The Faculty Research Affiliate (FRA) program at SIRC connects and provides resources for ASU faculty who are engaged in research focused on health disparities and health equity in alignment with SIRC’s vision, mission, commitments, and scientific and strategic priorities.

The FRA program is grounded in a team science approach. It relies on regular collaborative participation of its members and leverages the strengths, knowledge, skills, and expertise of researchers across different disciplines. To maintain an active and successful program, we strongly encourage all affiliates to contribute and participate regularly throughout the year. There are manydifferent opportunities for participation as outlined below. In addition, you have access to the many resources SIRC offers to support you and your research (including methodological and scientific mentorship as well as administrative grants management support).

For more information about our FRA program, please contact: Stephanie Ayers, PhD, Director of Research, stephanie.l.ayers@asu.edu

Faculty Research Affiliates

Shanondora Billiot, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work

Mary Ellen Brown, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Social Work

Fiorella Carlos Chavez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation

Olga Davis, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Barrett, The Honors College, Downtown Phoenix Campus

Frank Dillon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, College of Integrative Science and Arts

Bradley Doebbeling, M.D.
Professor, College of Health Solutions, and Senior Global Futures Scientist, Global Futures Scientists and Scholars

Kristin Ferguson, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Social Work

Rachel Gur-Arie, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation

Justin Jager, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics

Tina Jiwatram-Negrón, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
U54 Pilot PI, Intersecting Global Epidemics Right at Home: Understanding the Impact of Intimate Partner Violence Among HIV- Positive Women and Their Engagement in the HIV Continuum of Care

Alexis Koskan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Nutrition and Health Promotion
U54 Pilot PI, Community Pharmacists Vaccinating Against Cancer (CPVAC): A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Aimed at Increasing HPV Vaccine Completion Rates Among Racially/Ethnically Diverse Youth

Judy Krysik, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Director, Center for Child Wellbeing, School of Social Work

Sara Lindstrom Johnson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics

Kristina Lopez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work

Vera Lopez, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Social Transformation

Natasha Mendoza, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Social Work

Felicia Mitchell, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work

Hyungsung Oh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Social Work
U54 Pilot PI, Uncovering Functions of Social Networks Associated with Diabetes Management among Latino Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Social Support, Health Literacy, and Trust in Physicians

Chinedum Ojinnaka, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, College of Health Solutions

Stephanie Peña, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work

Roseanne Schuster, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Scientist, School of Human Evolution & Social Change and Director of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Practice and Innovation, Global Impact Collaboratory

Gabriel Shaibi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Director, Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, College of Nursing & Health Innovation
U54 Project PI, Follow-up of a Culturally-Grounded Diabetes Prevention Program for Obese Latino Adolescents

Connor Sheehan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, T. Denny Sanford School of Social & Family Dynamics
U54 Pilot PI, Neighborhood Cumulative Exposures Beginning in Adolescence and Sleep Disparities in Adulthood: A Nationally Representative Perspective  

Monica Tsethlikai, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, T. Denny Sanford School of Social & Family Dynamics

Edward D. Vargas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Transborder Studies

Sonia Vega-Lopez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Nutrition and Health Promotion
U54 Project PI, Multi-level Effects of a Parenting Intervention for Enhancing Latino Youth Health Behaviors 

Karin Wachter, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
U54 Pilot PI, “Something is Missing Here”: Culturally Relevant Measurements of Social Support Among Congolese Refugee Women in Resettlement

Lela Williams, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Social Work

Shiyou Wu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
U54 Pilot PI, Reducing Health Disparities among Homeless Young Adults: Using Social Determinants of Health Perspective  

Qi Wu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
U54 Pilot PI, Family Camp for Kinship Foster Families of African American Children: An Adaptation and Pilot Study Aimed at Improving Children’s Behavioral Health by Strengthening Family Functioning

Aggie Yellow Horse, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Social Transformation

Clinical Research Affiliates

Dean Coonrod, M.D.
Chair and Director of Research for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Valleywise Health