Traci Jarrett, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, WVU School of Public Health | Visiting Scholar, University of Kentucky

Associate Director

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West Virginia University School of Public Health

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WV Prevention Research Center

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Research Assistant Professor

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West Virginia University School of Public Health

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Social and Behavioral Sciences

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Project Lead

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West Virginia University School of Public Health

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Office of Health Services Research

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• PhD, West Virginia University

Reed, D, Jarrett, T, Deborah McDonald, Jeremy Farley, Tony Richards, Dino, G. (2016) Research Partnerships at a Land Grant Institution. Journal of Youth Development.

Harris, D., Baus, A., Harper, T., Jarrett, T., Pollard, C., Talbert, J. (2016). Using i2b2 to Bootstrap Rural Health Analytics and Learning Networks (No. 1464 ed.). 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.

Bridges, K., Jarrett, T., Thorpe, A., Baus, A., Cochran, J. Use of the trigylceride to HDL cholesterol ratio for assessing insulin sensitivity in overweight and obese children in Appalachia. (2015) Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 9, 1-4.

Nolan, J., Jarrett, T., Kurth, L., Horn, K., Dino, G. (2015). The Influence of Perceived School Importance on Adolescent Smoking Intensity. Psychology Research, 5(6), 380-386.

Pearce, K., Jarrett, T., Scutchfield, F. Douglas, Talbert, J., Bolt, D., Barron, M., Houlihan, J., Dignan, M. (2015). Research Partnerships with Healthcare Providers in Rural Community Health Centers: Needs and Challenges in Diabetes Research. Journal of Public Health Frontiers, 4(11), 7.

Horn, K., Jarrett, T., Anesetti-Rotherel, A., O'Hara, N. T., Dino, G. (2014). Developing a Dissemination Model to Improve Intervention Reach among West Virginia Youth Smokers. Frontiers in Public Health, 2, 1-13.

Jarrett, T., Pignataro, R. Smoking among College Students with Disabilities: Results from the National College Health Assessment II Fall 2008-Spring 2009. Disability and Health Journal (in press)

Horn K, Branstetter S, Zhang J, Jarrett T, O’Hara Tompkins N, Anesetti-Rothermel A, Olfert M, Richards T, Dino G. Understanding Physical Activity Outcomes as a Function of Teen Smoking Cessation. Journal of Adolescent Health (in press)

Jarrett, T., Blosnich, J., Tworek, C., and Horn, K. (2012). Hookah Use among US College Students: Results of the National College Health Assessment II. Nicotine &Tobacco Research. doi: 10.1093/ntr/nts003. PMID: 22318687. Advance online publication February 7, 2012 http://ntr.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/nts003?ijkey=7Aqpp7nP5At0GYY&keytype=ref

Horn, K., Dino, G., Branstetter, S., Zhang, J., Noerachmanto, N., Jarrett, T., Taylor, M. (2011). Quit and Fit: Exploring the Effects of Physical Activity on Teen Smoking Cessation. Pediatrics. 28(4): e801-11. doi: 10.1542/peds.2010-2599. PMID: 21930544

Blosnich, J., Jarrett, T., and Horn, K. (2011). Racial Differences in Current Use of Cigarettes, Cigars, and Hookahs among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual (LGB) Young Adults. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 13(6): 487-91. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntq261. PMID: 21330283

Blosnich, J., Jarrett, T., and Horn K. (2010). Disparities in Smoking and Acute Respiratory Illnesses among Sexual Minority Young Adults. Lung. 188:401-407. doi: 10.1007/s00400-010-9244-5. PMID: 20496074

Horn, K., Branstetter, S., Dino, G., Jarrett, T., Tworek, C., and Zhang, J. (2009). Potential Effects of Active Parental Consent: Enrolling Teen Smokers into Research and Non-research Applications of a School-Based Cessation Program. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 11(11): 1359-1367. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntp146. PMID: 19815643

Jarrett, T., Horn, K., and Zhang, J. (2009). Teen Perceptions of Facilitator Characteristics in a School-Based

Smoking Cessation Program. Journal of School Health. 79(7): 297-303. PMID: 19527411

Leonitieva, L., Horn, K., Helmkamp, J. Furbee, M., Jarrett, T., and Williams, J. (2009) Counselor’s Reflections on the Administration of Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) for Alcohol Problems in the Emergency Department and 3-month Follow-up Outcome. Journal of Critical Care. 24: 273-279. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2008.07.002. PMID: 19327303

Dr. Jarrett is a Research Assistant Professor in the WVU School of Public Health Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. She is a faculty member within the West Virginia Prevention Research Center, the West Virginia Office of Health Services Research, and a member of the WV Clinical Translational Science Institute Community Engagement and Outreach Core. She is housed at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY and serves as a liaison with the University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences and the Kentucky Ambulatory Network. In addition, her research interests include evaluation, community development and social action, community-engaged research, social capital development and access among young adults, health and social disparities in rural populations, systems and organizational development, social networking, and improvement science as it relates to health access and outcomes in primary care clinical settings.