Jane Simoni, Ph.D.

Professor, Clinical Practicum Director; Adjunct Professor of Women Studies and of Global Health

Degree From: University of California Los Angeles
Interests: Clinical Health & Community Psychology in Stigmatized Populations

Contact

Office Guthrie 323
Phone (206) 685-3291
E-mail jsimoni@uw.edu
Website http://faculty.washington.edu/jsimoni/jane.shtml

Advising

Do I accept and train new psychology graduate students in general?
Yes
Am I accepting new graduate students in the upcoming year?
Yes
Clinical PsychologyAdult Clinical
Health Psychology
Advising notes:
I am particularly interested in students with linguistic and cultural expertise for my work in China and on the US-Mexico Border.

Research

ADMISSIONS: YES, I will be seeking a student for the 2010-2011 academic year. My research interests lie primarily in clinical health and global psychology. I study coping with trauma, chronic illness, and other stressful life events and am particularly interested in whether individuals from historically oppressed or stigmatized groups experience unique stressors or exhibit culturally specific coping processes. Much of my research, therefore, targets ethnic/racial minorities, women, gay men and lesbians, and persons living with HIV. The health disparities and unmet needs in the oppressed communities I study have motivated my efforts to develop and empirically test culturally relevant disease prevention and health promotion interventions. My current research has included an RCT to evaluate the effectiveness of peer support and two-way pager messaging to enhance antiretroviral medication adherence among a population of HIV+ clinic patients in Seattle. In Beijing, China, we conducted a nurse-delivered HIV medication adherence intervention for HIV+ outpatients. On the US-Mexico Border, we are adapting an intervention to treat depression as a way to improve medication adherence among HIV+ individuals. With Karina Walters form the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute (IWRI.org)in Social work, we have studied stress and coping among urban two-spirit Native Americans in six cities across the U.S. in a major study that employed both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. I am also collaborating with IWRI on a cardiovascular disease prevention study at the Tulalip Indian Reservation. Within the Department, I provide supervision in our clinic, employing a time-limited interpersonal process approach. I direct the practicum program and teach Minority Mental Health.

Research Publications

  • Starks H., Simoni J. M., Zhao, H., Huang, B., Fredriksen-Goldsen, K., Pearson, C. R., Chen, W.T., Lu, L., & Zhang, F. (2008). Conceptualizing antiretroviral adherence in Beijing, China. AIDS Care, 20, 607-14.
  • Simoni, J. M., Pantalone, D. W., Plummer, M. D., & Huang, B. (2007) A randomized controlled trial of a peer support intervention targeting antiretroviral adherence and depressive symptomatology among HIV-positive men and women. Health Psychology, 26, 488-495.
  • Simoni, J. M., Montgomery, A., Marin, E., New, M., Demas, P. A., & Rana, S. (2007) Adherence to antiretroviral therapy for pediatric HIV infection: A qualitative systematic review of current research with recommendations for research and clinical management. Pediatrics, 119, e1371-1383.
  • Simoni, J. M., Pearson, C. R., Pantalone, D. W., Marks, G., & Crepaz, N. (2006) Efficacy of interventions in improving highly active antiretroviral therapy adherence and HIV-1 RNA viral load: A meta-analytic review of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome, 43, S23-S35.
  • Balsam, K. F., Huang, B., Fieland, K. C., Simoni, J. M., & Walters, K. L. (2004). Culture, trauma, and wellness: A comparison of heterosexual and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and two-spirit Native Americans. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 10, 287-301.
  • Simoni, J. M., Frick, P. A., Pantalone, D. W., & Turner, B.J. (2003). Antiretroviral adherence interventions: A review of current literature and ongoing studies. Topics in HIV Medicine,11(6), 185-198.
  • Walters, K. L., & Simoni, J. M. (2002). Reconceptualizing Native women_s health: An "indigenist" stress-coping model. American Journal of Public Health, 92, 520-524.

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