Education​

• PhD, Epidemiology, UTHealth School of Public Health, Houston, Texas

• MPH, Epidemiology, UTHealth School of Public Health, Houston, Texas

• BS, Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, Texas

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Honors/Award  

• Hollings Cancer Center Junior Faculty Cancer Health Equity Scholars Program Award, Medical University of South Carolina, 2024 - Present

• Outstanding Postdoctoral Trainee in Cancer Prevention Award - Recognized Nominee, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2024

• NIH NIMHD Diversity Supplement Award for Minority Health and Health Disparities Research, 2022-2024

• First Place Presentation, Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center 18th Annual Research Symposium Poster Session, Technology and Data Innovations for a Cure, Baylor College of Medicine, 2022

• Inductee, Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health - Alpha Iota Chapter, 2021

• Endowed Scholarship Award, People with AIDS Public Health in the Americas Scholarship, UTHealth School of Public Health, 2020

• Endowed Scholarship Award, Lu-Yu Hwang, MD and R. Palmer Beasley Scholarship in Global Health, UTHealth School of Public Health, 2019

• First Place Presentation, 8th Annual Fleming Center Case Competition, UTHealth, 2019​​

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Selected Publications  ​

• Amboree TL, Paguio J, Sonawane K. HPV vaccine: The key to eliminating cervical cancer inequities. BMJ. 2024.

• Amboree TL, Montealegre JR, Parker SL, Garg A, Damgacioglu H, Schmeler KM, Chiao EY, Hill EG, Sonawane K, Deshmukh AA, Adsul P. National Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screening Use in Federally Qualified Health Centers. JAMA Intern Med. 2024.

• Amboree TL, Damgacioglu H, Sonawane K, Adsul P, Montealegre JR, Deshmukh AA. Recent trends in cervical cancer incidence, stage at diagnosis, and mortality according to county-level income in the United States, 2000–2019. Int J Cancer. 2024.

• Parker SL, Amboree TL, Bulsara S, Daheri M, Anderson ML, Hilsenbeck,SG, Jibaja-Weiss ML, Zare M, Schmeler KM, Deshmukh AA, Chiao EY, Scheurer ME, Montealegre JR. Self-Sampling for Human Papillomavirus Testing: Acceptability in a U.S. Safety Net Health System. Am J Prev Med. 2023.

• Amboree TL, Parker SL, Bulsara S. Anderson ML, Schmeler KM, Chiao EY, Montealegre JR. Cervical cancer screening among English- and Spanish-speaking Hispanic women in an urban safety net health system, 2015–2020. BMC Womens Health. 2023.

• Amboree TL, Nyitray AG, Schneider J, Gargurevich N, Kuo J, Chiao EY, Hwang LY, Fujimoto K. Are human papillomavirus knowledge and vaccine uptake associated with HIV status and social determinants of health in young sexual minority men?. Prev Med Rep. 2023.

• Amboree TL, Parker SL, Bulsara S. Anderson ML, Schmeler KM, Chiao EY, Montealegre JR. Cervical cancer screening among English- and Spanish-speaking Hispanic women in an urban safety net health system, 2015–2020. BMC Womens Health. 2023.

• Amboree TL, Nyitray AG, Schneider J, Gargurevich N, Kuo J, Chiao EY, Hwang LY, Fujimoto K. Are human papillomavirus knowledge and vaccine uptake associated with HIV status and social determinants of health in young sexual minority men?. Prev Med Rep. 2023.