Tamara Stimatze
Ph.D.
Dr. Tamara Stimatze (she/they), M.S., PhD, is an assistant professor in Public Health Sciences at New Mexico State University and an experimental psychologist researching LGBTQIA+ Health Equity within tobacco use and cessation, access to care, and more. Dr. Stimatze uses an intersectional lens, focusing on the implications of holding different, intersecting identities within the LGBTQIA+ community and beyond. Dr. Stimatze's goal is to identify and target barriers to health and wellbeing for LGBTQIA+ communities through culturally adapted, inclusive, and representative research and programming.
As an instructor, Dr. Stimatze teaches biostatistics for health sciences. Her courses are designed to support student learn and success by recognizing the diverse backgrounds, past experiences, and skill sets each student brings into the classroom at New Mexico State University.
Education
- Experimental Psychology with Minor in Applied Statistics, PhD., New Mexico State University
- Science in Experimental Psychology, MA, Emporia State University
- Science in Psychology, BS, Emporia State University
Awards & Honors
Clinical Focus
Research Interests
- Digital Interventions
- Tobacco Cessation
- LGBTIA+
- Intersectionality
Selected Publications
- Stimatze, T., Ruiz, R. A., Garcia, I., Kelly, M. M., Serfozo, E., Reilly, E. D., Kim, D., NFN, Scout, Karekla, M., Heffner, J. L. (2023). Intersectionality in Intervention Development: Insights from Formative Work on a Tailored Tobacco Cessation Program for LGBTQIA+ Young Adults. Health Promotion Practice, 24(3), 391-394. doi:10.1177/15248399221141693
- Adsul, P., Myers, K. J., Kanda, D., Jaffe, T., Tawfik, B., Wu, E., McClain, M., Pankratz, S., Mishra, S.I., Nair, U., Stimatze, T., Madhivanan, P., & Kano, M. A. (2022). Examining differences based on gender and sexual orientation for cervical cancer screening and prevention behaviors. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 40(16), 5533, doi: 10.1200/JCO.2022.40.16_suppl.5533.
- Zaikman, Y., Stimatze, T., & Zeiber, J. (2020). Women’s and Men’s Evaluations of Lesbian and Gay Men and their Level of Outness. Sex Roles, 83(1), 211-215.
