- Contact Info
- 505-272-4462
- Websites
Kong, Alberta Professor
Positions
- Chief, Division of Adolescent Medicine , Department of Pediatrics 2017 -
- Professor with Tenure, Department of Pediatrics , School of Medicine 2018 -
- Interim Director , Envision New Mexico 2018 - 2019
- Associate Professor with Tenure, Department of Pediatrics , School of Medicine 2012 - 2018
- Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics , School of Medicine 2006 - 2012
- Staff Physician , Department of Pediatrics , School of Medicine 1997 - 2005
- Private Practice Pediatrician, Jurgen H. Upplegger M.D., P.C 2002 - 2005
- Locum Tenens Pediatrician , Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital 1997
- Affiliation
- Publications
- Research
- Service
- Background
- Contact
- View All
Affiliation
has collaborator
- Hettema, Jennifer Associate Professor
Publications
selected publications
-
academic article
- Rural-Urban Differences in Baseline Dietary Intake and Physical Activity Levels of Adolescents.. Preventing chronic disease. 16:-. 2019
- Motivational Interviewing to Treat Adolescents With Obesity: A Meta-analysis.. Pediatrics. 142:-. 2018
- Risky Sex in High-Risk Adolescents: Associations with Alcohol Use, Marijuana Use, and Co-Occurring Use.. AIDS and behavior. 22:1352-1362. 2018
- Effect of Including Alcohol and Cannabis Content in a Sexual Risk-Reduction Intervention on the Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Adolescents: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.. JAMA pediatrics. 172:-. 2018
- Outcome Evaluation of a Policy-Mandated Lifestyle and Environmental Modification Program in a National Job Training Center. 2017
- Overweight adolescents' brain response to sweetened beverages mirrors addiction pathways.. Brain imaging and behavior. :-. 2016
- Association between circulating CCL2 levels and modifiable behaviors in overweight and obese adolescents: a cross-sectional pilot study.. Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM. :-. 2016
- Usability Testing of an HPV Information Website for Parents and Adolescents.. Online journal of communication and media technologies. 5:184-203. 2015
- Investigating stakeholder attitudes and opinions on school-based human papillomavirus vaccination programs.. The Journal of School Health. 85:289-298. 2015
- Beta-test Results for an HPV Information Web site: GoHealthyGirls.org - Increasing HPV Vaccine Uptake in the United States.. Journal of consumer health on the Internet. 18:226-237. 2014
- Different models of HPV vaccine decision-making among adolescent girls, parents, and health-care clinicians in New Mexico.. Ethnicity & health. 19:47-63. 2014
- An adaptive community-based participatory research approach to create weight management materials for a school based health center intervention. Journal of Obesity. 2013:-. 2013
- School-based health center intervention improves body mass index in overweight and obese adolescents. Journal of Obesity. 2013:-. 2013
- Acanthosis nigricans predicts the clustering of metabolic syndrome components in Hispanic elementary school-aged children.. Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM. 25:1095-1102. 2012
- An adaptive community-based participatory approach to formative assessment with high schools for obesity intervention*.. The Journal of School Health. 82:147-154. 2012
- Interventions for Treating Overweight and Obesity in Adolescents. Adolescent medicine: state of the art reviews. 23:544-570. 2012
- The "ins" and "outs" of provider-parent communication: perspectives from adolescent primary care providers on challenges to forging alliances to reduce adolescent risk.. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. 48:404-409. 2011
- A pilot walking school bus program to prevent obesity in Hispanic elementary school children: role of physician involvement with the school community.. Clinical pediatrics. 49:989-991. 2010
- Implementation of a walking school bus: lessons learned.. The Journal of School Health. 79:319-25; quiz 333-4. 2009
- Oculomotor control in calliphorid flies: GABAergic organization in heterolateral inhibitory pathways.. The Journal of comparative neurology. 361:298-320. 1995
- Acanthosis Nigricans: high prevalence and association with diabetes in a practice-based research network consortium--a PRImary care Multi-Ethnic network (PRIME Net) study.. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM. 23:476-485.
- Acanthosis nigricans and diabetes risk factors: prevalence in young persons seen in southwestern US primary care practices.
- Internet-based training in a practice-based research network consortium: a report from the Primary Care Multiethnic Network (PRIME Net).
Research
principal investigator on
- NIH/NHLBI Single-Site and Pilot Clinical Trials (SSPT) Review Committee Member 2019 - 2023
- NIH Special Emphasis Panel, NIDDK Time-Sensitive Obesity Policy and Program Evaluation (R01) 2014 - 2019
- NIH Special Emphasis Panel, NHLBI Single-Site Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials (R61/R33) 2018
- NIH - 1R01HL118734-01A1 - ACTION PAC: Adolescents Committed to Improvement of Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 - 2018
- Fluor Federal Solutions 2015 - 2016
co-principal investigator on
Service
reviewer of
- Evaluation and program planning (Journal) 2014 -
- NIH, NIDDK (Research Proposal) 2014 -
- Contemporary clinical trials (Journal) 2013 -
- Health & place (Journal) 2013 -
- Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM (Journal) 2013 -
- Pediatrics (Journal) 2013 -
- Prevention Science (Journal) 2013 -
- Journal of Physical Activity and Health (Journal) 2012 -
- The Journal of school health (Journal) 2012 -
- World Medical & Health Policy (Journal) 2012 -
- American Journal of Human Biology (Journal) 2011 -
- Journal of Adolescent Health (Journal) 2011 -
- Journal of health psychology (Journal) 2011 -
- Preventing chronic disease (Journal) 2008 -
- NIH/NHLBI Single-Site and Pilot Clinical Trials (SSPT) Review Committee Member (Collected Document) 2019 - 2023
- NIH Special Emphasis Panel, NIDDK Time-Sensitive Obesity Policy and Program Evaluation (R01) (Report) 2014 - 2019
- NIH Special Emphasis Panel, NHLBI Single-Site Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials (R61/R33) (Report) 2018
Background
education and training
- M.P.H. in Community and Preventive Health, Graduated with Distinction 2002
- M.D., University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ , College of Medicine 1994
- B.S. in General Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ , Graduated Magna Cum Laude 1989
- Internship and Residency 1994 - 1997
- Adolescent Medicine 1997 - 2000
awards and honors
- UNM Health Sciences Center Faculty Research Excellence Award in Population Science, 2018
- Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Mid Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar Attendee, 2017
- Cancer Population Sciences Program, conferred by UNM Cancer Research and Treatment Center , 2013
- Senior Fellow, conferred by NM Center for the Advancement of Research, Engagement, & Science on Health Disparities (NM CARES HD), , 2013
- Top Docs Nomination, conferred by Albuquerque The Magazine , 2012
- • Abbott Nutrition Young Investigator Research Award, conferred by Western Society for Pediatric Research , 2010
- NIH KL2 Scholar, conferred by Clinical and Translational Science Center, 2010 - 2012
advisee of
-
faculty mentoring relationship
- Davis, Sally, 2009 -
- Davis, Sally advising Kong, Alberta 2009 -
Contact
full name
- Alberta S Kong
mailing address
-
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, MSC10 5590, 1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
United States of America
fax
- 505-272-3955