Email

jrmontea@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics
Hematology/Oncology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Education

Post-Doctoral Fellowship at The University of Texas School of Public Health

12/2013 - Houston, Texas United States

Cancer Prevention

PhD from The University of Texas School of Public Health

05/2011 - Houston, Texas United States

Epidemiology

MPH from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

05/2006 - New Orleans, Louisiana United States

Parasitology

BS from Tulane University

05/2004 - New Orleans, Louisiana United States

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Professional Interests

• Behavioral Epidemiology
• Health Disparities
• Cancer Prevention

Professional Statement

I am a Behavioral Epidemiologist with research expertise in health disparities and preventive healthcare utilization among immigrants, racial/ethnic minorities, and the medically underserved. I am particularly interested in the intersection of nativity, race/ethnicity, and cervical cancer. Much of my work focuses on the design, implementation, and evaluation of behavioral and health system interventions to address cancer health disparities among the medically underserved. My current research involves evaluating the effectiveness and implementation of mailed self-collected human papillomavirus (HPV) testing kits for cervical cancer screening; and multi-level health system and community-based interventions to improve HPV vaccination, e-cigarette prevention, and cervical and colorectal cancer screening.

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Languages

Spanish