Kathleen (Katie) Trejo Tello
Assistant Professor
Education
Postdoctoral Training
· National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Center “Global Health Equity Scholars” Post-Doctoral Fellow, CRONICAS Centro de Excelencia en Enfermedades Crónicas, Universidad Cayetano Peruana Heredia, Lima, Peru
Ph.D. Florida International University, Miami, FL
· Public Health- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Dissertation, “Exploring the Nutrition and Physical Activity Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors of Low-Income Parents of Peruvian Preschool Children”
B.S. University of Miami, Miami, FL
· Biology
Research Interests
Behavioral Risk factors for Chronic Disease
Nutrition and Physical Activity Behaviors
Hispanic Health
Social Network Influences on Health
Cultural and Social Theories of Health Promotion
Health Disparities
Courses Taught
HEAL 215: Intro to Public Health
HEAL 216: Personal and Community Health
HEAL 230: Global Health
HEAL 460: Public Health Administration
Publications
Lancaster, A., McInvale Trejo, K. (Submitted) Motor skills assessment tools as predictors of childhood overweight and obesity.
McInvale Trejo, K., & Shaw Ridley, M. (2020). Peruvian parents' perceptions of children's obesity. Californian Journal of Health Promotion, 18(1), 12. (In Press)
McInvale Trejo, K., & Shaw-Ridley, M. (2019). Barriers and enablers to nutrition and physical activity in Lima, Peru: an application of the Pen-3 cultural model among families living in pueblos jovenes. Ethnicity & Health, 1--11.