Funded Projects

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)