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CENTER INVESTIGATORS

Center Investigators include the principal investigators (PIs) of grants providing the research base of St. David's CHPR. Others may submit their petition to the Center Director for 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.

Center Investigators (CIs) are eligible to apply for Expedited Proposal-Enhancement Grants, which support them as they move into the final phase of preliminary work essential to a specific funding application.

Investigators	Research
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
Namkee Choi	Depression and effective psychosocial interventions for depressive symptoms among community-dwelling and institutionalized older adults; disparities in health status/ healthcare utilization, program evaluation, minority aging, and social policy for older adults.
Michele R. Forman	Nutrition, epidemiology, anthropology, maternal and child health
Tracie Harrison	Aging with disabilities
Sharon Horner	Asthma management in school-age children
Eileen Kintner	Adolescent acceptance of asthma
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
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
Bo Xie	Health informatics, e-health literacy, lifelong learning