Dr. Oxana Palesh is an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford University Medical Center. Her research is in the area of cancer control. She is primarily interested in investigating the impact of cancer treatments on sleep, fatigue and quality of life. Dr. Palesh’s current projects include… read more
St. David’s CHPR Colloquia Series: “Health and social outcomes of young adults who experienced foster care” – Oct. 18, 2019
Dr. Monica Faulkner is a research associate professor at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work and the director and co-founder of the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing. She holds bachelor degrees in government and social work from The University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Social… read more
St. David’s CHPR Colloquia Series: “Patient-Generated Data: Implications for Precision Behavioral Nutrition” – Sept. 20, 2019
Dr. Marissa Burgermaster is an assistant professor of population health at Dell Medical School and an assistant professor of nutritional sciences at UT’s College of Natural Sciences. Her research applies data science and human-computer interaction methods to improve nutrition and community health. Prior to joining UT, Burgermaster completed a postdoctoral… read more
Call for Letters of Interest to Submit a 2020 Pilot Research Grant Proposal – Deadline: Sept. 18, 2019, 12 noon
The St. David’s Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations (St. David’s CHPR) provides pilot seed-monies to full-time faculty and research scientists to conduct small projects deemed necessary to move their programs of research forward. These projects are designed to facilitate interdisciplinary and collaborative research that… read more