Lecturer Faculty Biography
- PhD in Health Education and Promotion (All but dissertation), Behavioral Science Concentration, Walden University | Minneapolis, Minnesota | November 2026
- MS in Health Promotion and Education, Drug, Alcohol, and Violence Prevention Concentration, University of Utah | Salt Lake City, Utah | May 2003
- BA in Communication, Brigham Young University | Provo, Utah | May 1996
Latina/o/x health (HIV/STIs) disparities, Latina/o/x migration, acculturation, and their association with health outcomes, and Latina/o/x culturally appropriate health behavior change implementation science.
- LTNS-276-04: U.S. Government and Constitutional Ideals
- Excellence in Program Operations for STI Prevention Award, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | May 2025
- Excellence in Frontline Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | 2023
- Honor Award for Excellence in Emergency Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | 2022
- Excellence in Human Capital Management - James Virgil Peavy Award for Employee Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | 2017
- Certificate of Appreciation - Zika Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | 2016
- CDC Prolific Pathfinder Award, Division of STD Prevention | Jun 2026
- CDC The Five Ring Award, Division of STD Prevention | Jun 2026
- Vanessa G. Jarquin, David B. Callahan, Nicole J. Cohen, Victor Balaban, Rose Wang, Ricardo Beato, Paran Pordell, Otilio Oyervides, Wan-Ting Huang, Harvey Lipman, Daniel Fishbein, & Mehran S. Massoudi. (2011). Effect of School Closure from Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 17(4), 751–753. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1704.100906
- Beato, R. R., & Telfer, J. (2010). Communication as an essential component of environmental health science. Journal of Environmental Health, 73(1), 24–25.
- Board of Directors, Sogan Foundation, https://www.sogan.org/, Jan 2022 - Present
- President, CDC Watsonian Society of Public Health Advisors, https://www.cdc.gov/watsonian/index.html, Nov 2018 - Nov 2021