Geri Dino, Ph.D.
	Associate Professor of HSC SOM Community Medicine and Director, West Virginia Prevention Research Center Graduate Training: Kansas State University
	Office: 3820B PO Box 9190 Morgantown, WV 26506-9190	Email: gdino@hsc.wvu.edu Phone: 304-293-1898 Fax: 304-293-8624

Research Interests:

Dr. Geri Dino received her PhD in experimental psychology from Kansas State University. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Community Medicine and the Principal Investigator and Director of the West Virginia Prevention Research Center (WV PRC), one of 33 Prevention Research Centers funded competitively by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The WVU PRC collaborates with public health agencies and communities to conduct, translate, and disseminate interdisciplinary research designed to improve population health. Its research agenda focuses on reducing chronic disease risk factors and health disparities related to race/ethnicity, geography, and socioeconomic status. Dr. Dino’s primary research interests include adolescent smoking cessation, child obesity prevention, and program and system-level evaluation. She co-authored the American Lung Association’s national and international teen smoking cessation program, Not-On-Tobacco (N-O-T). N-O-T is designated as a SAMHSA Model Program, an Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Model Program, and a National Cancer Institute Research Tested Intervention Program. It Dr. Dino serves as an advisor to state and national health-related organizations, and in state and national leadership positions.

Selected Publications:

1. Franks AL, Kelder SH, Dino GA, Horn KA, Gortmaker SL, Wiecha JL, et al. School-based programs: lessons learned from CATCH, Planet Health, and Not-On-Tobacco. Prev Chronic Dis [serial online] 2007 Apr [date cited]. Available from: <http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2007/apr/06_0105.htm>
   
   
2. Horn K, Dino G, Hamilton C, Noerachmanto N. Efficacy of an emergency department-based motivational teenage smoking intervention. Prev Chronic Dis [serial online] 2007 Jan [date cited]. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2007/ jan/06_0021.htm.
   
   
3. Horn K, McCracken L, Dino G, Brayboy M (May 31, 2006). Applying Community-Based Participatory Research Principles to the Development of a Smoking-Cessation Program for American Indian Teens: "Telling Our Story." Health Educ Behav.
   
   
4. Horn K, Dino G, Kalsekar I, & Mody R (2005). The impact of Not On Tobacco on teen smoking cessation: End-of-program evaluation results, 1998-2003. Journal of Adolescant Research. 20(6): 640-661.
   
   
5. Horn K, Dino G, Manzo K, Lowry-Chavis L, Shorty L, McCracken L, Noerachmanto N (October 2005). Quit and reduction rates for a pilot study of the American Indian Not On Tobacco (N-O-T) program. Preventing Chronic Disease.2(4):A13.
   
   
6. Horn K, McGloin T, Dino G , Manzo K, Lowry-Chavis L, Shorty L, McCracken L, Noerachmanto N(2005). Quit and Reduction Rates for a Pilot Study of the American Indian Not On Tobacco (N-O-T). URL: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2005/oct/05_0001.htm
   
   
7. Dino G, Kamal K, Horn K, Kalsekar I, & Fernandes A (2004). Stage of change and smoking cessation outcomes among adolescents. Addictive Behaviors. 29(5), 935-940.
   
   
8. Horn K, Dino G, Kalsekar D, Fernandes AW (February 2004). Appalachian Teen Smokers: Not On Tobacco 15 Months Later. Amer J of Public Health. 94(2):181-184.
   
   
9. Horn K, Dino G, Kalsekar I, Massey C, Manzo-Tennant K, & McGloin G (June, 2004). Exploring the relationship between mental health and smoking cessation: A study of rural teens. Prevention Science. 5(2), 113-127.
   
   
10. Horn K, Fernandes A, Dino G, Kalsekar I & Massey C (June 2003). Adolescent nicotine dependence and smoking cessation outcomes. Addictive Behaviors, 28 (4) 769-776.