Patricia Kissinger
professor
Department(s):
Epidemiology
Email:
kissing@tulane.edu
Research Interests:
STIs/HIV; infectious diseases; women’s reproductive health; substance use
Professional Achievements:
1996, Marquette University Alumni Community Service Award
1988, Dorothy LeBlanc Scholarship and Service Award
Educational Background:
PhD, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
MPH, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
BSN, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Publications:
Kissinger PJ, Reilly K, Taylor SN, Leichliter JS, Rosenthal S, Martin DH. Early repeat Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections among heterosexual men. Sex Transm Dis. 2009 Aug;36(8):498-500.
Kissinger PJ, Reilly K, Taylor SN, Leichliter JS, Rosenthal S, Martin DH. Early Repeat Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infections Among Heterosexual Men. Sex Transm Dis. 2009 Jul 16. [Epub ahead of print]
Kissinger P, Amedee A, Clark RA, Dumestre J, Theall KP, Myers L, Hagensee ME, Farley TA, Martin DH. Trichomonas Vaginalis Treatment Reduces Vaginal HIV-1 Shedding. Sex Transm Dis. 2009 Jan;36(1):11-6.
Theall KP, Amedee A, Clark RA, Dumestre J, Kissinger P. Alcohol consumption and HIV-1 vaginal RNA shedding among women.J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2008 May;69(3):454-8.
Hogben M, Kissinger P. A review of partner notification for sexual partners of men infected with chlamydia. Sex Transm Dis 2008.
Kissinger P, Schmidt N, Sanders C, Liddon N. The effect of the Hurricane Katrina disaster on sexual behavior and access to reproductive care for young women in New Orleans. Sex Transm Dis 2007.
Clark RA, Theall KP, Amedee AM, Kissinger PJ. Frequent douching and clinical outcomes among HIV-infected women. Sex Transm Dis 2007.
Kissinger P, Malebranche D. Partner notification: a promising approach to addressing the HIV/AIDS racial disparity in the United States. Am J Prev Med. 2007 Aug;33 (2 Suppl):S86-7.
Kissinger P, Schmidt N, Sanders C, Liddon N. The effect of the Hurricane Katrina disaster on sexual behavior and access to reproductive care for young women in New Orleans. Sex Transm Dis 2007.
Clark R, Theall K, Amedee A, Kissinger P. Frequent douching and clinical outcomes among HIV-infected women. Sex Transm Dis 2007.
Clark R, Theall K, Amedee A, Dumestre J, Wenthold L, Kissinger P. Lack of association between genital tract HIV-1 RNA shedding and hormonal contraceptive use ina cohort of Louisiana women. Sex Transm Dis Jun 2007.
Oberhelman RA, Castellares GS, Caviedes L, Castillo ME, Kissinger P, Gilman RH. Improved recovery of mycobacterum tuberculosis from peruvian children using the microscopic observation drug susceptibility (MODS) method. Pediatrics 2006 Jul;118(1):e100-6.
Kissinger P, Schmidt N, Mohammed H, Leichliter JS, Gift TL, Meadors B, Sanders C, Farley TA. Patient-delivered partner treatment for trichomonas vaginalis infection: a randomized controlled trial. Sex Transm Dis 2006 Jul;33(7):445-55.
Kissinger P, Dumestre J, Clark RA, Mohammed H, Wenthold L, Hagensee M, Martin DH. Wet preparation versus lavage for the detection of trichomonas vaginalis and bacterial vaginosis. Sex Trans Dis 2005;32:227-230.
Chaturvedi AK, Dumestre J, Gaffga AM, Clark RA, Braly PS, Dunlap K, Beckel TE, Hammons AF, Kissinger PJ, Hagensee ME. Prevalence of human papillomavirus genotypes in women from three clinical settings. J Med Virol 2005;75:105-113.
Kissinger P, Mohammed H, Richardson-Alston G, Leichliter JS, Taylor SN, Martin DH, Farley TA. Patient-delivered partner treatment for male urethritis: a randomized controlled trial. CID 2005 Sep 1;41(5):623-9.
Mohammed H, Kieltyka L, Richardson-Alston G, Magnus M, Vermund S, Fawal H, Rice J, Kissinger P. Adherence to HAART among HIV-infected persons in rural Louisiana. AIDS Patient Care STDS 2004 May;18(5):289-96.
Bielke MA, Theall KP, O’Brien M, Clayton J, Benjamin S, Winsor EL, Kissinger PJ. Clinical outcomes and disease progression among patients with HIV/HTLVI/II co-infection. Clin Infect Dis 2004;39: 256-6315:330-331.
Maupin R, Lyman R, Fatsis J, Prystowski E, Nguyen A, Wright C, Kissinger P, Miller J. Characteristics of women who deliver with no prenatal care. J Matern Fetal Med 2004;16:45-50.
Personal Statement:
Patricia Kissinger received her BS in nursing from Marquette University in 1981. Following graduation, she served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Democratic Republic of the Congo for three years, working as a coordinator of a rural health zone of 160,000 people. She then came to Tulane to complete her MPH and PhD degrees.
Kissinger collaborated with researchers at Johns Hopkins University on a study to examine the rate of HIV perinatal transmission in Haiti, where she worked for four years. She also worked in several countries in Africa as an evaluator for Plan International and as a relief worker for the International Rescue Committee. Her doctoral research focused on the effect of HIV on child mortality in Haiti. In 1992, Kissinger joined the faculty at Louisiana State University in the department of medicine and became the chief epidemiologist at the HIV outpatient clinic in New Orleans where she focused on clinical research.
In 1993, Kissinger became an adjunct faculty member in the Tulane department of epidemiology, where she started the HIV/STD track in the department of epidemiology in 1995, and created and coordinated the epidemiology track of the Centers for Disease Control graduate certificate program in 1996. Kissinger started full time at Tulane in 1999 and is presently the principal investigator on several CDC and NIH grants in HIV/STD-related topics. She has mentored many doctoral students who worked with her on research grants she was awarded.
The grants she presently works on are: Risk Reduction for Young African American IDUs, a behavioral intervention to prevent douching among adolescent and young women, HIV and HTLVI/II, Alcohol use and HIV infectiousness, West Nile Virus and Pregnancy, Trichomonas vaginalis among HIV infected women.
Contact Information:
Department of Epidemiology
1440 Canal Street, Suite 2000
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504.988.7320
Fax: 504.988.1568
kissing@tulane.edu
Level of Instruction:
Graduate
Undergraduate
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