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

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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