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María Duarte-Gardea, Ph.D, RD, LD
Associate Professor
CHS - 701
915- 747-7252
moduarte@utep.edu
Research Interests: Nutrition and Breast Cancer, Diabetes Prevention. |
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Rodrigo X. Armijos, M.D., ScD
Associate professor
Stanton Professional Bldg - 700
915- 747-8309
rxarmijos@utep.edu
Research Interests: Infectious disease prevention and control especially tuberculosis, leishmaniasis, Chagas’ disease, and intestinal parasites. Infection, nutrition and immune response. Development and testing of vaccines, diagnostic products, and new treatments for parasitic and other infectious diseases. Air pollutants and inflammation. Community health/health promotion.
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Martha L Cruz, DVM, D.Phil.
Associate Professor
CHS - 705
915- 747-7270
mcruz4@utep.edu
Research Interests: Pediatric obesity, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome and non alcoholic fatty liver disease. Role of obesity and insulin resistance on chronic disease risk in children and adolescents.
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E. Lee Rosenthal, MS, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor
CHS - 704
915- 747-8233
elrosenthal@utep.edu
Research Interests: Community health and development; eliminating health disparities; public health policy / public policy; Community Health Workers; Community-based Participatory Research.
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Michele G. Shedlin, B.S., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Professor
CHS - 716
915- 747-7233
mshedlin@utep.edu
Research Interests: HIV/AIDS; substance abuse; immigrant/border health; qualitative research methodology |
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Brenda Smith, Ph.D., CHES
Associate Professor
CHS - 702
915- 747-7296
sbrenda@utep.edu
Research Interests: Human Sexuality, Aging, Intimate Partner Violence, Health Behavior. |
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Sharon Thompson, Ph.D., MPH, CHES
Associate Professor
CHS - 706
915- 747-7221
sthompson@utep.edu
Research interests: U.S.-Mexico border health issues; health education/promotion
in underserved committees.
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Joe Tomaka, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director of the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Ph.D. Program
CHS - 703
915- 747-7237
jtomaka@utep.edu
Research interests: Social psychology and health, Behavioral approaches to alchohol, risk reduction, Stress, coping, and cardiovascular reactivity to stress.
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M.M. Weigel, Ph.D.
Professor and Graduate Advisor
Stanton Professional Bldg - 700
915- 747-8308
mmweigel@utep.edu
Research Interests: Infectious disease epidemiology and control especially tuberculosis, leishmaniasis and intestinal parasitism; nutritional and perinatal epidemiology; international/border health and nutrition.
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