Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES
University of South Carolina
Arnold School of Public Health
e: hbrandt@sc.edu
Main Office
Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program
915 Greene Street, Discovery I, Room 230
Columbia, South Carolina 29208
tel: 803.576.5649 | fax: 803.576.5624
http://cpcp.sph.sc.edu/
Department Office
Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
915 Greene Street, Discovery I, 5th Floor
Columbia, South Carolina 29208
tel: 803.777.7096
http://www.sph.sc.edu/hpeb/
EDUCATION
2003
Doctor of Philosophy, University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health,
Department of Health Promotion and Education, Columbia, South Carolina
Dissertation: “Understanding Clinician Communication and Recommendations for
Women who have Abnormal Pap Tests” (Chair: Deborah Parra-Medina, PhD)
2003
Certificate of Graduate Study in Women’s Studies, University of South Carolina,
Women’s Studies Program, Columbia, South Carolina
1999
Master of Science in Public Health, University of South Carolina, Arnold School of
Public Health, Department of Health Promotion and Education, Columbia, South
Carolina
Thesis: “An Examination of Low-Income, Older Women’s Intentions to Have a
Mammogram and Use Medicare Part B to Pay for Screening Mammograms” (Chair:
John Ureda, DrPH)
1999
Certificate of Graduate Study in Gerontology, University of South Carolina,
College of Social Work (Department of Health Promotion and Education), Columbia,
South Carolina
1997
Bachelor of Science With Honors, University of Iowa, College of Liberal Arts,
Department of Sport, Health, Leisure, and Physical Studies (Health Promotion), Iowa
City, Iowa
Certifications: Certified Health Education Specialist (#6745), National Commission for Health Education
Credentialing, Inc., 1998 – Present
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Academic Appointments
8/2013 – Present
Associate Professor (Tenured), University of South Carolina, Arnold School of
Public Health, Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Columbia,
South Carolina
8/2007 – 7/2013
Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health,
Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Columbia, South
Carolina
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8/2005 – Present
Faculty Affiliate, University of South Carolina, Women’s & Gender Studies
Program, Columbia, South Carolina
10/2004 – 8/2007
Research Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, Arnold School of
Public Health, Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Columbia,
South Carolina (Located in the Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program)
10/2004 – Present
Core Faculty, Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of
South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
Other Relevant Experience
8/2005 – 5/2007
Instructor/Course Developer, A. T. Still University of Health Sciences, School of
Health Management, Kirksville, Missouri
7/2002 – 10/2004
Research Associate, University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health,
Prevention Research Center, Columbia, South Carolina
1/2001 – 7/2002
Graduate Research Assistant, University of South Carolina, Arnold School of
Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Supervisor: Ann L.
Coker, PhD), Columbia, South Carolina
8/1997 – 1/2001
Graduate Research Assistant, South Carolina Cancer Center of Palmetto Health
(formerly Center for Cancer Treatment and Research), Psychosocial Oncology
(August 1997 – August 1999), Oncology Support Services/Community Services
(August 1999 – January 2001), Columbia, South Carolina
8/1997 – Present
Health Promotion Consultant
HONORS
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Tribute to Women in Industry (TWIN) Award from Palmetto Center for Women (January 2014)
Early Career Award, Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section of the American Public
Health Association (November 2013)
Awarded 2013 Society for Community Research and Action Video Winner, 1st Place for Planting
Healthy Roots: A Look at the Right Choice, Fresh Start Farmers’ Market. Documentary Film, ©2011.
Available online at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGt75S6mpsc [USCCPCP YouTube Channel].
Awarded Emerging Leader in Public Health and Health Disparities Research Award, James E. Clyburn
Health Disparities Leadership Awards (April 2012)
Awarded 2009 Arnold School of Public Health Faculty Service Award, University of South Carolina
Outstanding Community-Based Participatory Research Poster, 2008 Cancer Health Disparities Summit,
Bethesda, Maryland
Nominee, James A. Keith Excellence in Teaching Award, Arnold School of Public Health, University of
South Carolina (2007-2008; 2010-2011; 2011-2012; 2012-2013; 2013-2014)
Nominee, Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, University of South Carolina (20072008; 2013-2014)
Recipient of Award for Excellence in Cancer Prevention from the South Carolina Cancer Alliance
(2007)
Recipient of Distinguished Faith-Based Community Health Award for Efforts to Increase Awareness
and Promote Action to Prevent Cervical Cancer from the State Baptist Young Woman’s Auxiliary of the
Woman’s Baptist Education and Missionary Convention of South Carolina (2007)
Delta Omega, Mu Chapter, Honorary Society in Public Health (2003-Present)
Emily Thompson Award, Graduate work in women’s health, Department of Women’s Studies,
University of South Carolina (2003)
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Honorable Mention, Laurence G. Branch Doctoral Student Research Award sponsored by the
Retirement Research Foundation, 129th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Public Health
Association (Gerontological Health Section), Atlanta, Georgia (October 2001)
University of South Carolina Graduate Student Day Award Winner
 Second Place Oral Presentation, Health II Category (April 2003)
 First Place Oral Presentation, Health Category (April 2000)
Graduate Student Travel Awards
 Harriet Hampton Faucette Award for Graduate Student Research and Development, University of
South Carolina, Department of Women’s Studies (2001, 2002)
 University of South Carolina, Graduate School (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
 University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health, Department of Health Promotion,
Education, and Behavior (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
Recipient of United States Public Health Service Traineeship Award at University of South Carolina (19972002)
University of Iowa Honors Program and Dean’s List (1993-1997)
RESEARCH AREAS
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Health promotion (social and behavioral science)
Cancer-related health disparities among underserved populations
Cancer prevention and control, cervical cancer, human papillomavirus (HPV), colorectal cancer,
prostate cancer
Community-level health promotion and community-based participatory research approaches
Health literacy influences on health, behavior, and research participation
Women’s health (sexual and reproductive health)
PUBLICATIONS
Underlined co-author name(s) denotes current or former student or post-doctoral fellow/trainee
Refereed Journal Articles
Published or In Press (as of February 2, 2015)
1. Owens OL, Friedman DB, Brandt HM, Bernhardt JM, Hébert JR. Digital solutions for informed decision
making: An academic-community partnership for the development of a prostate cancer decision aid for
African American men. Am J Mens Health. [In Press] DOI: unavailable. PMID: unavailable
2. Alia KA, Freedman DA, Brandt HM, Gibson-Haigler P, Friedman DB. A participatory model for
evaluating a multilevel farmers’ market intervention. Prog Community Health Partnersh. [In Press] DOI:
unavailable. PMID: unavailable
3. Felder TM, Braun KL, Brandt HM, Khan S, Tanjasiri S, Friedman DB, Armstead CA, Okuyemi K,
Hebert JR. Mentoring and training of cancer-related health disparities researchers committed to
community-based participatory research. Prog Community Health Partnersh. [In Press] DOI:
unavailable. PMID: unavailable
4. Braun KL, Chen MS, Stewart S, Baquet C, Berry-Bobovski L, Blumenthal D, Brandt HM, Buchwald DS,
Campbell JE, Coe K, Cooper LC, Espinoza P, Henry-Tillman R, Hargreaves M, James A, Kaur JS,
Viswanath KV, Ma GX, Mandelblatt J, Meade C, Ramirez A, Scarinci I, Tanjasiri SP, Thompson B,
Vines A, Dignan M. NCI’s Community Networks Program Initiative to Reduce Cancer Health
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Disparities: Lessons in Partnerships for Research. Prog Community Health Partnersh. [In Press] DOI:
unavailable. PMID: unavailable
5. Farr DE, Brandt HM, Comer KD, Jackson DD, Pandya K, Friedman DB, Ureda JR, Williams DG, Scott
DB, Green W, Hébert JR. Cancer research participation beliefs and behaviors of a southern black
population: a quantitative analysis of the role of structural factors in cancer research participation. J
Cancer Educ. 2014 Nov12. [Epub ahead of print] DOI: unavailable. PMID: 25385692
6. Rice LJ, Brandt HM, Hardin JW, Ingram LA, Wilson SM. Exploring perceptions of cancer risk,
neighborhood environmental risks, and health behaviors of blacks. J Community Health. 2014 Oct 15.
[Epub ahead of print] DOI: unavailable. PMID: 25315713
7. Bynum SA, Guillaume DA, Brandt HM, Fletcher FE. Does knowledge influence Pap test screening
among young African American women. J Cancer Educ. 2014 Sep;29(3):478-481. DOI:
10.1007/s13187-013-0543-4. PMID: 24488589
8. Adams SA, Heiney SP, Brandt HM, Wirth MD, Khan S, Johnson H, Davis L, Wineglass CM, WarrenJones TY, Felder TM, Drayton RF, Davis B, Farr DE, Hébert JR. A comparison of centralized versus
de-centralized recruitment schema in two community-based participatory research studies for cancer
prevention. J Community Health. 2014 Aug 3. [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: unavailable. PMID: 25086566
9. Wigfall LT, Brandt HM, Kirby H, Iyer M, Levkoff SE, Glover SH. HIV testing among financially
disadvantaged women diagnosed with cervical cancer. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2014
Aug;23(8):714. DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2014.4895. PMID: 25046274
10. Friedman DB, Brandt HM, Freedman DA, Adams SA, Young VM, Ureda JR, McCracken JL, Hébert
JR. Innovative and community-driven communication practices of the South Carolina cancer prevention
and control research network. Prev Chronic Dis. 2014 Jul 24;11:E127. DOI: 10.5888/pcd11.140151.
PMID: 25058673
11. Wirth M, Brandt HM, Dolinger H, Hardin JW, Sharpe PA, Eberth JM. Examining connections between
screening for breast, cervical, and prostate cancer and colorectal cancer screening. Colorect Cancer.
2014 Jun;3(3):253-263. DOI: unavailable. PMID: 25143785
12. Alia KA, Freedman DA, Brandt HM, Browne T. Identifying emergent social networks at a community
health center-based farmers’ market. Am J Community Psychol. 2014 Jun;53(3-4):335-345. DOI:
10.1007/s10464-013-9616-0. PMID: 24352510
13. Wigfall LT, Bynum SA, Brandt HM, Friedman DB, Bond SM, Lazenby GB, Richter DL, Glover SH,
Hébert JR. Cervical cancer prevention knowledge and abnormal Pap test experiences among women
living with HIV/AIDS. J Cancer Educ. 2014 Jun 15. [Epub ahead of print]. DIO: unavailable. PMID:
24928481
14. Friedman DB, Freedman DA, Choi SK, Anadu EC, Brandt HM, Carvalho N, Hurley TG, Young VM,
Hébert JR. Provider communication and role modeling related to patients’ perceptions and use of a
federally qualified health center-based farmers’ market. Health Promot Pract. 2014 Mar;15(2):288-297.
DOI: 10.1177/1524839913500050. PMID: 23986503
15. Hébert JR, Wirth M, Harmon BE, Davis L, Davis B, Hurley TG, Drayton R, Murphy EA, Shivappa N,
Wilcox S, Adams SA, Brandt HM, Blake CE, Armstead CA, Steck SE, Blair SN. C-reactive protein
levels in African Americans: a diet and lifestyle randomized community trial. Am J Prev Med. 2013
Oct;45(4):430-40. DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2013.05.011. PMID: 24050419
16. McCracken JL, Friedman DB, Brandt HM, Arp Adams S, Xirasagar S, Ureda JR, Mayo RM, Comer K,
Evans M, Federick D, Talley J, Broderick M, Hébert JR. Findings from the Community Health
Intervention Program in South Carolina: Implications for reducing cancer-related health disparities. J
Cancer Educ. 2013 Sep;28(3):412-19. DOI: 10.1007/s13187-013-0479-8. PMID: 23645547
17. Sharpe PA, Brandt HM, McCree DH, Owl-Myers E, Taylor B, Mullins G. Development of culturally
tailored education brochures on HPV and Pap tests for American Indian women. J Transcult Nurs. 2013
Jul;24(3):282-290. DOI: 10.1177/1043659613481676. PMID: 23632451
18. Bynum SA, Wigfall LT, Brandt HM, Richter DL, Glover SH, Hébert JR. Assessing the influences of
health literacy on HIV-positive women’s cervical cancer prevention knowledge and behaviors. J Cancer
Educ. 2013 Jun;28(2):352-6. DOI: 10.1007/s13187-013-0470-4. PMID: 23564430
19. Bellinger JD, Brandt HM, Hardin JW, Bynum S, Sharpe PA, Jackson D. The role of family history of
cancer on cervical cancer screening behaviors in a population-based survey of women in the
southeastern United States. Womens Health Issues. 2013 Jul-Aug;23(4):e197-204 Epub 2103 May 27.
DOE: 10.1016/j.whi.2013.03.003. PMID: 23722075
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20. Warren TY, Wilcox S, St. George S, Brandt HM. A qualitative study of African-American women’s
perceived influences on and strategies to reduce sedentary behavior. Ann Behav Med. 2013;45(2
suppl):S126.
21. Lindley LL, Elkind JS, Landi SN, Brandt HM. Receipt of the human papillomavirus vaccine among
female college students in the United States, 2009. J Am Coll Health. 2013 Jan;61(1):18-27. DOI:
10.1080/07448481.2012.750607. PMID: 23305541
22. Koskan A, Friedman DB, Messias DK, Brandt HM, Walsemann K. Sustainability of promotora
initiatives: program planners’ perspectives. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2013 Sep-Oct;19(5):E1-9.
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e318280012a. PMID: 23295409
23. Koskan A, Messias DKH, Friedman DB, Brandt HM, Walsemann K. Program planners’ perspectives of
promotora roles, recruitment, and selection. Ethn Health. 2013;18(3):262-79 DOI:
10.1080/13557858.2012.730605. PMID: 23039847
24. Koskan A, Friedman DB, Brandt HM, Walsemann K, Messias DKH. Preparing promotoras to deliver
health programs for Hispanic communities: training processes and curricula. Health Promot Pract. 2013
May; 14(3):390-9. DOI: 10.1177/1524839912457176. PMID: 22982761
25. Brandt HM, Dolinger H, Sharpe PA, Hardin JW, Berger FG. Relationship of colorectal cancer
awareness and knowledge with colorectal cancer screening. Colorect Cancer. 2012 Oct;1(5):383-396.
DOI: unavailable. PMID: unavailable
26. Felder TM, Brandt HM, Armstead CA, Cavicchia PP, Braun KL, Adams SA, Friedman DB, Tanjasiri S,
Steck SE, Smith ER, Daguise VG, Hébert JR. Creating a cadre of junior investigators to address the
challenges of cancer-related health disparities: lessons learned from the Community Networks
Program. J Cancer Educ. 2012 Jun;27(3):409-17. DOI: 10.1007/s13187-012-0361-0. PMID: 22528636
27. Braun KL, Nguyen TT, Tanjasiri SP, Campbell J, Heiney SP, Brandt HM, Smith SA, Blumenthal DS,
Hargreaves M, Coe K, Ma GX, Kenerson D, Patel K, Tsark J, Hebert JR. Operationalization of
community-based participatory research principles across NCI’s Community Networks Programs. Am J
Public Health. 2012 Jun;102(6):1195-1203. DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300304. PMID: 22095340
28. Wigfall LT, Brandt HM, Duffus WA, Bond SM, Puett R, Kirby H, Glover SH, Hébert JR. Pap testing
among newly diagnosed women living with HIV/AIDS in South Carolina: Routine screening and
abnormal follow-up behaviors of HIV-positive female South Carolina Medicaid recipients 18-64 years
old between 2005-2009. Infect Agent Cancer. 2012 Apr; 7(Suppl 1):P18. DOI: 10.1186/1750-9378-7S1-P18. PMID: unavailable
29. Bynum SA, Brandt HM, Annang L, Friedman DB, Tanner A, Sharpe PA. Do health beliefs, health care
system distrust, and racial pride influence HPV vaccine acceptability among African American college
females? J Health Psychol. 2012 Mar;17(2):217-26. DOI: 10.1177/1359105311412833. PMID:
21742724
30. Friedman DB, Young VM, Freedman DA, Adams SA, Brandt HM, Xirasagar S, Felder TM, Ureda JR,
Hurley T, Khang L, Campbell D, Hebert JR. Reducing cancer disparities through innovative
partnerships: a collaboration of the South Carolina Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network
and Federally-Qualified Health Centers. J Cancer Educ. 2012 Mar;27(1):59-61. DOI: 10.1007/s13187011-0272-5. PMID: 21932143
31. Freedman DA, Whiteside YO, Brandt HM, Young V, Friedman DB, Hebert JR. Assessing readiness for
establishing a farmers’ market at a community health center. J Community Health. 2012 Feb;37(1):808. DOI: 10.1007/s10900-011-9419-x. PMID: 21643822
32. Bynum SA, Brandt HM, Sharpe PA, Williams MS, Kerr JC. Working to close the gap: identifying
predictors of HPV vaccine initiation among young African American women. J Health Care Poor
Underserved. 2011 May;22(2):549-61. DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2011.0060. PMID: 21551933
33. Bynum SA, Brandt HM, Friedman DB, Annang L, Tanner A. Knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors:
Examining human papillomavirus-related gender differences among African American college students.
J Am Coll Health. 2011 Jan 59(4):296-302. DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2010.503725. PMID: 21308590
34. Wigfall LT, Richter DL, Brandt HM, Duffus WA, Glover SH. Reasons for not adhering to cervical cancer
screening guidelines and HPV knowledge among HIV indeterminate midlife women (50-64 years old)
whose last Pap test was >6 years ago. Infect Agent Cancer. 2010 Oct;5(Suppl 1):A68.
DOI:10.1186/1750-9378-5-S1-A68. PMID: unavailable
35. McCree DH, Daley EM, Gorbach P, Hamm RM, Sharpe PA, Brandt HM, McFarlane M, Kerndt P,
McDermott RJ, Perrin KM, St. Lawrence JS. Awareness of diagnosis and knowledge of HPV in women
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patients: data from a multi-site study. Am J Health Educ. 2010 Jul-Aug;41(4):197-205. DOI:
unavailable. PMID: unavailable
36. Scarinci I, Garcia FA, Kobetz E, Partridge EE, Brandt HM, Bell MC, Dignan M, Walls T, Ma GX, Castle
PE. Cervical cancer prevention: new tools and old barriers. Cancer. 2010 Jun 1;116(11):2531-42. DOI:
10.1002/cncr.25065. PMID: 20310056
37. Brandt HM, Bellinger J, Sharpe P, Hardin J. General findings of a population-based HPV telephone
survey of women in South Carolina. J S C Med Assoc. 2009 Dec;105(7):263. DOI: unavailable. PMID:
20108715
38. Brandt HM, Sharpe PA, McCree DH, Wright MS, Davis J, Hutto BE. HPV vaccine acceptability,
barriers, and information needs of women living in the rural south. Am J Hlth Educ. 2009
May/June;40(3):174-180. DOI: unavailable. PMID: unavailable
39. Adams SA, Fleming A, Brandt HM, Hurley D, Bolick-Aldrich S, Bond SM, Hébert JR. Racial disparities
in cervical cancer mortality in an African American and European American cohort in South Carolina. J
S C Med Assoc. 2009 Dec;105(7):237-44. DOI: unavailable. PMID: 20108710
40. Bynum S, Wright M, Brandt HM, Burgis J, Bacon J. Knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes related to human
papillomavirus infection and vaccination, Pap tests, and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia among
adolescent girls and women. J S C Med Assoc. 2009 Dec;105(7):267-72. DOI: unavailable. PMID:
20108716
41. Griffin S, Williams A, Brandt HM, Glover S. Participatory evaluation of community-based HPV and
cervical cancer prevention and control efforts. J S C Med Assoc. 2009 Dec;105(7):309-17. DOI:
unavailable. PMID: 20108724
42. Savoy JE, Hurley DM, Brandt HM, Bolick-Aldrich SW, Ehlers ME. Cervical cancer in South Carolina:
epidemiologic profile. J S C Med Assoc. 2009 Dec;105(7):227-30. DOI: unavailable. PMID: unavailable
43. Lindley LL, Brandt HM, Annang L, Barnett CL, Hardin JW, Burcin M. Receipt of routine gynecological
examinations among sexually active female college students in the United States. J Womens Health
(Larchmt). 2009 Aug;18(8):1195-1200. DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.1205. PMID: 1967244
44. Hébert JR, Brandt HM, Armstead CA, Adams SA, Steck SE, Cooper L. Interdisciplinary, translational,
and community-based participatory research: finding a common language to improve cancer research.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Apr;18(4):1213-1217. DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965. PMID:
19336548
45. Roland KB, Benard VB, Saraiya M, Hawkins NA, Brandt HM, Friedman AL. Assessing cervical cancer
screening guidelines in patient education materials. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2009 Jan;18(1):5-12.
DOI: 10.1089/jwh2008.1211. PMID: unavailable
46. Lindley LL, Barnett C, Brandt HM, Hardin J, Burcin M. STDs among sexually active female college
students: does sexual orientation make a difference? Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2008
Dec;40(4):212-217. DOI: 10.1363/4021208. PMID: 19067934
47. McCree DH, Sharpe PA, Brandt HM, Robertson R. Preferences for sources of information about
abnormal Pap tests and HPV in women tested for HPV. Prev Med. 2006 Sep;43(3):165-70. DOI:
10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.04.001. PMID: 16701815
48. Brandt HM, Modayil MV, Hurley D, Pirisi-Creek LA, Johnson MG, Davis J, Mathur SP, Hebert JR.
Cervical cancer disparities in South Carolina: an update of early detection, special programs,
descriptive epidemiology, and emerging directions. J S C Med Assoc. 2006 Aug;102(7):223-30. DOI:
unavailable. PMID: 17319235
49. Adams SA, Hebert JR, Bolick-Aldrich S, Daguise VG, Mosley CM, Modayil MV, Berger SH, Teas J,
Mitas M, Cunningham JE, Steck SE, Burch J, Butler WM, Horner MJD, Brandt HM. Breast cancer
disparities in South Carolina: early detection, special programs, and descriptive epidemiology. J S C
Med Assoc. 2006 Aug;102(7):231-9. DOI: unavailable. PMID: 17319236
50. Brandt HM, McCree DH, Lindley LL, Sharpe PA, Hutto BE. An evaluation of printed HPV educational
materials. Cancer Control. 2005 Nov;12 Suppl 2:103-6. DOI: unavailable. PMID: 16327760
51. Sharpe PA, Brandt HM, McCree DH. Knowledge and beliefs about abnormal pap test results and HPV
among women with high-risk HPV: results from in-depth interviews. Women Health. 2005;42(2):107-33.
DOI: 10.1300/J013v42n02_07. PMID: 16537303
52. Coker AL, Watkins KW, Smith PH, Brandt HM. Social support reduces the impact of partner violence
on health: application of structural equation models. Prev Med. 2003 Sep;37(3):259-67. DOI:
10.1016/S0091-7435 (03) 00122-1. PMID: 12914832
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53. Coker AL, Davis KE, Arias I, Desai S, Sanderson M, Brandt HM, Smith PH. Physical and mental health
effects of intimate partner violence for men and women. Am J Prev Med. 2002 Nov;23(4):260-8. DOI:
10.1016/S0749-3797(02)00514-7. PMID: 12406480
54. Coker AL, Bethea L, Smith PH, Fadden MK, Brandt HM. Missed opportunities: intimate partner
violence in family practice settings. Prev Med. 2002 Apr;34(4):445-54. DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2001.1005.
PMID: 11914051
In Review
1. Brandt HM, Young VM, Campbell DA, Choi SK, Seel J, Friedman DB. Federally qualified health
centers’ capacity and readiness for research collaborations: Implications for clinical-academiccommunity partnerships. Clin Translat Science. [In Review]
2. Craft LR, Brandt HM, Prince M. Sustaining teen pregnancy prevention programs in schools: Needs and
barriers identified by school leaders. Journal of School Health. [In Review]
3. Guest MA, Freedman DA, Alia K, Brandt HM, Friedman DB. Dissemination of an electronic manual to
build capacity for implementing farmers’ markets with community health centers. Prev Chronic Disease.
[In Review]
4. Jester M, Proser M, Weir RC, Brandt HM, Gillespie S, Young V, Payne P. Methodology and
partnerships behind the National Survey of Health Centers’ Research Participation: tradeoffs and
payoffs. Prog Community Health Partnersh. [In Review]
5. Owens OL, Friedman DB, Brandt HM, Bernhardt JM, Hébert JR. An iterative process for developing
and evaluating a computer-based prostate cancer decision aid for African-American men. Health
Promotion Practice. [In Review]
6. Sanderson M, Brown CL, Harbi K, Alexander L, Coker AL, Fernandez ME, Brandt HM, Hull PC.
Results of a health education message intervention on human papillomavirus (HPV) knowledge and
receipt of follow-up care among Latinas infected with high-risk HPV. Ethnicity Health. [In Review]
7. Rice LJ, Emrich CT, Brandt HM, Ingram LA, Hardin JW, Wilson SM. Examining the geographic
distribution of environmental cancer risk by racial and socioeconomic characteristics. Health Place. [In
Review]
8. Warren-Jones TY, Wilcox S, St George SM, Brandt HM. A qualitative study of African-American
women's perceived influences on and strategies to reduce sedentary behavior. Ethnicity Health. [In
Review]
9. Wigfall LT, Bynum SA, Friedman DB, Brandt HM, Richter DL, Glover SH, Hébert JR. Patient-provider
communication with HIV-positive women about their abnormal Pap test results. Patient Educ Couns. [In
review]
In Progress
1. Brandt HM, Dolinger H, Sharpe PA, Hardin JW. Colorectal cancer information seeking behavior and
trusted sources of information.
2. Brandt HM, Sharpe PA, McCree DH, Bynum SA, Jackson D. Health care professionals' discussions of
HPV and care with underserved women.
3. Brandt HM, Wigfall LT, Glover SH, Bond SM, Kirby H, Duffus WA, Hébert JR. Cervical cancer
screening among female South Carolina Medicaid recipients: missed opportunities.
4. Brandt HM, Wigfall LT, Glover SH, Bond SM, Kirby H, Duffus WA, Hébert JR. HIV testing among
female South Carolina Medicaid Recipients: missed opportunities.
5. Brandt HM, Dolinger H, Sharpe PA, Hardin JW. Physician recommendation and colorectal cancer
screening and intention.
6. Brandt HM, Young V, Campbell D, Felder T, Khang L, Friedman DB, Hébert JR. Results of a practice
enhancement opportunity assessment of federally qualified health centers in South Carolina.
7. Workman L, Brandt HM, Annang L, Jackson D, Swan S. Differences in colorectal cancer screening
participation by gender in a community navigation project.
8. Brandt HM, Freedman DA, Guest M, Kissel L, McCracken J, Friedman DB, Hébert JR. Creating a
documentary film to tell the story of an FQHC-based farmers' market: Planting Healthy Roots: A Look at
the Right Choice Fresh Start Farmers’ Market.
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Non-Refereed Journal Articles
1. Wigfall LT, Brandt HM, Duffus, Bond SM, Puett R, Kirby H, Glover SH, Hebert JR. HPV and cervical
cancer prevention and control among financially disadvantaged women living with HIV/AIDS in South
Carolina. 2012_1, O-07:8.
2. Glover S, Williams A, Brandt HM. The Moving to Action (MTA) initiative: addressing cervical cancer in
South Carolina. J S C Med Assoc. 2009 Dec;105(7):231-2. DOI: unavailable. PMID: 20108707
3. Bond S, Brandt HM. Cervical cancer and HPV information resources. J S C Med Assoc. 2009
Dec;105(7):318-9. DOI: unavailable. PMID: 20108725
4. Scott D, Williams D, Brandt HM, Odom D, Comer K. Answering the call to prevent cervical cancer
among African American women. J S C Med Assoc. 2009 Dec;105(7):287-9. DOI: unavailable. PMID:
20108720
5. Brandt HM, Sargent RG. Body weight changes in perimenopausal women. Healthy Weight Journal.
2002;16(3):42-44. DOI: unavailable. PMID: unavailable
6. Sargent RG, Brandt HM. Body weight changes in women: The influence of pregnancy. Healthy Weight
Journal. 2002;16(3):39-41. DOI: unavailable. PMID: unavailable
Invited Journal Editorials (Non-Refereed)
1. Brandt HM, Glover SH. Introduction to the Special Issue Cervical Cancer in South Carolina: Problems
and Solutions Through Research, Practice, and Innovation. J S C Med Assoc. December
2009;105(7):263. DOI: unavailable
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Current Research Support
Title: DIDACTIC: Dissemination and Implementation of a Diet and Activity Community Trial In Churches
PI: Hébert JR and Brandt HM [R01HL122285]
Funding Source: National Institutes of Health (R01); PAR-13-055
Total Amount: $2,045,442 (Total Direct Costs: $1,237,101)
Dates: 5/1/2014-3/31/2018
Role: PI / 25%
Other Investigators: Chen B
Title: South Carolina Cancer Disparities Community Network-II [U54CA153461]
PI: Hebert JR
Funding Source: National Cancer Institute/Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
Total Amount: $4,778,222 (Total); $3,691,699 (Total Direct); $975,002 (Total Direct Community Outreach
Core)
Dates: 9/1/2010-8/31/2015
Role/% Effort: Co-Investigator and Leader of Community Outreach Core / 20%
Other Investigators: Adams SA, Armstead C, Friedman DB
Title: Analysis and Action on the Environmental Determinants of Health and Disparities [3P20MD00177007S1]
PI: Glover SH
Funding Source: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities and Environmental Protection
Agency
Total Amount: $525,000 (Total)
Dates: 9/1/2011-2/28/2014
Role/% Effort: Co-investigator and Leader of Project #2 / 10%
Other Investigators: Williams E
Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES (February 2015 | Complete CV)
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Title: Multi-Level, Community-Clinical Cancer Prevention and Control Interventions (SIP 14-011)
PI: Friedman DB
Funding Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute
Total Amount: $1,374,995
Dates: 9/30/2014-9/29/2019
Role/% Effort: Co-Investigator / 10%
Other Investigators: Hébert JR, Wandersman A, Adams SA
Title: South Carolina Colon Cancer Prevention Network [No Grant #]
PI: Berger FG
Funding Source: The Duke Endowment [Health Care - Replicating Success-Effective Practices]
Total Amount: $437,000 (Total)
Dates: 8/1/2013-7/31/2015
Role/% Effort: Co-investigator / 10%
Other Investigators: Wallace K (MUSC), Melvin C (MUSC)
Title: Administrative Supplements to Expand NCI-Supported Community Outreach Capacity Through
Community Health Educators (CHEs) of the National Outreach Network (NON)
PI: Hébert JR
Funding Source: National Cancer Institute
Total Amount: $64,960 ($44,800 direct, $20,160 indirect)
Dates: 9/1/2014-8/31/2015
Role/% Effort: Program Leader / 5% In-kind
Other Investigators: Friedman DB
Title: HPV and Cancer mHealth Prevention Education for HIV Positive Women Pilot Study
[1K01CA175239-01A1]
Funding Source: National Cancer Institute [PAR-12-050]
PI: Wigfall LT
Total Amount: $711,544 ($659,290 Direct; $131,858 Year 1 Direct)
Dates: 9/1/2013-8/31/2018
Role/%Effort: Mentor / 5% In-kind
Other Investigators: Hébert JR, Glover SH, Friedman DB
Student Research (Current)
Title: South Carolina Cancer Disparities Community Network-II Research to Promote Diversity in Healthrelated Research [3U54CA153461-04S2/05S2]
PI: Hébert JR (PL: Farr D, DrPH Candidate)
Funding Source: National Cancer Institute
Total Amount: $100,169
Dates: 9/1/2013-8/31/2015
Role/% Effort: Mentor and Co-Investigator / 5% In-kind
Other Investigators: Friedman DB, Armstead C
Title: Enhancing Cancer Awareness in the African-American Faith Community to Address Cancer Health
Disparities
PI: Brandt HM (Student: Kelsie Dirksing)
Funding Source: University of South Carolina, Office of Undergraduate Research [Magellan Scholars
Program; Magellan Mini-Grant Program]
Total Amount: $3,000 (Magellan Scholars Program)
Dates: 5/1/2014-4/30/2015
Role/% Effort: Mentor / 5% In-kind
Title: Understanding the Healthcare Experiences of Medically Underserved Black Americans: An
Examination of the Perceptions and Outcomes of a Colorectal Cancer Screening Navigation Program
PI: Farr D
Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES (February 2015 | Complete CV)
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Funding Source: University of South Carolina, Institute for African American Research
Total Amount: $1,435
Dates: 5/1/2014-4/30/2015
Role/% Effort: Mentor / 5% In-kind
Title: SPARC: Amy Mattison Faye: Initial Evaluation of First-in-the-Nation Policy of Immediate Postpartum
Insertions of Long Action Reversible Contraceptives in Young Women
PI: Brandt HM (Student: Amy Mattison Faye)
Funding Source: University of South Carolina, SPARC Program
Total Amount: $2,709
Dates: 1/1/2015-12/31/2015
Role/%Effort: Mentor / 5% In-Kind
Pending Research Support
Title: South Carolina Colon Cancer Prevention Network
PI: Berger FG
Funding Source: The Duke Endowment
Total Amount: $1,100,000
Dates: 5/1/2015-4/30/202018
Role/% Effort: Co-I / 10%
Student Research (Pending)
None
Completed Research Support
Title: Administrative Supplements to Expand NCI-Supported Community Outreach Capacity Through
Community Health Educators (CHEs) of the National Outreach Network (NON) | South Carolina Cancer
Disparities Community Network-II [U54CA153461-04S1]
PI: Hébert JR
Funding Source: National Cancer Institute/Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
Total Amount: $64,996 (Total); $44,825 (Total Direct)
Dates: 9/1/2013-8/31/2014
Role/% Effort: Project Leader / 5% (In-kind)
Title: SIP-09-002 South Carolina Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network [U48DP001936-01]
PI: Hebert JR and Friedman DB
Funding Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute
Total Amount: $1,496,341 (Total); $1,103,059 (Total Direct)
Dates: 9/30/2009-9/29/2014
Role/% Effort: Co-Investigator / 10%
Other Investigators: Adams SA, Freedman D, Xirasagar S
Title: Administrative Supplements to Expand NCI-Supported Community Outreach Capacity through
Community Health Educators (CHEs) of the National Outreach Network (Parent Grant: South Carolina
Cancer Disparities Community Network-II) | Prostate Cancer Screening Project
PI: Hébert JR
Funding Source: National Cancer Institute/Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
Total Amount: $49,999 (Total); $34,482 (Total Direct)
Dates: 9/1/2012-8/31/2013
Role/% Effort: Project Leader / 5% In-kind
Other Investigators: Friedman DB
Title: Cervical Cancer Screening and HIV Testing Behaviors among Financially Disadvantaged Women in
SC
Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES (February 2015 | Complete CV)
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PI: Brandt HM (Co-PI: Wigfall LT)
Funding Source: South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute [NIH/NCRR UL1RR029882;
NIH/CATS UL1TE000062]
Total Amount: $50,000 (Total/No IDC)
Dates: 10/15/2010-10/14/2012 [Extension]
Role/% Effort: PI / 10%
Other Investigators: Puett R, Hebert JR, Glover SH, Duffus W, Bond SM
Title: Administrative Supplements to Expand NCI-Supported Community Outreach (Parent Grant: South
Carolina Cancer Disparities Community Network-II) [3U54CA153461-02S1]
PI: Hébert JR
Funding Source: National Cancer Institute/Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
Total Amount: $45,000 (Total); $31,025 (Total Direct)
Dates: 9/1/2011-8/31/2012
Role/% Effort: Project Leader / In-kind
Other Investigators: Friedman DB
Title: A Documentary Film about the Implementation of the Right Choice, Healthy Start Farmers’ Market
PI: Brandt HM
Funding Source: USC Science and Health Communication Research Group
Total Amount: $2,987 (Total/No IDC)
Dates: 3/1/2011-2/29/2012 [Extension]
Role/% Effort: PI / In-kind
Other Investigators: Freedman D, Kissel L
Title: Administrative Supplements for Community-Engaged Research on HIV/AIDS Related Cancers
Among Racial/Ethnic and Underserved Populations (Parent Grant: South Carolina Cancer Disparities
Community Network [3U01CA114601-05S4]
PI: Hebert JR (Co-PI: Wigfall LT)
Funding Source: National Cancer Institute
Total Amount: $199,999 (Total)
Dates: 9/14/2010-4/30/2012 [Extension]
Role/% Effort: Co-Investigator and Mentor / 5%
Other Investigators: Glover SH, Richter DL
Title: Community Navigation for Colorectal Cancer Prevention and Control, WE CAN! Colon Cancer
Program [6174-SP]
PI: Brandt HM
Funding Source: The Duke Endowment
Total Amount: $599,867 (Total/No IDC)
Dates: 12/1/2008-11/30/2011
Role/% Effort: PI / 20%
Other Investigators: Adams SA, Annang L, Swann S
Title: Community-Based Colorectal Cancer Prevention in South Carolina: Formative Research and
Intervention Development [P20 RR17698]
PI: Brandt HM [Berger (PI) Parent Grant / Brandt (PI) [Target PI]
Funding Source: National Center for Research Resources
Total Amount: $481,320 (Total); $338,834 (Total Direct)
Dates: 6/1/2008-5/31/2011
Role/% Effort: PI / 25%
Other investigators: Sharpe PA, Hardin JW
Title: A Population-Based HPV Survey of Women in South Carolina [1R15CA125600-01]
PI: Brandt HM
Funding Source: National Cancer Institute
Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES (February 2015 | Complete CV)
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Total Amount: $211,854 (Total); $150,000 (Total Direct)
Dates: 5/1/2007-4/30/2009 [Extension to 10/31/2009]
Role/% Effort: PI / 20%
Other investigators: Sharpe PA, Hardin J
Title: SCCDCN: HPV Vaccine Acceptability and Promotion in Faith-Based Settings [1U01CA114601-03S4]
PI: Hebert JR / Brandt HM (Project Leader)
Funding Source: National Cancer Institute/Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
Total Amount: $77,512 (Total); $49,992 (Total Direct)
Dates: 8/1/2007-4/30/2009 [Extension to 8/31/2009]
Role/% Effort: Project Leader / 20%
Other Investigators: Mayo R (Clemson)
Title: Psychosocial, Educational, and Behavioral Factors Related to HPV among Adolescent Girls and
Young Women [No Grant Number]
PI: Brandt HM
Funding Source: USC Office of Research and Health Sciences [Pilot Study]
Total Amount: $25,000 (Total/No IDC)
Dates: 6/1/2006-12/31/2007
Role/% Effort: PI / 10% [In-kind]
Other Investigators: Adams S, Sharpe PA
Title: South Carolina Cancer Disparities Community Network [1U01CA114601-01]
PI: Hebert JR
Funding Source: National Cancer Institute/Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
Total Amount: $1,893,021 (Total Direct)
Dates: 5/1/2005-4/30/2010
Role / % Effort: Co-Investigator & Research Coordinator / 20%
Other Investigators: Adams SA
Title: The Hispanic Health Research Network: Enhancing Practice-Based Research Capacity in South
Carolina [R03CA139625-01]
PI: Messias DKH
Funding Source: National Cancer Institute
Total Amount: $144,000 (Total); $100,000 (Total Direct)
Dates: 9/1/2008-8/31/2010
Role/% Effort: Co-Investigator / 5%
Other Investigators: Fore E
Title: A Feasibility Study of a South Carolina State Mammography Registry [No Grant Number]
PI: Adams SA
Funding Source: South Carolina Cancer Alliance
Total Amount: $20,962 (Total/No IDC)
Dates: 6/1/2008-5/31/2009
Role/% Effort: Co-Investigator / 5% [In-kind]
Other Investigators: None
Title: Factors influencing receipt of gynecological exams/Pap tests among sexual minority (nonheterosexual) women [No Grant Number]
PI: Lindley LL
Funding Source: USC Arnold School of Public Health, Seed Grant Program
Total Amount: $14,776 (Total/No IDC)
Dates: 6/1/2008-5/31/2009
Role/% Effort: Co-Investigator / 5% [In-kind]
Other Investigators: Friedman D, Corwin S
Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES (February 2015 | Complete CV)
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Title: Translating an Efficacious HPV Vaccine into the Control of Cervical Cancer [1R03 CA130724-01]
PI: Bond SM (MUSC)
Funding Source: National Cancer Institute
Total Amount: $100,000 (Total Direct); $13,945 (Total USC Subcontract); $9,684 (Total Direct USC
Subcontract)
Dates: 8/1/2007-7/31/2009
Role/% Effort: Co-Investigator / 5%
Other investigators: Alberg T (MUSC), Ford M (MUSC)
Title: Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Parent Grant: South
Carolina Cancer Disparities Community Network) [1U01CA114601-01 S2]
PI: Hebert JR (PL: Armstead C)
Funding Source: National Cancer Institute/Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
Total Amount: $234,802 (Total)
Dates: 12/1/2006-11/30/2008
Role/% Effort: Mentor/5% In-kind
Other Investigators: Elder K, Pluto D
Title: EXPORT Center for Partnerships to Eliminate Health Disparities in Cancer and HIV (A partnership
between the University of South Carolina and Claflin University) [1P20MD001770-01] Community
Partnerships and Outreach Core (CPOC)
PI: Glover S; Creek K; Bullard-Dillard R
Funding Source: National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities
Total Amount: $7,580,965 (Total); $5,500,000 (Total Direct); $1,343,162 (Total Direct CPOC)
Dates: 9/30/2005-6/30/2010
Role/% Effort: Co-Director CPOC / 30-40% (9/30/2005-1/7/2007)
Other Investigators: Pirisi-Creek L
Title: Impact of HR-HPV Positivity on Women: Formative Research [S1897-21/23; U36/CCU300430-22]
PI: Sharpe PA
Funding Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Association of Schools of Public Health)
Total Amount: $946,287 (Total); $668,953 (Total Direct)
Dates: 10/1/2001-9/30/2006
Role/% Effort: Co-Investigator / 25-100%
Other Investigators: None (Note: Original PI was Coker AL)
Title: Community Interventions in Non-Medical Settings to Increase Informed Decision Making for Prostate
Cancer Screening [U48/CCU409664-2B; SIP 21/04-07; USC Subcontract]
PI: Hebert JR (Co-PI: Ureda JR)
Funding Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Total Amount (Direct Costs): $115,802 (Year 3)
Dates: 9/30/2004-9/29/2007
Role/% Effort: Co-Investigator / 10%
Other Investigators: None
Title: Oral Cancer Prevention and Control: A Statewide Perspective [CACCH424352-01]
PI: Hebert JR
Funding Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Total Amount: $232,700 (Total Direct)
Dates: 6/01/2005-9/30/2006
Role/% Effort: Co-Investigator / 10%
Other Investigators: Adams S
Title: Network for Understanding Lack of Pap Follow-up [U48/CCU409664-09]
PI: Luchok K
Funding Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES (February 2015 | Complete CV)
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Total Amount: $649,999 (Total)
Dates: 10/1/2001-9/30/2003 [Extension 12/31/2004]
Role/% Effort: Consultant
Title: An Examination of Low-Income, Older Women’s Intentions to Have a Mammogram and Use
Medicare Part B to Pay for Screening Mammograms [#99-20]
PI: Ureda JR
Funding Source: South Carolina Cancer Center
Total Amount: $25,000 (Total/No IDC)
Dates: 4/1/1999-3/31/2000
Role/% Effort: Graduate Research Assistant / 25%
Student Research (Completed)
Title: Evaluation of Cancer Awareness Efforts in Churches [No Grant #]
PI: Dirksing K (Undergraduate Honors College Student)
Funding Source: University of South Carolina, Office of Undergraduate Research [Mini-Magellan Program]
Total Amount: $500
Dates: 4/1/2013 – 3/31/2014
Role/% Effort: Mentor / 5% In-kind
Other Investigators: Farr DE (DrPH Student)
Title: Evaluation of Cancer Awareness Efforts [No Grant #]
PI: Dirksing K (Undergraduate Honors College Student)
Funding Source: University of South Carolina, Office of Undergraduate Research [SURF Scholars
Program]
Total Amount: $3,000
Role/% Effort: Mentor / 5% In-kind
Other Investigators: Farr DE (DrPH Student)
Title: Promoting Awareness of and Participation in HPV Vaccination through Health Communication
Strategies [No Grant #]
PI: Corriero R (Undergraduate Student)
Funding Source: University of South Carolina, Office of Undergraduate Research [Mini-Magellan Program]
Total Amount: $955
Dates: 1/1/2014 – 5/31/2014
Role/% Effort: Mentor / 5% In-kind
Title: Increasing Awareness and Knowledge of Gynecologic Cancers among College-Aged Women
PI: Boyd L (Undergraduate Honors College Student)
Funding Source: University of South Carolina, Office of Undergraduate Research [Honors College Thesis
Grant]
Total Amount: $1,500
Dates: 1/1/2013 – 5/15/2013
Role/% Effort: Mentor / 5% In-kind
Title: Evaluation of the Shop Talk Movement [No Grant Number]
PI: Williams MS (Doctoral Student)
Funding Source: USC Institute for African American Research
Total Amount: $1,000 (Total)
Dates: 2/1/2009 – 1/31/2010
Role/% Effort: Mentor / 5% In-kind
Title: Implementation and evaluation of the culturally- and linguistically-adapted Spanish language Cancer
Education Guide [No Grant Number]
PI: Brandt HM / Walton A (Scholar/Student)
Funding Source: USC Journeyman Exploration Scholars Program
Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES (February 2015 | Complete CV)
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Total Amount: $3,000 (Total/No IDC)
Dates: 8/16/2008-5/31/2009
Role/% Effort: PI of Record & Mentor / 5% In-kind
Other Investigators: Messias DKH
Title: Transforming the Spanish Cancer Education Guide into a Culturally Relevant, Effective Information
Tool [No Grant Number]
PI: Brandt HM / Walton A (Scholar/Student)
Funding Source: USC Magellan Scholar Program
Total Amount: $2,968 (Total/No IDC)
Dates: 1/1/2008-8/15/2008
Role/% Effort: PI of Record & Mentor / 5% In-kind
Other Investigators: Messias DKH
Title: Investigating the Distribution of HPV-Related Behaviors and Health Literacy with Oral Cancer [No
Grant Number]
PI: Brandt HM / Carpenter K (Scholar/Student)
Funding Source: USC Magellan Scholar Program
Total Amount: $2,950 (Total/No IDC)
Dates: 5/1/2008 – 4/30/2009
Role/% Effort: PI of Record & Mentor / 5% In-kind
Other Investigators: Adams SA
Title: Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Supplement to the SC
Cancer Disparities Community Network) [1U01CA114601-01S1]
PI: Hebert JR / Smith J (Candidate/Student)
Funding Source: National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute/Center to Reduce Cancer Health
Disparities)
Total Amount: $103,955 (Total); $72,191 (Total Direct)
Dates: 8/1/2007-7/31/2009
Role/% Effort: Mentor / 5% In-kind
Other Investigators: Glover S
Completed | Consultant on Non-University of South Carolina Grants
Title: Addressing Cancer Health Disparities through Lay Health Cancer Disparities Programming and
Capacity Building
PI: Scott DB (State Baptist Young Woman’s Auxiliary Health Ministry)
Funding Source: South Carolina Cancer Alliance
Total Amount: $5,755
Dates: 7/1/2012-6/30/2013
Role/% Effort: Co-Investigator / 5% In-kind
Title: Prostate Cancer Informed Decision Making
PI: Scott DB (State Baptist Young Woman’s Auxiliary Health Ministry)
Funding Source: South Carolina Cancer Alliance
Total Amount: $12,000
Dates: 7/1/2012-6/30/2013
Role/% Effort: Co-Investigator / 5% In-kind
Title: Iniciativa Latina Contra el Cáncer (Latina Initiative Against Cancer)
PI: Messias DKH (South Carolina Hispanic/Latino Health Coalition)
Funding Source: South Carolina Cancer Alliance
Total Amount: $11,880 (Total)
Dates: 7/1/2011-6/30/2012
Role/% Effort: Co-Investigator / 5% In-kind
Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES (February 2015 | Complete CV)
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Title: Unlocking the Mysteries of Chronic Disease: Bioinvestigations for Family, School, and Youth
Audiences [8R25OD010912-03; Original Grant 1R25RR026014-01)
PI: Bonk S (EdVenture Children’s Museum)
Total Amount: $1,300,000 (Total)
Funding Source: Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA), Office of the Director, National Institutes
of Health [Originally National Center for Research Resources]
Dates: 1/1/2010-12/31/2014
Role/% Effort: Consultant / 1% In-kind
Title: Iniciativa Latina Contra el Cáncer (Latina Initiative Against Cancer)
PI: Messias DKH (South Carolina Hispanic/Latino Health Coalition)
Funding Source: South Carolina Cancer Alliance
Total Amount: $11,992 (Total)
Dates: 7/1/2010-6/30/2011
Role/% Effort: Co-Investigator / 5% In-kind
Title: Partnership for Cancer Prevention Latino/a Initiative
PI: Parra-Medina D (South Carolina Hispanic/Latino Health Coalition)
Funding Source: American Cancer Society Partnership Grant
Total Amount: $24,295 (Total)
Dates: 12/2007-4/2009
Role/% Effort: Consultant / 5% [In-kind]
Other investigators: Adams SA, Fore E, Messias DKH
Title: Breast and Cervical Cancer Education and Screening for Latinas in the Midlands: Evaluating the
Spanish Language Cancer Education Guide
PI: Messias DKH (South Carolina Hispanic Latino/Health Coalition)
Funding Source: South Carolina Cancer Alliance [Competitive call for implementation of SC Cancer Plan]
Total Amount: $19,666 (Total)
Dates: 7/1/2008-6/30/2010
Role/% Effort: Consultant / 5% [In-kind]
Other investigators: Adams SA, Fore E, Parra-Medina D
Title: Assessing Psychosocial and Cultural Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Among African
Americans
PI: Williams D (Carolina Community-Based Health Supports Networks, Inc.)
Funding Source: South Carolina Cancer Alliance [Competitive call for implementation of SC Cancer Plan]
Dates: 7/1/2007-6/30/2012
Role/% Effort: Consultant / 5% [In-kind]
Other investigators: Wright M (Dissertation Research)
Title: Steppin’ Up: A Call to Action to Address Cancer Disparities
PI: Williams D (Carolina Community-Based Health Supports Networks, Inc.)
Funding Source: South Carolina Cancer Alliance [Competitive call for implementation of SC Cancer Plan]
Dates: 3/1/2007-2/29/2008
Role/% Effort: Consultant / 5% [In-kind]
Other investigators: None
Unfunded Research Activities (Completed)
Title: HPV Knowledge, Beliefs, and Related Behaviors among First-Year USC Students
PI: Brandt HM
Funding Source: None
Dates: 8/1/2007-7/31/2008
Role/% Effort: PI / 5% [In-kind]
Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES (February 2015 | Complete CV)
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Other investigators: Phaup T, Lindley L, Pirisi-Creek L, Creek K, Beck D
Research Training Experience
1999 – Present
University of South Carolina, Protection of Human Subjects in Research
(Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative, renewed 7/23/2012) and Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Certification
2004
Fellow, Cancer, Culture, and Literacy Institute, University of South Florida and H.
Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa FL (NCI Grant No. 9065403); Mentor: Rima Rudd, ScD, Harvard University
2007
National Institutes of Health Regional Seminar, Durham NC
REFEREED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
*Denotes abstracts that appeared in an abstract booklet provided to attendees of the James E. Clyburn
Health Disparities Lecture Series.
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Farr DE, Brandt HM, Friedman DB, Jackson D, Ureda J, Williams D, Scott D, Hébert JR. Presented
17 November 2014. A quantitative analysis of beliefs and behaviors associated with Black adults’
participation in cancer clinical trials. 142nd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health
Association, New Orleans, Louisiana. Council of Affiliates Graduate Poster Session. [POSTER]
Sundstrom B, Brandt HM, Young Pierce J. Presented 18 November 2014. It’s My Time: A theorybased communication campaign for Cervical Cancer-Free South Carolina. 142nd Annual Meeting of
the American Public Health Association, New Orleans, Louisiana. 3178.0: PHEHP Materials
Contest Awardees Presentation. [ORAL] Winner of Multi-Media Public Health Materials Award
Rice L, Brandt HM, Annang L, Hardin JW, Wilson S, Glover S. Presented 17 November 2014.
Elucidating the association between perceived cancer risk, neighborhood environment, and riskreducing health behaviors among African Americans in at-risk communities. 142nd Annual Meeting
of the American Public Health Association, New Orleans, Louisiana. 3313.0 PHEHP Student
Awards. [POSTER]
Brandt HM, Rice L, Campbell D, Cornelius E, Wilson S, Glover S. Presented 18 November 2014.
Assessing environmental determinants and perceptions of cancer risk: Opportunities for
community-engaged interventions. 142nd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health
Association, New Orleans, Louisiana. 3085.0 Environmental justice: How health disparities are
measured and addressed. [POSTER]
Corriero RE, Brandt HM, Bynum SA, Bellinger JD. Presented 18 November 2014. HPV and HPV
Vaccination: Recognizing and Identifying Opportunities to Develop Materials for College Students.
142nd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New Orleans, Louisiana. 3078.0:
Undergraduate Poster Contest. [POSTER]
Rice L, Brandt HM, Cornelius E, Campbell D, Wilson S, Glover S. Presented 18 November 2014.
An assessment of community environmental health and perceived cancer risk: A study in
Metropolitan Charleston. 142nd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New
Orleans, Louisiana. 4315.0 Innovative tools for assessing health disparities. [ORAL]
Wigfall LT, Bynum S, Brandt HM, Friedman DB, Bond S, Glover SH, Hébert JR, Lazenby GB,
Richter DL. Presented 18 November 2014. Cervical cancer prevention knowledge and abnormal
Pap test experiences among HIV-positive women. 142nd Annual Meeting of the American Public
Health Association, New Orleans, Louisiana. 4094.0 Breast and cervical cancer screening:
Innovative strategies across the lifespan to improve women’s health. [POSTER]
Wigfall LT, Brandt HM, Treiber FA, Glover SH, Hébert JR. Presented 18 November 2014. Cervical
cancer prevention beliefs and screening behaviors among low-income women in the United States.
142nd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New Orleans, Louisiana. 4288.0
Health communication strategies for cancer prevention and control. [POSTER]
Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES (February 2015 | Complete CV)
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Warren-Jones T, Wilcox S, Hutto B, Blair SN, Pate R, Brandt HM. Presented 18 November 2014.
Associations of sedentary behaviors and health risks among African-American women in the Faith,
Activity, and Nutrition Study. 142nd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New
Orleans, Louisiana. 4095.0 Outstanding research in women’s health. [POSTER]
Farr DE, Brandt HM, Adams SA, Jackson D, Comer KD, Ureda J, Williams D, Scott D, Hébert JR.
Presented 18 November 2014. Evaluating the effects of revised breast and cervical cancer
screening guidelines on Black women’s cancer screening behavior. 142nd Annual Meeting of the
American Public Health Association, New Orleans, Louisiana. 4095.0 Outstanding research in
women’s health. [POSTER]
Farr DE, Comer KD, Brandt HM, Adams SA, Ureda J, Williams D, Scott D, Mayo R, Jackson D,
Green W, Hébert JR. Presented 19 November 2014. Addressing Cancer Health Disparities through
Community Assessment and Action: Impact of a Faith-Based Community-Academic Partnership in
South Carolina. 142nd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New Orleans,
Louisiana. 5076.0 Strategies for successful community-engaged and community-based
interventions. [ROUNDTABLE]
Campbell D, Young VM, Brandt HM, Felder T, Friedman DB, Hébert JR. Presented 19 November
2014. Identifying the need for developing new frameworks for partnerships in community based
research: An assessment of federally-qualified health centers in South Carolina. 142nd Annual
Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New Orleans, Louisiana. 5157.0 Successful
collaborations, Part A. [ORAL]
Rice L, Brandt HM, Annang Ingram L, Hardin JW, Wilson S. Presented 10 November 2014.
Documenting community perceptions of cancer risk, environmental health, and health behaviors: A
study in Metropolitan Charleston. 7th Annual AACR Conference on Science of Cancer Health
Disparities, San Antonio, Texas. [POSTER]
Farr DE, Brandt HM, Friedman DB, Jackson D, Ureda J, Williams D, Scott D, Green W. Hébert JR.
Presented 19 June 2014. Opportunities & attitudes: Influences on research participation in Black
Americans. Geographical Management of Cancer Health Disparities (GMaP) Conference of the
National Cancer Institute’s Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities, Bethesda, Maryland.
[ORAL]
Corriero RE, Brandt HM, Bynum SA, Bellinger JD. Presented 21 May 2014. Exploration of HPV
Vaccination at the University of South Carolina. South Carolina Public Health Association Annual
Meeting, Columbia, South Carolina. [ORAL]
Farr DE, Brandt HM, Friedman DB, Jackson D, Ureda J, Williams D, Scott D, Hébert JR. Presented
21 May 2014. Opportunities & attitudes: Influences on research participation in Black Americans.
South Carolina Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Columbia, South Carolina. [ORAL]
Farr DE, Brandt HM, Friedman DB, Jackson D, Ureda J, Williams D, Scott D, Hébert JR. Presented
11 April 2014. Is it more than mistrust? Examining the influence of structural factors on cancer
research participation in a southern Black population. James E. Clyburn Health Disparities Lecture
Series, Moving Forward: Making the Affordable Care Act work through research, education and
community engagement, Columbia, South Carolina. [POSTER]
Farr D, Comer KD, Ureda JR, Williams DW, Scott DB, Mayo RM, Jackson D, Green W, Brandt HM.
Presented 20-22 March 2014. Community-Based Strategies to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities:
Facilitating Cancer Screening Among African Americans in South Carolina. 2014 Dialogue for
Action: Right-Sizing Cancer Screening, Prevent Cancer Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland.
[POSTER]
Wigfall LT, Friedman DB, Brandt HM, Bynum S, Richter DL, Glover SH, Hébert JR. Presented 04
November 2013. Potential challenges with using mhealth interventions among medically
underserved middle-aged women living with HIV. 141st Annual Meeting of the American Public
Health Association, Boston, Massachusetts. [POSTER]
Rice L, Campbell D, Giles J, Bush D, Cornelius E, Brandt HM, Wilson S, Glover SH. Presented 04
November 2013. Using community-engaged research to inform development of an environmental
health survey. 141st Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston,
Massachusetts. [ORAL]
Wigfall LT, Bynum S, Friedman DB, Brandt HM, Richter DL, Glover SH, Hébert JR. Presented 05
November 2013. Healthcare provider sharing/explaining and HIV-positive women's understanding
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of cancer health information about abnormal pap test results. 141st Annual Meeting of the American
Public Health Association, Boston, Massachusetts. [POSTER]
Craft L, Brandt HM, Prince M, Flynn S. Presented 05 November 2013. Sustaining teen pregnancy
prevention programs in schools: Needs and barriers identified by school leaders. 141st Annual
Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, Massachusetts. [POSTER]
Owens O, Friedman DB, Brandt HM, Bernhardt JM, Hébert JR. Presented 06 November 2013.
Informed decision making in a new age: technology use in informing older southern AfricanAmerican men about prostate cancer screening. 141st Annual Meeting of the American Public
Health Association, Boston, Massachusetts. [ORAL]
Wigfall LT, Brandt HM, Bynum S, Friedman DB, Richter DL, Glover SH, Hébert JR. Presented 06
November 2013. Cervical cancer prevention knowledge and screening behaviors among medicallyunderserved women living with HIV. 141st Annual Meeting of the American Public Health
Association, Boston, Massachusetts. [ORAL]
Brandt HM, Rice L, Campbell D, Williams EM, Cornelius E, Giles J, Glover SH. Presented 06
November 2013. Using photovoice as a tool for community engagement to assess the environment
and health disparities and inform interventions. 141st Annual Meeting of the American Public Health
Association, Boston, Massachusetts. [POSTER]
Brandt HM, Pierce JY, Glover SH, Scott D, Williams D, Bond S. Presented 3 November 2013.
Comprehensive cervical cancer prevention and control: Progress and remaining challenges in
statewide efforts in South Carolina. 141st Annual Meeting of the American Public Health
Association, Session 2047.0 Poster Session - Innovative research on cancer prevention and control
among women: Confronting eliminating disparities, Boston, Massachusetts. [POSTER]
Brandt HM, Pierce JY, Glover SH, Scott D, Williams D, Bond S. Presented 25 October 2013.
Comprehensive cervical cancer prevention and control: Progress and remaining challenges in
statewide efforts in South Carolina. Carolina Women’s Health Research Forum, University of South
Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. [POSTER]
Brandt HM, Pierce JY. HPV vaccination: it’s for girls and boys. Presented 13 June 2013. 14th
Annual Summer Institute of the South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy: Healthy
Youth, Bright Futures, Strong Communities, Columbia, South Carolina. [ORAL]
Owens OL, Friedman DB, Brandt HM, Hébert JR. Presented 12 April 2013. Study of AfricanAmerican men’s health information technology use and prostate screening behavior: Towards a digital
approach to informed decision making. Graduate Student Day at the University of South Carolina,
Columbia, South Carolina. [POSTER]
Craft L, Brandt HM, Prince M, Flynn S. Presented 05April 2013. Sustaining teen pregnancy
prevention programs in schools: Needs and barriers identified by school leaders. James E. Clyburn
Health Disparities Lecture Series, Moving Forward: Staying in the Fight to Eliminate Health
Disparities & to Achieve Health Equity for All, Columbia, South Carolina. [POSTER]
Received Highest Scoring Student Abstract Award
Owens OL, Friedman DB, Brandt HM, Hébert JR, Bernhardt JB. Presented 05 April 2013. Digital
health solutions for promoting informed decision making about prostate cancer screening among
African-American men. James E. Clyburn Health Disparities Lecture Series, Moving Forward:
Staying in the Fight to Eliminate Health Disparities & to Achieve Health Equity for All, Columbia,
South Carolina. [POSTER]
Williams DG, Scott DB, Comer K, Ureda JR, Brandt HM, Jackson D, Farr D, Leith K. Presented 05
April 2013. Cancer Health Disparities: What You Should Know, A Community-Based, Lay Health
Model Cancer Educational Session. James E. Clyburn Health Disparities Lecture Series, Moving
Forward: Staying in the Fight to Eliminate Health Disparities & to Achieve Health Equity for All,
Columbia, South Carolina. [POSTER]
Comer K, Mayo R, Evans V, Talley J, Williams D, Scott D, Ureda J, Seabrook C, Brandt HM. 05
April 2013. The Evolution of the South Carolina Witness Project: 2008-2013. James E. Clyburn
Health Disparities Lecture Series, Moving Forward: Staying in the Fight to Eliminate Health
Disparities & to Achieve Health Equity for All, Columbia, South Carolina. [ABSTRACT BOOKLET]*
Brandt HM, Rice L, Campbell D, Williams EM, Cornelius E, Giles J, Glover SH. 05 April 2013.
Using photovoice as a tool for community engagement to assess the environment and health
disparities and inform interventions. James E. Clyburn Health Disparities Lecture Series, Moving
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Forward: Staying in the Fight to Eliminate Health Disparities & to Achieve Health Equity for All,
Columbia, South Carolina. [ABSTRACT BOOKLET]*
Brandt HM, Pierce JY, Glover SH, Scott D, Williams D, Bond S. 05 April 2013. Comprehensive
cervical cancer prevention and control: Progress and remaining challenges in statewide efforts in
South Carolina. James E. Clyburn Health Disparities Lecture Series, Moving Forward: Staying in
the Fight to Eliminate Health Disparities & to Achieve Health Equity for All, Columbia, South
Carolina. [ABSTRACT BOOKLET]*
James C, Williams D, Ureda J, Scott D, Comer K, Chaisson C, Brandt HM. 05 April 2013. Prostate
Cancer Education Materials: Are they hindering the Informed Decision Making Process among
African Americans in South Carolina? James E. Clyburn Health Disparities Lecture Series, Moving
Forward: Staying in the Fight to Eliminate Health Disparities & to Achieve Health Equity for All,
Columbia, South Carolina. [ABSTRACT BOOKLET]*
James C, Ureda J, Williams D, Scott D, Brandt HM. 05 April 2013. From the African American
male’s perspective: Assessing attitudes, knowledge and perceptions of trust with participation in
biospecimen research. James E. Clyburn Health Disparities Lecture Series, Moving Forward:
Staying in the Fight to Eliminate Health Disparities & to Achieve Health Equity for All, Columbia,
South Carolina. [ABSTRACT BOOKLET]*
James C, Ureda J, Williams D, Scott D, Brandt HM. 05 April 2013. Getting your house in order:
Evaluating the Pastor’s role in delivering an interactive prostate cancer educational program. James
E. Clyburn Health Disparities Lecture Series, Moving Forward: Staying in the Fight to Eliminate
Health Disparities & to Achieve Health Equity for All, Columbia, South Carolina. [ABSTRACT
BOOKLET]*
Warren TY, Wilcox S, St. George SM, Brandt HM. Presented 21 March 2013. A qualitative study of
African-American women’s perceived influences on and strategies to reduce sedentary behavior.
34th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Francisco,
California. [POSTER]
Friedman DB, Freedman DA, Choi SK, Anadu E, Brandt HM, Carvalho N, Hurley TG, Young VM,
Hébert JR. Presented 1 March 2013. Provider communication intervention at a federally qualified
health center based farmers' market: implications for implementation science. improving health
through evidence-based practice and policy. Joint Scientific Retreat on Implementation Science,
Columbia, South Carolina. [ORAL]
Owens OL, Friedman DB, Brandt HM, Hébert JR, Bernhardt JM. Presented 20-22 February 2013.
Informed decision making in the digital age: a study of African-American men’s health information
technology use and prostate cancer screening behavior. Digital Health Communication
Extravaganza, Orlando, Florida. [POSTER]
Proser M, Shin P, Jester M, Payne P, Merrill CT, Weir RC, Nelson C, Brandt HM, Young VM,
Beeson T. Presented 17-19 December 2012. Enhancing Community Research Engagement:
Factors and Challenges Associated with Community Health Centers’ Research Capacity. National
Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities 2012 Summit on the Science of Eliminating
Health Disparities: Building a Healthier Society, National Harbor, Maryland. [POSTER]
Felder TM, Brandt HM, Braun KL, Armstead CA, Hébert JR. Presented 17-19 December 2012.
Developing the next generation of junior investigators committed to reducing cancer disparities
through community-based participatory research: lessons learned from the Community Networks
Program. National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities 2012 Summit on the Science
of Eliminating Health Disparities: Building a Healthier Society, National Harbor, Maryland.
[POSTER]
Comer KD, Mayo R, Evans V, Talley J, Williams DG, Scott DB, Ureda J, Seabrook C, Brandt HM.
Presented 17-19 December 2012. The evolution of the South Carolina Witness Project: 2008-2012.
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities 2012 Summit on the Science of
Eliminating Health Disparities: Building a Healthier Society, National Harbor, Maryland. [POSTER]
James CL, Ureda J, Williams DG, Scott DB, Brandt HM. Presented 17-19 December 2012. Getting
your house in order: evaluating the pastor’s role in delivering an interactive prostate cancer
educational program. National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities 2012 Summit on
the Science of Eliminating Health Disparities: Building a Healthier Society, National Harbor,
Maryland. [POSTER]
Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES (February 2015 | Complete CV)
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James CL, Williams DG, Scott DB, Ureda J, Brandt HM, Comer K. Presented 17-19 December
2012. “If asked, I would participate”: understanding African Americans’ beliefs and attitudes
regarding participation in clinical trials and biospecimens collection. National Institute on Minority
Health and Health Disparities 2012 Summit on the Science of Eliminating Health Disparities:
Building a Healthier Society, National Harbor, Maryland. [POSTER]
Bynum SA, Wigfall LT, Brandt HM, Hurley TG, Richter DL, Glover SH, Hébert JR. Presented 17-19
December 2012. Examining the impact of health literacy on HIV-positive women’s cervical cancer
prevention knowledge and behaviors. National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
2012 Summit on the Science of Eliminating Health Disparities: Building a Healthier Society,
National Harbor, Maryland. [POSTER]
Brandt HM, Elkind J, Lindley L, Jackson D, Mattison Faye A, Landi S. Presented 31 October 2012.
HPV vaccination among male college students: an opportunity for prevention. 140th Annual Meeting
of the American Public Health Association, Session 5088.0 Reproductive and sexual health for
teens and young adults, part 4: STIs/HIV, San Francisco, California. Available online at
http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Brandt HM, Freedman D, Kissel L, Jacobs T, Murphy T. Presented 30 October 2012. Planting
Healthy Roots: A Look at the Right Choice, Fresh Start Farmers’ Market. 140th Annual Meeting of
the American Public Health Association, Session 4215.0 US Film Festival Session 2, San
Francisco, California. Available online at http://www.apha.org. [ORAL/FILM FESTIVAL]
Mayo R, Comer K, Evans V, Williams D, Scott D, Seabrook C, Brandt HM. Presented 30 October
2012. South Carolina Witness Project: Witnessing to save lives. 140th Annual Meeting of the
American Public Health Association, Session 4215.0 US Film Festival Session 2, San Francisco,
California. Available online at http://www.apha.org. [ORAL/FILM FESTIVAL]
Felder TM, Brandt HM, Braun KL, Hébert JR. Presented 30 October 2012. Training and mentoring
of junior investigators committed to addressing cancer-related health disparities through
community-based participatory research: Lessons learned from the Community Networks Program.
140th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Session 4164.0 Poster session –
Community-based Participatory Research, San Francisco, California. Available online at
http://www.apha.org. [POSTER]
Proser M, Shin P, Jester M, Payne P, Merrill CT, Weir RC, Nelson C, Brandt HM, Young VM, Tobin
JN, Beeson T. Presented 30 October 2012. Enhancing community research engagement: a
national survey of factors and challenges associated with Community Health Centers' research
capacity. 140th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Session 4102.0
Academic-community partnerships: the good, the bad, and the ugly, San Francisco, California.
Available online at http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Koskan A, Friedman DB, Messias DKH, Brandt HM, Walsemann KM. Presented 29 October 2012.
Sustaining community health programs delivered by promotores de salud: Program planners'
perspectives and experiences. 140th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association,
Session 3327.0 Sustaining CHW programs: Successes and challenges, San Francisco, California.
Available online at http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Wigfall LT, Brandt HM, Bond SM, Kirby H, Duffus WA, Glover SH, Hébert JR. Presented 29
October 2012. HIV testing among financially-disadvantaged women diagnosed with cervical cancer
in South Carolina. 140th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Session 3287.0
Women’s needs and responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, San Francisco, California. Available
online at http://www.apha.org. [POSTER]
Workman L, Brandt HM, Jackson D, Annang L, Cook A, Devlin TM, Swan S, Adams SA, Wirth M,
Hurley TG. Presented 28 October 2012. A gender-based examination of colorectal cancer
screening participation among participants in a colon cancer awareness and educational program in
two South Carolina counties. 140th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association,
Session 2058.0 Women’s health across the lifespan, San Francisco, California. Available online at
http://www.apha.org. [POSTER]
Lindley L, Landi S, Elkind J, Brandt HM. Presented 28 October 2012. Receipt of the human
papillomavirus vaccine among female college students in the US, 2009. 140th Annual Meeting of the
American Public Health Association, Session 2056.0 Emerging issues in reproductive and sexual
health, San Francisco, California. Available online at http://www.apha.org. [POSTER]
Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES (February 2015 | Complete CV)
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Proser M, Jester M, Shin P, Payne P, Beeson T, Merrill C, Weir RC, Young V, Brandt HM,
Campbell D, Felder T, DeVoe J. Presented 29-31 August 2012. Enhancing Community Research
Engagement: Factors and Challenges Associated with Community Health Centers’ Research
Capacity. Clinical and Translational Science Award Community Engagement Key Function
Committee Meeting, Washington, DC. [POSTER]
James C, Ureda J, Williams D, Scott D, Brandt HM. Presented 30 July 2012. We have to do
something: African-American males’ struggle with the recent U.S. Preventative Services Task Force
grade of “D” for prostate cancer screening. Community Networks Program Centers Program
Meeting, Bethesda, Maryland. [POSTER]
Proser M, Jester M, Payne PW, Weir RC, Merrill C, Young VM, Brandt HM, Nelson C. Presented
24 June 2012. Federally-Qualified Health Center Research Capacity: Enhancing Community
Research Engagement. AcademyHealth 2012 Research Meeting, Session A, #220, Orlando,
Florida. [POSTER]
Freedman DA, Alia KA, Brandt HM, Hébert JR. Presented June 2012. Farmers’ markets: A
microcosm for (re)forming social regularities for community, economic, and personal health and
development. IV International Conference of Community Psychology, Barcelona, Spain. [ORAL]
Freedman DA, Brandt HM. Presented June 2012. Using documentary film to evaluate and
disseminate participatory research. IV International Conference of Community Psychology,
Barcelona, Spain. [ORAL]
Alia KA, Freedman DA, Brandt HM. Presented June 2012. Planting Healthy Roots: Filmmaking as
a tool for evaluating and disseminating participatory research related to food access. Biennial
Meeting of the Society of the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Charlotte, NC. [ORAL]
Proser M, Payne P, Shin P, Jester M, Merrill, Weir RC, Young V, Brandt HM, Campbell D, Felder
T, Tobin JN. Presented 29 May-1 June 2012. Enhancing Community Health Centers’ Research
Capacity to Improve Community Health. Society for Prevention Research 20th Annual Meeting
Promoting Healthy Living Through Prevention Science, Washington, DC. [ORAL]
James CL, Williams DG, Ureda JR, Scott DB, Comer K, Chaisson C, Brandt HM. Presented May
2012. Assessing prostate cancer educational materials for readability, suitability, and content.
8th Biennial Cancer, Culture, and Literacy Conference, Clearwater Beach, Florida. [ORAL]
Wigfall LT, Brandt HM, Duffus WA, Bond SM, Puett R, Kirby H, Glover SH, Hébert JR. Presented
26 April 2012. Communication barriers and potential mHealth solutions to addressing health and
health care disparities for financially disadvantaged populations. South Carolina Clinical and
Translational Research Institute (SCTR) Mobile Health Technology Retreat, Charleston, South
Carolina. [ORAL]
Friedman DB, Young VM, Freedman DA, Adams SA, Brandt HM, Felder TM, Xirasagar S, Khang
L, Campbell DA, Ureda JR, Hurley TG, McCracken JL, Hébert JR. Presented 20 April 2012. The
South Carolina Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network: a collaboration of researchers,
federally qualified health centers, and community partners. James E. Clyburn Health Disparities
Lecture Series, Moving from Hope to Action: Transforming Research to Eliminate Health Disparities
Across Generations, Columbia, South Carolina. [POSTER]
Messias DK, Brandt HM, Walton A, Sorum M, Hardin C. Presented 20 April 2012. La iniciativa
Latina contra el cáncer: promotora-delivered community outreach to address cervical and breast
cancer health disparities in the South Carolina Midlands. James E. Clyburn Health Disparities
Lecture Series, Moving from Hope to Action: Transforming Research to Eliminate Health Disparities
Across Generations, Columbia, South Carolina. [ABSTRACT BOOKLET]*
Workman L, Brandt HM, Jackson D, Annang L, Cook A, Devlin TM, Swan S, Adams SA, Wirth M,
Hurley TG. Presented 20 April 2012. A gender-based examination of colorectal cancer screening
participation among participants in a colon cancer awareness and educational program in two
South Carolina counties. James E. Clyburn Health Disparities Lecture Series, Moving from Hope to
Action: Transforming Research to Eliminate Health Disparities Across Generations, Columbia,
South Carolina. [ABSTRACT BOOKLET]*
Brandt HM, Young V, Campbell D, Felder T, Friedman DB, Hébert JR, Khang L. Presented 20 April
2012. Results of a practice enhancement opportunity assessment of federally-qualified health
centers in South Carolina. James E. Clyburn Health Disparities Lecture Series, Moving from Hope
to Action: Transforming Research to Eliminate Health Disparities Across Generations, Columbia,
South Carolina. [ABSTRACT BOOKLET]*
Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES (February 2015 | Complete CV)
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Brandt HM, Dolinger H, Sharpe PA, Hardin JW. Presented 20 April 2012. Colorectal cancer
information seeking behavior and trusted sources: Opportunities for intervention. James E. Clyburn
Health Disparities Lecture Series, Moving from Hope to Action: Transforming Research to Eliminate
Health Disparities Across Generations. Columbia, South Carolina. [ABSTRACT BOOKLET]*
Brandt HM, Dolinger H, Sharpe PA, Hardin JW. Presented 20 April 2012. Physician
Recommendation as a Predictor of Participation in Colorectal Cancer Screening: A populationbased Study of South Carolina Adults. James E. Clyburn Health Disparities Lecture Series, Moving
from Hope to Action: Transforming Research to Eliminate Health Disparities Across Generations.
Columbia, South Carolina. [ABSTRACT BOOKLET]*
Brandt HM, Freedman D, Kissel L, Jacobs T, Murphy T. Presented 20 April 2012. Planting Healthy
Roots: A Look at the Right Choice Fresh Start Farmers Market: Using Documentary Film to
Evaluate and Disseminate Community-based Participatory Research. James E. Clyburn Health
Disparities Lecture Series, Moving from Hope to Action: Transforming Research to Eliminate Health
Disparities Across Generations. Columbia, South Carolina. [ABSTRACT BOOKLET]*
Proser M, Shin P, Payne P, Jester M, Merrill C, Tobin Chang RW, Young V, Brandt HM, Campbell
D, Felder T, Rachman F. Presented 18-20 April 2012. Enhancing Community Research
Engagement: Factors and Challenges Associated with Community Health Centers’ Research
Capacity. Society for Clinical and Translational Science Meeting, Washington DC. [POSTER]
Proser M, Shin P, Payne P, Jester M, Merrill C, Tobin Chang RW, Young V, Brandt HM, Campbell
D, Felder T, Rachman F. Presented 18-21 April 2012. Enhancing Community Research
Engagement: Factors and Challenges Associated with Community Health Centers’ Research
Capacity. Community-Campus Partnerships for Health 32nd Annual Conference, Houston, Texas.
[POSTER/ROUNDTABLE]
Alia KA, Freedman DA, Brandt HM, Hébert JR. Presented 30 March 2012. Social connections at
farmers’ markets as conduits for surmounting health disparities in underserved contexts. 2nd Annual
Symposium of the Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities and the Environment and
Sustainability Program, Health Eating in Context: Local Solutions, Global Challenges, Columbia,
South Carolina. [POSTER]
Magwood JS, Sebastian N, Wigfall LT, Brandt HM, Richter DL, Glover SH, Hébert JR. Presented
30 March 2012. What some HIV-positive women think about eating healthy foods. 2nd Annual
Symposium of the Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities and the Environment and
Sustainability Program, Health Eating in Context: Local Solutions, Global Challenges, Columbia,
South Carolina. [POSTER]
Sebastian N, Magwood JS, Wigfall LT, Brandt HM, Richter DL, Glover SH, Hébert JR. Presented
30 March 2012. Access to healthy foods and dietary behaviors among HIV-positive women. 2nd
Annual Symposium of the Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities and the
Environment and Sustainability Program, Health Eating in Context: Local Solutions, Global
Challenges, Columbia, South Carolina. [POSTER]
Wigfall LT, Brandt HM, Duffus WA, Bond SM, Puett R, Kirby H, Glover SH, Hébert JR. Presented 9
January 2012. HPV and cervical cancer prevention and control among financially disadvantaged
women living with HIV/AIDS in South Carolina. 2nd International Workshop on HIV & Women from
Adolescence through Menopause, Bethesda, Maryland. [ORAL]
Jacobs T, Murphy T, Kissel L, Brandt HM, Freedman D, Hébert JR. Presented 14 November 2011.
Planting Healthy Roots: A Look at the Right Choice Fresh Start Farmers’ Market. Beyond the
Classroom: The Student Lens Film Clips from Four Student Documentary Films and Panel
Discussion of the Student Film Experience, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina.
[ORAL]
Wigfall LT, Brandt HM, Duffus WA, Bond SM, Puett R, Kirby H, Glover SH, Hébert JR. Presented 7
November 2011. Pap testing among newly diagnosed women living with HIV/AIDS in South
Carolina: Routine screening and abnormal follow-up behaviors of HIV-positive female South
Carolina Medicaid recipients 18-64 years between 2005-2009. Office of HIV/AIDS Malignancies,
13th International Conference on Malignancies in AIDS and Other Acquired Immunodeficiencies,
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD. [POSTER]
Workman LM, Brandt HM, Jackson DD, Cook A, Devlin TM, Annang L, Swan S, Adams SA, Wirth
M, Hurley T. Presented 4 November 2011. Participation in Colorectal Cancer Screening among
men and women in Richland and Lexington Counties, South Carolina: Results from the WE CAN!
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Colon Cancer Program. Carolina Women’s Health Research Forum, Columbia, South Carolina.
[POSTER]
Hirsch SM, Brandt HM. Presented 4 November 2011. Positive Outcomes of Nonconsensual
Medical Research: A Qualitative Case Study. Carolina Women’s Health Research Forum,
Columbia, South Carolina. [POSTER]
Bellinger JD, Brandt HM, Hardin JW, Bynum SA, Sharpe PA. Presented 2 November 2011.
Knowledge of family history of cancer on cervical cancer screening behavior in a population-based
survey of women in the Southeastern United States. 139th Annual Meeting of the American Public
Health Association, Session 5093.0 Evidence-based breast and cervical cancer prevention:
Influences on patient and provider decision-making, Washington, DC. Available online at
http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Friedman DB, Young VM, Freedman DA, Adams SA, Brandt HM, Felder TM, Xirasagar S, Ureda
JR, Hurley TG, Steck SE, Thrasher JF, Hebert JR. Presented 2 November 2011. Reducing cancer
disparities through innovative partnerships: A collaboration of the South Carolina Cancer
Prevention and Control Research Network and Federally Qualified Health Centers. 139th Annual
Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Session 5106.0 Innovative Partnerships with
Media, Academia, and Communities to Improve Cancer Prevention and Control, Washington, DC.
Available online at http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Freedman DA, Whiteside YO, Young VM, Brandt HM, Willms L, Hatala J, Friedman DB, Hebert JR.
Presented 2 November 2011. Pharmacies to farm stands: Assessing readiness for establishing
farmers’ markets at federally qualified health centers. 139th Annual Meeting of the American Public
Health Association, Session 3185.0 Food Policy and Nutrition Programs for Food Insecure and
Other Special Populations, Washington, DC. Available online at http://www.apha.org. [POSTER]
Brandt HM, Workman L, Jackson D, Devlin TM, Cook A, Adams SA, Annang L, Swan S. Presented
31 October 2011. Implementation and evaluation of a community navigation program to increase
participation in colon cancer screening: WE CAN! (Wellness, Education, Community Awareness,
and Navigation) Colon Cancer Program. 139th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health
Association, Session 3069.0 Community and Lay Health Workers: Building Public Health Capacity,
Washington, DC. Available online at http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Brandt HM, Ranhofer H, Sharpe PA, Hardin JW. Presented 31 October 2011. Colorectal cancer
information seeking behavior and trusted sources: Opportunities for intervention. 139th Annual
Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Session 3263.0 Cancer: Health Education and
Promotion Strategies for Prevention and Survivorship, Washington, DC. Available online at
http://www.apha.org. [ROUNDTABLE]
Brandt HM, Ranhofer H, Sharpe PA, Hardin JW. Presented 31 October 2011. Physician
recommendation as a predictor of participation in colorectal cancer screening: A population-based
study of South Carolina adults. 139th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association,
Session 3263.0 Cancer: Health Education and Promotion Strategies for Prevention and
Survivorship, Washington, DC. Available online at http://www.apha.org. [ROUNDTABLE]
Freedman DA, Young VM, Brandt HM, Armstrong P, Cobbs E, Friedman DB, Hebert JR.
Presented 28-30 August 2011. Assessing Readiness for Establishing Farmers’ Markets at
Community Health Centers. National Association of Community Health Centers Annual
Conference. San Diego, California. [POSTER]
Williams DG, Scott DB, Ureda JR, Brandt HM, Comer K, Drayton RF, Leith K. Presented 14 July
2011. “Cancer Health Disparities: What You Should Know” A Community-based, Lay Health Model,
Cancer Educational Session. Cancer Health Disparities Program Meeting, Bethesda, Maryland.
[POSTER]
Ureda JR, Brandt HM, Comer KD, Khang L, Williams DG, Scott DB, Leith K. Presented 13 July
2011. How do we ensure this is a good program? Ensuring faithful program delivery among a
trained group of faith-based lay health advocates. Cancer Health Disparities Program Meeting,
Bethesda, Maryland. [POSTER]
Leith K, Brandt HM, Williams DG, Comer K, Ranhofer H. Presented 14 July 2011. Evaluating the
Effectiveness of Partnerships: A Social Network Analysis of the South Carolina Cancer Disparities
Community Network-I. Cancer Health Disparities Program Meeting, Bethesda, Maryland. [POSTER]
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Magwood JS, Wigfall LT, Hebert JR, Brandt HM, Glover, SH, Richter DL. Presented 14 July 2011.
Knowledge and use of anal Pap tests among women living with HIV/AIDS. National Cancer Institute
Cancer Health Disparities Summit, Bethesda, Maryland. [POSTER]
Wigfall LT, Brandt HM, Richter DL, Duffus WA, Glover SH. Presented 29 April 2011. Reasons for
not adhering to cervical cancer screening guidelines and HPV knowledge among HIV indeterminate
midlife women (50-64 years old) whose last Pap test was >6 years ago. James E. Clyburn Health
Disparities Lecture Series, Health Equity in the 21st Century: Saving the Next Generation,
Columbia, South Carolina. [POSTER]
Brandt HM, Devlin TM, Cook A, Workman L, Jackson D, Adams SA, Annang L, Swan S. Presented
29 April 2011. A community navigation program to increase participation in colon cancer screening:
WE CAN! (Wellness, Education, Community Awareness, and Navigation) Colon Cancer Program.
James E. Clyburn Health Disparities Lecture Series, Health Equity in the 21st Century: Saving the
Next Generation, Columbia, South Carolina. [ABSTRACT BOOKLET]*
Comer K, Williams D, Scott D, Mayo R, Ureda J, Evans V, Brandt HM. Presented 29 April 2011.
Witnessing to Save Lives: Increasing Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Among AfricanAmerican Women in South Carolina. James E. Clyburn Health Disparities Lecture Series, Health
Equity in the 21st Century: Saving the Next Generation, Columbia, South Carolina. [ABSTRACT
BOOKLET]*
Bynum SA, Brandt HM, Friedman DB, Annang L, Tanner A. Presented 10 November 2010. Gender
differences in HPV knowledge, beliefs, and vaccine acceptance among southern black college
students. 138th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Session 5185.0 HPV,
Denver, Colorado. Available online at http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Walton A, Messias DKH, Brandt HM. Presented 8 November 2010. Latino-serving communitybased organizations in a Southeastern US city: A grounded theory analysis of collaborating for
community health. 138th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Session 3253.0
Women’s health equity: An examination of social determinants in disadvantaged populations,
Denver, Colorado. Available online at http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Gareau SJ, Luchok K, Brandt HM, Ishikawa T, Murday D, Probst JC, Billings DL. Presented 8
November 2010. Whitner Decision: A punitive response to substance use among women in South
Carolina. 138th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Session 3423.0
Marginalization and Treatment of Drug-Using Women, Denver, Colorado. Available online at
http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Bellinger JD, Brandt HM, Probst JC, Glover S. Presented 7 November 2010. Cervical cancer
prevention and control practices, knowledge, and preferences among women living in the
Southeastern United States. 138th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association,
Session 2042.0 Eliminating women’s health disparities, Denver, Colorado. Available online at
http://www.apha.org. [POSTER]
Brandt HM, Devlin TM, Cook A, Adams SA, Annang L, Swan S, Workman L, Williams M, Ranhofer
H. Presented 11 October 2010. WE CAN! Prevent, treat, and beat colon cancer: Using multiple
communication channels to implement a colon cancer program. Convergence & Society: Science,
health, and new dimensions of communication, Columbia, South Carolina. [ORAL]
Bynum SA, Brandt HM, Sharpe PA, Williams MS, Kerr JC. Presented 2 October 2010. Working to
close the gap: Identifying predictors of HPV vaccine initiation among African American college
women. Poster session presented at Third American Association for Cancer Research: The
Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved,
Miami, Florida. [POSTER]
Brandt HM, Dhotre K, Scott DB, Williams DG, Drayton RF, Mayo R, Ureda JR, Hebert JR, State
Baptist Young Woman’s Auxiliary of South Carolina Region 6 Health Ministry. Presented 2 October
2010. Developing HPV educational programs in faith-based settings: results of a community-based
participatory research study. Poster session presented at Third American Association for Cancer
Research: The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically
Underserved, Miami, Florida. [POSTER]
Brandt HM, Ranhofer HL, Sharpe PA, Hardin JW. Presented 2 October 2010. Relationship of
colorectal cancer awareness and knowledge with colorectal cancer screening: results of a
population-based study. Poster session presented at Third American Association for Cancer
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Research: The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically
Underserved, Miami, Florida. [POSTER]
Brandt HM, Bond SM. Presented 17 June 2010. Science and practical realities of HPV vaccines.
11th Annual Summer Institute of the South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy: Waves
of Change, Oceans of Opportunity, North Charleston, South Carolina. [ORAL]
Bynum SA, Brandt HM, Sharpe PA. Presented 20 May 2010. Abnormal Pap tests: What are
women being told by their health care provider? 7th Biennial Cancer, Culture, and Literacy
Conference on Methodologies, Skills, and Innovations, Clearwater Beach, Florida. [POSTER]
Wigfall LT, Brandt HM, Richter DL, Duffus WA, Glover SH. Presented 26 April 2010. Reasons for
not adhering to cervical cancer screening guidelines and HPV knowledge among women (50-64
years old) of unknown HIV serostatus whose last Pap test was >6 years ago. 12th International
Conference on Malignancies in AIDS and Other Acquired Immunodeficiencies, Bethesda, Maryland.
Available online at: http://www.infectagentscancer.com/content/5/S1/A68. [POSTER]
Brandt HM, Williams DG, Comer, K. Presented 25 March 2010. Women as active partners in clinicand community-based health research: Addressing cervical cancer in South Carolina. Southeastern
Women’s Studies Association: Cultural Productions, Gender and Activism, Columbia, South
Carolina. [ORAL]
Lindley LL, Brandt HM. Presented 10 March 2010. Perceived Risk for STIs and Reproductive
Cancers among Lesbians in South Carolina. National STD Prevention Conference, Atlanta,
Georgia. Available online at: http://cdc.confex.com/cdc/std2010/webprogram/Paper21327.html.
[POSTER]
Bond SM, Cartmell KB, Ford ME, Brandt HM, Alberg AJ. Presented March 2010. Adolescent
female perceptions of human papillomavirus vaccines for the prevention of cervical cancer.
American Society of Preventive Oncology, Las Vegas, Nevada. [POSTER]
Bond SM, Cartmell KB, Ford ME, Brandt HM, Alberg AJ. Presented March 2010. Adult perceptions
of human papillomavirus vaccines for the prevention of cervical cancer. 2010 American Society of
Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology Biennial Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada. [POSTER]
Bynum SA, Brandt HM, Annang, L, Friedman D, Tanner A. Presented 12 November 2009. Cultural
and Historical Influences on HPV Vaccine Acceptance among Black Southern College Students.
NIH National Graduate Student Annual Research Festival, Bethesda, MD. [ORAL]
Walton A, Murday AS, Brandt HM, Messias DKH. Presented 10 November 2009. Systematic
review of Spanish language cancer educational materials: A first step in improving message reach
and effectiveness. 137th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Session 4264.0
Innovative Student Research in Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Available online at:
http://www.apha.org. [ROUNDTABLE]
Smith JH, Brandt HM, Hebert JR, Ashford-Carroll T, Cooper L. Presented 10 November 2009.
Tobacco Use among College Students Attending an HBCU. 137th Annual Meeting of the American
Public Health Association, Session 4145.0 Cessation & African Americans, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Available online at: http://www.apha.org. [POSTER]
Brandt HM. Presented 10 November 2009. Community-based Cancer Prevention and Control to
Address Cancer Disparities. 137th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association,
Session 4396.0 Community-Based Solutions to Address Health Disparities, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Available online at: http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Walton A, Brandt HM, Messias DKH. Presented 9 November 2009. Because ver batim isn’t
enough: Adaptation of the Spanish language Cancer Education Guide into a culturally- and
linguistically appropriate health education material. 137th Annual Meeting of the American Public
Health Association, Session 3186.0 Tools in Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Available online at: http://www.apha.org. [POSTER]
Lindley LL, Barnett CL, Friedman D, Brandt HM. Presented 9 November 2009. Perceived risk for
HIV, STIs, and reproductive cancers among sexual minority women in South Carolina. 137th Annual
Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Session 3235.0 Lesbian and Bisexual Women’s
Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Available online at: http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Bellinger JD, Brandt HM, Probst JC, Glover S, Martin AB, Hardin JW. Presented 9 November 2009.
Does discrimination matter?: Effects of access to care, perceived discrimination, and distrust on
cervical cancer prevention and control in South Carolina. 137th Annual Meeting of the American
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Public Health Association, Session 3068.0 Emerging Issues of Women’s Sexual Health in Diverse
Communities, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Available online at: http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Messias DKH, Billings D, Brown S, Slade D, Witkowski S, Mayhew C, Humphries K, Fore E, Brandt
HM, Parra-Medina D. Presented 30 October 2009. Hispanic Health Research Network. 2009
Carolina Women’s Health Research Forum, Columbia, South Carolina. [POSTER]
Dhotre K, Brandt HM, Scott DB, Williams DG, Drayton R, Mayo RM, Hebert JR, State Baptist
Young Woman’s Auxiliary. Presented 30 October 2009. HPV Vaccine Acceptability and Promotion
in Faith-based Settings: Formative Research. 2009 Carolina Women’s Health Research Forum,
Columbia, South Carolina. [POSTER]
Bellinger JD, Probst JC, Brandt HM, Glover S, Martin AB, Hardin J. Presented 29 June 2009. Do
Discrimination and Distrust Matter: Effects of Access to Care, Perceived Discrimination, and Health
System Distrust on Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control in South Carolina. AcademyHealth 26th
Annual Research Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. [ORAL]
Walton A, Brandt HM, Messias DKH. Presented 20 May 2009. The Iniciativa Latina contra el
Cáncer: Reducing the Impact of Breast and Cervical Cancer in the Hispanic Community via
Tailored Health Education Materials and Promotoras. South Carolina Public Health Association
Annual Meeting, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. [POSTER]
Bellinger JD, Probst JC, Brandt HM, Glover S, Martin AB, Hardin J. Presented 29 April 2009. Do
Discrimination and Distrust Matter: Effects of Access to Care, Perceived Discrimination, and Health
System Distrust on Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control in South Carolina. South Carolina
Office of Rural Health Conference, Hilton Head, South Carolina. [POSTER]
Bellinger JD, Probst JC, Brandt HM, Glover S, Martin AB, Hardin J. Presented 21 April 2009. Do
Discrimination and Distrust Matter: Effects of Access to Care, Perceived Discrimination, and Health
System Distrust on Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control in South Carolina. Clyburn Lecture
Series Poster Session, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. [POSTER]
Messias DKH, Brandt HM, Walton A. Presented 13 March 2009. Iniciativa Latina contra el Cáncer:
Addressing Cancer Screening Disparities among Latinas in South Carolina. Hollings Cancer Center
Spring Symposium, Charleston, South Carolina. [POSTER]
Bellinger JD, Probst JC, Brandt HM, Glover S, Martin AB, Hardin J. Presented 25 Feb 2009.
Effects of Access to Care, Perceived Discrimination, and Health System Distrust on Cervical
Cancer Prevention and Control in South Carolina. Office of Minority Health, Health Disparities
Leadership Summit, Washington, DC [POSTER]
Wright MS, Brandt HM, Corwin S, Hebert JR, Friedman DB. Presented 16 December 2008.
Barriers to colonoscopy among African Americans residing in medically underserved areas: A
descriptive study. NIH Summit: The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities, National Center on
Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Harbor, Maryland. [POSTER]
Uwagbai ON, Geslani G, Bowman R, Brandt HM, Pirisi L. Presented 8 November 2008. Breast
cancer: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among South Carolina Women. 2008 Annual
Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. Available online at:
http://www.abrcms.org/index.html. [ORAL]
Messias DKH, Parra-Medina D, Brandt HM. Presented 28 October 2008. A community-based
partnership approach to access to care barriers among limited-English proficient Latinas. 136th
Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Session 4384.0 Transcending the
Borders of Health Care for Women, San Diego, California. Available online at: http://www.apha.org.
[ORAL]
Pluto D, Brandt HM, Ogoussan O, Simpson LR, Drayton R. Presented 28 October 2008. Returning
research findings to the community: Approaches for enhancing meaning and relevance. 136th
Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Session 4377.0 Engaging Communities
to Address Health Behaviors, San Diego, California. Available online at: http://www.apha.org.
[ORAL]
Lindley LL, Barnett CL, Brandt HM, Hardin JW, Burcin M. Presented 28 October 2008. STIs among
sexually active female college students: Does sexual orientation or gender of sex partner(s) male a
difference? 136th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Session 4104.0
Lesbian and Bisexual Women’s Health, San Diego, California. Available online at:
http://www.apha.org. [POSTER]
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Ureda JR, Byrd T, Scott DB, Williams D, Hebert JR, Brandt HM. Presented 27 October 2008.
Illustrated story map use in community research and education. 136th Annual Meeting of the
American Public Health Association, Session 3148.0 Evidence-based Health Communication, San
Diego, California. Available online at: http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Bynum SA, Brandt HM, Phaup T, Lindley LL, Stokes S. Presented 27 October 2008. First year
college students: What they know, believe, and think about HPV and their sexual health. 136th
Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Session 3386.0 Health Promotion in
College Populations, San Diego, California. Available online at: http://www.apha.org. [POSTER]
Lindley LL, Brandt HM. Presented 26 October 2008. Receipt of routine gynecological exams
among sexual minority college women. 136th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health
Association, Session 2045.1 Current Issues in Women’s Health, San Diego, California. Available
online at: http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Brandt HM, Scott DB, Williams D, Drayton R, Mayo R, Hebert JR, Ureda, J, Parra-Medina D, PirisiCreek L, Sharpe PA, State Baptist Young Woman’s Auxiliary Health Ministry. Presented 16 July
2008. HPV Vaccine Acceptability and Programming in Faith-Based Settings. Cancer Health
Disparities Summit: Eliminating Cancer Health Disparities through Science, Training, and
Community, Bethesda, Maryland. [POSTER]
Brandt HM, Scott DB, Williams D, Drayton R, Mayo R, Hebert JR, Ureda, J, State Baptist Young
Woman’s Auxiliary Health Ministry. Presented 16 July 2008. Addressing cervical cancer through
faith-based, community-based participatory approaches. Cancer Health Disparities Summit:
Eliminating Cancer Health Disparities through Science, Training, and Community, Bethesda,
Maryland. [POSTER]
Sharpe PA, Brandt HM, Owl-Myers E, Taylor B, Mullins G, Peck L, McCree DH. Presented 5
November 2007. Development of Culturally-Appropriate Educational Materials on HPV and Pap
tests for American Indian Woman. 135th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health
Association, Session 3071.0 HPV and Cervical Cancer, Washington, District of Columbia. Available
online at http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Brandt HM, Sharpe PA, Owl-Myers E, Taylor B, Mullins G, Burroughs EL, Dickey M, McCree DH.
Presented 5 November 2007. HPV and Cervical Health Knowledge among American Indian
Women in the Southeastern U.S. 135th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association,
Session 3071.0 HPV and Cervical Cancer, Washington, District of Columbia. Available online at
http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Bynum SA, Brandt HM, Wright MS, Burgis J, Bacon J. Presented 14 September 2007.
Psychosocial, Educational, and Behavioral Factors Related to HPV among Adolescent Girls and
Young Women. Carolina Women’s Health Research Forum, Columbia, South Carolina. [POSTER]
Sharpe PA, Brandt HM, McCree DH. Presented June 2007. Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors
related to human papillomavirus infection among rural, economically disadvantaged women. 17th
Annual Meeting of the International Society for Sexually Transmitted Disease Research, Seattle,
Washington. [POSTER]
Brandt HM, Scarinci I. Presented 6 November 2006. Eliminating cervical cancer disparities: The
role of information and communication. 134th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health
Association, Session 3012.0 Information Technology and the Role of the Community in Addressing
Cancer Disparities, Boston, Massachusetts. Available online at http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Brandt HM, Coleman J, Pirisi-Creek L, Bush S, Britton H. Presented 27 October 2006. USC-Claflin
EXPORT Center presents HPV vaccine panel. 2006 South Carolina HIV/STD Conference:
Stemming the Tide, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. [ORAL]
Brandt HM, Sharpe PA, McCree DH, Wright M, Davis J, Hutto BE. Presented September 2006.
HPV vaccine acceptability among women living in a rural region of the southeastern U.S. 23rd
International Papillomavirus Conference & Clinical Workshop, Prague, Czech Republic. Available
online at http://www.ipvsoc.org/. [POSTER]
Brandt HM, Sharpe PA, McCree DH. Presented 12 December 2005. Basic facts about human
papillomavirus (HPV) and future directions. 133rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health
Association, 3062.0 HPV and Cervical Cancer: Women's Educational, Emotional, and Medical
Experiences and Needs, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Available online at http://www.apha.org.
[ORAL]
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Brandt HM, Coker AL, Sanderson M, Olson C. Presented 5 May 2005. Clinician communication of
HPV: A qualitative study. 22nd International Papillomavirus Conference, Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada. Available online at http://www.ipvsoc.org/. [POSTER]
Sharpe PA, Brandt HM, McCree DH, Torres ME, Hutto BE. Presented 5 May 2005. Women’s
knowledge of HPV: Results from a telephone interview with lower income women in a rural primary
care setting. 22nd International Papillomavirus Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Available online at http://www.ipvsoc.org/. [POSTER]
Brandt HM, Sharpe PA, McCree DH, Torres ME, Hutto BE. Presented 5 May 2005. Women’s
reports of clinician messages and recommendations about HPV. 22nd International Papillomavirus
Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Available online at http://www.ipvsoc.org/.
[POSTER]
Sharpe PA, Brandt HM, McCree DH, Torres M, Hutto B. Presented 5 May 2005. Impact of
abnormal Pap tests and HPV on women: formative research. 22nd International Papillomavirus
Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Available online at http://www.ipvsoc.org/.
[POSTER]
Brandt HM, Sharpe PA, McCree DH. Presented 9 November 2004. Use of cognitive interviewing to
develop a human papillomavirus (HPV) telephone questionnaire for women living in rural South
Carolina. 132nd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, District of
Columbia. Available online at http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Luchok KJ, Modayil M, Abbott JM, Brandt HM, Prabhu Das I, Coker AL. Presented 8 November
2004. Congruence between clinician and client perspectives on factors affecting follow-up of
abnormal Pap test results. 132nd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association,
Washington, District of Columbia. Available online at http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Brandt HM, Parra-Medina D, Luchok KL, Evans S, Abbott JM, Coker AL. Presented 20 May 2004.
Accuracy and currency of clinician communication and recommendations for women who have
abnormal Pap tests and human papillomavirus (HPV). Cancer, Culture, and Literacy: Innovative
Approaches for Advancing Effective Cancer Communications and Research, 4th Biennial
Conference, Tampa, Florida. [POSTER]
Sharpe PA, Brandt HM, Robertson R, McCree DH, Torbett H. Presented 10 March 2004. HPV
positive women’s preferences for sources of information about abnormal Pap tests and HPV.
National STD Prevention Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Available online at
http://www.stdconference.org/. [POSTER]
Brandt HM, Sharpe PA, McCree DH. Presented 22 February 2004. Women’s emotional responses
to diagnoses of abnormal Pap tests and human papillomavirus (HPV). 21st International
Papillomavirus Conference, Mexico City, Mexico. Available online at http://www.ipvsoc.org/.
[POSTER]
Brandt HM, Luchok KJ, Coker AL, Abbott JM, Prabhu Das I. Presented 18 November 2003.
Clinician communication of abnormal Pap test results to women patients. 131st Annual Meeting of
the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, California. Available online at
http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Luchok KJ, Brandt HM, Coker AL, Abbott JM, Prabhu Das I. Presented 18 November 2003.
Clinician perspectives on barriers to timely follow-up of abnormal Pap test results. 131st Annual
Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, California. Available online at
http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Brandt HM, Sharpe PA, Abbott JM, McCree DH. Presented 17 November 2003. Health care
providers’ interactions with women who have human papillomavirus (HPV). 131st Annual Meeting
of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, California. Available online at
http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Brandt HM, McCree DH, Lindley LL, Sharpe PA. Presented 17 November 2003. A formal
evaluation of existing printed HPV educational materials. 131st Annual Meeting of the American
Public Health Association, San Francisco, California. Available online at http://www.apha.org.
[POSTER]
Sharpe PA, Brandt HM, McCree DH. Presented 29 July 2003. Knowledge of high-risk HPV
positivity among women in rural South Carolina. International Society for Sexually Transmitted
Disease Research Congress, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Available online at
http://www.med.uottawa.ca/isstdr/2003_ISSTDR/welcome.htm. [POSTER]
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Coker AL, Bond SM, Brandt HM. Presented 12 November 2002. Reasons women don’t get followup care for preinvasive cervical cancer. 130th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health
Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Available online at http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Hall-Smith P, Coker AL, Flerx V, Brandt HM. Presented 11 November 2002. An intervention to
address partner violence in rural health care clinics. 130th Annual Meeting of the American Public
Health Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Available online at http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Brandt HM. Presented 30 October 2002. HPV: Coming to a small town near you. Panel session at
the Annual South Carolina HIV/STD Conference. Charleston, South Carolina. [ORAL]
Brandt HM, McCree DH, Coker AL, Sharpe PA. Presented 8 October 2002. An evaluation of HPV
educational materials. 20th International Papillomavirus Conference, Paris, France. Available online
at http://www.ipvsoc.org/. [POSTER]
Brandt HM, Parra-Medina D, Ureda JR, Coker AL, Otterness C. Presented November 2001.
Transition to Medicare-funded mammography from an income-eligible screening program. 129th
Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Atlanta, Georgia. Nominee for
outstanding student research, Gerontological Health Section of the American Public Health
Association. Available online at http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Brandt HM. Presented 4 April 2001. Youth-to-youth tobacco use prevention: 1999-2000 Trumpeter
Campaign. University of South Carolina Graduate Student Day 2001, Columbia, South Carolina.
[ORAL]
Brandt HM, Chow J, Seale D. Presented November 2000. SunSmart for Kids: A skin cancer
prevention and awareness program for children. 128th Annual Meeting of the American Public
Health Association, Boston, Massachusetts. Available online at http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Brandt HM, Ureda JR, Coker AL, Otterness CM. Presented November 2000. An examination of
low-income, older women’s intentions to have a mammogram and use Medicare Part B to pay for
screening mammography. 128th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston,
Massachusetts. Available online at http://www.apha.org. [ORAL]
Brandt HM, Ureda JR, Coker AL, Otterness CM. Presented 4 April 2000. An examination of lowincome, older women’s intentions to have a mammogram and use Medicare Part B to pay for
screening mammography. University of South Carolina Graduate Student Day 2000, Columbia,
South Carolina. [ORAL]
Brandt HM, Ureda JR, Coker AL, Otterness CM. Presented 25 February 2000. An examination of
low-income, older women’s intentions to have a mammogram and use Medicare Part B to pay for
screening mammography. Alpha Xi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International annual symposium,
Columbia, South Carolina. [ORAL]
Brandt HM, Ureda JR, Coker AL, Otterness CM. Presented 10 February 2000. An examination of
low-income older women’s intention to have a mammogram and use Medicare. 7th Biennial
Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved, and Cancer: Addressing the Unequal Burden
of Cancer, Washington, District of Columbia. [ORAL]
Accepted for Presentation in 2015
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INVITED PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINARS
1. Brandt HM. Presented 23 September 2014. Accelerating HPV Vaccine Uptake: What is Working and
Why | Cervical Cancer-Free South Carolina. National Cancer Institutes Research to Reality Cyberseminar. Available at: https://researchtoreality.cancer.gov/cyber-seminars/accelerating-hpv-vaccineuptake-what-working-and-why [INVITED]
2. Brandt HM. Presented 09 January 2014. The State of Cervical Cancer in South Carolina. Inaugural
Summit of Cervical Cancer-Free South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina [INVITED]
3. Brandt HM. Presented 21 May 2013. Cervical Cancer. AmeriHealth Caritas, Health Equities Council
Speakers Series, Charleston, South Carolina [SEMINAR/WEBINAR]
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4. Brandt HM. Presented 25 April 2013. NIH Peer Review Workshop. Gamecock Research
Administrators Network Training (GRANT) Series, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South
Carolina. [SEMINAR]
5. Brandt HM. Presented 12 April 2013. Cervical Cancer-Free South Carolina: An initiative of the Cervical
Cancer Subcommittee of the South Carolina Cancer Alliance. South Carolina Cancer Alliance Meeting,
Columbia, South Carolina. [INVITED]
6. Brandt HM. Presented 26 February 2013. Using Effective Health Communication Strategies. 8th Annual
State Policy & Issues Forum, South Carolina Primary Health Care Association, Columbia, South
Carolina. [INVITED]
7. Brandt HM. Presented 8 February 2013. Overview: The Community Guide, Intervention Types, and the
NCCRT Evaluation Toolkit. National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable Student Webinar Series: Using the
NCCRT Evaluation Toolkit, National Webinar. [SEMINAR/WEBINAR]
8. Brandt HM. Presented 26 January 2013. Cervical Cancer and HPV: What’s Happening in South
Carolina? The South Carolina Witness Project Workshop, Columbia, South Carolina. [INVITED]
9. Brandt HM. Presented 5 October 2012. Professional Networking. Health Disparities Research
Network, Career Development Series, Columbia, South Carolina. [SEMINAR]
10. Brandt HM. Presented 16 May 2012. Women’s Health: It’s Your Time to Make a Difference, Northeast
Ohio Family Planning Program at The Center for Community Solutions, National Women’s Health
Week Celebration, Cleveland, Ohio. [SEMINAR]
11. Brandt HM. Presented 2 May 2012. From design through evaluation: engaging stakeholders in public
health program development. Evaluate This! A Student-Sponsored Conference Exploring Public Health
Evaluation, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, South Carolina.
[SEMINAR]
12. Brandt HM, Freedman D, Kissel L, Jacobs T, Murphy T. Presented 2 December 2011. Planting Healthy
Roots: A Look at the Right Choice Fresh Start Farmers’ Market. Science and Health Communication
Research Group, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. [SEMINAR]
13. Brandt HM. Presented 17 November 2011. Panel: CPRIT Funding: Behind The Score moderated by
Larry Greene. Innovations in Cancer Prevention and Research Conference, Cancer Prevention and
Research Institute of Texas, Austin, Texas. [INVITED]
14. Brandt HM. Presented 10 November 2011. Lessons Learned from Cervical Cancer Prevention and
Control: Opportunities for Increasing Participation in Colorectal Cancer Prevention and Control .
Session: Successful Public Health Interventions: Strategies for Success. National Colorectal Cancer
Round Table Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. [INVITED]
15. Brandt HM. Presented 17 October 2011. NIH Peer Review. GRANT Research Development Program,
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. [SEMINAR]
16. Brandt HM. Presented 22 March 2011. Graduate Research Funding: When, Where, How, and Why to
Pursue It A Public Health Perspective, Graduate Research Funding: When, Where, How, and Why to
Pursue It, Women’s & Gender Studies Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South
Carolina. [SEMINAR]
17. Brandt HM. Presented 19 March 2011. Summary of Findings from Community-Based Colorectal
Cancer Prevention in South Carolina. Executive Board Meeting of the South Carolina Gastroenterology
Association, Columbia, South Carolina. [INVITED]
18. Brandt HM. Presented 3 March 2011. An Overview of Colorectal Cancer Prevention and Control. Blue
Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina Continuing Nurse Education Program, Columbia, South Carolina.
[SEMINAR]
19. Brandt HM. Presented 21 February 2011. HPV Research Opportunities. GYN Research Meeting at the
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina. [SEMINAR]
20. Brandt HM. Presented 8 February 2011. Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Opportunities. Health
Disparities Research Network Monthly Meeting, Institute for Partnerships to Eliminate Health
Disparities, Columbia, South Carolina. [SEMINAR]
21. Brandt HM. Presented 24 January 2011. HPV 101: What You Need to Know. Cervical Cancer & HPV
Webinar, American Cancer Society and the Best Chance Network, Columbia, South Carolina.
[SEMINAR]
22. Brandt HM. Presented 20 January 2011. Cervical Cancer in South Carolina: New Tools, Remaining
Challenges, and Our Role. Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina Continuing Nurse Education
Program, Columbia, South Carolina. [SEMINAR]
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23. Brandt HM. Presented 8 December 2010. Cancer health disparities. Health Disparities Research
Network Roundtable Discussions, Institute for Partnerships to Eliminate Health Disparities, Columbia,
South Carolina. [SEMINAR]
24. Brandt HM. Presented 28 May 2010. Community-based cervical cancer prevention and control: The
role of HPV vaccines in addressing disparities. Fifth Annual Texas Conference on Health Disparities:
Focus on Women’s Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Forth
Worth, Texas. [INVITED]
25. Brandt HM. Presented 25 March 2010. Public health panel at the University of South Carolina and
African American Research in the Twenty-First Century Conference, Institute for African American
Research at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. [INVITED]
26. Brandt HM. Presented 19 February 2010. Cancer screening South Carolina: New tools, remaining
challenges, and our role. Cancer Screening in South Carolina: Science or Science Fiction? South
Carolina Cancer Alliance Member Meeting, Columbia, South Carolina. [INVITED]
27. Brandt HM, McDermott S, Narasimhan M, Spiryda L. Presented 30 October 2009. Women’s Health
Research. Moderated by Ana López-DeFede. 2009 Carolina Women’s Health Research Forum,
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. [INVITED]
28. Brandt HM. Presented 27 October 2009. Community Organizing. Clemson University, Clemson, South
Carolina. [SEMINAR]
29. Brandt HM. Presented 17 October 2009. Cervical Cancer and HPV. Vision Leadership Institute
Women’s Health Conference, Columbia, South Carolina. [INVITED]
30. Brandt HM. Presented 18 September 2009. Building a Research Program in Community-Based
Cancer Prevention and Control. Department of Exercise Science Seminar Series, University of South
Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. [SEMINAR]
31. Brandt HM. Presented 15 April 2009. Changing the Picture of Cervical Cancer in South Carolina.
Symposium on HPV-Mediated Disease. South Carolina Academy of Science Annual Meeting,
Columbia, South Carolina. [INVITED]
32. Brandt HM. Presented 17 November 2008. How the History of Women’s Rights and the Women’s
Health Movement Shapes my Research… and other related stuff. Department of Health Promotion,
Education, and Behavior Seminar Series, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina.
[SEMINAR]
33. Brandt HM. Presented 7 November 2008. HPV Vaccination: Public Health Education and Acceptability
Issues. South Carolina Immunization Conference. Columbia, South Carolina. [INVITED]
34. Brandt HM. Presented 23 October 2008. Community Organizing and Community Building. Clemson
University. Clemson, South Carolina. [SEMINAR]
35. Brandt HM. Presented 16 October 2008. Moving to Action: HPV & Cervical Cancer Prevention in South
Carolina. Our 25 Years: Honoring Yesterday, Celebrating Today, Creating Tomorrow, 2008 South
Carolina HIV/STD Conference. Columbia, South Carolina. http://www.schiv-stdconference.org/.
[INVITED]
36. Brandt HM, Mayo R, Scott D, Turmon D, Talley J. Presented 5 August 2008. Faith-Based Approaches
to Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control. American Cancer Society Cervical Cancer Conference.
Durham, North Carolina. [INVITED]
37. Brandt HM. Presented 14 June 2008. Addressing Cervical Cancer in South Carolina. Moving to Action:
Addressing Cervical Cancer in South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina. [INVITED]
38. Brandt HM. Presented 3 May 2008. Cancer Prevention and Control: An Update. Community Health
Centers: America’s Health Care Safety Net. South Carolina Primary Health Care Association Clinical
Network Retreat. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. [INVITED]
39. Brandt HM. Presented 22 February 2008. Changing the Picture of Cervical Cancer in South Carolina
through Clinic- and Community-Based Research and Practice. Medical University of South Carolina,
Charleston, South Carolina. [SEMINAR]
40. Brandt HM. Presented 30 November 2007. Community-Based Participatory Approaches to Address
Cancer Disparities. Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina. [SEMINAR]
41. Brandt HM. Presented 3 November 2007. Preventing Cervical Cancer among Women in South
Carolina through Public Health Practice and Policy. Healthy Women = Empowered Women, League of
Women Voters, Charleston, South Carolina. [INVITED]
42. Brandt HM. Presented 22 October 2007. Breast Cancer Prevention and Control: Focus on AfricanAmerican women. Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina. [SEMINAR]
Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES (February 2015 | Complete CV)
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43. Brandt HM. Presented 13 September 2007. HPV Vaccine Update. Mission Delivery Managers,
American Cancer Society, Columbia, South Carolina. [SEMINAR]
44. Brandt HM. Presented 19 June 2007. HPV: The connection to cervical cancer. Caring House at
Palmetto Health, Columbia, South Carolina. [SEMINAR]
45. Brandt HM, Ford M. Presented 13 June 2007. Making Decisions about the HPV Vaccination. 8th
Annual Summer Institute, Teen Pregnancy Prevention for the 21st Century: Get Connected, South
Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, North Charleston, South Carolina. [INVITED]
46. Brandt HM. Presented 11 May 2007. HPV & Cervical Cancer: Opportunities in South Carolina.
Keynote Address, Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Cancer Alliance, Columbia, South Carolina.
[INVITED]
47. Brandt HM, Bryant SR. Presented 11 May 2007. Policy Update on the HPV Vaccine in South Carolina.
Breakout Session, Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Cancer Alliance, Columbia, South Carolina.
[INVITED]
48. Brandt HM. Presented 18 April 2007. Overview of Sexually Transmitted Infections & Information on
HPV. North Central High School, Kershaw, South Carolina. [SEMINAR]
49. Brandt HM. Presented 24 March 2007. Cervical Cancer: State and local opportunities. A Call to Action:
Preventing Cervical Cancer among African-American Women, Radisson Hotel & Conference Center,
Columbia, South Carolina. [INVITED]
50. Brandt HM. Presented 20 February 2007. Community-based Cancer Prevention and Control.
Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior Seminar Series, University of South
Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. [SEMINAR]
51. Brandt HM. Presented 19 February 2007. An Overview of Motivational Interviewing. University of
South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. [SEMINAR]
52. Brandt HM. Presented 11 November 2006. HPV: Basic information & all the details. 79th Annual
SCAHPERD Convention and Exposition, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. [INVITED]
53. Brandt HM. Presented 4 October 2006. HPV: Important Public Health Issues from Education to
Vaccination. Fairfield County Health Department, Winnsboro, South Carolina. [SEMINAR]
54. Brandt HM. Presented 3 October 2006. Addressing health disparities through health promotion,
education, and behavior. Benedict College Public Health Seminar, Benedict College, Columbia, South
Carolina. [SEMINAR]
55. Brandt HM. Presented 30 August 2006. Social and behavioral aspects of genital HPV infection. SC
Department of Health and Environmental Control, HPV Strategy Workshop, Columbia, South Carolina.
[SEMINAR]
56. Brandt HM. Presented 21 June 2006. HPV in adolescent girls and young women: Important public
health issues from education to vaccination. SC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Summer
Institute, Teen Pregnancy Prevention: It Takes a Village, Charleston, South Carolina. [INVITED]
57. Brandt HM. Presented 24 May 2006. Community Partnerships and Outreach Core of the USC-Claflin
EXPORT Center. SC HIV/AIDS Planning Council, Brookland Baptist Church, Columbia, South Carolina.
[SEMINAR]
58. Brandt HM. Presented 20 May 2006. HPV and cervical cancer: Literacy Issues. Cancer, Culture and
Literacy: Solutions for Addressing Health Disparities through Community Partnerships 5th Biennial
Conference, Clearwater Beach, Florida. [INVITED]
59. Brandt HM. Presented 17 February 2006. Community-based participatory research: Reducing the
“discovery-delivery” disconnect. Part of the Research Education Training Core Seminar Series for
Students (USC-Claflin EXPORT Center), Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina. [SEMINAR]
60. Brandt HM. Presented 21 January 2006. Community-based participatory research strategies.
Exploring, Creating, and Maintaining Community Participatory Research Partnerships in South
Carolina. A Faculty Research Development Workshop for HBCU and other Faculty Interested in
Community Participatory Research. 1890 Extension Office Building at SC State University,
Orangeburg, South Carolina. [SEMINAR]
61. Brandt HM. Presented 18 January 2006. Community Partnerships and Outreach Core of the USCClaflin EXPORT Center. SC Department of Health and Environmental Control, HIV/STD Division,
Columbia, South Carolina. [SEMINAR]
62. Brandt HM. Presented 1 November 2005. Cervical cancer disparities: A look at South Carolina.
Invited presentation at the USC Office of Research and Health Sciences Health Disparities Seminar
Series, Columbia, South Carolina. [SEMINAR]
Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES (February 2015 | Complete CV)
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63. Brandt HM. Presented 26 October 2005. HPV: An STI that can cause cancer! Say what? Invited
presentation at the 2005 South Carolina STD/HIV Conference, A Changing Landscape: Climbing to
New Heights, Greenville, South Carolina. [INVITED]
64. Brandt HM. Presented 26 September 2005. Social, behavioral, and educational implications of genital
HPV infection and cervical cancer. Invited speaker at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Epidemiology and Applied Research Branch Seminar
Series, Atlanta, Georgia. [SEMINAR]
65. Brandt HM. Presented 5 May 2005. Translating basic and clinical research into practice: The role of
behavioral science. Invited presentation at the Forum on HPV Education and Advocacy (in conjunction
with the 22nd International Papillomavirus Conference), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
[INVITED]
66. Brandt HM. Presented 29 April 2005. Community-based participatory research and its relevance to
cancer prevention and control. Invited panelist at the meeting of the South Carolina Cancer Alliance,
Columbia, South Carolina. [INVITED]
67. Brandt HM. Presented 22 April 2005. Everything that you need to know about HPV and probably
more… Invited presentation to the School District Coordinators of Comprehensive Health Education,
Columbia, South Carolina. [INVITED]
68. Brandt HM. Presented 4 February 2005. HPV and Cervical Cancer: A social and behavioral
perspective with clinical implications. Invited presentation to the University of South Carolina, School of
Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia, South Carolina. [SEMINAR]
69. Brandt HM. Presented 28 January 2005. Health literacy implications of HPV: Research and practice
challenges. Invited presentation at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Behavioral and
Social Sciences Working Group, Atlanta, Georgia. [SEMINAR]
70. Brandt HM. Presented 26 January 2005. Public health implications of cervical cancer. Invited
presentation at the University of South Carolina, Epidemiology Seminar Series, Columbia, South
Carolina. [SEMINAR]
71. Brandt HM. Presented 21 May 2004. HPV and cervical cancer: Literacy issues. Invited roundtable
presentation at Cancer, Culture, and Literacy: Innovative Approaches for Advancing Effective Cancer
Communications and Research, 4th Biennial Conference, Tampa, Florida. [INVITED]
72. Brandt HM. Presented 29 March 2003. Information on HPV for health care providers. Invited
presentation at the South Carolina Primary Health Care Association Clinical Network Retreat, Myrtle
Beach, South Carolina. [INVITED]
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Courses Taught
University of South Carolina
Undergraduate
HPEB 321
Personal and Community Health (formerly
HPRE 221)
WGST E112 Women in Society (formerly WOST E112)
WGST 113
Women and Their Bodies in Health and Disease
(formerly WOST 113)
Graduate
HPEB 700
HPEB 702
HPEB 748
HPEB 824
HPEB 792
Concepts and Methods in Health Promotion
Planning Health Promotion Programs
Community Health Development
Social and Physical Environment Interventions in
Health Promotion
Special Topics: Methods in Community-Based
Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES (February 2015 | Complete CV)
Fall 2000
Spring 2002
Fall 2001; Fall 2003
Summer 2007; Fall 2011
Spring 2008; Spring 2009
Fall 2008; Fall 2009; Fall 2013; Fall
2014
Spring 2011; Spring 2012;
Spring 2013; Spring 2015
Spring 2014
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Participatory Research in Health Promotion
A. T. Still University School of Health Management
Graduate
MPH 864
Public Health Education Concepts
Fall 2005; Spring 2006; Summer
2006; Winter 2006; Spring 2007
STUDENT SUPERVISION
Postdoctoral Student Mentorship
Current
None
Completed

Lisa T. Wigfall, PhD (HPEB, 2009)
2009 – 2011
Topic area: HIV-related cancer and HPV among women living with HIV/AIDS
Primary Academic Advisement of Graduate Students
Current
Name of Student
Lynn Boyd
Lesley Craft
Heather Ranhofer Dolinger
Hallie Carde
Cera Falls
Deeonna Farr
Amy Mattison Faye
Amanda Feeks
Andrea Gibson
Samira Khan
Degree Program
MPH
PhD
PhD
MPH
MPH
DrPH
PhD
MPH
MPH
PhD
Years
2013 Fall – Present
2010 Fall – Present
2008 Fall – Present
2013 Fall – Present
2014 Spring – Present
2012 Fall – Present
2010 Fall – Present
2013 Fall – Present
2014 Fall – Present
2015 Spring – Present
Completed
Name of Student
Sara Berry
Shalanda Bynum
Justin Burcham
An-ti Cheng
Susan Rountree Driggers
Sarah Gareau
Ginna Goode
Degree Program
MPH
PhD
MPH
MPH
MPH
DrPH
MPH
Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES (February 2015 | Complete CV)
Years
2012 – 2014
2007 – 2009
2007
2009 – 2011
2010 – 2013
2009 – 2010 (2004 – 2010)
2010 – 2012
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Name of Student
Jason Greene
Julia Petty
Joe Pinilla
LaShanta Rice
Neethu Sebastian
Brandi Thompson
Reonda Washington
Michelle Williams
Shameka Wilson
Suzanne Young
Degree Program
MPH
MPH
MPH
PhD
MPH
MPH
MPH
PhD (left program; did not finish)
MPH
MPH
Years
2011 – 2013
2010 – 2012
2008 – 2009
2010 – 2014
2009 – 2012
2011 – 2013
2008 – 2009
2008 – 2010
2009 – 2011
2012 – 2014
Doctoral Dissertation Committee Chair
Current
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Lesley Craft, PhD candidate (2010 – Present)
University of South Carolina | Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Topic area: Evaluation/sustainability of programs to address teen pregnancy prevention/sexual
health
Heather Dolinger, MS, PhD candidate (2008 – Present)
University of South Carolina | Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Topic area: Colorectal cancer disparities; social integration; system-level factors
Deeonna Farr, MPH, CHES, DrPH candidate (2012 – Present)
University of South Carolina | Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Topic area: Health disparities; community-based participatory research
Samira Khan, MSW, PhD student (2015 – Present)
University of South Carolina | Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Topic area: Cancer prevention and control; community-level health promotion
Amy Mattison Faye, MPH, PhD candidate (2010 – Present)
University of South Carolina | Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Topic area: Community-level health promotion to address teen pregnancy prevention/sexual health;
examining system-level factors influencing clinic services
Completed

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

Shalanda A. Bynum, MS, MPH, PhD (2007-2009)
University of South Carolina | Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Title: HPV Vaccine Acceptance among Southern Black College Students: The Influence of Culture,
History, and Health Beliefs
Sarah Gareau, MEd, DrPH, (2009-2010)
University of South Carolina | Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Title: Substance Abuse Treatment Avoidance, Length of Stay, and Criminal Justice Referral for
Women of Reproductive Age in South Carolina Prior to and After the Whitner Decision (1993 to
2007)
LaShanta Rice, MPH, PhD candidate (2010 – Present)
University of South Carolina | Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Topic area: Perceptions of environmental health conditions and risk of cancer
Michelle Williams, MPH, PhD (2008 – 2010)
University of South Carolina | Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Topic area: Cervical cancer prevention and control among women in Ghana (Fulbright Scholar
Program)
Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES (February 2015 | Complete CV)
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[Left program; did not finish]
Doctoral Dissertation Committee Membership
Current



Donna Happach, Doctoral Student (2012 – Present)
University of South Carolina | College of Social Work
Topic area: Utilizing qualitative methods to explore solutions to child endangerment
Tracey Thomas, Doctoral Candidate (2013 – Present)
University of South Carolina | Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Topic are: Health communication and community health
Tatiana Warren, Doctoral Candidate (2009 – Present)
University of South Carolina | Department of Exercise Science
Topic area: Community health and physical activity for disease prevention
Completed







Jessica Bellinger, MPH, PhD (2007 – 2008)
University of South Carolina | Department of Health Services Policy and Management
Title: The effects of access to care and experiences of discrimination on cervical cancer prevention
in a population-based survey of women in South Carolina
Susie Hagen, Doctoral Candidate (2008 – 2010)
University of South Carolina | Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Topic area: Patient-provider communication/patient education (chronic disease)
[Did not finish]
Suellen Hopfer, PhD (2007 – 2008)
The Pennsylvania State University | Communication Arts & Sciences
Title: Employing Narrative Forms of Communication for Cervical Cancer Prevention Messages: An
Evidence Form Strategy to Increase Vaccine Acceptability among College Women
Alexis Koskan, MPH, PhD (2008 – 2011)
University of South Carolina
Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Topic area: Community-based cancer prevention and control and promotoras for Latino/a health
Recipient of the 2011 Women ‘s and Gender Studies Emily Thompson Award; 2011 USC Graduate
School Summer Dissertation Fellowship; 2011 HPEB Outstanding Doctoral Student Award
Olga Ogoussan, Doctoral Candidate (Supervised: 2008 – 2009)
University of South Carolina | Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Topic area: Evaluation/breast cancer
[Deceased]
Shaun Owens, Doctoral Candidate (2010 – 2014)
University of South Carolina | Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Topic area: Informed decision making for prostate cancer screening among African-American men
Recipient Outstanding HPEB Doctoral Student (May 2014)
Marcie S. Wright, PhD (Supervised: 2006 – 2008)
University of South Carolina | Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Title: Assessing Psychosocial, Cultural, and System-Level Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening
Among African Americans
Recipient USC Graduate School Centennial Fellowship
Masters Thesis Committee Membership
Current
None
Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES (February 2015 | Complete CV)
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Completed
 Shalanda Bynum, MS (2006)
Florida A&M University, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Division of Economic,
Social, and Administrative Pharmacy, Tallahassee FL
Topic area: HPV knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs among African American college students
 Emily Haanschoten, MSPH (Expected: August 2014)
University of South Carolina | Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Thesis: Examining cervical cancer incidence and mortality by health care provider shortage areas
Practicum Supervision
Current

Hallie Carde (2015 Spring)
University of South Carolina | Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Practicum: COPASCities: Community health development in food systems
Completed



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
Sara Berry, MPH (2014)
University of South Carolina | Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Practicum: COPASCities: Community health development in food systems (02 May 2014)
Sarah Bryant, MPH (2007)
University of South Carolina | Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Practicum: Analyzing Policy Opportunities for Mandatory HPV Vaccination in South Carolina (20
April 2007)
Shalanda Bynum, MPH (2007)
University of South Carolina | Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Practicum: Development and Design of a Web-Based Cervical Cancer Information Page (12 July
2007)
Amanda Castles, MPH (2009)
University of South Carolina | Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Practicum: Evaluation of Campus Wellness Programming (20 April 2009)
Jessica Cooper, MPH (2010)
University of South Carolina | Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Practicum: Health Communication, “Is there an app for that?” SC Campaign to Prevent Teen
Pregnancy (13 April 2010)
Emily English, MPH (2009)
University of South Carolina | Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Practicum: The Lean Team of the Midlands, Palmetto Center for Advocacy (28 April 2009)
Anne Goodman, MPH (2007)
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Practicum: Examination of Parental Acceptance of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine in
South Carolina (31 July 2007)
Neethu Sebastian, MPH (2011 – 2012)
University of South Carolina
Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Practicum: Oral health and cancer screening (17 April 2012)
Shameka Wilson, MPH student (2011)
University of South Carolina
Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Topic: An Evaluation of Project Condom (18 April 2011)
Independent Study Project Advisement
Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES (February 2015 | Complete CV)
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Current
None
Completed

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



Shalanda Bynum, HPEB doctoral student (2007 Summer)
Topic: HPV and college students
Ansley Faria, MPH (May 2014)
University of South Carolina | Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Title: Assessing and developing HPV content for teens
Kristi Harmon, WGST certificate student, MHA student (2010 Summer)
Topic: Preventive health care services in rural areas
Shana Hirsch, WGST certificate student (2011 Fall)
Topic: Nonconsensual Medical Research on Low Income Minorities and its Positive Results: A
Qualitative Case Study
LaShanta Rice, MPH, PhD candidate (2012 Spring – 2012 Fall)
Topic: Community-based participatory research strategies (photovoice and community block
assessment)
Lesley Craft, MPH, PhD candidate (2012 Fall – 2013 Spring)
Topic: Examining factors related to readiness for participation in a school-based, innovative,
computer-assisted teen pregnancy prevention intervention
Chair of Undergraduate Honors College Student Project
Current
None
Completed


Katie Carpenter, Undergraduate Student (2007 – 2009)
University of South Carolina | Honors College
Title: Investigating the Distribution of HPV-Related Behaviors and Health Literacy with Oral Cancer:
A Secondary Data Analysis
Recipient of First Place, Seventh Annual Discovery Day at the University of South Carolina for
Investigating the Distribution of HPV-Related Behaviors and Health Literacy with Oral Cancer: A
Secondary Data Analysis
Lynn Boyd, Undergraduate Student (2012-2013)
University of South Carolina | Honors College
Title: Increasing Awareness and Knowledge of Gynecologic Cancers among College-Aged Women
Recipient of Honors College Thesis Grant
Mentor of Undergraduate Student Research Project
Current

Kelsie Dirksing, Undergraduate Honors College Student (2013 – Present)
University of South Carolina | Honors College
Title: Enhancing Cancer Awareness in the African-American Faith Community to Address Cancer
Health Disparities
Recipient of Magellan Scholars Program (2014-15), Magellan Mini-Grant (2014-15)
Completed
Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES (February 2015 | Complete CV)
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Danielle Anderson, Undergraduate Student (2008)
University of South Carolina | Department of Exercise Science
Topic area: HPV & HPV vaccination among college students
Beverlee Blanchard, Undergraduate Student (2006 – 2008)
Claflin University | Topic area: HPV/HIV
Recipient of Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award, Public Health, The South Carolina
Academy of Science, April 2007 for Systematic Review of HPV Educational Materials [Project
completed as USC-Claflin EXPORT Center fellow]
Rosemary Corriero, Undergraduate Student (2013 – 2014)
University of South Carolina | Biology and Public Health
Title: Exploring the Status of HPV Vaccination at the University of South Carolina (Fall 2013)
Title: HPV and College Students (Spring 2014)
Recipient of Magellan Mini-Grant, Spring 2014; Recipient of 2nd place (poster) Discovery Day 2014
Kelsie Dirksing, Undergraduate Honors College Student (2013 – Present)
University of South Carolina | Honors College
Title: Evaluation of Cancer Awareness Efforts in Churches
Recipient of Mini-Magellan Grant (2013-14), SURF Scholars Grant (2013-14)
Anna Walton, Undergraduate Student (2007 – 2010)
University of South Carolina | Honors College
Topic area: Cancer prevention and control for Latinas
Role: Mentor / PI of record for Magellan Scholar Award (January 2008 – August 2008); Mentor / PI
of record of Journeyman Exploration Scholars Program (August 2008 – May 2009); Honors Thesis
Committee Member
Recipient of Third Place, Sixth Annual Discovery Day at the University of South Carolina, April 2008
for Readability of cancer and cancer-related educational materials developed for the Hispanic
population in the United States
Other: Reader of Undergraduate Research Project
Current
None
Completed

Rachel Bowman, Undergraduate Student (2008 – 2009)
University of South Carolina | Honors College
Topic area: Breast cancer and the arts
Supervision of Graduate Research Assistants/Research Assistants
Current
Kelsie Dirksing, Honors College Student (2013 – Present)
Deeonna Farr, MPH, CHES, DrPH candidate (2012 – Present)
Andrea Gibson, MPH student (2014 – Present)
Asa Revels, PhD candidate (2014 – Present)
Completed
Danielle Anderson, BS (2008)
Jessica Bellinger, MPH, PhD (2007 – 2008)
Lynn Boyd, Honors College Student (2012 – 2013)
Shalanda Bynum, MPH, PhD (2005 – 2009)
Katherine Carpenter, Honors College Student (2008 – 2009)
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Rosemary Corriero, Undergraduate (2013 – 2014)
Kathy Dhotre, Doctoral Student (EPID) (2009 – 2011)
Heather Dolinger, PhD candidate (2008 – 2013)
Anne Goodman, MPH (2006-2007)
Christine Hebert, Undergraduate Student at Colgate University (May- August 2009)
Dawnyea Jackson, MA, PhD candidate (2010 – 2014)
Diana Marquez, MPH (2008 – 2009)
Alanna Murday, Undergraduate Student at Rutgers University (May-August 2008)
LaShanta Rice, MPH, PhD (2010 – 2014)
Wayne Sakati, MSW/MPH (2008 – 2009)
Larcennia Simpson, MPH (2006 – 2007)
Justin Smith, MPH (2005 – 2010)
Anna Walton, Honors College (2007 – 2010)
Michelle S. Williams, MPH, Doctoral Student (2008 – 2010)
Lauren Workman, MPH, Doctoral Candidate (2009 – 2011)
Marcie S. Wright, MPH, PhD (2006 – 2008)
SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Grant Review
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Association of Schools of Public Health Minority Fellowship Program
Dates of service: Summer 2006
Cancer Prevention and Control Institute of Texas
Dates of service: December 2009-February 2010; April-May 2010; November-December 2010;
November 2011; May 2012; November 2012; May 2014; October 2014; February 2015
Cancer Research UK
Dates of service: January 2007; May 2007; September 2007
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Translation Research (ZCD1 CJM 2007/05)
Dates of service: June 2007
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Improving Public Health through Translation Research
(RFA-CD07-005)
Dates of service: January 2009 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research
Centers: Special Interest Project Competitive Supplements (SIPS) (RFA-DP-09-001)
Dates of service: April 2013
Community-Level Health Promotion (CLHP) Study Section, National Institutes of Health, Center for
Scientific Review
Dates of service: June 2004; October 2004; February 2005; June 2005; October 2005; June 2006;
October 2006; February 2007; March 2007 (SEP), June 2007; October 2007; February 2008; June
2008, October 2008; December 2008 (SEP); July 2009; October 2009
Education Network to Advance Cancer Clinical Trials (ENACCT)
Dates of service: November 4, 2005
Florida Department of Health, Bankhead-Coley Cancer Research Program
Dates of service: March 2010; March 2011; February 2012; August 2013; January 2014
Medical College of Georgia
Dates of service: October 2008
Morehouse School of Medicine
Dates of service: February 2008
National Cancer Institute, Applied Cancer Screening Research Branch. Behavioral Research Program,
Division of Cancer Control and Population Studies
Dates of service: June 2008
National Cancer Institute, Small Grants for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control (R03) ;
(Teleconference)
Dates of service: September 2012; January 2013; January 2014; July 2014
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National Institutes of Health
Dates of service: October 2013
National Institutes of Health, ARRA RC4 Sustainable Community-linked Infrastructure Panel 1 RFAOD-09-010
Dates of service: February 2010
Office of Adolescent Health, Tier 1 Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Dates of service: July 2010
Prevent Cancer Foundation, Community Grant Applications
Dates of service: May 2013
Sumter County Active Lifestyles (University of South Carolina Prevention Research Center)
Dates of service: Spring 2006; Spring 2007; Spring 2008
Susan G. Komen Foundation / Komen for the Cure
Dates of service: January 2007 (Breast Cancer Disparities)
University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health Seed Grants
Dates of service: Fall 2005
University of South Carolina Research Productive Scholarship/Research Opportunity Program Pilot
Projects
Dates of service: Spring 2006; January 2008
Abstract Review
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19th National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control (2004)
Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Women’s Caucus (2002-Present)
Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Committee on Women’s Rights (20032009)
Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Public Health Education and Health
Promotion Section (2007-Present)
Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Public Health Association (2001-2004)
Society of Behavioral Medicine (2006; 2007)
Peer Review/Journals
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American Journal of Health Behavior (Ad Hoc)
American Journal of Men’s Health (Ad Hoc)
American Journal of Preventive Medicine (Ad Hoc)
American Journal of Public Health (Ad Hoc)
Cancer Control Journal (Ad Hoc)
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention (Ad Hoc)
Ethnicity & Disease (Editorial Board 2009-2010; Ad Hoc)
European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology (Ad Hoc)
Health Education & Behavior (Ad Hoc)
Journal of Adolescent Health (Ad Hoc)
Journal of Cancer Education (Ad Hoc)
Journal of Health Psychology (Ad Hoc)
Journal of Rural Health (Ad Hoc)
Journal of School Health (Ad Hoc)
Journal of the National Medical Association (Ad Hoc)
Journal of Women’s Health (Ad Hoc)
Patient Education & Counseling (Ad Hoc)
Preventing Chronic Disease (Ad Hoc)
Preventive Medicine (Ad Hoc)
Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action (Ad Hoc)
Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (Ad Hoc)
Sexually Transmitted Infections (Ad Hoc)
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Studies in Communication Studies (Ad Hoc)
Women & Health (Ad Hoc)
Vaccine (Ad Hoc)
Managing and Editorial Positions/Journals
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Editorial Board, Ethnicity & Disease (2009-2010)
Editorial Board, Frontiers Research Foundation (2011-Present)
Managing Editor, Cervical Cancer Symposium of the Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association
(December 2009)
Invited Reviewer of Community-Based Participatory Research Supplement of the American Journal of
Preventive Medicine (March-May 2009)
Educational Materials Review
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Educational Materials Contest, American Public Health Association, Public Health Education and
Health Promotion Section (2002-2008; 2014)
Youth-Developed Anti-Tobacco Materials Contest, Trumpeter Campaign of the South Carolina Cancer
Center (2001-2005)
Professional and Administrative Service (including student experiences)
Current service activities in BOLD font
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President, Graduate Student Association, University of South Carolina (2001-2002)
Representative (Graduate Student) of the University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health,
Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Council on Education for Public Health
accreditation process (March 2001)
Judge (Graduate Student), University of South Carolina Graduate Student Day (April 2002)
Invited Guest Member (Graduate Student Health Insurance), Dean’s Student Advisory Council, Arnold
School of Public Health, University of South Carolina (2002-2003); Graduate Student Association task
force to address graduate assistant health insurance
Invited Participant, Association of Schools of Public Health, Review of Women’s Health Courses in
MPH Curricula (July 2004)
Member, Team Up South Carolina (A cervical cancer control program to reach rarely and never
screened women) with Cancer Information Service and SC Department of Health and Environmental
Control, Columbia SC (2005)
University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health Alumni Council (2004-2007)
Program Planner, Committee on Women’s Rights, Annual Meeting of the American Public Health
Association (2004-2007)
Program Planner, Women’s Caucus, Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association (20042009)
Chair, Women’s Caucus in official relations with the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health
Association (2004-2009)
Contact for University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, Engaged Institutions Initiative,
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (2005-2007)
Planning Committee, Cancer, Culture, and Literacy Biennial Conference (2006-2008)
Member, Female Offenders Task Force on Health, South Carolina Corrections Association (2007-2009)
Member/Interim Chair, Breast & Female Cancer Work Group of the South Carolina Cancer Alliance
(2007-2010)
Chair, Policy Subcommittee of the Breast & Female Cancer Work Group of the South Carolina Cancer
Alliance (2007-2010)
Chair, Curriculum Committee, USC Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior (August
2007-August 2009)
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Member, Curriculum Committee, USC Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
(2007-2011)
Member, BRISC Community Based Work Group, University of South Carolina (2008)
Chair, Moving to Action: Addressing Cervical Cancer in South Carolina (2008)
Poster Session Organizer, Forging Solutions through Research and Practice, Part of the James E.
Clyburn Health Disparities Lecture Series at the University of South Carolina (April 25, 2008)
Member, Science & Health Communication Research Group, University of South Carolina (2008Present)
Chair, Cervical Cancer Subcommittee of the Breast & Female Cancer Work Group of the South
Carolina Cancer Alliance (2008-Present)
Exhibit Coordinator, Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section, American Public Health
Association (2008-2012)
Immediate Past Chair, Women’s Caucus in official relations with the Annual Meeting of the American
Public Health Association (2009-2012)
Governing Councilor, Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section, American Public Health
Association (2009-2011)
Co-Whip, Governing Council, Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section, American Public
Health Association (2009-2011)
Work Group Leader (Governance), South Carolina Coalition for Healthy Families (2010-2012)
Coordinating Council (Elected Member), South Carolina Cancer Alliance (2010-2012)
Member, Evidence-based Evaluation Task Group, National Colorectal Cancer Round Table
(2010-Present)
Member, Doctoral Program Committee, USC Department of Health Promotion, Education, and
Behavior (2011-Present)
Advisory Board, Carolina Nexus, USC Coordinating Office of Community Engagement and Service
(2011-2012)
Secretary-Elect, Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section, American Public Health
Association (2011-2012)
Secretary, Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section, American Public Health Association
(2012-2013)
Chair, South Carolina Coalition for Healthy Families (2012-Present)
Chair, Coordinating Council (Elected Member), South Carolina Cancer Alliance (2012-Present)
Mentor (Student: Whitney Seabrook), Women’s Mentor Network, University of South Carolina (20122013)
Co-Chair, Cervical Cancer-Free South Carolina (A Partner of Cervical Cancer-Free America)
(2012-Present) [see http://www.cervicalcancerfreeamerica.org/partners/partner-states/southcarolina-3/]
Behavioral and Social Science Volunteer, American Psychological Association Socioeconomic Status
Related Cancer Disparities Program (2013)
Tell Them! Ambassador, Tell Them! A Grassroots eAdvocacy Network (2013-Present)
Member (Midlands Class VI, Spring 2013), Diversity Leaders Initiative, The Riley Institute at Furman
University (2013)
Governing Councilor, Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section, American Public Health
Association (2012-2014)
Professional Membership
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American Academy of Health Behavior (2008-Present)
American Association for Cancer Research (2010-Present)
American Public Health Association (1998-Present)
International Papillomavirus Society (2002-Present)
South Carolina Cancer Alliance (formerly Women’s Cancer Coalition) (1998-Present)
South Carolina Coalition for Healthy Families (2010-Present)
South Carolina Corrections Association (2007-2009)
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South Carolina Hispanic/Latino Health Coalition (2008-Present)
South Carolina Public Health Association (2001-Present)
South Carolina Women’s Health Coalition (2004-2005)
Appointed/Invited Membership
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American Public Health Association, Committee on Women’s Rights (Member 2003-2006; Chair 20062007; Ex-Officio 2007-2008)
Invited Member/Advocate, Consumer Advocates in Research and Related Activities (CARRA), National
Cancer Institute (2002-2010)
South Carolina Cervical Cancer Study Group (South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control) (2004-2006)
Invited Member/Advocate, National Cancer Institute Gynecologic Cancer Steering Committee (20062010)
Member, South Carolina Best Chance Network Medical Advisory Committee (2009-2010)
Member, Merck US HPV Advisory Board (2011-Present)
Member, Advisory Group for Cancer Disparities Reduction Collaborative/Community Health Advisor
Collaborative, American Cancer Society (2011-Present)
Member (Appointed), Board of Directors, South Carolina Cancer Alliance (2012-2013)
Member, Cancer Control Advisory Committee, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control (2012-Present)
MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS AND APPEARANCES
Brandt HM. January 2014. Health Officials Stress Importance of Vaccines. ABC Columbia, South Carolina.
http://www.abccolumbia.com/news/local/Health-Officials-Stress-Importance-of-Vaccinations289632091.html?m=y&smobile=y
Brandt HM. January 2013. Protecting Our Children for the Future. South Carolina Campaign to Prevent
Teen Pregnancy. http://sccampaign.blogspot.com/2013/01/protecting-our-children-for-future.html
Brandt HM. January 2013. HPV Vaccination: Protecting Our Children for the Future. Tell Them: A
Grassroots eAdvocacy Network. http://blog.tellthemsc.org/2013/01/hpv-vaccinations-protecting-ourchildren-for-the-future/.
Brandt HM (contributor). 13 January 2013. Issues pose challenge to closing minority health gap. USA
Today by Liv Osby (The Greenville News).
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/01/13/closing-minority-health-gap/1830515/
Brandt HM. March 2011. Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Carolina Minute (Frenche Brewer).
Brandt HM. March 2010. Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Carolina Minute (Frenche Brewer).
Brandt HM. 1 March 2010. Colorectal Cancer. Health, Wealth, and Happiness, hosted by Gary Pozsik
WOIC 1230 AM, Columbia, South Carolina.
Brandt HM. 12 December 2009. Cervical Cancer in South Carolina. Health, Wealth, and Happiness,
hosted by Gary Pozsik WOIC 1230 AM, Columbia, South Carolina.
Brandt HM. 18 September 2009. CDC: 1 in 3 teen girls got cervical cancer vaccine. Available online at:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-09-18-hpv-gardasil_N.htm
Brandt HM. Fall 2008. Cervical cancer prevention and control. IMARA Woman Magazine.
Brandt HM. Broadcast May 2008. Cervical cancer and HPV. Carolina Minutes, ETV Radio, Columbia,
South Carolina.
Brandt HM. Broadcast March 2008. Sexually transmitted infections among teens. WIS-TV, Columbia,
South Carolina.
Brandt HM. Broadcast 16 January 2008. Cervical cancer in South Carolina. Wellness Wednesday in
partnership with Palmetto Health on WFMV 95.3 FM, Columbia, South Carolina. Available online at:
http://www.wfmv.com/.
Brandt HM. Broadcast 27 April 2007. Cervical Cancer & Human Papillomavirus (HPV). For the Palmetto
Project on U Need 2 Know on WOIC 1230 AM, Columbia, South Carolina. Available online at
http://www.strnetwork.com/ or http://www.uneed2know.info/.
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Brandt HM. Broadcast 2 December 2006. Basic information about HPV. Sex After Midnight with Susan
Johnson on WOIC 1230 AM, Columbia, South Carolina. Available online at http://www.strnetwork.com/.
SCHOLARLY EXHIBITS
1. Brandt HM, Freedman D, Kissel L, Jacobs T, Murphy T. Planting Healthy Roots: A Look at the Right
Choice, Fresh Start Farmers’ Market. Documentary Film, ©2011. Available online at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGt75S6mpsc [USCCPCP YouTube Channel].
Awarded 2013 Society for Community Research and Action Video Winner, 1st Place
2. National Association of Community Health Centers. Building Research Partnerships with Community
Health Centers: A Toolkit for Academics. Available online at:
http://www.nachc.com/Challenges%20Facing%20Health%20Centers.cfm
Contributor (See Acknowledgments)
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