4/6/15
DALLAS T. SWENDEMAN
PERSONAL HISTORY:
Business Address:
UCLA Semel Institute
Center for Community Health
10920 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 350
Los Angeles, CA 90024-7311
P: 310-794-8128
EDUCATION:
1992 B.A. in Anthropology
University of California, Los Angeles
Emphasis: Psycho-Cultural Anthropology
2002 Masters in Public Health
School of Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
2007 Ph.D. in Public Health
School of Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Present Position–
Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Step IV
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
(October 2010 – present)
Previous Positions –
Principle Administrative Analyst I
University of California, Los Angeles
Semel Institute, Center for Community Health
(November 2007 – October 2010)
Staff Research Associate I, II, & III-Supervisor
University of California, Los Angeles
Semel Institute, Center for Community Health
(December 1994 – October 2007)
Graduate Student Researcher II
University of California, Los Angeles
School of Public Affairs
(September 2003 – September 2007)
Special Reader II
University of California, Los Angeles
School of Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences
(January – June 2003 & 2005)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Committee Service
Steering Committee
Bixby Center for Population and Reproductive Health, UCLA
(June 2012—present)
Research Committee
Center for Expertise on Women’s Health & Empowerment
UCLA Global Health Institute
(October 2010 – 2011; 2012 - present)
Education Committee
Center of Expertise on Women’s Health & Empowerment
UC Global Health Institute
(October 2011—2012)
Co-Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee
Sonagachi Research & Training Institute
Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
(March 2011—present)
Internship Organizer
Durbar / Sonagachi Project, India, for the UCLA School of Public Health
Professional Associations and Scholarly Societies
American Public Health Association, 2002 - Present
Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, 2003 - present
Editorial Services / Ad Hoc Reviewer
AIDS and Behavior
AIDS Care
American Journal of Public Health
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Archives of Sexual Behavior
BioMed Central (BMC) Public Health
BioMed Central (BMC) Medicine
Cochrane Collaboration
Culture, Health and Sexuality
Global Public Health
Health Education Research
Health Policy and Technology
Health Promotion Practice
Indian Journal of Medical Research
Journal of AIDS
Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
Journal of Medical Internet Research
Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
Journal of the International AIDS Society
Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
Journal of Urban Health
Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society
Social Science and Medicine
Women & Health
Women’s Studies International Forum
In Justice & In Health (UC Press commissioned book, Section editor for social & behavioral intervention sections)
Consulting Activities
HONORS AND SPECIAL AWARDS:
Fall 2000 UC Regents Registration Fee Fellowship Award,
University of California, Los Angeles
School of Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences
$5,000 incentive award to accept admission
2002 - 2005 National Institute of Mental Health Pre-Doctoral Training Fellowship in Psychosocial and Service Systems Research for HIV/AIDS
University of California, Los Angeles
School of Public Affairs
Approximately $21,000 per year for three years to support additional training in HIV/AIDS epidemiology, research methods and ethics
June 2005 Celia and Joseph Blann Fellowship
University of California, Los Angeles
School of Public Health
$25,000 awarded for academic excellence in annual inter-departmental competition in the School of Public Health.
Spring 2007 Quality of Graduate Education (QGE) Award,
University of California, Los Angeles
School of Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences $6,450 awarded for academic excellence dissertation progress support
RESEARCH GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS RECEIVED:
Source: Center for HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services (CHIPTS)
Purpose: Pilot grant award for “Evaluating Social Movement and Diffusion Processes in the Sonagachi Model HIV Prevention Program” for mixed methods research to study empowerment processes among sex workers.
Amount: $25,000
Funding period: 2005-2006
Role: Principal Investigator
Source: American Institute of Indian Studies
Purpose: Junior Fellowship award for “Evaluating the Social Movement Aspects of HIV Prevention in India: The Sonagachi Case” through ethnographic fieldwork in India.
Amount: $12,000
Funding period: 2006-2007
Role: Principal Investigator
Source: National Heart Lung Blood Institute
Purpose: RC1 Challenge Grant for “Self-monitoring using GPS- and accelerometer-equipped Smartphones” to test reliability & validity of ecological momentary assessment and feedback for diet, stress, and physical activity with young mothers
Amount: $1,000,000
Funding period: 2009-2011
Role: Co-Investigator
Source: Center for HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services (CHIPTS)
Purpose: Pilot grant award for “Analysis of LA County health surveys to identify at-risk communities of MSM” to support design of community-level interventions.
Amount: $30,000
Funding period: 2010-2011
Role: Principal Investigator
Source: Center for HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services (CHIPTS)
Purpose: Pilot grant award for “Organizing a Consortium of L.A. Stakeholders for HIV prevention among MSM” to support design community-level interventions.
Amount: $30,000
Funding period: 2010-2011
Role: Principal Investigator
Source: William T. Grant Foundation
Purpose: Scholar award for “Mobile Phone Ecological Momentary Assessment for Family Functioning, Daily Routines, and Settings” to support research, career development, and mentoring.
Amount: $350,000
Funding period: 2011-2016
Role: Principal Investigator
Source: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Purpose: R21 grant for “Mobile Phone Adherence and Prevention Support for People Living with HIV in India” for development and pilot testing
Amount: $275,000
Funding period: 2012-2013
Role: Principal Investigator
Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Purpose: R01 grant “Theory-based Text Messaging to Reduce Methamphetamine Use and HIV Risks Among MSM” for testing in a randomized controlled trial
Amount: $11,000 (annual salary support)
Funding period: 2013-2017
Role: Co-Investigator (Reback PI)
Source: National Institute on Child Health and Development
Purpose: R24 grant “The Global Partnership for AIDS Behavioral Research: South Africa and U.S.” for capacity building with South African collaborators.
Amount: $11,000 (annual salary support)
Funding period: 2013-2018
Role: Co-Investigator (Rotheram-Borus PI)
LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS:
Tracking hard to reach populations longitudinally
Center for HIV Identification Prevention and Treatment Services (CHIPTS) and the Los Angeles County Office of AIDS Programs
Los Angeles, July 20, 1998.
Tracking, locating and retention of hard to reach populations
HIVNET Project ACHIEVE and CHIPTS
Los Angeles, May 24, 1999.
Interventions for youth living with HIV
NIDA Blending Clinical Practice and Research Conference: Forging Partnerships to Enhance Drug Addiction Treatment.
Los Angeles, November 1- 2, 2000
Interventions for youth living with HIV: Telephone, in-person, and small group delivery
NIMH Conference on the Role of Families in Preventing and Adapting to HIV/AIDS
Los Angeles, July 25-27, 2001.
Young people living with HIV: Patterns of risk, substance use, health behaviors, mental health outcomes, and intervention effects
American Psychological Association Annual Meeting
San Francisco, August 28, 2001
HAART utilization among young people living with HIV
HIV Research: The Next Generation Conference
Los Angeles, April 9, 2002
Prevention for young positives: Individual, telephone, and group interventions
XIV International AIDS Conference
Barcelona, July 11, 2002
The impact of stigma on the adjustment of young HIV+ persons
XIV International AIDS Conference
Barcelona, July 11, 2002
Condom use outcomes from a replication and evaluation of a sustainable, community-level HIV prevention program for sex workers in India
HIV Research: The Next Generation Conference
Los Angeles, April 13, 2003
A sustainable, community-level HIV prevention program for sex workers in India
131st annual meeting of the American Public Health Association
San Francisco, November 19, 2003
HIV-related stigma among young people living with HIV
131st annual meeting of the American Public Health Association
San Francisco, November 19, 2003
Post-trial HIV vaccine adoption and behavioral responses among persons at risk for HIV (Project VIBE)
University-wide AIDS Research Program conference
Los Angeles, February 20, 2004
Experienced and perceived HIV-related stigma among young people living with HIV: Implications for preventive and supportive interventions
132nd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association
Washington DC, November 8, 2004
Sex worker or prostitute? Labels do matter: Evidence from a community-level intervention trial of the Sonagachi Project, India
132nd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association
Washington DC, November 8, 2004
Human rights, social justice and HIV: a case example from a collaborative evaluation with the Sonagachi Project, West Bengal, India
57th Annual Meeting of the Society for Public Health Education
Boston, November 3, 2006
‘HIV is our patron saint’: Human rights, HIV, and health education and promotion: Evidence from the Sonagachi Project, West Bengal, India
134th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association
Boston, November 6, 2006
Commentary on abuse and coercion in reference to the ‘Sex Work is Valid Work’ framing in the Sonagachi intervention
1st All India Conference of Entertainment Workers
Kolkata, India, February 25, 2007
Stigma, labeling, and framing: Key opportunities for treatment linkages, partner disclosure, and risk reduction counseling in HIV Testing
Jayaprakash Institute of Social Change, with West Bengal State AIDS Control Society (WBSACS) and the India National AIDS Coordination Organization (NACO)
Kolkata, India, March 30, 2007
Empowerment Outcomes from the Durbar Community-Led Structural Intervention: Results from the UCLA-Durbar Collaborative Quasi-Experimental Trial in North Bengal.
One-day Presentation for Monitoring and Evaluation Staff at Durbar HQ.
Kolkata, India, July 23, 2007.
The Sonagachi/Durbar case example of global reproductive justice in action
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Global Reproductive Justice, organized by UCLA Public Health Students
Los Angeles, March 2, 2009
Identity and framing effects in health behavior change interventions: Examples from the Sonagachi Project with sex workers in India
New Developments in the Psychology of Illness International Invited Conference
Yasawa Islands, Fiji, April 3, 2009
Adaptation and Innovation in a Family of Evidence-Based Interventions for Homeless, At-Risk, and HIV-Positive Youth (organized panel presentations)
National HIV Prevention Conference
Atlanta, August 24, 2009
Designing for Diffusion: Common and Core Elements in Evidence-Based Interventions (organized roundtable session)
National HIV Prevention Conference
Atlanta, August 25, 2009
Common Factors, Processes, and Principles in Evidence-Based Behavioral Interventions
3rd Annual NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation
Bethesda, March 16, 2010
Behavioral interventions in Public Health
UCLA School of Public Health, for undergraduate course Public Health 150 – Contemporary Health Issues, Dr. Roger Detels, Professor
November 1, 2010; November 2, 2011; November 2013
Mobile Technologies to Support Community Health Workers’ Delivery of HIV Prevention Interventions: Experiences in Two RCTs in South Africa
mHealth Summit
Washington DC, November 8-10, 2010
Diabetes Buddies: Peer support through a mobile phone buddy system
mHealth Summit
Washington DC, November 8-10, 2010
Masihambisane: clinic-based, real time data collection on mobile phones
mHealth Summit
Washington DC, November 8-10, 2010
Ecological Momentary Assessment and Intervention for People Living with HIV/AIDS: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Privacy Concerns for Sex, Drugs, & Medication Adherence
mHealth Summit
Washington DC, November 8-10, 2010
Case Studies in Mobile Health: Mothers and other Health-related Projects
UCLA undergraduate course, International Development Studies 191-3: Participatory Sensing for Development Studies (PS4DS), for Professor Deborah Estrin
Los Angeles, May 4, 2011
Behavioral interventions for HIV prevention: Relative cost-effectiveness based on population risks, intervention scope, and delivery modalities
UCLA School of Public Health, for graduate course Epidemiology 227 – AIDS: A Major Public Health Challenge, Dr. Roger Detels, Professor
Los Angeles, May 20, 2009; May 19, 2010; May 18, 2011; May 16, 2012; April 17, 2013; May 23, 2014.
mHealth for Reproductive Health
Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA, Invited Lecture by Reproductive Health Interest Group
Los Angeles, April 2, 2012
mHealth for Behavioral Research: Technology & Design Issues
Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA, Invited Lecture
Los Angeles, April 10, 2012
Mobile Phones for Mixed Methods Research: Technology & Design Issues William T. Grant Foundation, Mixed Methods Meeting
Los Angeles, April 23, 2012
Innovation in Social Research Methods: Mixed and Mobile
Department of Anthropology, UCLA, for undergraduate methods course Anthropology 150, Guest Lecture for Dr. Melissa Withers
Los Angeles, May 15, 2012.
Mobile Phones for Measuring Youth Settings: Technology & Design Issues
William T. Grant Foundation, Settings Measurement Meeting
Chicago, May 23, 2012
Exploring pathways into sex work, stigma and risk for HIV among female sex workers in India
XIX International AIDS Conference
Washington DC, July 23, 2012
Mobile Technologies for HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment
Organizer & Introduction for Satellite Session at XIX International AIDS Conference
Washington DC, July 24, 2012
Mobile Phones for Self-Monitoring & Self-Management among People Living with HIV
XIX International AIDS Conference
Washington DC, July 24, 2012
Daily mobile phone self-monitoring of medication use, mood, stress, sexual behaviours and substance use is feasible and acceptable among people living with HIV (PLHIV) and demonstrates benefits for self-management of health behaviours and quality of life
XIX International AIDS Conference
Washington DC, July 25, 2012
Philani Plus: a generalist community health worker (CHW) home-visiting intervention with pregnant women improves maternal and child outcomes for HIV, alcohol use and child malnutrition in South Africa
XIX International AIDS Conference
Washington DC, July 24, 2012
Identifying Preferences for Mobile Health Applications Self-Monitoring and Self-Management: Focus Group Findings from HIV-Positive Persons and Young Mothers
Medicine 2.0 Congress
Boston, September 16, 2012
Can We Agree on Agreement? Reliability, validity, and concordance between daily mobile phone and retrospective recall reports on sex, drugs, and quality of life among People Living with HIV
CHIPTS Methods Seminar Presentation
Los Angeles, February 12, 2013
Lifestreams Dashboard: An Interactive Visualization Platform for mHealth Data Exploration
ACM HotMobile 2013: The 14th Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems & Applications
Jekyll Island, February 26-27, 2013
Community-led Structural Interventions as a Model of Empowerment for Health and Development: The Sonagachi/ Durbar Intervention with Sex Workers in India
141st APHA Annual Meeting and Expo
Boston, November 5, 2013