Present Title and Affiliation

Irene Tami-Maury

CURRICULUM VITAE

Irene Tami-Maury

PRESENT TITLE AND AFFILIATION

Primary Appointment

Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Science, Division of OVP, Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, The University of Texas MDAnderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment

N/A

CITIZENSHIP

Venezuela, U.S. Permanent Resident

OFFICE ADDRESS

The University of Texas MDAnderson Cancer Center

1155 Pressler Street

Department of Behavioral Science

Unit Number: 1330

Houston, TX 77030

Room Number: CPB3.3202

Phone: 713-563-1264

Fax: 713-794-4730

Email: itami@mdanderson,org

EDUCATION

Degree-Granting Education

Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela, Venezuela, DMD, 1994, Dentistry

Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela, Venezuela, MSc, 1999, Oral Medicine

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, DrPH, 2010, Public Health (Epidemiology and International Health)

Postgraduate Training

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MDAnderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, Dr. Ellen R. Gritz, 1/2011-3/2013

Tobacco Specialist, ACT Center for Tobacco Treatment, Education and Research, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, 2/2011-3/2011

Latinos contra el Cancer Training Program, Community-Based Participatory Research (Community-Based Participatory Research, The University of Texas School of Public Health & the University of Texas MDAnderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2/2011-2016

Graduate Course, Tools and Methods for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, University of Texas, School of Public Health, Houston, TX, 6/2011-8/2011

Summer Workshop, Methods in Community-Based Participatory Research, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, 7/2012-7/2012

eHealth Research Institute Workshop, eHealth Research Institute: Organization Development, Rice University, The University of Texas MDAnderson Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 6/2013-6/2013

11th Annual Disparities in Health in America Workshop, 11th Annual Disparities in Health in America Workshop: Celebrating Social Entrepreneurs Working Towards Social Justice, The University of Texas MDAnderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 6/2013-6/2013

Summer Workshop, Community-Based Participatory Research Summer Institute, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, 6/2013-6/2013

Conference Workshop, Advancing LGBT Health - Strategies for Achieving Affordable and Effective Health Care, 26th National Conference on LGBT Equality, Houston, TX, 1/2014-2/2014

Summer Workshop, Social Media: New Media Training Institute, 26th National Conference on LGBT Equality, Houston, TX, 5/2014-5/2014

Summer Workshop, Intervention mapping approach: advanced methods for planning and implementing health promotion programs., The University of Texas MDAnderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 5/2014-5/2014

CREDENTIALS

Board Certification

N/A

Licensures

Active

N/A

Inactive

N/A

EXPERIENCE/SERVICE

Academic Appointments

Aggregate Professor, Department of Oral Medicine, Oral Surgery and Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, Universidad Santa Maria, Caracas, Venezuela, 8/1997-5/2005

Instructor, Department of Clinical Stomathology, School of Dentistry, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela, 6/1998-5/2000

Graduate Assistant, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, School of Education, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 10/2005-7/2006

Teaching/Research Assistant, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 8/2006-1/2009

Program Coordinator, World Health Organization/Pan American Health Organization Collaborating Center on International Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2/2009-12/2010

Population Science Fellow, Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MDAnderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 1/2011-2/2013

Instructor, Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MDAnderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 3/2013-2/2015

Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Science, Division of OVP, Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, The University of Texas MDAnderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 3/2015-present

Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities

Department Chair ad interim, Department of Oral Medicine, Oral Surgery and Oral Pathology, Universidad Santa Maria, Caracas, Venezuela, 2001-2002

Other Appointments/Responsibilities

Director, HIV Dental Unit School, School of Dentistry, Department of Oral Medicine, Oral Surgery and Oral Pathology, Universidad Santa Maria, Caracas, Venezuela, 8/1997-5/2005

Founding Member, Coalicion de Profesores de Odontologia y Estomatologia en Latinoamerica y el Caribe para la Prevencion y Cesacion del Tabaquismo (Latin American and Caribbean Coalition of Dental Educators for Tobacco Prevention and Cessation), Houston, TX, 4/2013-present

Endowed Positions

N/A

Consultantships

V Jornadas Nacionales de Bioseguridad, Panama, 2007

World Health Organization/Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, 2007-present

Military or Other Governmental Service

N/A

Institutional Committee Activities

Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Science Recognition Awards, The University of Texas MDAnderson Cancer Center, Faculty Representative for the Review Board, 2/2012-present

Service Sub-Committee, The University of Texas MDAnderson Cancer Center, Postdoctoral Association, 11/2012-2/2012

HONORS AND AWARDS

Grant: Consejo de Desarrollo Cientifico y Humanistico, Universidad de Venezuela, 1996-1999

2nd Prize in poster division, title: Amazonas: Oral Health without Frontiers., International Congress of Dental Schools, VI National Seminary of Dental Education, 1999

Best Research Study, 1st prize in the 60th Anniversary of the Dental School. Poster title: Viral load and CD4 Levels in HIV/AIDS Patients with Oral Manifestations, Universidad Central de Venezuela, 2000

Honor Mention: Division Poster, "Condensable lonomer: an alternative dental restoration material for communities without electric supply, 38th National Dental Congress, 3rd International Association for Dental Research IADR-Venezuelan Division Congress, 2000

Teaching-Clinic Groups Award - Poster, El Callao III Metropolitan and Caribbean Dental Congress, Caracas, Venezuela, 2001

Candidate for Hatton Award - " CO2 laser for soft-tissue lesions in the oral cavity.," International Association for Dental Research (IADR), Venezuelan Division Congress, 2002

1st prize: Best Clinical Poster - "25% Podophilin Resin for Oral Hairy Leukaplakia Treatment.," V International Reunion of the Ibero-American Academy of Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology, 2003

Travel Grant Award for the 8th STI/AIDS World congress 40 IUSTI World General Assembly, XIV Pan-American Congress of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2003

Fulbright Scholarship, Federal Government, United States of America, 2005-2007

Travel Grant Award, 3rd IAS Conference on HIV athogenesis and Treatment World Congress. Rio de Janerio, Brazil, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), 2005

Caroline and Charles W. Ireland Scholarship, The University of Alabama at Birmingham Foreign Student Office, 2007-2008

Excellent Student Award: Emerging Leader, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2007

Vanguardia Latina Scholarship, to attend 2007 Televisa/Inter American Development Bank Meeting, Washington, DC, Vanguardia Latina, 2007

Sparkman Center Funds, UAB Global Health Framework Program, 2008-2009

International Student Academic Excellence Award - Doctoral Student, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2010

President's Diversity Award - Graduate Student, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2010

Volker International Student Scholarship, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2010

Halliburton Employees Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas MDAnderson Cancer Center, 2011-2013

Latinos Contra el Cancer Community Networks Program Training Opportunity, The University of Texas MDAnderson Cancer Center and The University of Texas School of Public Health, 2011-present

NIDCR Building Bridges Travel Award, 26th Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA., National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, 2014

Geographical Management of Cancer Health Disparities (GMaP) Region 4 Early Career Cancer Health Disparities Researcher Scholarship Award, National Hispanic Science Network’s Fifteenth Annual International Conference, 2015-present

RESEARCH

Grants and Contracts

Funded

Co-Investigator, 3%, Behavioral and cultural determinants of betel quid chewing, dependence and withdrawal in Taiwan, The University of Texas MDAnderson Cancer Center Sister Institution Network Fund Grant, PI - Ellen R. Gritz, 10/31/2012-10/31/2014, $99,581 ($49,790/year)

Co-Investigator, 3%, Project COMET: Colombia and Mexico against Tobacco use, The University of Texas MDAnderson Cancer Center, PI - Ellen R. Gritz, 1/1/2015-1/1/2017, $99,992 ($49,996/year)

Pending

N/A

Other

Principal Investigator, Tobacco prevention and cessation competencies for dental students in Latin America and the Caribbean, The University of Texas MDAnderson Cancer Center, Halliburton Employees Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cancer Prevention and the Olla S. Stribling Fund, 1/18/2012-1/17/2014

Completed

N/A

Not Funded

Co-Investigator, 30%, Adaptive Intervention Strategies for HIV+smokers, RFA-DA-13-008, NIH/NIDA, PI - Vidrine DJ and Gritz ER, 7/1/2013-6/30/2018, $3,783,855 ($756,771/year)

Co-Investigator, 50%, Incorporating Smoking Cessation into TB Control and Care in India, R01CA178913-01, NIH/NCI, PI - Gritz, ER and Wilson, N, 7/1/2013-6/30/2018, $3,270,745 ($654,149/year)

Co-Investigator, 50%, Incorporating Smoking Cessation into TB Control and Care in India, 1R01TW009278-01, NIH/Fogarty, PI - Gritz ER and Wilson N, 7/1/2013-6/30/2018, $1,589,500 ($529,833/year)

Co-Principal Investigator, 30%, Innovative tobacco cessation program for university in Puerto Rico, 5 U54 CAO96300, University of Puerto Rico/MDACC, PI - Gritz ER and Tami-Maury I, 7/1/2013-6/30/2018, $359,822 ($1,799,911/year)

Principal Investigator, 60%, Living Healthier: Mainstream vs. LGBTQ tailored-tobacco cessation programs for the LGBT community, 1R21DA039337-01, NIH/NIDA, 4/1/2015-3/31/2017, $275,000 ($137,000/year)

Protocols

Funded

N/A

Unfunded

N/A

Patents and Technology Licenses

Patents

N/A

Technology Licenses

N/A

Grant Reviewer/Service on Study Sections

N/A

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles

Tami-Maury I, Tinoco PJ. Carcinoma verrugoso de Ackerman: revision bibliografica y presentacion de un caso (Ackerman Tumor: Bibliographic review and clinic case presentation). Revista Acta Odontologica 36(2):6-10, 1998.
Tami-Maury I, Tami I, Portillo M, Sanchez M. La saliva: una alternativa para el diagnostico de la infeccion por virus de Inmunodeficiencia Humana (Saliva: an alternative for HIV infection diagnosis). Revista Acta Odontologica 36(3):68-73, 1998.
Tami-Maury I, Lopez T, Moustarih Y, Moretta N, Montilla G, Rivera H. Quiste dentigero: revision bibliografica y presentacion de un caso (Dentigerous cyst: Bibliographic review and clinical case presentation). Revista Acta Odontologica 38(2):61-67, 2000.
Tami-Maury I, Perrone M, Tami IC, Mata M, Sanchez M. Determinacion de inmunoglobulina A en saliva de un grupo de pacientes VIH positivos en Venezuela (Immunoglobulin A in saliva of HIV positive patients in Venezuela). Revista Farmacia al Dia 13(4), 2002.
Tami IC, Tami-Maury I. Identificacion morfologica de Ehrlichia sp. en las plaquetas de pacientes con infeccion por VIH en Venezuela [Morphologic identification of Ehrlichia sp. in the platelets of HIV infected patients in Venezuela]. Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health 16(5):345-349, 2004. PMID: 15729984.
Tamí-Maury I, Martinez L, Laforest S, Iovino M. Tratamiento de leucoplasia vellosa con resina de podofilo al 25% [Oral hairy leucoplakia treatment with 25% podofiline resin]. Rev Cubana Estomatol. [online], 12/2005. e-Pub 12/2005.
Tami-Maury I. Laser de CO2 en tejidos blandos bucales [CO2 laser on oral soft tissues]. Revista Odontologica Universidad Santa Maria 1(1):12-20, 2005.
Tami-Maury I, Martinez L, Laforest S, Lovino M. Tratamiento de leucoplasia vellosa con resina de podofilo al 25% [Oral hairy leucoplakia treatment with 25% podofiline resin]. Rev Cubana Estomatol 42(3), 2005.
Tami-Maury I, Aguero M, Estupinan-Day S. Estudio piloto sobre politicas de salud bucal y VIH [Pilot study on oral health policy and HIV]. Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health 26(6):536-540, 2009. PMID: 201077058.
Vasquez M, Mesa L, Almandarez O, Santos A, Matute R, Diaz L, Cruz A, Acosta S, Garcia M, Wilson L, Azuero A, Tamí-Maury I, Holcomb L., Saenz K. Evaluation of a Strengthening Families (Familias Fuertes) Intervention for Parents and Adolescents in Honduras. The Southern Online Journal of Nursing Research (SOJNR) 10(3):1-25, 2010.
Tamí-Maury I, Willig J, Vermund S, Jolly P, Aban I, Hill J, Wilson CM. Contemporary profile of oral manifestations of HIV/AIDS and associated risk factors in a Southeastern US clinic. J Public Health Dent 71(4):257-264, 2011. e-Pub 5/2011. PMID: 22320283.
Tamí-Maury I, Willig JH, Jolly PE, Vermund S, Aban I, Hill J, Wilson C, Kempf MC. Prevalence, Incidence, and Recurrence of Oral Lesions among HIV-infected Patients on ART in Alabama: a two-year longitudinal study. The Southern Medical Journal 104(8):561-566, 2011. PMID: 21886064.
Wilson L, Harper DC, Tami-Maury I, Zarate R, Salas S, Farley J, Warren N, Mendes I, Ventura C. Global health competencies for nurses in the Americas. J Prof Nurs 28(4):213-222, Jul-Aug, 7/2012. PMID: 22818191.
Tamí-Maury I, Coulibaly YI, Cissoko SS, Dao S, Kristensen S. First report of HIV-related oral manifestations in Mali. Pan Afr Med J 11:18, 2012. e-Pub 1/2012. PMCID: PMC3283017.
Fletcher FE, Vidrine DJ, Tami-Maury I, Danysh HE, King RM, Buchberg M, Arduino RC, Gritz ER. Cervical Cancer Screening Adherence among HIV-Positive Female Smokers from a Comprehensive HIV Clinic. AIDS Behavior. e-Pub 4/2013. PMID: 23605155.
Tamí-Maury I, Vidrine DJ, Fletcher FE, Danysh H, Arduino R, Gritz ER. Poly-Tobacco Use Among HIV-Positive Smokers: Implications for Smoking Cessation Efforts. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 15(12):2100-2106, 12/2013. PMCID: PMC3819982.
Gritz ER, Danysh HE, Fletcher FE, Tami-Maury I, Cororve-Fingeret M, Marks-King R, Arduino RC, Vidrine DJ. Long-term Outcomes of a Cell Phone-Delivered Intervention for Smokers Living With HIV/AIDS. Clin Infect Dis 57(4):608-615, 2013. PMCID: PMC3719892.
Tami-Maury I, Willig J, Jolly P, Vermund S, Aban I, Hill J, Wilson C. Oral Lesions: Poor Markers of Virologic Failure in HIV-Infected Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy. International Scholarly Research Network (ISRN) Infectious Diseases 2013(Article ID 269728), 2013.
Tamí-Maury I, Aigner CJ, Hong J, Strom S, Chambers MS, Gritz ER. Perception of tobacco use prevention and cessation among faculty members in Latin American and Caribbean dental schools. J Cancer Educ. e-Pub 1/2014. PMCID: PMC4082477.
Vidrine DJ, Kypriotakis G, Li L, Arduino RC, Fletcher FE, Tamí-Maury I, Gritz ER. Mediators of a smoking cessation intervention for persons living with HIV/AIDS. Drug Alcohol Depend. e-Pub 12/2014. PMID: 25542824.
Ventura CA, Mendes IA, Wilson L, de Godoy S, Tami-Maury I, Zarate-Grajales R, Salas-Segura S. Competencias em saude global na visao de docentes de enfermagem de instituicoes de ensino superior brasileiras [Global Health Competencies according to nursing faculty from Brazilian higher education institutions]. Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem 22(2):179-186, 2014.
Tami-Maury I, Oliveira A, Foushee R, Kohler C, Michael M. Use of dental services among diabetic in rural Alabama. Open Journal of Preventive Medicine 4:129-137, 2014.

Invited Articles

N/A

Editorials

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