Phone:

(317) 278-0354

Email:

ji3@iu.edu

Departments:

Health Policy and Management

Degrees:

PhD, Health Communication, Purdue University

MPH, Family and Community Health, Purdue University

MA, Performance Studies, University of Texas at Austin

BA, Women's Studies, Beloit College

Resume/CV

Biography

Dr. Inderstrodt is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Fairbanks School of Public Health and research scientist in the Center for Biomedical Informatics at Regenstrief Institute. She is a health communication scholar and maternal-child health researcher. Her work uses informatics tools to give all mothers the pregnancy experience they want for themselves and their babies. Her research seeks to address communicative fissures within health care systems with a focus on (a) increasing preventive care following maternal morbidity and (b) eliminating disparities in breastfeeding. Prior to joining FSPH, she was a Medical Informatics Fellow with the Department of Veterans Affairs and taught communication at Ivy Tech for over a decade. Jill also served in the Peace Corps in South Africa (’03-’05) and Jamaica (’10).

Courses Taught

• PBHL-P 506 POPULATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH

Current Projects

• PI, Templates for Adverse Pregnancy Experiences and Lactation Utilization and Referral [TALUR]. Department of Veterans Affairs Small Award Initiative for Impact. 2023-2024
  
• PI, A Prediction Model for Late-Term Preeclampsia in Black Women Without Early Pregnancy Biomarkers. National Institutes of Health Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity (AIM-AHEAD; NIH). 2023-2024.
  
• Co-I, NU01DD000026-01-00. Linking Data Across Clinical and Public Health Systems to Enhance Maternal and Child Health Surveillance in Indiana. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 2023-2027. (PI Dixon).

• Inderstrodt J, Stryczek KC, Vargas SE, Crawford JN, Hooker T, Kroll-Desrosiers AR, Marteeny V, Wallace KF, Mattocks K. Facilitators and Barriers to Breastfeeding Among Veterans Using Veterans Affairs Maternity Care Benefits. Women's Health Issues. 2024 Feb 6:S1049-3867(23)00216-5.
• Inderstrodt JM, Wadsworth SM, Williams K. Comparing VA and Non-VA Medical Centers: Informing Veteran Health Care Choice at the MISSION Act Watershed. Journal of Veterans Studies. 2022 Sep 16;8(3).
• Inderstrodt J, Perrault EK, Hintz EA, Hildenbrand GM. Addressing Health Disparities in America: Analysis of Community Health Improvement Plans. Nurs Res. 2019 Sep/Oct;68(5):405-412.
• Inderstrodt-Stephens J, Acharya L. “Fat” chicks who run: stigma experienced by “overweight” endurance athletes. Journal of Sport and Social Issues. 2018 Feb;42(1):49-67.
• Wilson SR, Kamal D, Winter SN, Dorrance Hall E, Gettings PE, Kirchubel LH, Inderstrodt-Stephens J. Comparing advice from military parents, partners, and veterans about how families can encourage service members to seek behavioral health care. Journal of Family Communication. 2019 Jan 2;19(1):15-29.
• Perrault EK, Inderstrodt-Stephens J. US mothers' behaviors and preferences when choosing physicians for their families: assisting “Chief Medical Officers.”Health Care for Women International. 2017 Nov 2;38(11):1234-46.
• Gettings PE, Hall ED, Wilson SR, Kamal DM, Inderstrodt-Stephens J, Hughes-Kirchubel L. Effects of reintegration difficulties, perceived message acceptance and perceived autonomy support on U.S. military Veterans’ evaluations of messages encouraging them to seek behavioral health care. Communication Monographs. 2019 Apr 3;86(2):205–28.

Media Appearances

• AcademyHealth Blog: Breastfeeding Can Help Save New Moms—Who Are Nearly 3 Times More Likely to Die.
• Boston Globe: It’s Possible to Change Low Rates of Black Breastfeeding, But It Starts with Acknowledging the Legacy of Slavery.
• IndyStar: High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy? It Can Lead to Preeclampsia and Be Fatal.
• Education Week: I Study Breastfeeding Behavior. Here’s Why Nursing Teachers Have It So Tough.
• Milk Minute: Veterans and breastfeeding: Protecting moms who served (No. 134) [Audio podcast episode].
• The Hill: VA hospitals still an excellent choice for Veterans.