Team Alumni
Teresa M. Imburgia
PhD, MPH
She/Her
Former Research Coordinator
Postdoctoral Fellow
Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
Indiana University Indianapolis
Background
Dr. Imburgia brings over 15 years of research experience, with a focus on HPV related cancer epidemiology, prevention, and screening. Her past research includes community based participatory research, women's health, HIV, STIs, pregnancy prevention, child and adolescent behavior, gender studies, and child welfare. She is a member of the IU Center for HPV Research and has published over 20 peer-reviewed manuscripts. As a lifelong Hoosier, she is deeply committed to the health and welfare of her Indiana community.
Research Interests
Behavioral Health · Cancer · Global Health · Health Care Delivery Systems · Health Disparities and Equity · Infectious Disease · Maternal and Child Health · Vaccination · Women's Health
Publications
- 2026
- 2025
138. Making Surveys Trauma-Informed: Early Adolescents Who are Uncomfortable With Questions About Sexual Behavior
- 2025
167. Gender-Diverse Youths’ Experiences When Accessing Gender-Affirming Care
- 2025
Abstract A072: Biobanking healthy tissue in the Susan G. Komen tissue bank: Comparing Indiana and non-Indiana residents
- 2025
Benefiting Us All—Population-Level Impact of the HPV Vaccine
- 2025
Factors associated with early sexual onset and delaying sex in rural middle school youth
- 2025
Perspectives of gender-diverse youth and caregivers facing gender-affirming medical intervention bans
- 2025
The persuasiveness of vaccine focused social media posts to parents of adolescents
- 2024
14. The perspectives of gender-diverse youth and caregivers coping with legislation banning gender-affirming medical interventions
- 2024
169.“Out of the Mouths Of Babes”: Exploring COVID-19’s Impact on Identity Formation for Gender-Diverse Youth
- 2024
37. The Need to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Health Counseling and Screening by Pediatric Subspecialists for Adolescents Prescribed Teratogenic Medications
- 2024
Targeting rural adolescent pregnancy: modifiable protective factors and contraceptive use
- 2023
Factors associated with contraceptive use for youth involved in systems
- 2023
Factors associated with sexual initiation and intention to abstain in rural middle school youth
- 2023
Using a Social Ecological Framework to Understand Healthy Relationships and Unintended Pregnancy Risk Among Youth in Rural Communities and Youth Engaged in Systems
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Includes publications from Google Scholar. Updated October 18, 2026.
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