Faculty Research Affiliates
The SIRC Faculty Research Affiliate (FRA) program supports ASU faculty engaged in research, teaching or service focused on minority health and health disparities research, training, and community engagement. Through a rigorous application process, appointed FRAs can receive methodological and statistical support, access to an extensive measures library and data sets, grant development and implementation support, and access to a network of health disparities researchers and national/international community partners.
For more information about our FRA program, please contact: Stephanie Ayers, PhD, Director of Research, stephanie.l.ayers@asu.edu
Faculty Research Affiliates
Mary Ellen Brown, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Social Work
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
Kristin Ferguson, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Social Work
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
Alexis Koskan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Nutrition and Health Promotion
Judy Krysik, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Director, Center for Child Wellbeing, School of Social Work
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
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
Monica Tsethlikai, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, 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
Lela Williams, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Shiyou Wu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
Qi Wu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
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