First name,Last name,Preferred title,Overview,Position,Department,Individual
Robin,Page,Associate Professor,"My focus is maternal health disparities. I have explored protective factors against preterm birth in Mexican origin women, in particular, those with low levels of acculturation. One aspect that I am giving particular attention is religiosity/spirituality as a buffer against stress. I am using telomere length as a biomarker for stress.
I am also interested in perinatal mental health and community-level interventions to increase access.",Associate Professor,School of Nursing,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n5ee635f4
Chanam,Lee,Professor,"Dr. Lee's research focuses on linking the built environment with public health outcomes. Her expertise is in 'active living research,' a transdisciplinary area of research that deals with environmental and policy approaches toward promoting physical activity.
Dr. Lee's contributions to this relatively new area of scholarship is significant in: (a) developing methodological and theoretical foundations, (b) bringing attention to high-risk populations, and (c) translating research into tools/guides to facilitate evidence-based policy/design interventions.",Professor||Faculty Fellow,Center for Health Systems and Design||Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n6d51b108
Idia,Thurston,Associate Professor,"My research aims to understand why certain groups of people experience a greater health and disease burden and to promote health equity among all youth and families. I strive to engage with communities to understand individual, familial, community, and cultural risk and protective factors among minoritized, marginalized, and underserved populations. In my research, I consider how co-occurring adversities (i.e., HIV, violence, substance misuse) and health comorbidities (i.e., metabolic complications) are maintained based on intersectional identities (i.e., race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexuality). I then use this knowledge to develop strength-based, culturally-responsive programs and interventions to enhance well-being, reduce stigma, and promote self-empowerment.",Associate Professor||Associate Professor,Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n77bfadfb
Ellisa Lisako,McKyer,Professor & Chancellor's EDGES Fellow,"Dr. McKyer is an expert in 1) community-based participatory approaches, 2) social and structural determinants of health disparities & inequities - especially for racial/ethnic minorities, and 3) professional and organizational preparation for climate and diversity among health professions.",Professor||Senior Associate Dean||Professor (Joint),Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences||School of Public Health||Humanities in Medicine,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nbca92840
Selina,Johnson,Selina Marie Stasi,"Access to and physical activity promotion within underserved communities and communities of color, through community based research, asset mapping, and GIS analysis.
Research regarding physician-based physical activity counseling, prescription and referral, and youth engagement and empowerment to combat disparities in physical activity and health.
Linkages between community, clinic, and church, and the role public health practitioners play to leverage resources between them all",Instructional Assistant Professor,Health Science Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ncbb3fa4b
Margaret,Foster,Professor,"Margaret J. Foster, MS, MPH, AHIP, is the Evidence Synthesis and Scholarly Communication Librarian and the Director of the Center for Systematic Reviews and Research Syntheses at the Medical Sciences Library, Texas A&M University. With nearly 2 decades of experience collaborating on reviews, she has published in medicine, veterinary medicine, education, agriculture, engineering, and other fields. She is the co-author of the first book written on systematic reviews for librarians- Assembling the Pieces of a Systematic Review: A Guide for Librarians (2017) and recently Piecing Together Systematic Reviews and Other Evidence Syntheses (2022).",Director,Center for Systematic Reviews and Research Syntheses,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nf338d96d