2010-2011
Funded Research Pilots Year Three (Faculty)
Amanda Loya, PhD.
Patient Perceptions and Knowledge of Side Effects, Effective Medication Management
Louis Brown, PhD.
Reducing Stress in Hispanic Population Through Parent Mutual Support Groups
Victor Cardenas, PhD.
Associate Professor, Epidemiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston
Co-Investigator: Hanis Craig, UT HSC SPH
Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Maternal and Neonatal Adverse events
2010 – 2011 Transitioning Faculty
Rebecca Reed-Jones, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Kinesiology Program
Perceptual and agility training in Hispanic older adults: a fall prevention intervention for an overlooked high-risk population
Wendy Francis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Psychology
A Cognitive Study of Bilingual Proficiency and Memory on the U.S.-Mexico Border
Kathleen O’Connor, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Ensuring Local Appropriateness of Spanish-Language Versions of Two Mental Health Survey Instruments: The World Mental Health/WHO Composite International Diagnostic Interview and the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire”
Ana I. Schwartz, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Psychology
Enhancing Hispanic speakers’ access to health information through improved texts and reading
2009 – 2010
Pilot Project Training Investigators
Dr. Timothy Collins
Health disparities in disaster: An examination of households experiencing major home site damage in the 2006 El Paso County floods
Dr. Ana Schwartz
Enhancing Hispanic speakers’ ability to comprehend and recall medical information from text.
2009-2010
Dr. Hector Balcazar
A Household Survey to Explore Health Disparity Domains on the US-Mexico Border
Dr. Michele Shedlin
Antiretroviral (ARV) Adoption & Adherence in a US-Mexico Border Community-Based Clinic
2008-2009
Dr. Hector Balcazar
A Household Survey to Explore Health Disparity Domains on the US-Mexico Border
Presentation: Sauceda, J.A., Wiebe, J.S., Simoni, J.M., Longoria, V., Shedlin, M.G., Khalsa, A.M. (2010, April) Experiences of Spanish-Speaking Persons Living with HIV on the US-Mexico Border. Poster session to be presented at the 31st annual meeting of the Society for Behavioral Medicine, Seattle, WA.
Two other abstracts were submitted to two different conferences: APHA (acceptance pending)
Dr. Michele Shedlin
Antiretroviral (ARV) Adoption & Adherence in a US-Mexico Border Community-Based Clinic
Presentation: National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) Annual Meeting. ARV ADHERENCE IN A US-MEXICO BORDER CLINIC: A QUALITATIVE STUDY TO INFORM NURSING EDUCATION & PRACTICE (Accepted)