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Partnerships for Empowerment

• Mapping Health Hazards in the San Fernando Valley: (Map SFV)
• SFV African American Infant and Maternal Mortality

Research Projects

Culture Health and Development Lab

• Cultural Mismatch, Health and Academic Adjustment Among Latinx Students During the Transition to College
• Exploring Home-School and Peer-Peer Cultural Value Mismatch Among Latinx First-Generation College Students During the Transition to College
• Predictors and Consequences of Home-School and Peer-Peer Cultural Value Mismatch During the Transition to College
• Socioeconomic and Peer-peer Cultural Value Mismatch, Health and Academic Adjustment Among Dormitory Roommates During the Transition to College
• The Causal Impact of Home-School Cultural Value Mismatch on Latinx Students’ Attentional Control During the Transition to College

Health, Opportunities, M-Health, Mamas, Equity Lab (HO2ME)

• Augmented Reality Milk Flow
• Determining the availability and marketing of infant formula and lactation support products
• Evaluating the Quality of Lactation in Higher Education Policies in California

Metabolism & Stress Assessment Lab (MESA)

• Metabolism and Stress Assessment (MeSA) pilot study

Par-D Lab

• A Review of You

Pilot Study of an Intervention to Increase Cultural Awareness in Research Mentoring: Implications for Diversifying the Scientific Workforce

Byars-Winston, A., Womack, V. Y., Butz, A. R., McGee, R., Quinn, S. C., Utzerath, E., Saetermoe, C. L., & Thomas, S. (2018). Pilot Study of an Intervention to Increase Cultural Awareness in Research Mentoring: Implications for Diversifying the Scientific Workforce. Journal of clinical and translational science, 2(2), 86–94. https://doi.org/10.1017/cts.2018.25

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Critical race theory as a bridge in science training: the California State University, Northridge BUILD PODER program

Saetermoe, C. L., Chavira, G., Khachikian, C. S., Boyns, D., & Cabello, B. (2017). Critical race theory as a bridge in science training: the California State University, Northridge BUILD PODER program. BMC proceedings, 11(Suppl 12), 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12919-017-0089-2

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Using critical race theory to reframe mentor training: theoretical considerations regarding the ecological systems of mentorship

Vargas, J.H., Saetermoe, C.L. & Chavira, G (2020). Using critical race theory to reframe mentor training: theoretical considerations regarding the ecological systems of mentorship. High Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-020-00598-z

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• Amber Bui
  Operations Manager
  amber.bui@csun.edu
   
• Claudia Toledo-Corral, PhD
  Director
  claudia.toledo-corral@csun.edu
   
• Thomas Chan, PhD
  Associate Director
  thomas.chan@csun.edu
   
• Carrie Saetermoe
  Founder
  carrie.saetermoe@csun.edu

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Leadership Team

• Carrie Saetermoe - Psychology
  Executive Director
  carrie.saetermoe@csun.edu

Faculty Researchers

• Claudia Toledo-Corral, PhD - Health Science
  claudia.toledo-corral@csun.edu
   
• Dimpal Jain, PhD - Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
  dimpal.jain@csun.edu
   
• Kacie Blackman, PhD - Health Science
  kacie.blackman@csun.edu
   
• Jake Hinkel-Lipsker, PhD - Kinesiology
  jhlipsker@csun.edu
   
• Jimmy Xie, PhD - Recreation and Tourism Management
  jimmy.xie@csun.edu
   
• John Valdovinos, PhD - Electrical and Computer Engineering
  john.valdovinos@csun.edu
   
• Lisa Chaudhari, PhD - Health Science
  lisa.chaudhari@csun.edu
   
• Patchareeya (Patty) Kwan - Principal Investigator of NIH/NIGMS BUILD PODER Program, NIH/NIMHD SEA US, HEAR US Study
  patty.kwan@csun.edu
   
• Shu-Sha Angie Guan, Ph.D
  angie.guan@csun.edu

• Stefanie Drew, PhD - Psychology
  stefanie.drew@csun.edu

• Thomas Chan, PhD - Psychology
  thomas.chan@csun.edu

• Yolanda Vasquez-Salgado, PhD
  yolanda.vasquez-salgado@csun.edu
   
• Xiyi Hang - Electrical and Computer Engineering
  xhang@csun.edu

Faculty Affiliates

• Jose Vargas, PhD - Psychology
  jose.h.vargas@csun.edu
   
• Steve Graves - Geography and Environmental Science
  steve.graves@csun.edu

• Svetlana V. Tyutina, PhD - Spanish Graduate Program Director
  styutina@csun.edu

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