Curriculum Vitae

A. Personal Information

Name in Full	Ellen Frances Iverson, MPH

Business Address	Division of Research on Children, Youth, and Families

Childrens Hospital Los Angeles

4650 Sunset Blvd, MS#71

Los Angeles, CA 90027

Business Phone	(323) 660-2450 ext. 3110

Home Address	4267 Le Bourget Ave.

Culver City, California 90232

Home Phone	(310) 836-7574

Place of Birth	Palo Alto, California

Citizenship	U.S.A.

E-mail Address	elleni@chla.usc.edu

B. Education

High School	Palisades High School, Pacific Palisades, CA, 1970

University	University of California, Berkeley, 1970-1975

Graduate School	University of California, Los Angeles, 1977-1980

School of Public Health and Department of Latin American Studies

Masters in Public Health, 1980

C. Professional Background

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor of Research, Department of Pediatrics, USC Keck School of Medicine, 2002 to present

Specific Administrative Responsibilities

Executive Director, Office of Community Engagement, Los Angeles Basin Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 2008 to present

Deputy Director, Community Health Outcomes and Intervention Research Program, Division of Research on Children, Youth and Families, Department of Pediatrics Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, 2001 to present

Director, Research and Evaluation, Division of Adolescent Medicine,

Department of Pediatrics, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, 1997-2002

Coordinator, Research and Evaluation, Division of Adolescent Medicine,

Department of Pediatrics, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, 1995-1997

Professional Service

Consultant, IMMediacy Interactive, Culver City, CA, 1995-1997

Senior Project Director, Brintnall & Nicolini, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. 1994-1995

Vice President, Research & Strategic Planning, ITV Communications,
Inc. (subsidiary of Interactive TeleMedia), Canoga Park, CA, 1991-1993.

Vice President, Research & Strategic Planning, Interactive TeleMedia,

Sherman Oaks, CA. 1989 – 1991.

Project Director, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, 1986 - 1988

Consultant/Writer, National Health Law Program, Los Angeles, CA/ 1985 - 1986

Project Director/Co-Investigator, UCLA School of Public Health, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 1980 – 1985.

Teaching Responsibilities

Clinical Fellows Research Seminar, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, 2004 –

Present.

Child Advocacy Rotation, Workshops on Research and Program Development, Department of Pediatrics, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, 2006 – 2007.

Integrating Evaluation into Program Planning and Development, Division of

Adolescent Medicine, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, 2003 – present.

Evaluation Technical Assistance and Training, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/American Psychological Association, Behavioral and Social Science Volunteer (BSSV) Program, 2003 -- present

Evaluation Technical Assistance and Training, California Department of Health Services, Maternal and Child Health Branch, Domestic Violence Section, 2000 – 2003

Lecturer, Qualitative Research Methods, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, 1998 – 1999

Committee Membership

Member, Substance Abuse Research Consortium, California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs/The Pacific Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center, 1998 – 2002.

Member, Violence Prevention Coalition, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, 1999 – present.

Member, Statewide Technical Assistance and Training Consortium, California Department of Health Services, Maternal and Child Health Branch, Domestic Violence Section, 2000 – 2002.

Member, Culver City School-based Health Advisory Committee, Culver City Unified School District, 2002 – 2003.

Member, Teens Linked to Care Advisory Board, CHIPTS/APLA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004 – 2005.

Member, Los Angeles Latino Coalition Against AIDS, 2004 to present.

Member, Research Administration Task Force, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, 2003 – 2005.

Member, CDC Adolescent Health Project Advisory Board, Health Research Associates, 2003 – present

Member, Community Public Health Caucus, American Public Health Association, 2008 – present

Member, Genomics Forum, American Public Health Association, 2008 – present

Member, Community Advisory Committee, USC Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center, 2010 – present.

Society Membership

American Public Health Association, 1980 – present

Society of Adolescent Medicine, 1999 – 2001

Research Activities

PEER REVIEW

Kipke MD, Simon TR, Montgomery SB, Iverson EF

Homeless youth and their exposure to and involvement in violence while living on the streets. Journal of Adolescent Health, 1997, 20:360-367

Kipke MD, Montgomery S, Simon T, Iverson EF

Substance abuse disorders among runaway and homeless youth. Substance Use and Misuse, 1997, 32(7,8): 969-986.

Unger JB, Kipke MD, Simon TR, Johnson CJ, Montgomery SB, Iverson EF

Stress, coping, and social support among homeless youth: Correlates of depression, self-rated health, and substance use. Journal of Adolescent Research, 1997 13(2):134 -157.

Unger JB, Kipke MD, Simon TR, Johnson CJ, Montgomery SB, Iverson EF

Stress, coping, and social support among homeless youth: Correlates of depression, self-rated health, and substance use. Journal of Adolescent Research, 1998, 13: 134-157.

DeRosa CJ, Montgomery SB, Kipke MD, Iverson E, Ma JL, Unger JB

Service utilization among homeless and runaway youth in Los Angeles, California: rates and reasons. Journal of Adolescent Health, 1999, 24: 449-458.

DeRosa CJ, Montgomery SB, Hyde J, Iverson E, Kipke MD

HIV risk behavior and HIV testing: a comparison of rates and associated factors among homeless and runaway adolescents in two cities. AIDS Education & Prevention, 2001, 13: 131-148.

Montgomery SB, Hyde J, DeRosa CJ, Rohrbach LA, Ennett S, Harvey SM, Clatts M, Iverson E and Kipke MD, Gender Differences in HIV Risk Behavior among Young Injectors and their Social Network Members, American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 2002, 28: 453-475.

Kipke MD, Kubicek K, Weiss G, Wong C, Lopez D, Iverson E, Ford W. The Health and Health Behaviors of Young Men Who Have Sex with Men. 2007 Journal of Adolescent Health, 4: 325-333.

Kipke MD, Weiss G, Dorey F, Ramirez M, Ritt-Olson A, Iverson E, Ford W. Club drug use among young men who have sex with men in Los Angeles. 2007 Substance Use and Misuse 42(11): 56-69.

Easton D, Iverson E, Cribbin M, Wilson E, Weiss G. Space: The new frontier in HIV prevention for young men who have sex with men, AIDS Education and Prevention 2007 19(6):465-78.

Kipke MD, Iverson E, Moore D, Booker C, Ruelas V, Peters AL, Kaufman F, Neighborhood food and park environments: Risks for childhood obesity in East Los Angeles, Journal of Adolescent Health, 2006 4: 325-333.

Kubicek K, McDavitt B, Carpineto J, Weiss G, Iverson EF & Kipke MD. Making Informed Decisions: How Attitudes and Perceptions Affect Club Drug Use among Young Men who Have Sex with Men. Journal of Drug Issues. Summer 2007, 643-674.

Henry, R, Richardson, JL, Stoyanoff, S, Garcia, GP, Dorey, F, Iverson, E, King, J

HIV/AIDS Health Service Utilization by People who are Homeless, AIDS and

Behavior (in press)

Limbos, MA, Chan, L, Warf, C, Schneir, A, Iverson, E, Shekelle, P, Kipke, M. Effectiveness of interventions to prevent youth violence: A systematic review, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2007; 33(1), 65-74.

Iverson, E, Olaiz FA, Kipke M, An examination of cross-community and cultural factors related to obesity in South and East Los Angeles, Obesity Research, 13, A94, 2005

Kipke MD, Iverson E, Booker C. Community-level risks for obesity. Obesity Research,13, A7, 2005

Iverson E, Balasuriya D, Garcia GP, Sheng M, Richardson JL, Stoyanoff S, King J The challenges of assessing fidelity to physician-driven HIV prevention interventions: lessons learned implementing Partnership for Health in a Los Angeles HIV clinic AIDS and Behavior, 2008 Nov;12(6):978-88. Epub 2008 Apr 22

McDavitt B, Iverson E, Kubicek K, Weiss G, Kipke MD, Wong CF. Strategies used by gay and bisexual young men to cope with heterosexism. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services 2008, 20(4): 354-380.

Carpineto J, Kubicek K, Weiss G, Iverson E, Angulo-Olaiz F, Contreras E, Kipke MD. A continued negotiation: Young men's perspectives on maintaining family support before and after their disclosure of same sex attraction. Journal of Issues in LGBT Issues in Counseling 2008 2(1): 53-80

Kubicek K, McDavitt B, Carpineto J, Weiss G, Iverson E, Wong CF, Kipke MD. “God made me gay for a reason”: YMSM’s resiliency in resolving internalized homophobia from religious sources. Journal of Adolescent Research 24(5), 601-633, 2009

Ford WL, Weiss G, Kipke MD, Ritt-Olson A, Iverson E, Lopez D. The Healthy Young Men’s Study: Sampling methods to recruit a random cohort of young men who have sex with men. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services 2009 21(4): 357-373.

Kubicek K, Beyer W, Weiss G, Iverson E, Kipke MD. In the Dark: Young men’s stories of sexual initiation in the absence of relevant sexual health information. Health Education and Behavior 2009 July 2 Epub.

Ferrer RR, Ramirez M, Sauser K, Iverson EF, Upperman J Emergency drills and exercises in healthcare organizations: Assessment of pediatric population involvement using after-action reports, American Journal of Disaster Medicine 2009 4(1): 23-32.

Kubicek K, Ramirez M, Iverson E, Limbos MA Knowledge and behavior of parents in planning for disasters Journal of Community Health 2008 33(3): 158-68

Freeman BD, Kennedy CR, Frankel HL, Claridge B, Bolcic-Jankovic D, Iverson E, Shehane E, Celious A, Zenbauer BA, Buchman TG Ethical considerations in the collection of genetic data from critically ill patients: What do published studies reveal about potential directions for empirical ethics research The Pharmacogenomics Journal 2009 Dec 8 ePub.

Mackoff RL, Iverson EF, Dorey F, Upperman J, Metzenberg AB Attitudes of genetic counselors towards genetic susceptibility testing in children, Journal of Genetic Counseling 2010 Apr 14 ePub

Ferrer RR, Balasuriya D, Iverson E, Upperman J Pediatric disaster preparedness of a hospital network in a large metropolitan area American Journal of Disaster Medicine 2010 5(1): 27-34.

Burke, RV, Iverson E, Goodhue CJ, Neches R, Upperman JS. Disaster and mass casualty events in the pediatric population. Semin Pedtric Surgery 2010 19(4) 265-70

Kubicek, K, Weiss G, Iverson E, Kipke M Deconstructing the complexity of substance use among young men who have sex with men (YMSM) by optimizing the role of qualitative strategies in a mixed methods study Substance Use and Misuse. 2010 ;45(5):754-76

Balasuriya D, Iverson E, Burke RV, Upperman JS Community Engagement and Pediatric Disaster Readiness in a Large Urban Disaster Resource Hospital Network: The case of “The Great California Stakeout” Journal of Disaster Prevention and Management (in press).

NON-PEER REVIEW

Kipke, MD, Unger J, Palmer R, Iverson EF

The impact of self-identified peer group affiliation on street youths’ risk behaviors, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Monograph, 1998

Kipke, MD, Iverson EF, Nelson B, Anderson J

Probability sampling methodology for assessing the effectiveness of outreach targeted to street youth, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Monograph, 1998.

Kipke, MD, Iverson EF, Unger J, Johnson, C.

An evaluation of HIV/AIDS outreach interventions targeted to street youth in Los Angeles, CA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Monograph. 1998

Chan LS, Kipke MD, Schneir A, Iverson E, Warf C, Limbos MA, Shekelle P. Preventing violence and related health-risking social behaviors in adolescents. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment (Prepared by the Southern California Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-02-2003. AHRQ Publication No. 0X-E00X-2. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. August 2004.

ARTICLES SUBMITTED/IN PREPARATION

Kubicek K, McDavitt B, Carpineto J, Weiss G, Iverson E, Kipke MD. Hook-ups and dating relationships: Sexual and risk behaviors related to YMSM’s use of the Internet as a means to meet intimate partners, Archives of Sexual Behavior (in review)

Ruelas V, Iverson E, Keikel P,Peters A The utilization and behavioral impact of farmers markets in two low income Los Angeles communities, Journal of Urban Health (in review)

Iverson E, Celious A, Shehane E, Kennedy CR, Freeman BD, Warren V, Eastman A Ethical Challenges to Informed Consent during Critical Illness Social Science and Medicine (in preparation)

Iverson E, Graves M, Angulo-Olaiz F, Ruelas V, Kipke MD, Kaufman F, Peters A. The challenging food environment: Social, cultural and structural barriers to combating childhood overweight in two Los Angeles low income communities, Journal of Urban Health (in preparation).

Iverson, E, Ruelas, V, Graves, M, Montoya, L, Peters, A, Kaufman, F, Kipke, MD,

Developing community-based strategies to reduce obesity and diabetes in East and

South Los Angeles utilizing multiple methodological techniques. Journal of American

Public Health Association (in preparation)

Ruelas V, Iverson E, Keikel P, Peters A, Kaufman F, Kipke M Using a Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Index to assess risk for obesity and diabetes in two low income Los Angeles communities. Journal of Urban Health. (in preparation)

Graves M, Iverson E, Ruelas V, Peters A, Kaufman F, Kipke M Access to healthy food choices at groceries in two low income urban communities Journal of Community Health (in preparation).

MISCELLANY/TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PRODUCTS

Facing the Challenge: A Workbook for Building Peer Programs for Street Youth (Video and Workbook), Iverson EF (Ed.), (1996). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.

The Making of a Community Level Intervention (Workbook), Iverson EF. (Ed.), (1996). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and AIDS Office, City and County of San Francisco Department of Public Health.

An Evaluation of HIV/AIDS Risk and Prevention Among Adolescents in Los Angeles, Kipke, MD, Slotnick, J, Iverson EF (Eds.) (1996). An Executive Report Prepared by the CHLA Division of Adolescent Medicine for the City of Los Angeles AIDS Coordinator’s Office.

Community Needs Assessment of Echo Park and Hollywood, Iverson EF, Jon Slotnick (Eds.), (1997). Communi-Health Project, Health Promotion Initiative funded by California Wellness Foundation.

AESOP: AIDS Evaluation of Street Outreach Project. A Profile of Street Youth in Hollywood (1998). Iverson EF (Ed.). A Community Report prepared for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

HEADSS: A Risk Assessment for Youth (Video and Written Manual), Iverson EF (Ed.), (1998). Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.

Teen Relationship Abuse: A Summary of Findings and Recommendations from Los Angeles, Ventura, San Luis Obispo and Kern Counties, Iverson, EF, (1999), California Department of Health Services, Maternal and Child Health Branch, Domestic Violence Section.

YouthExpressions.org, Iverson, EF (Project Director), (2001), funded by The California Center for Telehealth and Telemedicine, The California Endowment.

Youthhivprevention.org, Iverson, EF (Co-Principal Investigator) (2004-2005), Lessons learned from CITY Project: A comprehensive HIV prevention intervention with youth in Los Angeles and Orange County, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

ABSTRACTS ACCEPTED FOR PRESENTATION

Iverson, Ellen F.

Heath care choices of urban Latinos: Implications for the management of two chronic diseases. Paper presented at the meetings of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division, Santa Barbara, California, June 1982.

Iverson, Ellen F.

Health care decision-making among Los Angeles Latinos. Paper presented to staff at Martin Luther King Hospital, Los Angeles, April 1982.

Iverson, Ellen F. and Scrimshaw, SCM.

Health care experiences with epilepsy and asthma in Los Angeles: A comparison of Latino migrants and Latino and Anglo residents”. Paper presented at the annual Meetings of the Society of Applied Anthropology, San Diego, March 1983.

Coeytaux, Francine, Iverson, Ellen F. and Susan C.M. Scrimshaw.

Factors affecting the understanding of epilepsy and adherence to treatment regimes: A study of Latino and Anglo children and adolescents in Los Angeles”. Paper presented at the 15th annual Epilepsy International Symposium, Washington D.C., September 1983.

Kelsh, Michael, Iverson, Ellen F., and Susan C.M. Scrimshaw.

Differences in perceptions of asthma and epilepsy among Latino children and adolescents in Los Angeles. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Houston, Texas, November 1983.

Iverson, Ellen F.

Cultural differences in attitudes toward epilepsy. Paper presented to the Annual Meetings of the Western Institute on Epilepsy, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 1984.

Kipke MD & Iverson EF.

Community-wide HIV prevention for youth: Taking the interventions to the streets. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association. San Diego, CA, 1995.

Mondrus G, Kipke MD, Iverson EF.

Street youths, their sexual partners and risk for HIV infection. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association. San Diego, CA, 1995.

Kipke MD, Iverson EF, Palmer RF.

An evaluation of the effectiveness of street outreach interventions targeted to street youth. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association. San Diego, CA, 1995.

Kipke MD, Montgomery S, Simon T, Palmer R, Iverson EF, Wiebel W:

Measuring the effects of enhanced street outreach for HIV prevention. Third Science Symposium on HIV Prevention Research: Current status and Future Directions. Flagstaff, AZ, 1995.

Kipke MD, Montgomery S, Simon T, Iverson E.

Homeless youth: variations in HIV risk according to peer group affiliation. Presented at the XI International Conference on AIDS. Vancouver, BC Canada, 1996

Iverson E, Kipke MD

Street Youth in Los Angeles: Peer Group Affiliation and its Influence on HIV risk and Protective Behaviors Presented at the Annual Meetings for Universitywide AIDS Research Programs, San Francisco, CA, 1996 and 1997

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Hyde J, Montgomery S, Kipke, M, Iverson, E

Barriers to reducing health risks associated with injection drug use among adolescents: A socio-political perspective. Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, DC, 1998.

Iverson, E,, ,Kipke, M., Albornoz, M

The influence of social networks of street youth on HIV risk and protection. Submitted to American Public Health Association, Washington, November 1998.

Hyde, J, Montgomery, S., Iverson, E, Harvey, M.

Power and risk-related decision making among street youth in Hollywood, California. Submitted to American Public Health Association, Washington, November 1998.

Iverson, E, Autphenne, V, Glutkin, A,

Teen Relationship Abuse: Building an Effective Community Response, The International Conference on Children Exposed to Domestic Violence, BCY Society of Transition Houses, Vancouver, BC, Oct. 27-29, 1999.

Hyde, J, Albornoz, M., Montgomery, SB, De Rosa, CJ, Iverson, EF

Understanding the social network characteristics of homeless young adults and their influence on injection drug-related HIV risk. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Public Health Association, Boston, November, 2000.

De Rosa, CJ, Montgomery, SB, Hyde, J, Albornoz, M, Iverson, EF

HIV-protective behaviors and relationship types among young, out-of-treatment injection drug users, sex partners of injection drug users, and their social network members. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, November 2000.

Montgomery, SB, De Rosa CJ, Hyde, J,Iverson, EF

Young injection drug users’ social networks: Risk and protective influences. Presented at the Building International Research on Drug Abuse: Children and youth at Risk, Sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Scottsdale, AZ, June 2001.

Montgomery, SB, De Rosa, CJ, Hyde, J, Iverson, E.

California Society of Addiction Medicine, State of the Art 2001, Women and Substance Abuse Workshop, Marina Del Rey CA, October, 2001.

Iverson, E., Hochgesang, M., Montenegro, V.

Perspectives on Developing and Evaluation Community Collaboratives to Prevent and Respond to Domestic Violence, 6th International Conference on Family Violence, San Diego, CA., September 8-12, 2001.

Olson, J, Tanaka, D, Iverson, E, De Rosa, CJ

Expanding the Cyber horizon: Provider Attitudes Toward Using the Internet to Augment the Care of Adolescents. Society for Adolescent Medicine Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA, March 2003.

Iverson, E., Zucker, D,

Applying Evidence-based Models and Theory to the Development of HIV Interventions, Youth and HIV in Los Angeles: Responding to the Current Crisis, Adolescent HIV Consortium, Los Angeles, CA, June, 2004.

Iverson, E., Angulo-Olaiz, F, Kipke, M

An Examination of Cross-community and Cultural Factors Related to Obesity in East and South Los Angeles, Annual Conference of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity, Vancouver, Canada, October 2005.

Kipke, M, Iverson, E, Booker, C

Community Level Risks for Obesity, Annual Conference of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity, Vancouver, Canada, October 2005.

Iverson, E, Contreras, E, Hyde, J

Mobilizing Communities to Prevent Youth Violence: Lessons Learned from the Youth Violence Prevention Initiative, Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, December, 2005.

Henry, R, King, J, Garcia, G, Iverson, E

HIV Transmission Risk Factors and Patient-Provider Communication Patterns Among HIV+ Persons at two Community Clinics in Los Angeles, NIMH/IAPAC International Conference on HIV Treatment Adherence, Newark, NJ, March, 2006.

Peters, A, Kaufman, F, Ruelas, V, Iverson, E, Kipke, M.

A Community-Based Approach to Confront the Epidemic of Obesity and Diabetes, The 66th Annual Scientific Session of the American Diabetes Association, Washington, DC, June 2006.

Iverson, E, Angulo-Olaiz, F, Ruelas, V, Gedubu-Wilson, T, Kipke, M, Kaufman, F, Peters, A.

The Challenges to Healthy Eating Created by Clashing Influences in a Child’s Food Environment, Annual Conference of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity, Boston, October 2006.

Kipke, M, Jarrett, M., Moore, D, Iverson, E, Ruelas, V, Peters, A, Kaufman, F. Neighborhood Predictors of Childhood Overweight and Fitness. Annual Conference of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity, Boston, October 2006.

Iverson, E, Ruelas, V, Graves, M, Montoya, L, Peters, A, Kaufman, F, Kipke, MD, Developing community-based strategies to reduce obesity and diabetes in East and South Los Angeles utilizing multiple methodological techniques. Annual Meetings of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, November 2007.

Ferrer RR, Ramirez M, Sauser K, Chokshi N, Iverson E, Upperman JS.

Pediatric disaster preparedness: Are we drilling to standard? Academic Surgical Congress, February 2009, Ft. Myers, FL

Goodhue C, Ferrer RR, Chokshi N, Dorey F, Iverson E, Upperman JS.

Hospital staff personal preparedness affects willingness to respond. Academic Surgical Congress, February 2009, Ft., Myers, FL

Memmott M, Ferrer RR, Iverson EF, Balasuriya D, Upperman J

Development of Pediatric Disaster Drill Evaluation Toolkit Pediatric Disaster and Emergency Services National Summit September 11-12, 2008, Los Angeles, CA.

Ferrer RR, Balasuriya D, Iverson EF, Upperman J Pediatric

Disaster Management in a Large Metropolitan Region: Readiness of a Hospital Disaster Resource Network Pediatric Disaster and Emergency Services National Summit September 11-12, 2008, Los Angeles, CA.

Iverson, E, Balasuriya, D, Garcia G, Richardson, J, Stoyanoff, S, King, J

Assessing fidelity and exposure to physician-driven HIV prevention interventions: Lessons learned in an East Los Angeles HIV clinic Annual Meetings of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA, October 2008.

Iverson, E, Balasuriya, D, Garcia G, Richardson, J, Stoyanoff, S, King, J

How do clinic experiences affect HIV related attitudes and risk: A study of seropositive Latino patients in Los Angeles Annual Meetings of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA, October 2008.

Kubicek K, McDavitt B, Weiss G, Carpineto J, Iverson EF, Kipke MD

In the dark: Young men’s stories of sexual initiation in the absence of relevant sexual information Annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA, October 2008.

Kubicek K, McDavitt B, Weiss G, Iverson EF, Kipke MD

Internalizing homophobic messages in religious contexts: Young men who have sex with men’s resiliency in resolving conflicts in sexual and religious identities Annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA, October 2008.

Ferrer RR, Ramirez M, Sauser K, Chokshi N, Iverson E, Upperman JS.

Pediatric disaster preparedness: Are we drilling to standard? Annual Meetings of the Academic Surgical Congress February 2009 Sanibel Island, FL.

Goodhue C, Ferrer RR, Chokshi N, Dorey F, Iverson E,

Upperman JS. Hospital staff personal preparedness affects willingness to respond Annual Meetings of the Academic Surgical Congress February 2009 Sanibel Island, FL.

Iverson E, Shehane E, Celious A, Freeman B, Kennedy C

Ethical Challenges to Informed Consent for Genetic Research during Critical Illness Annual Meetings of the American Public Health Association 2010 Denver, CO

Ruelas V, Iverson E, Kiekel P, Peter A, Kipke MD Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Index Annual Meetings of the American Public Health Association 2010 Denver, CO

Ruelas V, Iverson E,

Iverson, E, Burke RM, Armenta, A, Shehane E, Nyc M, Harrison R, Newth C, Upperman JS Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions of Providers about Genetic Testing in the Pediatric Critical Care Environment Annual Meetings of the Society for Critical Care Medicine, 2011 Washington DC.

Iverson, E, Shehane E, Celious A, Kennedy C, Eastman A, Oerke M, Warren V, Freeman BD Understanding Baseline Attitudes Toward Gene Variation Research in Critically Ill Patients: Implications for Conducting Social Sciences Investigation in the ICU Setting Annual Meetings of the Society for Critical Care Medicine, 2011 Washington DC.

Claster S, Iverson E, Schrager S, Guzman V, Wolfson J Use of transfusion to treat Acute Chest in sickle cell disease: California hospital practice patterns. Annual Meetings of the American Society of Hematology, 2010 San Diego, CA.

Major Areas of Research Interest

Community based participatory research, health and healthcare disparities, health communications/health literacy and dissemination research, adolescent health, evaluation research and intervention research, mulit-method research design, HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, diabetes and obesity, interpersonal/community violence and disaster preparedness and the ethics of genetic technology.

Research Grants in the Past Five Years

“Prevention of HIV infection in Youth at Risk: Developing Community Level Strategies that Work, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/University of Minnesota Grant # U62/CCU513650, 1996 – 2004, Co-Principal Investigator, $3.1 million.

“Evaluation Technical Assistance and Training,” Department of Health Services, Maternal and Child Health Branch, Domestic Violence Section, Subcontract #99-86754, 2000 – 2003, Principal Investigator, $150,000.

“Violence Prevention Initiative – Community Action Program Qualitative Evaluation.” The California Wellness Foundation, Grant #2002-166, 2002 – 2004, Principal Investigator, $500,000.

“Minority Substance Abuse Prevention and HIV Prevention” Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Grant # 1 H79 SP 10044-01, 2002-2003, Co-Investigator, $125,000.

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“Young Men’s Drug Use, Sexual Risk and Health Promoting Behaviors,” National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), Grant # 1 RO1 DA 15638-01, 2008-2011

Co-Investigator, $5,764,367.

“Learning and Growing Together: An Evaluation of Parent Education for Children with Spina Bifida,” First 5 Los Angeles, 2003-2006. Evaluation Director, $31,774

“Community Asthma Project” Good Hope Foundation, 2002-2005, Contract No. 258826 Evaluation Director $28,427

“Keck Diabetes Prevention Initiative” WM Keck Foundation, 2004-2007, Co-Investigator. $2,000,000.

“Evaluation the Children's Coverage Program,” The California Endowment, 2004-2005, Contract No. 200041455, Co-Investigator, $74,822

“An Assessment of the System of Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS in Orange County, CA” The California Endowment/AIDS Services Foundation, 2005-2006, Principal Investigator, $81,468

“School-Based Emergency Preparedness” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004-2007 Career Development Award, Contract No. K01 CD000196, Mentor/Advisor, $540,000,

“Packaging Proven HIV Behavioral Interventions for Use with Underserved and Emergent High Risk Populations” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006-2008, Contract No. 1 H62 PS000575, Co-Investigator, $381,550

“Prevention with HIV Infected Persons seen in Primary Care Settings ” Los Angeles County Dept of Public Health/HRSA, 2004-2007, Contract No. H212033,

Co-Investigator/Evaluation Director, $702,380.

“Community Diabetes Initiative in East Los Angeles” Rose Hills Foundation, 2006-2009, Co-Investigator/Evaluation Director, $300,000

“Community Prevention Initiative in South Los Angeles” Centinela Foundation, 2007-2009, Co-Investigator/Evaluation Director $300,000

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“Establishing the Ethical Framework for Critical Care Genetics” National Institute of Health 1R01GM080591 2008 – 2013, Co-Investigator $485,111

“Modern Genetic Testing in Pediatric Critical Care Environment” National Institute of Children’s Health and Development 1 RO3 R03 - HD057407 2009-2011, Co-Investigator $175,000

“Latino and African American Internship Program” National Institute for Diabetes and Diseases and Digestive and Kidney Disease 2010 Co-Investigator/Evaluation Director

“Community Diabetes Initiative in East Los Angeles” Rose Hills Foundation, 2010-2013, Co-Investigator/Evaluation Director, $300,000

LA Basin Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Office of Community Engagement USC Keck School of Medicine, 2007 – 2010 Executive Director $2,692,971

“Evaluation of Overdose Prevention Programs for Injection Drug Users” National Institute for Drug Abuse 1R21-DA026789, 05/01/09-11/30/11, Co-Investigator. $125,000

“Non-Medical Prescription Drug Abuse Among High-Risk Youth” National Institute for Drug Abuse R01 DA021299, 09/28/07 – 08/31/11, Co-Investigator, $489,774