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Deborah Konkle-Parker, PhD, RN, DNP, AACRN, FAAN

Portrait of Dr. Deborah Konkle-ParkerDr. Debbie Konkle-Parker serves as a part-time professor with the School of Nursing. She is also the PI for the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) and Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) Combined Cohort Study (MWCCS) and the Study of Treatment and Reproductive Outcomes (STAR), both cohort studies of individuals living with and at risk for HIV, to longitudinally explore the impact of HIV on people's lives.

Cohort studies:

Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS)

Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS)

MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study (MWCCS)

Contact information

Deborah Konkle-Parker, PhD, RN, FNP, AACRN, FAAN
Professor of Nursing

Research interests

  • behavioral research related to HIV treatment or prevention
  • as well as social determinants of health and their impact on people living with HIV

Accomplishments and honors

  • 2019 - Platinum Level, University of Mississippi Medical Center Excellence in Research Awards
  • 2019 - Champion, Office of Diversity & Inclusion, University of Mississippi Medical Center
  • 2014 - Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing
  • 2014 - Nurse Researcher of the Year, Mississippi Nurses Association/Mississippi Nurses Foundation Nightingale Award
  • 2013 - Nurse Research of the Year award, University of Mississippi Excellence in Nursing

Memberships

  • 2010 - present Member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
  • 2010 - 2019 Multiple offices including Awards chair, President, Leadership Succession Committee
    and chair, and President, Theta Beta chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International
    Nursing Honor Society
  • 2009 - 2010 Member of University of MS Medical Center Leadership Development Program

Grants awarded

  • Brown University CFAR, subcontract for their grant from NIAID P30AI042853, “Implementation Mechanisms Tailored for African American Cisgender Women Living in Mississippi HIV Hot Spots” 7/01/2020-06/30/2022, $272,374. Role: co-investigator
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham, subaward for their grant from NIH/NHLBI “Intersection of Material-Need Insecurities on HIV and Cardiovascular Health Outcomes” R01HL155226, MPIs: Weiser, Turan, Frongillo. 7/1/2020-6/31/2025, Role: co-investigator.
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham, subcontract for their award from NIH/NICHD, “Women’s HIV Cohort Study” R01HD101352, 12/1/2019-3/31/2024. PI: Maria Alcaide, University of Miami. Role: Co-investigator; UMMC site PI
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham, subcontract for their award from NIH/NHLBI, “MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study” U01HL146192, 4/1/2019-3/31/2026. $1,088795 annually. PI: D. Konkle-Parker
  • SAMHSA, “Provision of Treatment for Substance Use Disorders and Mental Health Disorders in Mississippi to Reduce Transmission and Improve Clinical Outcomes in People Living with HIV” $2,442,375 9/30/17 - 9/29/2022. PI: D. Konkle-Parker
  • SAMHSA , “SBIRT Training for Medical Students and Residents in Mississippi.” U79TI026047, 9/1/2015-8/31/2018. PI: J. Schumacher; Role: Co-investigator.
  • NIH/NIAID, “Urban/non-urban comparisons of psychosocial characteristics and their impact on clinical markers, medication adherence, and healthcare utilization among Southern site cohort participants” Supplement from U01 AI10340, $14,821. Aug 1, 2016 – Dec 31, 2016. PI: Deborah Konkle-Parker
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham, subcontract for their grant from NIH/NIAID. “Mechanisms and longitudinal effects of stigma on women’s adherence and outcomes.” R01MH104114. 4/01/2015 PI: Janet Turan; UMMC PI: Deborah Konkle-Parker
  • NIH/NIAID, “Factors influencing women in their self-protective activities associated with HIV transmission behaviors.” Supplement from U01 AI10340, July 2014 – December 2014. $41,893. PI: Deborah J. Konkle-Parker
  • NIH/NIAID, “Health risk behaviors and biomarkers of HIV disease” Supplement from U01 AI10340, 7/01/14 – 12/31/2014 2014 – December 2014. $25,007, PI: Rehm, Kristina, Role: co-investigator

Selected publications

  • Duarte MJ, Tien PC, Kardashian A, Ma Y, Hunt P, Kuniholm MH, Adimora AA, Fischl MA, French AL, Topper E, Konkle-Parker D, Minkoff H, Ofotokun I, Plankey M, Sharma A, Price JC. Microbial Translocation and Gut-Damage is Associated with Elevated Fast Score in Women Living with and without HIV. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. Published online March 30, 2024; ofae187. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae187.
  • Konkle-Parker D, Cleveland JD, Long D, Nair V, Fischl M, Wingood G, Edmonds A. Population density and health outcomes in women with HIV: A retrospective longitudinal analysis. Journal of Women’s Health. Accepted 3/21/2024
  • Frongillo EA, Bethancourt HJ, Norcini Pala A, Maya S, Wu KC, Kizer JR, Tien PC, Kempf MC, Hanna DB, Appleton AA, Merenstein D, D’Souza G, Ofotokun I, Konkle-Parker D, Michos ED, Krier S, Stosor V, Turan B, Weiser SD. Complementing the U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module with items reflecting social unacceptability. Journal of Nutrition 154:1428-1439, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2024.02.023
  • Gustafson DR, Shi Q, Thurn M, Holman S, Kuniholm MH, Fischl M, Floris-Moore M, Gange S, Konkle-Parker D, Plankey M, Price JC, Ross RD, Rubtsova A, Sharma A, Hoover DR. Frailty-related factors among women living with and without HIV aged 40 years and older. The Women’s Interagency HIV Study, J Frailty Aging, 2024;13(1)40-49. Published online January 9, 2024, https://doi.org/10.14283/jfa.2023.41.
  • Stringer* KL, Norcini Pala* A, Cook RL, Kempf C, Konkle-Parker D, Wilson T, Tien P, Wingood G, Neilands TB, Johnson M, Logie CH, Weiser SD, Turan JM, Turan B. “Intersectional Stigma, Fear of Negative Evaluation, Depression, and ART Adherence among Women Living with HIV Who Engage in Substance Use: A Latent Class Serial Mediation Analysis.” AIDs and Behavior. Accepted 1/25/2024
  • Turan, B. Kempf, M-C, Konkle-Parker, D., Wilson, T. E., Tien, P. C., Wingood, G., Neilands, T. B., Johnson, M. O., Logie, C. H., Weiser, S. D., & Turan, J. M. (In Press.). How Does Poverty Stigma Affect Depression Symptoms for Women Living with HIV? Longitudinal Mediating and Moderating Mechanisms. Int J Ment Health Addiction (2023). Aug 31: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-023-01147-2
  • Parra-Rodriguez L*, O’Halloran J*, Wang Y*, Jin W, Dastgheyb RM, Spence AB, Sharma A, Gustafson DR, Milam J, Weber KM, Adimora AA, Ofotokun I, Fischl MA, Konkle-Parker D, Maki PM, Xu Y†, Rubin LH† . Common antiretroviral combinations are associated with somatic depressive symptoms in women with HIV. AIDS. 2024 Feb 1;38(2):167-176. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000003730. Epub 2023 Sep 28. PMID: 37773048. *equally contributing first authors; † co-corresponding
  • Sadinski LM, Westreich D, Edmonds A, Breger TL, Cole SR, Ramirez C, Brown TT, Ofotokun I, Konkle-Parker D, Kassaye S, Jones DL, D'Souza G, Cohen MH, Tien PC, Taylor TN, Anastos K, Adimora AA. Hypertension and one-year risk of all-cause mortality among women with treated HIV in the United States. AIDS. 2023 Mar 15;37(4):679-688. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000003461. Epub 2022 Dec 23. PMID: 36728933; PMCID: PMC9974900
  • Elbur AI, Ghebremichael M, Konkle-Parker D, Jones DL, Collins S, Adimora AA, Schneider MF, Cohen MH, Tamraz B, Plankey M, Wilson T, Adedimeji A, Haberer JE, Jacobson DL. Dual Trajectories of Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence and Polypharmacy in Women with HIV in the United States. AIDS Res Ther. 2023 May 13;20(1):29. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12981-023-00520-4. PMID: 37179294; PMCID: PMC10182649.
  • Elbur AI, Ghebremichael M, Konkle-Parker D, Jones DL, Collins S, Adimora AA, Schneider MF, Cohen MH, Tamraz B, Plankey M, Wilson T, Adedimeji A, Haberer J, Jacobson DL. Trajectories of Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence and Virologic Failure in Women with HIV in the United States. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2023 Jun 1;93(2):162-170. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000003174. Epub ahead of print Feb 20. PMID: 36804871.
  • Rubin LH, O'Halloran JA, Williams DW, Li Y, Fitzgerald KC, Dastgheyb R, Damron AL, Maki PM, Spence AB, Sharma A, Gustafson DR, Milam J, Weber KM, Adimora AA, Ofotokun I, Fischl MA, Konkle-Parker D, Xu Y. Integrase inhibitors are associated with neuropsychiatric symptoms in women with HIV. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol. 2023 Jun;18(1-2):1-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11481-021-10042-3. PMID: 35178611.
  • McAfee, N. W., Schumacher, J. A., Williams, D. C., Madson, M. B., Bagge, C. L., Konkle-Parker, D., Paul, I.A., & Young, K. M. (2023). Multidimensional Evaluation of Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment Training for Medical Students. Academic Psychiatry, Jun;47(3):258-262. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-023-01752-2
  • Njie-Carr VPS, Zhu S, Stafford KA, Tong W, Plankey M, Sharma A, Milam J, Cohen M, Diaz MM, Rubtsova AA, Fischl MA, Konkle-Parker D, Gustafson D, Rubin LH. Intersectionality of Socioecological Factors Associated With Cognitive Function Among Older Women With HIV in the United States: A Structural Equation Model Analysis Using Data From the Women's Interagency HIV Study (2023). Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 34(1), January/February 2023.
  • Shitole SG, Lazar JM, Taub CC, Furlani AC, Konkle-Parker DJ, Dionne-Odom J, Fischl MA, Ofotokun I, Adimora AA, Topper EF, Golzar Y, Kassaye SG, Gustafson D, Anastos K, Hanna DB, Xue X, Tien PC, Kaplan RC, Kizer JR. HIV and Cardiac End-Organ Damage in Women: Findings from an Echocardiographic Study Across the United States. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Jan 13;76(2):210-219. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac795. PMID: 36184972; PMCID: PMC10202437.
  • Arnold, T., Whiteley, L., Elwy, A.R., Ward, L.M., Konkle-Parker, D.J., Brock, J.B., Giorlando, K.K., Barnett, A., Sims-Gomillia, C., Craker, L.K., Lockwood, K.R., Leigland, A., & Brown, L.K. (2022). Mapping implementation science with expert recommendations for implementing change (MIS-ERIC): Strategies to improve PrEP use among black cisgender women living in Mississippi. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 Dec;10(6):2744-2761. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-022-01452-x. Epub 2022 Nov 17. PMID: 36396922; PMCID: PMC9672575.
  • Turan, B., Budhwani, H., Yigit, I., Ofotokun, I., Konkle-Parker, D. J., Cohen, M. H., Wingood, G. M., Metsch, L. R., Adimora, A. A., Taylor, T. N., Wilson, T. E., Weiser, S. D., Kempf, M., Brown-Friday, J., Gange, S., Kassaye, S., Pence, B. W., Turan, J. M. (2022). Resilience and Optimism as Moderators of the Negative Effects of Stigma on Women Living with HIV. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2022 Dec;36(12):474-482. https://doi.org/10.1089/apc.2022.0185. PMID: 36484762; PMCID: PMC9805859.
  • Thompson EC, Muhammad JN, Adimora AA, Chandran A, Cohen MH, Crockett KB, Goparaju L, Henderson E, Kempf MC, Konkle-Parker D, Kwait J, Mimiaga M, Ofotokun I, Rubin L, Sharma A, Teplin LA, Vance DE, Weiser SD, Weiss DJ, Wilson TE, Turan JM, Turan B. Internalized HIV-Related Stigma and Neurocognitive Functioning Among Women Living with HIV. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2022 Sep;36(9):336-342. https://doi.org/10.1089/apc.2022.0041. PMID: 36099481.
  • Edmonds A, Belenky N, Adedimeji AA, Cohen MH, Wingood G, Fischl MA, Golub ET, Johnson MO, Merenstein D, Milam J, Konkle-Parker D, Wilson TE, Adimora AA. Impacts of Medicaid Expansion on Health Insurance and Coverage Transitions among Women with or at Risk for HIV in the United States. Women’s Health Issues. 2022 Sep-Oct;32(5):450-460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2022.03.003. Epub 2022 May 11. PMID: 35562308; PMCID: PMC9532344.
  • Konkle-Parker D, Williams D, McAfee N, Schumacher J, Parker J. (2022) Low-burden Universal Substance Use Screening in a Primary Care Clinic to Lower Implementation Barriers. Journal for Behavioral Health Services and Research 2023 Jan;50(1):108-118. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-022-09814-3. Epub 2022 Aug 10. PMID: 35948799; PMCID: PMC9365203.
  • Owen, B.N., Baggaley, R.F., Maheu-Giroux, M. Elmes J, Adimora AA, Ramirez C, Edmonds A , Sosanya K, Taylor TN, Plankey M, Cederbaum JA, Seidman D, Weber KM, Golub ET, Wells J, Bolivar H, Konkle-Parker D, Pregartner G and Boily MC. (2022) Longitudinal determinants of anal intercourse among women with, and without HIV in the United States. BMC Women's Health 22, 291. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-022-01849-0
  • Pala AN, Kempf MC, Konkle-Parker D, Wilson TE, Tien PC, Wingood G, Neilands TB, Johnson MO, Weiser SD, Logie CH, Turan JM, & Turan B. Intersectional stigmas are associated with lower viral suppression rates and ART adherence among women living with HIV. AIDS 2022 Nov 1;36(13):1769-1776. May 25 Epub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000003342.
Dr. Deborah Konkle-Parker's Education
2002PhD in NursingUniversity of Mississippi School of Nursing
Jackson, Mississippi
1996MSNUniversity of Mississippi School of Nursing
Jackson, Mississippi
1986BSNUniversity of Maine School of Nursing
Orono, Maine
1979BA in Social PsychologyTufts University
Medford, Massachusetts