As a first generation Mexican-American in higher education, my research has been informed by my personal experiences and first hand experience with community members with diabetes. It is my goal to translate the lived experience to salient and culturally informed diabetes prevention and management programs.

• Theatre for Healthcare Equity: T.H.E. Training. - The University of Texas at El Paso (08/15/2022)
• American Diabetes Association Young Investigators Abstract Award - American Diabetes Association (03/31/2021)
• NIH Jumpstart Program UTEP - National Institutes of Health (01/01/2020)
• National Research Mentoring Network STAR Mentee - National Research Mentoring Network STAR Mentee (01/10/2017)
• Community Engaged Scholarship Faculty Institute, Scholar - UTEP Center for Civic Engagement (09/30/2016)

• Ph D in Public Health, The University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health (2008)
• MPH in Public Health, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston School of Public Health (2001)
• BS in Psychology, The University of Texas at El Paso (1997)

• Film/TV - Production - Don't Dr'Ed Sex Ed (11/01/2023-11/30/2023). Atlanta, GA. Sierra Galvan. Graduate. Jeannie Concha. Jorge Puentes. Graduate.

• Leveraging a genetically-informative study design to explore depression as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes: Rationale and participation characteristics of the Mood and Immune Regulation in Twins Study Frontiers in Clinical Diabetes and Healthcare: Special Issue Diabetes and Depression (2023), Briana Mezuk, Kristen Kelly, Erica Bennion, Jeannie B. Concha.
• Leveraging a genetically-informative study design to explore depression as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes: Rationale and participant characteristics of the Mood and Immune Regulation in Twins Study Front Clin Diabetes Healthcare (2023), Jeannie B. Concha.
• Unmanaged Diabetes and Elevated Blood Glucose Are Poor Prognostic Factors in the Severity and Recovery Time in Predominantly Hispanic Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients. Frontiers in endocrinology 13 (2022), Sudip Bajpeyi, A Mossayebi, H Kreit, S Cherukuri, R A. Mandania, Jeannie B. Concha, Hyejin Jung, Amy E. Wagler, A Gupte, A Deoker.
• Unmanaged Diabetes and elevated blood glucose are poor prognostic factors in the severity and recovery time in predominantly Hispanic hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Front Endocriniol 13 861385 (2022), Bajpeyi Sudip, Ali Mossayebi, Helen Kreit, Sundar Cherukuri, Roshni A. Mandania, Jeannie B. Concha, Hyejin Jung, Amy Wagler, Akshay Gupte, Abhizith Deoker.
• Unmanaged Diabetes and Elevated Blood Glucose are Poor Prognostic Factors in the Severity and Recovery Time in Predominantly Hispanic Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Frontiers in Endocrinology 13 (2022), Sudip Bajpeyi, Mossayebi, Helen Kreit, S Cherukuri, Jeannie B. Concha, Hyejin Jung, Amy E. Wagler, A Gupte, A Deoker.
• Unmanaged Diabetes and Elevated Blood Glucose Are Poor Prognostic Factors in the Severity and Recovery Time in Predominantly Hispanic Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Frontiers in endocrinology (2022), Sudip Bajpeyi, Ali Mossayebi, Helen Kreit, Sundar Cherukuri, Roshni Mandania, Jeannie B. Concha, Hyejin Jung, Amy E. Wagler, Akshay Gupte, Abhizith Deoke.
• Systematic Review of Alternative Interventions for Construction Workers to Manage Work-Related Musculoskeletal Pain and Discomfort Proceeding of the 10th Annual World Conference of the Society for Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2021 SISE Virtual Conference 2021 (2021), Isaac Rodriguez, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Jeannie B. Concha, Carolina Valencia.
• Developing the spanish version of the spanish version of the of the quality of life in epilepsy-inventory for adolescents (QOLIE-AD-48) - 4239.0 APHA 2021 Annual Meeting & Expo 2021 2021 (2021), Perla M. Martinez, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia, Matilde Ruiz, Jeannie B. Concha.
• Systematic review of alternative interventions for construction workers to manage work-related musculoskeletal pain and discomfort (2021), Issac Rodriguez, Jeannie B. Concha.
• The Diabetes Garage: Using Automotive Maintenance Analogies To Engage Mexican-American Men To Participate In A Diabetes Self-management And Education Program Diabetes 70 Supplement_1 (2021), Jeannie B. Concha, Denise N. Portillo, Rosalba Ruiz-Fuentes, Rebecca Ramos, Raquel Romero, Armando Lopez, Paula Winkler.
• Diabetes Assessment in the County of El Paso, Texas: Report for Phase 2-Focus Group discussions with Diabetes Care and Education Specialist and People with Diabetes (2021), Jeannie B. Concha, Maria Duarte, Eva Moya, Denise N. Portillo.
• 845-P: Unmanaged Diabetes as a Poor Prognostic Factor in the Severity of Infection and Recovery Time of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients American Diabetes Association (2021), ALI MOSSAYEBI, HELEN KREIT, SUNDAR V. CHERUKURI, ROSHNI A. MANDANIA, Jeannie B. Concha, Hyejin Jung, Amy E. Wagler, AKSHAY A. GUPTE, ABHIZITH DEOKER, Sudip Bajpeyi.
• 885-P: C-Reactive Protein Predicts COVID-19 Infection Severity and Length of Hospitalization Diabetes 70 Supplement\_1 (2021), Helen Kreit, Sundar V. Cherukuri, Roshni A. Mandania, Abhizith Deoker, Akshay A. Gupte, Ali Mossayebi, Jeannie B. Concha, Hyejin Jung, Amy E. Wagler, Sudip Bajpeyi.
• Kidney and liver dysfunction predicts COVID-19 severity and length of hospitalization Obesity (2021), Helen Kreit, Ali Mossayebi, Sundar Cherukuri, Roshni Mandania, Jeannie B. Concha, Hyejin Jung, Amy E. Wagler, Akshay Gupte, Abhizith Deoker, Sudip Bajpeyi.
• Engaging underserved community members in diabetes self-management: Evidence from the YMCA Greater Richmond Diabetes Control Program. The Diabetes Educator 46 2 (2020), Julie O. Allen, Jeannie B. Concha, Maria J. Mejia Ruiz, Ashley Rapp, Joshua Montgomery, Jana Smith , Julia A. Wolfson, William Thornton, Briana Mezuk.
• Diabetes Assessment in the County of El Paso TX: Qualitative Report. (2020), Jeannie B. Concha, Maria O. Duarte-Gardea, Eva M. Moya, Denise Portillo, Sudip Bajpeyi.
• Functioning and depression in hispanic individuals with type 2 diabetes: The intermediary role of resilience (2020), Emre Umucu, Thenral D. Mangadu, Sudip Bajpeyi, Hyejin Jung, Jeannie B. Concha, Renee Viramontes, Diana Villegas, Beatrice Lee.
• Functioning and depression in hispanic individuals with type 2 diabetes: The intermediary role of resilience (2020), Emre Umucu, Thenral D. Mangadu, Sudip Bajpeyi, Hyejin Jung, Jeannie B. Concha, Renee Viramontes, Diana Villegas, Beatrice Lee.

• Don't Dr'Ed Sex Ed (2023), Volume Atlanta, GA, Sierra Galvan, Jeannie B. Concha, Jorge Puentes.
• The Diabetes Garage Improves Diabetes Distress and Psychological Well-being among Mexican-American Men (2023), Volume Houston TX, Jeannie B. Concha, Gregory S. Schober, Denise N. Chacon-Portillo, Terry Sanchez, Rosalba Ruiz Reyes de Holguin, Raquel L. Romero, Luis Villagomez, Paula Winkler, Ludivina Hernandez, Armando Lopez, Juana Escareno.
• The Diabetes Garage Improves Diabetes Distress and Psychological Well-being among Mexican-American Men (2023), Volume Houston TX, Jeannie B. Concha, Gregory S. Schober, Denise N. Chacon-Portillo, Terry Sanchez, Rosalba Ruiz Reyes de Holguin, Raquel L. Romero, Luis Villagomez, Paula Winkler, Ludivina Hernandez, Armando Lopez, Juana Escareno.
• An Online Intervention in the United States to Address Disparities in Latino Men’s Participation in Diabetes Education. (2022), Volume Lisbon Portugal, Jeannie B. Concha, Gregory Schober, Denise N. Portillo, Terry Sanchez, Raquel L. Romero, Rosalba Ruiz-Holguin.
• Panel Speaker at APHA Helen Rodriguez-Trias Breakfast Meeting-Latinos in Public Health (2022), Volume Boston MA, Jeannie B. Concha.
• The Use of Person-First Language in Diabetes Care and Research: How Far Have We Come Since ADA & ADCES Recommendations? A Systematic Review. (2022), Volume Boston MA, Denise N. Portillo, Maria Duarte-Gardea, Eva Moya, Jeannie B. Concha.
• The Use of Person-First Language in Diabetes Care & Research. How Far Have We Come Since ADA & ADCES Recommendations?: A Systematic Review (2022), Volume Boston, MA, Denise Portillo, Maria O. Duarte-Gardea, Eva Moya, Jeannie Concha.
• Targeted Community Interventions for Reducing Hispanic Diabetes Disparities: The Diabetes Garage. (2022), Volume El Paso TX, Jeannie B. Concha.
• Diabetes Assessment in El Paso, Texas using ADA Chronic Care Model. (2022), Volume New Orleans LA, Sudip Bajpeyi, Jeannie B. Concha, Maria Duarte-Cardea, Eva Moya, Denise N. Portillo.
• Diabetes Assessment in the El Paso, Texas using ADA Chronic Care Model (2022), Sudip Bajpeyi, J B. Concha, M O. Duarte, E M. Moya.
• Clean Water for all Texans. (2022), Volume El Paso TX, Ingrid Gust, Jeannie B. Concha, Kristina Mena, William S. Walker, Alex Mayer, Daniel Brent, S Leurig, Ivonne Santiago.
• Kidney and Liver Dysfunction Predicts COVID-19 Severity and Length of Hospitalization (2021), H Kreit, A Mossayebi, S Cherukuri, R A. Mandania, Jeannie B. Concha, Hyejin Jung, Amy E. Wagler, A Gupte, A Deoker, Sudip Bajpeyi.
• The Diabetes Garage: Using Automotive Maintenance Analogies To Engage Mexican-American Men To Participate In A Diabetes Self-management And Education Program (2021), Volume online, Jeannie B. Concha, Gregory Schober, Denise N. Portillo, Rosalba Ruiz-Fuentes, Rebecca Ramos, Raquel L. Robero, Armando Lopez, Winkler Paula.
• C - Reactive Protein Predicts COVID-19 Infection Severity and Length of Hospitalization (2021), H Kreit, S Cherukuri, R A. Mandania, A Deoker, A Gupte, A Mossayebi, Jeannie B. Concha, Hyejin Jung, Amy E. Wagler, Sudip Bajpeyi.
• Unmanaged Diabetes as a Poor Prognostic Factor in the Severity of Infection and Recovery Time of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients (2021), A Mossayebi, H Kreit, S Cherukuri, R A. Mandania, Jeannie B. Concha, Hyejin Jung, Amy E. Wagler, A Gupte, A Deoker, Sudip Bajpeyi.
• Role of Acute and Chronic Glycemic Control on COVID-19 Severity and Length of Hospital Stay in Hospitalized Patients (2021), A Mossayebi, H Kreit, S Cherukuri, R A. Mandania, Jeannie B. Concha, Hyejin Jung, Amy E. Wagler, A Gupte, A Deoker, Sudip Bajpeyi.
• The Diabetes Garage Sneak Peek (2020), Volume Webex online, Jeannie B. Concha.
• Functioning and depression in Hispanic individuals with type 2 diabetes: The intermediary role of resilience. (2020), Emre Umucu, Thenral D. Mangadu, Sudip Bajpeyi, Hyejin Jung, Jeannie B. Concha, R Viramontes, D Villegas, Yun-Pai Lee.
• The Mechanics of Diabetes (2020), Volume Microsoft TEAMS online, Jeannie B. Concha.
• The Diabetes Garage (2020), Volume Georgetown TX, Jeannie B. Concha, Gregory S. Schober.
• The Diabetes Garage®: A tailored program to engage men in diabetes self-management. (2020), Volume Webinar, Jeannie B. Concha.
• The Diabetes Garage: A tailored program to engage men in diabetes self-managment. (2020), Volume Austin TX, Jeannie B. Concha.
• Functioning and depression in Hispanic individuals with type 2 diabetes: The intermediary role of resilience. (2020), Emre Umucu, Thenral D. Mangadu, Sudip Bajpeyi, Hyejin Jung, Jeannie B. Concha, Renee Viramontes, Diana Villegas, Yun-Pai/Beatrice Lee.

• Lone Star Prize
• 2019 Heal: Diabetes Assessment In The County Of El Paso, Tx
• Strengthening State Systems to Improve Diabetes Management and Outcomes: Continuation and Innovative Phase.
• 2019 Heal: Diabetes Assessment In The County Of El Paso, Tx