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Center Investigators Center Investigators include the principal investigators (PI) of grants providing the research base of the CHPR. Others may petition the Executive Council to be granted Center Investigator status if they meet two or more of the following criteria: (1) recipient of funds as PI for research related to health promotion and disease prevention in underserved populations during the last 3 years; (2) published related research findings in peer-reviewed journals during the last 3 years; and (3) served on national or international research advisory or peer review groups.

Ron Angel	Health in older Mexican-Americans
Heather Becker	Reproductive decision-making for women with mobility impairments
Sharon Brown	Education and group support for diabetic Hispanics
Pat Carter	Sleep interventions for caregivers
Angela Clark	Cardiovascular health and illness, self-care in chronic heart failure
Sharon Dormire	Health promotion during menopausal transitions
Eileen Fowles	Nutrition in childbearing-aged women/psychosocial adaptation to motherhood
Sharon Horner	Asthma management in school-age children
Eun-Ok Im	Decision support programs for cancer pain management Menopausal symptoms across ethnic groups
Eileen Kintner	Adolescent acceptance of asthma
Graham McDougall	Memory improvement in elders
Yolanda Padilla	Mexican-American child health
Jamie Pennebaker	Interpersonal disclosure processes and health
Lynn Rew	Sexual health of homeless adolescents Health risk behaviors in school-age youth
Jeanne Ruiz	Etiologies of pre-term birth, especially in Hispanic Women
Richard Spence	Drug attitudes and behaviors on the US/Mexico border
Lori Holleran Steiker	Substance abuse prevention in adolescents
Alexa Stuifbergen	Health promotion/wellness in persons with chronic disabling conditions (MS, post-polio, fibromyalgia)
Hirofumi Tanaka	Exercise and aging, applied physiology
Diane Tyler	Health promotion and disease prevention
Mary Velasquez	Transtheoretical model of change, motivational interviewing, intervention in medical settings, FASD prevention, substance abuse
Lorraine Walker	Overweight status after childbirth
Linda Yoder	Quality of life outcomes and rehabilitation needs for persons with chronic illnesses