Therese M. Zink, MD, MPH

Research Themes: Family violence, sexual assault, training medical students to be competent in rural primary care.

Education Activities: Faculty with RPAP, preceptor at St. John's family medicine residency, faculty with primary care clerkship.

Grants

2007-11, NIH, “Injury from Sexual Assault: Addressing Health Disparity”

Selected Publications

Zink T, Levin L, Putnam F, Pabst S, Beckstrom A.  Accuracy of five domestic violence screening questions with non-graphic language. Clinical Pediatrics. 2007;46(2):127-134.

Zink T, Lloyd K, Isham G, Matthews DJ, Crowson T. Applying the planned care model to intimate partner violence. Managed Care. 2007;16(3):54-61.

Zink T, Fisher B. The prevalence and incidence of intimate partner and interpersonal mistreatment in older women in primary care offices. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect. 2006;18(1):83-105.

Zink T, Jacobson CJ, Pabst S, Regan S, Fisher B.  A lifetime of intimate partner violence: Coping strategies of older women.  Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 2006;21(5):634-651.

Sommers M, Zink T, Baker N, Fargo J, Porter J, Weybright D, Schafer JC.  The effects of age and ethnicity on physical injury from rape. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing. 2006;35(2):199-207.

Zink T, Levin L, Wollan P, Putnam F. Mothers’ comfort with screening questions for sensitive issues. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2006;19(4):358-367.

Zink T, Jacobson CJ, Regan S, Fisher B, Pabst S. Older women’s descriptions and understandings of their abusers. Violence Against Women. 2006;12(9):851-865

Education

MPH, Public Health Administration, University of Minnesota

MD, Ohio State University

Selected Professional Activities

Nominated for Stop the Violence Award—Minnesota Medical Association, 2005