Email: jd201@columbia.edu
Tel: 212-851-2279

PhD, Social Welfare ( Columbia University); MPhil, Social Welfare (Columbia University); MS, Social Work ( Columbia University); BA, Communication Arts ( Ramapo College)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), State of New Jersey, Division of Consumer Affairs

Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, NY

Research Interests:

• Risk factors for cancer and other chronic diseases in minority and underserved adolescent populations
• Adolescent health behavior change
• Prevention research
• Use of information technologies for prevention program delivery
• Gender specific intervention
• Practice research

• Cancer Risk Reduction through Dietary Intervention (2-year study funded by NCI)
• Assessing African American Adolescent Food Intakes (2-year study funded by NCI)
• HIV Prevention among Adolescent Women (2-year study funded by NIMH)
• Disadvantaged Youth and Alcohol Abuse Prevention (5-year study funded by NIAAA)
• Drug Abuse Prevention: Mother-Daughter Intervention (5-year study funded by NIDA)

Di Noia, J., Schinke, S. P., & Contento, I. R. (2005). Dietary patterns of reservation and non-reservation Native American youths. Ethnicity & Disease, 15, 705-712.

Di Noia, J., Schinke, S. P., Pena, J. B., & Schwinn, T. M. (2004). Evaluation of a brief computer-mediated intervention to reduce HIV risk among early adolescent females. Journal of Adolescent Health, 35, 62-64.

Di Noia, J., Schinke, S. P., Prochaska, J. O., & Contento, I. R. (in press). Application of the Transtheoretical Model to fruit and vegetable consumption among economically disadvantaged Black adolescents: Preliminary findings. American Journal of Health Promotion.

Di Noia, J., Schwinn, T. M., Dastur, Z., & Schinke, S. P. (2003). The relative efficacy of pamphlets, CD-ROM, and the Internet for disseminating adolescent drug abuse prevention programs: An exploratory study. Preventive Medicine, 37, 646-653.

Schinke, S. P., Di Noia, J., Cole, K. C., & Schwinn, T. M. (in press). Reducing drug use risks among adolescent girls: A controlled test of computer-delivered, mother-daughter intervention. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.

Schinke, S. P., Di Noia, J., & Glassman, J. R. (2004). Computer mediated intervention to prevent drug abuse and violence among high-risk youth. Addictive Behaviors, 29, 225-229.

Schinke, S. P., Schwinn, T. M., Di Noia, J., & Cole, K. C. (2004). Reducing the risks of alcohol abuse among urban youth: 3-year effects of computer-based and parent involvement interventions. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 65 , 443-449.