Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

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2022 Developing a Clinic-Based, Vaccine-Promoting Intervention for African American Youth in Rural Alabama: Protocol for a Pilot Cluster-Randomized Controlled Implementation Science Trial.  JMIR Research Protocols.  11. 2022
2022 Implementing a graduate medical education anti-racism workshop at an academic university in the Southern USA.  Medical Education Online: an electronic journal.  27. 2022
2022 “Let’s take that [stop sign] down.” Provider perspectives on barriers to and opportunities for PrEP prescription to African American girls and young women in Alabama.  AIDS Care: psychological and socio-medical aspects of AIDS-HIV.  2022
2022 “We Feel Like Everybody's Going to Judge us”: Black Adolescent Girls’ and Young Women's Perspectives on Barriers to and Opportunities for Improving Sexual Health Care, Including PrEP, in the Southern U.S.  Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care.  21. 2022
2021 COVID-19 Vaccine Sentiments Among African American or Black Adolescents in Rural Alabama.  Journal of Adolescent Health.  69:1041-1043. 2021
2021 Twenty-First Century Cures Act Final Rule and Adolescent Health Care: Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH) Program Experiences.  Journal of Adolescent Health.  69:873-877. 2021
2021 Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in Young Women and Associated Predictors.  Sexually Transmitted Diseases.  48:529-535. 2021
2021 COVID-19 Vaccination of Adolescents and Young Adults of Color: Viewing Acceptance and Uptake With a Health Equity Lens.  Journal of Adolescent Health.  68:844-846. 2021
2021 International Adolescent Health Week: Nothing About Them Without Them.  Journal of Adolescent Health.  68:646-647. 2021
2021 Exploring adults as support persons for improved pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV use among select adolescents and young adults in the Deep South.  PLoS One.  16. 2021
2020 Inaction Is Not an Option: Using Antiracism Approaches to Address Health Inequities and Racism and Respond to Current Challenges Affecting Youth.  Journal of Adolescent Health.  67:323-325. 2020
2020 Early COVID-19 Impact on Adolescent Health and Medicine Programs in the United States: LEAH Program Leadership Reflections.  Journal of Adolescent Health.  67:11-15. 2020
2020 Preliminary study on HIV status disclosure to perinatal infected children: Retrospective analysis of administrative records from a pediatric HIV clinic in the southern United States.  BMC Research Notes.  13. 2020
2020 Identifying Missed Opportunities for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Pre-exposure Prophylaxis During Preventive Care and Reproductive Visits in Adolescents in the Deep South..  Sexually Transmitted Diseases.  47:88-95. 2020
2020 Identifying Missed Opportunities for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Pre-exposure Prophylaxis during Preventive Care and Reproductive Visits in Adolescents in the Deep South.  Sexually Transmitted Diseases.  47:88-95. 2020
2019 Crisis Pregnancy Centers in the United States: Lack of Adherence to Medical and Ethical Practice Standards; A Joint Position Statement of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine and the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.  Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.  32:563-566. 2019
2019 A comparative analysis of documented contraceptive use among women aged 18–30 living with and without HIV in Alabama.  Contraception.  100:275-278. 2019
2018 A Qualitative Study Exploring Contraceptive Practices and Barriers to Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive Use in a Sample of Adolescents Living in the Southern United States.  Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.  31:605-609. 2018
2018 Community Readiness to Adopt the Communities That Care Prevention System in an Urban Setting.  American Journal of Preventive Medicine.  55:S59-S69. 2018
2018 Implementing the Communities That Care Prevention System: Challenges, Solutions, and Opportunities in an Urban Setting.  American Journal of Preventive Medicine.  55:S70-S81. 2018
2018 Parents Speak: A Needs Assessment for Community Programming for Black Male Youth.  American Journal of Preventive Medicine.  55:S82-S87. 2018
2018 Barriers and facilitators to HPV vaccination among rural Alabama adolescents and their caregivers.  Vaccine.  36:4126-4133. 2018
2018 Creating the Subspecialty Pediatrics Investigator Network.  Journal of Pediatrics.  192:3-4.e2. 2018
2017 Development of Participant-Informed Text Messages to Promote Physical Activity Among African American Women Attending College: A Qualitative Mixed-Methods Inquiry.  Journal of Transcultural Nursing.  28:236-242. 2017
2017 Advisory committee on immunization practices recommended immunization schedule for children and adolescents aged 18 years or younger — United States, 2017.  MMWR : Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report.  66:134-135. 2017
2016 Setting Adolescents Up for Success: Promoting a Policy to Delay High School Start Times.  Journal of School Health.  86:552-557. 2016
2016 Social Norms and Stigma Regarding Unintended Pregnancy and Pregnancy Decisions: A Qualitative Study of Young Women in Alabama.  Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health.  48:73-81. 2016
2016 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Recommended Immunization Schedules for Persons Aged 0 Through 18 Years - United States, 2016.  MMWR : Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report.  65:86-87. 2016
2009 Vaccine prevention of maternal cytomegalovirus infection.  Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey.  64:502-504. 2009
2009 Vaccine prevention of maternal cytomegalovirus infection.  New England Journal of Medicine.  360:1191-1199. 2009
2009 Evaluation of a 3-month-old female with cough..  Pediatric nursing.  35:306-307. 2009
2009 Short stature in a 6-year-old female. Turner syndrome..  Pediatric nursing.  35. 2009
2008 Chlamydia prevalence among college students: Reproductive and public health implications.  Sexually Transmitted Diseases.  35:529-532. 2008
2008 Rash in a 15-year-old female..  Pediatric nursing.  34:148-149. 2008
2007 A 3 year old with enuresis..  Pediatric nursing.  33:512. 2007
2007 Fever and sore throat in a 16-year-old female..  Pediatric nursing.  33:245-246. 2007
2006 Neonate with cardiac issues..  Pediatric nursing.  32:566-567. 2006
2006 Mother of ex-premature infant instructed to measure head circumference daily..  Pediatric nursing.  32:235-237. 2006
2006 A well child visit..  Pediatric nursing.  32:144. 2006
2006 18-year-old college woman with fatigue..  Pediatric nursing.  32:82-83. 2006
2005 Four-year-old with cough and wheeze..  Pediatric nursing.  31:494-495. 2005
2005 Pediatric management problems. GERD..  Pediatric nursing.  31:214-215. 2005
2005 Pediatric management problems. Situational depression..  Pediatric nursing.  31:312-313. 2005
2005 Teen with abnormal vaginal bleeding..  Pediatric nursing.  31:130. 2005
2005 Toddler with a chronic cough..  Pediatric nursing.  31:48-49. 2005
2004 Urethritis and cervicitis in adolescents 2004
2004 Pediatric management problems. Intussusception..  Pediatric nursing.  30:326-327. 2004
2004 Pediatric management problems. Positive pregnancy test..  Pediatric nursing.  30:158-159. 2004
2004 Pediatric management problems. Sensory or sensory-motor deficit..  Pediatric nursing.  30:488-489. 2004
2004 Pediatric management problems. Trichomonas vaginalis..  Pediatric nursing.  30:228-229. 2004
2004 Vaginal douching among adolescent and young women: More challenges than progress.  Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.  17:249-255. 2004
2003 Early onset of vaginal douching is associated with false beliefs and high-risk behavior.  Sexually Transmitted Diseases.  30:689-693. 2003
2003 Pediatric management problems..  Pediatric nursing.  29:310-311. 2003
2003 Pediatric management problems. Sickle cell disease..  Pediatric nursing.  29:440-441. 2003
Developing a Clinic-Based, Vaccine-Promoting Intervention for African American Youth in Rural Alabama: Protocol for a Pilot Cluster-Randomized Controlled Implementation Science Trial (Preprint)

Principal Investigator On

  • Alabama Ryan White Part D Program - The Family Clinic  awarded by Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS
  • Alabama Ryan White Part D Program - The Family Clinic  awarded by Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS
  • Birmingham Metro Alabama Personal Responsibility Education Program  awarded by ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  • Birmingham Metro Alabama Personal Responsibility Education Program  awarded by ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  • Communities Invested in Healthy Life Trajectories of African American Boys  awarded by University of Minnesota
  • Culture-Based Predicition of Adolescent HIV Risk  awarded by University of California, San Francisco
  • HIV Prevention, Education and Testing Initiative for Adolescents in Youth Detention, Correctional Facilities, and Programs Serving High Risk Youth and their Adult Family Members  awarded by ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  • Leadership Education Excellence in Pediatric Nutrition  awarded by Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS
  • Leadership Education in Adolescent Health  awarded by Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS
  • Leadership Education in Adolescent Health  awarded by Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS
  • Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH)  awarded by Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS
  • National Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center for African American Men's Health - Research Project II: Communities Invested in Healthy Life Trajectories of African American Boys  awarded by NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES/NIH/DHHS
  • Piloting a Sequential Multiple-Assignment Randomization Trial to Evaluate AllyQuest: an mHealth Intervention for HIV-Positive Young MSM to Optimize HIV Medication Adherence and Care Outcomes  awarded by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Private Grant  awarded by ACTAVIS LABORATORIES UT, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by Gilead Sciences ^
  • Project ETC Educate Test Connect HIV Education Testing, and Linkage to Care for High Risk Negative Individuals  awarded by ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  • Project ETC: Educate, Test, Connect HIV Education, Testing, and Linkage to Care for High Risk Negative Individuals  awarded by ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  • Project ETC: Educate, Test, Connect HIV Education, Testing, and Linkage to Care for High Risk Negative Individuals  awarded by ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  • Project ETC: Educate, Test, Connect HIV Education, Testing, and Linkage to Care for High Risk Negative Individuals  awarded by ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  • Project ETC: Educate, Test, Connect HIV Education, Testing, and Linkage to Care for High Risk Negative Individuals  awarded by ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  • Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part D WICY COVID-19 Response  awarded by Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS
  • Ryan White Part B UAB Family Clinic  awarded by UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, INC.
  • Ryan White Part B UAB Family Clinic  awarded by UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, INC.
  • Ryan White Part B UAB Family Clinic  awarded by UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, INC.
  • Ryan White Part B UAB Family Clinic  awarded by UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, INC.
  • Ryan White Part B UAB Family Clinic  awarded by UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, INC.
  • Ryan White Part B UAB Family Clinic  awarded by UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, INC.
  • Ryan White Part B UAB Family Clinic  awarded by UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, INC.

    • Investigator On

  • A Multidimensional Digital Approach to Address Vaccine Hesitancy and Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among African American Young Adults in the South  awarded by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) Coordinating Center  awarded by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • CHEER Center for the Study of Community Health  awarded by National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promo./CDC/DHHS
  • CITY Health II - The Center for the Study of Community Health  awarded by National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promo./CDC/DHHS
  • Creating a Diverse and Inclusive Environment for Academic Excellence  awarded by UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION
  • Exploring the Role of Reproductive Stigmas in Pregnancy Decision-Making in Alabama  awarded by Society of Family Planning
  • Leadership Education in Adolescent Health  awarded by Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS
  • Midcareer Mentoring Award for Patient-Oriented Research in Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection  awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH/DHHS
  • National Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center for African American Men's Health  awarded by University of Minnesota
  • National Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center for African American Men's Health  awarded by NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES/NIH/DHHS
  • PrEP Pro: Adapting A Multi-Component Intervention to Train and Support Providers to Promote PrEP for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in the Deep South  awarded by National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS
  • Private Grant  awarded by GlaxoSmithKline
  • Private Grant  awarded by WESTAT, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by Gilead Sciences ^
  • Private Grant  awarded by RHEONIX, INC.
  • Private Grant  awarded by BECTON DICKINSON AND COMPANY
  • Private Grant  awarded by CLICK DIAGNOSTICS
  • Private Grant  awarded by ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS INC
  • Private Grant  awarded by MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP
  • Promoting PrEP Adherence for Men Who Have Sex with Men of Color: More Options, Less Barriers  awarded by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Regional AIDS Education and Training Centers-MAI  awarded by Emory University
  • Scale it Up: Effectiveness-Implementation Research to Enhance HIV-Related Self-Management Among Youth  awarded by Florida State University
  • The Common Thread: Educating and Evaluating Excellence in Inclusion  awarded by UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION
  • The UNC/Emory Center for Innovative Technology (iTech) Across the Prevention and Care Continuum  awarded by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • UAB Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)  awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH/DHHS
  • UAB Center for AIDS Research - CFAR Administrative Supplement - Promoting PrEP use among African-American AGYW in the Deep South at-risk for HIV: Provider and Client Perspectives  awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH/DHHS
  • UAB Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) (3 Linked Awards UL1, KL2, TL1)  awarded by National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences/NIH/DHHS

    • Education And Training

  • UAB Hospital, Internship
  • UAB Hospital, Residency
  • UAB Hospital, Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Doctor of Medicine in Pediatrics Residency Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham 1998
  • Doctor of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham 1998
  • Bachelor of Science or Mathematics, Louisiana State University System : University of New Orleans 1994

    • Full Name

  • Tina Simpson