Faculty
Maria Duarte-Gardea, PhD, RD, LD
Department Chair
Research Interests: Nutrition and Chronic Diseases Prevention, Woman’s Health, Environmental Health.
moduarte@utep.edu
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Ximena Burgos, PhD
Lecturer
Research Interests: Nutrition through the life cycle and Chronic disease prevention. Nutritional Epidemiology
xburgos@utep.edu
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Carla Campbell, MD, MS, FAAP
MPH Program Director
Research Interest: Global Health and Environmental Health in Vulnerable Populations
ccampbell3@utep.edu
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Jeannie Concha, PhD
Assistant Professor of Public Health
Research Interests: Hispanic Disparities in Diabetes, Mental Health and Coping, Cultural Health Beliefs, Community Health.
jeannie@utep.edu
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Delfina Dominguez, PhD, MT (ASCP)
Professor
Research Interests: Infectious Diseases, Antimicrobial Resistance
delfina@utep.edu
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Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, MD, PhD
Lecturer/ Research Scholar
Research interests: Occupational and Environmental Health, Ergonomics.
gabmejiia@utep.edu
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Oralia Loza, PhD
Assistant Profssor
Research interests: Health Disparities, Border Health in HIV/STI Prevention
oloza@utep.edu
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Thenral D. Mangadu, PhD
Associate Professor
Research Interest: Minority health disparities related to HIV, Substance Abuse and HCV prevention; Nutrition in special populations; Violence Prevention. Program Evaluation. Global health disparities
tdmangadu@utep.edu
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Christina Sobin, PhD
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Developmental cognitive neuroscience; stress and the developing brain; the effects on neurocognitive development and function of low-level toxic exposures and stress in minority and underserved children.
casobin@utep.edu
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Leah Whigham, PhD, FTOS
Associate Professor
Research Interest: obesity and energy balance, healthy nutrition and biomarkers, physical activity
ldwhigham@utep.edu
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Cynthia I. Wittenburg, MS
Lecturer
Research Interest: pediatric and adult cancer survivorship, exercise regimes during and after treatment, exercise and neuropathy, quality of life in cancer survivors.
cwittenburg@utep.edu
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