OverviewDrs. Gregory Talavera (Associate Professor, Co-Director at BACH and Director for SD EXPORT TrainingCore and Hispanic Community Health Study in San Diego), Dr. Gallo (Assistant Professor, SDSU/UCSD JointDoctoral Program in Clinical Psychology; Co-Director at SDSU BACH, Co-investigator for Hispanic CommunityHealth Study in San Diego), Patricia Quintana (Investigator and Manager, SYHC Research Center), andMatthew Allison (Assistant Professor, Family and Preventive Medicine) are the Principal Investigators of this,Partnership. Drs. Talavera and Gallo are Co-Principal Investigators at SDSU. Dr. Quintana is PrincipalInvestigator at SYHC. Dr. Matthew Allison is Principal Investigator at UCSD. Drs. Talavera and Gallo haveestablished a successful relationship as co-directors of the Center for Behavioral and Community HealthStudies (BACH), working together on applied research in health disparities in community settings. Dr.Talavera has engaged in an extensive collaboration with the UCSD School of Medicine and serves asAssociate Physician at the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at UCSD. For six years he workedwith UCSD investigators on the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) to help with the recruitment of 800 Hispanicwomen. Dr. Matthew Allison, Assistant Professor for Family and Preventive Medicine at UCSD, was anoutcomes adjudicator for the WHI and continues his role in the WHI extension study. Dr. Quintana serves asthe SYHC Research Center Manager and has spent several years collaborating with SDSU investigators inresearch studies that take place at the SYHC. Together, Drs. Talavera, Gallo, Allison, and Quintana willcollaborate in the recently awarded Hispanic Community Health Study in San Diego, in which they will conducta six-year epidemiological study. The authority and expertise that these four individuals hold within theirinstitutions and within the community will assure the integration and success of the proposed, mutuallybeneficial university/community partnership. In addition, they have the support of excellent faculty, majorinvestigators, healthcare providers, educators and patient advocates in the university and in the community.These partners bring the necessary expertise, commitment and resources that will ensure the success of theSan Diego Latino Center of Excellence.
| Castañeda, Sheila F; Rosenbaum, René P; Holscher, Jessica T et al. (2015) Cardiovascular disease risk factors among Latino migrant and seasonal farmworkers. J Agromedicine 20:95-104 |
| Camacho, Álvaro; González, Patricia; Castañeda, Sheila F et al. (2015) Improvement in Depressive Symptoms Among Hispanic/Latinos Receiving a Culturally Tailored IMPACT and Problem-Solving Intervention in a Community Health Center. Community Ment Health J 51:385-92 |
| Medeiros, Elizabeth A; Castañeda, Sheila F; Gonzalez, Patricia et al. (2015) Health-Related Quality of Life Among Cancer Survivors Attending Support Groups. J Cancer Educ 30:421-7 |
| Gonzalez, Patricia; Castañeda, Sheila F; Dale, Jennifer et al. (2014) Spiritual well-being and depressive symptoms among cancer survivors. Support Care Cancer 22:2393-400 |
| Gallo, Linda C; Shivpuri, Smriti; Gonzalez, Patricia et al. (2013) Socioeconomic status and stress in Mexican-American women: a multi-method perspective. J Behav Med 36:379-88 |
| Gallo, Linda C; Fortmann, Addie L; de Los Monteros, Karla Espinosa et al. (2012) Individual and neighborhood socioeconomic status and inflammation in Mexican American women: what is the role of obesity? Psychosom Med 74:535-42 |
| Gallo, Linda C; Fortmann, Addie L; Roesch, Scott C et al. (2012) Socioeconomic status, psychosocial resources and risk, and cardiometabolic risk in Mexican-American women. Health Psychol 31:334-42 |
| Castañeda, Sheila F; Holscher, Jessica; Mumman, Manpreet K et al. (2012) Dimensions of community and organizational readiness for change. Prog Community Health Partnersh 6:219-26 |
| Castañeda, Sheila F; Rosenbaum, Rene Perez; Gonzalez, Patricia et al. (2012) Breast and cervical cancer screening among rural midwestern latina migrant and seasonal farmworkers. J Prim Care Community Health 3:104-10 |
| Salgado, Hugo; Castañeda, Sheila F; Talavera, Gregory A et al. (2012) The role of social support and acculturative stress in health-related quality of life among day laborers in Northern San Diego. J Immigr Minor Health 14:379-85 |
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