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.

Noteworthy 2010 Grants

Jefferey L. Burgess:

Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center (PERLC)

Merrill Eisenberg:

Communities Putting Prevention to Work

Elizabeth Jacobs:

Vitamin D and its role in colon cancer

Sydney Pettygrove:

Arizona Developmental Disabilities Surveillance Program

Douglas Taren:

Arizona Collaborative Public Health Training Center (AzPHTC)

The Rural Health Office:

State Office of Rural Health Project grant

Research Grants 2009

Below is a list of major research grants for 2009, organized alphabetically by researcher.

Gail P Barker:

Teach-Tec - teaching K-12 teachers how to use technology

Paloma Beamer:

Characterization of Infants' Exposure to Trichloroethylene: Implications for Cancer Risk Assessment

Migration of Soil Particles to the Indoor Environment: Implications for Risk Assessment.

Water Contaminant Exposure and Risk Assessment Laboratory

Spatial Analysis of Traffic-Related Exposures and Respiratory Outcomes in Children

Lynda J. Bergsma:

State Office of Rural Health Grant

Sylvia Brown:

Traffic, Mobility and Reproductive Outcomes

Jefferey L. Burgess:

Arizona Center for Public Health Preparedness

Modeling Dietary Contributions to Arsenic Dose and Methylation: Elucidating Predictive Linkages

Determination of Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Firefighters

Development of a Severe Injury Surveillance System for Hazard Identification and Guiding Technological Interventions

Fireground Injuries: An International Evaluation of Causes and Best Practices

Implementing Risk Management Strategies to Prevent Injuries among Firefighters

Graduate Industrial Hygiene Program Grant, University of Arizona

Zhao Chen:

Arsenic Exposure and Women's Health

Anemia and Its Relationship with Sarcopenia, Physical Funcstion and Mortality

Biomarkers and Genetic Factors Related to Sarcopenia in Older Women

Longitudinal Changes in Hip Geometry and Skeletal Muscle

Reduced phosphate absorption is associated with the development of osteoporosis in older population

Kathryn Coe:

Teach Tec - teach K-12 teachers how to use technology

Cultural Tailoring: Assessment of cultural tailoring in community-based programs

Gila River Assessment of Cancer Cases and Referral Patterns

Hopi: Development of a Navigator Program

San Carlos Apache Study of HPV and vaccine preparedness on the reservation

Nevada Indian Health Board - technical assistance

Development and Implementation of a Collaborative Program Aimed at Building Inter-generational Relationships and Resilience in a Community Experience

Southwest American Indian Collaborative Network (SAICN)

Kaibab Paiute Research study of KABB relative to cancer

HPV Knowledge, Attitudes, and Vaccine Readiness among SW Indians

Cancer Burden of the Hopi Tribe

Community based cancer navigation

Southwest American Indian Community Network Program

Christina Cutshaw:

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

Rebecca Drummond :

Coordination Plan for First Things First Cochise Regional Partnerhsip Council

Consultant for Yuma County Public Health Services District Tobacco Program

Evaluation for Yuma County Public Health Services District First Things First Community Based Training

Evaluation Partnership with Canyon Ranch Institute

Consulting & Evaluation for Arizona Department of Education Coordinated School Health Program

Evaluation/TA for YCPHSD FTF Child Care Consultant

Burris Duncan:

Parental Acceptance of an Intense Physiotherapeutic Program for Cerebral Palsy

John Ehiri:

City Health - Center for the Study of Community Health (UAB Prevention Research Center)

Foundations of MCH: Assessment, Policies, Programs, and Leadership

UAB Framework for Global Health Program

MCH Training Grant

Merrill Eisenberg:

U of A LIfe and Work Connections

New Mexico HealthLinks

Colorado HealthLInks

Marana Youth Farm Evaluation

Howard J. Eng:

Binational Assessment of U.S.-Mexico Border Health Research Needs

U.S.-Mexico Border eHealth Assessment

Kacey Ernst:

Impact of Hepatitis A vaccination Policy on Vaccine Uptake and Hepatitis A Epidemiology

Aedes aegypti longevity at the edge of its range: implications for climate change and mosquito-borne disease

Janet A. Foote:

Brief Assessment of Skin Cancer Awareness among Free-Screening Participants

Joe Gerald:

Early Recognition of Sepsis Using Automated Decision Rule

Cost-Effectiveness of Asthma Screening

Vail Community Assessment of Insurance and Medical Service Utilization

Lynn Gerald:

Vail Community Assessment of Insurance and Medical Service Utilization

Peter R. Giacobbi, Jr.:

Examining the Scope and Impact of National Institutes of Health Funded Research in the Movement Sciences

Validity evidence for use of the NEO-FFI scores in athletic training: Internal structure, test content, and population norms

A measurement and conceptual investigation of exercise imagery establishing construct validity

Brenda Granillo:

Early Warning Infectious Disease Surveillance Project

Public Health Emergency Management Program

Norma Gray:

Reducing Health Disparities in an Urban American Indian Community

Integration and Expansion of Substance Abuse and HIV Prevention Services for an Urban American Indian Community

Stay Healthy Follow-up Study

Angelika C. Gruessner:

Development of a multi-organ transplant information system

The International Pancreas Transplant Registry

Jill Guernsey de Zapien :

Yuma Needs and Assets Assessment

Scoping Review

Rural Health Professions Project

Robin B. Harris:

Natural Killer Cell Receptor Immunogenetic Variability and Susceptibility to Persistent HPV Infection

Exploring potential relationship between arsenic and cancer-SPORE Supplement

Modeling dietary contributions to arsenic dose and methylation

Lawrence Gary Hart:

Arizona Health Workforce Study

Arizona AHEC Program Evaluation

Arizona Workforce Study II

Arizona Small Rural Hospital Flexibility Program

Creation of a National Frontier/Remote Definition

Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program (SHIP)

Arizona Health Workforce Data System

Chiu-Hsieh (Paul) Hsu:

Statistical Methods for Neoplastic Prevention Trials

Chengcheng Hu:

Methods for Long-Term Follow-Up of HIV-Infected Patients

Maia Ingram:

Legacy Tobacco Cessation Evaluation Contract

Salud Para Todos Evaluation Contract

Salud Si Evaluation Contract

Battered Immigrant Women Project

Elizabeth Jacobs:

Functional effects of genetic variation in enzymes of metabolism and catabolism of 1,25 (OH)2D

Serum 25(OH)D, intake of vitamin D, and breast cancer recurrence in the WHEL study

VDR Variants, Nutrient Intakes, and Adenoma Recurrence

Mary P. Koss:

Safety Connections

Camo Camp

Violence Against Women Applied Research Forum

Bonnie J LaFleur:

Mechanisms of Gastric Mucous Cell Metaplasia

Maria Elena Martinez:

Post-Baccalaureate Training Program to Address Breast Cancer Disparities in Mexican/Mexican-American Women

Comparative Study of Breast Cancers and their Risk Factors among Mexican Women in Mexico and the US

Development of a Program to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening in Arizona

Colon Cancer Prevention Program Project - Project 3

Deborah J McClelland :

Profile of Refugee Primary Care Access and Delivery Needs in Pima County

Stephen Michael:

ASHLine

Jeannette (Jennie) L Mullins:

Southwest Public Health Leadership Institute Border Health Leadership Program

Jennifer S. Peters:

Rural People, Rural Policy Initiative

Sydney Pettygrove:

Arizona Developmental Disabilities Surveillance Program (ADDSP)

University Centers on Disabilities

Ralph Renger:

Housing and Urban Development Hope VI Evaluation (Martin Luther King); City of Tucson: Department of Housing and Urban Development

Oklahoma State Department of Health: Design, Facilitation and Evaluation of Tabletop Exercise for Pandemic Influenza

Oklahoma State Department of Health: Design, Facilitation and Evaluation of Executive Tabletop with Oklahoma State Legislature Exercise

Oklahoma State Department of Health: Design, Facilitation and Evaluation of Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) Functional Exercise

Oklahoma State Department of Health: Design, Facilitation and Evaluation of Medical Surge Tabletop Exercise

Analysis of the American Evaluation Association Database

Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS): Arizona Cancer Control Program

Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS): Chronic Disease Project (Breast Cancer Screening, Colorectal Cancer Screening, Stroke Awareness and Stroke Prevention

Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS): Arizona Living Well

Kelly Reynolds:

Indoor mold control on porous surfaces using household bleach

Toxin producing cyanobacteria in Egypt's Suez Canal

Integrated Capture and Spectroscopic Detection of Viruses

National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center

The occurrence of H1N1 and seasonal influenza A virus on household and day care center fomites

Bacterial contamination of home electronics

Molecular epidemiology of C. difficile food contamination: links to human CDAC

Cecilia Rosales:

Challenges to Farmworker Health on the US-Mexico

ISA U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services

Excellence in Partnerships for Community Outreach, Research on Health Disparities

Building a Transborder Observatory for Health at the US Mexico Border

Interprofessional Arizona Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Yuma Regional Health Professions Training Initiative

Samantha Sabo:

Centers of Excellence to Counter Chronic Disease on the U.S. Mexico Border

Healthy Start Evaluation Contract

Kenneth Schachter:

Southwest Public Health Leadership Institute

Eyal Shahar:

The Jackson Heart Study

Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

The Sleep Heart Health Study

Duane Sherrill:

Serum inflammatory biomarkers as predictors of COPD morbidity and mortality

Lisa K. Staten:

Southwest Center for Community Health Promotion

Evaluation of ADHS Diabetes Education Appropriation

Healthy Steps for Families

Canyon Ranch Center for Prevention and Health Promotion

Joseph A. Tabor:

Epidemiological Study of Valley Fever

Douglas Taren:

Development and Implementation of an Usher Screening Program

Rocky Mountain MCH Certificate Program

The Health of Migrant Farmworkers and a Model of Social Responsibility of Agricultural Enterprises

Decreasing MCH Disparities Through Graduate Education

Operational Research Study on the Nutritional Impact of Dehydrated Potato Flakes and Isolated Soy Protein

First things First Evaluation

Nicolette I. Teufel-Shone:

Hualapai Cancer Prevention Program

Hualapai Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Program

Building Community Capacity to Prevent and Control Heart Disease

Leveraging Social Influence to Increase Physical Activity

Ron Watson:

Immunomodulation: Cardiovascular structure and function NIH NHLBI HL079206

Pycnogenol to lower hypertensive drug use in diabetics

Immunoregulation by DHEA: Prevente Cardiac Dysfunction

Pycnogenol's effect on diastolic dsyfunction and myocardial fibrosis in hypertensive subjects with echocardiographic evidence of mild to moderate dias

Leptin in cardiac remodeling

Nicole P. Yuan:

Alcoholism and Violence Among American Indian Tribes

Sexual Violence Prevention and Education Program