Pictured Above: UT faculty and students volunteer in the community working with the American Red Cross to install smoke detectors and educate community members on fire safety.
Associate Professor Claudia Aguado Loi specializes in mixed methodology study design and analysis, program planning and evaluation, community-based participation research methods, instrument design, project management, community-engaged research and service-learning. Her primary research areas focus on the prevention and reduction of cancer health inequities. She brings extensive experience working with Latino populations and in cancer survivorship (e.g., quality of life of Latina breast cancer survivors).
Office: (813) 257-3230
Fax: (813) 258-7497
Email: caguadoloi@ut.edu
Professor Mary Martinasek specializes in social marketing and respiratory health with a focus on mixed methods research. Her research interests include understanding the social and behavioral aspects of waterpipe tobacco (hookah) smoking and electronic nicotine delivery systems. As a longstanding registered respiratory therapist and registered pulmonary function therapist, she is actively involved in the Tampa Bay Asthma Coalition.
Office: (813) 257-5037
Fax: (813) 258-7497
Email: mmartinasek@ut.edu
Associate Professor Rebecca Olsen specializes in health services research, social marketing and health promotion. Previous work includes qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis, organizational and leadership performance improvement, organizational change, health care access, utilization, delivery, effectiveness, efficiency, patient safety and health outcomes.
Office: (813) 257-3749
Fax: (813) 258-7497
Email: rolsen@ut.edu
Assistant Professor Shanda Vereen specializes in maternal and child health. Her research interests include disparities in perinatal health outcomes, understanding how father involvement impacts family health, sexual and reproductive health of adolescents and young adults. And parent adolescent communication about sexual risk behaviors.
Office: (813) 257-4089
Fax: (813) 258-7497
Email: svereen@ut.edu
Associate Professor Tracy Zontek specializes in environmental and occupational health and safety. Her research interests include undergraduate research and the effects of nanoscale materials on health. As a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) and Certified Safety Professional (CSP), she is actively involved in the American Society of Safety Professionals (West Florida Section) and the National Environmental Health Association.
Office: (813) 257-3176
Fax: (813) 258-7497
Email: tzontek@ut.edu
The University of Tampa
College of Natural and Health Sciences
401 West Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33606-1490
External Links/Resources
- American Association of Public Health – student assembly
- Florida Public Health Association
- Florida Healthcare Quality
- National Commission for Health Education Credentialing
- American Public Health Association
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- National Institute of Health
- Institute of Medicine
- World Health Organization