PhD, Epidemiology
Columbia University
MPH, Community Health Education
Hunter College
BA, International Politics
Wesleyan University
Over the last 25+ years, Dr. Jones’ research has focused on identifying was to improve reproductive and sexual health outcomes in a wide variety of settings. Examples of her completed work include testing self-collection methods for sexually transmitted infection testing and cervical cancer screening to increase coverage, testing the use of partner-delivered treatment for sexually transmitted infections, measuring patient preferences for STI diagnosis and treatment services, as well as the integration of reproductive and sexual health services in primary care, and measuring evidence-based practices among abortion providers, among others. As an Associate Professor and the Director of the doctoral program in epidemiology, Dr. Jones also contributes to methodological debates in the field of epidemiology.
Dr. Jones’ implementation science experience focuses on improving clinical care in reproductive and sexual health, including HIV.
Projects
Publications
Approaches to Research Ethics in Health Research on YouTube: Systematic Review.
October 2023 | Journal of Medical Internet Research
BugSigDB captures patterns of differential abundance across a broad range of host-associated microbial signatures.
September 2023
The application of intersectional multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA) to examine birthweight inequities in New York City.
April 2023 | Health & Place
Intrauterine contraceptive discontinuation reasons among female trial participants living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa: A qualitative analysis.
March 2023 | Frontiers in Global Women's Health
Ethical considerations and methodological uses of Facebook data in public health research: A systematic review.
February 2023 | Social Science & Medicine
The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and long COVID in U.S. adults during the BA.4/BA.5 surge, June-July 2022.
February 2023 | Preventive Medicine
Impact of the Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) on Racial/Ethnic Inequities in Access to and Utilization of Healthcare in New York City.
February 2023 | Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
First-trimester surgical abortion practice in Canada in 2012.
January 2023 | Canadian Family Physician
The epidemiology of long COVID in US adults.
December 2022 | Clinical Infectious Diseases
Ethical and Methodological Considerations of Twitter Data for Public Health Research: Systematic Review.
December 2022 | Journal of Medical Internet Research
Women’s Perspectives on a Reproductive Health Services Screening Question: An Alternative to Pregnancy Intention Screening.
November 2022 | Women's Health Reports
Sexual and Reproductive Health Advocacy Successes, Failures, and Needs in the United States: Perspectives From Key Stakeholders.
November 2022 | Health Promotion Practice
Food insecurity associated with educational disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic for college students and the role of anxiety and depression.
July 2022 | Journal of American College Health
The primacy of meeting public university students’ essential needs in the wake of COVID-19: An overdue higher education priority.
May 2022 | Journal of American College Health
Stakeholder perspectives in New York State on reproductive health and pregnancy intention screening in primary care: A qualitative study.
May 2022 | Contraception
Effect of emergency obstetric care and proximity to comprehensive facilities on facility-based delivery in Malawi and Haiti.
February 2022 | PLOS Global Public Health
The development of adolescent agency and implications for reproductive choice among girls in Zambia.
December 2021 | SSM Population Health
The relationship between hormonal contraception and cervical dysplasia/cancer controlling for human papillomavirus infection: a systematic review.
November 2021 | Contraception
Reporting guidelines for human microbiome research: the STORMS checklist.
November 2021 | Nature Medicine
An Integrated Primary Care Initiative for Child Health in Northern Togo.
September 2021 | Pediatrics
Differences in Abortion Rates between Asian Populations by Country of Origin and Nativity Status in New York City, 2011-2015.
June 2021 | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on College Students’ Health and Financial Stability in New York City: Findings from a Population-Based Sample of City University of New York (CUNY) Students.
February 2021 | Journal of Urban Health
Comparison of cohort characteristics in Central Africa International Epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS and Demographic Health Surveys: Rwanda and Burundi.
February 2021 | International Journal of STD & AIDS
Title: Voice outcomes after trans-oral laser surgery for T1b squamous cell carcinoma of the glottis: our experience in 20 patients over 12 years.
January 2021 | Clinical Otolaryngology
Gut bacterial taxonomic abundances vary with cognition, personality, and mood in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study.
October 2020
New York State Primary Care Physician Practices and Perspectives on Offering Reproductive Health Services.
September 2020 | Journal of General Internal Medicine
Risk-based Screening to Identify Reproductive Tract Infection Among HIV-infected Women Desiring Use of Intrauterine Contraceptives.
July 2020 | BMJ Sexual Reproductive Health
Risk-based Screening to Identify Reproductive Tract Infection Among HIV-infected Women Desiring Use of Intrauterine Contraceptives.
July 2020 | BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health
Safety and Continued Use of the Levonorgestrel Intrauterine System as Compared With the Copper Intrauterine Device Among Women Living With HIV in South Africa: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
May 2020 | PLoS Medicine
Sexual Relationship Power and Socio-demographic Factors Predicting Contraceptive Use, Antenatal Visits and Sick Child Health Service Use in Northern Togo.
April 2020 | Maternal and Child Health Journal
Women’s Perspectives on Reproductive Health Services in Primary Care.
February 2020 | Family Medicine
ECHO: context and limitations.
February 2020 | Lancet
ECHO: context and limitations.
February 2020 | Lancet
Primary Care Patients’ Preferences for Reproductive Health Service Needs Assessment and Service Availability in New York Federally Qualified Health Centers.
January 2020 | Contraception
Physician perspectives on routine pregnancy intention screening and counseling in primary care.
December 2019 | Contraception
Perinatal Depressive Symptom Trajectories Among Adolescent Women in New York City.
December 2019 | Journal of Adolescent Health
Assessing the Integrated Community-Based Health Systems Strengthening initiative in northern Togo: a pragmatic effectiveness-implementation study protocol.
October 2019 | Implementation Science
Does mHealth voice messaging work for improving knowledge and practice of maternal and newborn healthcare?
September 2019 | BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Sociodemographic variation in the oral microbiome.
July 2019 | Annals of Epidemiology
Tobacco exposure associated with oral microbiota oxygen utilization in the New York City Health and Nutrition Examination Study.
June 2019 | Annals of Epidemiology
Hormonal contraceptives and the acquisition of sexually transmitted infections: An updated systematic review.
May 2019 | Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Healthcare facility characteristics associated with achievement and maintenance of HIV viral suppression among persons newly diagnosed with HIV in New York City.
March 2019 | AIDS Care
Evaluation of Oral Cavity DNA Extraction Methods on Bacterial and Fungal Microbiota.
February 2019 | Scientific Reports
The Need for Policy Change Regarding Progestin-Only Injectable Contraceptives.
December 2018 | Journal of Womens Health
Neighborhood social cohesion and viral suppression after HIV diagnosis.
December 2018 | Journal of Health Psychology
A newly developed tool for measuring the availability of human resources for emergency obstetric and newborn care services: Prospective analytic study in two district-level public facilities in Bangladesh.
September 2018 | BMC Health Services Research
First-trimester aspiration abortion practices: a survey of United States abortion providers.
August 2018 | Contraception
Lower genital tract cytokine profiles in South African women living with HIV: Influence of mucosal sampling.
August 2018 | Scientific Reports
Clarifying questions about “risk factors”: Predictors versus explanation.
August 2018 | Emerging Themes in Epidemiology
A systematic review of contraceptive continuation among women living with HIV.
July 2018 | Contraception
Incidence of sexually transmitted infections during pregnancy.
May 2018 | PLoS One
Let’s Require the “T-Word”.
May 2018 | American Journal of Public Health
Second-trimester surgical abortion practices in the United States.
April 2018 | Contraception
A systematic review of the effect of reproductive intention screening in primary care settings on reproductive health outcomes.
March 2018 | Family Practice
Neighborhood Characteristics Associated with Achievement and Maintenance of HIV Viral Suppression Among Persons Newly Diagnosed with HIV in New York City.
December 2017 | AIDS and Behavior
First trimester medication abortion practice in the United States and Canada.
October 2017 | PLoS One
Comparison of sampling methods to measure HIV RNA viral load in female genital tract secretions.
March 2017 | American Journal of Reproductive Immunology
Sexual Risk and Intravaginal Practice Behavior Changes During Pregnancy.
February 2017 | Archives of Sexual Behavior
The effects of asking a fertility intention question in primary care settings: A systematic review protocol.
January 2017 | Systematic Reviews
Abortion health services in Canada: Results of a 2012 national survey.
April 2016 | Canadian Family Physician
First-trimester medical abortion practices in Canada: National survey.
April 2016 | Canadian Family Physician
Vaginal and Rectal Clostridium sordellii and Clostridium perfringens Presence Among Women in the United States.
February 2016 | Obstetrics & Gynecology