Gregory D. Zimet, PhD, MA
Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics
Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry
Indianapolis Center for HPV Research, Co-Director
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Bio
Meet Gregory Zimet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqw1AW_luuE
Dr. Zimet is a Clinical Psychologist and Professor in the Department of Pediatrics. Since he arrived at IU School of Medicine in 1993 he has guided an extensive and multi-faceted behavioral and social science research program focused on attitudes about and determinants of vaccination with a particular focus on human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination. Dr. Zimet's research also has involved randomized clinical trials designed to evaluate the effects of behavioral interventions on hepatitis B virus (HBV) and HPV vaccine uptake and on acceptance of HIV testing. In addition, through his nearly 15 year involvement in the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network (ATN) for HIV/AIDS Interventions. Dr. Zimet has expanded his research focus to examine consent and ethical factors related to recruitment of adolescents into biomedical HIV prevention clinical trials. Dr. Zimet's research has been funded by NIH, CDC, and private industry. He collaborates with researchers throughout the U.S. and from several other countries who represent many different disciplines including health marketing, health communication, medicine, psychology, biostatistics, nursing, and public health. Dr. Zimet has served as a research mentor to physician fellows, medical students, pediatric residents, pre- and post-doctoral fellows in psychology, social work, health behavior, and nursing, and junior faculty across several departments and schools. In the 1980s, Dr. Zimet and several colleagues (including his mother) developed the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), a measure that is widely used in research worldwide and has been translated into over 35 languages.
Key Publications
Zimet GD, Liau A, Fortenberry VD. Health beliefs and intention to get immunized for HIV. J Adolesc Health. 1997 May;20(5):354-9. PMID: 9168382.
Zimet GD, Fortenberry JD, Fife KH, Tyring SK, Herne K, et al. Acceptability of genital herpes immunization. The role of health beliefs and health behaviors. Sex Transm Dis. 1997 Nov;24(10):555-60. PMID: 9383842.
Zimet GD, Mays RM, Winston Y, Kee R, Dickes J, Su L. Acceptability of human papillomavirus immunization. J Womens Health Gend Based Med. 2000;9(1):47-50. PMID: 10718505.
Zimet GD, Mays RM, Fortenberry JD. Vaccines against sexually transmitted infections: promise and problems of the magic bullets for prevention and control. Sex Transm Dis. 2000 Jan;27(1):49-52. PMID: 10654869.
Zimet GD, Mays RM, Sturm LA, Ravert AA, Perkins SM, et al. Parental attitudes about sexually transmitted infection vaccination for their adolescent children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005 Feb;159(2):132-7. PMID:15699306.
Tanner AE, Zimet GD, Fortenberry JD, Reece M, Graham CA, Murray M. Young women's use of a vaginal microbicide surrogate: The role of individual and contextual factors in acceptability and sexual pleasure. J Sex Res 2009;46:15-23. PMID:19012060.
Cox D, Cox AD, Sturm L, Zimet G. Behavioral interventions to increase HPV vaccination acceptability among mothers of young girls: The impact of graphical risk presentation and rhetorical questions. Health Psychol 2010;29:29-39. PMID: 20063933.
Stupiansky NW, Rosenthal SL, Wiehe SE, Zimet GD. Human papillomavirus vaccine acceptability among a national sample of adult women in the United States. Sex Health 2010;7:304-309. PMID: 20719219.
Giguere R, Carballo-Diéguez A, Ventuneac A, Mabragaña M, Dolezal C, Chen BA, Kahn JA, Zimet GD, McGowan I. Variations in microbicide gel acceptability among young women in the USA and Puerto Rico. Cult Health Sexuality 2012;14:151-166. PMID:22084840; PMCID:PMC3265079.
Marlow LA, Zimet GD, McCaffery KJ, Ostini R, Waller J. Knowledge of human papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccination: an international comparison. Vaccine. 2013 Jan 21;31(5):763-9. PMID: 23246310.
Ott MA, Alexander AB, Lally M, Steever JB, Zimet GD. Preventive misconception and adolescents' knowledge about HIV vaccine trials. J Med Ethics. 2013 Dec;39(12):765-71. PMID: 23355050; PMCID: PMC3677956.
Kester LM, Shedd-Steele RB, Dotson CA, Smith J, Zimet GD. The effects of a brief educational intervention on human papillomavirus knowledge and intention to initiate HPV vaccination in 18-26 year old young adults. Gynecol Oncol 2014;132 (Supplement 1):S9-S12. PMID: 24384459.
Fu L, Bonhomme L-A, Cooper SC, Joseph JG, Zimet GD. Educational interventions to increase HPV vaccination acceptance: a systematic review. Vaccine 2014;32(17):1901-1920. PMID: 24530401; PMCID:PMC4285433.
Kasting M, Cox AD, Cox D, Fife KH, Katz BP, Zimet GD. The Effects of HIV Testing Advocacy Messages on Test Acceptance: A Randomized Clinical Trial. BMC Medicine 2014;12:204. PMID: 25374047; PMCID: PMC4243315.
Best C, Tanner AE, Hensel DJ, Fortenberry JD, Zimet GD. Young women's contraceptive microbicide preferences: associations with contraceptive behavior and sexual relationship characteristics. Perspect Sex Reprod Health 2014;46(1):15-22. PMID:24325312; PMCID:PMC4183361.
Lally M, Goldsworthy R, Sarr M, Kahn J, Brown L, Peralta L, Zimet GD, Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions. Evaluation of an intervention among adolescents to reduce preventive misconception in HIV vaccine clinical trials. J Adolesc Health. 2014 Aug;55(2):254-9. PMID: 24613097; PMCID: PMC4108563.
Rickert VI, Auslander BA, Cox DS, Rosenthal SL, Rupp RE, Zimet GD. School-based HPV immunization of young adolescents: Effects of two brief health interventions. Hum Vacc Immunother 2015;11:315-321. PMID: 25692717.
Gilbert AL, Knopf AS, Fortenberry JD, Hosek SG, Kapogiannis BG, Zimet GD, (and the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions). Adolescent self-consent for biomedical HIV prevention research: Implications for IRB approval and implementation. J Adolesc Health 2015;57:113-119. PMID: 26095412; PMCID: PMC4477274.
Knopf AS, Ott MA, Liu N, Kapogiannis B, Zimet GD, Fortenberry JD, Hosek SG, and the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN). Minors’ and young adults’ experiences of the research consent process in a Phase II safety study of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV. J Adolesc Health 2017;61(6):747-754. PMID: 28967541. PMCID: PMC5701834.
Donahue K, Sturm L, Hendrix K, Zimet G. Provider Communication and mothers' willingness to vaccinate against HPV and influenza: A randomized health messaging trial. Acad Pediatr 2018;18:145-153. PMID: 28754504.
Zimet GD, Dixon BE, Xiao S, Tu W, Kulkarni A, Dugan T, Sheley M, Downs SM. Simple and elaborated clinician reminder prompts for HPV vaccination: A randomized clinical trial. Acad Pediatr 2018;18(2):S66-S71. PMID: 29502640.
Mullins TLK, Idoine CR, Zimet GD, Kahn JA. Primary care physician attitudes and intentions toward the use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in adolescents. J Adolesc Health 2019;64(5):581-588. PMID: 30578115. PMCID: PMC6478546.
Lin Y, Lin Z, He F, Hu Z, Zimet GD, Alias H, Wong LP. HPV vaccination intent and acceptability of 2-,4-, and 9-valent HPV vaccines: A study of adult women aged 27 to 45 years in China. Vaccine (in press). PMID: 32127227. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2020.1756152.
Panozzo CA, Head KJ, Kornides ML, Feemster KA, Zimet GD. Tailored messages addressing HPV vaccination concerns improve behavioral intent among mothers: A randomized clinical trial. J Adolesc Health (in press). PMID: 32199723. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.01.024.
| Year | Degree | Institution |
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| 1986 | Postdoctoral Training | Case Western University School of Medicine |
| 1985 | PhD | Duke University |
| 1981 | MA | Duke University |
| 1978 | BA | Vassar College |
Psychosocial/behavioral and policy issues associated with acceptance of vaccines and of biomedical approaches to the diagnosis and prevention of sexually transmitted infections (e.g., HIV testing & pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP). Consent issues with recruitment of adolescents into biomedical prevention clinical trials.
Ongoing Collaborative Projects:
- Project title: “Addressing Low HPV Vaccination Rates in Indiana: An Environmental Scan Approach”. Collaborators: Ms. Rivienne Shedd-Steele (IU Simon Cancer Center), Dr. Katharine Head (IUPUI Department of Communication Studies), Dr. Monica Kasting (Purdue University, Department of Public Health), and Dr. Joanne Daggy (Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics). Funded by a NCI IU Simon Cancer Center Supplement grant.
- Project title: “Ensuring a Successful Transition from Pap to HPV DNA Testing in Primary Cervical Cancer Screening: Exploring and Listening to Canadian Women’s Needs is Critical for Effective Public Policy Change”. Collaborators: Dr. Zeev Rosberger (PI, McGill University). Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health.
- Project title: “Use of Public Deliberation in Diverse Communities to Improve Consent Processes for Clinical Research”. Collaborators: Drs. Amelia Knopf (MPI, IU School of Nursing) and Mary Ott (MPI, IU School of Medicine). Funded by PCORI.
- Project title: “Innovative Approaches for Minor Consent to Biomedical HIV Prevention Research”. Collaborators: Dr. Amelia Knopf (PI, IU School of Nursing). Funded by NICHD and the Adolescent Medicine Trials for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN).
- Project title: “Web App Technology for Boys and Parents: Improving HPV Vaccine Uptake”. Collaborators: Dr. Gill Woodall (PI, Klein Buendel). Funded by NCI.
- Project title: “Evaluating the Effect of Rhode Island’s HPV Vaccine School-Entry Requirement on Age of Vaccination”. Collaborators: Dr. Erika Thompson (Univ. North Texas), Dr. Ellen Daley (Univ. South Florida), Dr. Debbie Saslow (American Cancer Society), Tricia Washburn (Rhode Island Department of Health), and Kim Salisbury-Keth (Rhode Island Department of Health).
- Project title: “Digitally Targeted Messaging Boosts Adolescent Vaccine Administrations at the Point of Care”. Collaborators: Judy Klein (UNITY Cosortium), Vikram Agadi (Outcome Health), Cokie Hu (Outcome Health), and Alejandro Jaramillo (Outcome Health).
- Project title: “National Survey of Adult Perceptions of COVID-19 Risk-Reduction Strategies and Attitudes about a Future SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine”. Collaborators: Dr. Katharine Head (IUPUI Department of Communication Studies), Dr. Monica Kasting (Purdue University Department of Public Health), Dr. Lynne Sturm (IU School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics), and Jane Hartsock, JD, MA (IUPUI Department of Medical Humanities and Health Studies).