ReSeaRCh MaTTeRS December 2010 newsletter 1

Research Matters
December 2010
newsletter
KNOWLEDGE KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES.
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New facility to boost biomedical research
Through the support of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and
the federal stimulus program, UTB/TSC will continue to increase their
biomedical research presence in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
As UTB/TSC seeks to continue its momentum in research infrastructure
development, a dedicated biomedical research facility of approximately
8,452 net square feet will break ground in 2012. This new construction
will consist of six research labs, offices for investigators and support
space. Located adjacent to the new Biomedical Research and Health
Professions Building complex which is currently under construction,
this new facility will provide research space for investigators studying
diseases that affect our local community and nation.
Welcome to our Division of Research newsletter, Research
Matters. Whether you are a prospective student,
researcher, or community member, we hope you will
find the information in this and future newsletters to be
useful. There are many exciting stories of research and
discoveries at our university and only a small sample is
contained in this first newsletter. Each newsletter will
highlight a different area of research on our campus; this
first issue is dedicated to biomedical/health research.
Research is a unique means that we have to address major
issues affecting our community. It empowers the minds of
our future community leaders, health professionals, teacher,
engineers, artists, and scientists. It gives us the tools to
assess and correct social inequalities. It improves access to
health and education. It creates solutions to an environment
endangered by a fast-growing population. It constitutes an
engine to transform our economy by creating well-paid jobs and
paving the road for future careers. Research is a powerful tool
to improve the quality of life in our community. Embracing the
research enterprise will aid our South Texas region in closing
the gaps with the wealthier communities/regions of the U.S.
Research is also fun. Our undergraduate and graduate
students, staff and faculty work together in the exciting
process of discovery. One such program for undergraduate
students, the MBRS RISE, is highlighted in this issue. Many
of our other research areas on campus also have programs
that provide opportunities for students to directly participate
in research. Our community members – and particularly our
young people – are counting on us to open opportunities that
had been largely unavailable to them in the past. That is why,
as the Vice President for Research, I am committed to direct,
foster, and expand the research enterprise at UTB/TSC.
UTB/TSC received a notice of grant award from the NIH earlier this year in
the amount of $3,993,085.Through its continued research development
efforts, UTB/TSC is moving towards becoming the leading health-related
research institution that addresses the health disparities and growing
health needs of this region.
Health concerns are often complicated and transcend single scientific
disciplines and national boundaries. A single-minded approach often
leads only to limited solutions. UTB/TSC is, therefore, working to expand
its biomedical/health related research through the development of
an Institute for Human Health (IH²). This new institute will foster
and support basic, translational, clinical, and public health research
that encourages both innovation and interdisciplinary studies. The
IH² will also promote collaborations of UTB/TSC scientists and health
professionals with community partners as well as national and
international researchers to more effectively address our most pressing
health issues.
UTB/TSC firmly believes that the continued development of sustainable
biomedical research at their campuses will have a significant local,
regional and state impact. Such programs will not only create knowledge
and impact research faculty and students, they will also stimulate
economic development in our community and contribute towards
reducing the health disparities in our communities and state.
We encourage everyone to be part of our research
enterprise. Through research, you can improve the life
of millions. Join us. Be part of the excitement!
-Luis Colom, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice President for Research
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UTB/TSC Researcher focusES on Diabetes in our
community
Diabetes affects many families and targets its victims regardless of
age, gender or race. It has become a leading cause of death among
Americans and a gateway for other health complications. Given the
severity of this disease, UTB/TSC researcher Anne Rentfro, Ph.D.,
RN, focuses her efforts toward finding preventative measures and
solutions to this epidemic affecting our region.
“Brownsville is a good place to conduct diabetes research because
the disorder is so prevalent, and the people here will benefit from the
research resources placed in this region,” Rentfro said.
Rentfro, an associate professor in the UTB/TSC nursing program, has
studied the local population in order to develop preventive measures
for the disease and to document its correlation with obesity.
Prevalence rates are key to combating diabetes in the Lower
Rio Grande Valley. Rentfro works closely with The University of
Texas Health Science Center’s Regional Academic Health Center
in Brownsville as one of the investigators studying diabetes and
diabetes related diseases. In these local studies, over 20 percent of
the population had diabetes and another 23 percent were at risk of
developing diabetes. Many men had diabetes that had not yet been
diagnosed (5 percent). Additionally, over 80 percent of participants
were overweight or obese, which places them at high risk to develop
the disease.
Most of Rentfro’s work is done through the Clinical Research Unit
(CRU) at the Edelstein Building at Valley Baptist Medical CenterBrownsville. This CRU is also NIH-funded as part of the Centers for
Translational Studies Awards received by The University of Texas
Health Science Center-Houston School Of Public Health-Brownsville
Regional Campus.
“Work in this area requires collaboration with many researchers to be
effective. Other collaborators in this project are Drs. Susan P. FisherHoch, Belinda M. Reininger and Cristina Barroso from the Brownsville
Regional Campus School of Public Health and Dr. Sarasthway Nair of
UTB/TSC.
Rentfro has an extensive career and has witnessed the transition
of research to field implementation, based on the findings. While
there are challenges facing research, the need for better health
and community prosperity outweigh them. Rentfro is committed to
continuing her research efforts toward finding the best ways to detect
prevent and treat diabetes for the benefit of all.
Dr. Anne Rentfro, Ph.D., R.N. researches
preventative measures for diabetes and
its correlation with obesity.
Rentfro’s research interests involve seeking interventions to prevent
diabetes and obesity for families. That involves “working with families
between 20 and 30 years of age and developing strategies for
intervention that are family focused,” she said.
About 40 percent of Hispanic children between 10 and 17 years old
are obese in the United States, according to the U.S.-Mexico Border
Health Commission. In Texas, according to published reports, this
number is even higher at 46.8 percent, with even higher numbers at
the border.
Rentfro recalls that what led her to a career in researching diabetes
was that she was “very involved in research with a nursing emphasis,
even in my undergraduate program, starting as a research assistant.
And I would recommend that people do not stop their educational
journey.” Rentfro has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the
University of Rochester in New York and a master’s in medical surgical
nursing specializing in diabetes with a minor in clinical education.
In 2009 she acquired her Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing from the
University of Arizona where her studies focused on working with
vulnerable populations, border health and biologic mechanisms of
diabetes.
The National Institute of Health’s Center for Minority Heath and Health
Disparities funds Rentfro’s research through a grant program called
Center of Excellence for Diabetes in Americans of Mexican Descent.
Joseph B. McCormick is the principal investigator of this grant, which
is in its second 5-year term and is scheduled to run through 2013.
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UTB/TSC scientist leads search
for new epilepsy treatments
Emilio Garrido Sanabria, M.D., Ph.D., delves into what goes in neuronal
cells and circuits that transform a normal brain into an epileptic brain.
A neuroscientist in the UTB/TSC Department of Biological Sciences,
Garrido leads a group of researchers in the search for new therapeutic
approaches for treating epilepsy. His research is aimed at discovering
the underlying molecular mechanisms of epilepsy. By understanding
what occurs in the brain during an epileptic attack, Garrido hopes
to one day develop new treatments to combat the devastating
neurological disease which affects more than two million Americans.
Garrido said that approximately 30 percent of epilepsy patients cannot
be treated by conventional pharmacological methods. The challenge
is to find new drugs to help those patients whose disease cannot be
treated with existing approaches. His research laboratory is federally
funded by the National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Strokes
(NINDS), which is division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Garrido joined UTB/TSC as a research assistant professor in 2003.
He was promoted to assistant professor in 2004 and associate
professor in 2009. Over this time, he has developed a research
program in the neurobiology of epilepsy and has mentored
multiple graduate and undergraduate students in neuroscience
research. His laboratory has adopted cell and molecular biology
techniques, histology, electrophysiology and functional imaging
to investigate the basic mechanisms of this neurological disorder.
UTB/TSC students participating in the lab learn those lab techniques
while investigating the basic mechanisms of epilepsy. They use
those skills in the laboratory team’s cutting-edge research to find
the causes and cures for epilepsy. His research areas include
development of gene therapies and nanotechnology for the treatment
of epilepsy. In this area, Garrido’s laboratory is collaborating with
a biotechnology company, Synergene Therapeutics, and with a
leader in the area of nanomedicine, Dr. Esther Chang from Lombardi
Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University.
Garrido is very active in applying for funding, forming synergistic
collaborations with other scientists and publishing his work. His
research activities are supported by grants from an NIH/NINDS
Support of Competitive Research Advancement Award. He also
recently submitted a multiple-principle-investigator proposal with
Professor Patric Stanton from New York Medical College of Medicine.
The proposal is for a Research Project Grant (R01) from NIH/NINDS
that will use advanced neuroimaging techniques (two-photon
confocal microscopy) to address scientific problems in epilepsy.
He is also currently collaborating with Dr. Romanovicz and Dr.
Jones from The University of Texas at Austin in a project involving
electron microscopy. Furthermore, Garrido’s research has produced
12 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals in the last three
years, which were co-authored by more than 10 UTB/TSC students.
Garrido earned his M.D. from the Institute of Medical Sciences, Havana,
Cuba, in 1995 and his Ph.D. in neuroscience from the Universidade
Federal de Sao Paulo (Federal University at Sao Paulo), Brazil, in
1999. He continued his education with postdoctoral training in the
Department of Physiology at Hebrew University, the Physiology
Institute at Humbolt University, Berlin, and the University of MarylandBaltimore School of Medicine before joining UTB/TSC in 2003.
Dr. Emilio Garrido, M.D., Ph.D. engages in
research for new approaches to treat epilepsy.
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UTB/TSC students RISE to the occasion
Students who want a head start on careers in biomedical or behavioral
research have an enticing opportunity available to them at UTB/TSC.
The Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) Research
Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (R.I.S.E.) pairs UTB/TSC
faculty mentors with science-minded undergraduates who have
a passion for research. Under the guidance of a faculty member
and with support from the National Institute for Health (NIH),
the students get paid $10 per hour for hands-on experience they
receive in a biomedical-sciences research laboratory and enjoy
opportunities to participate in workshops on and off campus.
To gain admission to the MBRS-R.I.S.E. program, full-time science
students must have a 3.0 GPA and must maintain that average to
continue in the program. Candidates are encouraged to sit for the
SAT or ACT prior to admission, and they must submit a written essay
on their desire to take part in a biomedical research program.
“Most of all they must have the desire to get their Ph.D.,” said
Sandra Gerace, MBRS-R.I.S.E. program coordinator at UTB/TSC.
Research opportunities currently available or that will be available to
students are diverse. They include research into diseases including
Alzheimer’s, epilepsy, cancer, diabetes, tuberculosis and infectious
diseases. Other research areas include bioengineering, bioinformatics,
chemistry, forensic science, medicinal plants, neuroscience,
nutrition, obesity, biophysics, psychology and public health.
MBRS-R.I.S.E. is designed to increase the number of
minorities completing undergraduate degrees and
continuing on to Ph.D. degrees in biomedical sciences.
Students accepted into the MBRS-R.I.S.E. program also participate in
summer research programs at cooperating institutions such as Rice
University, Michigan State University, University of Pennsylvania,
Brown University, University of Utah and Texas A&M University.
Graduates of the program have continued their education and research
at universities such as Harvard University, Baylor College of Medicine,
University of Wisconsin, Colorado State University and The University
of Texas Medical Branches in Galveston, Houston and San Antonio.
The program has accomplished much toward providing UTB/
TSC students with research and professional opportunities
they may otherwise not have had, said Dr. Eldon Nelson, dean
of the school of health sciences and the principal investigator
for the MBRS-R.I.S.E. project. Prior to the program’s start here
in 2004, there were very few UTB/TSC students engaged in
scientific research, especially on the biomedical side, he said.
The R.I.S.E. program is now in its seventh year and has received
more than $2 million in grant support from the NIH. R.I.S.E. is part
of NIH’s Minority Biomedical Research Support program, which
is geared to strengthening the research capabilities of minority
institutions and providing for student participation in research.
Seventeen students are enrolled in the R.I.S.E. program for
2010-2011, and they work up to 15 hours per week in the
laboratory, depending on their individual program. Most
participants are juniors and seniors, though a few underclassmen
are admitted into a limited phase of the program.
The R.I.S.E. program at UTB/TSC is supported by award
no. R25GM065925 from the National Institute of General
Medical Sciences. The content of this article is solely the
responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily
represent the official views of the National Institute of General
Medical Sciences or the National Institutes of Health.
“The program has been quite extraordinary
at this university,” Nelson said.
RISE students at SACNAS National Conference
One of the opportunities Nelson cited was the Sept. 29 through Oct.
3 annual meeting of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and
Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), which was held in Anaheim,
Calif. Through grant support from the NIH and the National Institute
of General Medical Sciences, 15 UTB/TSC scholars attended the
meeting. Three of the UTB/TSC scholars presented research projects
from the summer program, including Chief Scholar Ileana Garcia.
Garcia, whose interest in science dates back to the 6th grade, said
that gaining admission to the UTB/TSC program was more than an
opportunity to do lab research. Participation also meant workshops in
mathematics and humanities and contact with prominent scientists
from other institutions that will open doors to future opportunities.
“We are able to network with those scientists,” she said.
Garcia, a neuroscience researcher working on finding
treatments for epilepsy, plans to apply for admission to
graduate programs at 10 universities. Her goal is a research
career in the pharmaceutical or other biomedical industries.
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Congratulations
Since Sept. 1, 2009, UTB/TSC has received over $15.6 million in new
research grant awards. Four of these awards are supported through
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) program.
Congratulations to the following principal and co-investigators on their
new grant awards to support their research initiatives:
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Dr. Eric Linder. (Biological Sciences), Palo Alto Battlefield Bird
Monitoring Project from the National Park Service ($4,857)
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Dr. Michael Van Wagenen. (History), Develop a Cultural Landscape
Inventory of the 1846 Era Fort Brown Texas (American Battlefield
Program), National Park Service ($26,000)
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Dr. Elizabeth Heise. (Chemistry and Environmental Sciences),
Water Quality Management Planning under the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Subaward from Texas A&MKingsville - ARRA ($47,594)
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Dr. Luis Colom. (Division of Research), Construction of a
Biomedical Research Facility at UTB/TSC, National Institutes of
Health and ARRA ($3,993,085)
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Dr. Eric Linder. (Biological Sciences), Potential Importance of the
Tamaulipas Laguna Madre as Winter Habitat for the Piping Plover,
Canadian Wildlife ($23,005)
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Dr. Malik Rakhmanov. (Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy),
Light Storage and Amplification in Photonic Crystal Nanocavities,
Subaward from Rice University ($181,292)
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Drs. Luis Colom, Michael Lehker, Daniele Provenzano, and Emilio
Garrido. (Center for Biomedical Studies), Developing Biomedical
Research Infrastructure at UTB/TSC, National Institutes of Health
($2,595,038)
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Drs. Liyu Zhang, Hansheng Lei and Lappoon Tang. (Computer
Sciences), Promoting Postbaccaulaureate Opportunities for
Hispanic Americans, Department of Education ($2,595,038)
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Drs. Mario Diaz, Fredrick Jenet, Volker Quetschke Matthew
Benacquista and Malik Rakhmanov. (Center for Gravitational
Wave Astronomy), Center for Gravitational Astronomy, NASA
($5,000,000)
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Dr. Teviet Creighton. (Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy),
Radio Telescopes and Gravitational-Wave Observatories: Two
Windows on the Same Universe, National Science Foundation and
ARRA ($80,000)
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Drs. Hansheng Lei, Juan R. Iglesias, Matthew Benacquista
and Soma Mukherjee. (Computer Sciences and Physics),
MRI: Acquisition of Futuro: A Computing Cluster for Integrated
Research and Education, National Science Foundation and ARRA
($704,293)
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2009-2010 biomedical/health related research
publications by UTB/TSC faculty include:
Barroso CS, Kelder SH, Springer AE, Smith CL, Ranjit N,
Ledingham C, Hoelscher DM. (2009) Senate Bill 42:
implementation and impact on physical activity in middle
schools. J Adolesc Health. 45(3 Suppl):S82-90.
Bartholomeusz C, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Kazansky A, Krishnamurthy
S, Liu P, Yuan LX, Yamasaki F, Liu S, Hayashi N, Zhang D, Esteva FJ,
Hortobagyi GN, Ueno NT. (2010) PEA-15 inhibits tumorigenesis
in an MDA-MB-468 triple-negative breast cancer xenograft model
through increased cytoplasmic localization of activated extracellular
signal-regulated kinase. Clin Cancer Res. 16(6):1802-11.
Bell AJ, Guerra C, Phung V, Nair S, Seetharam R, Satir
P. (2009) GEF1 is a ciliary Sec7 GEF of Tetrahymena
thermophila. Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 66(8):483-99
Isokawa M. (2009) Time-dependent induction of CREB
phosphorylation in the hippocampus by the endogenous
cannabinoid. Neurosci Lett.,457(1):53-7.
Kodirov SA, Jasiewicz J, Amirmahani P, Psyrakis D, Bonni K,
Wehrmeister M, Lutz B. (2010) Endogenous cannabinoids
trigger the depolarization-induced suppression of excitation
in the lateral amygdala. Learn Mem 17: 43-49.
Kodirov SA, Zhuravlev VL, Safonova TA, Kurilova LS, Krutetskaya
ZI. (2010) Superfamily of voltage dependent K+ channels:
structure, functions and pathology. Tsitologiia. 52: 697-714.
Berrout J, Isokawa M. (2009) Homeostatic and stimulus-induced
coupling of the L-type Ca2+ channel to the ryanodine receptor in
the hippocampal neuron in slices. Cell Calcium. 46(1):30-8.
Lee Y, Tharp WG, Dixon AE, Spaulding L, Trost S, Nair S, Permana PA,
Pratley RE. (2009). Dysregulation of CB1 expression in subcutaneous
adipocytes of obese individuals. Animal Cells and Systems 13:371-379.
Colom LV, Castañeda MT, Bañuelos C, Puras G, García-Hernández
A, Hernandez S, Mounsey S, Benavidez J, Lehker C. (2010) Medial
septal beta-amyloid 1-40 injections alter septo-hippocampal
anatomy and function. Neurobiol Aging. 31(1):46-57.
Lee Y, Tokraks S, Nair S, Bogardus C and Permana PA. (2009)
Identification of Novel “Alternatively spliced Transcripts
of RBMS3 in Skeletal Muscle with correlations to insulin
action in vivo” J. Exp. Biomed. Sci. 15:301-307
Cuellar JN, Isokawa M (2010 accepted) Ghrelin-induced increase
in pCREB expression and its negative regulation by endogenous
cannabinoid in the hippocampus. Neuropharmacology.
Ermolinsky BS, Skinner F, Garcia I, Arshasamanb MF, Otalora LF, Zarei
MM, Garrido-Sanabria ER. (2010 in press) Upregulation of STREX splice
variant of the large conductance Ca(2+)-activated potassium (BK)
channel in a rat model of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurosci Res.
Estrada NM, Isokawa M. (2009) Metabolic Demand Stimulates
CREB Signaling in the Limbic Cortex: Implication for the
Induction of Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity by Intrinsic
Stimulus for Survival. Front Syst Neurosci.3:5.
McCormick JB, Yan C, Ballou J, Salinas Y, Reininger B, Gay J, Cavillo
F, Wilson J. Gaines, Lopez L, Fisher-Hoch SP. (2010) Local response
to H1N1 in a US Mexico border community: local experience with
the national preparedness plan. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism:
Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science 8(3): 1-10.
McEwen MM, Rentfro A, Vincent D. (2009) Diabetes care in the
US–México border region. Nurse Practitioner, 34(3), 14-21.
Metzler R, Ambjornsson T, Hanke A, Fogedby HC.
(2009) Single DNA denaturation and bubble dynamics,
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21, 034111.
Fisher-Hoch SP, Rentfro AR, Salinas JJ, Perez A, Brown HS, Reininger
BM, Restrepo BI, Wilson JG, Hossain MM, Rahbar MH, Hanis CM,
McCormick JB. (2010) Socioeconomic status and prevalence of
obesity and diabetes in a Mexican American community, Cameron
County, Texas, 2004–2007, Preventing Chronic Disease, 7(3):1-10.
García-Hernández A, Bland BH, Facelli JC, Colom LV. (2010) Septohippocampal networks in chronic epilepsy. Exp Neurol. 222(1):86-92.
Garrido-Sanabria E, Pacheco LF, Skinner F, Oliveira MS, Garcia
I, Farrel B, Arshadmansab MF, Pandari T, Robles L, Rosas G,
Ermolinsky BS, Mello CF. (2010 accepted) Chronic deficit in the
expression of voltage-gated potassium channel Kv3.4 subunit in the
hippocampus of pilocarpine-treated epileptic rats. Brain Research
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Guevara J Jr, Prashad N, Ermolinsky B, Gaubatz JW, Kang D,
Schwarzbach AE, Loose DS, Guevara NV. (2010) Apo B100
similarities to viral proteins suggest basis for LDL-DNA binding
and transfection capacity. J Lipid Res., 51(7):1704-18.
Montoya JA, Salina J, Reininger B, Barroso C, Mitchell-Bennett L.
(2010) Nativity and nutritional behaviors in the Mexican origin
population living in the US-Mexico border region. Journal of
Immigrant and Minority Health. DOI 10.1007/s10903-010-9342-8
Oliveira MS, Furian AF, Rambo LM, Ribeiro LR, Royes LF,
Ferreira J, Calixto JB, Otalora LF, Garrido-Sanabria ER,
Mello CF. (2009) Prostaglandin E2 modulates Na+,K+ATPase activity in rat hippocampus: implications for
neurological diseases. J Neurochem., 109(2):416-26.
Oliveira MS, Skinner F, Arshadmansab MF, Garcia I, Mello CF,
Knaus HG, Ermolinsky BS, Otalora LF, Garrido-Sanabria
ER. (2010) Altered expression and function of smallconductance (SK) Ca(2+)-activated K+ channels in
pilocarpine-treated epileptic rats. Brain Res., 1348:187-99.
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Reininger BM, Barroso CS, Mitchell-Bennett L, Cantu E, Fernandez
ME, Gonzalez DA, Chavez M, Freeberg D, McAlister A. (2010) Process
evaluation and participatory methods in an obesity-prevention media
campaign for Mexican Americans. Health Promot Pract. 11(3):347-57.
Rentfro AR, McEwen M, Ritter L. (2009) Perspectives for practice:
Translating estimated average glucose (eAG) to promote diabetes
self-management capacity. The Diabetes Educator, 35(4), 581-594.
Rentfro AR, Nino JC, Pones RM, Innis-Whitehouse W, Barroso
CS, Rhabar MH, McCormick JB, Fisher-Hoch SP. (2010 accepted
for publication) Associations among adiposity, biological
markers of disease and insulin resistance in Mexican
American adolescents. Preventing Chronic Disease.
Zou, B, Wilson J Gaines, Zhan FB and Zeng Y. (2009) Air pollution
exposure assessment methods utilized in epidemiological
studies. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 11: 475-490.
Zou B, Wilson J Gaines, Zhan FB. (2009) An emission-weighted
proximity model for air pollution exposure assessment.
Science of the Total Environment 407: 4939-4945.
Zou B, Zhan FB, Wilson J Gaines, Zeng Y. (2010)
Performance of AERMOD at different temporal scales.
Simulation Modeling Practice and Theory 18: 612-23.
Salinas J, McCormick JB, Rentfro A, Hanis C, Hossain MM, Fisher-Hoch
SP. (2010) The missing men: High risk and low use of health care in
men of Mexican origin. American Journal of Men’s Health, 4(4), first
published on October 7, 2010 doi:10.1177/1557988310379390
Tian N, Goovaerts P, Zhan FB, Wilson J Gaines. (2010) Identification
of racial disparities in breast cancer mortality: does scale
matter? International Journal of Health Geographics 9:35.
Tian N, Wilson J Gaines, Zhan FB. (2010) Female breast
cancer mortality clusters within racial groups in the
United States. Health and Place 16: 209-18.
Vetcher AA, McEwen AE, Abujarour R, Hanke A, Levene SD. (2010) Gel
mobilities of linking-number topoisomers and their dependence on
DNA helical repeat and elasticity, Biophysical Chemistry 148, 104.
Wilson J Gaines, Ballou J, Yan C, Fisher-Hoch SP, et al.
(2010) Utilizing spatiotemporal analysis of influenzalike illness and rapid tests to focus swine-origin influenza
virus intervention. Health and Place 16:1230-9.
Wilson J Gaines, Kingham S, Pearce J. (2010) Air pollution and
restricted activity days among New Zealand school children.
International Journal of Environment and Pollution 41: 140-154.
Zou B, Wilson J Gaines, Zhan FB, Zeng Y. (2009) Spatially
differentiated and source specific population exposure to ambient
urban air pollution. Atmospheric Environment 43: 3981 - 3988.
The newsletter was supported by Award Number G11HD060437,
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development. The content is solely the responsibility
of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official
views of the Eunice Shriver National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development.
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