Carla Stokes, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Current

• President/CEO & Founder at Helping Our Teen Girls In Real Life Situations, Inc. (HOTGIRLS)

Past

• Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, HIV Prevention in Communities of Color at Centers for Disease Control

Education

• Emory University
• University of Michigan
• Spelman College

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Connections

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Industry

Non-Profit Organization Management

Websites

• HOTGIRLS, Inc.
• DrCarla.com
• SpelHouse.net

Carla Stokes, Ph.D., M.P.H.’s Experience

• President/CEO & Founder

  Helping Our Teen Girls In Real Life Situations, Inc. (HOTGIRLS)

  (Non-Profit; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

  November 2001 — Present (8 years 1 month)

  · Provide overall vision and leadership for HOTGIRLS, a 501(c)(3) grassroots nonprofit dedicated to improving the health of black young women and girls; oversee organizational vision, planning, and growth; manage operations; monitor and oversee development, implementation, and evaluation of programs and services; manage the Board of Directors, Advisory Committee, Young Women’s & Girls’ Advisory Boards, and volunteers

• Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, HIV Prevention in Communities of Color

  Centers for Disease Control

  (Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  November 2004 — November 2006 (2 years 1 month)

  · Conducted independent research, data collection and analysis, and manuscript writing related to doctoral dissertation research and HIV prevention in communities of color under the supervision of mentors
  · Participated in CDC trainings on research methods, scientific writing, and computer skills
  · Attended presentations conducted by CDC scientists and invited experts to discuss methodological, ethical, and cultural issues relevant to HIV prevention
  · Presented research findings at national public health meetings and conferences
  · Participated in efforts to strengthen CDC prevention efforts directed toward high-risk African American populations as a member of the CDC African American Workgroup and African American Women Sub-Committee
  · Invited peer reviewer for Special Edition of Women and Health: “Black Women and HIV/AIDS: Epidemiology, Risk Behaviors and Building Prevention Capacity”

Carla Stokes, Ph.D., M.P.H.’s Education

• Emory University

  Certificate , Advanced Web Design , 2005 — 2007

  Completed advanced coursework in web design, graphic design, and web development: Starting and Running a Successful Website, How to Add Fresh Content to Your Website (Content Management Systems, Online Communities, Forums, Blogs, Wikis, etc.), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)/, DHTML/Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Java Script, XML, PHP, MySQL, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Microsoft FrontPage, and E-Commerce; Obtained Brainbench, Inc. certifications in HTML 4.0, Dreamweaver MX, CSS2, Adobe Photoshop CS, PHP 4, MySQL 3.23 Administration, and Java Script 1.5 Fundamentals.

• University of Michigan

  Ph.D., M.P.H. , Health Behavior and Health Education with cognate in Social Work , 1997 — 2004

  Dissertation titled "Representin’ in Cyberspace: Sexuality, Hip Hop, and Self-Definition in Home Pages Constructed By Black Adolescent Girls in the HIV/AIDS Era." Published in Culture, Health & Sexuality, March-April 2007, 9(2): 169-184.
  
  Received Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation / Johnson & Johnson: Women’s Health Dissertation Grant (2003-2004), W.K. Kellogg Foundation Fellowship in Health Policy Research (2000-2004), Horace H. Rackham Merit Fellowship (2000-2004), U-M Collaboratory for Advanced Research and Academic Technologies Information Technology Research Fellowship (2001-2002), Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health/NIH Doctoral Traineeship (2000-2002), Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Public Health Fellowship (1997)
  
  Developed and taught courses in the Department of Women’s Studies: "Representations of Black Women in Popular Culture: The Hip Hop Influence" and "African-American Women’s Health and Social Issues"

  Activities and Societies:

  Public Health Students of African Descent (PHSAD)

• Spelman College

  B.A. (cum laude), Psychology, May 1997, with Departmental Honors
  Honors Thesis: The Impact of HIV/AIDS Education on African-American Middle School Students

  Activities and Societies:

  Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Mu Pi Chapter

Additional Information

Carla Stokes, Ph.D., M.P.H.’s Websites:

• HOTGIRLS, Inc.
• DrCarla.com
• SpelHouse.net

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