Education

B.S., Biology and Anthropology/Zoology, University of Michigan, 1990
Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, December, 2001
Post-doctoral Fellow, Emory University, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, 2002-2003
FIRST Postdoctoral Fellow, Psychology and Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, 2003-2005

Recent Publications

Pazol, K.; Kramer, M. R.; and Hogue, C. J.  Condoms for dual protection: patterns of use with highly-effective contraceptive methods.  Public Health Reports. provisionally accepted, pending minor revisions.

Pazol, K.; Prill, M. M.; Gazmararian, J. A.; O’Malley, E. M.; Jelks, D.; Coleman, M. S.; Hinman, A. R. and Orenstein, W. A. (2009) Support for universal childhood vaccination against influenza among public health departments and private medical practices in Georgia.  Journal of Public Health Management and Practice;15:1-8.

Pazol, K.; Northcutt, K. V.; Patisaul, H. B.; Wallen, K.; and Wilson, M. E.  (2009)  Progesterone and medroxyprogesterone acetate differentially regulate α4 subunit expression of GABAA receptors in the CA1 hippocampus of female rats. Physiology and Behavior;97:58-61.

Pazol, K.; Gazmararian, J. A.; Prill, M. M.; O’Malley, E.M.; Jelks, D.; Coleman, M. S.; Hinman, A. R. and Orenstein, W. A. (2008) Private pediatric clinic characteristics associated with influenza immunization efforts in the state of Georgia:  a pilot evaluation. The Open Health Services and Policy Journal;1:38-44.

Orenstein, W. A.; and Pazol, K.   Universal vaccination against influenza – should this be our policy? (2008) Immunobiology of Influenza Infection: Approaches for an Emerging Zoonotic Disease, ed. Ralph A. Tripp Research SignPost: Kerala, India;145-157.

Orenstein, W.A., Mootrey, G.T., Pazol, K., Hinman, A.R. (2007) Financing immunization of adults in the United States. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 82(6):764-8. Review.

Pazol, K., Northcutt, K. V., Wilson, M. E. and Wallen, K.(2006) Medroxyprogesterone acetate acutely facilitates and sequentially inhibits sexual behavior in female rats. Hormones and Behavior, 49(1):105-13. 

Pazol, K. and Cords, M. (2005) Seasonal effects on feeding behavior, competition and female social relationships a forest dwelling guenon, the blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis), in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0953-3.

Pazol, K., Kaplan, J.R., Abbott, D., Appt, S.E., and Wilson, M.E. (2004) Practical measurement of total and bioavailable estradiol in female macaques. Clin Chim Acta. 340:117-26.

Pazol, K. (2003) Mating among the Kakamega Forest blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis): does female sexual behavior function to manipulate paternity assessment? Behaviour 140: 473-499.

Pazol, K.; Carlson, A. A.; Ziegler, T. E. (2002) Female reproductive endocrinology in wild blue monkeys: a preliminary assessment and discussion of potential adaptive functions. In: The Guenons: Diversity and Adaptation in African Monkeys, eds. M. Glenn and M. Cords. Plenum Press: New York. pp. 217-232.

Maternal and Infant Health Branch
Division of Reproductive Health
Centers for Disease Control
Atlanta, GA
Email: kpazol@emory.edu