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: Shannon Johnson, Center Operations Manager, at shannon.k.johnson@asu.edu. 

Clinical Research Affiliates

Dean Coonrod, M.D.
Maricopa Integrated Health Systems 

Crista Johnson-Agbakwu, M.D., M.Sc., F.A.C.O.G.
Maricopa Integrated Health Systems - Refugee Women's Health Clinic
Assistant Research Professor, School of Social Work
Director, SIRC Office of Refugee Health

Faculty Research Affiliates

Elizabeth Anthony, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Social Work

David Becerra, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work

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

Felipe Castro, Ph.D.
Professor, College of Nursing and Health Innovation

Jose Causadias, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, The Sanford School

Angela Chia-Chen Chen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, College of Nursing and Health Innovation

Katie Cotter, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work

Olga Davis, Ph.D.
Professor, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication

Frank R. Dillon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Counseling & Counseling Psychology

Lubayna Fawcett, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Adjunct Faculty, SIRC

Kristin Ferguson-Colvin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Social Work

Kate Fox, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Haiwei Gu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Nutrition and Health Promotion

David Hodge, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Social Work

Lynn Holley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Social Work

Kelly Jackson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Social Work

Bertram Jacobs, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Life Sciences

Diana Jacobson, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Nursing and Health Innovation 

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

Alexis Koskan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Nutrition and Health Promotion
U54 Pilot Project PI

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

Craig LeCroy, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Social Work

Rebecca Lee, Ph.D.
Professor, College of Nursing and Health Innovation

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

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 

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

Joanna Lucio, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School Of Public Affairs

Tennille Marley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

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

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

Aggie Noah, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Social Transformation

Hyunsung Oh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
U54 Pilot Project PI

Stephanie Lechuga-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

Lisa Spanierman, Ph.D.
Professor, Integrative Sciences & Arts

Seline Szkupinski Quiroga, Ph.D.
Program Manager, School of Transborder Studies

Monica Tsethlikai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Sanford School of Social & Family Dynamics

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

Karin Wachter, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work

Corrie Whisner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Nutrition and Health Promotion

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

Qi Wu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work

Shiyou Wu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work

Hyung Chol (Brandon) Yoo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Social Transformation

National Faculty Research Affiliates

Cecilia Ayon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Public Policy, University of California Riverside

Noe Crespo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, San Diego State University

Maria (Hilda) Garcia Perez, Ph.D.
Investigator, El Colegio do la Frontera Norte AC

Jennifer Glick, Ph.D.
Professor & Director, Population Research Institute, Penn State University

Eric Hedberg, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist, NORC, University of Chicago

Airín D. Martinez, Ph.D. 
Presidential Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor, Ethnicity, Race & Migration and American Studies, Yale University

Scott Okamoto, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Hawaii Pacific University

Cindy Sangalang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services, California State University, Los Angeles

Carlos Santos, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Social Welfare, University of California, Los Angeles

Alyson Shapiro, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Child and Family Development, San Diego State University

Fei Sun, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Michigan State University

Adriana Umana-Taylor, Ph.D.
Professor, Graduate School of Education, Harvard 

Scott Yabiku, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology, Penn State University

Luis E. Zayas, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, College of Doctoral Studies, Grand Canyon University