Institute Members

IBACH is comprised of the following leadership, investigators, staff, and mentees.

Director
Guadalupe X. Ayala, PhD, MPH ayala@sdsu.edu
Core Investigators
Elva M. Arredondo, PhD earredon@.sdsu.edu
Jerel Calzo, PhD, MPH jcalzo@sdsu.edu
Heather Corliss, PhD, MPH hcorliss@.sdsu.edu
Noe Crespo, PhD, MPH ncrespo@.sdsu.edu
John P.Elder, PhD, MPH jelder@.sdsu.edu
Jennifer Felner, PhD jfelner@sdsu.edu
Tracy L. Finlayson, PhD tfinlays@sdsu.edu
Hee Jin-Jun, PhD hjun@sdsu.edu
Hala Madanat, PhD hmadanat@.sdsu.edu
Eyal Oren, PhD, MS eoren@sdsu.edu
Emily Schmied MPH, PhD eschmied@sdsu.edu
Partnership Investigators
Humberto Parada Jr., PhD hparada@sdsu.edu
Affiliated Investigators
Sheila F. Castañeda, PhD scastaneda@sdsu.edu
Iana Castro, PhD iana.castro@.sdsu.edu
Emmeline Chuang, PhD emchuang@ucla.edu
Kimberly D’Anna-Hernandez, PhD kdanna@csusm.edu
Linda C. Gallo, PhD lgallo@sdsu.edu
Christina Holub, PhD, MPH cholub@csusm.edu
Joni Mayer, PhD jmayer@sdsu.edu
Ming Ji, PhD mji@health.usf.edu
Thom McKenzie, PhD tmckenzie@sdsu.edu
Camille Nebeker, MS, EdD nebeker@ucsd.edu
Jeanne F. Nichols, PhD, FACSM j6nichols@eng.ucsd.edu
Elizabeth Reed, SCD, MPH ereed@sdsu.edu
Donald Slymen, PhD dslymen@mail.sdsu.edu
Gregory A. Talavera, MD, MPH gtalavera@sdsu.edu
Kristen Wells, PhD kwells@sdsu.edu
Eric R. Walsh-Buhi, PhD ebuhi@.sdsu.edu
Shih-Fan “Sam” Lin, DrPH, CHES
Institute Management
Fernando Sing fsing@sdsu.edu
Senior Staff
Mariaelena (Elena) Concha mariaelena.concha@sdsu.edu
Jill Dumbauld Nery, MPH jnery@sdsu.edu
Daniel Kellogg, MPH dkellogg@sdsu.edu
Isela Martinez SanRoman iselamartinez@sdsu.edu
Julie Pickrel, MPH jpickrel@sdsu.edu
Jennifer Schneider, MPHA, MA jlbeckner@sdsu.edu
Bianca Vargas Tequida, MS
Office Manager
Eileen Allen eallen@sdsu.edu
Doctoral Students
Marisa Torres-Ruiz, MPH -
Victoria M. Telles, MPH -