MPH Alumni The NMSU Department of Health Science

Welcome to the NMSU MPH Alumni home page!!

The Department of Health Science has developed this page for two reasons:

1. to assist our alumni in networking, and
2. to serve as a centralized location for tracking our alumni.

We are very proud of you and your accomplishments, and want to keep tabs on you!

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Photo	Class	Name/Degree (clickable) if email or website avail.	Current Position, Locale	Thesis/Final Exam	Chair	Project/Thesis Title
	1997	Eric Nicolitz, B.S.		Project	Barbara Z. Siegel	"Improving Employee Satisfaction & Quality of Services in New Mexico Public Health Division Through Three Surveys"
	1997	Francis Walls		Project	Barbara Z. Siegel	"Improving Employee Satisfaction & Quality of Services in New Mexico Public Health Division Through Three Surveys"
	1998	Donald F. Meyer		Project	Delfi Mondragon	"Lead Blood Level Screening in the Butterfield Community "
	1998	Heather Hahn, B.Sc.		Project	Jeffrey Brandon	"Knowledge, Skills, and Ability within an Interdisciplinary Hospice Team: A Pilot Project"
	1999	Ali Javadian		Project	Stephen D. Arnold	"NON-THESIS"
	1999	Josefina Mata, M.S.	Executive Director, Concilio Campesino del Sudoeste, Inc., Las Cruces , NM	Thesis	Jeffrey E. Brandon	"Descriptive Study of Lifestyle Behavior for LaClinica De Familia Patients in Two Rural Communities by Conducting Health Risk Appraisals"
	1999	Joseph Norton Roth, Jr., B.A.		Thesis	Satya Rao	"Barriers to Condom Use in Mumbai , India : An Analysis of Gender Differences Regarding HIV/AIDS Protective Behaviors"
	1999	Karen Lord Berg, B.S., P.T.		Thesis	Satya Rao	"Elderly Fall Risk Reduction: An Assessment of Health Education in the Rehabilitation Setting "
	1999	Susanne Widmer		Non-Thesis	Jeffrey E. Brandon	""
	1999	Teresa Rebecca Ramirez, B.S.		Thesis	Delfi Mondragon	"Computer Based Education for Cancer Patients in a U.S.-Mexico Border Hospital"
	2000	Jason Meckel		Non-Thesis	Stephen D. Arnold	"Computer Based Education for Cancer Patients in a U.S.-Mexico Border Hospital"
	2000	Joanne Bates		Non-Thesis	Stephen D. Arnold	"Computer Based Education for Cancer Patients in a U.S.-Mexico Border Hospital"
	2000	John Kutinac		Non-Thesis	Satya Rao	""
	2000	Linda Gough	Associate Writer, Constella Group, Rockville, MD	Non-Thesis	Edward Meister	""
	2000	Peter Krouse	Associate Writer, Constella Group, Rockville, MD	Non-Thesis	Satya Rao	""
	2000	Rogelio Aguirre, Jr.	Infectious Disease Epidemiologist, New Mexico Department of Health, Las Cruces, NM	Non-Thesis	Stephen D. Arnold	""
	2000	Zhaohui Zhong	Infectious Disease Epidemiologist, New Mexico Department of Health, Las Cruces, NM	Non-Thesis	Stephen D. Arnold	""
	2001	Cecily Luncheon	""	Non-Thesis	Delfi Mondragon	""
	2001	Consuelo Montano	""	Non-Thesis	Stephen D. Arnold	""
	2001	Josefina Ramirez	""	Non-Thesis	Satya Rao	""
	2001	Shelly (Hall) Huffman, B.S., CHES	Health Educator, Viral Hepatitis Integration Project, Seattle Indian Health Board, Seattle, WA	Thesis	Satya Rao	"Experiences and Perceived Sources of Social Support Among Women with Breast Cancer-An Exploratory Study in Las Cruces , New Mexico"
	2001	Theresa Hollingsworth	""	Non-Thesis	Robert Buckingham	""
	2001	Becky Elliott, B.S.	""	Thesis	Robert Buckingham	"An Innovative, Daily Physical Education Program, K-12 To Reduce the Incidence of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity in the United States "
	2002	Casilda Provencio	""	Non-Thesis	Charles T. Kozel	""
	2002	Christopher D. Adams, B.S.	""	Thesis	Stephen D. Arnold	"Assessment of Parasitic Disease Prevalence in Children in Four Communities of Far West Texas"
	2002	Daniel Khan, B.S.	""	Thesis	Robert Buckingham	"An Analysis of the Agenda Setting Process Surrounding Physician Licensure and the Availability of Medical Education in New Mexico"
	2002	Douglas Lougee, M.D.	"I am in San Antonio working for a Joint Army-Air Force pediatric residency program and in charge of a public health nutritional screening project in Honduras that we rotate our Peds Residents and Staff in to learn about public health/malnutrition and Infectious Diseases in developing countries"	Non-Thesis	Delfi Mondragon	"An Analysis of the Agenda Setting Process Surrounding Physician Licensure and the Availability of Medical Education in New Mexico"
	2002	Leticia Serecerez	"I am in San Antonio working for a Joint Army-Air Force pediatric residency program and in charge of a public health nutritional screening project in Honduras that we rotate our Peds Residents and Staff in to learn about public health/malnutrition and Infectious Diseases in developing countries"	Non-Thesis	Charles T. Kozel	""
	2002	Tania J. Vazquez, B.S. CHES		Thesis	Satya Rao	"Alcohol Consumption Among Female Intercollegiate Athletes: An Exploratory Study"
	2003	Christopher Joseph Coutts, B.C.H., Ph.D.	Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Center for Demography and Population Health, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL	Thesis	Delfi Mondragon	"Exploratory Study of Park Quality Indicators and Total Mortality in Six Major U.S. Cities"
	2003	Elizabeth Lopez, B.S., CHES		Thesis	Larry K. Olsen	"Implementation and Evaluation of a Home-Based Asthma Health Education Program: Results from a Pilot Study in Three Selected Rural Communities in Southern New Mexico"
	2003	Mark Summers		Non-Thesis	Robert Buckingham
	2003	Natalie Celeste Webb, B.S.		Thesis	Robert Buckingham	"A Secondary Analysis of Condom Utilization Among Thai Brothel Based Female Sex Workers: A Cross Sectional Convenience Survey of Four Geographic Regions in Thailand"
	2003	Rebecca Lynn Chambers, B.A.		Thesis	Larry K. Olsen	"An Exploratory Pilot Study of Local Food Affordability and Factors Related to Household Food Security and Food Purchasing Decisions "
	2003	Rebecca Operhall, B.A.		Thesis	Charles T. Kozel	"The Caregiver Assessment Study: Exploring the Connection Between Formal Service Use, Caregiver Health, Burden, and Social Support"
	2003	Tracy Brannock		Non-Thesis	Charles T. Kozel	"The Caregiver Assessment Study: Exploring the Connection Between Formal Service Use, Caregiver Health, Burden, and Social Support"
	2003	Virginia Arroyo		Non-Thesis	Stephen D. Arnold
	2003	Yongmei Li, B.A.		Thesis	Larry K. Olsen	"Residents’ Attitudes Toward Domestic Water Conservation"
	2003	Alice M. Salcido, B.A.		Thesis	Delfi Mondragon	"Computer Training for Community Health Workers/Promotores(as) in Southern New Mexico : A Pilot Study"
	2004	Sonya Andron	Vaccines for Children Health Educator, New Mexico Department of Health, Santa Fe, NM; Instructor, Department of Health Science, NMSU Las Cruces	Thesis	Stephen D. Arnold	"New Mexico State University Undergraduate Student Awareness of Bioterrorism"
	2004	Yelena Bird, MD		Thesis	Larry K. Olsen	"The Health-Related Beliefs, Attitudes, Behaviors, Knowledge, and Use of Tobacco Based Products by Sixth Grade Students in Ciudad Juarez"
	2004	James Farmer	Health Services Manager, New Mexico Department of Health, Office of School Health	N/A	Charles T. Kozel
	2004	Christopher M. Ledingham, BCH, CHES		Thesis	Larry K. Olsen	"Assessment of a Pilot Diabetes Prevention Program For Youth"
	2004	John Moraros, BA, MD, CHES		Thesis	Larry K. Olsen	"The Nature and Extent of Victimization of Pregnant Women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico"
	2004	Nancy Rushforth		Non-thesis	Charles T. Kozel
	2004	Xiaowei (Rose) Tian, B.M.	Full time student in a PhD program in public health at Oregon State University	Thesis	Satya Rao	"A Pilot Study on the Efficacy of Auricular Acupressure as an Adjuvant Therapy in Substance Abuse Treatment"
	2005	Elena Acosta, MPH	Project ACtion for Equity (ACE) at the University of Texas at El Paso	Non-Thesis	Sue Forster-Cox
	2005	Amee Alderman-Schwitters		Thesis	Larry K. Olsen
	2005	Erin Ferguson, BCH, CHES	Research Associate, Albuquerque, NM	Non-Thesis	Sue Forster-Cox
	2005	Erica Benedicto		Thesis	Stephen D. Arnold	"Cleansing, Editing, and Cusory Analysis of Previously Collected Data about 3rd - 5th Grade Students Asthma Prevalence in Dona Ana County, New Mexico"
	2005	Denisse Bermudez Licon, F.A.		Thesis	Satya P. Rao	"Risk Factors for Postpartum Depression Among Hispanic Women: An Exploratory Study Along the U.S. And Mexico Border"
	2005	Summer Matson, BA		Thesis	Stephen D. Arnold	"Exploratory Analysis of the Walkability of Las Cruces, NM"
	2005	Syeda Nargas		Thesis	Larry K. Olsen
	2005	Julia Painter, CHES	Grossology LIVE! Program Coordinator, Columbus Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH	Non-thesis	Sue Forster-Cox
	2005	Ishah Palsis	Grossology LIVE! Program Coordinator, Columbus Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH	Non-thesis	Delfi Mondragon
	2005	Erika Quinones, BCH	Zoonosis Control Specialist, Texas Department of State Health Service, El Paso, TX	Non-Thesis	Charles T. Kozel
	2005	Evelyn Ramirez		Non-thesis	Sue Forster-Cox
	2005	Karin Lorelei Sanchez, BA		Thesis	Larry K. Olsen
	2005	Luis Horacio Solis Lopez, BCH, BMB		Thesis	Larry K. Olsen	Assessing Sexual Risk Behavior Beliefs and Self-Efficacy to Condom Use Among Selected College Students
	2005	Kathleen Thompson		Non-thesis	Robert Buckingham
	2005	Georgia Torres		Non-thesis	Delfi Mondragon
	2005	Teresa Trujillo		Non-thesis	Satya P. Rao
	2005	Terra Van Dyke	Director of Marketing, Mesilla Valley Hospice, Las Cruces, NM	Non-Thesis	Stephen D. Arnold
	2005	Jennifer Yara, BA, BCH, CHES		Non-Thesis	Sue Forster-Cox
	2006	Lorilee Ansell		Non-thesis	Not available
	2006	Lucinda Banegas		Non-thesis	Not available
	2006	Mary Ellen Carney	U.S. Public Health Prevention Service, CDC, Atlanta, GA	Thesis	Sue Forster-Cox	"Using Media Literacy Education for Health Promotion: A Qualitative Meta-Analysis of Effective Program Components"
	2006	Leena Cherukuri, MBBS	Family Practice Resident at University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, NM	Non-Thesis	Larry K. Olsen
	2006	Tiffany Frietze		Non-thesis	Not available
	2006	Melissa Garcia, CHES		Non-thesis	Not available
	2006	Melanie Regina Goodman		Thesis	Satya P. Rao	"Custodial Grandparerents and Their Grandchildren: Voicing Their Experiences In A Selected Border Community"
	2006	Rebecca Greco	U.S. Public Health Prevention Service, CDC, Atlanta, GA	Non-thesis	Not available
	2006	Stormy Morales		Non-thesis	Not available
	2006	Srikanth Paladugu		Non-thesis	Not available
	2006	Alma Torres		Non-thesis	Sue Forster-Cox
	2006	Yuan Gao		Non-thesis	Not available