Lisa Rosas
Academic Appointments
- Instructor, Medicine - Stanford Prevention Research Center
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Contact Information
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 575-9519
Professional Overview
Professional Education
| MPH: | University of California Berkeley, Maternal and Child Health (2002) |
| PhD: | University of California Berkeley, Epidemiology (2008) |
Community and International Work
- Vivamos Activos Fair Oaks, Redwood City, CA
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
1. Latino Immigrant Health: Binational approach to understanding health of Latino immigrant populations by studying groups in sending communities (primarily Mexico) and receiving communities in the US with a focus on modifiable risk factors and preventable environmental exposures.
2. Childhood and adolescent obesity: Design, implementation and analysis of community-based observational studies aimed at understanding determinants of dietary intake, obesity and metabolic syndrome among children and adolescents of primarily Mexican descent both in the US and Mexico with a focus on social, familial, and environmental determinants as well as early-life/in utero exposures.
3. Multi-level community-based intervention strategies: Design and evaluation of community-driven intervention strategies including innovative individual-level health education, family-based behavior change, community-wide health promotion, and health policies particularly in the areas of prenatal health, diet, physical activity, and environmental health.
4, Socioeconomic and racial/ethnic health disparities: Epidemiologic and qualitative approach to documenting and understanding disparities in disease risk factors and outcomes as well as toxic environmental exposures, with a focus on immigrant populations.
Publications
- Practical Research strategies for reducing social and racial/ethnic disparities in obesity Int J Obesity. 2012; (2 [suppl]): S16- S22
- Factors associated with overweight and obesity among children of Mexican descent: results of a binational study. J Immigr Minor Health. 2011; (1): 169-80
- Maternal perception of child weight among Mexicans in California and Mexico. Matern Child Health J. 2010; (6): 886-94
- Dietary associations of household food insecurity among children of Mexican descent: results of a binational study. J Am Diet Assoc. 2009; (12): 2001-9
- An employer-based online tool for providing appropriate asprin use advice. In Press: Prim Prev Insights.
- Pregnancy glucose levels in women without diabetes or gestational diabetes and childhood cardiometabolic risk at 7 years of age In press: Pediatrics.
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