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		Epidemiologist & Associate Professor Tulane University E-mail: kissing@tulane.edu Telephone: (504) 587-7320

EDUCATION & TRAINING:

Institution & Location

Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana

Degree

B.S.N.

M.P.H.

Ph.D.

Year

1981

1987

1992

Field of Study

Nursing

Epidemiology

POSITIONS & HONORS

Positions & Employment

5/81-4/82	Children's Memorial Hospital. Chicago, Il. ICU staff Nurse.
5/82-4/86	Peace Corps Volunteer and Peace Corps Nurse, Zaire Africa
7/88 7/89	Project Manager and Field Epidemiologist. Johns Hopkins University. Cite Soleil Haiti
7/89 1/92	Epidemiologist/Information Officer. U.S.A.I.D. Cite Soleil, Haiti.
1/92-9/99	Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biostatistics/Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health - Coordinator of HIV/STD track in the Department of Epidemiology
1/92-7/95	Instructor/Epidemiologist. Louisiana State University, Department of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases.
7/95-9/99	Assistant Professor of Research - Louisiana State University.
9/99-present	Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Tenured 2003.
2002-present	Adjunct Associate Professor Louisiana State University, Dept of Public Health and Prevention Other Experience and Professional Membership

Other Experience and Professional Membership

2002-present	Editorial Board Sex Trans Dis.
2002-present	NIH review committee AARR-8

Honors

1988	Dorthy LeBlanc Scholarship and Service Award
1996	Marquette University Alumni Community Service Award

SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (in chronological order)

Selected from 63 peer-reviewed publications

1. Boulos R, Halsey NA, Holt E, Ruff A, Brutus JR, Kissinger P. et al. HIV 1 in Haitian women 1982 1988. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 1990. 64:229 231.
2. Halsey NA, Holt E, Boulos R, Ruff A, Brutus JR, Kissinger P, Quinn TC, Coberly JS, Adrien M, Boulos C. Transmission of HIV 1 infections from mothers to infants in Haiti: impact on childhood mortality and malnutrition. JAMA. 1990. 264:2088 2092.
3. Halsey NA, Coberly JS, Holt E, Coreil J, Kissinger P, Moulton LH, Brutus JR, Boulos R. Sexual behavior, smoking and HIV-1 infection in Haitian women. JAMA. 1992. 267:2062-2066.
4. Kissinger P, Clark R, Morse A, Brandon W. Comparison of multiple drug therapy regimes for HIV related disseminated mycobacterium avium complex disease. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 1995. 9:133-137.
5. Kissinger P, Cohen D, Brandon W, Rice J, Morse A, Clark R. Compliance with public sector HIV medical care. J Natl Med Association. 1995. 87:19-24.
6. Kissinger P, Clark R, Rice J, Kutzen H, Morse A, Brandon W. Removing barriers to HIV health care for women. Southern Medical Journal. 1995. 88:1121-1125.
7. Bates B, Kissinger P, Bessinger R. Complementary therapy use among HIV-infected clients. AIDS Patient Care. 1995. 10:32-36.
8. Fuller C, Clark R, Kissinger P, Abdalian SE. Clinical manifestations of infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus among adolescents in Louisiana. Journal of Adolescent Health. 1996. 18:422-428.
9. Clark R, Kissinger P, Williams T. Contraception and sexually transmitted diseases protection among HIV infected women and female adolescents. International Journal STD/AIDS. 1996. 7:439-42.
10. Clark R, Kissinger P, Bedimo A, Dunn P, Albertin H. Determination of factors associated with condom use among women infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus. International Journal STD/AIDS. 1997. 8:229-233.
11. Kissinger P, Trim S, Mielke E, Koporc K, Williams E, Brown R. An evaluation of initiatives to improve family planning use by African American adolescents. J Nat Med Assoc. 1997. 89:110-114.
12. Bessinger R, Beilke M, Kissinger P, Jarrot C, Tabak F. Retroviral coinfections at a New Orleans HIV outpatient clinic. J Acquired Immun Defic Syndr. 1997. 14:67-71.
13. Bedimo A, Kissinger P, Bessinger R. History of sexual abuse among HIV infected women. Int J. of STD & AIDS. 1997. 8:332-335.
14. Kissinger P, Clark R, Dumestre J, Bessinger R. Incidence of three sexually transmitted diseases during a safer sex promotion program for HIV-infected women. J Gen Intern Med. 1996. 11:750-752.
15. Bedimo A, Bessinger R, Kissinger P. Reproductive choices among HIV-infected women. Soc Sci Med. 1996. 4:171-179.
16. Bessinger R, Clark R, Kissinger P, Rice J, Coughlin S. Pregnancy is not associated with an increase in progression of HIV disease in women attending an HIV outpatient program. Am J Epid. 1998. 147:434-440.
17. Kissinger P, Brown R, Reed K, Salifou J, Drake A, Farley T, Martin DH. The effect of patient delivered partner treatment for preventing recurrent chlamydia trachomatis. Sexually Transmitted Infection. 1998. 74:331-333.
18. Kissinger P, Rice J, Farley T, Jewett K, Trim S, Margavio V, Martin DH. The application of computer assisted interviews to sexually transmitted disease research. Am J of Epid. 1999. 149:950-954.
19. Niccolai L, Dorst D, Myers L, Kissinger P. Disclosure of HIV status to sexual partners: predictors and temporal patterns. Sex Trans Dis. 1999. 26:281-285.
20. Kopicko J, Momodu I, Adedokun A, Hoffman M, Clark RA, Kissinger P. Characteristics of HIV-infected men with low serum testosterone levels. Int. J of STD & AIDS. 1999. 10:817-820.
21. Kopicko J, Frazer T, Dascomb K, Clark RA, Didier ES, Kissinger P. The Influences of seasonal variation with enteric microsporidiosis among HIV-infected individuals. 1999. 22:408-409.
22. Cohen D, Spear S, Schribner R, Kissinger P, Mason K, Wildgen J. Broken windows and the risk of gonorrhea. Am J Public Health. 2000. 90:230-236.
23. Kissinger P, Kopicko J, Myers L, Wustrack S, Elkins W, Farley TA, Martin DH. The effect of modest monetary incentives on follow-up rates in sexually transmitted disease studies. Int J STD/AIDS. 2000. 11:27-30.
24. Niccolai LM, Kopicko J, Kassie A, Petros H, Clark RA, Kissinger P. Incidence and predictors of reinfection with trichomonas vaginalis in HIV-infected women. Sex Trans Dis. 2000. 92:354-360.
25. Slavinsky J, Rosenberg DM, DiCarlo RP, Kissinger P. Can self-reported behavioral factors predict incident sexually transmitted diseases in high risk African-American men? J National Med Assoc. 2000. 92:354-360.
26. Whittington W, Kent C, Kissinger P, Oh MK, Fortenberry D, Hillis SE, Litchfield B, Bolan GA, St. Louis ME, Farley TA, Handsfield HH. Determinants of persistent and recurrent chlamydia trachomatis infection in young women: results of a multicenter cohort study. Sex Trans Dis. 2001. 28:117-123.
27. Magnus M, Schmidt N, Kirkhart K, Schieffelin C, Fuchs N, Brown B, Kissinger P. The association between ancillary services and clinical and behavioral outcomes among HIV-infected women. AIDS Patient Care. 2001. 15:137-145.
28. Brumley K, Kissinger P, Brayfield A, Gruber D. Kinship Relations among impoverished families: caring for children in Project Lagniappe. Journal of Applied Sociology. 2001. 13:50-78.
29. Kissinger P, Clayton JL, O'Brien ME, Kent C, Whittington W, Oh MK, Fortenberry D, Hillis SE, Litchfield B, Bolan GA, Handsfield HH, Farley TA, Berman S. Older partners not associated with lack of condom use, partner treatment or recurrence among teenaged women infected with Chlamydia trachomatis. (in press) 7/2001.
30. Magnus M, Schmidt N, Brown B, Kissinger PJ. A profile of an HIV- and child-specific programme in New Orleans, Louisiana USA. AIDS Care. 2002; 14;S1:S-85-S94.
31. Kissinger PJ, Niccolai LM, Magnus M, Farley TA, Maher JE, Alston-Richardson G, Dorse D, Myers L, Peterman TA. Partner notification for HIV and syphilis: effects on sexual behaviors and relationship stability. Sex Trans Dis. 2003, 30:75-82.
32. Schillinger JA, Kissinger P, Calvet H, Whittington WLH, Ranson RL, Sternberg MR, Berman SM, Kent CK, Marting DH, Oh MK, Hansfield H, Bolan G, Markowitz LE, Fortenberry JD. Patient-Delivered Partner Treatment With Azithromycin to Prevent Repeated Chlamydia trachomatis Infection Among Women: A Randomized, Controlled. Sexy Trans Dis.. 2003;30:49-56