Faculty with Research Expertise in Understanding Mechanisms to Prevent and Treat Biological Injury

Research Areas:

• Current research focus is on sleep, cognition and behavior in school-aged children.
  

• The effects of continuous positive airway pressure therapy on cognition as assessed by fMRI.
  

Research Areas:

• Integrated Biobehavioral Approaches, Such as Genetics, Physiological, and Psychological Factors in Health Promotion amd Disease Prevention.
  

• Adherence to Exercise and Physical Activity to Prevent and Treat Illnesses
  

• Reducing Risks of Disease and Promoting Health through Healthy Lifestyles and Behavior Changes
  

• Self Management of Diseases, Symptoms, and Functional Status to Improve Quality of Life
  

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Research Areas:

• Pediatric diabetes; Cardiovascular risks in youth with diabetes; Exercise interventions for youth with diabetes or who are at risk for diabetes
  

Research Areas:

• Outcomes following neurovascular injuries, such as ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, and subarachnoid hemorrhage
  

• Genetic influences on outcomes following neurovascular injury.
  

• Mediators of cerebral vasospasm following aneursymal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
  

Research Areas:

• Biobehavioral approaches to investigating cognitive function including associations to aging (cognitive aging), illness (particularly in cardiovascular disease) and treatment.
  

• Changes in cognitive processes associated with development.
  

• Interventions to enhance self management in chronic illness.
  

• The Effects of Treatment on Cognitive Function
  

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Research Areas:

• Breast cancer metastasis and vascular injury
  

• Stress and altered health, particularly prolonged wound healing
  

• Development of biological models to study clinically-relevant problems
  

Research Areas:

• Cell culture
  

• Traumatic brain injury
  

• Infectious disease
  

• Biomarkers of Central Nervous System injury (Cancer)
  

Research Areas:

• Central Nervous System Toxicity of Cancer Therapy
  

• Biological and Behavioral Interventions to Improve CNS outcomes in Children with Leukemia
  

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Research Areas:

• Cancer-Related Fatigue
  

• Fatigue Measurement
  

• Underlying Mechanisms of Fatigue
  

• Translation of NCCN Evidence-Based Guidelines
  

• Symptom Clusters (Fatigue, Pain, Depression, Insomnia)
  

• Decreased Functional Status
  

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Research Areas:

• My research focuses on the mechanisms of injury after stroke (cerebral ischemia and reperfusion).
  

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Research Areas:

• cardiovascular disease prevention and risk factor reduction
  

• Tai Chi exercise
  

• physical activity among diverse groups of adults
  

Research Areas:

• Health care delivery systems and outcomes
  

• Cost-effective interventions
  

• Culturally sensitive interventions for Latinos with type 2 diabetes.
  

• Diabetes Prevention
  

Research Areas:

• My program of research focuses on factors that affect cardiovascular health outcomes.
  

• My current funded research (NIH RO1 NR05329) is directed toward the development of sensitive and reliable methods to enhance early diagnosis and management of patients with acute coronary syndromes, especially in patients with acute posterior MI.
  

• Another area of interest is to determine presenting symptoms of acute myocardial infarction in women, minorities, and elderly, who have long delay in seeking care during acute myocardial infarction.
  

• I am very interested in cardiovascular risk management as well as clinical gentics of cardiovascular diseases.
  

• My clinical interests focus on cardiovascular risk management, including diabetes, dyslipidemia, and hypertension, and how pharmacogenetics play a role in managing these multifactorial genetic conditions.
  

• I also have research and clinical expertise in electrocardiology, including detection of acute myocardial ischemia and arrhythmias.