Phone:

(317) 278-7140

Email:

tcumming@iu.edu

Departments:

Epidemiology

Degrees:

MPH, Epidemiology, IUPUI

BA, Psychology, Indiana University

BA, Sociology, Indiana University

Resume/CV

Biography

Teresa (Cummings) Imburgia earned her Master of Public Health degree from IUPUI in 2015. She has worked in adolescent medicine, a Division of Pediatrics at IU School of Medicine since 2007. She started as a field researcher on a team enrolling participants and collecting data around the community and in clinics. Her roles now include running various research projects for multiple investigators and preparing manuscripts for publication and abstracts for presentations. In addition to her main duties, she mentors adolescent medicine fellows and other students in research and abstract development.

She is a certified clinical research professional by the Society of Clinical Research Associates. In 2013, she was nominated by the Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine for their New Investigator's award. She is also a member of the Center for HPV Research at IUPUI.

Research Interests

• HPV-related cancers
• Adolescent health
• STIs
• Women's health
• Vaccines

Publications

• Ott MA, Moon J, Imburgia TM, Yang Z, Tu W, Auerswald CL. Community engagement and venue-based sampling in adolescent male STI prevention research. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2018 Mar 1;62(3):S58-64. PMID: 29455719
• Ermel A, Shew ML, Imburgia TM, Brown M, Qadadri B, Tong Y, Brown DR. Redetection of human papillomavirus 16 infections of the cervix in mid-adult life. Papillomavirus Research. 2018; pii: S2405-8521(17)30054-X. PMID: 29355777
• Imburgia TM, Hendrix KS, Donahue KL, Sturm LA, Zimet GD. Predictors of influenza vaccination in the U.S. among children 9-13 years of age. Vaccine. 2017;35(18):2338-2342. PMID: 28359619
• Head KJ, Imburgia TM, Zimet GD, Shew ML. Women’s understanding of their Pap & HPV test results: Implications for patient-provider communication. Journal of Communication in Healthcare. 2017;9(5):1-11. DOI: 10.1080/17538068.2017.1282085
• Mesher D, Soldan K, Lehtinen M, Beddows S, Brisson M, Brotherton J, Chow E, Cummings T, Drolet M, Fairley CK, Garland SM, Kahn JA, Kavanagh K, Markowitz L, Pollock KG, Söderlund-Strand A, Sonnenberg P, Tabrizi SN, Tanton C, Unger E, Thomas SL. Population-level effects of human papillomavirus vaccination programs on infections with nonvaccine genotypes. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2016;22(10):1732-40. PMID 27648688
  
• Cummings T, Kasting ML, Rosenberger JG, Rosenthal SL, Zimet GD, Stupiansky NW. Catching up or missing out? HPV vaccine acceptability among 18-26 year old men who have sex with men in a U.S. national sample. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2015;42(11):601-606. PMID 26462183
• Drolet M, Bernard E, Boily MC, Ali H, Baandrup L, Bauer H, Beddows S, Brisson J, Brotherton J, Cummings T, Donovan B, Fairley CK, Flagg EW, Johnson AM, Kahn JA, Kavanagh K, Kjaer SK, Kliewer EV, Lemieux-Mellouki P, Markowitz L, Mboup A, Mesher D, Niccolai L, Oliphant J, Pollock KG, Soldan K, Sonnenberg P, Sepehr TN, Tanton C, Brisson M. Population-level impact of human papillomavirus vaccination programs on infection, anogenital warts and cervical abnormalities: A systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2015;15(5):565-580. PMID 25744474
• Cummings T, Ott MA, Auerswald, CL. Factors influencing abstinence, anticipation, and delay of sex among adolescent boys in high-STI prevalence communities. Journal of Adolescent Health 2014;54:593-598. PMID 24355627
• Cummings T, Zimet GD, Brown D, Tu W, Yang Z, Fortenberry JD, Shew ML. Reduction of HPV infections through vaccination among at-risk urban adolescents. Vaccine. 2012;30(37):5496-5499. PMID: 22188843
• Stupiansky NW, Zimet GD, Cummings T, Fortenberry JD, Shew M. Accuracy of self-reported human papillomavirus vaccine receipt among adolescent girls and their mothers. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2012;50(1):103. PMID: 22188843