Hector Balcazar, M.S., Ph.D. Education Professional Experience

Curriculum Vitae
Hector Balcazar, M.S., Ph.D.
Full Name: Hector Guillermo Balcazar
Title: Regional Dean, El Paso Regional Campus and Professor
Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, The University of
Texas School of Public Health at Houston (UTSPH). June 1, 2004-on
Office Address: UT School of Public Health at Houston
El Paso Regional Campus
1100 N. Stanton, Suite 110
El Paso, Texas 79902
Office Phone: 915-747-8507
Office Fax: 915-747-8512
E-mail: Hector.G.Balcazar@uth.tmc.edu
Citizenship: US Citizen
Education
Ph.D., 1987, International Nutrition, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
M.S., 1982, International Nutrition, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
B.S., 1979, Nutrition and Food Science, Iberoamericana University, Mexico City
Professional Experience
Tenured Professor. Regional Dean. El Paso Regional Campus. Division of Health
Promotion and Behavioral Sciences. University of Texas, Health Science Center- Houston. School
of Public Health. September 1, 2011-On.
Regional Dean, El Paso Regional Campus and Professor. Division of Health Promotion and
Behavioral Sciences. The University of Texas, Health Science Center-Houston. School of Public Health.
June 1, 2004-August 31, 2011.
Co-Director Hispanic Health Disparities Research Center. NIH, National Center on Minority
Health and Health Disparities. Collaborative Partnership Between UTEP College of Health Sciences
and UT Houston School of Public Health. October 1, 2005- on.
Adjunct Faculty, College of Health Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso. June 2006-on.
Adjunct Professor, Chicano Studies Program, University of Texas at El Paso. January 2006- on.
Affiliated Faculty, College of Health and Social Services. New Mexico State University. 2008-2009
Through April 15, 2009.
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Adjunct Professor, Department Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health. University
of North Texas. February 2005- August 31, 2007.
Tenured Professor, Health Science Center at Fort Worth. University of North Texas. School of Public
Health. September 2001-2004.
Department Chair, Social and Behavioral Sciences and Professor, School of Public Health. Health
Science Center at Fort Worth. University of North Texas. Fort Worth Texas, June 1, 2000- May 30 th -
2004.
Director. Center for Cross- Cultural and Community Health Research, Institute for Public Health
Research. School of Public Health. Health Science Center at Fort Worth. University of North Texas. Fort
Worth Texas, July 1, 2000- May-2004.
Associate Chair, Department of Family Resources and Human Development, Arizona State University.
Tempe, Arizona, July 1996-July 1999. Number of people supervised: 25 faculty members in the
department.
Acting Chair, Department of Family Resources and Human Development, Arizona State University,
Tempe, Arizona, June 1997, June 1998, June 1999.
Tenured Associate Professor, Latino Public Health and Community Nutrition. Department of Family
Resources and Human Development, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, March 1995-May 2000.
Affiliated Faculty, Hispanic Research Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, May 1994-
May 2000.
Research Coordinator, Latino Public Health Working Group, Hispanic Research Center, Arizona
State University, Tempe, Arizona, December 1997-May 2000.
Assistant Professor, Community and International Nutrition. Department of Family Resources and
Human Development, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 1989-1995.
Assistant Professor, Human Nutrition, School of Human Development, University of Maine, Orono,
Maine, 1986-1988.
Graduate Research Assistant, Nutrition Surveillance Program, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York,
1985.
Lecturer, Human Nutrition, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Iberoamericana University,
Mexico City, 1983-1984.
Lecturer of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Nursing, Undergraduate and Graduate Levels, National
Institute of Cardiology, Mexico City, 1979-1980.
Instructor of Nutrition, Olinca Springfield High School, Mexico City, 1974-1977.
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Honors, Awards, Special Recognitions
Recognition Award from the American Public Health Association for Outstanding Service and
Dedication to the American Journal of Public Health Editorial Board and as Chair of the Editorial
Board from 2009-2011. American Public Health Association 139 th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Oct
29-Nov 2, Washington DC, 2011.
Recognition as Team Project Finalist for Mexican Pilot Study of Salud Para Su Corazon. Premio de
Investigacion en Nutricion 2011 del Fondo Nestle para la Nutricion de la Fundacion Mexicana para
la Salud. Mexico City. Septiembre 27, 2011.
Invitation as Latino Scientist to the Maternal and Child Health Bureau Research Program
Scientific Meeting. DRTE/MCHB/HRSA. The Health of Children of Immigrants: Research Priorities
and Methodological Opportunities. Rockville, MD. September 22-23, 2011.
Special Invitation as Expert Scientist. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Division for the
Application of Research Discoveries (DARD), NIH. Community Health Worker Initiative
Evaluation Meeting. Bethesda, Maryland. September 11-13, 2011.
Faculty/Mentor Participant at the July 2011 Summer Institute- Investing in America’s Future:
Mentoring Researchers in Latino Health Disparities. Presentation- Community-Based
Participatory Research: The El Paso HEART Project. San Diego State University, Graduate School
of Public Health. Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, University of California, San Diego.
July 20, 2011.
Faculty Class Lecturer. Master Level Program in Applied Nutrition and Health. Class Taught:
Development, Implementation and Evaluation of Nutrition and Public Health Programs (40 hours).
Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City. June 13-June 17, 2011
Faculty/Mentor Participant at the June 2011 Summer Institute for Exito! Latino Cancer Research
Leadership Training Program. The Institute for Health Promotion and Research. UT Health Science
Center. San Antonio. June 6, 2011.
Certificate of Appreciation from SHIRE: Summit Health Institute for Research and Evaluation,
Inc. for generous commitment of time, support and inspiration in helping to guide SHIRE to greater
heights. March 2011.
Special Invitation by the Mexican Secretary of Health, ISSTE and CONACYT to serve as an Expert
Evaluator for a National Research Initiative on Health and Social Wellbeing with Special Emphasis on
Diabetes and Obesity. Mexico City, February 21-22, 2011.
Special Invitation from NHLBI-NIH to attend the “ Community Health Worker Strategy Development
Workshop: Building and Strengthening Bridges to Address Health Disparities.” Arlington, VA November
18-19, 2010.
Special Invitation from Latino Infant Nutrition Initiative, Latino Health Communications, as an
Expert Scientist for the Consensus Summit “From Evidence to Action: Hispanic Infant Nutrition,
Obesity and Social Determinants of Health”. Ann Arbor, Michigan. July 27-28, 2010.
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Special Invitation from NHLBI/NIH as an expert investigator for the scientific meeting: Future
Directions to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and its Risk Factors among Latinos. NIH Neuroscience
Building. Rockville, MD. July 14-16, 2010.
Recipient of the 2010 Connecticut Center for Eliminating Health Disparities among Latinos
LEADERSHIP AWARD. “In recognition of His Academic, Scientific and Community Outreach
Contributions in the Area of Community Health among Hispanics”. May 21, 2010. University of
Connecticut. Storrs, CT. NIH EXPORT CENTER GRANT. Award and Stipend!
Served as Chair of Academic Program Review University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman
College of Public Health. Tucson Arizona, April 24-25, 2010.
Certificate of Appreciation in Recognition and Gratitude for Participation as Plenary Session
Panelist During The 2010 SOPHE-PRC Joint Conference, Advocate, Communicate & Translate.
Atlanta, GA, April 8, 2010.
Elected as a Member of the MPH External Advisory Committee at New Mexico State University’s
Department of Health Science. 2010-2013.
Elected as Member of the Research Advisory Committee . California State University Long Beach
(CSULB) RIMI-NIH (The Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions Grant Program funded by the
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities-NIH). 2010-2015
Selected as a Member of the Advisory Board for the Latin America Special Interest Project
PROJECT GOL. San Diego State Prevention Research Center (SDPRC) and Mexico’s Instituto
Nacional de Salud Publica (INSP). Develop a network of researchers focused on the prevention of obesity
with Mexican and U.S. Latino-focused counterparts. February 1, 2010- January 31, 2012.
Selected as Member of the Scientific Community Advisory Committee, Research for Change: Cross-
Site Multi-Cultural Community-Based Participatory Research. National Congress of American Indians,
Policy Research Center, The University of New Mexico, The University of Washington - and the
NCMHD-NIH Pilot Project. 2010- 2013- Initial Meting- January 10-11, 2010- Albuquerque, New
Mexico.
Special Recognition Endorsed by the Associations of School of Public Health, Academic Public
Health Practice Committee: Profiles of Excellence in Practice-Based Scholarly Service. As an
example of public health leader who stands out for their vision, boldness and commitment to
transformational public health practice. Demonstrating Excellence in the Scholarship of Practice-Based
Service for Public Health. Spring 2009 Document: http://www.asph.org/UserFiles/FINAL-SPBS.pdf
Special Invitation to Participate as Hispanic/Latino Health Expert for the Latino Community-
Based HIV/AIDS Research Best Practices Conference Planning Meeting. NCLR- CSULB- The
Center for Latino Community. Health, Evaluation & Leadership Training. Long Beach, California.
October 13, 2009.
Invited by Salud America Scientific Summit – RWJF Research Network to Prevent Obesity Among
Latino Children- as a Latino Health Research Scholar. September 9-11, 2009.
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Faculty Mentor NIH-K Series Award. 2009-2014. H. Jacobson, PI. Interpreting in Healthcare
Settings: An Analysis of the Impact of Linguistic and Paralinguistic Variables in Mediated and Non-
Mediated Interaction. University of Texas at El Paso. Department of Linguistics. July 2009.
Invited by the United-States-Mexico Border Health Commission as Expert Panelist. Binational
Border Health Research Work Group Meeting. La Jolla, California. July 17, 2009.
Selected to Serve as Expert Scientist for NIH/NHLBI’s Improving Delivery of Preventive
Interventions in Clinical Practice: Practical Implications and Future Directions Meeting-
Representing the Community Health Worker’s Field. NIH Campus, Bethesda, MD, June 11-12, 2009.
Elected as Chair Editorial Board of the American Journal of Public Health- 2009-2010.
Selected to serve on the External Scientific Advisory Committee (ESAC) of the Centers for
Research to Reduce Disparities in Oral Health funded by the National Institute of Dental and
Craniofacial (NIDCR)/NIH. March 17, 2009.
Recognition Award as a Distinguished Alumni (first recognition of this kind) of the Department of
Health and Nutrition, Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City (Licenciatura en Nutricion y Ciencia de
los Alimentos). Recognition presented by the President/Rector of the Iberoamericana University, Mexico
City March 12, 2009.
Elected as Member of the State Prevention Health Advisory Committee (SPHAC). Texas
Department Of State Health Services. January 8, 2009.
Elected as Member of The El Paso Diabetes Association Board of Directors. El Paso Diabetes
Association. El Paso Texas. December 2009.
Selected as the “2008 Distinguished Pfizer Visiting Professorship in Diabetes Award Recipient”.
Northwestern University. Community-Engaged Research Center, Feinberg School of Medicine. Chicago
Il. Visiting Professorship : September 22-24, 2008. Recognition Award Presented September 22, 2008.
Selected as Hispanic Health Leader/Role Model Participant for Aetna’s 2008-2009 Hispanic
Calendar. A $1000 donation was made to the Non-Profit Organization AYUDA, in El Paso, Texas
honoring my contribution. July 2008.
Cheerios 2008 Angel de mi Corazón Awards Judge Recognition Plaque. June 2008.
Certificate of Recognition in Grateful Appreciation of Services as a Member of the Health
Services Organization and Delivery NIH Study Section 2004-2008. National Institutes of Health.
Center for Scientific Review. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. June 6, 2008.
Certificate of Recognition for Commitment to the Development of Medical Research. Texas Tech
University Health Sciences Center. Paul L. Foster School of Medicine. “ Annual Research Colloquium”.
May 22, 2008.
Recognized by General Mills as “A Cheerios Angel de mi Corazón” Award Winner at the
Community Press Release Breakfast showcasing Mexican TV Celebrity Kate del Castillo as the
New Ambassador for the “Angel de mi Corazon” Program . Los Angeles California. February 4,
2008.
Invited Member of the Border Health Research Expert Panel Work Group. United States-Mexico
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Border Health Commission. El Paso, Texas, November 19, 2007.
Certificate of Appreciation Society For Public Health Education (SOPHE). In Recognition and
gratitude for dedicated service to the 2005-2007 SOPHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Presented at the 58 th
Annual Public Health Education SOPHE Meeting. Alexandria Virginia, November 2 nd , 2007.
Recognized by General Mills as “A Cheerios Angel de mi Corazón” Award Winner at the 18 th
Annual Conference and Career Expo National Society of Hispanic MBAS General Luncheon,
October 5, 2007, Houston, Texas.
Invited Keynote Speaker for 2 nd Annual Hispanic Lectureship in Nursing and Health. The Center
for Hispanic Studies in Nursing and Health at the University of Texas Arlington. Title of Presentation:
“ Social Justice for Hispanics: Journeys of Vulnerability and Resilience”. October 4, 2007, Arlington,
Texas.
Recipient of the 2007 “Cheerios Angel de mi Corazón” Award for my commitment to fighting heart
disease among Hispanics in the US. (June 2007). “At General Mills, we are committed to issues that
affect people across the country, especially one as serious as heart health,” said Katie Lay, Cheerios
Marketing. “We’re excited to launch the Ángeles de mi Corazon program and hope that this three-year
initiative will help recognize those Ángeles among us that are working to raise awareness and provide
education about the risk of heart disease.” Cheerios has a long-standing mission to help fight and prevent
heart disease. The Ángel de mi Corazón initiative is part of the larger Cheerios Circle of Helping
Hearts program that General Mills created to help raise awareness and provide education about the risk
of heart disease. http://www.cheeriosangel.com/
Selected as an Expert Invitee for the HRSA Meeting: “Improving knowledge transfer among health
researchers and decision makers at the border. Purpose of the meeting is to identify ways to improve
the translation of border health research produced in the United States so as to maximize its use by
decision-makers in health policy and practice. Dallas, Texas, June 26, 2007.
Selected as Participant in an Historic effort to Define a Consensus National Research Agenda
concerning Community Health Workers/Promotores. Two Day Invitational Conference. Sponsored by
California Endowment, Northwest Area Foundation, California Health Care Foundation, California
Wellness Foundation, Healthcare Education-Industry Partnership of Minnesota State Colleges and
Universities. Dallas-Forth Worth, January 26-27, 2007.
Elected as Deputy Chair Editorial Board of the American Journal of Public Health- November
2006-2008.
Award Recipient for: UTEP Mother-Daughter Program/Father-Son Program. For Exceptional
Contributions at the 21 st Annual OPEN HOUSE & University Tour, “ You Have Made A Difference!
Thank You For Inspiring Others To Succeed” From. Dr. Josie Tinajero, Director, Dean College of
Education, University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). October 28, 2006.
Selected to Represent US Research Universities for the First US-Mexico Binational Border Health
Research Forum. US-Mexico Border Health Commission. Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon,
Monterrey, Mexico. October 12-13, 2006.
Selected as Respondent To Governor of Zacatecas, Mexico, Amalia Garcia Medina during the
“Inaugural Hispanic Lectureship In Nursing And Health”. The Center for Hispanic Studies in Nursing
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and Health at the University of Texas at Arlington. October 2, 2006.
Selected By A Team of College of Health Science Leadership of University of Texas at EL Paso,
(UTEP) as a “ Friend of the College of Health Sciences” for contributions, professionalism, and
commitment to the College of Health Sciences. Special Reception, Certificate of Acknowledgement,
Appreciation Gift, and Appointment as College of Health Sciences Adjunct Faculty. July 12, 2006.
Elected To Served on Selection Jury for the Abraham Horwits Award Leadership in Inter-
American Health. Pan American Health and Education Foundation. Pan American Health
Organization (PAHO). (2006-2008). In recognition as leader in public health.
Elected as Advisory Board Member, National Council of la Raza (NCLR) and California State
University, Long Beach (CSULB) Center for Latino Community Health, Evaluation and
Leadership Training. April 27, 2006.
Elected as Board of Directors of Summit Health Institute for Research and Education Inc.
(SHIRE). Washington, DC. April 2006.
Elected for National Advisory Committee. Connecticut Center for Eliminating Health Disparities
Among Latinos. NIH EXPORT CENTER. NIH Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities.
2005-2010.
Advisory Committee Member. Project NIH-EXPORT. Promoting Health Parity Among MA
Women. University of Texas at El Paso. 2005-2006.
Elected as SOPHE Trustee 2007 Officer- Midyear Meeting Society for Public Health Education,
2005-2006 SOPHE Officers. November 2005
Honored as a Partner in Education for the UTEP Mother-Daughter/Father-Son Program.
Certificate of Appreciation in recognition for delivering Keynote Address During 20 th Annual Open
House & University Tour. UTEP College of Education in Collaboration with Partner School Districts.
October 15 th , 2005.
Selected as an Invited Symposium Member and U.S. Representative of the Salud Para Su Corazon
Family of Programs Projects in The Symposium: Lay Health Workers/Promotores de Salud”
Mobilizing Communities to Improve Cardiovascular Health in the Americas, Santiago, Chile,
South America. October 17-1 8, 2005. A total of 20 PAHO’s CARMEN Countries from the Americans
attended this NHLBI/PAHO Symposium.
Elected as Member of the American Journal of Public Health Editorial Board- November 2005-
November 2008. Appointed by the Executive Board of APHA.
Selected as Member of the NHLBI CVD Thought Leaders Meeting- Research Translation and
Dissemination-Moving Toward a New Vision and Strategic Framework. NIH Campus- Bethesda,
Maryland, June 17, 2005. Special invitation by Dr. Elizabeth G. Nabel, MD. Director of NHLBI-NIH.
Recipient of Annual Honorable Mention to the The North Texas Salud Para Su Corazón
Promotora Network Alliance. Community-Campus Partnership For Health 2004 CCPH Award.
The CCPH Award recognizes exemplary partnerships between communities and health professional
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schools that build on each other’s strengths to improve health professions education, civic responsibility
and the overall health of their communities. October 10, 2004. Announced at International Conference.
Honoree Distinction at the 2004 Faculty Honors Convocation, The University of Texas, Health
Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health for scholarly achievements. Convocation was to
honor faculty who have received international and national honors in teaching, research, clinical
service, and community service in the Academic Year 2003-2004. Texas Medical Center’s Hornberger
Conference Center. October 6 th , Houston, Texas. 2004.
Selected Member of the Official US Delegation Representing NHLBI/NIH to visit the CARMEN
Programs in Chile and Costa Rica as part of the Implementation of the Joint Statement between Pan
American Health Organization (PAHO) and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) for
the collaboration in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Control in the Americas. September 21-Sept
29, 2004.
Selected Member of the Task Force on Medical Indigent Care in Texas. Appointed by Dr. Kenneth
Shine. Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs. The University of Texas System. Ten of the major
Academic institutions in the state are sponsoring the Task Force including: The University of Texas
System, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas A & M, North Texas State and Texas Tech. July 2004-
December 2005.
Selected as a Member of the Health of the Population Integrated Review Group. Health Services
Organization and Delivery Study Section , Center for Scientific Review, NIH Federal Advisory
Committee. National Institutes of Health. July 1, 2004-June 30, 2008.
Recipient of a Certificate of Appreciation for Dedication in Eliminating Health Disparities in
Texas. Protect Texas, Texas Department of Health. Certificate Presented by Commissioner of
Health, Texas Department of Health. Dr. Eduardo J. Sanchez, MD, MPH. National Public Health
Week. Austin, Texas, April 5, 2004.
Recipient of an NHLBI-NIH Award in Recognition for Addressing Health Needs of the Fort
Worth/Dallas Region as an NHLBI CVD Enhanced Dissemination and Utilization Center and for
Helping to Eliminate Health Disparities in High-risk Communities. Award Presented at NHLBI-
NIH EDUC’s Final Annual Meeting. Bethesda, Maryland, October 10, 2003.
Faculty Mentor For Two McNair Scholar Undergraduate Minority Students. Graduate School of
Biomedical Sciences. University of North Texas. Health Science Center. Office of Outreach. May-
July 2003.
Elected as a Member of the Alpha Sigma Chapter of the Delta Omega Society For Public Health.
School of Public Health University of North Texas, Health Science Center. May 9, 2003.
Faculty Mentor For Two McNair Scholar Undergraduate Minority Students. Graduate School of
Biomedical Sciences. University of North Texas. Health Science Center. Office of Outreach. May-
July 2002.
Elected Member Of The Expert Panel On “DHHS Collection of Data on Race and Ethnicity” for
the National Academy of Sciences, Committee on National Statistics, National Research’s Council
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Department of Health and Human
Services. April 2002-September 39, 2003.
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Recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Award for Research, School of Public Health. Health
Science Center. University of North Texas. In recognition for excellence in Latino health research and
for securing external funding for the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the School of
Public Health. Fort Worth, Texas. December 2001.
Elected as a Member of the Scientific Associates Group of the Texas/WHO Collaborating Center
for Cross-Cultural Research and Training on Mental Health and Psychosocial Factors in Health.
Mexico-US Border Health. Hogg Foundation for Mental Health and The University of Texas at
Austin. Austin Texas. October 2001.
Served as the Ninth Annual Robert J. Schlegel Lecturer in Social Pediatrics. Department of
Pediatrics. King/Drew Medical Center. Los Angeles, California. Selected because of the
significant impact that my research and publications may have on pediatric populations. Los
Angeles, California. September 11, 2001.
Recipient of an NHLBI-NIH Award as Principal Investigator of the University of North Texas
Salud Para Su Corazon Project that was selected as one of six National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute’s Cardiovascular Disease Enhanced Dissemination and Utilization Centers
(EDUCs). Award Presented by Dr. Claude Lenfant, Director NHLBI- NIH. Bethesda, Maryland
April 10, 2001.
Faculty Mentor For Special ASPH (Association of Schools of Public Health)/HRSA Fellowship
Program: “HRSA Field Office/Schools of Public Health Linkage Project”. Fellow: Cristina
Bejarano, El Paso, Texas. January 8, 2001 through January 7, 2002.
Selected by APHA Nominating Committee as a candidate for the office of Elective Member of the
Executive Board of APHA (American Public Health Association). June 14, 2000.
Recipient of Latino Caucus Leadership Award 1999. In recognition for years of leadership to the
APHA-Latino Caucus. Presented at the 1999 APHA Awards Ceremony & Dinner Dance, Latino
Caucus. APHA Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, November 10 th , 1999.
Recipient of Latino Caucus 1998 Chairperson’s Award. In recognition for outstanding service to the
Latino Caucus and to APHA. This award takes into account extraordinary service to the field of public
health and to the profession in the way of leadership. Presented at the 1998 APHA Awards Ceremony
& Dinner Dance, Latino Caucus. APHA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., November 18 th , 1998.
Special Invitation For Leadership Conference. Invitation to participate in a national leadership
conference focusing on the elimination or racial and ethnic disparities in health, signed by: David
Satcher, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Secretary for Health and Surgeon General U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, and Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. August 1998.
Special Recognition Award. In recognition for continuing support and sponsorship. Western Arizona
Area Health Education Center, Inc. (WAHEC).First National Lay Health Workers Promotores
Conference. Mesa, Arizona. May 1998.
Certificate of Appreciation. In recognition for dedication and commitment to the Latino Caucus.
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Presented and Signed by the Chair of the Latino Caucus at the Awards Ceremony & Dinner Dance,
Latino Caucus. American Public Health Association Meeting. Indianapolis, Indiana. November 13,
1997.
Certificate of Appreciation. In recognition for contribution to the Salud para su Corazón Initiative.
National Institutes of health. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Presented and Signed
by the Director of NHLBI. Dr. Claude Lenfant. Symposium on Latino Health. Hispanic Heritage
Month. NIH Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, NIH Hispanic Employee Organization,NHLBI,
and NIH worksite Nutrition Subcommittee. Bethesda, Maryland. Masur Auditorium of the National
Institutes of Health’s Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center. September 15, 1997.
Special Recognition: Nominated for the position of Associate Director Of Minority Health. March 1997.
CDC/STDR. Public Health Service. Letter of invitation to apply for the position was sent by the Chair of
the Search Committee: Dr. Barry L. Johnson. Assistant Surgeon General. Assistant Administrator.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Department of Health and Human
Services. Public Health Service. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Honoree Recognition: For Providing Significant Contributions To The Quality Of Life For Students at
Arizona State University. Student Affairs. Arizona State University. October 15, 1996.
Recognition Award: For Outstanding Contribution to the Hispanic Research Center 1995-1996.
Scholarly Activities
1. Grants and Contracts – Funded
Grant and Contract Support (Total Costs; Direct Costs)
ACTIVE (Principal Investigator)
Dec‘11- Study on Employment of Promotoras/Community Health Workers as Mandated
Sept 12 By Texas House Bill 2610& 48.102 (2011).
Award Number: Texas Department of State Health Services #2012-040348.
Total costs: $162,539.00 Direct Costs: $140,362.00
Principal Investigator (4%)
ACTIVE (Principal Investigator)
Sept ‘09- Development and evaluation of the use of family-oriented consumer products for
Sept ‘12 Hispanic populations: fotonovelas and promotora guides on salt and cholesterol.
Award Number: ASPH/CDC Cooperative Agreement S3933.
Total costs: $71,050.00; Direct Costs: $56, 389.00
Principal Investigator (5%) - One year no-cost extension 2011-2012
ACTIVE (Co-Principal Investigator)
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Oct ‘08- Can CHW/PS Promote Lifestyle and Environmental Changes to reduce CDC Risk in
June ‘13 Texas
Award Number: 2R24 MD07-003. NCMHD NIH/National Center on Minority Health
and Health Disparities- Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)
Total Costs: $899,277.00 Direct Costs: $734, 949.00
Co-Principal Investigator. (20%) (PI: M Duarte)
Institution for Primary Award: University of Texas at El Paso
Conceptual design, development and implementation of an environmental cardiovascular
disease intervention (exercise and nutrition subcomponents) using community health
workers.
ACTIVE (Co-Principal Investigator)
Oct ‘08- Hispanic Health Disparities Research Center. Exploratory NCMHD Centers of
June ‘13 Excellence
Award Number: 1P20 MD002287-01. NCMHD NIH/National Center on Minority
Health and Health Disparities- Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)
Total Costs: $1,027,824.00; Direct Costs: $818, 220.00
Co-PI. (35% years 1-2, 20% years 3-5) (PI: E Provencio-Vasquez)
Institution for Primary Award: University of Texas at El Paso
Goal of Center: Develop border theory for Hispanic health disparities and apply it
through state-of-the art research projects.
Conceptual design, development and implementation of a subP20 project where I served
as the Principal Investigator: “A Household Survey To Explore Health Disparity
Domains on the US-Mexico Border”. Co-Director of the Center with administrative
responsibilities to coordinate all P20 cores.
ACTIVE (Co-Investigator-Member Advisory Board)
Nov ‘10- Reducing Caner Disparities Among Latinos in Texas
August ‘15
Award Number: U54CA153505-01 (Fernandez)
UTMDACC/NIH
Total Costs Year 1: $206,474
Co-I. (2.86% Years 1-5).
Goal: To reduce the cancer burden among Hispanics in Texas by using Community-
Based Participatory Research.
COMPLETED Since Last Appointment (Principal Investigator)
Oct ’08- Evaluating CHWs heart disease and stroke prevention sourcebook.
Sept ’09 Award Number: ASPH/CDC Cooperative Agreement S3869.
Total Costs. $20,000.00
Principal Investigator (3%).
Goal: To evaluate the cultural appropriateness of the CDC’s CHWs Heart Disease and
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Stroke Prevention Sourcebook
Oct ’04- Promotoras de Salud Contra La Hipertensión
Sept ’07 Award Number: ASPH/CDC Cooperative Agreement S3489-23/23.
Total Costs: $249,833.00; Direct Costs: $195, 267.56
Principal Investigator (20% effort)- One year no cost extension
Evaluate the feasibility of using promotoras de salud to control hypertension among
Mexican Americans living in EL Paso/Juarez area.
COMPLETED Since Last Appointment (Co-Principal Investigator, Investigator)
Sep ’05 - Can promotoras change clinical outcomes for chronic disease in El Paso, Texas?
Sep ‘08 Award Number: 1R24 MD001785-01. NIH/National Center on Minority Health and
Health Disparities
Total Costs: $257, 202.00; Direct Costs: $204, 091.00
Co-Principal Investigator (15%)
Evaluate a community randomized trial to measure the effects of community health
workers/promotores de salud in changing clinical outcomes for chronic diseases.
Sep ‘03- National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities. Hispanic Health Disparities
Sep ’08 Research Center.
Award Number: 1P20 MD000548-03.
Total Costs: 804, 353; Direct Costs: 590, 371
Co-Principal Investigator For Years 3-5 (15% Effort) (PI: R Anders)
Institution for Primary Award: University of Texas at El Paso
Purpose: The purpose of the Center is for the Advancement of Hispanic Health
Disparities Research through the provision of leadership to research-based innovations
that will reduce Hispanic Health Disparities.
Sep ’06- Interactive CD ROM on Cancer Genetics for Hispanics
Sep ’09 Award Number: R01 HGO3844. NCI/NIH
Institution for Primary Award: UT MD Anderson Cancer Center. (PI: S
Peterson). Total Award: $1,315,196.00
Co-Investigator (5% Effort), Subcontract for Dr. Theresa Byrd
Goal: To improve Hispanic women’s understanding about cancer risk and genetic
OTHER GRANT/FUNDING SUPPORT
Fooladi, M., Balcazar, H., Xiong, X., Buekens, P., Padilla-Raygoza, N. Periodontal disease and its
association with preeclampsia and other adverse pregnancy outcomes among women of Mexican origin in
El Paso, Texas. (Co-I) . (November 2006- June 2008). Paso del Norte Health Foundation. $54, 119.00
Balcazar, H., Castro, G., Natalicio, D., Parcel, G. UT System Public Health Initiative. Renovation of
UTEP facilities to support translational research capabilities. Health Affairs Office. The University of
Texas System. $1, 200,000.00
Balcazar, H. (September 2003-September 2004). A Community-Based Diabetes Self Management
Education Program for Use in the Hispanic American Population. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services. $99,000.00
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Balcazar, H. (September 2003-August 2004). Hispanic Health Services Research Conference
“ Improving Health Outcomes and Health Disparities: Research and Intervention Perspective.” Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services. $40,000.00
Trevino, F., Jacobson, H., Soto Mas, F., Balcazar, H. Hablenos de su Salud. (October1, 2003-
September 30, 2005). Co-Investigator. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Hablamos Juntos:
Improving Patient-Provider Communication for Latinos. $850,000.00.
Jackson, A., Balcazar, H., Martin, S, Soto Mas, F, Morrow, J., Fridinger, F., Kaman, R. FitzGerald, S.
Participation and training in health sciences (PATHS). Co-Principal Investigator. October 1, 2003-
September 31, 2006. 1R 25 RR017333-01A1National Center for Research Resources. NIH. $965,975.00
Kaman, R., Balcazar, H., Rustin, R., Fridinger, F., Urrutia-Rojas, X and Soto Mas, F. Minority K-12
Initiative for Teachers and Students (MKITS). Co-Principal Investigator. (September 22, 2003-
August 31, 2008). 1 R25 HL075749-01 NHLBI- NIH. $1,350,000.00 (Not participating since June
2004)
Trevino, F., Soto Mas, F., Jacobson, H., Balcazar, H. Hablenos de su Salud. (October1, 2002-
September 30, 2003). Co-Investigator. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Hablamos Juntos:
Improving Patient-Provider Communication for Latinos. $150,000.00.
Trevino, F., Balcazar, H., Galvan. R., Urrutia-Rojas, X. and Soto Mas, F. Through the Development
Office- (Janet Zipperlen) UNTHSC Foundation (February 2003-January 2005). Co-Principal
Investigator. Development Of The Texas Institute for Hispanic Health. School of Public Health. Health
Science Center. UNT. Sid W. Richardson Foundation. $380,000.00.
Fairchild, T., and Balcazar, H. (January- December 2002). Co-Principal Investigator. The North
Texas Community Outreach Initiative: Exploring Education and Caregiving among Hispanic Elders. Area
Agency on Aging, Tarrant County. Texas Department on Aging. $37,747.00.
Balcazar, H., Gonzalez, A., and Marshall, M. (2001-2004). Principal Investigator. The North Texas
Salud Para Su Corazon (Health for Your Heart) Dissemination and Outreach Initiative. NHLBI-NIH,
Prospect Associates. Selected as one of six Cardiovascular Disease Enhanced Dissemination and
Utilizations Centers (EDUCs) of NHLBI. The NHLBI created EDUCs in response to the Healthy People
2010 call for action to increase the quality and years of health life and eliminate health disparities.
$429,153.20.
Balcazar, H., Bayona, M., Lacko, A., McConathy, W., Marshal, M., Velasco, L. (2001-2002). Principal
Investigator. Smoking and Dylipemia in Hispanic Type II Diabetes, Tobacco Research Grant Program,
Office of Research and Biotechnology, UNTHSC. $48,826.00
Balcazar, H., Gonzalez, A., Trevino, F. (2001). Principal Investigator. Development of a strategic plan
for the National Latino Health Collaborative. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
$15,000.00
Balcazar, H. (1999-2001). Principal Investigator. Developing a Latino health agenda for 2010: call for
action. Conference Grant. Agency for Health Care Quality and Research. Department of Health and
Human Services. $19,200.00
Balcazar, H., Moore, P., and Coonrod, D. (1998-2001) Principal Investigator. Use of perinatal, infant,
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and childhood health services among high-risk Hispanic subgroups: Arizona’s Newborn Intensive Care
Program. Health Care Financing Administration. Department of Health & Human Services. $243,758.00
Balcazar, H. (1998). New Investigator Incentive Award. For Principal Investigator: Use of
perinatal, infant, and childhood health services among high-risk Hispanic subgroups: Arizona’s Newborn
Intensive Care Program. Health Care Financing Administration. Department of Health & Human
Services. Office Of the Vice Provost For Research, Arizona State University $1550.00
Balcazar, H., Amondragon-Rosh, E. (1998) Principal Investigator. Improving the health status of low
income children: an innovative community-university partnership. Arizona State University. ASU
neighborhood/Community Grant Program. $6,100.00
Balcazar,H. (1998). Development Of A Latino Public Health Working Group. Project Director.
Hispanic Research Center. Arizona State University.$1,000.00
Balcazar, H., Caudillo, R. and Denman, C. (1996-1998) Principal Investigator. Development of a
Model for Training Community Advisors in Environmental Health. Southwest Center For Environmental
Research & Policy. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). $117, 215.00.
Balcazar, H., and García Shari (Spring 1998). Faculty Directed-Undergraduate Research Project.
Project Director. Acculturation and prenatal health of Mexican-American women. Western Alliance to
Expan Student Opportunities. Hispanic Research Center. $1200.00
Balcazar, H., and García Shari (Fall 1997). Faculty Directed-Undergraduate Research Project.
Project Director. Acculturation and prenatal health of Mexican-American women. Western Alliance to
Expan Student Opportunities. Hispanic Research Center. $1200.00
Balcazar, H., and Cobas, J. (1993-1996) Principal Investigator. The effect of acculturation on birth &
postnatal outcomes among Mexican American women in Arizona. Arizona Disease Control Research
Commission. $58,152.00.
Balcazar, H., and Castro, F. (1993) Principal Investigator. Needs assessment for cardiovascular
diseases among Mexican Americans. American Heart Association. $29,985.00.
Balcazar, H. (1991) Principal Investigator. Occupational health profile of maquiladora workers: the
case of Nogales, Sonora. EPA-ASU Southwest Center For Environmental Research and Policy.
$21,380.00.
Balcazar, H. (1991) Principal Investigator. Heterogeneity of low birth weight: implications for clinical
diagnosis at birth and functional consequences. Faculty Grant-in-Aid Program. Council for Research and
Creative Activities. Arizona State University.$5,416.00.
Balcazar, H. (1990). Patterns of fetal growth and maturity and their relationship to prenatal care
utilization and maternal risk status in Hispanics as compared to Whites in Maricopa County, Arizona.
College Mini-grant Program. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University. $500.00.
Balcazar, H. (1990) Principal Investigator. Patterns of fetal growth and maturity and their relationship
to prenatal care utilization and maternal risk status in Hispanics as compared to Whites in Maricopa
County, Arizona. Faculty Grant-in-Aid Program. Council for Research and Creative Activities. Arizona
State University. $4,308.00.
Balcazar, H. (1989). Network identification of food and nutrition problems of Hispanics. College-Mini-
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Grant Program. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University. $500.00.
Balcazar, H. (1988). Travel grant to participate at the International Conference on Dietary Guidelines.
Sponsored by the School of Nutrition, Consumer and Family Studies, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute,
Toronto, Canada and the Committee on International Nutrition Education. Society for Nutrition Education
(SCINE, SNE). $600.00
Balcazar, H. (1988-1987). Partners of the Americas and the Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte,
Natal, Brazil. Travel grant to develop research collaboration opportunities between the department of
Public Health and Nutrition of the Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil and the School of
Human Development of the University of Maine. $4,000.00
Balcazar, H. (1984-1983). Small grants competition committee of the Division of Nutritional Sciences of
Cornell University to conduct doctoral research in Mexico City, $1,000.00. Center for International
Studies of Cornell University to conduct doctoral research in Mexico, City, $500.00. Cornell University
Latin American Program through the Scott Paper Company to conduct doctoral research in Mexico City
on the biological and social determinants of low birth weight and perinatal mortality in an urban
population of Mexico City. $1,200.00.
Balcazar, H. (1981). Small grants competition committee of the Division of Nutritional Sciences of
Cornell University to conduct M.S. research in Puno, Peru. Topic: child growth and behavioral
development at high altitude. $1,000.00.
2. Publications
Full-length peer-reviewed and editorial leadership articles♦ – published (in
press)
74. Balcazar, H., Wise, S., Rosenthal, L., Ochoa, C., Rodriguez, J., Hastings, D., Flores, L., Hernandez,
L., and Duarte-Gardea, M. (In press). Building an ecological model of prevention of cardiovascular
disease in the U.S.-Mexico border facilitated by promotores de salud; The HEART project. Prev Chronic
Disease.
73. McLeroy, K., Northridge, M.E. Greenberg, M., Landers, S and Balcazar, H. (In press).The role of
reporting standards and the adoption of the PRISMA statement by the American Journal of Public Health.
♦American Journal of Public Health
72. Ayala, C., Fang, J. Escobedo, L., Pan, S., Balcazar, H., Wang, G. and Merritt, R. (In press). Impact
of ethnicity and insurance status on actions taken to improve control of high blood pressure among
hypertensive adults residing in Texas along the Mexico border- Texas Behavioral Risk Factor
Surveillance System 2007. Public Health Reports
71. Balcazar, H., Rosenthal, L., Brownstein, N., Rush, C., Matos, S., and Hernandez, L. (2011).
Community health workers can be a public health force for change in the United States: three actions for a
new paradigm. American Journal of Public Health Online Ahead of Print October 20, 2011. e1-e5.
Doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300386.
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70. Balcazar, H., Alvarado, M., and Ortiz, G. (2011). Salud Para Su Corazon (Health for Your Heart)
community health worker model: community and clinical approaches for addressing CVD risk reduction
in Hispanic/Latinos. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management Vol. 34 (4):362-372.
69. De Heer, H., Balcazar, H., Cardenas, V., Rosenthal, L., Schulz, L. (2011). Acculturation and
cardiovascular disease risk factors among Mexican Americans at the U.S-Mexico border. Hispanic
Journal of Behavioral Sciences. Published Online 20 April 2011 DOI: 10.1177/0739986311406068
http://hjb.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/04/10/0739986311406068
68. De Heer, H., Balcazar, H., Castro, F.G. & Schulz, L.O. (2011). A path analysis of a randomized
promotora de salud CVD-prevention trial among at-risk Hispanic adults. Journal of Health Education and
Behavior Published Online: June 16 th . DOI: 10.1177/1090198111408720.
http://heb.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/06/16/1090198111408720
67. Balcazar, H., Castro, F. Tuberculosis in racial types with special reference to Mexicans. (2011).
AJPH 19, no.3 (1929). Excerpted material and comments entitled: Tuberculosis in Mexicans: learning
from the past and lessons for the present. ♦American Journal of Public Health 101 (7):1209-1212.
66. Lapeyrouse, L., Morera, O., Heyman, J., Amaya, M., Pingitore, N., Balcazar, H. (2011). A profile of
US-Mexico border mobility among a stratified random sample of Hispanics living in the El Paso-Juarez
area. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. Published Online 19 Feb, 2011.
65. Northridge, M., Balcazar, H., Benjamin, G. (2010). Leading the way toward the next 100 years of
publishing. ♦American Journal of Public Health 100 (11): 2019-2021.
64. Peterson, R., Beeson, L., Shulz, E., Firek, A., De Leon, M., Balcazar, H., Tonstad, S., Cordero-
MacIntyre, Z. (2010). Impacting obesity and glycemic control using a culturally-sensitive diabetes
education program in Hispanic patients with type 2 diabetes. . International Journal of Body Composition
Research Vol 8:3:85-94.
63. Ojo, E,, Beeson, L., Schulz, E., Firek, A., De Leon, M., Balcazar, H., Cordero-MacIntyre, Z. (2010).
Effect of the EnBalance, a culturally and language-sensitive diabetes education program, on dietary
changes and plasma lipid profile in Hispanic diabetics. . International Journal of Body Composition
Research Vol 8: S69-76.
62. Beeson, W., Batech, M., Schulz, E., Salto, L., Firek, A., De Leon, M., Balcazar, H., Cordero-
MacIntyre, Z. (2010). Comparison of body composition by bioelectrical impedance analysis and dualenergy
X-ray absorptiometry in Hispanic diabetics. International Journal of Body Composition Research
Vol 8:2: 45-50.
61. Perez-Escamilla R., Song D., Taylor CA, Mejia A., Melgar-Quinonez H., Anders R., Balcazar H.,
Segura-Perez S., Duarte M., Ibarra J.(2010). Place of residence modifies the association between
acculturation and dietary tools knowledge among Latina WIC participants: A multi-state study. Journal of
Immigrant and Minority Health Published Online 13 June 2010.
60. Balcazar, H., de Heer, H., Rosenthal, L., Aguirre, M., Flores, L., Puentes, F., Cardenas, V., Duarte,
M., Ortiz, M., and Schulz, L. (2010). A promotores de salud intervention to reduce cardiovascular
disease risk in a high-risk Hispanic border population, 2005-2008. Preventing Chronic Disease. 2010;
7(2). http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2010/mar/09_0106.htm PMCID: PMC2831782
59. Balcazar, H., de Heer, H., Rosenthal, L., Aguirre, M., Flores, L., Vasquez, E., Duarte, M., and
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Schulz, L. (2009). Use of a community based participatory research to disseminate baseline results from a
cardiovascular disease randomized community trial for Mexican Americans living in a U.S.-Mexico
border community. Education For Health, Vol 22, Issue 3. http://www.educationforhealth.net/ PMCID:
PMC2865886
58. Balcazar, H., Byrd, T.,Ortiz, M., Sumanth, R., and Chavez, M. (2009). A randomized community
intervention to improve hypertension control among Mexican Americans: using the promotoras de salud
community outreach model. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved Vol 20: 1079-1094.
57. Flores, C., + Mota, L.C., Green, C.F., Mena, K.D., Balcazar, H.G., and Gibbs, S.G. (2009).
Evaluation of Respiratory Symptoms and Their Possible Association with Residential Indoor Bioaerosol
Concentrations and other Environmental Influences. Journal of Environmental Health. 72(4): 8-13.
56. Balcazar, H., Northridge, M., Benjamin, G., Kapadia, F., and Hann, N. Resolving Conflict. (2009).
♦American Journal of Public Health 99 (3): 394-396.
55. Balcazar, H., Alvarado, M., Cantu, F., Pedregon, V., and Fulwood, R. (2009). A promotora de salud
model for addressing cardiovascular disease risk factors in the US-Mexico border region. Preventing
Chronic Disease Vol. 6. No. 1, January 2009. http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2009/jan/08_0020.htm.
PMCID: PMC2644608
54. O'Connor, K., Anders, R.L., Balcazar, H., Ibarra, J., Perez, E., Flores, L., Ortiz, M. & Bean, N.H.
(2008). Prevalence of mental health issues in the borderlands: A comparative perspective. Hispanic
Health Care International (HHCI), Volume 6, (3).
53. Metghalchi, S., Rivera, M., Beeson, L., Fukuda, D., Libanati, C., Firek, A., Balcazar , H., Deleon,
M. and Cordero-MacIntyre, Z. (2008). Impact of Spanish Diabetes Education Program on Plasma
Glucose, Insulin, Hemoglobin A1c, Plasma Lipids and Body Composition in a Hispanic Population. The
Diabetes Educator 34, (4), 698-706.
52. Soto Mas, F., Balcazar, H., Alberola, J., Chiehwen, E. (2008). Correlates of tobacco cessation
counseling among Hispanic physicians in the US: a cross-sectional survey study.
BMC Public Health Vol 8:5, doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-5. Available at
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/8/5
51. Medina, A., Balcazar, H., Luna Hollen, M., Nkoma, E., and Soto Mas, F. (2007). Promotores de
salud educating Hispanic communities on heart-health living. American Journal of Health Education
July-August Vol 38, No.4, 194-202.
50. Leiner, M., Balcazar, H., Straus, D., Shirsat, P. and Handal, G. (2007). Screening Mexicans for
pychosocial and behavioral problems during pediatric consultation. Revista de Investigación Clínica
Vol.59, (2), 116-123.
49. Hann, N., Northridge, M., Benjamin, G., and Balcazar, H. (2007). Prepare to Serve Public Health.
♦American Journal of Public Health. Vol 97, April, Supplement 1- S12-S14.
48. Anders, R., Balcazar, H. and Paez, L. (2006). Hispanic community-based participatory research using
a promotores de salud model. Hispanic Health Care International. Vol. 4 (2), 71-78.
47. Moayad, N., Balcazar, H., Pedregón, V., Velasco, L. and Bayona, M. (2006). For the patient. Do
cultural practices and family ties influence severity of diabetes control among Mexican Americas?
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Ethnicity & Disease Vol. 16 (2), 590.
46. Moayad, N., Balcazar, H., Pedregón, V., Velasco, L. and Bayona, M. (2006). Do acculturation and
family cohesiveness influence severity of diabetes among Mexican Americans? Ethnicity & Disease Vol
16., 452-459.
45. Balcazar, H., Alvarado, M., Luna Hollen, M., Gonzalez-Cruz, Y., Hughes, O., Vazquez, E. and
Lykens, K. (2006). Salud para su Corazon-NCLR: a comprehensive promotora outreach program to
promote heart healthy behaviors among Latinos. Health Promotion Practice 7(1): 68-77.
44. Balcazar, H. , Luna Hollen, M., Medina, A., Pedregon, V., Alvarado, M. and Fulwood, R. (2005).
The North Texas Salud para su corazón promotor/a outreach program: an enhanced dissemination
initiative. The Health Education Monograph Series 22 (1): 19-27.
43. Balcazar, H., Alvarado, M., Luna Hollen, M. Gonzalez-Cruz, Y. and Pedregon, V. (2005)
Evaluation of Salud para su corazon (health for your heart) -NCLR national dissemination promotora
outreach projects. Prev Chronic Dis (Serial online) 2005 July 04. URL:
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2005/jul/04_0130.htm.
42. Moore, P., Bay, C., Balcazar, H., Coonrod, D., Brady, J. and Russ, R. (2005). Use of home visit
and developmental clinic services by infants of Mexican descent and white non-Hispanic enrollees in the
Arizona Newborn Intensive Care Program. Maternal and Child Health Journal 9 (1): 35-47.
41. Deeb-Sossa, N., Agans, R., Butron-Riveros, B., Balcazar, H., Kalsbeek, W. and Buekens, P.(2004).
Development and testing of interview questions to determine last menstrual period in Mexican immigrant
populations. Journal of Immigrant Health 6 (3): 127-136.
40. Gelfand, D., Balcazar, H., Parzuchowski, J. and Lenox, S. (2004). Issues in hospice utilization by
Mexicans. Journal of Applied Gerontology 23 (1): 3-19.
39. Coonrod, D., Bay, C. and Balcazar, H. (2004). Ethnicity, acculturation and obstetric outcomes:
different risk factor profiles in low-and high acculturation Hispanics and in White Non-Hispanics. Journal
of Reproductive Medicine. 49(1):17-22.
38. Soto Mas F, Villalbí JR, Granero L, Jacobson H, Balcázar H. (2003). Los documentos internos de la
industria tabaquera y la prevención del tabaquismo en España. Gaceta Sanitaria. 17(Supl 3):9-14.
37. Luna Hollen, M., Balcazar, H., Medina, A., and Ahmed, N. (2002). The North Texas Salud Para Su
Corazon (Health For Your Heart) outreach initiative: serving Hispanics in Fort Worth and Dallas. Texas
Public Health Association Journal 54(4):5-12.
36. Soto Mas F, Villalbí J, Balcazar H, Valderrama J. (2002). La iniciación al tabaquismo:
aportaciones de la epidemiología, el laboratorio y las ciencias del comportamiento (Smoking initiation:
epidemiology, research, and behavioral sciences). Anales Españoles de Pediatría 57(4):327-33.
35. Soto Mas F., Valderrama, J. and Balcazar, H. (2001). El proceso de abandono del tabaquismo: teoria,
investigacion y practica. Gaceta Sanitaria. Dec 15 Suppl. 4:49-54.
34. Balcazar, H., Alvarado, M., Alcalay, R Huerta, E. and Ortiz. (2001). Salud para su Corazón. Un
programa modelo para promover la salud cardiovascular entre la poblacion Latina. Cuadernos de
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Nutricion 24:261-268. (Adapted from Medico Interamericano)
33. Gelfand, D., Balcazar, H., Parzuchowski, J. and Lenox, S. (2001). Mexicans and care for the
terminally ill: Family, hospice and the church. The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
18:391-396.
32. Balcazar, H., Krull. J. and Peterson, G. (2001). Acculturation and family functioning are related to
health risks among Mexican American pregnant women. Behavioral Medicine 27:62-70.
31. Byrd, T., Balcazar, H. and Hummer, R. (2001). Acculturation and breastfeeding intention and
practice in Hispanic women on the US-Mexico border. Ethnicity and Disease 11:72-79.
30. Balcazar, H., Alvarado, M., Alcalay, R., Schindeldecker, M., Newman, E., Huerta, E. and Ortiz, G.
(2001). Salud para su Corazón: evaluating cardiovascular health outreach activities in the Latino
community. Medicine of the Americas 2:4-11.
29. Alcalay, R., Alvarado, M., Balcazar, H., Newman. E. and Ortiz, G. (2000). Evaluation of a
community-based Latino heart disease prevention program in metropolitan Washington DC. International
Quarterly of Community Health Education 19: 191-204.
28. Cobas, J., Perez-Escamilla, R., Balcazar, H. and Benin, M. (1999). Specifying the antecedents of
breast feeding duration in Peru through a structural equation model. Public Health Nutrition 2:461-467.
27. Balcazar, H., and Krull, J. (1999). Determinants of birthweight outcomes among Mexican American
women: examining conflicting results about acculturation. Ethnicity and Disease 9: 410-422.
26. Coonrod, D., Balcazar, H., Brady, J., Garcia, S. and Van Tine, M. (1999). Smoking, acculturation
and family cohesion in Mexican American women. Ethnicity and Disease 9: 434-440.
25. Alcalay, R., Alvarado, M., Balcazar, H., Newman, E. and Huerta, E. (1999) . Salud Para Su Corazon:
a community-based Latino cardiovascular disease prevention and outreach model. Journal of Community
Health 24: 359-379.
24. Balcazar, H., Alvarado, M., Alcalay, R., and Huerta, E. (1999). Salud para su corazón: programa
modelo para promover salud cardiovascular en Latinos. Medico Interamericano 18: 18- 23.
23. Peterson, G., Cobas,J., Balcazar, H., and Amling, J. (1998). Acculturation and risk behavior among
pregnant Mexican American females: a structural equation model. Sociological Inquiry 68: 536-556.
22. Balcazar, H., Valdez, E., Tafoya-Barraza, and Guevara, J. (1998). Proyecto Unidos: a Latino health
coalition to empower professionals and para-professionals for community health actions. Journal of
Health Education 29: 144-148.
21. Moreno, C., Alvarado, M., Balcazar, H., Lane, C., Newman, E., Ortiz, G. and Forrest, M. (1997).
Heart disease education and prevention program targeting immigrant Latinos: using focus group
responses to develop effective interventions. Journal of Community Health 22:435-450.
20. Balcazar, H., Peterson, G., and Krull, J. (1997). Acculturation and family cohesiveness in Mexican
American pregnant women: social and health implications. Family and Community Health 20:16-31.
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19. Alvarado, M., Smolenski, M., Balcazar, H., Ortega-Harrison, Z., Della, D., Tam, T., Poolaw,L.,
Lewis, R. and Jacobs, J. (1996). Community panel discussion: from research to community action.
Hypertension in Hispanic Americans, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and Asian and Pacific
Islander Americans. NHLBI. Public Health Reports 111 (2 Suppl) 74-76.
18. Balcazar, H., Peterson, G. and Cobas, J. (1996). Acculturation and health related risk behaviors
among Mexican American pregnant youth. American Journal of Health Behavior 20: 425-433.
17. Cobas, J., Balcazar, H., Benin, M., Keith, V. and Chong, Y. (1996). Acculturation and low
birthweight infants among Latino women: a reanalysis of HHANES data with structural equation models.
American Journal of Public Health 86: 394-396.
16. Balcazar, H., Denman, C., and Lara, F. (1995). Factors associated with work-related accidents and
work-related disease/sickness of maquiladora workers: the case of Nogales Sonora, Mexico.
International Journal of Health Services 25: 489-502.
15. Balcazar, H., Trier, C. and Cobas, J. (1995). What predicts breastfeeding intention in Mexican-
American and non-Hispanic White women? Evidence from a National Survey. Birth 22: 74-80.
14. Balcazar, H., Castro, F., and Krull, J. (1995). Cancer risk reduction in Mexican American women:
the role of acculturation, education, and health risk factors. Health Education Quarterly 22:61-84.
13. Cobas, J. and Balcazar, H. (1994). Biculturality and hypertension in Mexican Americans: A
comment on Markides, Lee and Ray. Ethnicity and Disease 4: 91-93.
12. Balcazar, H., Keefer, L. and Chard, T. (1994). Use of anthropometric indicators and maternal risk
factors to evaluate intrauterine growth retardation in infants weighing more than 2500 grams at birth.
Early Human Development 36:147-155.
11. Balcazar, H. (1994). The prevalence of intrauterine growth retardation in Mexican Americans.
American Journal of Public Health 84:462-465.
10. Balcazar, H., Hartner, J. and Cole, G. (1993). The effects of prenatal care utilization and maternal
risk factors on pregnancy outcome between Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic Whites. Journal of the
National Medical Association 85:195-202.
9. Balcazar, H. and Cobas, J. (1993). Overweight among Mexican Americans and its relationship to life
style behavioral risk factors. Journal of Community Health 18:55-67.
8. Balcazar, H. (1993). Mexican Americans' intrauterine growth retardation and maternal risk factors.
Ethnicity and Disease 3:169-175.
7. Balcazar, H., Cole, G. and Hartner, J. (1992). Mexican Americans' use of prenatal care and its
relationship to maternal risk factors and pregnancy outcome. American Journal of Preventive Medicine
8:1-7.
6. Balcazar, H. and Haas, J. (1991). Retarded fetal growth patterns in relation to early neonatal mortality
in an urban population of Mexico City. Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization 25:55-63.
5. Balcazar, H. and Haas, J. (1991). Tipo de retardo del crecimiento intrauterino y mortalidad neonatal
precoz en una muestra de recien nacidos de la ciudad de Mexico. Bol Of Sanit Panam 110:369-376.
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4. Balcazar, H. and Cobas, J. (1991). Biological, nutritional and social factors associated with
intrauterine growth retardation in Mexico City. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 13:12-16.
3. Balcazar, H., Aoyama, C. and Cai, X. (1991). Interpretative views on Hispanics' perinatal problems of
low birth weight and prenatal care. Public Health Reports 106:420-426.
2. Balcazar, H. and Haas, J. (1990). Classification schemes of small-for-gestational age and type of
intrauterine growth retardation and its implications to early neonatal mortality. Early Human
Development 24:219-230.
1. Haas, J., Balcazar, H. and Caulfield, L. (1987). Variations in early neonatal mortality for different
types of fetal growth retardation. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 73:467-473.
Research Abstracts –Peer Reviewed
75. Balcazar, H., de Heer, H., Rosenthal, L., Wise, S., Taylor, T., Duarte-Gardea, M. (2011). Building
science translation in a community environment for heart health promotion: The El Paso community
health worker HEART border Project. Electronic Abstracts American Public Health Association 2011
Annual Meeting http://apha.confex.com/apha/139am/webprogram/Paper248209.html
74. Wise, S., Balcazar, H., Hayden, A., Rosenthal, L., Duarte-Gardea, M, (2011). HEART Project:
Promoting Hispanic heart health through lifestyle and environmental change in El Paso, Texas.
Electronic Abstracts American Public Health Association 2011 Annual Meeting
http://apha.confex.com/apha/139am/webprogram/Paper249293.html
73. Rosenthal, L., Balcazar, H., Aguirre, A., Flores, L., Hernandez, L., Duarte-Gardea, M. (2011).
Community health workers stategically at the HEART of the border health workforce, Electronic
Abstracts American Public Health Association 2011 Annual Meeting
http://apha.confex.com/apha/139am/webprogram/Paper250117.html
72 Alvarado, M.,Vasquez, E., Balcazar, H., Brownstein, N.(2011). Sustainability in CHW Community
Programs. http://apha.confex.com/apha/139am/webprogram/Paper243413.html
71. Gonzalez, R., Aguirre, A., Rosenthal, L., Balcazar, H., Wise, S., Duarte, M. (2011). The role of the
CHWs within the Proyecto HEART (2011). SOPHE-NACDD 2011 Joint Academy and Midyear
Scientific Meeting. Program Abstract Page 20.
70. Aguirre, A., Rosenthal, L., Mahamud, A., Gonzalez, R., Wise, S., Duarte, M., Balcazar, H. (2011).
A strategy to strengthen the community’s capacity to build and sustain CHWs and a HEART healthy El
Paso. SOPHE-NACDD 2011 Joint Academy and Midyear Scientific Meeting. Program Abstract Page
19.
69. Balcazar, H., Wise, S., Gonzalez, R. Aguirre, A., Duarte, M., Rosenthal, L. (2011). Proyecto
HEART: Evaluating an ecological approach for a cardiovascular disease prevention model on the U.S.-
Mexico border with community health workers. SOPHE-NACDD 2011 Joint Academy and Midyear
Scientific Meeting. Program Abstract Page 18.
68. Wise, S., Rosenthal, L., Gonzal;ez, R., Aguirre, A., Duarte, M., Balcazar, H.(2011). Proyecto
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HEART: Integrating community health workers into an ecological approach to wellness in El Paso,
Texas. SOPHE-NACDD 2011 Joint Academy and Midyear Scientific Meeting. Program Abstract Page
19.
67. Gonzalez, R., Torres, B., Diaz, P., Ochoa, C., Duarte-Gardea, M., Balcazar, H., and Rosenthal, L.
(2010). Collaborating with community health workers to change El Paso landscape for health. .
Electronic Abstracts American Public Health Association 2010 Annual Meeting
http://apha.confex.com/apha/138am/webprogram/Paper224544.html
66. Balcazar, H., Rosenthal, L., Wise, S., Hernandez, L., Ahmed, M., and Duarte-Gardea, M. (2010).
HEART NIH program in El Paso, Texas: re-structuring the environment for CVD prevention and control
integrating community health workers. Development of an ecologically-oriented cardiovascular disease
prevention and control intervention in El Paso, Texas. Electronic Abstracts American Public Health
Association 2010 Annual Meeting http://apha.confex.com/apha/138am/webprogram/Paper223403.html
65. Wise, S., Balcazar, H., Rodriguez, J., Hastings, D., Hernandez, L., Flores, L., Duarte-Gardea, M.,
and Vasquez, E. (2010). Development of an ecologically-oriented cardiovascular disease prevention and
control intervention in El Paso, Texas. Electronic Abstracts American Public Health Association
2010 Annual Meeting http://apha.confex.com/apha/138am/webprogram/Paper229999.html
64. Mata, H., and Balcazar, H. (2010). Increasing engagement and investment in social justice
approaches to building helath equity: the salience of environmental and biopsychosocial factors.
Electronic Abstracts American Public Health Association 2010 Annual Meeting
http://apha.confex.com/apha/138am/webprogram/Paper228643.html
63. Balcazar, H., and Mata, H., Infusing social justice into the science of health equity: innovative
frameworks. (2010). Electronic Abstracts American Public Health Association 2010 Annual
Meeting http://apha.confex.com/apha/138am/webprogram/Paper219119.html
62. Caraveo, E, Balcazar-Quintero, M., Balcazar, H., Micher-Camarena, J., Perez-Lizaur, A. (2009)
Evaluacion de un taller de capacitación para promotores de salud cardiovascular de una población
marginada de la ciudad de Mexico. Revista Chilena de Nutricion. Suplemento 36 (1): 55. Noviembre
2009 ISSN 0716-1549.
61. Kapadia, F., and Balcazar, H. (2009). How to get published in the field of population, reproductive,
and sexual health. Electronic Abstracts American Public Health Association 2009 Annual Meeting
http://apha.confex.com/apha/137am/webprogram/Session27578.html
60. Garcia, O., Brownstein, N., Balcazar, H., Alvarado, M. (2009). CHW training and education
curricula to address cardiovascular disease risk factors for diverse audiences. Electronic Abstracts
American Public Health Association 2009 Annual Meeting
http://apha.confex.com/apha/137am/webprogram/Paper201490.html
59. Balcazar, H., Rosenthal, L., Wise, S. (2009). Planning and building a healthy environment
integrating community-health workers/promotores de salud. Electronic Abstracts American Public
Health Association 2009 Annual Meeting
http://apha.confex.com/apha/137am/webprogram/Paper201579.html
58. Regina, E., Duarte-Gardea, M., Balcazar, H., Puentes, F., Schulz, L. (2008). Effect of a promotor(a)
heart disease prevention program on dietary behaviors related to weight management, sodium intake, and
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fat intake of Hispanics living in El Paso, Texas participating in a randomized controlled trial. Electronic
Abstracts American Public Health Association 2008 Annual Meeting #5046
57. Rosenthal, L., Balcazar, H., Aguirre, M., Flores, L., De Heer, H. and Schulz. L. (2008). At the border
crossing boundaries: community health workers/promotores in the HEART of a community-based
randomized trial. Electronic Abstracts American Public Health Association 2008 Annual Meeting
#5034
56. Rosenthal, L., Pena, S., Martinez, G., Brown, S., De Heer, H., Puentes, F., Balcazar, H., Ortiz, M.,
Cardenas, V., and Schulz, L. (2008). Costs of caring: community health workers/promotores at the
HEART of a community-based randomized trial. Electronic Abstracts American Public Health
Association 2008 Annual Meeting #4258
55. Byrd, T., and Balcazar, H. (2008). Blood pressure control among Hispanics living in the US.-Mexico
border: implications for program implementation using community health workers. Electronic Abstracts
American Public Health Association 2008 Annual Meeting #4148
54. De Heer, H., Cardenas, V., Puentes, F., Rosenthal, L., Balcazar, H., Ortiz, M. and Schulz, L. (2008).
Demographic characteristics, acculturation and cardiovascular health in a high-risk Hispanic population in
El Paso. Electronic Abstracts American Public Health Association 2008 Annual Meeting #4147
53. Jafari, R., Hsu, E., Balcazar, H., Eastman, M. and Soto Mas, F. (2008). Aids mortality clusters in
Texas counties: how health administrators can address the disparities by demographic groups. Electronic
Abstracts American Public Health Association 2008 Annual Meeting #3173
52. Rosenthal, L., Vasquez E., Martinez, V., Flores, L., Pena, S., Schulz, L. and Balcazar, H. (2007).
Methods of engagement: integrating community health workers as guides in community-based research.
Electronic Abstracts American Public Health Association 2007 Annual Meeting #3022
51. Cordero-MacIntyre, Metghalchi, S., Balcazar, H., Beeson, L. (2007). The effect of spanish diabetes
education program on plasma apoproteins and body composition in Hispanic population. Experimental
Biology 2007 Washignton D.C. FASEB Journal
50. Balcazar, H., Schulz, L., Rosenthal, L., Cardenas, V., and Ortiz, M. (2007). Community
participation: how promotores de salud are part of a system of care to change clinical outcomes for
chronic disease in El Paso, Texas. Electronic Abstracts American Public Health Association 2007
Annual Meeting #3337.
49. Taylor CA, Putnik P, Mejia A, Melgar-Quinonez HR, Anders RL, Balcazar H; Segura-Pérez S, Pérez
Escamilla R. (2007). Familiarity with the Food Guide Pyramid and the Food Label among Latina WIC
participants in California, Connecticut, Ohio and Texas. Experimental Biology, April 2007, Washington
DC. Peer Reviewed. FASEB J 2007;21:528.1.
48. Putnik P, Taylor CA, Mejia A, Melgar-Quinonez HR, Anders RL, Balcazar H; Segura-Pérez S,
Pérez-Escamilla R. (2007). Acculturation and MyPyramid awareness among Latina WIC participants in
Connecticut, California, Ohio, and Texas. Experimental Biology, April 2007, Washington DC.
Peer Reviewed. FASEB J 2007;21:528.2
47. Rivera, M., Fukuda, D., Sanchez, M., Balcazar, H., Beeson, L., Libananti, C., Firek, A. and Cordero-
MacIntyre, Z. (2006). Spanish Diabetes Education on Body Composition and Lipids in Hispanic
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Diabetics. Experimental Biology 2006. San Francisco, CA. FASEB Journal.
46. Rivera, M., Fukuda, D., Sanchez, M., Balcazar, H., Beeson, L., Libananti, C., Firek, A. and Cordero-
MacIntyre, Z. (2006). Effects of Spanish Diabetes Education, on Body Composition , HbA1c, Leptin and
Glucose in Hispanic Diabetics. Experimental Biology 2006. San Francisco, CA. FASEB Journal.
45. Cordero-MacIntyre, Z., Fukada, D., Balcazar, H., Beeson, L., Libanati, C., Firek, A., Rivera,
M. (2006). Spanish diabetes education on body composition, ghrelin, adiponectin and insulin. NAASO
2006. Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
44. Balcazar, H., Byrd, T., Ayala, C. and Chavez, M. (2006). A promotora model to improve
hypertension control among Mexican Americans in the El Paso/Juarez border area. International Society
on Hypertension in Blacks, Inc. ISHIB Program Syllabus. The Evolving Metabolic Syndrome.
Cardiovascular Risk Burden in Ethnic Populations. Page 44.
43. Rivera, M., Fukuda. D., Balcazar, H and Cordero-MacIntyre, Z. (2005). Body Composition and
Laboratory Measurements in Hispanic Diabetics. NAASO 2005 Annual Meeting. Vancouver, Canada.
Vol. 13, 242-p.
42. Moayad, N., Balcazar, H., Bayona, M., Bayona. G. and Velasco, L. (2005). Do family cohesiveness,
acculturation and other social factors influence the severity of diabetes among Hispanics in Forth Worth?
A cross-sectional study. Electronic Abstracts American Public Health Association 2005 Annual
Meeting 4092 # 110042.
41. Chiapa, A., Jacobson, H., Soto, F., Balcazar, H. and Treviňo, F. (2005). Avoiding translations: a stepby-step
process for developing Spanish health materials. Electronic Abstracts American Public Health
Association 2005 Annual Meeting 3251 # 108361.
40. Cantu, F., Alvarado, M. and Balcazar, H. (2005). Salud para su corazón program. Electronic
Abstracts American Public Health Association 2005 Annual Meeting 3205 # 118646.
39. Balcazar, H. and Luna Hollen, M. (2004). Bringing the Latino promotora community model via high
tech to health professionals. Electronic Abstracts American Public Health Association 2004 Annual
Meeting #14219 CEI 2023.0.
38. Moayad, N., Marruffo, J., Balcazar, H., Lacko, A., McConathy, W., Marshall, M., Velasco, L.,
Munguia-Bayona, G., Calles, D. and Bayona, M. (2003). Epidemiologic study of severe Type II
Diabetes in Latinos with emphasis on social, behavioral and life style factors. Electronic Abstracts
American Public Health Association 2003 Annual Meeting. 5025: #69580.
37. Balcazar, H. (2003). Establishing new models for community outreach and intervention for
Latinas: The Salud para su Corazón Initiative. Electronic Abstracts American Public Health
Association 2003 Annual Meeting. 4282: #74540.
36. Balcazar, H., Alvarado, M., Luna Hollen, M. and Hurtado, M. (2003). Evaluating “Salud para su
Corazón” lay health educator models: National dissemination. Electronic Abstracts American Public
Health Association 2003 Annual Meeting. 4027: #60218.
35. Balcazar, H., Alvarado, M., Hurtado, M., Santiago-Font, Z. and Hall, J. (2003). NHLBI’s Salud para
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su Corazón: promotores enhance heart healthy behaviors in Latino communities. Electronic Abstracts
American Public Health Association 2003 Annual Meeting. 3357: #62339.
34. Balcazar, H and Luna-Hollen, M (2003). Promotoras outreach: maximizing health promotion
effectiveness. Spicing Health Education Conference Program. SOPHE 2003 Midyear Scientific
Education Conference Abstracts page 19.
33. Moore, P., Balcazar, H., Coonrod, D., Brady, J., Bay, C. and Russ, R. (2002). Qualitative component
of NICP study: purpose, methods and results of focus groups and telephone interviews. Electronic
Abstracts American Public Health Association 2002 Annual Meeting.5118.
32. Moore, P., Bay, C., Balcazar, H., Coonrod, D., Brady, J. and Russ, R. (2002). Use of follow-up
services by Hispanics of Mexican descent and White non-Hispanics. Electronic Abstracts American
Public Health Association 2002 Annual Meeting.5118.
31. Bay. C., Coonrod, D., Balcazar, H., Moore, P., Russ, R., Brady, J. and Lopopolo, C. (2002). Effect
of welfare reform on infant outcome in Arizona. Electronic Abstracts American Public Health
Association 2002 Annual Meting.5118.
30. Balcazar, H., Bay. C., Coonrod, D., Moore, P., Brady, J. and Russ, R. (2002). Evaluating perinatal
and infant health outcomes among high-risk Hispanics: combining birth certificate and population-based
clinical data. Electronic Abstracts American Public Health Association 2002 Annual Meeting.5118.
29. Balcazar, H., Alvarado, M., and Cruz Gonzalez Yanira (2002). Promotores working for heart health
in Latino communities: The Salud Para Su Corazon implementation projects. Electronic Abstracts
American Public Health Association 2002 Annual Meeting. 4025.
28. Balcazar. H. (2002). Outreach and education to Latino communities: models that work.
Cardiovascular Health For All. Project Guide and Abstracts pp 41-42. National Cardiovascular Health
Conference 2002. April 11-13.
27. Luna, M., Balcazar, H. and Bower, P. (2002). Tailoring the National Salud para su Corazon (SPSC)
Initiative to the north Texas Hispanic community- dimensions of culture. Texas Public Health
Association Meeting Abstracts pp 21-22. March 24-26. 77 th Annual Education Conference.
26. Peralta, A., Balcazar, H. and Gelfand, D. (2002). Challenges of end-of life care in diverse
populations: a Latino perspective. 14 th Annual Assembly American Academy of Hospice and Palliative
Medicine. Abstracts Program Book AAHPM. January 31-February 3: Page 8.
25. Herron, K., Brewer, L., Balcazar, H., Bejarano, C. and Cantu, F. (2001). Strengthening academiapractice
partnerships through the HRSA/ASPH fellowship. Electronic Abstracts American Public
Health Association 2001 Annual Meeting. www.APHA.org
24. Ahmad, N., Johnson, A, and Balcazar, H. (2001). Developing a Latino health agenda for 2010: call
for action. University of North Texas, Health Science Center. Ninth Annual Research Appreciation Day.
Program Abstracts March 23, 2001: Abstract 10.
23. Johnson, A, Ahmad, N. and Balcazar, H. (2001). North Texas salud para su corazon outreach
initiative. University of North Texas, Health Science Center. Ninth Annual Research Appreciation Day.
Program Abstracts March 23, 2001: Abstract 11.
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22. Balcazar, H., Coonrod, D., Moore, P., Bay, C. and Brady, J. (1999). Use of perinatal health services
among high-risk Mexican American women. Abstracts American Public Health Association 1999
Annual Meeting 359:4029.
21. Balcazar, H. and Byrd, T. (1998). Nutritional factors in early life: fetal growth, birth, and lactationbreastfeeding
outcomes (Latinos). Abstracts American Public Health Association 1998 Annual
Meeting 1107:57.
20. Balcazar, H., Huerta, E., and Alcalay, R. (1998). The salud para su corazón (health for your heart)
model: mobilizing for community impact. Abstracts Cardiovascular Health: Coming Together For he
21 Century, NHLBI-NIH C.17: 72.
19. Balcazar, H. and Krull, J. (1997). Modeling predictor variables for birthweight outcomes among
Mexican American women. Abstracts American Public Health Association 1997 Annual Meeting
3048:290.
18. Peterson, G., Balcazar, H. and Cobas, J (1997). Predictors of risk behavior among Mexican
American women: the role of acculturation. Abstracts American Public Health Association 1997
Annual Meeting 3048:290.
17. Balcazar, H. (1997). Salud perinatal del nino Latino: el bajo peso al nacer como modelo de
intervencion en la frontera. Conference Program. The Effects of Poverty on Children’s Health. A
U.S.-Mexico Border Conference on Children’s Health. Abstract No. 4
16. Balcazar, H., Caudillo, R., Dominguez, M., Guzman, K. and Denman. C. (1997). Desarrollo de un
modelo binacional para la capacitacion de promotoras (es) comunitarias (os) en salud ambiental.
Memorias. II Coloquio Internacional. CIAD, A.C. p. 32.
15. Balcazar, H., Peterson, G. and Cobas, J. (1996). Acculturation and family cohesiveness in Mexican
American pregnant women: social and health implications. Abstracts American Public Health
Association 1996 Annual Meeting. 1087:61.
14. Alcalay, R., Balcazar, H., Roth,C., Scolnik, S., Howard,C., Rohde, F. and Crespo, C.
(1996). Evaluation of salud para su corazón: a Latino community cardiovascular disease prevention and
outreach initiative. Abstracts American Public Health Association 1996 Annual Meeting. 1211:131.
13. Balcazar, H., Peterson, G. and Cobas, J. (1995). The effect of acculturation on birth and postnatal
outcomes among Mexican American women. Abstracts American Public Health Association 1995
Annual Meeting. 2104:174.
12. Balcazar, H. (1995). Efecto de la aculturacion y factores sociodemograficos en la salud maternoinfantil:
estudio de seguimiento en una poblacion mexicana del estado de Arizona. Instituto Nacional de
Salud Publica. Resumenes, page 93.
11. Balcazar, H., Cobas, J. and Trier, C. (1994). Preditors of breast-feeding intention in Mexican
American and non-Hispanic whites. The FASEB Journal 8:4 A458
10. Dibble, C. and Balcazar, H. (1994). Dietary intake and acculturation of pregnant Mexican-American
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women. The FASEB Journal 8:4 A181.
9. Balcazar, H. (1993). Use of anthropometric indicators to evaluate intrauterine growth retardation and
undernutrition in infants weighing more than 2500 grams at birth. The FASEB Journal 7:3 A359.
8. Balcazar, H., Denman, C. and Lara, F. (1993). Problemas y perspectivas en relacion a la salud de los
trabajadores de la industria maquiladora de exportacion. Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica.
Cuadernos deTrabajo page 38.
7. Balcazar, H., Cobas, J., Keefer, L. and Cole, G. (1991). Behavioral and socio-demographic risk factors
associated with body mass index between Hispanics and Whites in Maricopa County, Arizona. The
FASEB Journal 5:5 A954.
6. Keefer, L., Balcazar, H., Cobas, J. and Cole, G. (1991). Behavioral risk factors associated with
cardiovascular disease between Hispanics and Whites in Maricopa County, Arizona. The FASEB
Journal 5:5 A954.
5. Balcazar, H. and Cobas, J. (1990). Etiological risk factors associated with the components of low birth
weight:intrauterine growth retardation and prematurity in Mexico City. Journal of the American
College of Nutrition 9:5:547.
4. Balcazar, H. and Haas, J. (1990). Classification schemes of growth retardation at birth and its
implications to early neonatal mortality in Mexican infants. The FASEB Journal 4:4:February 28:5192.
3. Balcazar, H. (1988). Morbidity and its relationship to emotional and social behavior of children
recovering from PEM (protein-energy malnutrition). The FASEB Journal 2, March
2. Balcazar, H. (1988). Birthweight-mortality relationships in an urban poor population of Mexico City:
implications for screening infants at risk. Dissertation Abstracts International 48:9.
1. Haas, J., Balcazar, H. and Caulfield, L. (1986). Early neonatal mortality in different types of fetal
growth retardation. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 69:209.
Chapters (BC), Newsletters and Other Publications (O)
19. Segura-Perez, S., Balcazar, H., Morel, K. Impact of promotores de salud and pregnancy and child
health outcomes. In: At Risk: Latino children’s health . (2011). Editors: Rafael Perez Escamilla and
Hugo Melgar-Quinones. Arte Publico Press- University of Houston. ISBN: 978-1-55885-708-7. (BC)
18. Castro, F., Balcazar, H. and Cota, M (2008). Health promotion in Latino populations: program
planning, development and evaluation. In: Huff, R. & Klein, M. (Eds). Promoting Health in Multicultural
Populations: A Handbook for Practitioners. SAGE Publication. Second Edition. (BC)
17. Balcazar, H., Denman, C. and Lara Francisco (2004). Factors associated with work-related accidents
and sickness among maquiladora workers: the case of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. In: Embodying
Inequality: Epidemiologic Perspectives. Section II-Part 2. Editor: Nancy Krieger. Baywood Publishing
Company, INC. Reprinted from: International Journal of Health Services 25, 489-502 (1995).
16. Bejarano, C., Balcazar, H. and Brewer, L. (2002). Partnership principles and best practices in the
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linkage of academia and practice to address health disparities in Tarrant County, TX. Partnership
Perspectives. Vol II, Issue I, Summer 2002: 39-48. (O)
15. Balcazar, H. (2001). Latino health conference 2000: affirming our identity. Keynote speaker remarks:
“National Perpective”. Latino Health Conference Massachusetts 2000. Conferencia de Salud Latina. Final
Report pages 17-23. Latino Health Institute and Mauricio Gaston Institute for Latino Community
Development and Public Policy. Boston, Massachusetts. (O)
14. Balcazar, H. (2000). Las barreras a la buena salud (barriers to good health) In: La Familia
Saludable. (Healthy Family) Abel Delgado,(Ed). (pp.3-8) Ediciones Prevencion (Prevention Health
Books). Rodale Press, Inc. (BC)
13. Balcazar, H. (2000). El poder de la prevencion. (the power of prevention) In: La Familia Saludable.
(Healthy Family) Abel Delgado,(Ed). (pp. 9-15) Ediciones Prevencion (Prevention Health Books). Rodale
Press, Inc. (BC)
12. Balcazar, H. and Qian, Z. (2000). Immigrant families and stress. In: Patrick McKenry & Sharon
Price (eds). Families and Change: Coping with Stressful Life Events. (pp. 359-377). Sage
Publications. (BC)
11. Castro, F., Boyer, G., and Balcazar, H. (2000). Healthy adjustment in Mexican American and other
Hispanic adolescents. In: R. Montemayor, G. R. Adams and T. P. Gullotta (Eds.). Adolescent Diversity
in Ethnic, Economic, and Cultural Contexts (pp. 141-178). An Annual Book Series Vol. 10. Sage
Publications, Inc. Thousand Oaks, California (BC)
10. Balcazar, H. and Mattson, S. (1999) . Nutrition. In: Susan Mattson & Judy E. Smith (eds.). Core
Curriculum For Maternal-Newborn Nursing. Second Edition. W.B. Saunders Company. (BC)
9. Crews, D.E. and Balcazar, H. (1999). Exploring family and health relationships: the role of genetics,
environment and culture. In Marvin B. Sussman, Suzanne K. Steinmetz and Gary W. Peterson
(Eds).Handbook of Marriage and the Family. Second Edition. Chapter 22. Pages 613-631. (BC)
8. Balcazar, H. and Baezconde-Garbanati, L. (1998). 1998 APHA Latino Caucus Scientific Program.
Noticias Latinas. The Newsletter of the Latino Caucus of the American Public Health Association. Vol.
20. No.3. page 1. (O)
7. Balcazar, H. Maternal and infant health in Arizona. (1998). Noticias Latinas. The Newsletter of the
Latino Caucus of the American Public Health Association. Vol. 19. No.4. page 5. (O)
6. Balcazar, H. and Castro, F. (1998). Health and access: issues affecting the health of Hispanics in
Maricopa County. In: National Community for Latino Leadership Inc. Arizona Latino Leadership
Summit May 5, 1998. Arizona State University. Tempe Az. (O)
5. Balcazar, H., Trier, C. and Cobas, J. (1996). What predicts breastfeeding intention in Mexican-
American and non-Hispanic White women? Evidence from a National Survey. Infant Nutrition Digest
2: 30-32. Reprint. Abstract from Birth 1995 article. (0)
4. Peterson, G., Balcazar, H. and Castro, F. (1994). Hispanic-American adolescents at risk. In:Visions
2010: Families and Adolescents. McKenry, P.C. and Gavazzi, S.M. (Eds.) Minneapolis, MN. National
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Council on Family Relations. Vol.2. No.1., pages 36-37. (BC)
3. Balcazar, H. (1994). School nutrition education programs: a partnership with the community.
Roadrunner. The Arizona School Health Association. Winter 1994, page 5. (O)
2. Denman, C., Lara, B., Lara, F. and Balcazar, H. (1993). Reestructuracion productiva y condiciones de
trabajo en la maquila de Sonora. In: Sindicalismo, relaciones laborales y libre comercio. El Colegio de
Sonora Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico; pages 136-163. (BC)
1. Balcazar, H. and Cobas, J. (1992). Acculturation and health among Mexican Americans. In:
Harmonizing Arizona's Ethnic and Cultural Diversity. Gordon, L., Hall, J. and Melnick, R. (Eds.) 60th
Arizona Town Hall Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona; pages 58-68. (BC)
Monographs/Technical Reports
21. Balcazar, H. American Journal of Public Health Editorial Board Annual Report to APHA Governing
Council. September 2009-2011 Reports as Chair of Editorial Board. 2009-2011.
20. Balcazar, H. Final Report to Centro San Vicente. Evaluating prenatal care programs and pregnancy
outcomes among Mexican origin women in El Paso Texas. CVS. September 2009.
19. Balcazar, H. Hispanic Serving Institutions and Historically Black Colleges and Universities Health
Services Research Grant Writing Workshop Final Report. July 2007. CMS.
18. Balcazar, H., Velarde, L., Cordero-MacIntyre, Z. Final Report. Community-based diabetes self
management education program for US in the Hispanic American population. Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services. February, 2006.
17. Balcazar, H. Pedregon. V. Salud para su Corazón Workshop Summary Proceedings: Integrating
Behavioral and Clinical Approaches for Sustaining Healthy Communities. Searching for Promising
Practices. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) Collaboration with Community Health Centers on the U.S.-Mexico Border.
January, 2005.
16. Balcazar, H. (2004). Improving health outcomes and health disparities: research and intervention
perspective. 2004 Hispanic Health Services Research Conference. CMS and UNT School of Public
Health. August, 2004.
15. Balcazar, H., and Luna Hollen,M. (2004). Salud Para Su Corazon of North Texas. Final Report to
NHLBI. NHLBI Enhance Dissemination and Utilization Center For Latinos, NHLBI/NIH. January 2004.
14. Balcazar, H., Marruffo, J. and Bayona, M. (2003). A community participatory intervention for
diabetes type 2: Information and empowering Hispanics to take action in Fort Worth, Texas. CMS. The
Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Agency. August 2003.
13. Balcazar, H., Coonrod, D., Moore, P., Bay, C., Brady, J. and Russ, R. (2002). Use of perinatal and
childhood health services among high-risk Hispanics in Arizona. Monograph. CMS. The Medicare,
Medicaid and SCHIP Agency. March 2002.
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12. Balcazar, H. (2002). Latino National Health Collaborative. Una Sola Voz. Strategic Planning
Document. HRSA. School of Public Health. Health Science Center at Fort Worth. University of North
Texas.
11. Balcazar, H. (2001). Conference proceedings. Developing a Latino Health Agenda for 2010: Call for
Action. Agency for Health Care Quality and Research. School of Public Health. Health Science Center at
Fort Worth. University of North Texas.
10. Balcazar, H. (1998). Final evaluation report (September 1998). “Unidos en la Salud Project”.
Concilio Latino de Salud. Under contract from Office of Minority Health. Washington DC.
9. Balcazar, H. (1998). Comparative survey evaluation report. (September 1998). “Unidos en la Salud
Project”. Concilio Latino de Salud. Under contract from Office of Minority Health. Washington DC.
8. Balcazar, H. (1998). Case management final evaluation report. (August 1998). “Unidos en la Salud
Project”. Concilio Latino de Salud. Under contract from Office of Minority Health. Washington DC.
7. Balcazar, H., Caudillo, R. (1998). Development of a model for training community advisors in
environmental health. Final Research Report (August 1998). EPA-SCERP. Southwest Center For
Environmental Research and Policy. Arizona State University.
6. Balcazar, H., and Tafoya-Barraza, H. (1997). Needs assessment and formative evaluation report:
“Entre Nosotros Project”. Concilio Latino de Salud. Under contract from the Arizona Department of
Health Services.
5. Balcazar, H. (1996). The effect of acculturation on birth and postnatal outcomes among Mexican
American women in Arizona. Final Research Report (August 1996). Arizona Disease Control Research
Commission.
4. Balcazar, H. and Tafoya-Barraza, H. (1995). Final Evaluation Report (December 1995). Proyecto
Unidos Coalition. Concilio Latino de Salud. Under contract from Office of Minority Health. Washington
DC.
3. Balcazar, H., Castro, F. and Simpson, T. (1994). Needs assessment for cardiovascular diseases
among Mexican Americans. Final research report (January, 1994). American Heart Association.
2. Balcazar, H., Castro, F. and Simpson, T. (1993). Needs assessment for cardiovascular diseases among
Mexican Americans. Partial research report (July, 1993). American Heart Association.
1. Balcazar, H., Denman, C. and Lara F. (1993). Occupational health profile of maquiladora workers:
the case of Nogales, Sonora. Final research report (March, 1993). Southwest Center for Environmental
Research and Policy, Arizona State University and Environmental Protection Agency.
Encyclopedia of Immigrant Health (In Press). Springer. Sana Loue & Martha
Sajatovic (eds). Balcazar, H. Promotora. Chapter No. 616.
CDROM Publications/Media Production
Balcazar, H, Luna Hollen, Mary and Goodman, K. Salud Para Su Corazón (Health For Your Heart)
Promotora Outreach Model. NHLBI Funded Project. North Texas Salud Para Su Corazón NHLBI/CVD
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Enhanced Dissemination and Utilization Center. University of North Texas, Health Science Center
(UNTHSC), Forth Worth Texas. February 2004 Media Production. USA-Web & Multimedia and
Continuing Medical Education UNTHSC.
SPANISH FOTONOVELA
Balcazar, H., and Byrd, T. Cómo controlar su hipertensión. UT School of Public Health-CDC- Project.
2008. https://xfiles.uth.tmc.edu/xythoswfs/webui/_xy-1937631_1-t_BTd1XO6o
Balcazar, H., Goodman K. Hispanic Health Services Research Conference. Improving health
outcomes and health disparities: research and intervention perspective. Centers For Medicare & Medicaid
Services and School of Public Health, University of North Texas. August 2004 Media Productions. USA-
Web & Multimedia.
TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS
Balcazar, Hector. Presenter. Mature Living Program. The El Paso Community College.
Public Health Programs in El Paso. Spanish and English Versions. Programs 970 and 972.
Broadcasts April 24, May 8 th .
NATIONAL RESEARC COUNCIL-National Academies Publication
Panel on DHHS Collection of Race and Ethnicity Data (Panel Member: Balcazar, H). Eliminating
Health Disparities: Measurement and Data Needs. Michele Ver Ploeg and Edward Perrin, Editors. The
ational Academies Press. Washington, DC. 2004.
Book Reviews
Balcazar, H. (2006). Health issues in the Latino Community. Marilyn Aguirre-Molina, Carlos W.
Molina and Ruth Enid Zambrana, Editors. Jossey-Bass, Copyright 2001 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Journal of Immigrant Health Vol 8:1, 99-100.
Manuscripts Submitted/Pending
1. Balcazar, H., Dempsey, H., Shedlin, M., and Anders, R. Integrating ethical and scientific approaches
to address health disparities in research proposals. American Journal of Public Health. In Fifth
Review.
2. Rosenthal, L., Balcazar, H., de Heer, H., Puentes, F., Dutra, E., Ahmed. M., Flores, L., Vasquez, E.,
Duarte, M. and Schulz, L. Managing to maximize community-based participatory research strategies in a
randomized controlled trial: “Can promotores de salud change heart health in El Paso, Texas. Pending
Submission
3. Fernandez-Gaxiola, A., Perez-Lizaur, A., Balcazar, H., Peyron, A., and Ayala, C. Addressing
cardiovascular risk factors using the Salud para Su Corazon model: the Mexican pilot study. Salud
Publica de Mexico. In Review.
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3. Invited Presentations
162. Balcazar, H. (2011). Migration as a social determinant of nutrition and health in Mexicanorigin
populations in the U.S. Special Invitation from Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica de Mexico
(National Institute of Public Health of Mexico) as a guest speaker for the Doctoral Level Course: Social
and Cultural determinants of Nutrition. Doctoral Program in the Sciences of Population Studies in
Nutrition. Cuernavaca, Morelos via Internet, November 8, 2011. Invited International Guest.
161. Balcazar, H. (2011). Quality and efficient publication in the American Journal of Public Health.
American Public Health Association 139 th Annual Meeting, Monday October, 31. Session 3010.
Washington DC. Session Moderator.
160. Balcazar, H. (2011). Reflecting on current knowledge and moving towards actionable research
agenda: Research Priorities. The health of children of immigrants: research priorities and methodological
challenges. Maternal and Child Health Bureau Research Program. MCH- HRSA. Rockville, MD.
September 23, 2011. Invited Speaker.
159. Balcazar, H.(2011). ¿Cómo Cambiamos Hábitos? Teorías y Experiencias de Intervención a Nivel
Comunitario y Modelos Ecológicos. How Do We Change Behaviors? Theories Applied to Community
and Ecological Interventions. Serie Científica Latinoamericana. Simposio de Edulcorantes No Calóricos.
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Universidad Iberoamericana, Universidad Autónoma de México, and
Calorie Control Council- Healthy Eating & Exercise for Life. Instituto de Bebidas para la Salud y el
Bienestar. Coca-Cola Company. Bogotá, Colombia August 24, 25, 2011. Invited International
Speaker.
158. Balcazar, H. (2011). Environmental issues and their health impacts in the colonias: water,
sanitation, and toxic chemicals. Panel 1. BienESTAR Conference: Building a research agenda on water,
sanitation, toxic chemicals and public health in the colonias. Center for Environmental Resource
Management UTEP and the Border Office, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The University
of Texas, at El Paso. August 17, 2011. Panel Moderator
157. Balcazar, H. (2011). Meet the Editors Session- Top Tier Journals. Representing AJPH. 3 rd North
American Congress of Epidemiology. Montreal, Canada. June 23, 2011. Invited Panelist.
156. Balcazar, H. (2011). Academic Politics for Latinos in the Age of Obama: Si Se Puede. Faculty
Participant at the June 2011 Summer Institute for Exito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training
Program. The Institute for Health Promotion and Research. UT Health Science Center. San Antonio. June
6, 2011. Invited Speaker.
155. Balcazar, H. (2011). 6 th Annual Obstetrics & Gynecology Symposium. TTUHSC Paul L. Foster
School of Medicine. EL Paso, Texas. Health Literacy and Medication Errors. Amanda Loya, PharmD.
May 21, Session Moderator.
154. Balcazar, H. (2011). Addressing Hispanic health disparities using a social justice framework:
implications for health promotion utilizing the promotora de salud model. MIHRT UTEP Summer
Program. College of Health Sciences. University of Texas at El Paso. May 19 th . Invited Lecture.
153. Balcazar, H. (2011). Weaving new multi-cultural approaches to diabetes prevention and
control: The Hispanic/Latino Experience. SOPHE-NACDD 2011 Joint Academy and Midyear
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Scientific Meeting. Albuquerque, NM, May 2, 2011. Invited Plenary Speaker.
152. Balcazar, H. (2011). Telling your Story: The Publication Journey Begins Here: The AJPH
Experience! Workshop 7A. SOPHE-NACDD 2011 Joint Academy and Midyear Scientific Meeting.
Albuquerque, NM, May 2, 2011. Invited Workshop Speaker.
151. Balcazar, H. (2011). Infusing social justice into the science of health equity for health education
and health promotion: A system-oriented approach for innovative medicine. American Medical
Student Association Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in Health Action Committee. Health Equity Scholars
Program. Webinar Speaker Presentation Series. March 29, 2011. Invited Webinar Speaker.
150. Balcazar, H. (2011). Heart NIH in El Paso: Restructuring the Environment for CVD
Prevention and Control Integrating Community Health Workers. University of Texas at El Paso,
College of Health Sciences. Research Colloquia. March 24, 2011. Invited Speaker.
149. Balcazar, H. (2011). New Educational Models for a New Workforce: Community Health
Workers. Developing the Workforce to Provide Health Care for an Expanding Population of Insured
Texans. For the Health of Texas: A Series of Workshops to Improve Health Care Delivery Systems. The
University of Texas at Austin. Code Red. February 28, 2011. Invited Panelist Speaker.
148. Balcazar, H. (2010). Adaptation-replication of the Salud Para Su Corazon community health
worker CVD project in Mexico City. UT School of Public Health Global Health Seminar. December
7 th , 2010. Invited Speaker.
147. Balcazar, H. (2010). Migration as a social determinant of nutrition and health in Mexicanorigin
populations in the U.S. Special Invitation from Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica de Mexico
(National Institute of Public Health of Mexico) as a guest speaker for the Doctoral Level Course: Social
and Cultural determinants of Nutrition. Doctoral Program in the Sciences of Population Studies in
Nutrition. Cuernavaca, Morelos via Internet, November 24, 2010. Invited International Guest.
146. Balcazar, H. (2010). Health Care: Our Region’s New Economic Driver. Southwest Minority
Supplier Development Council. Diversity at the Border. September 29, 2010. Invited Panelist.
145. Balcazar, H. (2010). A multicultural coalition for addressing health equity and parity: The
Latino experience from OMO (Out of Many One) Perspective. Healing Our Spirit Worldwide. The
Sixth Gathering. Honolulu, Hawaii. September 9 th , 2010. Invited Panelist.
144. Balcazar, H. (2010). Hispanic infant nutrition, obesity and social determinants of health: from
evidence to action. Latino Infant Nutrition Initiative. Latino Health Communications. Detroit, Michigan.
July 27. Keynote Address.
143. Balcazar, H. (2010). New community models for addressing cardiovascular disease among
Latinos. Future Directions to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and its Risk Factors among Latinos.
NHLBI/NIH. Rockville. MD. July 15. Invited Technical Presentation.
142. Balcazar, H. (2010). Cultural Competence and Hispanic Health Disparities: A Prevention
Perspective using the Salud Para Su Corazon Program. Interdisciplinary PhD. Program. College of
Health Sciences. University of Texas at El Paso. June 29. Invited Lecture.
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141. Balcazar, H. (2010). Border health and health disparities: Using CBPR and the promotora outreach
model to reduce major chronic diseases in the region. The Connecticut Center for Eliminating Health
Disparities among Latinos (CEHDL) Stakeholders Recognition Luncheon. May 21, University of
Connecticut, Storrs, CT. Keynote Address. Recipient of 2010 CEHDL Leadership Award.
140. Balcazar, H. (2010). Addressing Hispanic health disparities using a social justice framework in
conjunction with the promotora de salud model of cardiovascular disease risk reduction. MIHRT UTEP
Summer Program. College of Health Sciences. University of Texas at El Paso. May 18 th . Invited
Lecture.
139. Balcazar, H. (2010). Hispanics and heart disease prevention. “The community health worker
model as a promising evidence-based practice with Hispanics”. California State University Long
Beach. Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions NIH – RIMI Funded Project. California State
University Long Beach, CA. May 5 th . Special Invitation.
138. Balcazar, H. (2010). Keynote Plenary Speaker. Estilos de Vida Como Preventivos de la
Enfermedad Cardiovascular. Simposio Internacional de Estilos de Vida. Universidad de Guanajuato
Campus Celaya Salvatierra, Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, April 30 th . Keynote Speaker.
137. Balcazar, H. (2010). Plenary Session Panelist. Community-Based Participatory Research in the
Latino Community: New Insights and Opportunities. 2010 Joint Conference of the Society for Public
Health Education & the Prevention Research Centers Program. Atlanta, GA. April, 8. Invited Plenary
Speaker.
136. Balcazar, H. (2010). What can promotores de salud do for controlling/preventing high blood
pressure? Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch. Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention.
NCCDPHP/CDC. Atlanta, Georgia. April 8. Special Invitation.
135. Balcazar, H. (2010). Community Strategies on Latino Data Dissemination and Use. National
Press Club. Washington DC. High-Value Health Care Project. Charting a Course for Health Care
Quality Improvement: Data-Driven Strategies for Eliminating Health Disparities. Brookings Institute
National Conference on Health Care Equity. DC, National Press Club, March 25, 2010. Invited Speaker.
134. Balcazar, H. (2010). Community Research Agenda: UT School of Public Health El Paso
Regional Campus. Medical Center of the Americas Research Advancement Symposium- National
Institutes of Health. Paul L. Foster School of Medicine- TTUHSC- El Paso Campus. Thursday February
18 th 2010. Special Invitation.
133. Balcazar, H. (2009). What is Public Health and Its Implications to El Paso Region. ESL
Program- El Paso Community College. October 19, 2009. Invited Speaker.
132. Balcazar, H. (2009). Exploring social justice frameworks for addressing Hispanic border health
disparities. Hispanic Heritage Month. University of Texas at El Paso. October 14, 2009. Invited Speaker.
131. Balcazar, H. (2009). Embodying culture in prevention practice: working with Hispanics.
Interdisciplinary PhD. Program. College of Health Sciences and School of Nursing. University of Texas
at El Paso. July 14, 2009. Invited Lecture.
130. Balcazar, H. (2009). Social determinants for U.S.-Mexico border health. National Library of
Medicine. NIH- Environmental health information partnership. The University of Texas at El Paso.
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June 30, 2009. Invited Speaker.
129. Balcazar, H. (2009). Effectiveness of community and team approaches to deliver and receipt of
evidence-based care: Community health workers. NIH/NHLBI’s Improving Delivery of Preventive
Interventions in Clinical Practice: Practical Implications and Future Directions Meeting. NIH Campus,
Bethesda, MD, June 11, 2009. Expert Scientist Invited Speaker.
128. Balcazar, H (2009). Conceptualizing social justice models for the border. Expert Panel: Social
Determinants of Health. June 4. 67 th Annual Meeting of the United States-Mexico Border Health
Association. Human Security: A New Border Response. The University of Texas at El Paso. Expert
Panel Invited Speaker.
127. Balcazar, H (2009). Ethnicity Classification, culture and acculturation in Hispanic/Mexican origin
populations: multiple dimensions and health consequences. May 19. The University of Texas at El Paso.
School of Nursing. MHIRT Program. Invited Lecture.
126. Balcazar, H (2009). Regional health disparities seminar series. Overview of research at the Hispanic
Health Disparities Research Center. University of Texas at El Paso. April 3, 2009. Presentation and
Served as Moderator of the Lectures for the Series: Mental health and substance abuse in
Hispanics.
125. Balcazar, H (2009). Reducing the impact of cardiovascular disease in Hispanics. 2009 Regional
Hispanic Health Seminar Series. Hispanic Health Disparities Research Center. University of Texas at El
Paso. February 27. Invited Lecture.
124. Balcazar, H. (2008). Lecture on health disparities Paso del Norte Region. Health Science 5353:
Health Promotion Issues and Delivery Strategies. The University of Texas at El Paso. College of Health
Sciences. Department of Health Promotion. November 10. Guest Lecture Scholar.
123. Balcazar, H. (2008). Seminario de Experiencias de Promocion Comunitaria en Salud. Departamento
de Salud. Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City. October 6. Invited Visiting Scholar Seminar
Presentation.
122. Balcazar, H. (2008). The Salud Para Su Corazon Enhanced Dissemination and Utilization Initiative:
working with promotores de salud, Nutrition Education Class. Departamento de Salud. Universidad
Iberoamericana, Mexico City. October 7. Invited Visiting Scholar Presentation.
121. Balcazar, H. (2008). Promotoria en salud: su aplicación en programas de prevención y control de
enfermedades crónico-degenerativas. Departamento de Salud. Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City.
Octobre 7, Cuidad de México. Invited Conference Speaker/Visiting Scholar.
120. Balcazar, H. (2008). Using CBPR (community-based participatory research) to support promotores
de salud working for heart health in Latino communities. Community Heart Health Summit. NCLR-
CSULB center for the Latino Community Health, Evaluation, and Leadership Training and Merck.
September, 30, California State University Long Beach. Long Beach Ca. Invited Keynote Address
Speaker.
119. Balcazar, H. (2008). The Salud Para Su Corazon Program. CBPR applied to diabetes and
cardiovascular disease prevention and control in Hispanics. Pfizer Visiting Professorships Program.
Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute. Community-Engaged Research
Center. Community Engaged Research Seminar Series. September 24, Chicago, Illinois. Keynote
Speaker as Visiting Professor in Diabetes.
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118. Balcazar, H. (2008). Championing Diabetes Prevention and Control in Latinos. The Texas CBPR
Diabetes and CVD Experience. Pfizer Visiting Professor in Diabetes at Northwestern. Alivio Medical
Center. September 23, Chicago, Illinois. Invited Professorship Lecture/Discussion.
117. Balcazar, H. (2008). Diabetes in Latino Communities: Local and National Perspectives. Methods of
Engagement: integrating community health workers as guides for best practices in clinical and
community settings. Pfizer Visiting Professor in Diabetes at Northwestern. Association House of
Chicago. Greater Humboldt Park Community of Wellness. September 23, Chicago, Illinois. Invited
Professorship Lecture/Discussion.
116. Balcazar, H. (2008). Embodying culture in prevention practice: delivering programs to prevent
diabetes and cardiovascular disease in Hispanic populations. Visiting Professorships Program.
Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute. Community-Engaged Research
Center. Department of Preventive Medicine. September 22, Chicago, Illinois. Invited Visiting
Professorship Lecture.
115. Balcazar, H. (2008). Health disparities in el Paso del Norte Region. Keynote Address: Paso del
Norte Society for Public Health Education Annual Meeting (SOPHE). April 23, El Paso, Texas. Keynote
Speaker.
114. Fooladi, M., Xiong, Xu, and Balcazar, H. (2008). Effects of periodontal disease on pregnancy
outcomes among Hispanics. Collaborative project among Tulane University School of Public Health, UT
School of Public Health El Paso Regional Campus, and University of Texas School of Nursing. 3th.
Annual Obstetrics & Gynecology Symposium. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L.
Foster School of Medicine. April 19, El Paso, Texas. Invited Panelist.
113. Balcazar, H. (2008). Development of new conceptual frameworks for addressing health disparities
in the US-Mexico border. NIH Hispanic Health Disparities Research Center Interdisciplinary PhD.
Program. University of Texas at El Paso. College of Health Sciences. April 15. Invited Lecture.
112. Balcazar, H. (2007). The Salud Para Su Corazon Program: Health communication and
dissemination-translation using community-based participatory research. Graduate Program In Health
Education. College of Education. Health Communication Class Lecture. UTEP, November 7. Invited
Lecture Presentation.
111. Balcazar, H. (2007). Concurrent Session 2007 SOPHE Annual Meeting. Considering Meaningful
Health Alternatives. “Partnerships to Achieve Health Equity Scientific Conference”. Alexandria, Virginia,
November 2. Session Moderator.
110. Balcazar, H. (2007). Testing new models of community health workers/promotores de salud
(CHW/PS): implications for Hispanic health promotion and disease prevention. The University of Texas
Medical Branch (UTMB) 2007-2008 Health Disparities Lecture Series. Sponsored by NIH R01
NR007891, Psychoneuroimmunology: preterm birth in Hispanics (PI: R. Jeanne Ruiz) and the Center for
Elimination of Health Disparities and the Center for Population Health and Health Disparities. Galveston,
Texas. October 25. Invited Presentation.
109. Balcazar, H. (2007). Reaching the Mexican origin population with the implementation of food and
nutrition programs: the Salud Para Su Corazon Program CHW/PS model. 35 th Anniversary Celebration
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Program of the Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition. Iberoamericana University. Mexico City. August 31.
Invited Presentation/Panel Presentation.
108. Balcazar, H. (2007). Construction of Models to Evaluate Promotoras Programs: The Salud Para Su
Corazón Initiative. National Council Of La Raza (NCLR) Annual Conference. Miami, Florida, July 22.
Invited Lecture/Presentation.
107. Balcazar, H. (2007). Cultural Competence in Prevention Research: The Salud Para Su Corazon
Program. Interdisciplinary PhD. Program. University of Texas at El Paso. College of Health Sciences.
July 17. Invited Lecture.
106. Balcazar, H. (2007). International Union of Health Promotion and Health Education. Vancouver,
Canada. June 11. Session Moderator.
105. Balcazar, H. (2007). Changing face of health education and health promotion. Closing Plenary
Session. 2007 CDC/DHPE National Conference on Health Education and Health Promotion and the
SOPHE Midyear Scientific Conference. Seattle, Washington. June 9. Plenary Moderator/Conference
Co-chair.
104. Balcazar, H. (2007). Developing theory and social constructs in the U.S.-Mexico border: Building
frameworks of resilience and vulnerabilities. College of Health Sciences. Interdisciplinary Ph.D.
Program. University of Texas at El Paso. March 27. Invited Lecture.
103. Balcazar, H. (2006). Crossing over to the dark side: careers in academic administration. SOPHE
2006 57 th Annual Meeting Conference. Boston, MA. November 3 rd . Panel Moderator.
102. Balcazar, H. (2006). The Mother-Daughter/Father Son/Project ACE and STEM Careers Programs.
Open House and UTEP Tour. October 28, 2006. Theater Auditorium University of Texas at El Paso.
Keynote Speaker.
101. Balcazar, H. (2006). Town Hall: Health disparities common threads and differences among minority
populations. Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF). 2006 AAPI Health Summit.
San Jose California. September 15, 2006. Invited Panelist.
100. Balcazar, H. (2006). Salud para Su Corazón Models of Collaboration. U.S.-Mexico Border Health
Summit. “Partners in Action for a Healthy Border”. Health Resources and Services Administration.
Office of Rural Health Policy. Division of Border Health. Tucson, Arizona. August 22-24, 2006. Invited
Speaker.
99. Balcazar, H. (2006). Embodying culture in prevention research and practice: U.S.-Mexico
Perspectives. 14 th Annual Meeting. Society for Prevention Research. Applying Prevention Science to
Reduce Health Disparities. San Antonio, Texas. June 2, 2006. Plenary Session Invited Speaker.
98. Balcazar, H. (2006). Bridging the medicine and public health practice model: Promotoras and
Hispanics. Medical Residency Program. Baylor College of Medicine. Department of Family and
Community Medicine. Houston, Texas May 18. Invited Presentation.
97. Balcazar, H. (2006). Coalitions and Collaboration: Evolving to Address Community Health. Betting
on Health Education: Increasing the Odds for Collaboration. SOPHE 2006 Midyear Conference. Las
Vegas, Nevada, May 6. Panel Moderator.
96. Balcazar, H. (2006). Community Health Initiative (Salud Para Su Corazon). Pfizer Alliance for a
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Healthy Border. Grantee Evaluation Meeting. February 16. University of Texas-Pan American. Invited
Speaker.
95. Balcazar, H. (2005). Salud para su Corazón en acción: modelos de implementación. Lay health
workers/promotores de salud: mobilizing communities to improve cardiovascular health in the Americas.
October 17, 2005. PAHO/NHLBI Symposium, Santiago de Chile, South America. Invited Speaker.
94. Balcazar, H. (2005). Lay health workers/promotores de salud: mobilizing communities to improve
cardiovascular health in the Americas. October 17, 2005. PAHO/NHLBI Symposium, Santiago de Chile,
South America. Group Moderator.
93. Balcazar, H. (2005). The Mother-Daughter/Father Son/Project ACE and STEM Careers Programs.
Open House and UTEP Tour. October 15, 2005. UGLC Auditorium, University of Texas at EL Paso.
Keynote Speaker.
92. Balcazar, H (2005). Implementing the Salud Para Su Corazón Model in a family literacy program in
Canutillo Independent School District. October 10, 2005. Invited Speaker.
91. Balcazar, H. (2005). Effective strategies to prevent childhood obesity: the role of the family. XI
Congreso de Investigación en Salud Pública. Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, Morelos,
México. March 4 th , 2005. Invited Speaker.
90. Balcazar, H. (2005). Reporting racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity and mortality: a life course
approach. 19 th National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control. Health Disparities:
Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities. CDC-DHHS, Atlanta, GA. March 1, 2005. Invited Speaker.
89. Balcazar, H. (2005). The Salud Para Su Corazón program: elements of community-based
participatory research (CBPR). UT School of Public Health. CBPR Roundtable Discussion. The
University of Texas Prevention Research Center. Houston, Texas. January 21, 2005. Invited Speaker.
88. Balcazar, H. (2004). Community outreach programs in the Latino community: combining public
health and pharmacy. The UT Austin Pharmacy Hispanic Center of Excellence. Fall 2004 Multicultural
Health Seminar. UT El Paso. November 18, 2004. Invited Speaker.
87. Balcazar, H. (2004). The Salud Para Su Corazón enhanced dissemination and utilization initiative:
working with promotoras de salud. Research Seminar. University of Texas Health Science Center. School
of Public Health. El Paso Regional Campus. October 27. Invited Speaker.
86. Balcazar H. (2004). Salud Para Su Corazón, Enhanced Dissemination and Utilization Center
(EDUC). Charting New Directions for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Control in the Americas:
A Joint NHLBI/PAHO Workshop. Bethesda, Maryland, NIH- October 14. Invited Speaker.
85. Balcazar, H. (2004). Salud para su Corazón of North Texas: the SPSC CDROM as a tool for
Promotoras de salud. 7 th National Community Health Workers/Promotores Conference. August 18.
Denver, Colorado. Invited Speaker.
84. Balcazar, H. (2004). Salud para su Corazón of North Texas: An example of enhanced dissemination
and utilization center. Second National CDC Prevention Conference on Heart Disease and Stroke. August
17. Atlanta, Georgia. Invited Speaker.
83. Balcazar, H. (2004). Cardiovascular Disease in Hispanics: Developing new paradigms for
community outreach and intervention. League of United Latin American Citizens. LULAC’s National
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Convention and Exposition. July 8. San Antonio, Texas. Invited Speaker.
82. Luna Hollen, M.and Balcazar, H. (2004). The North Texas Salud Para Su Corazon (Health for Your
Heart) Outreach Initiative: Serving Hispanics in Fort Worth and Dallas. 79 th Annual Education
Conference Texas Public Health Association. Houston, Texas. April 19. Invited Speakers (Luna Hollen,
Presenter).
81. Balcazar, H. (2004). Eliminating Health Disparities: Communities Moving From Statistics to
Solutions. National Public Health Week. Protect Texas. Texas, Department of Health. Austin, Texas.
April 5. Invited Panelist Speaker Representing The Texas Public Health Association.
80. Balcazar, H. (2004). Translational Opportunities & Lessons Learned: Public Health. Frontiers of
Knowledge in Sleep & Sleep Disorders: Opportunities for Improving Health and Quality of Life
Conference. NIH; DHHS; NHLBI; National Center on Sleep Disorders Research and Trans-NIH Sleep
Research Coordinating Committee. Bethesda, Maryland. March 29-30. Invited Speaker and Group
Moderator.
79. Balcazar, H. (2003). New dimensions for characterizing health disparities: A showcase of new
reports. DHHS Race/Ethnicity Data Collection Panel. National Research Council of the National
Academies. Out of Many One. A Vision of Parity in Health Conference. San Francisco Symposium. San
Francisco California. November 15. Invited Speaker.
78. Balcazar, H. (2003). Innovations in public health frameworks and interventions for Latinas:
Establishing new models for community outreach and intervention for Latinas, ”The Salud Para Su
Corazón Program.” The 131 st Annual Meeting of APHA. San Francisco, California. November 18.
Invited Speaker.
77. Balcazar, H. (2003). Research on paradoxes and paradigms with Mexican Americans: Implications
for border health. University of Texas, School of Public Health, El Paso Regional Campus. El Paso,
Texas. October 27. Invited Speaker.
76. Balcazar, H. (2003). Culturally appropriate intervention to reduce obesity in Latino communities.
Annual Meeting of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO 2003). Ft.
Lauderdale, Florida October 14. Invited Symposia Speaker.
75. Balcazar, H., (2003). Lessons from the Real World. Cardiovascular Science and Healthcare
Disparities and The Minority Health Summit 2003. American Heart Association. Atlanta, GA October 3.
Invited Panel Speaker.
74. Balcazar. H. Luna-Hollen, M. (2003). El panorama de la promotora de salud en las comunidades de
Texas: Salud Para Su Corazon. XII Congreso Estatal de Promoción de la Salud. Baja California, Mexico.
Playas de Rosarito B.C. September 25. Invited Speaker. Special Presentation.
73. Balcazar, H and Luna-Hollen, M. (2003). Maximizing community outreach: tapping into promotoras.
The Society for Public Health Education. 2003 Midyear Scientific Conference. Spicing Health Education.
Las Cruces, New Mexico June 19. Invited Roundtable Lunch Chats Speaker.
72. Balcazar, H and Luna-Hollen, M. (2003). Promotoras outreach: maximizing health promotion
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effectiveness. The Society for Public Health Education. 2003 Midyear Scientific Conference. Spicing
Health Education. Las Cruces, New Mexico June 18. Invited Preconference Workshop Co-Presenter.
71. Balcazar, H (2003). Outreach and education to Latino communities: models that work. American
Academy of Physician Assistants. 31 st Annual Physician Assistant Conference. New Orleans, Louisiana.
May 23. Invited Mini-Plenary Speaker.
70. Balcazar, H. (2003). Essentials of proposal development. Hispanic Grant Writing Workshop. Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Washington, DC. May 15. Invited Presentation.
69. Luna Hollen, M., and Balcazar, H. (2003). Hispanic health issues in Texas: The North Texas Salud
Para Su Corazon Program. Image de Tejas. 27 th Annual Leadership and Training Conference. “Building
another Bridge to the Future”. Arlington, Texas. March 28. Invited Presentation.
68. Balcazar, H. (2003). Bringing sustainable communities to higher education- informal discussion.
Building Sustainable Communities in Mexico & Texas Conference. University of North Texas. Center
For Public Service. Denton, Texas. January 17. Invited Presentation.
67. Balcazar, H. and Luna, Mary. (2003). Innovative community outreach approaches to prevent/combat
obesity in Latino children and their families. 2003 California Childhood Obesity Conference. San Diego,
California. January 8. Invited Mini-Plenary Speaker.
66. Balcazar, H. (2002). Health of Hispanic youth in Texas: Participation and Training in Health (Project
PATH). The 13 th Anderson Sport Performance Lecture delivered by Dr. James Morrow. University of
North Texas and Principal Investigator of Project PATH. Lecture sponsored by the Department of
Kinesiology. University of Texas, Arlington. November 6. Invited Panelist After Lecture Representing
Project PATH.
65. Balcazar, H. (2002). La Promocion de la Salud en la Poblacion Latina de los EE.UU (Health
Promotion among Latinos in the US).30th Anniversary of the Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition and Food
Science. Department of Health. Iberoamericana University. Mexico City, September 26. Special Invited
Guest.
64. Balcazar, H. (2002). Participation and Training in Health (Path Project): Salud Para Su Corazon.
North Dallas High School Educational Workshop. University of North Texas Department of Kinesiology,
Health Promotion and Recreation and The Cooper Institute. Dallas, Texas. August 16. Invited
Presentation.
63. Balcazar, H. (2002). Perinatal health of Mexican American/Latino women: implications for research
and health service delivery. 2002 Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on
Minority Health. University of North Carolina School of Public Health Minority Health Project. The
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. June 19. Special Invited Presentation.
62. Balcazar, H. (2002). Pomoting community outreach: establishing new paradigms for public health
and medicine. University Of North Texas, Health Science Center Latinamerican Medical Student
Association. Health Science Center. University of North Texas. April 19 th . Invited Presentation.
61. Balcazar, H., Yanira Cruz (2002). Promotores: Energizing local communities for heart health. Racial
and Ethnic Populations: Taking on the CVH Challenge. Cardiovascular Health For All. National
Cardiovascular Health Conference 2002. April 11-13. Washington DC. Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.
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Invited Presentation.
60. Balcazar, H. (2002). Social constructs in Latino urban communities: a fertile ground for health
promotion. Cardiovascular Health For All. National Cardiovascular Health Conference 2002. April 11-13.
Washington DC. Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. Invited Presentation.
59. Balcazar, H. (2002). Outreach and education to Latino communities: models that work.
Cardiovascular Health For All. National Cardiovascular Health Conference 2002. April 11-13.
Washington DC. Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. Invited Presentation.
58. Balcazar, H. and Luna, M. (2002). The North Texas Salud Para Su Corazon Outreach Initiative.
Enhanced Dissemination and Utilization Centers Awardees First Year Meeting Presentation. Washington,
DC. April, 10. Invited Presentation.
57. Balcazar, H., Perot, R. and Tran, H. (2002). Establishing a multicultural coalition. Project Team
Health Tarrant County, Texas, and Out Of Many One, Washington DC. A multicultural action agenda for
eliminating health disparities. Ohio Commission on Minority Health. Think Tank Roundtables. Columbus
Convention Center. Columbus, Ohio. March 27, 2002. Special Invited Presentation/Consultation.
56. Balcazar, H. (2002). “Beyond the Epidemiologic Paradox: Exploring neonatal and infant health
outcomes among Mexican American subgroups.” Seminar, Department of Maternal and Child Health.
School of Public Health. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
March 20. Special Invited Presentation.
55. Balcazar, H. (2002). Salud Para Su Corazon: Multi-level culturally sensitive interventions- Targeting
the Hispanic population. Ostoepathic Heritage Health Policy Fellowship Program. University of North
Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. Multicultural Medicine and Public Health. Forth Worth,
Texas. February 15. Invited Presentation.
54. Balcazar, H. (2002). Addressing health issues in the Latino community: Community models of
exellence: Salud para Su Corazon. Fourth Annual Nuestra Raza Latino Leadership Conference 2002.
Fulfilling the American Dream. Sam Joaquin Delta College. Council for the Spanish Speaking. Stockton,
California. February 8 th. Invited Presentation.
53. Balcazar, H. (2002). Latino health projects in the School of Public Health, Health Science Center:
implications for research collaborations in the areas of prevention and community interventions.
University of Colima. Facultad de Ciencias. January 15. Colima, Mexico. Invited Presentation.
52. Balcazar, H., Luna Hollen, M. (2001). Community Models of Excellence, “Salud Para Su Corazon”.
Hispanic/Latino Leadership Summit. American Cancer Society Texas Division, Inc. November 12. San
Antonio, Texas. Invited Presentation.
51. Balcazar. H. (2001). From research to community action. Ninth Annual Robert John Schlegel
Lecture in Social Pediatrics. Martin Luther King/Charles Drew Medical Center. September 11. Los
Angeles, California. Invited Presentation/Lecturer.
50. Balcazar, H., Coonrod, D. and Moore, P. (2001). The use of perinatal, infant health services among
high risk Hispanic subgroups: Arizona Newborn Intensive Care Program. 11 th Arizona Perinatal Trust
Conference. August 10. Flagstaff, Arizona. Invited Presentation.
49. Balcazar, H. (2001). Hispanic Health in the 21 st Century. Center For Health Promotion Workshop.
National Council of La Raza 2001 Annual Conference. July 15-18. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Panel
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Facilitator-Moderator.
48. Balcazar, H. (2001). Working in the community to improve cardiovascular health: Salud Para Su
Corazón. National Council of La Raza 2001 Annual Conference. Center For Health Promotion. July 15-
18. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Invited Presentation.
47. Balcazar, H. (2001). Strategies community health workers use to organize Hispanic communities to
reduce the risk of heart disease: The Salud para su Corazón Model. New Mexico Community Health
Worker’s Association. Pre-Conference Meeting. United States-Mexico Border Health Association. Las
Cruces New Mexico. May 29. Invited Presentation.
46. Balcazar, H. (2001). Latino community and end of life. Fourteenth Annual Continuing Education
Program. Issues in Aging. Institute of Gerontology. Wayne State University. Detroit, Michigan. May 16.
Invited Presentation.
45. Balcazar, H., Marshall, M., Galdiano, R. (2001). The North Texas Salud Para Su Corazon
Outreach Initiative. Enhanced Dissemination and Utilization Centers Awardees Inaugural Meeting
Presentation. Bethesda, Maryland. April, 10. Invited Presentation.
44. Balcazar, H (2001). Strategies community health workers use to organize Hispanic communities to
reduce the risk of heart disease. Health Without Borders: Who’s Teaching Whom? Texas Society for
Public Health Education Annual Conference. El Paso, Texas. March 24. Invited Presentation.
43. Balcazar, H (2001). Community outreach strategies for Latinos: “The Salud Para Su Corazon
Initiative. University of North Texas, Health Science Center. Seminar Series. Minority Graduate Student
Association: “S.A.L.S.A”. Fort Worth, Texas. February 8 th . Invited Presentation.
42. Balcazar, H (2000). Addressing Latino health disparities in Massachusetts: a national perspective.
Latino Health 2000 Conference: Affirming Our Latino Identity. Latino Health Institute. Boxborough,
Massachusetts, October 5. Keynote Speaker. Invited Presentation.
41. Balcazar, H. (2000). Use of perinatal, infant, and childhood health services among high-risk Hispanic
subgroups: Arizona’s Newborn Intensive Care Program. Health Services Research Conference.
“Improving Health Outcomes and Health Disparities”. Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(HBCUs) and Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). Department of Health and Human Services. Health
Care Financing Administration and Howard University. Howard University Hospital, Washington. DC.
September 1. Invited Presentation.
40. Balcazar, H. (2000). Hispanics and heart disease: developing new paradigms for public health.
Hispanic Health Leadership Conference 2000: Mi Corazon, Mi Vida. American Heart Association.
Hispanic Outreach Task Force. Travis Avenue Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas. August 18. Invited
Presentation.
39. Balcazar, H. (2000). Developing a Latino health agenda for 2010: call for action. Conference hosted
by: School of Public Health. Health Sciences Center, University of North Texas. July 22-24. Conference-
Project Leader.
38. Balcazar. H. (2000). Our Latino children: what are the health challenges for the new millennium?
National Council of La Raza 2000 Annual Conference. July 1-5. San Diego California. Invited
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Presentation.
37. Balcazar, H., Alvarado M., Zacarias, S., Cruz Y. and Guadalupe, C. (2000). Cuentamelo! An
evaluation methodology to empower Latino community-based programs. National Council of La Raza
2000 Annual Conference. July 1-5. San Diego California. Invited Presentation.
36. Castro, F., Balcazar, H. (2000). Cultural considerations in prevention practice. Paper presented at:
Bringing Prevention into Practice. The Northern California Conference on Prevention Technology, San
Jose California. April 28. Invited Presentation to Dr. Castro. Presenter: Dr. Balcazar.
35. Balcazar, H. (2000). Social, behavioral and biological factors affecting the health status of Latino
families: in search for new paradigms. Caring For Health Series. Banner Health Arizona and Arizona
State University East. Arizona State University East Campus. Mesa, Arizona. March 31. Invited
Presentation.
34. Balcazar, H. (2000). Delivering preventive medicine to Latino mothers and children: the new
challenges. American Osteopathic Association Certificate Program in Health Policy. University of North
Texas Health Science Center. Fort Worth, Texas. February 18. Invited Presentation.
33. Balcazar, H. Soto. F. (1999). Latino Physicians and Public Health. Latino Caucus Mentoring
Session. 127 th Annual Meeting. American Public Health Association. November 7-11, Chicago, Il. Panel
Moderator.
32. Balcazar, H., Moore, P. (1999). Hispanic Health Services Research Grant Program. Use of perinatal,
infant, and childhood health services among high-risk Hispanic subgroups: Arizona’s Newborn Intensive
Care Program. 1998 HCFA/OSP Hispanic Awardees’ Presentations. 127 th Annual Meeting. American
Public Health Association. November 7-11, Chicago, Il. Invited Presentation.
31. Balcazar, H. (1999). Social, behavioral and biological factors affecting the health of Latino families:
in search for new paradigms. School of Public Health. Health Sciences Center at Forth Worth. University
of North Texas. Forth Worth, Texas. September 17. Invited Presentation.
30. Balcazar, H. (1999). 0 to 3, Latino children: new challenges for the new millennium. Expert Panel:
Initiating A Dialogue On Latino Children’s Health. Center for Child Welfare and National Council of la
Raza. National Council of la Raza 1999 Annual Conference. Houston, Texas, July 26. Expert Panel
Member/Invited Presentation.
29. Balcazar, H. (1999). Marketing and dissemination of program materials. Section: Core Components
of Program Sustainability. Community Health Outreach Worker/Promotora Program. Annual Convening
at the James Irvine Foundation. San Francisco, California. July 15-16. Invited Guest
Speaker/Presentation.
28. Balcazar, H. (1998). Mexican American/Chicano health: research by the Hispanic Research Center
Public Health Working Group. 1848/1898@ 1998 Transhistoric Thresholds Conference. Arizona State
University. Tempe, Az, December 9, 1998. Moderator.
27. Balcazar, H. (1998). Data needs for Mexican workers at the US-Mexico border. “Unmet Data Needs
on Health/Safety and Work”. Sponsored by Medical Care Section, Disability Forum, and Occupational
Section of the American Public Health Association. 126 th Annual Meeting American Public Health
Association. Washington, D.C., November 15-18, 1998. Invited Presentation.
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26. Balcazar, H. and Balcazar, S. (1998). Antonio Lopez: pain and stain: a family history of a Mexican
farm worker. Latino Caucus. 150 Years of the Spirit of 1848. 126 th Annual Meeting American Public
Health Association. Washington, D.C., November 15-18, 1998. Invited Presentation.
25. Perez-Escamilla, R. and Balcazar, H. (1998). Nutritional problems confronting Latinos throughout
the lifecycle.126 th Annual Meeting American Public Health Association. Washington, D.C., November
15-18, 1998. Co-Presider-Moderator Scientific Session. Latino Caucus.
24. Balcazar, H. (1998). Nutrition with cultural flavor: nutricion con sabor cultural. 126 th Annual
Meeting American Public Health Association. Washington, D.C., November 15-18, 1998. Presider-
Moderator Scientific Session. Latino Caucus.
23. Balcazar, H. (1998). Latino health approaches, and innovations in Latino health. Poster
Sessions.126 th Annual Meeting American Public Health Association. Washington, D.C., November 15-
18, 1998. Presider-Moderator Poster Sessions. Latino Caucus.
22. Balcazar. H. (1998). Latino Caucus Mentoring Event. 126 th Annual Meeting American Public Health
Association. Washington, D.C., November 15-18, 1998. Moderator. Latino Caucus.
21. Balcazar, H. (1998), Maquiladora working conditions on the US-Mexico border: how to do better
surveys- how to assist the fight for safer workplaces. Occupational Health and Safety Section. . 126 th
Annual Meeting American Public Health Association. Washington, D.C., November 15-18, 1998.
Presider-Moderator Scientific Session. Occupational Health and Safety Section.
20. Amondragon-Rosh, E. and Balcazar, H. (1998). Establishing networks among community-based
organizations addressing health access issues. The Osborn Health Partnership, Arizona. The ACCESS
Project. Southwest Regional Meeting. El Paso, Texas, October 16, 1998. Invited Presentation.
19. Balcazar, H. (1998). Health and access: issues affecting the health of Hispanics in Maricopa County.
Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce. Health Care Committee Meeting. Samaritan Health Center. Phoenix,
Arizona, June 12, 1998. Invited Presentation.
18. Balcazar, H. and Leal, Isabel. (1998). Where Will Our Children Play: Community Awareness on
Environmental Impact on Health. First National Lay Health Workers/Promotores Conference. Mesa,
Arizona, May 20-22, 1998. Invited Presentation/Workshop Facilitator.
17. Balcazar, H. (1998). The salud para su corazón (health for your heart) model: mobilizing for
community impact. Evaluating Community Impact. Cardiovascular Health: Coming Together for the 21 st
Century. A National Conference. San Francisco, California. February 19-21, 1998. Invited Guest
Speaker/Presentation.
16. Balcazar, H. (1997). HIV Risk Behaviors Among Latinos: The Puerto Rican Experience. 125th
Annual Meeting & Exposition. American Public Health Association. Indianapolis, Indiana. November 9-
13, 1997. Presider-Moderator Scientific Session. Latino Caucus.
15. Balcazar, H. (1997). Salud Para Su Corazón NHLBI’’s Initiative: Process and Impact Evaluation.
Symposium on Latino Health. Hispanic Heritage Month. NIH Office of Equal Employment Opportunity,
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NIH Hispanic Employee Organization, NHLBI, and NIH Worksite Nutrition Subcommittee. Bethesda,
Maryland. Monday, September 15, 1997. Masur Auditorium of the National Institutes of Health’s Warren
Grant Magnuson Clinical Center. Invited Guest Speaker/Presentation.
14. Balcazar, H. (1996). Cardiovascular disease risk profile among Latinos: from research to practice.
Mobilizing for Community Impact: Physical Fitness & Worksite Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Regional Conference. The Green Oaks Inn and Conference Center. Fort Worth, Texas. October 28-30.
Invited Presentation. Representing the NHLBI (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
National Institutes of Health.) Ad Hoc Committee on Minority Populations.
13. Balcazar, H. (1996). Experience of the Arizona Perinatal Acculturation Project. OB/GYN Research
Conference. Maricopa Medical Center. Phoenix, Arizona. September 26. Invited Presentation.
12. Balcazar, H. (1996). Roundtables on border environmental applied research priorities: environmental
health panel. Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy (SCERP) 1996 Technical
Conference. San Diego, California. September 11-14. Moderator. Invited Presentation.
11. Balcazar, H. (1996). Addressing agricultural health and safety issues among Latino/Mexican
American workers: the role of acculturation and cultural competence. Conference on Health & Safety in
Western Agriculture: Working Together. UC Agricultural Health and Safety Center at Davis. University
of California, Davis. September 8-10. Invited Presentation.
10. Balcazar, H. (1994). A "How to Manual" for designing cardiovascular educational programs targeted
toward Mexican Americans: results from the needs assessment. 1994 Anuual Volunteer Conference.
American Heart Association. Crescent Hotel, Phoenix Arizona, June 11, Invited Presentation.
9. Balcazar, H. (1994). Issues of world hunger and malnutrition in developed and developing countries:
agenda for the year 2000. Humanist Society. Scottsdale, Arizona, May 15, Invited Presentation.
8. Balcazar, H. (1993). Conceptual and methodological issues in the development of primary prevention
trials of NIDDM in minority populations: the case of Hispanics - Mexican Americans. Technical
assistance workshop. NIDDM Primary Prevention Trial. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases. NIDDK. NIH Campus. Bethesda, Maryland. July 16. Invited Presentation.
7. Balcazar, H. (1992). Low birth weight and intrauterine growth retardation: Mexico-U.S.comparisons.
First Perinatology Conference. Hospital Infantil del Estado de Sonora. Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico,
March 6-7. Invited Presentation.
6. Balcazar, H. (1992). Maternal risk factors as determinants of intrauterine growth retardation. First
Perinatology Conference. Hospital Infantil del Estado de Sonora. Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, March 6-
7. Invited Presentation.
5. Balcazar, H. (1991). Occupational health profile of maquiladora workers: the case of Nogales, Sonora,
Mexico. Environmental Issues Of The Border Areas Of The United States. An International Conference.
Southwest Center For Environmental Research and Policy (SCERP). Snowbird, Utah, August 14-16.
Invited Presentation.
4. Balcazar, H. (1991). Humanizing the statistics: Health data for Hispanic mothers and children, its
potential and limitations. 1991 Hispanic Mothers and Babies Conference. Scottsdale, Arizona, March 21.
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Invited Presentation.
3. Balcazar, H. (1991). Prenatal care utilization and pregnancy outcome in Hispanics. ASU West 21st
Century Conference. Arizona State University West Campus. Phoenix, Arizona, April 7-9. Invited
Presentation.
2. Balcazar, H. (1990). Nutrition and food problems in developed and developing countries: agenda for
the 90's. World Health Day. Phoenix, Arizona, April 7. Invited Presentation.
1. Balcazar, H. (1989). Low birthweight prevalence, classification schemes and its implications for
monitoring and intervention of the uninsured. 10th Annual Chicano Conference, Casa Grande, Arizona,
June 7-9. Invited Presentation.
4. Presentations: Professional/Scientific Meetings
101. Balcazar, H., de Heer, H., Rosenthal, L., Wise, S., Taylor, T., Duarte-Gardea, M. (2011). Building
science translation in a community environment for heart health promotion: The El Paso community
health worker HEART border Project. 139th American Public Health Association 2011 Annual Meeting.
Washington, DC. October 29-Nov 2. Round Table Presentation.
100. Wise, S., Balcazar, H., Hayden, A., Rosenthal, L., Duarte-Gardea, M, (2011). HEART Project:
Promoting Hispanic heart health through lifestyle and environmental change in El Paso, Texas. 139th
American Public Health Association 2011 Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. October 29-Nov 2. Oral
Presentation by Wise.
99. Rosenthal, L., Balcazar, H., Aguirre, A., Flores, L., Hernandez, L., Duarte-Gardea, M. (2011).
Community health workers stategically at the HEART of the border health workforce, 139th American
Public Health Association 2011 Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. October 29-Nov 2. Round Table
Presentation by Rosenthal.
98. Balcazar, H., Alvarado, M.,Vasquez, E, Brownstein, N.(2011). Sustainability in CHW Community
Programs. 139th American Public Health Association 2011 Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. October
29-Nov 2. Round Table Presentation.
97. Balcazar. H., Plasencia, J., Pozo, C. (2011). The Latino Infant Nutrition Initiative: Accelerating
solutions for childhood obesity. The 2011 Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo. American Dietetic
Association. San Diego CA. September 26, 2011. Plenary Speaker.
96. Gonzalez, R., Aguirre, A., Rosenthal, L., Balcazar, H., Wise, S., Duarte, M. (2011). The role of the
CHWs within the Proyecto HEART (2011). SOPHE-NACDD 2011 Joint Academy and Midyear
Scientific Meeting. Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 1-4. Oral Presentation by Gonzalez.
95. Aguirre, A., Rosenthal, L., Mahamud, A., Gonzalez, R., Wise, S., Duarte, M., Balcazar, H. (2011).
A strategy to strengthen the community’s capacity to build and sustain CHWs and a HEART healthy El
Paso. SOPHE-NACDD 2011 Joint Academy and Midyear Scientific Meeting. Albuquerque, New
Mexico, May 1-4. Oral Presentation by Aguirre.
94. Balcazar, H., Wise, S., Gonzalez, R. Aguirre, A., Duarte, M., Rosenthal, L. (2011). Proyecto
HEART: Evaluating an ecological approach for a cardiovascular disease prevention model on the U.S.-
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Mexico border with community health workers. SOPHE-NACDD 2011 Joint Academy and Midyear
Scientific Meeting. Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 1-4. Oral Presentation.
93. Wise, S., Rosenthal, L., Gonzal;ez, R., Aguirre, A., Duarte, M., Balcazar, H.(2011). Proyecto
HEART: Integrating community health workers into an ecological approach to wellness in El Paso,
Texas. SOPHE-NACDD 2011 Joint Academy and Midyear Scientific Meeting. Albuquerque, New
Mexico, May 1-4. Oral Presentation by Wise.
92. Gonzalez, R., Torres, B., Diaz, P., Ochoa, C., Duarte-Gardea, M., Balcazar, H., and Rosenthal, L.
(2010). Collaborating with community health workers to change El Paso landscape for health. 138th
American Public Health Association 2010 Annual Meeting. Denver Colorado. November 2010. Oral
Presentation by Rosenthal.
91. Balcazar, H., Rosenthal, L., Wise, S., Hernandez, L., Ahmed, M., and Duarte-Gardea, M. (2010).
HEART NIH program in El Paso, Texas: re-structuring the environment for CVD prevention and control
integrating community health workers. Development of an ecologically-oriented cardiovascular disease
prevention and control intervention in El Paso, Texas. 138th American Public Health Association 2010
Annual Meeting. Denver Colorado. November 2010. Poster Presentation.
90. Wise, S., Balcazar, H., Rodriguez, J., Hastings, D., Hernandez, L., Flores, L., Duarte-Gardea, M., and
Vasquez, E. (2010). Development of an ecologically-oriented cardiovascular disease prevention and
control intervention in El Paso, Texas. 138 th American Public Health Association 2010 Annual Meeting.
Denver Colorado. November 2010. Oral Presentation by Wise.
89. Mata, H., and Balcazar, H. (2010). Increasing engagement and investment in social justice
approaches to building helath equity: the salience of environmental and biopsychosocial factors. 138 th
American Public Health Association 2010 Annual Meeting. Denver Colorado. November 2010. Oral
Presentation By Mata.
88. Balcazar, H., and Mata, H., Infusing social justice into the science of health equity: innovative
frameworks. (2010). 138 th American Public Health Association 2010 Annual Meeting. Denver Colorado.
November 2010. Oral Presentation.
87. Caraveo, E, Balcazar-Quintero, M., Balcazar, H., Micher-Camarena, J., Perez-Lizaur, A. (2009)
Evaluacion de un taller de capacitación para promotores de salud cardiovascular de una población
marginada de la ciudad de Mexico. XV Congreso Latinoamericano de Nutricion- SLAN 2009. Santiago
de Chile, November 15-19. Poster Presentation.
86. Kapadia, F., and Balcazar, H. (2009). How to get published in the field of population, reproductive,
and sexual health. The 137 st Annual Meeting of APHA, Philadelphia, PA Discussant-Oral
Presentation.
85. Garcia, O., Brownstein, N., Balcazar, H., Alvarado, M. (2009). CHW training and education
curricula to address cardiovascular disease risk factors for diverse audiences. The 137 st Annual Meeting
of APHA, Philadelphia, PA Round Table Presentation.
84. Balcazar, H., Rosenthal, L., Wise, S. (2009). Planning and building a healthy environment
integrating community-health workers/promotores de salud. The 137 st Annual Meeting of APHA.
November 10, Philadelphia, PA. Oral Presentation.
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83. Rosenthal, L., Balcazar, H., Duarte, M., Dutra Prado, E. and De Heer, H. (2009). Project HEART
and building a healthy El Paso together. June 5. 67 th Annual Meeting of the United States-Mexico Border
Health Association. Human Security: A New Border Response. The University of Texas at El Paso.
Poster Presentation.
82. Ayala, C., Balcazar, H., Byrd, T., Claros K. and Chavez, M. (2009). Usefulness of chronic disease
Promotores for hypertension prevention and control among Mexican Americans at U.S.-Mexico border.
June 4. 67 th Annual Meeting of the United States-Mexico Border Health Association. Human Security: A
New Border Response. The University of Texas at El Paso. Poster Presentation.
81. Anders, R., Balcazar, H., Shedlin, M., Gibbs, S. (2009). The Hispanic Health Disparities Research
Center: Reducing health disparities on the U.S.-Mexico border through development of the new
generation of health researchers. June 4. 67 th Annual Meeting of the United States-Mexico Border Health
Association. Human Security: A New Border Response. The University of Texas at El Paso. Oral
Presentation.
80. Balcazar, H., Shedlin, M. and Anders, R. (2008). Research on health disparities among Mexican
American border populations: developing new conceptual and ecological frameworks. NIH Summit, The
Science of Eliminating Health Disparities. December 16-18. Baltimore. Maryland. Poster Presentation.
79. Regina, E., Duarte-Gardea, M., Balcazar, H., Puentes, F. and Schulz, L. (2008). Effect of a
promotor(a) heart disease prevention program on dietary behaviors related to weight management,
sodium intake, and fat intake of Hispanics living in El Paso, Texas participating in a randomized
controlled trial. The 136 st Annual Meeting of APHA. October 29, San Diego California. Oral
Presentation.
78. Rosenthal, L., Balcazar, H., Aguirre, M., Flores, L., De Heer, H. and Schulz. L. (2008). At the border
crossing boundaries: community health workers/promotores in the HEART of a community-based
randomized trial. The 136 st Annual Meeting of APHA. October 29, San Diego, California. Oral
Presentation.
77. Rosenthal, L., Pena, S., Martinez, G., Brown, S., De Heer, H., Puentes, F., Balcazar, H., Ortiz, M.,
Cardenas, V., and Schulz, L. (2008). Costs of caring: community health workers/promotores at the
HEART of a community-based randomized trial. The 136 st Annual Meeting of APHA. October 28, San
Diego California. Oral Presentation.
76. Byrd, T., and Balcazar, H. (2008). Blood pressure control among Hispanics living in the US.-Mexico
border: implications for program implementation using community health workers. The 136 st Annual
Meeting of APHA. October 28, San Diego, California. Poster Presentation.
75. De Heer, H., Cardenas, V., Puentes, F., Rosenthal, L., Balcazar, H., Ortiz, M. and Schulz, L. (2008).
Demographic characteristics, acculturation and cardiovascular health in a high-risk Hispanic population in
El Paso. The 136 st Annual Meeting of APHA. October 28, San Diego, California. Poster Presentation.
74 Jafari, R., Hsu, E., Balcazar, H., Eastman, M. and Soto Mas, F. (2008). Aids mortality clusters in
Texas counties: how health administrators can address the disparities by demographic groups. The 136 st
Annual Meeting of APHA. October 27, San Diego, California. Poster Presentation.
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73. Stover, G., Castro, F., Balcazar, H., Northridge, M., Kapadia, F. (2008). A reflection on the Special
AJPH issue: health without borders (a joint session between the Editorial Board and Editors of the
American Journal of Public Health. The 136 st Annual Meeting of APHA. October 27, San Diego,
California. Oral Presentation.
72. Roshanak, J., Hsu, E., Balcazar, H, Eastman, M., Soto Mas, F. (2008). AIDS mortality clusters in
Texas Counties: The application of public health informatics in improving health by identifying health
disparities in demographic groups. PHI Conference 2008: Envisioning Options for Integrated Public
Health Information Systems for Low Resource Settings: Components, Connections, Partners,
Strategies. September 18-19. Seattle Washington. Poster Presentation.
71. Puentes, F.A., de Heer, H., Cardenas, V.M., Rosenthal, E.L., Balcazar, H.G., and Schulz, L.O. (2008,
June). Acculturation and Cardiovascular Health in a High Risk Population in El Paso, Texas. Poster
presentation to the Society for Epidemiological Research June 25 th 2008 in Chicago, IL. Poster
Presentation.
70. Soto Mas, F., Villaverde, G., Carrejo, D., and Balcazar, H. (2008). Health literacy among college
students. Seventh Annual Health Literacy Conference: “ Health Literacy in Primary Care: Best
Practices and Skill Building. Institute for Healthcare Advancement (IHA), Irvine, California, May 1-2,
2008. Poster Presentation.
69. de Heer, H., Puentes, F.A., Balcazar, H.G. & Schulz, L.O. (2008, March). Project HEART (Health
Education Awareness Research Team): Can Community HealthWorkers/ Promotoras de Salud change
clinical outcomes in a Hispanic population at risk for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) in El Paso, Texas?
Oral Presentation presented at Society for Behavioral Medicine (SBM) conference, March 26 th 2008, San
Diego, CA. Oral Presentation.
68. de Heer, H., Puentes, F.A., Duarte, M.O., Rosenthal, E.L., Balcazar, H.G. & Schulz, L.O. (2008,
May). Influence of Promotores de Salud on behavioral and clinical outcomes in a population at risk for
development of cardiovascular disease in El Paso, Texas. Poster presentation presented at the US-Mexico
border Health Association, May 8 th 2008 in Hermosillo, Mexico. Poster Presentation.
67. Balcazar, H., (2007). Implementation of Salud Para Su Corazon Models. Implementacion de los
Modelos de Salud Para Su Corazon. 5th International Congress of Cardiology on the Internet.
Argentine Federation of Cardiology. September 1st to November 30th.
66. Balcazar, H. ( 2007). Testing new community health workers/promotores de salud interventions in
the community: Translating science for risk reduction of CVD for Hispanics. School of Public Health,
Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences Seminar Series. Nov 20. ITV Presentation to
Houston via El Paso Regional Campus.
65. Rosenthal, L.,Vasquez E., Martinez, V., Flores, L., Pena, S., Schulz, L. and Balcazar, H. (2007).
Methods of engagement: integrating community health workers as guides in community-based research.
The 135 st Annual Meeting of APHA. November 5, Washington, DC. Oral Presentation.
64. Balcazar, H., Schulz, L., Rosenthal, L., Cardenas, V., and Ortiz, M. (2007). Community
participation: how promotores de salud are part of a system of care to change clinical outcomes for
chronic disease in El Paso, Texas. The 135 st Annual Meeting of APHA. November 5, Washington, DC.
Oral Presentation.
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63. Balcazar, H., Anders, R. (2007). New frameworks for health research on the US/Mexico border. 65 th
Annual Meeting United States- Mexico Border Health Association. South Padre Island, Texas. May 21.
Oral Presentation.
62. Luna Hollen, M., Balcazar, H., Davila, L., Castillo, E., Hernandez, M. (2006). Support for program
delivery through partnerships in the Salud Para Su Corazón of North Texas program. The 134 st Annual
Meeting of APHA. November 8, Boston, MA. Table Presentation.
61. Balcazar, H., Byrd, T., Ayala, C. and Chavez, M. (2006). A promotora model to improve
hypertension control among Mexican Americans in the El Paso/Juarez border area. International
Society on Hypertension in Blacks. ISHIB 2006 Conference. The Evolving Metabolic Syndrome.
Cardiovascular Risk Burden in Ethnic Populations. Atlanta, Georgia. June 23-26, 2006. Poster
Presentation.
60. Balcazar, H., Anders, R., Bristol, J., Navarro, S., and Paez, L. (2006). New paradigms in border
health community participatory research using promotoras de salud: a chronic disease risk reduction
model. Lineae Terrarum International Borders Conference. El Paso, Texas, Las Cruces, New Mexico, and
Cuidad Juarez, Mexico. March 27-30, 2006. Oral Presentation.
59. Cantu, F., Balcazar, H., and Alvarado, Matilde (2005). Salud para su corazón program. The 133 st
Annual Meeting of APHA. December 12 th . Philadelphia, PA. Oral Presentation.
58. Balcazar, H., and Luna Hollen, M. (2004). Bringing the Latino promotora community model via high
tech to health professionals. The 132 st Annual Meeting of APHA. November 7 th . Washington, DC.
Continuing Education Institute Presentation/Workshop.
57. Moayad, N., Marruffo, J., Balcazar, H., Lacko, A., McConathy, W., Marshall, M., Velasco, L.,
Munguia-Bayona, G., Calles, D. and Bayona, M. (2003). Epidemiologic study of severe Type II
Diabetes in Latinos with emphasis on social, behavioral and life style factors. The 131 st Annual Meeting
of APHA. November 19 th . San Francisco, California. Poster Presentation.
56. Balcazar, H. (2003). Establishing new models for community outreach and intervention for
Latinas: The Salud para su Corazón Initiative. The 131 st Annual Meeting of APHA. November 18 th . San
Francisco, California. Oral Presentation.
55. Balcazar, H., Alvarado, M., Luna Hollen, M. and Hurtado, M. (2003). Evaluating “Salud para su
Corazón” lay health educator models: National dissemination. The 131 st Annual Meeting of APHA.
November 18 th . San Francisco, California. Poster Presentation.
54. Balcazar, H., Alvarado, M., Hurtado, M., Santiago-Font, Z. and Hall, J. (2003). NHLBI’s Salud para
su Corazón: promotores enhance heart healthy behaviors in Latino communities. The 131 st Annual
Meeting of APHA. November 17 th . San Francisco, California. Poster Presentation.
53. Alvarado, M., Balcazar, H., Andrews. T. (2003). Preliminary Findings of Salud Para Su
Corazon-Cuentamelo 2001 Evaluation: CHW Promote Heart Health Practices in Latino Families. 6 Th
National Promotores Conference. August 21 st . San Francisco, California. Oral Presentation.
52. Moore, P., Balcazar, H., Coonrod, D., Brady, J., Bay, C. and Russ, R. (2002). Qualitative component
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of NICP study: purpose, methods and results of focus groups and telephone interviews. APHA 130 th
Annual Meeting and Exposition. November 13. Philadelphia, PA. Paper Presentation.
51. Moore, P., Bay, C., Balcazar, H., Coonrod, D., Brady, J. and Russ, R. (2002). Use of follow-up
services by Hispanics of Mexican descent and White non-Hispanics. APHA 130 th Annual Meeting and
Exposition. November 13. Philadelphia, PA. Paper Presentation.
50. Bay. C., Coonrod, D., Balcazar, H., Moore, P., Russ, R., Brady, J. and Lopopolo, C. (2002). Effect
of welfare reform on infant outcome in Arizona. APHA 130 th Annual Meeting and Exposition. November
13. Philadelphia, PA. Paper Presentation.
49. Balcazar, H., Bay. C., Coonrod, D., Moore, P., Brady, J. and Russ, R. (2002). Evaluating perinatal
and infant health outcomes among high-risk Hispanics: combining birth certificate and population-based
clinical data. APHA 130 th Annual Meeting and Exposition. November 13. Philadelphia, PA. Paper
Presentation.
48. Balcazar, H., Alvarado, M., and Cruz Gonzalez Yanira (2002). Promotores working for heart health
in Latino communities: The Salud Para Su Corazon implementation projects. APHA 130 th Annual
Meeting and Exposition. November 12. Philadelphia, PA. Poster Presentation.
47. Balcazar, H., Luna Hollen, M., Lawrence, C., Zapata, M., Ponce, L., Cerda, J., Gonzalez, G., Ocasio,
A. and Garcia. W. (2002). Hispanic Families Take Action: The North Texas Salud Para Su Corazon
Initiative. 9 th Minority Health Conference: Healthy Texans 2010. November 8 th , Irving, Texas. Oral
Presentations.
46. Luna Hollen, M., Balcazar, H. and Bower, P. (2002). Tailoring the National Salud para su Corazon
(SPSC) Initiative to the North Texas Hispanic community-Dimensions of culture.Texas Public Health
Association. 77 th Annual Conference. March 24-26, Fort Worth, Texas. Poster Presentation.
45. Balcazar, H., Peralta, A., and Gelfand, D. (2002). Challenges of end-of life care in diverse
populations: a Latino perspective. II. Hospice in Latinos. 14 th Annual Assembly American Academy of
Hospice and Palliative Medicine. January 31-February 3, Palm Springs, CA. Paper Presentation.
44. Balcazar, H., Cantu, F., Brewer, L., Bejarano, C . and Herron, K. (2001). Strengthening academiapractice
partnerships through the HRSA/ASPH fellowship. 129 th Annual Meeting, American Public
Health Association. October 21-25, Atlanta, Georgia. Paper Presentation.
43. Ahmad, N., Johnson, A, and Balcazar, H. (2001). Developing a Latino health agenda for 2010: call
for action. Ninth Annual Research Appreciation Day. University of North Texas, Health Science Center.
March 23, Fort Worth Texas. Poster Presentation.
42. Johnson, A, Ahmad, N. and Balcazar, H. (2001). North Texas Salud Para Su Corazon Outreach
Initiative. Ninth Annual Research Appreciation Day. University of North Texas, Health Sciece Center.
March 23. Fort Worth, Texas. Poster Presentation.
41. Balcazar, H., Coonrod, D., Moore, P., Bay. C. and Brady, J. (2000). Prevention of low birth weight
and infant mortality among Latinos: learning from high-risk subgroups. 128 th Annual Meeting, American
Public Health Association. November 12-16, Boston, Mass. Paper Presentation.
40. Gelfand, D., Balcazar, H., Lenox, S., Parzuchowski, J., Goldwater, S. (2000). Latino families and
hospice utilization. 128 th Annual Meeting. American Public Health Association. November 12-16,
Boston, Mass. Poster Presentation.
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39. Coonrod, D., Lopopolo, C., Bay. C., Balcazar, H., Brady, J., and Moore, P. (2000). A natural
experiment with maternity care: The defunding of prenatal care for undocumented immigrants. 128 th
Annual Meeting. American Public Health Association. November 12-16, Boston. Massachusetts. Paper
Presentation.
38. Balcazar, H. (1999). Evaluation considerations for Salud para su Corazón-NCLR replication and
dissemination initiative. 127 th Annual Meeting. American Public Health Association. November 7-11,
Chicago, Il. Paper Presentation.
37. Balcazar, H. (1999). The acculturation effect on health/nutrition outcomes: lessons learned from the
Arizona Perinatal Acculturation Project. 127 th Annual Meeting. American Public Health Association.
November 7-11, Chicago, Il. Paper Presentation.
36. Balcazar, H., Coonrod, D., Moore, P., Bay, C. and Brady, J.(1999). Use of perinatal health services
among high-risk Mexican-American women. 127 th Annual Meeting. American Public Health Association.
November 7-11, Chicago, Il. Paper Presentation.
35. Balcazar, H. and Peterson, G. (1999). Culture, family and health: multiple expressions of two worlds
within one. Conducting psychosocial research with Mexican populations living in the U.S. 4 Th
International Congress of the Americas. The Americas in Transition: the Challenges of the New
Millenium. Universidad de las Americas. Cholula, Puebla, Mexico: September 29-October 2. Paper
Presentation.
34. Balcazar, H. Amondragon-Rosh E., and Noggle, D. (1999). The Osborn school health project:
establishing a comprehensive pediatric, behavioral, and culturally appropriate health agenda to reach poor
and uninsured Latino children in Arizona. The National Conference on Hispanic/Latino Pediatric
Behavioral Health Care. University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. March 29-30. Paper Presentation.
33. Balcazar, H. (1998). Health access and issues affecting Mexican American/Hispanics in the
Southwest: time for reflexion. 1848/1898@ 1998 Transhistoric Thresholds Conference. Arizona State
University. Tempe, Az, December 9, 1998. Paper Presentation.
32. Balcazar, H. and Byrd, T. (1998). Nutritional factors in early life: fetal growth, birth, and lactationbreastfeeding
outcomes (Latinos). 126 th Annual Meeting American Public Health Association.
Washington, D.C., November 15-18, 1998. Paper Presentation.
31. Coonrod, D., Balcazar, H. and Chambliss, L. (1998). Ethnicity, acculturation, and obstetric
outcomes: differing risk factor profiles. American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology District VIII/IX
meeting. Portland, Oregon. October 17-19, 1998. Poster Presentation.
30. Balcazar, H., Chasey, A. and Garcia, S. (1998). Prevention models of low birth weight and other
perinatal health outcomes among Mexican Americans: implications of the Mexican American paradox.
The Second ASU Biennial Conference on Minority Issues in Prevention. February 5 & 6. Tempe Mission
Palms Hotel, Tempe Arizona. Poster Presentation.
29. Balcazar, H. and Krull, J. (1997). Modeling predictor variables for birthweight outcomes among
Mexican American women. 125th Annual Meeting & Exposition. American Public Health Association.
Indianapolis, Indiana. November 9-13, 1997. Paper Presentation.
28. Balcazar, H., Peterson, G. and Cobas, J. (1997). Predictors of risk behavior among pregnant Mexican
American women: the role of acculturation. 125th Annual Meeting & Exposition. American Public
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Health Association. Indianapolis, Indiana. November 9-13, 1997. Paper Presentation.
27. Balcazar, H., Alcalay, R. and Alvarado, M. (1997). The use of telenovelas as a mass media strategy
to reach Latinos with heart disease prevention messages. 125th Annual Meeting & Exposition. Amer
Public Health Association. Indianapolis, Indiana. November 9-13, 1997. Paper Presentation.
26. Balcazar, H. (1997). Salud perinatal del niño Latino: el bajo peso al nacer como modelo de
intervención en la frontera. The Effects of Poverty on Children’s Health. AU.S.-Mexico Border
Conference on Children’s Health. October 22-24, 1997. El Paso, Texas. Paper Presentation.
25. Balcazar, H., Caudillo, R. (1997). Development of a model for training community advisors in
environmental health. 1997 SCERP Technical Conference. The U.S. Mexico Border: A Shared Future. El
Paso, Texas. September 10-12. 1997. Paper Presentation.
24. Balcazar, H., Caudillo, R., Dominguez, M., Guzman, K. and Denman. C. (1997). Desarrollo de un
modelo binacional para la capacitacion de promotoras (es) comunitarias (os) en salud ambiental. III
Coloquio Internacional. XV Años de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo Regional. CIAD, A.C.
Hermosillo, Sonora, México. March 12-14, 1997. Poster Presentation.
23. Balcazar, H., Peterson, G. and Cobas, J. (1996). Acculturation and family cohesiveness in Mexican
American pregnant women: social and health implications. 124th Annual Meeting & Exposition.
American Public Health Association. New York City, New York. November 17-21, 1996. Paper
Presentation.
22. Balcazar, H. (1996). NHLBI’s Latino community cardiovascular disease prevention and outreach
initiative: from research to practice. 124th Annual Meeting & Exposition. American Public Health
Association. New York City, New York. November 17-21, 1996. Paper Presentation.
21. Balcazar. H., and Peterson, G. (1996). Acculturative accommodation: new perspectives for
measuring acculturation in Mexican American populations. 1996 National Association of Hispanic and
Latino Studies Conference. Houston, Texas. February 13-17. Paper Presentation.
20. Balcazar, H., and Peterson, G. (1996). Acculturative accommodation: a new multidimensional
measure of acculturation and implications for preventive intervention research for Mexican Americans.
First ASU Biennial Conference on Minority Issues in Prevention. Arizona State University, Tempe,
Arizona. February 22. Poster Presentation.
19. Balcazar, H., and Peterson, G. (1996). New perspectives for measuring acculturation in Hispanic
populations: implications for mental health of Mexican American youth. Hispanic Research Center Tenth
Year Celebration. Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. March 2. Poster Presentation.
18. Balcazar, H., Peterson, G. and Cobas, J. (1995). The effect of acculturation on birth and postnatal
outcomes among Mexican American women. 123rd Annual Meeting &Exhibition. American Public
Health Association. San Diego, California. October 29-November 2, 1995. Poster Presentation.
17. Balcazar, H. (1995). La salud de la mujer Mexico-Americana: confrontando barreras durante el
embarazo. Encuentro Chicano 1995: la comunidad chicano/latina en Estados Unidos: confrontando
barreras. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Mexico City, October 11-13. Paper Presentation.
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16. Cobas, J., Balcazar, H., and Peterson, G. (1995). On the hypothesis linking acculturation and health
outcomes: problems and possible solutions. Southwestern Sociological Association’s 73rd Annual
Meeting. Texas, March 22-25. Paper Presentation.
15. Balcazar, H. (1995). Efecto de la aculturacion y factores sociodemograficos en la salud maternoinfantil:
estudio de seguimiento en una poblacion mexicana del estado de Arizona. VI Congreso Nacional
de Investigacion en Salud Publica. Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.January 23-25. Poster Presentation.
14. Balcazar, H., Castro, F., Peterson, G. and Cobas, J. (1994). Aplicaciones de la aculturacion en
programas, estrategias e investigaciones de salud en Mexico-Americanos. Encuentro Chicano 1994: los
chicanos frente a la posmodernidad. Centro de Ensenanza para Extranjeros. Cuidad Universitaria. Mexico
City. October 5-7. Paper Presentation.
13. Peterson, G., Balcazar, H. and Cobas, J. (1994). The development of risk-taking behaviors by
Mexican-American adolescents: A theoretical model. Encuentro Chicano 1994: los chicanos frente a la
posmodernidad. Centro de Ensenanza para Extranjeros. Cuidad Universitaria. Mexico City. October 5-7.
Paper Presentation.
12. Balcazar, H. (1994). The effect of acculturation on birth and postnatal outcomes among Mexican
women in Arizona. Arizona Public Health Association Meeting. Fountain Suites Hotel, Phoenix, Arizona.
September 15. Paper Presentation.
11. Balcazar, H., Cobas, J. and Trier, C. (1994). Predictors of breast-feeding intention in Mexican
Americans and non-Hispanic Whites. Experimental Biology 94. Anaheim, California, April-24-28.
Poster Presentation.
10. Dibble, C. and Balcazar, H. (1994). Dietary intake and acculturation of pregnant Mexican American
women. Experimental Biology 94. Anaheim, California, April-24-28. Poster Presentation.
9. Cobas, J. and Balcazar, H. (1993). Health behaviors and risk factors among Mexican-Americans: a reexamination.
American Sociological Association. 88th Annual Meeting. Miami Beach,Florida. August
13-17. Paper Presentation.
8. Balcazar, H., Denman, C., and Lara, F. (1993). Problemas y perspectivas en relacion a la salud de los
trabajadores de la industria maquiladora de exportacion: El Caso de Nogales, Sonora. Programa
Cientifico IV Congreso Nacional de Investigacion en Salud Publica. Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
January 26-28. Paper Presentation.
7. Balcazar, H., and Cobas (1992). El proceso de aculturacion y su relacion con la salud de Mexico-
Americanos. (The acculturation process and its relationship to health among Mexican-Americans).
Encuentro Chicano Mexico 1992. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, August 26-
28. Paper Presentation.
6. Balcazar, H., Cobas, J., Keefer, L. and Cole, G. (1991). Behavioral and socio-demographic risk factors
associated with body mass index between Hispanics and Whites in Maricopa County, Arizona. Federation
of American Societies for Experimental Biology. 75th Annual Meeting. Atlanta, Georgia, April 21-25.
Poster Presentation.
5. Keefer, L., Balcazar, H., Cobas, J. and Cole, G. (1991). Behavioral risk factors associated with
cardiovascular disease between Hispanics and Whites in Maricopa County, Arizona. Federation of
American Societies for Experimental Biology. 75th Annual Meeting. Atlanta, Georgia, April 21-25.
Poster Presentation.
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4. Balcazar, H. (1991). Prevalence of intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) as a component of low birth
weight in Mexican Americans. Amer College Of Epidemiology Tenth Annual Scientific Meeting.
Atlanta, Georgia, November 7-8. Poster Presentation.
3. Balcazar, H. (1990). Etiological risk factors associated with the components of low birth weight:
intrauterine growth retardation and prematurity in Mexico City. 31st Annual Meeting of the American
College of Nutrition. Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 13-16. Poster Presentation.
2. Balcazar, H. (1990). Classification schemes of growth retardation at birth and its implications to early
neonatal mortality in Mexican infants. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. 74th
Annual Meeting Washington, D.C. April 1-5. Paper Presentation.
1. Balcazar, H. (1988). Morbidity and its relationship to emotional and social behavior of children
recovering from PEM (protein-energy malnutrition). Federation of American Societies for Experimental
Biology. 72th Annual Meeting Las Vegas, Nevada May 1-5. Paper Presentation.
Professional Services
Editorial Board- Editors 139 th Annual Meeting American Public Health Association, American
Journal of Public Health. Served as Chair of Editorial Board and Moderator of
Meetings. Washington, DC. October 29-Nov 2. 2011.
External Scientific Advisory Committee Meeting. Collaborating Centers To Reduce Oral Health
Disparities. National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). NIH. University of
California San Francisco. San Francisco, CA. August 15-6, 2011.
Faculty Mentor. For Angie Betancourt UTEP Biology Undergraduate . Summer Undergraduate
Cancer Research Program. CPRIT Training Grant. University of Texas Health Science Center.
School of Public Health. June- August 2011.
Faculty Mentor. For Dr. Rosa Rosario Rosado. Universidad de Puerto Rico. School of Public
Health. Three-day Residency in El Paso Texas with Salud Para Su Corazon Programs. June 27-29,
2011.
Faculty Mentor. Social Work . Universidad Iberoamericana. Enedina Juarez. Six-month Internship
with HEART Program, Master Degree in Theology. September 2010-July 2011.
Invited Member of the Border Health Research Expert Panel Work Group. United States-Mexico
Border Health Commission. Las Cruces, New Mexico, May 16, 2011.
Research Advisor for Border MACH Workshop2. Mock session on project proposal presentations.
Binational initiative supported by both US and Mexican public health institutions to build maternal and
child health capacity in the areas of epidemiology, program management, and health policy, in the US-
Mexico border region. May 6 th El Paso, Texas.
Research Advisory Committee Meeting. California State University Long Beach (CSULB) RIMI-NIH
(The Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions Grant Program funded by the National Center on
Minority Health and Health Disparities-NIH). Long Beach California. CSULB- March 21, 2011.
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Editorial Board- Editors Meeting American Journal of Public Health. Washington, DC.
Served as Chair of Editorial Board and Moderator of Meetings. March 10,11, 2011.
Editorial Board- Editors Meeting American Journal of Public Health. Denver Colorado. 138 th
Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. Served as Chair of Editorial Board and
Moderator of Meetings. November 6-7, 2010.
Research Expert- Senior Scientist Latino Research and Policy Platica. La Fe Policy Research and
Education Center, the Hispanic Health Disparities Research Center, UT SPH and UTEP, and
the RWJF/Center for Health Policy at UNM. Meeting of Latino Research Experts. Albuquerque, New
Mexico. The Hispano Chamber of Commerce. Albuquerque, October 29-29, 2010.
Organizer, Evaluator and Sponsored of Research Poster Presentations- UT School of Public
ealth, El Paso Campus. El Paso Diabetes Association 7 th Annual Conference. El Paso, Texas.
October 15 th , 2010.
Pilot Project Faculty and Facilitator. Pilot Training for Community Health Workers on Occupational
Safety and Health. CDC Workplace Safety and Health and National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. NIOSH. October 4 th , 2010.
Special Invitation to First Vision Health Integration Workshop focusing on the US-Mexico Border
and East Texas. CDC Vision Health Integration Strategies to Prevent Blindness Texas in Partnership
with DSHS TX Office of Border Health and Center for Health Statistics. Houston, Texas, Sept 27-28,
2010.
Project Collaborator/Advisory Member. Implementation of the Salud Para Su Corazon CVD
Prevention Promotora Program, Santa Fe, Mexico, City. Universidad Iberoamericana. Mexico City,
August 31-September 3, 2010 (Special Invitation).
External Scientific Advisory Committee Meeting. Collaborating Centers To Reduce Oral Health
Disparities. National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). NIH. Webinar
Conference. August 16, 2010.
Invited Jury Selection Member Pan American Health and Education Foundation. Abraham
Horwitz Award for Leadership in International Health. Jury Selection Taskforce. PAHO Health and
Education Foundation.. July 28, 2010
Participant Expert Kickoff Meeting. Nuestra Familia Health Literacy Project. KDH Research &
Communication. Atlanta Georgia. Teleconference. August 11, 2010.
Moderator and Breakout Facilitator. Texas Summit on Developing the Community Health
Worker/Promotor (a) Workforce. Houston Texas, June 17-18, 2010.
Invited Reviewer for Anthropological Perspectives on Migration and Health. NAPA
Bulletin #34 Monograph (13 chapters). Edited by Craig Hadley. Emory University. National Association
for Practicing Anthropology’s Seminal Biannual Publication. June 8, 2010.
(Co-Leader) Latino Research and Policy Platica. La Fe Policy Research and Education Center and
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the Hispanic Health Disparities Research Center UT SPH and UTEP. Meeting of Latino Research
Experts. El Paso, Texas, Community and Cultural Center La Fe. May 27-28. 2010.
Editorial Board- Editors Meeting American Journal of Public Health.
Washington DC. Served as Chair of Editorial Board and Moderator of Meetings. March 11, 12, 2010.
Advisory Board Meeting. NCLR-CSULB. The Center for Latino Community. Health, Evaluation &
Leadership Training, Long Beach, California. California State University Long Beach. February 16 h ,
2010.
Research Advisory Committee Meeting. California State University Long Beach (CSULB) RIMI-NIH
(The Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions Grant Program funded by the National Center on
Minority Health and Health Disparities-NIH). Long Beach California. CSULB- February 10, 2010.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities: El Chamizal
Neighborhood Project. Pan American Health Organization- 2010- 2013. Local Partner: El Paso
Regional Campus. University of Texas Health Science Center- Houston, School of Public Health. Dr.
Balcazar, Representative Partner.
Editorial Board- Editors Meeting American Journal of Public Health.
Philadelphia, PA. Served as Chair of Editorial Board and Moderator of Meetings. November 7-8,2009.
Organizer, Evaluator and Sponsored of Research Poster Presentations. El Paso Diabetes Association
6 th Annual Conference. El Paso, Texas. October 16 th , 2009.
Faculty and Evaluator of the Pilot Occupational Safety and Health Promotora Workshop and
Border Partners Meeting of the Occupational Safety and Health Project. El Paso, Texas. October 7,
2009.
External Scientific Advisory Committee Meeting. Collaborating Centers To Reduce Oral Health
Disparities. National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). NIH. University of
Colorado Denver. August 24-25, 2009.
Project Collaborator/Advisory Member. Implementation of the Salud Para Su Corazon CVD
Prevention Promotora Program, Santa Fe, Mexico, City. Universidad Iberoamericana. Mexico City,
August 17-19, 2009.
Invited Jury Selection Member Pan American Health and Education Foundation. Abraham
Horwitz Award for Leadership in International Health. Jury Selection Meeting. PAHO Health and
Education Foundation. Teleconference Meeting. August 3, 2009.
Participant as Member of the State Preventive Health Advisory Committee Meeting. Texas
Department of State Health Services. Austin, Texas. April 23, 2009.
Editorial Board – Editors Meeting American Journal of Public Health. Washington DC. March
26-27. Served as Chair of Editorial Board and Moderator of Meeting. 2009.
Invited as Expert Participant/Consultant for Working Group on Infant-Childhood Obesity in the
U.S.-Mexico Border. Pan American Health Organization. El Paso, Texas. February 10, 11 2009.
Invited as Expert Participant/Consultant for Working Group on Social Determinants of Border
Health. Pan American Health Organization. El Paso, Texas. February 2, 3, 2009.
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Member of Planning Committee for 6nd Annual Diabetes Conference. El Paso Diabetes Association.
January, 2009- October 2009.
Invited Guest Speaker. Nursing Program. University of Texas at El Paso. Remarks presented to
incoming nursing students for Spring 2009 Semester. January 14, 2009.
Participant as Expert for International On-line Focus Group Discussion for: Population and
community programs to prevent cardiovascular disease: a qualitative study into how and why some
programs are more successful than others. Peninsula Medical School. University of Exeter &
Plymouth. UK. November 10-December 12, 2008.
Member of Technical-Scientific Committee for United States-Mexico Border Health Association
67 th Annual Meeting. October 2008-June 2009. El Paso Texas.
Editorial Board Meeting American Journal of Public Health. San Diego, California. October,
25-26. 2008.
Poster/Abstract Organizer and Sponsor for 5nd Annual Diabetes Conference. Thomason Hospital
and El Paso Diabetes Association. January, 2008- October 2008.
Member of Planning Committee for 5nd Annual Diabetes Conference. El Paso Diabetes Association.
January, 2008- October 2008.
Visiting Scholar in the Department of Health. Development and implementation of the Salud Para Su
Corazon Program in Colonia Santa Fe, Mexico. Universidad Iberoamericana. Mexico City. October 7,
2008.
Participant/Discussant in the Heart Health Summit “Community Heart Health Meeting”. NCLR
CSULB Center for the Latino Community Health, Evaluation, and Leadership Training and Merck.
California State University Long Beach. Long Beach CA. September, 30, 2008.
Invited member to The 6 th Annual Tri-Caucus Health Summit to discuss health disparities among
communities of color. Houston Community College. Houston Texas, July 19, 2008.
Elected participant of “Out of Many, One” (OMO) to attend the Executive Committee/Governing
Body Meeting of OMO. OMO is a Coalition of Member Organizations from the Five Minority Groups
to Address A Multicultural Action Agenda For Eliminating Health Disparities. Houston, Texas, July 17-
18, 2008.
Invited Jury Selection Member Pan American Health and Education Foundation. Abraham
Horwitz Award for Leadership in International Health. Jury Selection Meeting. PAHO Health and
Education Foundation. Washington, D.C. June 4, 2008.
Organizer/Co-Leader of the First US-Mexico Border Infectious Disease Forum. Celebrating 15
Years of The El Paso Regional Campus, School of Public Health. University of Texas. Texas
Tech University Campus. April 25, 2008.
Editorial Board Meeting American Journal of Public Health. Washington DC. April 3-4, 2008.
Grantee Participant. NCMHD/NIH CBPR Grantee’s Meeting. GWU Graduate School of Education
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and Human Development, November 4 th , 2007.
Member of SOPHE Board of Trustees. SOPHE 58 th Annual Conference. Alexandria, VA. October
31 st . 2007.
Editorial Board Meeting American Journal of Public Health. Washington DC. November 3-4,
2007.
Participation as Task Force Member for Code Red: Access to health care in Texas: challenges of the
uninsured and underinsured. Public Meeting and Code Red Member’s Meeting: The Critical Condition of
the Health in Texas- Next Steps. The Common Center J. Jake Pickle UT Research Campus. Austin,
Texas, October 22, 2007.
Member of Planning Committee for 4nd Annual Diabetes Conference. Thomason Hospital and El
Paso Diabetes Association. January, 2007- October 2007.
Invited Jury Selection Member (Selected As Chair Member) Pan American Health and Education
Foundation. Abraham Horwitz Award for Leadership in International Health. Jury Selection
Meeting. PAHO Health and Education Foundation. Washington, D.C. May 25, 2007.
Elected participant of “Out of Many, One” (OMO) to attend a Steering Committee Meeting of
OMO to discuss California Endowment Grant. Out of Many, One. Washington, DC.
May 23-24, 2007.
Workshop Leader/Organizer and Instructor for Hispanic Grant Writing Workshop. Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Hispanic Health Services Research Grant Program.
UTEP-SPH NIH Hispanic Health Disparities Research Center. EL Paso, Texas April 26-27, 2007.
Special Invitation to Collaborate on “ Action Plan for Eliminating Disparities in Latino
Behavioral Health” National Network to Eliminate Disparities (NNED)Latino Group. NCLR-CSULB-
The Center for Latino Community. Health Evaluation and Leadership Training. Long Beach
California, April 6 th , 2007.
Editorial Board Meeting American Journal of Public Health. Washington DC. March 8-9, 2007.
National Advisory Board Meeting. Connecticut Center for Eliminating Health Disparities
Among Latinos. NIH EXPORT CENTER. NIH Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities.
Storrs, Connecticut. March, 7, 2007.
Advisory Board Meeting. NCLR-CSULB. The Center for Latino Community. Health, Evaluation &
Leadership Training, Long Beach, California. February 5 th , 2007.
Member of Planning Committee for 3nd Annual Diabetes Conference. Thomason Hospital and El
Paso Diabetes Association. January, 2006- October 2006.
Member of SOPHE Board of Trustees. SOPHE 57 th Annual Conference. Boston MA, Thursday
November 2 nd , 2006
Member of Editorial Board Meeting American Journal of Public Health. Boston MA. November
11, 12, 2006.
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SHIRE Board of Directors. Board Orientation and Meeting. Charles Summer School. Washington,
DC. June 24, 2006.
Invited Jury Selection Member, Pan American Health and Education Foundation. Abraham
Horwitz Award for Leadership in International Health. Jury Selection Meeting. PAHO Health and
Education Foundation. Washington, D.C. May 31, 2006.
Workshop Instructor and Expert Panel Member for Health Services Research Grant Writing
Workshop. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). National Historically Black
Colleges and Universities and Hispanic Serving Institutions. Bowie State University. Bowie,
Maryland. March 30-31, 2006.
Member of Editorial Board Meeting American Journal of Public Health. Washington DC. March
17, 2006.
Member of Search Committee for Chair of Department. Department of Health Promotion.
College of Health Sciences. University of Texas at El Paso. January 2006.
Member of the Out of Many One- Executivce Committee Meeting. Association of Asian Pacific
Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO). Oakland, CA. October 24-25, 2005.
Member of the Planning Committee for the Canutillo Elementary Parent Institute Conference.
Canutillo, Texas. September 2005.
Member of the Search Committee for the Stan Fulton Endowed Chair in Health Disparities. New
Mexico State University. College of Health and Social Services. October 2005.
Workshop Presenter-Cultural Specialist-Consultant for Recruitment and Retention of Hispanic
Nursing Students Grant Program. Pre Nursing and Nursing Workshops. College of Health Sciences
University of Texas at El Paso, (UTEP). August 1, 3, 5, 17, 18, 2005.
Invited Member for the Texas Tech Medical Center Delegation of the Hispanic Centers of
Excellence (HCOE) for Four US-Mexico Border States Consortium To Identify Common Goals and
Develop Projects to Benefit the US-Mexico Border Region. Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) and Texas Tech’s HCOE. San Antonio, Texas. August 15-16, 2005.
Member of Planning Committee for a 2-Day Symposium On: “Use of lay health workers in
community-based interventions to promote cardiovascular health across the Americas” scheduled
for October 17-18, 2005 in Santiago Chile. Symposium is being sponsored by the National Heart,
Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). July 2005.
Elected Participant Delivery Subcommittee Meeting Task Force. Access to Health Care In Texas.
Challenges of the Uninsured and Underinsured. Baker Institute. Rice University. Houston, Texas, May
24 th , 2005.
Member of Planning Committee for 2nd Annual Diabetes Conference. Thomason Hospital and El
Paso Diabetes Association. January, 2005- October 2005.
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Invited Workshop Evaluator/Participant. Salud Para Su Corazón Workshop: Integrating behavioral
and clinical approaches for sustaining healthy communities. NHLBI/HRSA-BPHC. El Paso, Texas.
January 11-13, 2005.
Elected Participant Task Force Member: Access to Health Care In Texas. Challenges
of the Uninsured and Underinsured. Meeting #2. The University of Texas System, Austin, Texas,
December 14-15 th , 2004.
Invited Workshop Participant: Charting New Directions for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and
Control in the Americas: A Joint NHLBI/PAHO Workshop. Bethesda, Maryland, NIH- NHLBI. October
13- 15, 2004.
Member of Planning Committee for: 1st Annual Diabetes Conference. Thomason Hospital and El
Paso Diabetes Association. June- 2004- October 2004.
Host Organizer of Hispanic Health Services Research Conference: Improving Health Outcomes and
Health Disparities: Research and Intervention Perspective. Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS). School of Public Health, UNT HSC. Fort Worth Texas, May 28, 2004.
Workshop Instructor and Expert Panel Member for Hispanic Grant Writing Workshop. Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Hispanic Health Services Research Grant Program.
Washington, DC. Howard University, May 20-21, 2004.
Invited Participant To AstraZeneca’s Second Annual Hispanic Working Group Forum. Invited as
expert and thought- leader in Latino healthcare and healthcare policy from across the country to continue
with the development of AstraZeneca’s research and outreach agenda for Hispanics. Miami, Florida.
March 2-3, 2004.
Workshop Instructor for Research Protocol Development and Grant Writing. Hispanic Health
Serving Institutions CMS Research Program. The Culture and Policy Institute. University of San
Antonio. In collaboration with Bowie State University and University of North Texas, Health Science
Center, School of Public Health. Funding provided by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS). San Antonio, Texas. October 16-17, 2003.
Elected Participant for Cardiovascular Science and Healthcare Disparities and The Minority
Health Summit 2003. American Heart Association. Atlanta, GA. October 1-4, 2003.
Elected Reviewer for Lockheed Martin Chairs for Teaching Excellence in Elementary
Mathematics & Science. Fort Worth Independent School District. Fort Worth, Texas. September 18,
October 20, 2003.
Program Director for CMS Project: A community participatory intervention for diabetes type 2:
informing an empowering Hispanics to take action in Forth Worth Texas. Centers For Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS). Fort Worth Texas. August 2002- August 2003.
Expert panel member for Hispanic Grant Writing Workshop. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services. Hispanic Health Services Research Grant Program. Washington, DC. May 15-16, 2003.
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Elected Participant On The Expert Panel Committee Meeting: “DHHS Collection of Data on Race
and Ethnicity.” National Academy of Sciences, Committee on National Statistics, National
Research’s Council Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Department of
Health and Human Services. Fourth Meeting. Irvine, CA. March 24-25, 2003.
Elected participant of the Management Committee of Out Of Many, One (OMO) to attend a
Steering Committee Meeting of OMO to discuss hoe OMO will achieve the goals and objectives of
The Multicultural Action Plan to Achieve Health Parity. Out of Many, One. Washington, DC.
February 22, 2003.
Invited expert for Working Summit to Develop a Train the Trainers Manual To Provide Guidance
for Multicultural Coalition Building. Summit Health Institute for Research and Education, Inc,
(SHIRE),Out of Many One National Initiative (OMO) and the Office of Minority Health (OMH).
Washington, DC. February 20-21, 2003.
Invited expert for Roundtable Discussion Panel for The Pfizer Journal: “Heart Disease: An All-Out
Attack on Risk”. Invited as one of 11 expert panel of health care providers and other thought leaders to
discuss perspectives about the current priorities in cardiovascular disease prevention and the partners that
are needed to accomplish change. Phoenix, Arizona, February 13-14, 2003.
Invited expert for the Center for Border Health Research (CBHR), El Paso del Norte Foundation,
El Paso, Texas to conduct a two-day CBHR researcher development workshop entitled “ Successful
Preparation of Public Health Proposals” to Mexican investigators at the Universidad Autonoma de Cuidad
Juarez to develop strategies for health research on the US/Mexico border. Cuidad Juarez, Chihuahua,
Mexico January 23-24, 2003.
Invited Participant To AstraZeneca Latino Think Tank: Reaching The Hispanic Community,
Closing the Gap in Health Disparities. Invited as one of sixteen group of experts and thought-
leaders in Latino healthcare and healthcare policy from across the country to help develop AstraZeneca’s
research and outreach agenda. Miami, Florida. January 16, 2003.
Elected Participant On The Expert Panel Committee Meeting: “DHHS Collection of Data on Race
and Ethnicity.” Workshop on Improving Racial and Ethnic Data in Health. National Academy of
Sciences, Committee on National Statistics, National Research’s Council Division of Behavioral and
Social Sciences and Education, Department of Health and Human Services. Third Meeting. Washington,
DC. December 12-13, 2002.
Elected Participant On The Expert Panel Committee Meeting: “DHHS Collection of Data on Race
and Ethnicity.” National Academy of Sciences, Committee on National Statistics, National
Research’s Council Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Department of
Health and Human Services. Second Meeting. Irvine, CA, 2 nd Plenary Meeting. October 22-23, 2002.
Invited participant on CMS Multicultural Workshop: Strategies to Enhance Diversity and Cultural
and Linguistic Competency At CMS and Other Federal Agencies. E. Franklin Frazier Center For
Social Work Research. Howard University/School of Social Work. Washington DC, May 30-31, 2002.
Elected Participant On The Expert Panel Committee Meeting: “DHHS Collection of Data on Race
and Ethnicity.” National Academy of Sciences, Committee on National Statistics, National
Research’s Council Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Department of
Health and Human Services. Washington DC, May 21-22 2002.
Invited expert for the Center for Border Health Research (CBHR), El Paso del Norte Foundation,
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El Paso, Texas to conduct a two-day CBHR researcher development workshop to Mexican investigators
at the Universidad Autonoma de Cuidad Juarez to develop strategies for health research on the
US/Mexico border. Cuidad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico May 16, 17 th , 2002.
Invited participant to The Southwest Regional Action Conference on Strengthening the Hispanic
Family. The National Association of Latino Elected & Appointed Officials Educational Fund, National
Council of la Raza, and the Annie E. Casey Foundation. San Antonio Texas. January 18-20, 2002.
Professional consultation/technical support to Elsa Rios for the Latino AIDS Commission to
develop a Strategic Plan for creating The Latino Health Advocacy Coalition in New York City.
Good Intentions Are Not Enough! Latino health disparities and barriers to health care access. November
2001.
Team Member for Tarrant Empowerment Association for Minority Health (Team Health) Forum.
Team Health is committed to developing strategies from a grassroots level with communities of color in
reducing targeted health disparities. Botanical Gardens Forth Worth, Texas. November 3, 9am- 2:30pm
2001.
Evaluator and Team Trainer for Salud para su Corazón-NCLR project Year 2. Center For Health
Promotion. National Council of La Raza 2001 Annual Conference. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 15-18,
2001.
Cuentamelo Evaluation For Diabetes Coalitions. NCLR National Latino Diabetes Initiative. Center
For Health Promotion. National Council of La Raza 2001 Annual Conference. Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
July 15-18, 2001.
Evaluator and Team Trainer for Salud para su Corazón-NCLR Year 2 Promotoras (health
promoters) Training. Salud para su Corazón-NCLR Promotoras Project. National Council of la Raza,
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, NIH and Metropolitan Life Foundation. Washington, D.C.
March 30-April 1, 2001.
Team Member and technical evaluator/advisor for Salud para su Corazon, NHLBI-NCLR and
National Latino Diabetes Initiative-NCLR projects. National Council of la Raza. Washington, D.C.
January 17-19, 2001.
Team Member and Latino representative of one of five minority team groups to develop a national
action plan for eliminating health disparities experienced by racial and ethnic groups in the United States.
National summit entitled: “Out of Many One: A Multicultural Action Agenda For Eliminating Health
Disparities”. Washington, D.C. November 17-19, 2000.
Team Member and Mentor for Salud para su Corazón-NCLR Dissemination Projects at the: Third
National Lay Health Workers/Promotores Conference. Albuquerque, New Mexico. May 24-26, 2000.
Evaluator and Team Trainer for National Latino Diabetes Initiative-National Council of la Raza
(NCLR). Cuentamelo Training Workshop: a new vision of evaluation that involves the community
and its members. National Council of la Raza. Center For Health Promotion. Washington, D.C. March
2-3, 2000.
Evaluator and Team Trainer for Salud para su Corazón-NCLR Promotoras (health promoters)
Training. Salud para su Corazón-NCLR Promotoras Project. National Council of la Raza and National
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Heart Lung and Blood Institute, NIH. Washington, D.C. January 31-Febrauary 3, 2000.
Participant as HCFA Grantee of Hispanic Institutions Research Grants Program at conference:
Eliminating Racial, Ethnic and SES Disparities in Health Care: A Research Agenda for the New
Millenium. Crystal Gateway Marriott. Arlington, Virginia. October 15, 1999.
Member of the Advisory Committee Salud Para Su Corazon Project. NHLBI/NIH and National
Council of la Raza. Center for Health Promotion. Advisory Committee Meeting. Metropolitan L:ife
Foundation Grant-Salud Para Su Corazon, NHLBI/NCLR RFP. NCLR Annual Conference Planning
Meeting. Houston, Texas. July 26, 1999.
Leading Expert In Defined Areas Of Latino Children’s Health. Three-day Panel Review/Scientific
Panel Sessions’ Meetings. Center for Child Welfare and the National Council of la Raza. Dr. Ruth
Zambrana, Principal Investigator. Center for Child Welfare. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant.
Hyatt Regency Hotel and George Brown Convention Center. Houston, Texas. July 23-26, 1999.
National Community for Latino Leadership, Inc. Scholar and Co-Author of Research Paper for
Arizona Latino Summit, May 1998. Arizona State University, Tempe, Az., May 5, 1998.
National Press Conference Panel Member. Press Conference Announcing Call To Action From
NHLBI/UNIVISION/NCLR To Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Among Mexican Americans. Regal
Biltmore Hotel. Los Angeles, California. February 18, 1998. Panel Presentation: Outline of the problem:
background on heart disease among Latino Americans, with emphasis on heart disease among Mexican
Americans.
Member of the 1998,126 th Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee APHA. Representing the
Latino Caucus. American Public Health Association. Two-day workshop. Indianapolis, Indiana. Hyatt
Regency Hotel. November 13-14, 1997.
NHLBI Ad Hoc Committee on Minority Populations’ Meeting to Develop Strategic Plan For
Minority Health. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. NIH. Bethesda, Maryland, April 27-28,
1997.
Rodale Press Latino Health Editorial Board of Advisors. January 1997-1998.
Program Committee Member Participant (Representing NHLBI Ad Hoc Committee on Minority
Populations) for Cardiovascular Health: Coming Together for the 21st Century. A National
Conference. Sponsored By: National Institutes of Health (NHLBI), California Cardiovascular Disease
Prevention Coalition, and Cardiovascular Disease Outreach, Resources and Epidemiology Program.
UCSF, IHA. California Department of Health Services. Standford University. Palo Alto, California.
October 6-8, 1996.
Minority Public Health Consultant. National Institute of Health. National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute. Workshop on the Epidemiology of Hypertension in Hispanic Americans, Native Americans,
and Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. The Sheraton Washington Hotel. Washington, DC. June 20-
21, 1994.
Editorial Activities
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Editorial Board Member.
APHA-AJPH EDITORIAL BOARD CHAIR 2008-2011
Editorial Advisory Board Member: The Open Public Health Journal- 2009-On
Editorial Board Member, International Scholarly Research Network (ISRN) Public Health- 2011-On
APHA-AJPH Deputy Editorial Board Chair 2007-2008
APHA Editorial Board, November 2005-2008, 2008-2011.
Texas Public Health Association Journal. August 2002-August 2007.
Marriage and Family Review. January 1 st 1999- January 1 st 2002.
Journal Reviewer For:
Preventive Medicine, Public Health Reports, Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved,
American Journal of Public Health, Health Education and Behavior, Health Education Research, Women
& Health, American Journal of Community Psychology, Ethnicity and Disease, The Journal of
Complimentary and Integrative Health Care, The Journal of Pediatrics, Prevention Science, Social
Science & Medicine, International Journal of Psychology, Marriage and Family Review, Journal of the
National Medical Association, Health and Human Rights, Epidemiologic Reviews, Preventing Chronic
Disease, Maternal and Child Health Journal,The Journal of Rural Health, Diabetes Care, The Journal of
Nutrition, AIDS Education and Prevention,Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, Patient Education and
Counseling, BMC Health Services Research,International Migration Review, Texas Public Health
Association Journal, Ethnicity and Health,Journal of Human Lactation, African Health Sciences, Acta
Paediatrica, Cyberpsychology and Behavior, Ecology of Food and Nutrition, Progress in Community
Health Partnerships: Research, Education and Action, Health Promotion Practice, Pan American Journal
of Public Health,The Open Public Health Journal, Vascular Health and Risk Management, World Journal
of Pediatrics, Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition
and Physical Activity Research, Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, ISRN Public Health.
PROMOTION EXTERNAL REVIEWER
Promotion to Full Professor (University of New Mexico). June 2011.
Tenure Review External Reviewer (Associate Professor). University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman
College of Public Health. August 2010.
Tenure Review External Reviewer (Associate Professor). Tulane University. School of Public Health and
Tropical Medicine. July 2010.
Reviewer of Credentials for Special Case at UNC. Promotion and Tenure Decision. November 2009.
Promotion External Reviewer (Professor). University of Pittsburgh-VA System, School of Medicine.
August 2009.
Promotion External Reviewer (Professor). University of South Carolina College of Nursing July 2009.
Promotion External Reviewer (Professor). Yale University School of Medicine. March 2009.
Promotion External Reviewer (Professor). UNT Health Science Center School of Public Health.
November 2008.
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Promotion Internal Reviewer (Associate Professor). Loma Linda University School of Public Health.
October 2008.
Promotion External Reviewer (Professor with Tenure). New York University College of Nursing. October
2008.
Promotion External Reviewer (Associate Professor with Tenure). Arizona State University. October 2008.
Promotion External Reviewer (Professor). University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine. August 2008.
Promotion and Tenure External Reviewer (For Professor with Tenure). The University of Texas Health
Science Center at San Antonio. April 2008.
Promotion and Tenure External Reviewer (For Associate Professor). The University of Texas, MD
Anderson Cancer Center, November 2007.
Promotion External Reviewer (Research Associate Professor). Texas Tex University School of Medicine,
August, 2007.
Promotion External Reviewer (For Full Professor): Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
October, 2006.
Promotion External Reviewer (For Full Professor): University of Connecticut, Department of Nutritional
Sciences. October, 2005.
Promotion and Tenure External Reviewer: College of Health Sciences, University of Texas, El Paso,
September 2003.
Promotion and Tenure External Reviewer: School of Public Health. University of Texas. Satelite
Program, El Paso, Texas. December 2001.
Promotion and Tenure External Reviewer: School of Public Health. University of Michigan. August
1999.
OTHER REVIEWS
Abstract Reviewer: Academic Public Health Caucus. APHA 2002. 130 th Annual Meeting.
Abstract Reviewer: National Cardiovascular Health Conference 2002. NHLBI/NIH, DHHS, AHA, CDC,
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HRSA. October 2001.
Abstract Reviewer : Latino Caucus Program of the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
Boston Mass, November 2000.
Reviewer: Practical Guide to the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in
Adults. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in collaboration with the North American Association
for the Study of Obesity. NHLBI Obesity Education Initiative, January 1999.
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Reviewer: Promoting Better Nutrition in Inner-City Hartford: The “Salud” Social Marketing Campaign.
By Perez-Escamilla, R., and Himmelgreen, D, 1998. University of Connecticut and Hispanic Health
Council, January 1999.
Abstract Reviewer: 2nd Biennial Conference on Minority Issues in Prevention, February 1998. Arizona
State’s University Preventive Intervention Research Center (PIRC).
Reviewer Final Version Of Report: Community Nutritional Problems Among Latino Children In
Hartford, Connecticut. By Perez-Escamilla, R., Himmelgreen, D. and Ferris, A.1997. The University of
Connecticut Family Nutrition Program and the Hispanic Health Council, Inc.
Reviewer of 2 Articles: For A Special Edition of Journal Salud Pública de Mexico. Entitled: “Nutrición
de comunidad”/Nutrition of the community.Guest Editors: Dr. Adolfo Chavez and Dr. Juan Rivera.
September 1997.
Chapter Reviewer: Reciprocal relationships between family and health. Handbook of Marriage and the
Family. Second Edition, 1996.
Abstract Reviewer: Latino Caucus Program of the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
New York November, 1996.
Grant Reviewer
Member of the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Expert Panel National Review:
Systematic Screening and Assessment of Policy and System-Oriented Strategies for Heart Disease
and Stroke Prevention: Community Health Workers Expert Panel Review 2. Webinar Review
Conference. June 30, 2011.
Member of the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Expert Panel National Review:
Systematic Screening and Assessment of Policy and System-Oriented Strategies for Heart Disease
and Stroke Prevention: Community Health Workers Expert Panel Review. Webinar Review
Conference. February 14, 2011.
Member of Special Emphasis Panel Meeting Grant Review Committee. Hispanic Health Services
Research Grant Program. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Office of Research,
Development, and Information. Department of Health and Human Services. CMS Building. Baltimore,
Maryland. July 29-30, 2010.
Reviewer for CCTS Pilot Project Awards for Clinical and Translational Research. The University of
Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Center for Clinical and Translational Science. January 11, 2010.
Member of Special Emphasis Panel Meeting Grant Review Committee. Hispanic Health Services
Research Grant Program. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Office of Research,
Development, and Information. Department of Health and Human Services. CMS Building. Baltimore,
Maryland. July 30, 31, 2009.
Grant Reviewer for Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative. Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation. April 21-May 19, 2009.
Member of Special Panel (Scientific Member): California Breast Cancer Research Program.
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Demographic questions for California Breast Cancer Research. University of California. Office of
Research & Graduate Studies. September 16, 2008.
Member of Special Emphasis Panel Meeting Grant Review Committee. Hispanic Health Services
Research Grant Program. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Office of Research,
Development, and Information. Department of Health and Human Services. CMS Building. Baltimore,
Maryland. July 31-August 1, 2008.
Grant Reviewer for Center For Scientific Review. HSOD. Health Services Organization and
Delivery Study Section. National Institutes of Health. Health of the Population Integrated Review
Group. Washington, DC. June 5-6, 2008.
Grant Reviewer for Center For Scientific Review. HSOD. Health Services Organization and
Delivery Study Section. National Institutes of Health. Health of the Population Integrated Review
Group. Washington, DC. February 7-8, 2008.
Grant Reviewer for Center For Scientific Review. HSOD. Health Services Organization and
Delivery Study Section. National Institutes of Health. Health of the Population Integrated Review
Group. Washington, DC. October 18-19, 2007.
Member of Special Emphasis Panel Meeting Grant Review Committee. Hispanic Health Services
Research Grant Program. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Office of Research,
Development, and Information. Department of Health and Human Services. CMS Building. Baltimore,
Maryland. August 2-3, 2007.
Grant Reviewer for Center For Scientific Review. HSOD. Health Services Organization and
Delivery Study Section. National Institutes of Health. Health of the Population Integrated Review
Group. Washington, DC. June 21-22, 2007.
Grant Reviewer. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Maternal and Child
Health Bureau. U.S. Public Health Service. Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health. (Border and
Alaska). March 22, 2007.
Grant Reviewer. NHLBI/NIH- PAHO. Implementation of Salud Para Su Corazon Programs in Latin
America. January 25, 2007.
Member Special Emphasis Panel Committee. National Center on Minority Health and Health
Disparities. NCMHD Research Centers of Excellence (P60). Washington, DC. December 03-05, 2006.
Grant Reviewer for Center For Scientific Review. HSOD. Health Services Organization and
Delivery Study Section. National Institutes of Health. Health of the Population Integrated Review
Group. Washington, DC. October 26-27, 2006.
Member of Special Emphasis Panel Meeting Grant Review Committee. Hispanic Health Services
Research Grant Program. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Office of Research,
Development, and Information. Department of Health and Human Services. CMS Building. Baltimore,
Maryland. August 3-4, 2006.
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Grant Reviewer for Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Autónoma de Cuidad Juárez. August
1, 2006.
Grant Reviewer for National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, DHHS. Special Emphasis Panel. Diabetes Prevention
and Control in the Americas. Teleconference. July 18, 2006.
Grant Reviewer for Center For Scientific Review. HSOD. Health Services Organization and
Delivery Study Section. National Institutes of Health. Health of the Population Integrated Review
Group. Washington, DC. June 15, 16, 2006.
Grant Reviewer for Center For Scientific Review. HSOD. Health Services Organization and
Delivery Study Section. National Institutes of Health. Health of the Population Integrated Review
Group. Washington, DC. February 23, 24, 2006.
Grant Reviewer for OARDC –The Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center’s SEEDS:
Research Enhancement Competitive Grants Program Fiscal Year 2006 Competitions. November
30 th , 2005.
Grant Reviewer for Center For Scientific Review. HSOD. Health Services Organization and
Delivery Study Section. National Institutes of Health. Health of the Population Integrated Review
Group. Washington, DC. October 27-28, 2005.
Reviewer for PRIME Grant Mechanism. UT School of Public Health, Houston. September 14, 2005.
Member of Special Emphasis Panel Meeting Grant Review Committee. Hispanic Health Services
Research Grant Program. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Office of Research,
Development, and Information. Department of Health and Human Services. CMS Building. Baltimore,
Maryland. July 14-15, 2005.
Grant Reviewer for Center For Scientific Review. HSOD. Health Services Organization and
Delivery Study Section. National Institutes of Health. Health of the Population Integrated Review
Group. Washington, DC. June 23-24, 2005.
Grant Reviewer/Field Reader for Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),
Department Health & Human Services Grant Application. ORHP Border Health Best Practices
Cooperative Agreement. Fiscal Year 2005. June 8 th , 2005
Grant Reviewer for Center For Scientific Review. HSOD. Health Services Organization and
Delivery Study Section. National Institutes of Health. Health of the Population Integrated Review
Group. Washington, DC. February 24-25, 2005.
Grant Reviewer for Center For Scientific Review. HSOD. Health Services Organization and
Delivery Study Section. National Institutes of Health. Health of the Population Integrated Review
Group. Washington, DC. November 4-5, 2004.
Grant Reviewer for Center For Scientific Review. HSOD. Health Services Organization and
Delivery Study Section. National Institutes of Health. Health of the Population Integrated Review
Group. San Francisco, California. November 13-14, 2003.
Grant Reviewer for National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. National Institutes of
Health. Special Emphasis Panel Review of UOI Application ZAA1 EE-21. Washington DC. September
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5, 2003.
Member of the 2003 Program Services Grant Review Committee. March of Dimes. Texas Chapter-
North Texas Division. Committee Meeting Times, Arlington Memorial Hospital, July 31, August 14,
2003.
Grant Reviewer for Center For Scientific Review. SNEM-4. Social Sciences, Nursing, Epidemiology
and Methods 4. National Institutes of Health. Social Sciences, Nursing, Epidemiology and Methods
Integrated Review Group. Health Services Organization and Delivery. Washington DC. March 6-7, 2003.
Member of the 2002 Program Services Grant Review Committee. March of Dimes. Texas Chapter-
North Texas Division. Committee Meeting Times, Arlington Memorial Hospital, June 6, August 15, 22,
Septermber 5, 2002.
Member of Special Emphasis Panel Grant Review Committee. National Institutes of Health. National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. International Research Scientist Development Award.
Teleconference Meeting. July 3, 2002.
Member of Special Emphasis Panel Meeting Grant Review Committee. Hispanic Health Services
Research Grant Program. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Office of Research, Development,
and Information. Department of Health and Human Services. CMS Building. Baltimore, Maryland. June
27-28, 2002.
Member of Special Emphasis Panel Meeting Grant Review Committee. Community-Based
Participatory Research. Program Announcement # 02003. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Public Health Practice Program Office. June 24-26, 2002.
Grant Proposal Reviewer for the Center for Border Health Research, El Paso, Texas. Research
Center established in 1998 by the Paso del Norte Health Foundation in El Paso, Texas to support health
research in the Paso del Norte region , a binational area encompassing the cities of El Paso, Texas; Las
Cruces, New Mexico; and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Reviewer of 3 grant proposals. September, 2001.
Grant Reviewer for Center for National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Special
Emphasis Panel. International Training & Research in Environmental & Occupational Health.
ZES1 BKW-C (DT). Study Section. NIEHS-NIH. Durham, North Carolina. June 12-14, 2001.
Grant Reviewer for Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel. Council ZRG1 EDC-
3011, 1. Study Section. NIEHS Special Emphasis Panel. NIH. Teleconference Review of Research
Application. February 23, 2001.
Grant Proposal Reviewer for the Center for Border Health Research, El Paso, Texas. Research
Center established in 1998 by the Paso del Norte Health Foundation in El Paso, Texas to support health
research in the Paso del Norte region , a binational area encompassing the cities of El Paso, Texas; Las
Cruces, New Mexico; and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Reviewer of 6 grant proposals. September, 2000.
Member of the NIEHS Special Emphasis Panel. Scientific Reviewer for RFA: Health disparities:
linking biological and behavioral mechanisms with social and physical environments. National Institutes
of Health. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Durham, North Carolina. July 11-13,
2000.
Grant Proposal Reviewer. Nutrition Education Programs In Mexico. Instituto Danone. Mexico.
Reviewer of 20 research proposals to support Nutrition Education Research among Mexican institutions/
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investigators. December, 1999.
Panel-Proposal Reviewer for Reducing Asthma Morbidity in High- Risk Communities. RFP
Contract Solicitations Review Meeting. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. NIH and
Prospect Associates. Primary reviewer of 2 proposals. Secondary reviewer of 2 proposals. General
reviewer of 14 proposals. Prospect Associates. Silver Spring, Maryland. November 15-16, 1999.
Grant Proposal Reviewer for the Center for Border Health Research, El Paso, Texas. Research
Center established in 1998 by the Paso del Norte Health Foundation in El Paso, Texas to support health
research in the Paso del Norte region , a binational area encompassing the cities of El Paso, Texas; Las
Cruces, New Mexico; and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Reviewer of 3 grant proposals. September, 1999.
Member of the Review Panel for Scientific Concept Clearance Review for: Community Child Health
Research Network. Sponsored by: The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
(NICHD) in collaboration with The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
(NIDCD). National Institutes of Health (NIH). Teleconference Concept Clearance Review: Monday,
April 14, 1998, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Member of the Review Panel for Scientific Concept Clearance Review for: Clinical Trial of Xylitol
Prophylaxis for Otitis Media. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
(NIDCD). National Institutes of Health (NIH). Teleconference Concept Clearance Review: Monday,
January 26, 1998, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Member of the Review Panel for Scientific Concept Clearance Review for: Hearing, Balance and
Speech/Language Impairments at Age Seven: The Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood
(ALSPAC). National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). National
Institutes of Health (NIH). Teleconference Concept Clearance Review: Monday, December 8, 1997,
2:00-4:00 p.m.
Member Of The Site Visit Team To Review Application For General Clinical Research
Center: San Francisco General Hospital. Perinatal Health Hispanic Component. National
Institutes of Health. National Center For Research Resources. Public Health Service.
Department of Health and Human Services. San Francisco California April 8-9, 1997.
Consultation/Professional Activities
Project Consultant to NIH Project: Reducing Latinas Risk for CVD Via Lifestyle Intervention and
Wireless Monitoring. UCLA School of Nursing. Center for Vulnerable Populations Research.
January- July 2011.
Project Consultant to NIH Project: The Boston Puerto Rican Center on Population Health and
Health Disparities. Project 5: A heart healthy action program for Puerto Rican Adults. Northeastern
University. January 1, 2011- March 30, 2015.
Project Consultant to Familias Fuertes. NIH. NCI. KDH Research and Communication. Atlanta
Georgia. September 14, 2010.
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Project Consultant R-21 Proposal to NIH. NCLR-CSULB. The Center for Latino Community. Health,
Evaluation & Leadership Training, Long Beach, California. California State University Long Beach.
August 19-20, 2010.
Project Consultant R-21 Proposal to NIH. NCLR-CSULB. The Center for Latino Community. Health,
Evaluation & Leadership Training, Long Beach, California. California State University Long Beach.
June 14-15, 2010.
Project Consultant R-21 Proposal to NIH. NCLR-CSULB. The Center for Latino Community. Health,
Evaluation & Leadership Training, Long Beach, California. California State University Long Beach.
February 17 h , 2010.
Project Consultant. Health literacy and ESL: integrating community based-models for the U.S-Mexico
border. UTEP-NIH R21 (Dr. Francisco Soto, PI- College of Education- UTEP. O9/30/09- 07-31/2011.
Evaluation Team Project Consultant. National Association of Community Health Centers, Community
HealthCorps Program- AmeriCorps. October 2008- January 2010.
Project Consultant. NIH-R01 NR007891, Psychoneuroimmunology: preterm birth in Hispanics. PI.
R. Jeanne Ruiz. Galveston Texas, October 24-26, 2007-2011.
Project Consultant. Evaluation of prenatal care services at Centro San Vicente Clinic. El Paso
Texas. 2007-2009
Cultural Consultant for Project: Recruitment and Retention of Hispanic Nursing Students.
University of Texas, EL Paso, College of Health Sciences, School of Nursing. April 2005- June 2007.
Project Consultant for Out Of Many One (OMO). SHIRE Washington DC. Out of Many One-
Building Organizational Capacity and Action Alliances: A National/State Planning Model for
Effective Multicultural Advocacy. The California Endowment-SHIRE-AAPCHO. September 2004-
December 2005.
Project Officer Representing CMS’ Hispanic Health Services Research Program: Community-
Diabetes Self Management Education Program for Use in Hispanic American Populations. Projects
Awarded to Hispanic Researchers at: Loma Linda University School of Public Health, Department of
Nutrition, Dr. Zaida Cordero-MacIntyre; and Department of Family and Community Medicine, Masters
in Public Health Program, The University of New Mexico, Dr. Lily Velarde. Site Visits: January and
March, 2004.
Consultant for Project: Sampling and measurement issues in studying perinatal health outcomes in
Latina women. Center for Health Statistics Research and Department of Maternal and Child Health.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health. March 19-20, 2002.
Consultant for the Project: Traffic Safety in Latino communities. National Council on Alcohol and
Tobacco Prevention (LCAT), Washington D.C. and the JACSW- Midwest Latino Health Research,
Training & Policy Center. University of Illinois- Chicago. Coordination of Focus Groups to explore
factors associated with drinking and driving among immigrants Hispanics/Latinos, primarily
Mexican/Mexican American in selected cities. Forth Worth, Texas. October 26-27, 2001.
External Reviewer for Department of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health and
Tropical Medicine at Tulane. Member of site review team. New Orleans. September 28, 2001.
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Technical Expert/Consultant for National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institute
of Health (NIEHS-NIH). One-day meeting to assist NIEHS in identifying current environmental health
research questions of greatest importance to the US-Mexico border region. Research Triangle Park-
North Carolina. November 27-28, 2000.
Project Evaluator/Consultant for National Council of la Raza (NCLR). National Latino Diabetes
Initiative NCLR-CDC. February 2000-On.
Project Evaluator/Consultant for National Council of la Raza (NCLR). Salud para su Corazón-NCLR
Promotoras Project. Funded By Metropolitan Life in partnership with NHLBI-NCLR. January 2000-On.
Project Consultant for Children’s Phoenix Hospital. Minority Outreach Program. Irma Bustamante,
Hispanic Outreach Coordinator. Grant from St. Luke’s Charitable Health Trust to identify local barriers
that reduce access to primary care for underserved Hispanic children. September 1998-2000.
Technical Expert/Consultation for James Irvine Foundation/ Samuels & Associates. Community Health
Outreach Worker/Promotora Program. Annual Convening at the James Irvine Foundation. San Francisco,
California. July 15-16, 1999.
Project Consultant for Latino families and hospice utilization. Awarded to Dr. Donald E. Gelfand.
Wayne State University. Department of Sociology. Wayne State University, June, 1999-June 2000.
Consultant for Cendant Intercultural. The Bennett Group. Chicago, Illinois. Cross-cultural training
programs. Social Customs and Expectations in Mexico. Motorola Facilities-Clients. Phoenix, Arizona,
June 15, &17, 1999.
Consultant for Osborn Health Partnership Latino Project. Osborn School District. Phoenix, Arizona.
(May –August 1999).
Project Consultant for No Mas Cigarros (No More Cigarettes). Awarded to Dr. Dean Coonrod.
Maricopa Medical Center. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. From Arizona Disease Control
Research Commission. (1998-1999).
Project Evaluator/Consultant for “Unidos en la Salud” project. Concilio Latino de Salud. Office of
Minority Health (funding agency). Department of Health and Human Services. Rockville, Maryland. July
1995-June 1998. Total Approved Project Budget: $130,000.00 per year.
Consultant/Hispanic Public Health Issues. Rodale Press Spanish Language Health Books Advisory
Committee. Emmaus PA. 1997-98.
Minority Health Consultant. Participation in Focus Group. Army Congressionally Mandated Program.
Minority Health Research Capacity Building Initiative. September 5, 1997. Phoenix, Arizona.
Project Evaluator for “Entre Nosotros” HIV prevention project. Concilio Latino de Salud. Arizona
Department of Health. December 1995- June 1997.
Consultation/Presenter for Educational Management Group. Scotttsdale Arizona. Teleconference
presentation to Nuevo León, México: Información Sobre El SIDA. Tienes Preguntas. Vamos A Platicar.
HIV/AIDS Presentation. Juan Aldama School. San Nicolás De Los Garza. Nuevo León, México.
November 12, 1996.
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Workshop Presenter/Consultant for the University of Arizona Prevention Center. Multicultural Health
Training Project. Workshop presentation: Cross-cultural issues in research (with special emphasis on
Latino health). Canyon Ranch, Tucson, Arizona. May 13, 1996.
Project Consultant/Reviewer for Latino Community Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Outreach
Initiative. National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. National Institutes of Health. July 1995- Ongoing.
Proposal Evaluator/Consultant for project: Identification of risk and protective infant health factors of
Salvadoran women. Project P.I.: Dr. Kathleen F.Gaffney. College of Nursing and Health Science. George
Mason University. Fairfax, Virginia. Proposal Submitted to National Institute For Nursing Research.
October 1995.
Project Evaluator/Consultant for Proyecto Unidos. Hispanic/Latino Community health Coalition.
Concilio Latino de Salud. Office of Minority Health (funding agency). Department of Health and Human
Services. Rockville, Maryland. September 1994- December 1995. Total Approved Project Budget:
$50,000.00.
National Consultant/Reviewer for the Hispanic Primary Prevention Cancer Materials Study. The
University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio. South Texas Health Research Center.
National Cancer Institute. May-October 1995.
Consultant for the project: Needs assessment for cardiovascular diseases among Mexican Americans.
American Heart Association. Dallas, Texas.American Heart Association (January, 1994, February,
August 1993).
Consultant. Arizona Department of Health Services. (October 1992, September 1993). Participation in
the development of the State of 1992 Arizona Year 2000 Objectives, Arizona Department of Health
Services, University of Arizona. (October 9, 1992). Phoenix Arizona, (September, 1993).
Minority Public Health Consultant. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
(July 1993). Technical Assistance Workshop. NIH. Bethesda Maryland.
Research activity with Companeros En La Salud, Cancer Prevention and Intervention Project.
representing the Hispanic Research Center. Arizona State University. Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas.American
Heart Association Hispanic Forum (May 1992). Department of Family And Community Medicine.
University of Arizona (1991).
Consultant for the project: Review of nutritional risk criteria in the Supplemental Food Program for
Women, Infants and Children (WIC). Department of Family and Community Medicine. University of
Arizona. Health Science Center. Sponsor Agency: USDA
Professional Societies
1. Memberships
Member of the Society for Public Health Education. May 2005- Present
Member of the Society for Public Health Education, INC. Texas Chapter, March 2001-Present
Member of the Texas Public Health Association, March 2001-Present
Member of the American Public Health Association, 1994-Present
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Member of the Latino Caucus. American Public Health Association. 1997-Present
Full Member of the Society for International Nutrition Research (SIR-AIN),
November 1994-Present
Full Member of the American Institute of Nutrition (AIN), April 1994-Present
Full Member of the American Society for Clinical Nutrition (ASCN), May 1994-Present.
Member of the Arizona Latino Health Advocacy Group. Phoenix, Arizona 1998-May 2000
Member of the Board, Concilio Latino de Salud. Phoenix, Arizona, 1994.
Member of the Arizona Public Health Association, 1994
Member of the Southwest Latino Coalition, American Heart Association, 1994
Member of the Board of Directors: South Phoenix Valley Division, American Heart Association, 1992-
1994
Member of the Executive Advisory Board of the South Phoenix Valley, Division of the American Heart
Association. Phoenix, Arizona. American Heart Association (1992, 1993) Hispanic Research Center.
(June 1992). Arizona State University.
Member of the Planning Committee: Hispanic Mothers and Babies, University of Arizona and March of
Dimes Foundation, 1990-91
Board Member: Hispanic Diabetes Coalition, Phoenix, Arizona, 1990-91
2. Offices held/Special Assignments
Chair of Search Committee For Hispanic Health Disparities Faculty Position. El Paso Regional
Campus. School of Public Health. University of Texas. Health Science Center at Houston. 2006-2008.
Chairperson 2007 SOPHE MidYear Conference in Collaboration with CDC/DHPE. Seattle,
Washington, June 7-9.
Co-Chairperson 2005 Scientific Program SOPHE. Society For Public Health Education 56 th Annual
Meeting. November, 2005, New Orleans, LA.
Member of the Advisory Board Latino Caucus of APHA. September 2004- On
Member of the Executive/Management Committee, Out of Many One Initiative: A Multicultural
Action Agenda For Eliminating Health Disparities. February, 2003-On
Member of the Steering Committee, Out of Many One Initiative: A Multicultural Action Agenda For
Eliminating Health Disparities. April, 2001-On
Member of the Board of Directors. The Border Health Institute. EL Paso, Texas. June 1, 2004-June
2005
Member of the Governing Council, Texas Public Health Association, April, 2001-April 2004
Member of the Board of Directors, I Have A Dream Foundation. May 2003-March 2004
Member of the Board of Directors, Community Hospice of Texas. May, 2001- April 2002
Executive Board Officer. First Vice Chair, APHA Latino Caucus 1999- 2000. American Public Health
Association.
Chairperson 1998 Scientific Program. Latino Caucus of American Public Health Association126 th
American Public Health Association 1998 Meeting. Washington, D.C. 1998.
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Executive Board Officer Second Vice Chair. APHA Latino Caucus 1998- 1999. American Public
Health Association.
Member of National Committee with the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication
Disorders (NIDCD-NIH) as a minority health expert and as a member of the Epidemiology and Biometry
Research Program Advisory Working Group of the National Deafness and Other Communication
Disorders Advisory Council. May 1997- 2000.
Member of National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s (NHLBI-NIH) Ad Hoc Committee on Minority
Populations. Five-year Tenure Period: June 1, 1995- May 31, 2000. NHLBI’s Office of Prevention,
Education, and Control relies on the Ad Hoc Committee to provide input to its National Education
Programs regarding program development and outreach activities to minority communities and health
care professionals.
Chairperson 1997 Scientific Program. Latino Caucus of American Public Health Association. 125th
American Public Health Association 1997 Meeting. Indianapolis, Indiana. November 9-13, 1997.
Latino Caucus Executive Board Member. American Public Health Association. January -November
1997.
Chair, Research Committee: Hispanic Diabetes Coalition, Phoenix, Arizona, 1989
Teaching Experience
UT School Of Public Health- El Paso Regional Campus. June 2004-On
Chicano Health: Exploring Its Social Dimensions. Spring, Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008;
Internet Course Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011.
Epidemiologic Proposal Development- Co Teaching ITV SPH Houston Course, Summer 2005. 2006,
Spring 2008, PHEP 7499- Individual Study In Health Promotion, Fall 2004-2008.
Master’s Thesis Supervisor- UT-School of Public Health
Member of 4-7 Committees
Completed Master Thesis as Major Advisor
Raymundo Lozano- Summer 2011
Mexican Americans awareness, knowledge, and beliefs of hypertension,
Jose L. Louro- Spring 2011
A health disparities perspective on developing emerging infectious disease preparedness plans.
Laura Alexandra Jeanpierre-Summer 2010
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A promotora de salud CVD intervention: participant responses after “Su Corazon Su Vida” education.
Susan Luce- Summer 2010
Health information exchange: using metrics to address quality of care and return on investment.
Suchitra Barge- Fall 2008
Prenatal care programs in a clinic-based center in El Paso, Texas: Evaluating outcomes among Hispanic
women.
Sherrie Barber Wise- Fall 2008
Analysis of Community health worker utilization in El Paso County, Texas.
UTEP- SPH Thesis Committee Member
MS, MPH, PHD
Marcelo Korc, Fall 2011
Master in Public Health. Department of Public Health Sciences.
Application of the water poverty index in border colonias of West Texas. The University of Texas
(UTEP). College of Health Sciences.
Holly Mata, Fall 2011
PhD-Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Program
Thesis: Development and evaluation of a personalized normative feedback intervention for Hispanic
youth at high risk of smoking. The University of Texas. College of Health Sciences.
Guillermina Solis- Fall 2010
PhD- Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Program
Thesis: The co-existence of diabetes mellitus type 2 and depression symptoms in Mexican American
adults: its relation to glucose control, perceived stress, and physical health.
The University of Texas El Paso. School of Nursing.
Aurelio Saldana- Summer 2010
MS In Sociology
Thesis: The effects of acculturation on healthcare in the Mexican-origin community: El Paso County,
Texas.
The University of Texas. Department of Sociology and Anthropology.
Eva Moya- Spring 2010-
PhD Dissertation Committee Member
Tuberculosis and Stigma: Impacts on health seeking behaviors and access in Ciudad Juarez Mexico and
EL Paso, Texas
The University of Texas El Paso. Interdisciplinary Research Program.
Lana Khatib- Fall 2010
MPH Graduate Research Project
Online alumni survey for national program evaluation of community HealthCorps: analysis of indicators
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and outcomes in health care workforce development. The University of Texas at El Paso.
Estelle Regina Dutra Prado- Summer 2008
MS Graduate Research Project
Assessing community health worker’s effect on self-reported dietetic behaviors and constructs of two
models of individual behavior. Department of Health Promotion. The University of Texas at El Paso.
School of Public Health- HSC UNT-June 2000-May 2004
Social and Behavioral Dimensions of Health Disparities- SCBS 6405, Fall 2002, Fall 2003
Capstone course – PHPM 5800, Fall 2000, 2001, 2002
Language and Literacy in Latino Health- SCBS 5440- Fall 2003
McNair Scholar Summer 2003 Mentorship
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences-School of Public Health
Marivel Gomez, McNair Scholar Student, May-July 2003
McNair Scholar Summer 2002 Mentorship
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences-School of Public Health
Jatoya L. Derritt, McNair Scholar Student, May-July 2002
Zeida Rojas, McNair Scholar Student, May-July 2002
Arizona State University-1989-2000
1995-2000
Nutrition and Health Promotion/Field Experience (3 credits)
Nutrition in the Life Cycle 1 Maternal & Child (3 credits)
Community Nutrition (3 credits)
Nutrition Program Development (3 credits; Graduate Level)
Seminar in Nutrition: Nutrition Epidemiology, Public Health Nutrition
(3 credits; Graduate Level)
1989-1995
Nutrition in the Life Cycle 1 Maternal & Child (3 credits)
Nutrition in the Life Cycle 2 (3 credits)
Advanced Maternal and Child Nutrition (3 credits)
Advanced Geriatric Nutrition (3 credits; Graduate Level)
Community Nutrition (3 credits)
Nutrition Program Development (3 credits; Graduate Level)
Seminar in Nutrition: Nutrition Epidemiology, Public Health Nutrition
(3 credits; Graduate Level)
Student Advising and Master's Thesis Supervising
1989-2000 Major Advisor for several Master's students.
Completed Master's Thesis At ASU and UNTSPH:
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Deborah Bowles-Castro. May 1994. Preterm and macrosomic delivery in the
Mexican American and non-Hispanic White populations. Master of Science.
Major Advisor.
Laura Keefer. May 1994. Intrauterine growth retardation and undernutrition in
newborn infants in Mexico. Master of Science. Major Advisor.
Catherine M. Trier. December 1994. Prevalence and predictors of breast-feeding
intention and initiation among Mexican-Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites.
Master of Science. Major Advisor.
Colleen Anne Dibble. December 1995. Dietary intake and acculturation of
pregnant Mexican American women. Master of Science. Major Advisor.
Kristine J. Bott-Schirm. December 1995. Standards of birthweight for
gestation for the Mexican-American neonate in Arizona. Master of Science.
Major Advisor.
Amanda Lea Watkins. May 1997. Predictors of low birth weight and intrauterine
growth retardation among Mexican-Americans. Master of Science. Major Advisor.
Alisha Sue Chasey. May 1999. Psychosocial and cultural factors for predicting
breastfeeding initiation and duration among Mexican-American women. Major Advisor.
Amanda Medina, December 2003. Does a community health worker program work among Latino
communities? Major Advisor.
Doctoral Thesis- UNTSPH
Neda Moayyad-Major Professor
Michelle Rorie-Major Professor
Committee member for the evaluation of Master's students' theses. (5-10 students)
Department of Family Resources and Human Development, Arizona State University
1989-1999 Professor in charge of six Cowden Fellowship recipients.
These Master's degree students have been my research assistants.
Department of Family Resources and Human Development, Arizona State
University
1989-1997 Advisor for undergraduate students in Nutrition. (30-40/year)
Department of Family Resources and Human Development, Arizona State
1995-1998 University Summer Advisor Undergraduate students in Nutrition.
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Service
UT Health Science Center
Member Presidential Advisory Panel on International Travel
2010- on
UT Houston SPH
Coordinator Hispanic Public Health MPH Certificate Program 2010- on
Coordinator Research Infrastructure Regional Campuses 2010-0n
Member of the Executive Council 2008-on
Member of Practice Council 2009-on
Member of the Regional Deans Council 2006-on
Member of Search Committee, 2006- 2008.
Member of the Academic Council, June 2004-September 2005
Member of the Practice Council- October 2005-2006
Member of Research Council- 2006-2007
Member of Prime Grant Program Committee 2005-2006
UTEP
Member of the Dean’s Council, June 2004-2006.
TCOM committee memberships / UNTHSC
Member of the Promotion and Tenure Committee. September 2001-2003.
Member of the Faculty Grievance & Appeal Committee. October 2001-August 2003
TCOM committee memberships / SPH UNTHSC
Chair, Department Social and Behavioral Sciences, June 2000-2004
Director Center for Cross-Cultural and Community Health Research, July 2000-2004
Chair, Faculty Search Committee, SPH, August 2000-June 2001
Chair, Faculty Development Committee August 2000-2004
Member of the Dr.Ph. Committee, March 2002-2004
Member of the Executive Council Committee, June 2000-2004
Member of the Promotion and Tenure Development Committee, July 2000-2004
Member of the School of Public Health Admissions Committee, January 2001-July 2001
Member of the Self-Study Committee on CEPH Accreditation, Organization, Resources and Evaluation,
June 2000-June 2001
Arizona State University
Department
Member Search Committee, Family/CDE Faculty Position, 1999
Associate Chair, 1996-1999
Member Search Committee Undergraduate Advisor 1998-1999
Member Executive Committee, 1997-
Chair Ad Hoc Awards Committee, 1998-1999
Chair Search Committee, Nutrition/Family Health Position, 1997-1998
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Personnel Committee, 1993-1995, 1997-
Affirmative Action Committee, 1996-
Supports Systems Committee, 1995-1997
Member of Research Committee, Hispanic Research Center, 1995-1996
Chair Search Committee. Director Search 1994-1995
Area Coordinator (Nutrition), 1993-1995
Graduate Committee, 1990-1993
Affirmative Action Committee, 1990-1993
Member of Faculty Search Committee, 1990 Area Mandatory Advising, 1992-
College
Member of Chair’s Search Committee Department of Sociology, Fall 1997
Participation in CLAS Dean’s Council Events. Faculty Member of CLAS Renaissance Men and Women.
University
Member Of The Campus Environment Team (CET), 1996-1999
Appointed by the President of Arizona State University: Dr. Lattie Coor
Chair CET Committee 1998-1999 (In charge of budget $25,000.00).
Vice-Chair of CET in 1997-98.
The CET mission is to create and maintain a civil and just campus environment that values diversity, to
promote respect for all individuals regardless of their status, to protect free speech and academic freedom,
and to promote the pursuit of individual goals without interference from discriminatory harassment. The
CET monitors the campus environment by gathering data concerning discriminatory harassment and
reports such data annually to the University President. The CET makes recommendations to the President
with respect to specific policies and programs that help carry out the CET’s mission
Continuing Education/Leadership
Arizona State University. Leadership Academy. A component of the nationally recognized ASU
Management Development Program. Selected as a member of the 1997-1998 Leadership Academy.
The Leadership Academy is designed to assist middle-and senior-level managers in expanding their
knowledge on the processes and procedures of the institution. The Academy met approximately every
other Thursday morning during the academic year 1997-1998.
UT Health Science Center at Houston. Leadership Summit 2004. September 8, 2004. Because
leadership matters, this first-of-its-kind event seeks to bring together those who comprise the Leadership
Team of the UT Health Science Center at Houston. By invitation-only summit.
(November 30, 2011 HB)
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