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Jill S. Huppert, MD, MPH

Jill S. Huppert, MD, MPH

Title

Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynecology

Credentials

MD: Washington Universtity, St Louis, MO, 1985.

Residency: Obstetrics and Gynecology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio 1989.

MPH: Johns Hopkins School of Hygeine and Public Health, Baltimore, MD, 2001.

Certification: American Board of OBGYN: 1991.

Recertification, ABOG: 2001, 2002, 2003.

Research

Reproductive health of teens.

Research Grants and Contracts



OUTCOMES RESEARCH (Huppert, PI) 07/01/08 – 06/30/10
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center $100,000; 2%
The goal of this proposal is to increase STI screening and notification of results for adolescents seen in the ED by improving the STI results reporting system and initiating a universal STI screening form.


CDC SUBCONTRACT     04/01/07 – 03/31/09
SPR 103331: $21,591; 10%  
Medical Director for the Cincinnati STD/HIV Prevention Training Center (PTC).  Dr. Huppert will direct the planning, development, and evaluation of all training events including on-site and off-site courses and distance learning activities.  In addition to providing lectures and precepting trainees, she will serve on local and national Committees for the National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC).


1U54EB007958-01 (Gaydos, Charlotte, PI) 09/30/2007-06/30/2012      
NIH/NIAID $32,178; 10%
“Center for Point-of-Care Technologies Research for Sexually Transmitted Diseases”
The objective of this center grant is move rapid, point-of-care testing from the bench to bedside in several settings.


5K23AI063182-04 (Huppert) 07/01/05-06/30/1
NIH/NIAID: $582,500; 75%
“Rapid Trichomonas tests:  A teen STI prevention study.”
The objective of this research plan is to explore rapid, point-of-care testing for TV and acceptability for self-testing in order to understand how these strategies may enhance a conceptual model for improved STI screening among adolescent females.

Presentations

 

 

  • “What’s That?  Evaluation and Management of Vulvar Lesions,” grand rounds, CCHMC, Cincinnati, OH, 2/21/06.
  • “What’s That!  Unusual and Usual Vulvar Lesions:  Evaluation and Management,” lecture with Paula J. Adams Hillard, Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, March 22-25, 2006.
  • “Trichomonas: The neglected STI”, Webcast for the U. S. Army, CDC PTC, 4/13/06.
  • “Adolescent STIs,” Lecture, Illinois State STD Conference, Springfield, IL, 11/1/06.
  • “Trichomonas: The neglected STI”, ,” Lecture, Ohio Valley Society for Adolescent Medicine  meeting, Nov 3, 2006, Cincinnati, OH, 11/3/06. 
  • “All That Itches Isn’t Yeast: Improving the Diagnosis of Vaginal Infections,” NPACE Conference, Invited speaker, Boston, MA, 11/10/06.
  • “Diagnostic methods for T. Vaginalis,” Research in Progress, CCHMC, 11/21/06.
  • “Adolescent STIs,” Lecture, Ohio State STD Conference, Columbus, OH, 11/27/06.
  • “Trichomonas:  The Neglected STI,” Webcast for Illinois/Michigan Health Departments, 12/6/06.
  • “Women, Poverty, and Health,” Lecture, UC/TCH Family Medicine residents and students, Cincinnati, OH, 1/18/07.
  • “Adnexal Torsion,” Faculty/fellows clinical lecture, Division of Emergency Medicine and Radiology, CCHMC, 1/22/07.
  • “Trichomonas: The neglected STI,” Lecture, Miami Valley Physicians for AIDS Care, Dayton, OH, 1/25/07.
  • “Gyn Issues for Girls with Fanconi’s Anemia,” Lecture, Fanconi’s Anemia Annual Meeting, Casco, ME, 8/12/07.
  • “Update on Trichomonas & STD Research,” Lecture, University of Cincinnati Student Health Clinic, Cincinnati, OH 11/29/07.
  • “Mycoplasma genitalium:  A new STI,” Webcast seminar, 1/17/08.
  • “Point of Care Test Results Increase Short-Term Abstinence in Adolescent Women,” Lecture, STD Prevention Conference, Chicago, IL, 3/13/08.
  • “Chlamydia:  Diagnosis and treatment,” lecture, and “Common clinical presentations,” case discussions, with Karla Imbus and Lea Widdice, STD Basics & Beyond, Pewaukee, WI, 4/23/08.
  • “Trichimonas, the Forgotten STD,” lecture, Tuba City Indian Medical Center, Tuba City, AZ, 5/9/08.

 



Publications, Most Recent

Reed, JL, Huppert, JS. Predictors of Adolescent Participation in STI Research: Brief Report.  J Adolesc Health.  Aug 2008;43(2):195-197.

Huppert JS, Mortensen JE, Reed JL, Kahn JA, Rich KD, Hobbs MM.  Mycoplasma genitalium detected by transcription-mediated amplification is associated with Chlamydia in adolescent women.  Sex Transm Dis.  Mar 2008;35(3):250-254.

Malik AI, Huppert JS. Interval to treatment of sexually transmitted infections in adolescent females. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. Oct 2007;20(5):275-279.

Linam LE, Darolia R, Naffaa LN, et al. Ultrasound findings of adnexal torsion in children and adolescents: size really does matter. Pediatr Radiol. Oct 2007;37(10):1013-1019.

Reed JL, Thistlethwaite JM, Huppert JS. STI research: recruiting an unbiased sample. J Adolesc Health. Jul 2007;41(1):14-18.

Huppert JS, Mortensen JE, Reed JL, et al. Rapid antigen testing compares favorably with transcription-mediated amplification assay for the detection of Trichomonas vaginalis in young women. Clin Infect Dis. Jul 15 2007;45(2):194-198.

Huppert JS, Biro F, Lan D, Mortensen JE, Reed J, Slap GB. Urinary symptoms in adolescent females: STI or UTI? J Adolesc Health. May 2007;40(5):418-424.

Reed JL, Mahabee-Gittens EM, Huppert JS. A decision rule to identify adolescent females with cervical infections. J Womens Health (Larchmt). Mar 2007;16(2):272-280.

Huppert JS, Gerber MA, Deitch HR, Mortensen JE, Staat MA, Adams Hillard PJ. Vulvar ulcers in young females: a manifestation of aphthosis. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. Jun 2006;19(3):195-204.

Tuchman LK, Huppert JS, Huang B, Slap GB. Adolescent use of the monthly contraceptive injection. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. Aug 2005;18(4):255-260.Huppert JS, Gerber MA, Deitch HR, Mortensen JE, Staat MA, Adams Hillard PJ.

Huppert JS, Batteiger BE, Braslins P, et al. Use of an immunochromatographic assay for rapid detection of Trichomonas vaginalis in vaginal specimens. J Clin Microbiol. Feb 2005;43(2):684-687.

Huppert JS, Goodman E, Khoury J, Slap G. Sexually transmitted infection testing and screening in hospital-based primary care visits by women. Obstet Gynecol. Feb 2005;105(2):390-396.

Screening for Sexually Transmitted Infections by Primary care providers in the US. Society of Adolescent Medicine annual meeting, oral platform presentation, March 19-23, 2003, Seattle, WA. (abstract published, J Adol Health 2003.32(2):128-129)

Sexually Transmitted Infections screening test rates differ by symptoms and clinic specialty. Poster presentation. American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. ACOG annual meeting, April 26-30,2003, New Orleans, LA. (abstract published, Obstet Gynecol 2003, 101(4): 103S)

 

Invited Articles and Chapters

Huppert J. Could trichomoniasis screening prevent more serious STIs? Contemp Ob/Gyn. Aug 2005;50(8):20-32.

Huppert J. New detection methods for trichomoniasis may help curb more serious STIs. Patient Care May 2006;40(5):32-36.

Blake DR, Huppert J. Addressing teen contraception. Contemp Peds. Aug 2007;24(8):38-59.

Huppert JS, Zidenberg N. Breast disorders in females. In: Slap GB, ed. Adolescent Medicine: Requisites in Pediatrics.  Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2008.

Huppert JS, Kollar LM. Vaginitis, urinary tract infection, and vulvar lesions. In: Slap GB, ed.  Adolescent Medicine: Requisites in Pediatrics. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2008.

Huppert J.  Trichomonas. In Hillard, Paula JA, ed. The 5-Minute Obstetrics and Gynecology Consult.  Philadelphia:  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, anticipated publication, April 2008.

Wang W, Huppert J. LGV, Granuloma Inguinale, molluscum contagiosum, pubic lice. In Hillard, Paula JA, ed. The 5-Minute Obstetrics and Gynecology Consult.  Philadelphia:  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, anticipated publication, April 2008.

Professional Organization Memberships

  • Society of Adolescent Medicine
  • Cincinnati Pediatrics Research Group
  • American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Association Of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics
  • American Public Health Association
  • Association of Reproductive Health Professionals
  • American Medical Women's Association
  • Cincinnati OB / GYN Society
  • Cincinnati Academy of Medicine
  • Ohio State Medical Association

Abstracts

 

 

Spigarelli MG, Kinnett, K, Bossert S, Huppert JS, Hillard PJA.  Outcome of Abnormal Pap Smears in Adolescent Women, poster presentation at the Annual Clinical Meeting of the North American Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG), New Orleans, LA, May 19-21, 2005.

Reed J, Thistlethwaite J, Huppert J.  Adolescent STI Research:  Recruiting an Unbiased Sample, oral presentation at the Annual Clinical Meeting of the Society of Adolescent Medicine, Boston, MA, March 22-25, 2006.

Huppert J, Biro F, Lan D, Mortensen E, Reed J, Slap G.  Evaluation of Urinary Symptoms in Adolescent Females, poster presentation at the Annual Clinical Meeting of the Society of Adolescent Medicine, Boston, MA, March 22-25, 2006 and at the 2006 National STD Prevention Conference, May 8-11, 2006, Jacksonville, FL.

Huppert J, Mortensen J, Reed J, Kahn J, Miller W, Hobbs M.  Comparison of Diagnostic Methods for Trichomonas vaginalis, oral presentation at the Annual Clinical Meeting of the Society of Adolescent Medicine, March 28-31, 2007, Denver, CO.

Wang W, Rath K,  Miller R, Huppert J.  Reported Treatment Practices for Acute Adolescent Menorrhagia. Oral presentation, North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, May, 2007, Atlanta, GA.

Rich KD, Huppert JS, Mortensen JE, Reed JL, Kahn JL, Miller WC, Hobbs MM.  Comparison of Transcription-Mediated Amplification, Rapid Antigen Test, Culture, and Wet Mount for Detection of Trichomonas vaginalis in Female Adolescents, poster presentation at the International Society for STD Research, July 29-August 1, 2007, Seattle, WA.

Huppert JS, Rich KD, Mortensen JE, Reed JL, Kahn JA, Hobbs MM.  Mycoplasma genitalium infection detected by transcription mediated amplification assay is associated with Chlamydia but not genitourinary symptoms in adolescent females, poster presentation at the International Society for STD Research, July 29-August 1, 2007, Seattle, WA.

Simendinger L, Reed J, Huppert, J. Point of care test results increase short term abstinence in adolescent women. Oral presentation at the 2008 National STD Prevention Conference in Chicago, Illinois. March 10-13, 2008.

Patullo L, Ding L, Mortensen J, Reed J, Kahn J, Huppert J.  Stepwise diagnosis of T. vaginalis in adolescent women, oral presentation at the annual clinical meeting of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, March 26-29, 2008, Greensboro, NC.

 

 

Special Interests

Pediatric and adolescent gynecolgy; menstrual disorders.

 

Editorial Consultant/Reviewer

 

  • American Journal of Public Health, 2004-present
  • European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 2005-present
  • Journal of Adolescent Health, 2005-present
  • Journal of Women’s Health, 2005 – present
  • Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2007- present
  • American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2007
  • Preventive Medicine, 2007