, Part 3: Focus Groups

Tharani Vadivelu, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (2009-2010)

CART Project: Evaluation of a health literacy intervention for homeless mothers.

Tharani Vadivelu, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (2009)

CART Project: Assessment of South Indian women’s perspective on healthcare in India.

Family Medicine Post-Doctoral Residents

Research and Scholarly Activity

Rosa (Isela) Machado, Parkland Health and Hospital System (2014-2016)

Residency Research Project: Assessing Knowledge and Attitudes of Family Medicine

Residents in Home Care Visits.

Jessica Blower, Parkland Health and Hospital System (2014-2015)

Residency Research Project: Associations between yoga use and chronic health

conditions among adults in the United States.


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Jessica Blower, Parkland Health and Hospital System (2014-2015)

Residency QI Project: Assessing Completion of Preventive Health Services in Female

Patients at a Family Medicine Residency Clinic, Plan, Do, Study Act Cycle 1.

Tabasum Nazir, Parkland Health and Hospital System (2014-2015)



Kennex Munez, Parkland Health and Hospital System (2014-2015)



Olivia Yun, Parkland Health and Hospital System (2014-2016)



Hafsa Akram, Parkland Health and Hospital System (2013-2014)

Residency QI Project: Diabetes mellitus: Changing behavior of residents for

hypoglycemia education.

Phillip Silva, Parkland Health and Hospital System (2012-2013)

Residency QI Project: Recognizing elderly patient medications based on the Beers

criteria.

Community Action Research Experience

Christina Avila, Parkland Health and Hospital System (2013-2015)

Residency Research Project: Exploring the barriers of cervical cancer screening

knowledge and health behaviors among women and their mother’s influence.

Amrutha Pavle, Parkland Health and Hospital System (2013-2015)

Residency Research Project: Health education to improve knowledge and health

behaviors among women using mother-daughter sessions.

Anna Wani, Parkland Health and Hospital System (2013-2014)

Residency Research Project: Shared Medical Appointments: Improving Patient

Outcomes and Expanding Education for Family Medicine Residents in Diabetes

Management.

IX. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Service to University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Medical School Research and Scholarly Activity, Research Mentor (2017-present)


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Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QIPS) Collaborative Work Group, Member (2015-

present)

QIPS Collaborative, Co-Facilitator (2015-2016)

Convergence, Interprofessional Education, Small Group Facilitator (2015)

Medical Student Research Forum

Research Poster Judge (February 4, 2014)

University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions

Research Advisory Committee (2015-present)

Peer Reviewer, Interprofessional Research Grant Program (2017-present)

Research Grant Reviewer (2015-present)

Website Subcommittee (2015-present)

Service to Department of Physician Assistant Studies

Department of PA Studies Leadership Committee, 2017-present

Admissions Committee, 2014-present

ARC-PA Accreditation Committee, 2014-present

Committee on Student Progress, 2014-present

Service to Department of Family and Community Medicine

Community Health Fellowship Program, Summer Research Program for Medical Students

Program Co-Director (2017-present), Faculty Research Mentor (2015-present)

Clinical Competency Committee, Family Medicine Residency Program, (2012-2014)

Curriculum Committee, Family Medicine Residency Program (2012-2014)

Program Evaluation Committee, Family Medicine Residency Program (2012-2014)

Service to the Brighton and Sussex Medical School

Master of Science Dissertation Supervisor, Brighton and Sussex Medical School (2017-present)

Master of Science, Student Disciplinary Panel (2012)

Service to the Profession

American Public Health Association (2007-present)

Section Councilor, Quality Improvement, Medical Care Section (2017-2020)

Epidemiology Section Member

Women’s Health Caucus Member

National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants Board of Directors (2014-2016)

Elected Public Director at Large (2014-2016)

Board Policy Workgroup Member (2014-2016)


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Research Workgroup Member (2014-2016)

Nominating Committee Member (2015-2016)

Review Committee Member (2015)

Certification Committee (2014)

Finance Committee (2014)

Texas Academy of Family Physicians, Dallas Chapter

Medical Student Research Poster Judge (May 13, 2014)

Invited/Special Lectures

1. Kindratt T. Invited Honorary Lecturer, Brighton and Sussex Medical School. Evidence-

Based Medicine Course. Scheduling for Lecture in 2018 in progress.

2. Kindratt T. Curriculum Development Efforts in Physician Assistant Education. Invited Oral

Presentation at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Dallas Regional

Campus Brown Bag Session. Dallas, TX. June 7, 2017.

3. Rodder SG, Kindratt TB, Orcutt V, Koch C, McIlvaine K. Neville MA. Teaching and

evaluating smartphone applications: An interprofessional curriculum expansion. Invited Oral

Presentation at the University of Texas Kenneth Shine Academy of Health Sciences

Innovations Conference. Austin, TX. February 17,, 2017.


Management Curriculum. Invited Oral Presentation at the University of Texas Kenneth Shine

Academy of Health Sciences Innovations Conference. Austin, TX. February 19, 2015.

5. Billmeier T, Dallo F. Determining the association between nativity status and

mammography utilization among women in the United States using 2000 and 2005 NHIS

data. Invited Oral Presentation at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston,

School of Public Health, Dallas Regional Campus. Dallas, TX. April 6, 2009.

Professional Community Service

Peer Review Services

Manuscript Peer Review Service

Journal of Student-Run Clinics (2017-present)

Family Medicine and Community Health Journal (2017-present)

American Journal of Men’s Health (2015-present)

Women’s Health Issues (2015-present)

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (2015-present)

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (2012-present)

Teaching and Learning in Medicine (2013-2015)

Professional Meeting Abstracts Peer Review Service


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Women’s Health Caucus at the American Public Health Association (2017-present)

North American Primary Care Research Group (2014-present)

Community Service

Reach Out and Read Program Director for The Family Place domestic violence shelter (2015-present)

Front Desk and Daily Operations Volunteer, YogaSport Dallas (2013)

President, Beyond Sunday, Dallas Social Service Organization, Holy Trinity (2007)

Secretary, Beyond Sunday, Dallas Social Service Organization, Holy Trinity (2006)

Historian, Beyond Sunday, Dallas Social Service Organization, Holy Trinity (2006)

X. MEMBERSHIPS, HONORS, AWARDS AND SPECIAL

RECOGNITION

Scholarly, Professional and Scientific Memberships

Academic Pediatrics Association, Member (2017-present)

Association for the Study of Medical Education, Member (2012-2013; 2017-present)

Physician Assistant Education Association (2014-present)

North American Primary Care Research Group, Member (2009-2010; 2013-present)

American Public Health Association, Member (2007-present)

Association of Medical Educators of Europe, Member (2015-2016)

Team-based Learning Collaborative, Member (2014)

Health Literacy United Kingdom Group, Member (2011-2014)

Cochrane Collaborative, Dementia & Cognitive Improvement Group (2012)

Texas Public Health Association, Member (2007-2010)

Offices Held

Section Councilor, Quality Improvement, Medical Care Section, American Public Health

Association (2017-present)

Co-Chair, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Collaborative, University of Texas

Southwestern Medical Center (2015-2016)

Social Chair, National Public Health Week, University of Texas School of Public Health

Student Association, Dallas Regional Campus (2009)

Vice President, University of Texas School of Public Health Student Association, Dallas

Regional Campus (2007-2009)

Awards, Scholastic Honors, Special Recognition

National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) Outstanding Service

and Leadership Award (2016)


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1st Place Student and Resident Poster Competition, Access to Primary Care and Pharmacy

Services Among High-Frequency Emergency Department Users. Texas Academy of Family

Physicians. Role: Faculty Research Mentor. PI: M. Leland (December 1, 2016)

2nd Place Resident Poster Research Contest, Shared Medical Appointments: Expanding

Education for Family Medicine Residents in Diabetes Management. Dallas Chapter of the

Texas Academy of Family Physicians. Role: Co-Investigator. PI: A. Wani (May 13, 2014)

Employee of the Year, University of Southwestern Department of Family and Community

Medicine (January 25, 2014)

3rd Place Student and Resident Poster Competition, HIV/AIDS in Ghana: The impact of Non-

Governmental Organizations in assisting people living with HIV/AIDS. Texas Academy of

Family Physicians. Role: Co-investigator. PI: N. Quartey (June 2013)

3rd Place, Resident Poster Contest, Interventions to Curb Indoor Tanning – A Systematic

Review. Dallas Chapter of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians. Role: Co-

Investigator/Research Coordinator. PI: V. Roy. (May 2013)

2nd Place Resident Poster Competition, Assessing health literacy in family medicine clinics.

Texas Academy of Family Physicians. Role: Co-Investigator. PI: N. Gutierrez (June 2009)

Professional Development Award ($1,000), National Network of Libraries of Medicine

(June 2009)

XI. PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Activities

Attend National Cancer Institute: Research to Reality Webinars (2017-present)

Attend University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health,

Epidemiology Seminars (2016-present)

Review Oxford’s Teaching Evidence Based Medicine Online Materials (2016-present)

Attend Foundations of Epidemiology (Audit Course), University of Texas Health Science

Center at Houston. (May 22-August 15, 2017)

Attend Southwestern Academy of Teachers Education Symposium (2013, 2016)

Attend CAPRA Research Symposium (2016)


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Attend Analysis Methods for Systematic Reviews Course, UK Cochrane Centre,

Dementia & Cognitive Improvement Group, May 22, 2012, Oxford, England.

Established University Research Collaborations with:

Department of Clinical Nutrition – Susan Rodder

Department of Family and Community Medicine, Nora Gimpel, MD, Patti Pagels,

MPAS, PA-C

Office of Quality Improvement and Safety Education – Gary Reed, MD, Patrice Griffith

Established University of Texas System Collaborations with:

University of Texas School of Public Health Austin Regional Campus, Epidemiology –

Deborah Salvo Dominguez, PhD.

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health Dallas

Regional Campus, Department of Epidemiology – Bijal Balasubramanian, MBBS, PhD,

Frank Bandiera, PhD, Jennifer Reingle Gonzalez, PhD.

University of Texas School of Public Health Dallas Regional Campus, Department of

Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences – Marlyn Allicock, PhD.

Established National Research Collaborations with:

Oakland University, Florence Dallo, PhD, MPH

Established International Research Collaborations with:

Brighton and Sussex University, United Kingdom, Helen Smith, PhD

Brighton and Sussex University, United Kingdom, John L. Anderson, MSc

Newcastle University, Monash University, Australia, Darrell J. Evans, PhD

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