CarrilloG.-CurriculumVitae
CurriculumVitae
GennyCarrillo,MD,ScD,MPH,MSPH
AssociateProfessor
DirectoroftheProgramofAsthmaResearchandEducation
DepartmentofEnvironmentalandOccupationalHealth,
SchoolofPublicHealth,TexasA&MUniversityHealthScienceCenter.
Email:
TAMU1266McAllenCampus
212AdrianceLabRoad,2101S.McCollRoad
CollegeStation,TX77843McAllen,Texas78503
Phone:(979)436-0963Phone(956)668-6321
Education
DoctorofScienceinPublicHealth-TulaneUniversity.SchoolofPublicHealthandTropical
Medicine,NewOrleans,Louisiana,December1993.
DissertationTopic: "UseofaDecisionAnalysisTechniqueforDeterminingCriteriafor
LeadReductioninaMultimediaEnvironment"
MasterofSciencesinPublicHealth.TrackofEnvironmentalandOccupationalHealth.Tulane
University,SchoolofPublicHealthandTropicalMedicine,NewOrleans,Louisiana.December
1989.
DissertationTopic: "ReviewontheToxicityofTrinitrotoluene(TNT)andits
ByproductsinCompostandContaminatedSoils".
MasterofPublicHealth.TrackofHealthSystemsManagement.TulaneUniversity,Schoolof
PublicHealthandTropicalMedicine.NewOrleans,Louisiana.May1989.
DoctorinMedicine.UniversityofYucatán.SchoolofMedicine.Mérida,Yucatán,México,
1983.
Certifications
CertificateofOnlineTeaching-TexasA&MUniversity,InstructionalCertificateProgram,December2017.
LeadersAcrossBordersCertificate-InstitutoTecnológicodeMonterrey,MexicoincollaborationwiththeU.S.-MexicoBorderHealthCommission,2016
September2018
TexasA&MHealthScienceCenterSchoolofPublicHealthPage1of23
CertificateofLeadership-LeadershipInstitute-ProfessionalDevelopmentDepartment,Texas
A&MUniversity,2014.
PositionsHeld
Director,ProgramonAsthmaResearchandEducation.DepartmentofEnvironmentalandOccupationalHealth,SchoolofPublicHealthTexasA&M,HealthScienceCenter.October2015-present.
AssociateProfessor(tenured).DepartmentofEnvironmentalandOccupationalHealth,SchoolofPublicHealthTexasA&M,HealthScienceCenter,McAllenCampus,McAllen,Texas.September,2013–present.
AssistantProfessor(tenure-track).DepartmentofEnvironmentalandOccupationalHealth,SchoolofRuralPublicHealthTexasA&M,HealthScienceCenter,McAllenCampus,McAllen,Texas. August,2007-August2013.
AssistantProfessor(tenure-track).MedicalCollegeofGeorgia,DepartmentofHealth
Informatics,SchoolofAlliedHealthSciences. January,2005–June,2007.
AssistantProfessor(non-tenure-track).DepartmentofEnvironmentalandOccupationalHealth,SchoolofRuralPublicHealth,TexasA&MUniversity.April,2004–December,2005.
SeniorResearchAssociate,DepartmentofEnvironmentalandOccupationalHealth,Schoolof
RuralPublicHealth,TexasA&MUniversity,September,2002–March,2004.
ResearchAssociateScientist,DepartmentofVeterinaryPhysiologyandPharmacology,CenterofEnvironmentalandRuralHealth,TexasA&MUniversity.September,2001-August,2002.
PublicHealthAssessor,LouisianaDepartmentofHealthHospitals,SectionofEnvironmental
EpidemiologyToxicology.1999-2001.
Consultant,HondurasMinistryofHealth.1997-1998.
VisitingResearchProfessor,DepartmentofGenetics,RegionalResearchCenter“Dr.Hideyo
Noguchi”,UniversityofYucatán.1995-1997.
PostdoctoralFellow,DepartmentofEnvironmentalHealthSciences,EnvironmentalHealth
TrainingProgram,TulaneUniversity,SchoolofPublicHealthandTropicalMedicine.1994-
1995.
OfficialLiaison,TulaneUniversity,SchoolofPublicHealthandTropicalMedicineandthe
NationalInstituteofPublicHealth,SchoolofPublicHealthofMexico.1992-1993.
AcademicCoordinator,MasterofSciencesinEnvironmentalHealthProgram,NationalInstituteofPublicHealth,SchoolofPublicHealthofMexico.1990-1991.
Awards/Honors
2018NIHandNSFGrantProposalWritingProgramatTexasA&MUniversity.
2016Children’sEnvironmentalHealthExcellenceAwardfromtheOfficeofChildren’sHealth
ProtectionattheUnitedStatesEnvironmentalProtectionAgency.
UnitedStatesEnvironmentalandProtectionAgency,IndoorAirQualityToolsforSchools,CertificateofRecognition,March27,2013.
AssociationofStateandTerritorialHealthOfficials,EnvironmentalPublicHealthTracking
Peer-to-PeerFellow,2013.
TexasA&MUniversity-ColoniasProgram,CertificateofRecognition“BuildingStronger
CommunitiesThroughPartnerships”,January20,2012
US-MexicoBorder2012EnvironmentalLeadershipAward,November2011
McAllenISD,CertificateofAppreciation,September24,2011.
TheTexasCouncilonCardiovascularDiseaseandStrokeandTheTexasDepartmentofState
HealthServices,CertificateofRecognition,2011.
SouthTexasCollege,NursingandAlliedHealth,CertificateofAppreciation,August2011,
2012,2013,2014,2015,2016.
Alumnus,CDCEnvironmentalPublicHealthLeadershipInstitute,Fellow2009-2010.NationalEnvironmentalHealthAssociationFellowship,2009
NationalEnvironmentalHealthAssociationFellowship,2008
Alumnus,NationalLibraryofMedicine,FellowshipprograminBiomedicalIInformatics,MarineBiologicalLaboratory,WoodsHole,Massachusetts,Fall2005,
Member,ETAChapterofDeltaOmega,HonorarySocietyinPublicHealth,NewOrleans,Louisiana,May1995.
ConsejoNacionaldeCienciayTecnología(CONACYT)Scholarship,1987–1989,1991–1993.
MainAreasofResearchorScholarlyInterests
Asthma
HealthyHomes
HealthySchools
HealthDisparitiesandCulturalCompetency
EnvironmentalBorderHealthUnintentionalInjuriesatHomeChildrenEnvironmentalHealth
PublicationsinRefereedJournals
Submitted
1. XiaohuiXu,XiaoZhang,GennyCarrillo,YanZhong,HaidongKan. ASystematicAssessmentofCarcinogenicityofChemicalsinHydraulic-FracturingFluidsandFlowbackWater.SubmittedtoEnvironmentalResearch.
2. AshleyV.Hill,RamkumarMenon,MariaPerez-Patron,GennyCarrillo,XiaohuiXu,BrandieD.Taylor.Clinicalcorrelatesofcirculatinghighmobilitygroupbox-1duringparturitioninwomenwithgestationaldiabetesmellitus.SubmittedtoJournalofPerinatalMedicine.
3. XiaohuiXu,XiaoZhang,GennyCarrillo,YanZhong,HaidongKan.ASystematicAssessmentofCarcinogenicityofChemicalsinHydraulic-FracturingFluidsandFlowbackWater.SubmittedtoEnvironmentalResearch
4. Vasquez-SaucedaL,Ceballos-Olivera,PeñaAvelino,Sanchez-Martinez,Vanagoyer-Eligio,CortesDE,CarrilloG.MappingofDengueFeverIncidenceandtheEffectsofTemperatureandPrecipitationinTamaulipas,Mexico:aSix-YearStudy.SubmittedtoFrontiersPublicHealth.
Published
5. ZhangX,JohnsonNM,CarrilloG,XuX.DecreasingtrendinpassivetobaccosmokeexposureandassociationwithasthmainU.S.children.EnvironmentalResearch,2018,166:p.35–41.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2018.05.022
6. ZhangX,XuX,ZhongY,PowerM,TaylorB,CarrilloG.SerumFolateLevelandUrinaryArsenicMethylationProfiles.JournalofExposureScienceandEnvironmentalEpidemiology,(2018).doi:10.1038/s41370-018-0021-5
7. Zamora,ML,Pulczinski,JohnsonN,Garcia-HernandezR,RuleA,CarrilloG,ZietsmanJ,SandragorsianB,Vallamsundar.AskariyehM,KoehlerK.MaternalExposuretoPM2.5in
8. CarrilloG,Perez-Patron,MJ,JohnsonN,ZhangX,LucioR,XuX.AsthmaPrevalenceandSchool-RelatedHazardousAirPollutantsintheUS-MexicoBorderArea.EnvironmentalResearch, 2018,162:p.41–48
9. CarrilloG,UribeF,LucioR,RamirezLopezA,KorcM.TheUnitedStates–Mexicoborderenvironmentalpublichealth:thechallengesofworkingwithtwosystems. RevPanamSaludPublica,2017;41:e98.
10.CarrilloG,Perez-Patron,MJ,LucioR,CabreraL,TrevinoA,XuX,MierN.TheBenefitsandChallengesofManagingAsthmainHispanicFamiliesinSouthTexas:AMixed-MethodsStudy.FrontiersinPublicHealth,2017.5(150).
11.MierN.,SmithM.,WangX.,TowneS.,CarrilloG.,GarzaN.,OryM.FactorsassociatedwithdietandexerciseamongoverweightandobeseolderHispanicswithdiabetes.SAGEOpenApril-June2017:1–11DOI:10.1177/2158244017710
12.XiaohuiXu,HuiHu,GregoryD.Kearney,HaidongKan,GennyCarrilloXinguangChen(2016)Apopulation-basedstudyofsmoking,serumcotinineandexhalednitricoxideamongasthmaticsandahealthypopulationintheUSA,InhalationToxicology,28:14,724-730,DOI:
10.1080/08958378.2016.1264502
13.CarrilloG.,Spence-AlmaguerE.,LucioR.,Chong-MenardB.,SmithK.(2015)AHome-BasedandholisticapproachtoaddressasthmamanagementinSouthTexas.PediatricAllergy,Immunology,andPulmonology.Vol.28:6:1-7.DOI:10.1089/ped.2015.0523
14.Carrillo,G.,Han,D.,Lucio,R.L.,Seol,Y.-H.,Chong-Menard,B.,Smith,K.(2015).
ImpactingEnvironmentalandPublicHealththroughtheUseofDualTargetedandTailored
AsthmaEducationalInterventions.JournalofEnvironmentalandPublicHealth,2015,7.doi:10.1155/2015/476173
15.ManzanaresRiveraJL,CarrilloZunigaG.ARegionalApproachtoHealthcareReform:TheTexasBorder.(2015).TheHealthCareManagerJournal:Volume34,Number1,pp.
44–53.
16.SetienMA.,HanD,CarrilloZunigaG,MierN,LucioR,TreviñoL.DoesInjuryPreventionEducationInitiateHouseholdChangesinaSpanish-SpeakingMinorityPopulation?(2014)JournalofCommunityHealth,Vol.39,Issue1,pp167-172.DOI:
10.1007/s10900-013-9755-0
(2013).ProgressioninUnderstandingandImplementingtheCulturalandLinguisticAppropriateServicesStandards:Five-YearFollow-upatanAcademicCenter.HealthCareManager:April/June2013-Vol.32,Issue2-p167–172.doi:
10.1097/HCM.0b013e31828ef655
18.MierN,IrizarryD,SmithM,CarrilloZunigaG,ChanamL,TrevinoL,OryM.(2013).
BridgingresearchandpolicytoaddresschildhoodobesityamongborderHispanics:APilot
Study.AmJPrevMed;44(3S3):S208–S214).
19.GarzaN,CarrilloZuniga,G.,JiangL.,Mier,N.,Hellsten,J.,Rene,A.(2012).AssessmentofaChildInjuryPreventionInterventionintheTexas-MexicoBorder.TexasPublicHealthJournal.TexasPublicHealthJournal.Vol.64:19-22.
20.BuchananRJ,JohnsonO,ZunigaMA,CarrilloZunigaG,ChakravortyBJ.(2012).Health-RelatedQualityofLifeAmongLatinoswithMultipleSclerosis.JournalofSocialWorkinDisabilityRehabilitation,11(4):1–18.
21.MierN,SmithML,CarrilloZunigaG,WangX,GarzaN,OryMG.(2012).Personalandculturalinfluencesondiabetesself-carebehaviorsamongolderHispanicsbornintheU.S.andMexico.JournalofImmigrantandMinorityHealth.Vol.14(6):1052-1062.DOI10.1007/s10903-012-9639-x
22.CarrilloZunigaG,KirkS,MierN,LucioR.,Garza,N.I.,Zuniga,M.A.(2012).TheimpactofasthmahealtheducationforparentsofchildrenattendingHeadStartCenters.JournalofCommunityHealth.Vol.37:6:1296-1300.DOI:10.1007/s10900-012-9571-y.
23.LucioLR.,CarrilloZunigaG.,SeolYH.,GarzaN.,MierN.,TrevinoL.(2012).“IncorporatingwhatPromotorasLearn:BecomingRoleModelstoEffectPositiveChange”.JournalofCommunityHealth.Vol.37:1026-1031. DOI10.1007/s10900-011-9526-8.
24.CarrilloZuniga,G.,Lucio,R.L.,Seol,Y.H.,Garza,N.I.,Zuniga,M.A.,Hernandez,T..,
Harrison,W.(2011)OutcomesofCommunityHealthWorkerInterventionWithAsthmaEducationandHealthyHomesCurriculuminSouthTexasColonias.JournalofAsthmaAllergyEducators.DOI:10.1177/2150129711426571(Hardcopypublishedon
February20123:27-33)
25.BuchananRJ,ZunigaMA,Carrillo-ZunigaG,ChakravortyBJ,TyryT,MoreauRL,VollmerT.(2011)APilotStudyofLatinoswithMultipleSclerosis:Demographic,Disease,MentalHealth,andPsychosocialCharacteristics.JournalofSocialWorkinDisabilityandRehabilitation.10:4,211-231.(PMID:22126140)
26.CarrilloZunigaG,MierN,SeolYH,VillarrealE,GarzaN,ZunigaMA.(2011).HomeHazardsAssessmentamongElderlyinSouthTexasColonias.TexasPublicHealthJournal.Vol.63:14-17.
27.CarrilloZunigaG,KirkS,HernandezD,NadeauN,Chong-MenardB,LucioR,ZunigaMA.(2011).Multi-InstitutionalCollaborationtodevelopasthmaeducationforschoolsettingsinSouthTexas.PublicHealthReport.Vol.126:No.3:130-144.(PMID: 21337940).
28.BuchananRJ,ZunigaMA,Carrillo-ZunigaG,ChakravortyBJ,HuangC,TyryT,MoreauRL,VollmerT.(2010).ComparisonofLatinos,AfricanAmericans,andCaucasianswithMultipleSclerosis.EthnicityandDisease.Vol.20,Autumn:451-457.(PMID: 21305836)
29.CarrilloZunigaG,SeolYH,KirkS,HernandezD,NadeauN,ZunigaM.(2010).ImpactofAsthma101TrainingonLevelofNursingStudents’Knowledge.JournalofAsthmaAllergyEducators.Vol.1;138-143.
30.CarrilloZunigaG,MierN,SeolYH.,Zuniga,M.Useofhouseholdsafetydevicesamong
SouthTexasColoniaResidents.Texas.TexasPublicHealthJournal.(2010)Vol.62,Issue1;
24-27.
31.CarrilloZunigaG,KirkS,HernandezT.AFocusonAsthmaandIndividualHealthPlans:ASurveyofTexasSchools.JournalofAsthmaAllergyEducators.(2010)Vol.1;23-27.
32.ZunigaM,Carrillo-ZunigaG,SeolYH,FosP.(2009).Multi-CriteriaAssessmentofCountyPublicHealthCapabilityDisparities.JournalofHealthandHumanServiceAdministration,Vol.32No.3(PMID:20099579)
33.CarrilloZunigaG.,DonnellyKC,CortesDE,OlivaresE,GonzalezH,CizmasLH.(2009).
BorderHealth2012:BinationalCollaborationtoDevelopanOutreachEnvironmental
EducationalProgram.PublicHealthReports,May/June,Vol.124,No.3:466-470.(PMID:
19445425)
34.Carrillo-ZunigaG,DadigB,GuionW,RiceV.(2008).AwarenessoftheNationalStandardsforCulturallyandLinguisticallyAppropriateServices(CLAS)atanAcademicHealthCenter.TheHealthCareManager,Vol.27,No.1,pp.45-53.(PMID:18510144)
35.SumayaC,Carrillo-ZunigaG.,KelleyM,MayM,ZhuL,DonnellyKC.(2006).Linking
ResearchtoHealthPromotioninTexasColonias.AmericanJournalofHealthStudies:21(4),
245-252.
4616-9a67-058bc3e32dcd%40sessionmgr110
36.Carrillo-ZunigaG,CoutinhoC,ShalatSL,et.al.(2005).PotentialSourcesofChildhood
ExposuretoPesticidesinanAgriculturalCommunity. JournalofChildren’sHealth,Vol.
2:1:29-39.
37.ZunigaMA,Carrillo-JiménezG,Fos,P,GandekB,Medina-MorenoMR.(1999)HealthStatusEvaluationwiththeSF-36Survey: PreliminaryResultsofitsUseinMexico. SaludPublicadeMéxico,March–April,Vol.41:2:110-115.(PMID:10343514)
38.SantosBurgoaC,AlatorreEdenMynterR,CarrilloJiménezG,RiveraRamírezL,RojasBrachoL,EscamillaCejudoJA,LaraFloresE.(1993).EvaluationoftheDevelopmentandImplementationoftheEnvironmentalHealthDegreeProgram. SaludPublicadeMéxico;March–April,Vol.35,2:202-213.
BookChapters
Carrillo,G.,Mehta,RK.,Johnson,N.NeurocognitiveeffectsofPesticidesinchildren.In.Riccio(Ed.)PediatricNeurotoxicology:AcademicandPsychosocialOutcomes.SpringerSciences2016.
Johnson,N.,Carrillo,G.,Mehta,RK.(2016).Theacademicandpsychosocialimpactofairpollutiononchildren.In.Riccio(Ed.)PediatricNeurotoxicology:AcademicandPsychosocialOutcomes.SpringerSciences2016.
Millard,A.V.,Graham,M.A.,Mier,N.,Flores,I.,Carrillo-Zuniga,G.,Sánchez,E.R.(InPress)AddressingHealthDisparities:TheHispanicPerspective.InS.Kosoko-Lasaki,R.L.O'BrienC.T.Cook[Eds.].PromotingCulturalProficiencyinEliminatingHealthDisparities.Boston:JonesBartlettPublishers.
AcademicPublications(Non-Refereed)
Carrillo-Zuniga,Genny. PublicHealthAssessmentforMallardBayLandingBulkPlantNPLSite,GrandCheniereCity,CameronParish,Louisiana. InitialRelease. LouisianaDepartmentofHealthandHospitals.OfficeofPublicHealth,EnvironmentalEpidemiologyDepartment,March
2001.
Carrillo-Zuniga,Genny. HealthConsultationfortheContaminationofPrivateWellswithTrichloroethylene(TCE)atHillsideTrailerPark,BroussardCity,LafayetteParish,Louisiana.DepartmentofHealthandHospitals.OfficeofPublicHealth,EnvironmentalEpidemiologyDepartment,February2001.
Carrillo-Zuniga,Genny. PublicHealthAssessmentforCentralWoodPreservingCompany.Slaughter,EastFelicianaParish,Louisiana. InitialRelease.LouisianaDepartmentofHealth
andHospitals. OfficeofPublichealth,EnvironmentalEpidemiologyDepartment,January2001.
RESEARCH
CurrentResearchSupport
GlobalInstituteforHispanicHealth,“Hospitalasthmadischargesanditsrelationwithhazardousairpollutant.”ThisstudywillfacilitateunderstandingthecorrelationbetweenHAPemissionsandhospitaladmissionsinindividualswithasthmalivingincommunitiesincloseproximitytoareaswithhighemissions.
Role:Carrillo(PI)$25,000August1,2018-July30,2020
KnappCommunityCareFoundation,“TheRoleofMaternalDiabetesObesityinReproductiveHealthOutcomes.”Themainobjectiveoftheprojectistodesignaculturallycompetentoutreachprogramforwomenofreproductiveage(15-44)intheMid-Valley,TXarea.Aculturallycompetentprogramisapatient-centeredapproach,incorporatingpatients’needsandpreferences,aswellasbarrierstocare,andpossibleenvironmentalexposures.
Role:Carrillo(Co-I)$349,640.00March1,2018-April31,2021
Conacyt-TAMU,“HealthOutcomesofWaterInsecurityinUrbanMexico:APilotProject.”
Thefocusofthisprojectadvancesthesocialscienceofhouseholdwaterinsecuritybydevelopingdata-driven,empiricallysoundmetrictolinkhowdifferentlevelsofwater(in)securityimpactthewell-beingofindividualsandpublichealth. Indeed,ourresearchquestiontoaddressthisbinationalproblemis:whatistherelationshipbetweenwaterinsecurityandwater-relateddisease?
Role:Carrillo(PI)$24,000January1,2018-December2018
HealthySouthTexas,“StateofTexasSpecialItemFunding”.ThefocusofthisYear3HSTAsthmaProgramwillbeexpansionofeducationalinterventionstoMission,andAlton. Thisyearwillfocusonmedicationadherence,andacurriculumwillbedevelopedforparentsandCHW.Collaborationwillbedonewithpharmacyandnursingstudentsforeducationofparticipants.
Role:Carrillo(PI)$200,000September1,2017-August
31,2018
EnvironmentalProtectionAgency,“WorkingoncapacitybuildingtoimproveChildren’sEnvironmentalHealth”.TheprojectwillfocusonHeadStartCenters(directorsandpersonnel),IndependentSchoolDistrict(parents),andWomen,Infants,andChildren(WIC)[pregnantwomen]throughtheimplementationofanintegratedapproachprovidingIndoorAirQuality,IntegratedPestManagement,LeadEducation,andanEnvironmentalExposuresforPregnantWomenCurriculum.Inadditiontothosepopulations,wewillalsotrainCommunityHealthWorkers(CHWs)throughTheColoniasProgram.
Role:Carrillo(PI)$49,000January1,2018-January1,2019
CompletedResearchProjects
HealthySouthTexas,“StateofTexasSpecialItemFunding”.ThefocusofthisYear2HSTAsthmaProgramwillbeexpansionofeducationalinterventionstotheUpperValley(McAllen,Pharr,Edinburg,Mission,andAlton). Thegoalsoftheprogramareto:a)ImplementationofasthmaoutreachandawarenessindiversevenuesthatwouldbecomplimentarytoanyongoingoutreachandawarenessactivitiesdonebyotherHSTProjectsduethattheywillfocusonadultpopulation;b)Adaptandimplementcontinuationofeducationalinterventionsinschools,HeadStartCenters,libraries,andsummercamps,andc)ExpansionoftheasthmaprogramtootherareasinHidalgoCounty.Supportedagraduatestudent49%
Role:Carrillo(PI)$203,000September1,2016-August31,2017
KnappCommunityCareFoundation.TheprojectwillprovideasthmaeducationforHispanicchildreninSouthTexas.Itwillincludeaninterventionusinganevidence-basedcurriculum.Thegoalsoftheprogramareto:1)increaseknowledgeofasthmasigns,symptomsandtriggersamongasthmaticchildrenandparents;2)empowerchildrenandparentstobettercontrolandmanagetheirasthma;3)holisticallyimprovequalityoflifeforthepatientandtheirfamily(physicallyandemotionally);4)reducemissedschool/workdays;and,5)reducevisitstothedoctor/clinic,emergencyroomdepartmentandhospitalizations.Supportedagraduatestudent
49%
Role:Carrillo(PI).$374,042Oct2015-July2017
TijerinaFoundation.Theprogramwillutilizeanevidence-basedcurriculabasedonasthma.Specifically,theobjectivesofthisasthmaprogramiseducationalinterventionsaretoimprove:
1)knowledgeofasthmamanagement;2)qualityoflifeand3)adequateuseofhealthcare.Asecondarybenefitincludestheprovisionofveryuniqueexperientiallearningopportunityforalliedhealthprofessionalsdesignedtostrengthencommunity-academicrelationshipsandbuildcapacityforinterventiondelivery. December2015-December.2016
Role:Carrillo(PI).$25,000
HealthySouthTexas,“StateofTexasSpecialItemFunding”.TheprojectwilldevelopaWebExasthmatrainingmoduleforAgriLifeExtensionagentsinEnglishandSpanish,andeducationtoCommunityHealthWorkers(CHW)usingtheAsthmaandHealthyHomesaccreditedwiththreebytheDepartmentofStateandHealthServices.TheCHWcurriculumwillbeavailableonlineinEnglishandSpanish.Supportedagraduatestudent49%
Role:Carrillo(PI)$100,000April-August2016
TexasA&MHealthScienceCenter,TexasA&MTransportationInstituteandJohns
HopkinsUniversity.Pilotprojecttocharacterizepollutantexposurebymonitoringamounts
andtypesoftrafficinthearea.UsingEnvironmentalProtectionAgencymodels,researcherswillstudydispersionofpollutantsintotheatmosphere,givingthemabetterunderstandingofthepollutantconcentrationsinSouthTexas.Thestudywillincludepersonalairpollutionexposuresfor25expectingwomenwhowillwearbackpackmonitorsthatwillmeasurepollutantconcentrationsinvariousenvironments,includingtheirhomes,workplacesandoutdoors.
Role:Co-PI.$120,000SepttoAugust,2015
BorderEnvironmentalCooperationCommission/EnvironmentalProtectionAgency-PlanningModelforaTexas/MexicoBorderInformationExchangeProgram.Thegoalofthisprojectistodeveloptheframeworkforasystem,includingprocessesinphasesandspecificsteps,requiredforthedevelopmentofabi-nationalenvironmentalandhealthtrackingsystem.Role:Co-I.$39,875 May,2014toDecember,2015
DepartmentofHealthandHumanServices,TexasAsthmaControlProgram.AsthmaEducationtoImprovetheQualityofLifeofChildrenwithAsthma;15%effort.Theoverallgoalofthisproposalistoaddresseducationofchildrenwithasthmaortheircaregiversthroughtheimplementationofanintegratedapproachwhichwillincludeenvironmentalmanagementofasthmaintheirhomesandtargetingdisproportionatelyimpactedpopulations,suchasminorities,children,andlow-incomeindividuals.
Role:CarrilloZuniga(PI).$30,00009/01/2013to08/31/2014
EnvironmentalProtectionAgency;USEPA.#2012-23-461541-01001
IntegratedEnvironmentalIndoorManagementusingHealthyHomesandAsthmaEducationtoimprovethequalityoflifeofchildrenwithasthma;6%effort.
Theprojectwillfocusonpatientsdiagnosedwithasthmathroughtheimplementationofanintegratedapproachtoprovidingasthmaeducation,includingenvironmentalmanagementofasthmainthehomeandtargetingdisproportionatelyimpactedpopulations,suchasminorities,children,andlow-incomeindividuals.
Role:CarrilloZunigaG(PI)$50,00010/01/1012-09/30/2014
EnvironmentalProtectionAgency;USEPAAssistanceIDNo.IT-83404401-0;MultidisciplinaryApproachtoEducateandTrainEngineeringandScienceStudentsonAirPollutionIssuesoftheUS-MexicoBorder($625,000);subcontractfromTexasA&MUniversityKingsville.Thecomprehensiveprojectgoalistocontributeeffectivelytotheformationofengineersandpublichealthscientiststoworkinsolutionsforairpollutionandhealthrelated;MartinezA.(PI).
Role: CarrilloZunigaG(Co-PI).09/01/2008to08/31/2013
DepartmentofHealthandHumanServices,TexasAsthmaControlProgram. IntegratedEducationalInterventionsforAsthmaManagementinSouthTexas;24%effort.Theoverallgoalofthisproposalistodevelopandimplementintegratededucationalinterventionsthatareculturallyappropriateforasthmamanagementinlow-income,Mexican-AmericanfamilieslivinginbordercoloniaswithinHidalgoCounty. Thisgoalwillbeachievedthroughtheimplementationofeducationalinterventionsforchildrenwithasthmaatelementaryandmiddleschoolsand,HeadStartCenters’parents
Role:CarrilloZuniga(PI).$31,18209/01/2012to08/31/2013
BorderEnvironmentCooperationCommission(BECC)/EnvironmentalProtection
Agency.
DevelopmentofanEnvironmental/EpidemiologicalDatabaseinTexas-MexicoBorder;8%
effort.Thegoalofthisprojectistoidentifyindicatorsandsimilarities/differencesindatabases
collectedfromUS,Mexicorelatedtoenvironmental,andhealthhazards,inordertoestablishabi-nationalrepositoryonepidemiologicaldatarelatedtotheseenvironmentalhealthhazards.Supportedagraduatestudent49%
Role:CarrilloZuniga(PI).$50,00004/01/2012to11/30/2013
DepartmentofHealthandHumanServices,TexasAsthmaControlProgram. Project:“EnvironmentalAsthmaEducationinHidalgoCounty”,(Year3); 22%effort;$35,000Theoverallgoalofthisproposalistodevelopandimplementintegratededucationalinterventionsthatareculturallyappropriateforasthmamanagementinlow-income,Mexican-AmericanfamilieslivinginbordercoloniaswithinHidalgoCounty.
Role:CarrilloZunigaG.(PI).9/1/2011-8/31/2012
DepartmentofHealthandHumanServices,TexasAsthmaControlProgram.Integrated
EducationalInterventionsforAsthmaManagementinSouthTexas(Year2);30%effort;
$50,000.Supportedagraduatestudent49%.Thisproposalistodevelopandimplementintegratededucationalinterventionsthatareculturallyappropriateforasthmamanagementinlow-income,Mexican-AmericanfamilieslivinginbordercoloniaswithinHidalgoCountyfocusingineducatingelementaryschoolchildrenwithasthma.
Role:CarrilloZuniga(PI).09/01/2010to08/31/2011
EnvironmentalProtectionAgency/BorderEnvironmentCooperation(EPA/BECC)Commission.EnvironmentalEducationinAsthmaandPesticidesintheUS-MexicoBorder;5%.Theoverallgoalofthisprojectwastopromotehealthyindoorenvironmentswithfocuson
asthmaandpesticideexposureamonglow-incomeMexicanAmericanelementaryandmiddleschoolsandfamilieslivinginbordercoloniasandothercommunitiesinHidalgoCounty.Supportedagraduatestudent49%.
Role:CarrilloZuniga(PI).$50,00006/01/2009to06/30/2011
DepartmentofHealthandHumanServices,TexasAsthmaControlProgram. IntegratedEducationalInterventionsforAsthmaManagementinSouthTexas(Year1);30%effort.Supportedagraduatestudent49%.Theoverallgoalofthisprojectistodevelopandimplementintegratededucationalinterventionsthatareculturallyappropriateforasthmamanagementinlow-income,Mexican-AmericanfamilieslivinginbordercoloniaswithinHidalgoCounty.Role:CarrilloZuniga(PI).$75,000 02/01/2010to08/31/2010
TexasA&MHealthSciencesCenter;HomesafetyassessmentintheLowerRioGrande
Valley:apilotstudy.
ThepurposeofthispilotstudywastoinvestigatetheprevalenceofhomesafetyhazardsamonghouseholdswithyoungHispanicchildrenlivinginunderservedlowincomeneighborhoodsinCameronCounty,TexasattheUS-MexicoBorder.
Role:CarrilloZuniga(PI).$2,613.0004/01/2008to09/30/2008
ATPM/CDCCooperativeAgreementInnovationsinPublicHealthEducationProgram.DevelopanundergraduatePublicHealthcourse.
CarrilloZuniga(PI).$6,00004/30/2006to03/31/2007
DHHS/PHS/HRSA-232-02-0001.CenterforEnvironmentalandRuralHealth-CommunityOutreachEnvironmentalProgram(CERH-COEP).25%effort;SafeDrinkingWaterDemonstrationProjectforHidalgoCounty,Texas.Programtoprovidecontinuingeducationtonursesandphysicians,aswellashealtheducationtofamiliesincoloniasregardingdrinking
waterqualityandhealth.
Role:CarrilloZuniga(Co-PI);K.C.Donnelly(PI).$224,99906/3/2002to1/30/2005
Peer-reviewedNational/InternationalConferencePresentations/Posters1
1. CarrilloG,Xu,X,SeolY,Zhong,Y,Perez-PatronM.School-RelatedHazardousAirPollutantsintheUS-MexicoBorderAreaandAsthmaPrevalenceinSchoolChildren.PresentedattheAmericanPublicHealthAssociationforthe145thmeeting.Nov4-8,2017.
2. ZhongY,XuX,CarrilloG.SerumFolatelevelandarsenicmethylationintheUSpopulationNHANES2003-2012.PresentedattheAmericanPublicHealthAssociationforthe145thmeeting.Nov4-8,2017.
3. SeolY,CarrilloG,BhatA,Predictorsofself-perceivedhealthinadultswithchronicconditions–adecisiontreeapproach.PresentedattheAmericanPublicHealthAssociationforthe145thmeeting.Nov4-8,2017.
4. JohnsonNM,PulczinskiJC,RychlikKA,GuoJ,ShiW,CarrilloG,ZietsmanJ,VallamsundarS,KoehlerK,LevyMZhangR.BiomarkersofprenatalexposuretoparticulateairpollutioninUSandChinapopulations.AmericanSocietyNationalMeeting,Philadelphia,PA,Aug21-25,2016.
5. PulczinskiJC,RychlikKA,RamaniT,McDonaldTJ,CarrilloG,KoehlerK,ZietsmanJ,JohnsonNM.Validationofnovelbiomarkersoftraffic-relatedambientairpollutionexposureinasusceptibleSouthTexasPopulation.AmericanChemicalSocietyNationalMeeting,Philadelphia,PA,Aug21-25,2016.
6. CarrilloG,Spence-AlmaguerE,LucioR,Chong-MenardB,SmithKenneth.AnIntegratedApproachtoAddressAsthmaManagementinSouthTexas.PresentedattheBinationalHealthForum.UniversidadAutónomadeNuevoLeón,México.October,2015
7. CarrilloG.,SeolYH,Spence-Almaguer,LucioR,ManzanaresJL.AnIntegratedApproachtoAddressAsthmaManagementinUS-MexicoBorder.PresentedattheAmericanPublicHealthAssociationforthe143thmeeting.Oct.31st-Nov4.th,2015.
8. SeolYH,CarrilloG,BhatA,ZunigaM.Applyingdataanalyticstonationalsurveydatatoexplorepatientsatisfactionwithhealthcareprovidersamongamultiplechronicconditions.PresentedattheAmericanPublicHealthAssociationforthe143thmeeting.Oct.31st-Nov
4.th,2015.
9. CarrilloZunigaG.,Chong-MenardB.,PenaG.,DelBosqueA.,SeolYH,LucioR.
WorkingtowardstheimprovementofAsthmaOutcomesinSchoolsusingacurriculumimplementedbyRespiratoryTherapyStudents.PresentedattheAmericanPublicHealthAssociationforthe141thmeeting.Nov.2-6,2013.
10.SeolYH,CarrilloZunigaG.,ZunigaM.ExploringtheCo-occurrencePatternsofMultipleChronicDiseasesintheU.SAdultPopulationusingAssociationRuleDiscovery.PresentedattheAmericanPublicHealthAssociationforthe141thmeeting.Nov.2-6,2013.
11.SeolYH,CarrilloZunigaG.,ZunigaM.EffectiveSegmentationoftheU.S.AgingPopulationtoImprovetheDeliveryofPreventiveHealthServices.PresentedattheAmericanPublicHealthAssociationforthe140thmeeting.Oct.27-31,2012.
12.CarrilloZuniga,G.,DadigB.,Seol,YH,GuionK.,RiceV.,GarzaN.AreacademicinstitutionsteachingtheirstudentsabouttheNationalStandardsforCulturallyLinguisticAppropriateServices?PresentedattheAmericanPublicHealthAssociationforthe140thmeeting.Oct.27-31,2012.
13.Zuniga,M.,Seol,YH,CarrilloZunigaG.Harmonizingdatadictionariesacrossallhealthdatacollection,sharing,andreportinginitiatives.PresentedattheAmericanPublicHealthAssociationforthe140thmeeting.Oct.27-31,2012.
14.CarrilloZunigaG.,JiangL.,MierN.,HellstenJ.,GarzaN.,AntonioR.,SeolYH.
AssessmentofaChildInjuryPreventionInterventionamongMexicanAmericansintheTexas-MexicoBorder.PresentedattheAmericanPublicHealthAssociationforthe140thmeeting.Oct.27-31,2012.
15.MierN.,SmithM.,CarrilloZunigaG.,GarzaN.,TrevinoL.,OryM.PersonalandculturalinfluencesonhealthybehaviorsamongolderHispanicswithdiabetesbornintheU.S.andMexico.PresentedattheInternationalSocietyforBehavioralNutritionandPhysicalActivity
2012AnnualMeeting.May23-26,2012.
16.Seol,Y.,CarrilloZuniga,G.,Zuniga,M.AssociationRuleMiningonNationalSurveyData:AnAnalysisofTimelyReceiptofPreventiveCareorScreeningExaminations.Accepted,AmericanPublicHealthAssociation,139thmeeting,Oct.29-Nov.2,2011.
17.CarrilloZuniga,G.,Hernandez,D.,Kirk,S.Lucio,R.,Seol,Y.,Zuniga,M.ACollaborativeAsthmaandHealthyHomesTrainingToImproveWell-BeingofFamiliesLivingWithAsthmainSouthTexasColonias.Presented,AmericanPublicHealthAssociation,138thmeeting,November6-10,2010.
18.CarrilloZuniga,G.,Nadeau,N.,Chong-Menard,B.,Hernandez,D.,Lucio,R.Seol,Y.,Zuniga,M.AMulti-InstitutionalCollaborationtoDevelopaSuccessfulAsthmaEducation
ProgramforSchoolSettingsinSouthTexas.Presented,AmericanPublicHealthAssociation,
138thmeeting,November6-10,2010.
19.Seol,Y.,CarrilloZuniga,G.,Zuniga,M.SatisfactionwithHealthCareProvidersamongElderlyPopulationwithLowerSelf-RatedHealthStatus.PresentedAmericanPublicHealthAssociation,138thmeeting,November6-10,2010.
20.Seol,Y.,CarrilloZuniga,G.,Zuniga,M.AssesingPatient-CenteredCommunicationUsingDecisionTreeClassification.Presented,AmericanPublicHealthAssociation,138thmeeting,November6-10,2010.
21.CarrilloZuniga,G.GlobalClimateChange.TexasPublicHealthAssociation“Crestingthe
Wave:2010andBeyond”,SouthPadreIsland,Texas,April21-23,2010.
22.CarrilloZunigaG.,MierN.,Seol,YH.,Villarreal,EK., Lawn-Day,GA.,Zuniga,MA.
Homesafety:AwarenessandperceivedrisksamonghouseholdswithchildrenintheTexasLowerRioGrandeValley.U.S.-MexicoBorderHealthAssociation,67thAnnualMeeting,June3-5,2009
23.MierN.,Carrillo-ZunigaG.,Villarreal,EK., Lawn-Day,GA.,SeolYH.,Zuniga,MA.
AssessinghomesafetyhazardsamongborderolderMexicanAmericans.U.S.-Mexico
BorderHealthAssociation,67thAnnualMeeting,June3-5,2009
24.CarrilloZunigaG.,MierN.,Seol,YH.,Zuniga,MA.HomeSafetyAssessmentamonghouseholdswithchildrenintheTexasRioGrandeValley.AmericanPublicHealthAssociation,137thmeeting,November7-11,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,2009.
25.SeolYH.,CarrilloZuniga,G.,Zuniga,M.AssessingSubjectiveandObjectiveHealthinElderlyAdults:DisparityinHealthStatus.AmericanPublicHealthAssociation,137thmeeting,November7-11,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,2009.
26.Seol,YH.,CarrilloZuniga,G.,Zuniga,M.AnalyzingTemporalTrendsinPublicHealthUsingAssociationRuleMining,AmericanPublicHealthAssociation,137thmeeting,November7-11,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,2009.
27.SeolYH.,Ferrang,C.,CarrilloZunigaG., Zuniga,MA.DevelopingEvidence-DrivenStrategiesUsingDataMiningforImprovingPatientSatisfaction,AmericanPublicHealthAssociation136thmeeting.October25-29,2008.
28.CarrilloZunigaG,DadigB,GuionK. “AreHealthCareProfessionalsAwareofthe
NationalStandardforCulturallyandLinguisticallyAppropriateServices(CLAS)?”Presented,135thAnnualMeeting,AmericanPublicHealthAssociation,Washington,D.C,
2007.
29.CarrilloZunigaG,DadigB,GuionK. “LessonsLearnedfromaNewMedicalSpanishCourseinaPhysicianAssistantProgram”presented,135thAnnualMeeting,AmericanPublicHealthAssociation,Washington,D.C,2007.
30.SeolYH,Carrillo-ZunigaG,ZunigaM.“PatientSatisfactionforImprovingEvidence-BasedDecisionMaking”presented135thAnnualMeeting,AmericanPublicHealthAssociation,Washington,D.C,2007.
31.CarrilloZunigaG,SumayaC.“LinkingEducationtoHealthPromotioninTexas”presented
77thAnnualConference,GeorgiaPublicHealthAssociation,Augusta,GA2006.
32.CarrilloZunigaG,DadigB. “StudyofCulturallyandLinguisticallyAppropriateServicesamongHealth-CareProfessionals”presented77thAnnualConference,GeorgiaPublicHealthAssociation,Augusta,GA2006.
33.SeolYH,ZunigaM,CarrilloZunigaG.“AssessingtheKnowledgeStructureofPublicHealthforInformationRetrieval”presented77thAnnualConference,GeorgiaPublicHealthAssociation,Augusta,GA2006.
34.ZunigaM.,CarrilloZunigaG.,SeolY.“Population-BasedCountyHealthAssessment.
ImprovementSimulationUsingWhat-IfScenarios”presented77thAnnualConference,GeorgiaPublicHealthAssociation,Augusta,GA2006.
35.SeolYH,CarrilloZunigaG.,ZunigaMA.“MaximizingUseofPublicDomainMappingToolsandHealthCareData”presented,2nd.Symposium“GISinTeachingaResearch2006”,Athens,GA,February23-24,2006.
36.ZunigaMA,CarrilloZunigaG.,SeolYH.“GISApplicationtoassessnursinghomequalityinGeorgia”133rdmeeting,AmericanPublicHealthAssociation,PhiladelphiaPA,2005.
37.ZunigaMA,CarrilloZunigaG.,AlexanderJandBlakelyCH.“PreventivehealthpracticesinfourisolatedcommunitiesincountriesoftheAmericas.”133rdmeeting,AmericanPublicHealthAssociation,PhiladelphiaPA,2005.
38.Carrillo-Zuniga,G.“EnvironmentalHealthAssessmentandTrainingofPromotorasat
CameronParkColonia,Brownsville,Texas,presented,AmericanPublicHealthAssociation,
130thAnnualMeetingandExposition,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,November11,2002.
39.Zuniga,M.A.,Fos,P.J.,Carrillo-Zuniga,G.“AppropriatenessofaSpanishVersionoftheChildHealthQuestionnaireinRuralHonduras”,presented,AmericanPublicHealthAssociation,130thAnnualMeetingandExposition,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,November
11,2002.
40.Zuniga,M.A.,Carrillo,G.“HealthStatusEvaluationwiththeSF-36HealthSurveyforUseinMexico.AComparisonofHealthScalesProfilesAmongHealthyAdultsin1995and
1997”,presented,15thAnnualMeeting,AssociationforHealthServicesResearch,Washington,D.C.,21-23June,1998.
41.Fos,P.,Carrillo,G.White,L.,Zuniga,M.A.“ApplicationofDecisionAnalysisinEnvironmentalandPublicHealthPlanning”,HealthServicesResearch14thAnnualMeeting,Chicago,Illinois,June1997.
42.Zuniga,M.,Carrillo,G.Fos,P.,Gandek,B. “Population-BasedHealthStatusNorms”,presented,12thInternationalMeeting,InternationalSocietyofTechnologyAssessmentinHealthCare,SanFrancisco,California,June23-26,1996.
43.CarrilloJimenez,G.,Barcelo,Quintal,M.“StudyoftheLeadLevelsinSamplesofSand,PaintandSoilinFivePlaygroundsinMerida,Yucatan,Mexico”,presentedXAcademicSymposium,UniversityofYucatan,Merida,Yucatan,Mexico,March13-16,1996.
44.CarrilloJimenez,G.,ZunigaDonaireM.,FosP.,GandekB.,Medina,MorenoM.“EvaluationoftheHealthStatuswiththeSF-36Survey:PreliminaryResultsDuringItsUseinMexico,presentedattheXAcademicSymposium,UniversityofYucatan,Merida,Yucatan,Mexico,March13-16,1996.
45.CarrilloGenny,BarcelóM,TorresR,ManzanillaJC,Sosa,AC.“LeadLevelsinUrbanSoilsinMeridaCity”,presentedattheXNationalCongressofAnalyticChemistry,MexicoD.F.,October25-27,1995.
46.CastilloI,PintoD,CarrilloG,CeballosM,GarciaG. “PrevalenceofAnencephalyintheStateofYucatanfrom1990-1994”,presentedattheXXAnnualCongressoftheMexicanAssociationofHumanGenetics,SanLuisPotosi,S.L.P.,Mexico,October4-7,1995.
47.CarrilloG,BarcelóM,TorresR.,ManzanillaJ, SosaAC. “DeterminationoftheLeadLevelsinPlaygroundsintheCityofMerida,Yucatan”,presentedattheVIIWeekofEcologyandProtectiontotheEnvironment,Queretaro,Qro.October30–November3,
1995.
48.CarrilloG,BarcelóM,TorresR,Manzanilla,J,SosaAC.“PreliminaryStudyoftheTotalLeadLevelsinUrbanDustin5ZonesintheCityofMeridaanditsComparisonwithSimilarStudiesinMexico”,presentedattheRegionalCongressontheConservationoftheNaturalResources,SocietyofEnvironmentalandSanitaryEngineeringinYucatan,November8–11,
1995.
49.SantosBurgoaC,CarrilloJiménezG. “MasterinSciencesinEnvironmentalHealth”,presentedatthe“ThirdAcademicCongressinPublicHealth”,Mexico,D.F.,January29,
1990.
50.SantosBurgoaC,CarrilloJiménezG. “MasterofSciencesinEnvironmentalHealthSciences”,presentedattheUDUAL/OPSinEnvironmentalHealth,ValeroAlto,UNAM,MexicoD.F.,May7,1990.
Local/RegionalConferencePresentations/Posters
1. CarrilloZuniga,G.Aneducationalasthmaevent“Helpingkidstakeactionagainstasthma”forRRT’s,RN’s,PA’s,SchoolNurses,RNstudents,RTstudents,andPAstudentswasofferedonJune15th,2013.McAllen,Texas.
InvitedTalks/Seminars
1. CarrilloG.Children’sEnvironmentalHealth,EnvironmentalProtectionAgency.“Asthmain
SouthTexas”.Washington,DC,onOctober13,2016.
2. CarrilloG.Children'sEnvironmentalHealthU.S.-MXBorderSymposium.“ProtectingChildrenWhereTheyLive,Learn,andPlayinBorderCommunitiesandBeyond”.Brownsville,TX,onAugust25,2016.
3. CarrilloZuniga,G.SouthTexasCollege,RespiratoryTherapyProgram,AsthmaEducationandSchools.August30th,2013,McAllen,Texas.
4. CarrilloZuniga,G.U.S.-MexicoBorder2020GulfTaskForceMeeting.Presentation:ThedevelopmentofarepositoryforenvironmentalhealthintheUS-MexicoBorder.December
08,2013,Weslaco,Texas.
5. CarrilloZuniga,G.AsthmaCoalitionofTexas,Houston,TX.September9,2011.
Presentation:OutcomesofAsthmaEducationofferedbyCommunityHealthWorkersin
SouthTexasColonias.
6. CarrilloZuniga,G.RioGrandeRegionalHospital,McAllen,TX.November2,2011.
Presentation:CollaborativeEffortswiththeasthmaprogramandhospitalsinthearea.
SelectMediaFeatures
Univision(May15,2017:
InterviewforChannel4regardingtheAsthmaandHeadStartCentersStudy,March2016.
TheMonitor(December1,2014:
11e4-92df-4ff3fabb9868.html),StudyingRGVasthmarates.DetailedA&MAnalysisofairquality.
TheMonitor(March24,2014:
0017a43b2370.html),Reducingkid’sasthmainRGV.
ProfessionalServices
InternationalCommitteesServices
US-MexicoBorderCommission-memberoftheResearchNetworkTeam,2015topresent.
Regional,StateandLocalCommitteeServices
Co-FacilitatorfortheEnvironmentalEducationalCommittee,GulfTaskForce,US-Mexico,Border2012EnvironmentalProgram,2012-present.
Lead,McAllenAsthmaCoalition,2008topresent.
AdvisoryBoardMember,ChronicDiseaseCoalition,DSHS.Austin,TX2009topresent.Member,USEnvironmentalandProtectionAgencyBorderHealth2012(GulfGroup)2007to
present.
Member,LeadScreeningAdvisoryGroup,TexasDepartmentofStateHealthServices,2010.AdvisoryCommitteeMemberfortheRespiratoryTherapyProgram,SouthTexasCollege,Dr.
RamiroR.CassoNursingAlliedHealth,2011-present.
ProfessionalAssociationsService
NIHInfectiousDisease,ReproductiveHealth,andAsthma/PulmonaryConditions(IRAP),October10-11th,2017
AmericanPublicHealthAssociation.EnvironmentalHealthSection.Abstractreviewer.2009topresent.
SouthwestCenterforAgriculturalHealth,InjuryPreventionandEducationGrantReviewer,
2013-present.
AAUWCommunityActionGrantsSelectionPanel,2013-2016.
PublicHealthReports.Reviewerforaspecialjournalissuecalled“Teaching andLearningintheCommunity,”2010.
NIHChallengeGrantReviewer,2009.
ServicestoDepartment,SchoolandUniversity
TAMU-UniversityGrievanceCommittee-elected,2017-present.
SPHFacultyCouncilExecutiveCommittee,2015,appointed.Co-Chairselectedon2017-present.
TAMUInstitutionalReviewBoard,Chair-appointedOctober2016-present.TAMUFacultyDevelopmentLeave,elected,2014-present.
SPH,DeltaOmegaSociety,2014-present.
SPHad-hocMPHCoreCommittee,Dean-Elect,2015.
Member,SPHNominationsCommitteefrom2009-present,appointed.
FacultymemberSPHFacultyCouncilResearchCommitteefrom2009-present.
DoctoralTaskForceCommittee,SchoolofRuralPublichealth,TexasA&MHealthScience
Center,2004-2005.
ServicestotheGeorgiaRegentsUniversity(FormerMedicalCollegeofGeorgia)
MemberoftheCurriculumtogoCommitteeatMCGforSAHS2005-2007
FacultySearchCommitteeforthePhysicalAssistanceDepartmenttorecruit3newfacultypositions.
FacultySearchCommitteefortheRespiratoryTherapyDepartmenttorecruit2newfacultypositions,2005-2007.
MCGInstitutionalFacultyCouncilCommittee2005-2007
MCGInstitutionalFacultyCouncil,SubcommitteeoftheMCGAppointment,Development,Promotion,andTenure,2005-2007
Member,MedicalTechnologyProgramAdvisoryCommittee,2005-2007
SummitDesignTeamforaHealthyGeorgia.DepartmentofHealthResourcesDHR.August
2005-2007
FacultyCouncilCommittee,SchoolofAlliedHealthSciences,MedicalCollegeofGeorgia,January2005-2007
Ad-HocCommitteeforPromotionandTenure,DepartmentofHealthInformatics,Medical
CollegeofGeorgia,February2005-2007
RefereeServicesforResearchJournals
JournalofAsthmaandAllergyEducators
JournalofAsthma
TexasPublicHealthJournal
PediatricAllergy,Immunology,andPulmonology
PanAmericanHealthOrganizationJournal
TheJournalofRuralHealth
Chest
Frontiers
BMCPediatrics
AmericanJournalofPublicHealth
HealthEducationResearch
JournalofPublicHealthManagementandPractice
AmericanJournalHealthBehaviorAmericanJournalofPublicHealthHealthEducationandBehavior
PediatricAllergy,Immunology,andPulmonology
JournalofAsthmaandAllergy
PerspectivesinPublicHealth
MembershipinProfessionalandScholarlyOrganizations
Member,AmericanPublicHealthAssociationsince2000
Member,TexasPublicHealthAssociationsince2005
GrantReviews
NIH/SREAreviewerforaCSRstudysection,from10/10/2017-10/11/2017.SouthwestCenterforPediatricEnvironmentalHealth,2013-present.
National Association of Professional Women, AAUW Educational Foundation, Career
DevelopmentGrantsSelectionPanel,December2008topresent.
Teaching:CoursesandLectures
TexasAMUniversity,SchoolofRuralPublicHealth
GraduateCourses
PHEO613IntroductiontoEnvironmentalHealthDisparities,Fall2017
PHEO612GlobalEnvironmentalHealth,Fall2010-present
PHEO685IndependentStudies,Fall2009
PHEO689InternationalEnvironmentalHealth,Fall2009
GuestLecture
•CommunityHealthandPrevention(UniversityofTexasPanAmerican,Nursing
Program).Fall,2014.
•CommunityHealthandPrevention(UTPanAmerican,NursingProgram).Spring,
2014
•PHEO688SocialNetworksandSocialSupportSeminar,2014.
•CommunityHealthandPrevention(UTPanAmerican,NursingProgram).Nursing
Program,March14th,2013.Presentation:Asthma101,Edinburg,Texas.
•CommunityHealthandPrevention(UTPanAmerican,NursingProgram).Nursing
Program,March3,2011.Presentation:Asthma101,Edinburg,Texas.
GeorgiaHealthSciencesCenterUniversity,2005-2007
GraduateCourses
IMPH8700IntroductiontoEnvironmentalHealth,Fall2005,Fall2006andSpring2007
IMPH8600HealthPromotion,Fall2006andSpring2007
UndergraduateCourse
PhysicianAssistantDepartmentandHealthInformaticsDepartment
PAD5050CulturalCompetenceandMedicalSpanish,Spring2005and2006
HIM199IntroductiontoPublicHealth
TexasAMUniversity,SchoolofRuralPublicHealth,2004
GraduateCourses
PHEO620CaseStudiesinEnvironmentalandOccupationalHealth,Fall2004
NationalInstituteOfPublicHealth,SchoolOfPublicHealthofMexico,1990-1991
Graduatecourses
BasicPrinciplesofToxicology,Fall1990
HealthRiskAssessmentandRiskManagement,Spring1990
SupervisedGraduateStudents’Projects
TexasAMHealthScienceCenter-SRPH
•RoseLucio,MPH2011.EducationalInterventionsforanAsthmaManagementProgramin
SouthTexas.(MPHPracticum).
•RamiroCaballero,MD.2011.EnvironmentalHealth(DirectStudy).
•EduardoHernandez,MPH2016(DirectStudy).
•JessicaDeLosSantos,MPH2016(DirectStudy).
•IrisTijerina,MPH2016(DirectStudy).
•AlyssaTrevino,MentorforherFellowshiponMaternalandChildProgram,2017.
•LanaYamba,MentorforherFellowshiponMaternalandChildProgram,2018.