Research conducted by the MEZCOPH faculty is essential for achieving our mission of promoting the health of individuals and communities.  The broad spectrum of research conducted within the College is unique, since it includes basic science research as well as population and community studies.  Having researchers with such diversity, within the same college, affords opportunities for collaborative projects that can bridge these different research areas.  For example, recent mapping of the human genome has opened doors to better understand the role that genes play in diseases, but also highlights the need for such findings to be validated in population studies.  Research within the college also benefits our students by ensuring that they are being taught leading edge material in the classroom and by providing opportunities for student participation on research projects.

-Professor Duane Sherrill, PhD
Associate Dean for Research

Mel and Enid Zuckerman

College of Public Health

University of Arizona .

Types of Research and Contracts Received — 2007

The chart below illustrates funding sources for MEZCOPH grants and contracts:

In 2007, 55% of all grants and contracts addressed health disparities.

Research Grants 2007-2008

Below is a list of major research grants for 2007-2008, organized alphabetically by researcher.

T. Renee Anthony:

• A High-Flow Personal Sampler for Inhalable Aerosol
• Air Purifying Respirator Cartridge Evaluation for Firefighting Operations

Lynda J. Bergsma:

• State Office of Rural Health Grant
• Core Principles of Media Literacy Education in the United States
• EXPORT Pilot Project: Media-Wise Families
• Media, Education, Arts and Literacy Project
• Seeking Rural Data: A Toolkit

Sylvia Brown:

• Traffic, Mobility and Reproductive Outcomes

Jefferey L. Burgess:

• Acute Lung Injury Following Smoke Inhalation: Predictive Value of Sputum Biomarkers and Time Course of Lung Inflammation
• Arizona Center for Public Health Preparedness
• Environmental Arsenic Exposure, Lung Remodeling and Severity of COPD
• International Evaluation of Injury Rates: A Comparison of Risk and Compliance Based Regulatory Approaches
• International Program for Mining Health and Safety
• Occupational Carcinogenic Exposures in Native American Firefighters

Zhao Chen:

• Anemia and Its Relationship with Sarcopenia, Physical Function and Mortality
• Biomarkers and Genetic Factors Related to Sarcopenia in Older Women

Kathryn Coe:

• San Carlos Apache Study of HPV and Vaccine Preparedness on the Reservation
• Southwest American Indian Collaborative Network (SAICN)
  

Christina Cutshaw:

• Exploring Recovery and Parenting Challenges Among Women Completing Substance
• Abuse Treatment and Reunification Plans in Pima County

Merrill Eisenberg:

• Evaluation of Arizona HealthLinks
• Evaluation of Colorado HealthLinks
• Tobacco Policy Support and Re-Electability

Howard J. Eng:

• An Assessment of U.S.-Mexico Border Health Research
• Virginia Rural Health Planning Project
  

Janet A. Foote:

• Differences in Melanoma Awareness Among Residents of Three States
• Evaluation of AZCC Sun Safety Activity Books
  

Norma Gray:

• Capacity Expansion of Inhalant Use Prevention Infrastructure and Interventions in an Urban American Indian Community
• Integration and Expansion of Substance Abuse and HIV Prevention Services for an Urban American Indian Community
• Reducing Health Disparities in an Urban American Indian Community
• Stay Healthy Follow-up Study
  

Stefano Guerra:

• Innate Immunity Genes in COPD
• Serum Inflammatory Biomarkers as Predictors of COPD Morbidity and Mortality
• The Relation of Innate Immunity Genes to COPD

Iman Hakim:

• A Chemopreventive Trial to Study the Effects of High Tea Consumption on Smoking-Related Oxidative Stress
• Chemoprevention of Lung Carcinogenesis Using Green Tea

Robin B. Harris:

• Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women on the Hopi and Navajo Reservations
• CaBIG C3D Module Adopters
• Exploring Potential Relationship Between Arsenic and Cancer-SPORE Supplement
• Natural Killer Cell Receptor Immunogenetic Variability and Susceptibility to Persistent HPV Infection

Chiu-Hsieh (Paul) Hsu:

• Statistical Methods for Missing Data in Colorectal Cancer Study

Maia Ingram:

• Battered Immigrant Women Project
• Healthy Start Evaluation Contract
• Legacy Tobacco Cessation Evaluation Contract
• Mariposa Evaluation Contract
• Salud Para Todos Evaluation Contract
• Su Alma Su Corazon Evaluation Contract
• The Animadora Project

Elizabeth Jacobs:

• VDR Variants, Nutrient Intakes, and Adenoma Recurrence

Mary P. Koss:

• Violence Against Women Applied Research Forum

Maria Elena Martinez:

• Advanced Colorectal Neoplasia Following Polypectomy
• Colon Cancer Prevention Program Project-Project 3
• Comparative Study of Breast Cancers and Their Risk Factors among Mexican Women in Mexico and the U.S.

Stephen Michael:

• Development of a Program to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening in Arizona
• ASHLine

Jennifer S. Peters:

• La Paz County “Outback” Primary Care Needs Assessment

Sydney Pettygrove:

• Arizona Developmental Disabilities Surveillance Program (ADDSP)

Ralph Renger:

• Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS): Arizona Comprehensive Cancer Control Program
• Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS): Arizona Living Well
• Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS): Cardiovascular Disease
• Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS): Chronic Disease Project (Breast Cancer Screening, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Stroke Awareness)
• Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS): Diabetes Prevention and Control Program
• Oklahoma State Department of Health: Tabletop Exercise Design, Facilitation and Evaluation
  

Kelly Reynolds:

• Evaluation of a Point-of-Use Drinking Water Device for Assessing the Extent of Microbial Contamination of Tap Water
• Evaluation of the Suez Canal Environments for Toxin-Producing Cyanobacteria
• Integrated Capture and Spectroscopic Detection of Viruses
• Monitoring Transmission Routes of MRSA in Gym Environments
• MRSA Prevalence and Exposure Potentials in Paramedic Environments

Cecilia Rosales:

• ADHS/OBH
• Building a Transborder Observatory for Health at the U.S.-Mexico Border
• Challenges to Farmworker Health on the US-Mexico Border
• Excellence in Partnerships for Community Outreach, Research on Health Disparities (EXPORT Project)
• TIES Project-Migration and the Impact on Health and Emotional Well-being

Kenneth Schachter:

• Southwest Public Health Leadership Institute

Eyal Shahar:

• Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study
• Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
• The Sleep Heart Health Study

Lisa K. Staten:

• Partnership with HeadStart
• Southwest Center for Community Health Promotion
• Steps along the Border Initiative - Evaluation component

Joseph A. Tabor:

• Epidemiological Study of Valley Fever

Douglas Taren:

• Decreasing MCH Disparities Through Graduate Education
• Development and Implementation of an Usher Screening Program,
  Operational Research Study on the Nutritional Impact of a Fortified and Isolated Soy Protein Blend
• Rocky Mountain MCH Certificate Program
• The Health of Migrant Farmworkers and a Model of Social Responsibility of Agricultural Enterprises
• TIES Grant
• Vitamin A distribution for night-blind pregnant women

Nicolette I. Teufel-Shone:

• Building Community Capacity to Prevent and Control Heart Disease
• Hualapai Cancer Prevention Program
• Hualapai Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Program

Ron Watson:

• Hormone and Vitamin Supplementation on Cellular Immunity in Aged Immunomodulation: Cardiovascular Structure and Function, NIH
  Immunoregulation by DHEA: Prevent Cardiac Dysfunction
• Pycnogenol to Lower Hypertensive Drug Use in Diabetics

Nicole P. Yuan:

• Alcoholism and Violence Among American Indian Tribes
• Sexual Violence Prevention and Education Program