NAME Joy M. Zakarian

POSITION TITLE Research Associate

EDUCATION (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION	DEGREE (if applicable)	YEAR (s)	FIELD OF STUDY
University of California, San Diego, CA San Diego State University, San Diego, CA	B.A. M.P.H.	1984 1992	Psychology Health Promotion

RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Concluding with present position, list, in chronological order, previous employment, experience, and honors. Include present membership on any Federal Government public advisory committee. List, in chronological order, the titles, all authors, and complete references to all publications during the past three years and to representative earlier publications pertinent to this application. If the list of publications in the last three years exceeds two pages, select the most pertinent publications. DO NOT EXCEED TWO PAGES.

Professional Experience

1987-1988 Research Assistant, Arthritis Research Project, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

1988-1992 Research Assistant, San Diego Health and Exercise Project, Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

1989-1991 Research Assistant, Medicare Preventive Health Project, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

1992-1993 Health Education Consultant, Pacificare, 5995 Plaza Drive, Cypress, CA 90630-5028

1993-1995 Research Associate, SMILES PLUS, Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

1991-1995 Research Associate, Project Zephyr, Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

1995-present Project Coordinator, Healthy Babies Project(s), Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

Publications

Emerson JA, Wahlgren DR, Hovell MF, Meltzer SB, Zakarian JM, Hofstetter CR. Parent smoking and asthmatic children's exposure patterns: A behavioral epidemiology study. Addictive Behaviors 1994; 19(6):677-689.

Hovell MF, Meltzer SB, Zakarian JM, Wahlgren DR Emerson JA, Hofstetter CR, Leaderer B, Meltzer EO, Zeiger RS, O'Connor RD, Mulvihill MM, Atkins CJ. Reduction of environmental tobacco smoke exposure among asthmatic children: A controlled trial. Chest 1994; 106(2):440-446.

Zakarian JM, Hovell MF, Hofstetter CR, Sallis JF, Keating KJ. Correlates of vigorous exercise in a predominantly low SES and minority high school population: A behavioral epidemiological study. Preventive Medicine 1994; 23:314- 321.

Emerson JA, Hovell MF, Meltzer SB, Zakarian JM, Hofstetter CR, Wahlgren DR, Leaderer BP, Meltzer EO. The accuracy of environmental tobacco smoke exposure measures among asthmatic children. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 1995; 48(10):1251-1259.

Hofstetter CR, Hovell MF, Sallis JF, Zakarian JM, Beirich H, Mulvihill MM, Keating KJ, Emerson JA. Physical activity and exposure to sports in mass media in an ethnically diverse sample of adolescents. Medicine, Exercise, Nutrition and Health 1995; 4(4);234-242.

Sallis JF, Zakarian JM, Hovell MF, Hofstetter CR. Ethnic, socioeconomic, and sex differences in physical activity among adolescents. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 1996; 49(2):125-134.

Wahlgren DR, Hovell MF, Meltzer SB, Hofstetter CR, Zakarian JM. Reduction of environmental tobacco smoke exposure in asthmatic children: A two-year follow-up. Chest 1997; 111:81-88.

Wahlgren DR, Hovell MF, Matt GE, Meltzer SB, Zakarian JM, Meltzer EO. Toward a simplified measure of asthma severity for applied research. Journal of Asthma 1997; 34(4):291-303.

Morrison TC, Wahlgren DR, Hovell MF, Zakarian JM, Burkham-Kreitner S, Hofstetter CR, Slymen DJ, Keating KJ, Russos S, Jones JA. Tracking and follow-up of 16,915 adolescents: Minimizing attrition bias. Controlled Clinical Trials 1997; 18:383-396.

Matt GE, Wahlgren DR, Hovell MF, Zakarian JM, Bernert JT, Meltzer SB, Pirkle JL, Caudill S. Measuring environmental tobacco smoke exposure in infants and young children through urine cotinine and memory-based parental reports: Empirical findings and discussion. Tobacco Control 1999; 8, 282-289.

Presentations

Zakarian J, Emerson J, Meltzer S, Wahlgren D, Hofstetter CR, Hovell M. Determinants of asthmatic children's exposure to parents' cigarettes at home. Poster presented at the Fourteenth Annual Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, March 1993.

Wahlgren D, Meltzer S, Zakarian J, Emerson J, Hofstetter CR, Atkins C, Hovell M. Predictors of physician counseling to reduce tobacco smoke exposure in children with asthma. Poster presented at the Fourteenth Annual Scientific Sessions of The Society of Behavioral Medicine, March 1993.

Mulvihill M, Zakarian J, Hovell M, Sallis J, Hofstetter CR. Problematic dieting behavior and smoking in adolescents. Poster presented at the Fourteenth Annual Scientific Sessions of The Society of Behavioral Medicine, March 1993.

Hovell M, Meltzer S, Zakarian J, Emerson J, Wahlgren D. Control of secondhand smoke exposure in asthmatic children. A symposium presented at the Fourteenth Annual Scientific Sessions of The Society of Behavioral Medicine, March 1993.

Meltzer S, Hovell M, Zakarian J, Wahlgren D, Hofstetter CR, Emerson J, Atkins C. Controlling secondhand smoke exposure in asthmatic children through behavioral intervention. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, August 1993.

Meltzer S, Meltzer E, Hovell M, Wahlgren D, Zakarian J. The prevalence of cats and dogs in the homes of asthmatic children exposed to environmental tobacco smoke. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy & Immunology, November 1993.

Keating K, Hovell M, Hofstetter CR, Sallis J, Mulvihill M, Slymen D, Emerson J, Zakarian J. The social learning theory determinants of weight variability. Poster presented at the Fifteenth Annual Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, April 1994.

Lyttleton C, Hovell M, Zakarian J, Jones J, Hofstetter CR, Burkham-Kreitner S. An exploratory analysis of the health-related behaviors of a large sample of adolescents. Poster presented at the Fifteenth Annual Scientific Sessions of The Society of Behavioral Medicine, April 1994.

Russos S, Hovell M, Jones J, Zakarian J, Keating K, Slymen D, Burkham-Kreitner S, Hofstetter CR. Clinician compliance for tobacco prevention counseling. Poster presented at the Fifteenth Annual Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, April 1994.

Russos S, Hovell M, Zakarian J, Keating K, Jones J, Slymen D, Burkham-Kreitner S, Hofstetter CR. Clinician compliance for prevention of adolescent tobacco use. Poster presented at the 122nd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, October 1994.

Hovell M, Meltzer S, Zakarian J, Wahlgren D, Hofstetter CR, Mulvihill M, Leaderer B, Meltzer E, Atkins CR. Bridging the gap: Application of social learning theory to high risk populations in clinical and community settings (A randomized clinical trial of a behavioral intervention to reduce asthmatic children's exposure to tobacco smoke). Symposium presented at the 28th Annual Convention of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, November 1994.

Meltzer S, Meltzer E, Hovell M, Wahlgren D, Zakarian J. The prevalence of cats and dogs in the homes of asthmatic children exposed to environmental tobacco smoke. Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the American College of Allergy and Immunology, November 1994. (Abstr). Annals of Allergy 1994; 72:93.

Wahlgren D, Hovell M, Meltzer S, Zakarian J. Measures of asthma severity in applied research. Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the American College of Allergy and Immunology, November 1994. (Abstr). Annals of Allergy 1995; 74:108.

Wahlgren D, Hovell M, Meltzer S, Zakarian J. Differences in parent smoking and asthmatic children's exposure patterns: Clinical implications. Poster presented at the Sixteenth Annual Scientific Sessions of The Society for Behavioral Medicine, March 1995. (Abstr). Annals of Behavioral Medicine 1995; 17:S102.

Morrison T, Wahlgren D, Hovell M, Zakarian J, Jones J, Hofstetter CR, Burkham-Kreitner S. Tracking and follow-up of 16,915 adolescents: Minimizing Attrition. Paper presented at the 123rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, October 1995.

Wahlgren D, Hovell M, Matt G, Meltzer S, Zakarian J, Meltzer E. Toward a simplified measure of asthma severity for applied community research and nonspecialty care providers. Poster presented at the 123rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, October 1995.

Meltzer S, Hovell M, Wahlgren D, Zakarian J, Hofstetter CR. The long-term effectiveness of behavioral counseling in reducing environmental tobacco smoke exposure in asthmatic children. Poster presented at the 123rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, October 1995.

Zakarian J, Jones J, Russos S, Hofstetter CR, Slymen D, Hovell M. Adolescent tobacco prevention in private practice settings. Poster presented at the 123rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, October 1995.

Zakarian J, Hovell M, Nordahl Larson S, Quo K, Bradley R, Anderson E, Concha-Garcia S, Craven D, Kemp C, Kukla. S. Reduction of environmental tobacco smoke exposure among WIC babies. Poster presented at the National Association of WIC Directors Annual Conference, May 1997.

Keating K, Sandweiss R, Zakarian J, Hovell M, Matt G, Anders B, Micik S. Testing the effectiveness of a clinic-based counseling program to reduce ETS exposure among children. Paper presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association, November 1997.

Zakarian J, Hovell M, Matt G, Mulz D, Yourkavitch J, Nordahl Larson S, Busch E. Reduction of environmental tobacco smoke exposure among WIC babies: The Healthy Babies Project. Paper presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association, November 1997.

Hovell M, Zakarian J, Matt G, Chu S, Mulz D, Heitzman-Powell L, Gearen C, Rincon A, Keating K. Reduction of environmental tobacco smoke exposure among WIC babies. Paper presented at the 12th National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control: Prevention Opportunities for the 21st Century, December 1997.

Hovell M, Wahlgren D, Meltzer S, Zakarian J, Matt G, Hofstetter CR. Reduction of passive smoking in asthmatic children and follow-on studies. Poster presented at the Tobacco Related Disease Research Program Annual Investigators' Meeting, December 1997.

Zakarian JM, Sandweiss, RD, Hovell MF, Matt GE, Micik SH, Anders B. Behavioral counseling for reducing babies' ETS exposure: Implementation in community clinics. Poster presented at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention 13th National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, December 1998.

Zakarian JM, Hovell MF, Matt GE, Nordahl Larson S, Concha-Garcia S, Shadoan CL, Yourkavitch, JM. Behavioral counseling to reduce babies' ETS exposure: Effect on home smoking policies. Poster presented at the Society for Behavioral Medicine 20th Annual Scientific Sessions in San Diego, California, March 1999.

Beckwith KM, Zakarian JM, Hovell MF, Shillington A, Matt GE, Nordahl Larson S. Characteristics of a WIC population: Health behaviors of mothers who expose their children to environmental tobacco smoke. Poster presented at the Society for Behavioral Medicine 20th Annual Scientific Sessions in San Diego, California, March 1999.