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Center for Applied Health Research (CAHR)

Principal Investigators

Alan B. Stevens, PhD

Director

Research Interests

  • Family Caregiving for Persons with Dementia
  • Translation of Evidence-Based Health Interventions
  • Transitional Care

Contact

4236 Lowes Dr.
Temple, TX 76502

Phone: 254-771-4880
Alan.Stevens@BSWHealth.org

Katherine Sanchez, PhD

Associate Investigator

Research Interests

  • Integrated Health Care
  • Mental Health Disparities
  • Behavioral Health Care
  • Social Determinants of Health

Contact

8080 Central Expressway
Suite 1050
Dallas, TX 75206

Phone: 214.265.3695
Katherine.Sanchez@@BSWHealth.org

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Jinmyoung Cho, PhD

Assistant Investigator

Research Interests

  • Successful and Healthy Aging on the Oldest-Old
  • Healthcare Utilization and Longevity
  • Evaluation in Evidence-Based Programs

Contact

4236 Lowes Dr.
Temple TX 76502

Phone: 254.771.4848
Fax: 254.724.5155
Jinmyoung.Cho@BSWHealth.org

Valerie Danesh, PhD, RN, FCCM

Assistant Investigator

Research Interests

  • Recognizing critical illness outside of the ICU
  • Post-acute care of ICU survivors

Contact

4236 Lowes Dr.
Temple TX 76502

Phone: 512.232.4722
Valerie.Danesh@BSWHealth.org

Staff

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Sandhya Sanghi, PhD, MPH

Assistant Investigator

Contact

4236 Lowes Dr.
Temple, TX 76502

Phone: 254-771-4808

Sandhya.Sanghi@BSWHealth.org

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Jason Ettlinger

Manager

Contact

4236 Lowes Dr.
Temple, TX 76502

Phone: 254.771.4873

Jason.Ettlinger@BSWHealth.org

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Thomas Birchfield

Project Manager

Contact

8080 N Central Expy., Suite 1050 
Dallas, TX 75206

Thomas.Birchfield@BSWHealth.org

Kiumars Zolfaghari

Biostatistician

Contact

4236 Lowes Dr.
Temple, TX 76502

Phone: 254-771-4867
Kiumars.Zolfaghari@BSWHealth.org

I-Chia Liao

SAS Programmer

Research Interests

  • Data presentation
  • Power Analysis

Contact

4236 Lowes Dr.
Temple, TX 76502

Phone: 254.771.4875
Fax: 254-771-0821
Ichia.Liao@@BSWHealth.org

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Sitara Abraham

Research Project Coordinator

Contact

4236 Lowes Dr.
Temple, TX 76502

Phone: 254-771-4879

Sitara.Abraham@BSWHealth.org

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Deborah Hendricks

Database Report Analyst

Contact

4236 Lowes Dr.
Temple, TX 76502

Phone: 254.771.4840

Deborah.Hendricks@BSWHealth.org

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Joann Ordner

Database Report Analyst

Contact

2102 Birdcreek Drive
Temple, TX 76502

Joann.Ordner@BSWHealth.org

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Natalie Mears

Database Report Analyst

Contact

4236 Lowes Dr.
Temple, TX 76502

Phone: 254-771-4878

Natalie.Mears@BSWHealth.org

VAD

Vee Ann David

Database Report Analyst

Contact

2102 Birdcreek Drive
Temple, TX 76502

Jaccallene.David@BSWHealth.org

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Kristopher Kelly

Financial Advisor I

Contact

4236 Lowes Dr.
Temple, TX 76502

Phone: 254.771.4877

Kristopher.Kelly@BSWHealth.org

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Amy Reed

Executive Assistant

Contact

4236 Lowes Dr.
Temple, TX 76502

Phone: 254-771-4893

Amy.Reed2@BSWHealth.org

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Afsaneh Rezaeizadeh

Research Nurse I

Contact

8080 N Central Expy. Suite 1050 
Dallas, TX 75206

Phone: 214-265-3758

Afsaneh.Rezaeizadeh@BSWHealth.org