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Amy E. Wagler

Professor
Public Health Sciences
Computational Science
Border Biomedical Research Center (BBRC)

Office Building: Health Sciences and Nursing Building
Office Room: 408
Phone: (915) 747-6847
Email: awagler2@utep.edu

Expertise: See Research Profile in Expertise Connector

Bio

Dr. Amy Wagler is a Professor of Public Health at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). She is PI on the NIH REC of BUILDing SCHOLARS, ONC GET PHIT project, and NSF El Paso Partnership for PBL.

Awards and Honors

CUSA UTEP Faculty of the Year - CUSA (01/01/2025-01/31/2025)
Provost's Faculty Fellow-in-Residence for Civic Engagement - Provost Office (08/31/2016)
Student's Choice Teaching Award for Department of Mathematical Sciences - College of Science (05/01/2016-05/31/2016)
Associate Editor of Journal of Statistics Education - Journal of Statistics Education (01/01/2016-01/31/2016)
Associate Editor of STEW (STatistics Education Web): An online peer-reviewed journal of the American Statistical Association. (01/01/2014-12/31/2014)
Nominated for Regents Award for Outstanding Teaching - University of Texas Regents (01/01/2014-12/31/2014)
2014 University of Texas System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award. - UT System Regents (06/01/2014-06/30/2014)
2014 Harry J. Meeuwsen Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award - UTEP Sun Conference (02/01/2014-02/28/2014)
Carl E. Marshal Award for 2007: Outstanding Ph.D. Graduate in Statistics (01/01/2007-12/31/2007)
Mu Sigma Rho - National Statistical Honor Fraternity (01/01/2004-12/31/2004)
Robert D. Morrison Award (01/01/2003-12/31/2003)

Education

Ph D in Statistics, , Oklahoma State University (2007)
MS in Statistics, Oklahoma State University (2003)
BS in Mathematics, The University of Texas of the Permian Basin (1995)

Publications

The Additive Effect of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation and Resistance Training on Muscle Mass and Strength Journal of Applied Physiology (2025), Sudip Bajpeyi, Gabriel Navarez, Amy E. Wagler, Jehu Apaflo, Andrew McAinch.
The additive effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation and resistance training on muscle mass and strength. European journal of applied physiology (in press), G Narvaez, J Apaflo, Amy E. Wagler, A McAinch, Sudip Bajpeyi.
Student-Centered Factors Influencing Inclusion in Biomedical Majors among First-Year Undergraduate Students PLOS One 19 12 (2024), Amy E. Wagler, Selena Ngyuen, Kala Mehta, Laura Ott, Katy Snyder, Jennifer Lindwell, Heather McCreath, Karina Rodriguez.
BUILDing SCHOLARS: A Program Exemplar at a Hispanic Serving Institution to Develop Biomedical Researchers PLOS One 12 (2024), Amy E. Wagler, Guadalupe Corral, Angelica Monarrez, Clarissa Reyes, Lourdes Echegoyen.
Retention and Graduation of STEM Students at a Majority Hispanic Serving Institution: Effect of Participation in a Freshman Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences Sequence The Chronicle of Coaching and Mentoring 8 1 (2024), Lourdes Echegoyen, Rafael Aguilera, Tolupe Adeyina, Clarissa Reyes, Guadalupe Corral, Amy E. Wagler.
Factors and mediators impacting the number of undergraduate research mentees at a research-intensive Hispanic-serving institution PLOS ONE 19 10 (2024), Angelica Monarrez, Lourdes Echegoyen, Danielle Morales, Maria A. Ramirez, Diego Seira, Amy E. Wagler.
What they remember may not be what they understand: A study of mnemonic recall and performance by introductory statistics students Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education 32 4 (2024), Megan Mocko, Amy E. Wagler, Lawrence M. Lesser, Wendy S. Francis, Jennifer M. Blush, Karly Schleicher, Patricia Barrientos.
Preliminary Effects of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Chronic Pain in People with Knee Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 32 (2024), Kosaku Aoyagi, Michael LaValley, Robert Edwards, Julia Lechuga, Elias Rivas, Amy E. Wagler, Tuhia Neogi.
An In-Depth Investigation into the Performance of State-of-the-Art Zero-Shot, Single-Shot, and Few-Shot Learning Approaches on an Out-of-Distribution Zero-Day Malware Attack Detection 2024 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC) (2024), Tosin Ige, Christopher Kiekintveld, Aritran Piplai, Amy E. Wagler, Olukunle Kolade, Bolanle H. Matti.
What They Remember May Not Be What They Understand: A Study of Mnemonic Recall and Performance by Introductory Statistics Students Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education 32 4 (2024), Megan Mocko, Amy E. Wagler, Lawrence M. Lesser, Wendy S. Francis, Jennifer M. Blush, Karly M. Schleicher, Patricia S. Barrientos.
C-C Chemokine Receptor 7 Promotes T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Invasion of the Central Nervous System via β2-Integrins International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25 17 (2024), Cesar I. Cardona, Alondra Rodriguez, Vivian C. Torres, Anahi Sanchez, Angel Torres, Aaron E. Vazquez, Amy E. Wagler, Michael A. Brissette, Colin A. Bill, Charlotte Vines.
C-C Chemokine Receptor 7 Promotes T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Invasion of the Central Nervous System via β2-Integrins International Journal of Molecular Science 25 17 (2024), Cesar I. Cardona, Alondra Rodriguez, Vivian C. Torres, Anahi Sanchez, Angel Torres, Aaron Vazquez, Amy E. Wagler, Michael Brissette, Colin A. Bill, Charlotte Vines.
New Convolutional Neural Network and Graph Convolutional Network-Based Architecture for AI Applications in Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia-Stage Classification AI 5 1 (2024), Md Hasan, Amy E. Wagler.
Towards an In-depth Evaluation of the Performance, Suitability and Plausibility of Few-Shot Meta Transfer Learning on An Unknown Out-of-Distribution Cyber-attack Detection MDPI AI (2024), Tosin Ige, Christopher Kiekintveld, Aritran Piplai, Amy E. Wagler, Olukunle Kolade, Bolanle Matti.
A novel U-GAT deep learning method for Alzheimer’s disease image segmentation, Healthcare Analytics 5 (2024), Md Easin Hassan, Amy E. Wagler.
Effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on glycemic control: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in endocrinology 14 (2023), M J. Sanchez, A Mossayebi, S Sigaroodi, J N. Apaflo, M J. Galvan, Kisuk Min, F J. Agullo, Amy E. Wagler, Sudip Bajpeyi.
Propensity Matched Comparison of 30-Day Outcomes Between Minimally Invasive and Open Simultaneous Resection of Colorectal Primary Tumor and Liver Metastases Journal of the American College of Surgeons 236 5 (2023), Elizabeth Carpenter, Franklin Valdera, Todd Smolinsky, Katryna Thomas, Amy E. Wagler, Panfeng Liang, Guy Clifton, Daniel Nelson, Timothy Vreeland.
Preclinical Model to Evaluate Outcomes of Amyloid Cross-Toxicity in the Rodent Brain. ACS chemical neuroscience 13 20 (2022), G Henríquez, L Méndez, Edward Castaneda, Amy E. Wagler, S Jeon, Mahesh Narayan.
Food and Housing Security at a Hispanic-Serving Institution: An examination before and during the COVID-19 pandemic Frontiers in Public Health (2022), Amy Wagler, Gregory Schober, Silvia M. Chavez-Baray, Jessica Ayala, Paul Dessauer, Eva Moya.
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.
STEM Majors Applying to Graduate School: The Role of Family, Peers, and Undergraduate Research Programs in Facilitating Community Cultural Wealth Journal of Latinos and Education (2022), Angelica Monarrez, Angela Frederick, Danielle Morales, Lourdes Echegoyen, Amy E. Wagler.
Functional connectivity differences between two culturally distinct prairie vole populations: insights into the prosocial network Biological Psychiarty, Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging 7 6 (2022), Richard Ortiz, Amy E. Wagler, Jason R. Yee, Praveen P. Kulkarni, Craig F. Ferris, Bruce Cushing.
Movement, home range size, and habitat use of Eastern Black-tailed Rattlesnakes (Crotalus ornatus) in the northern Chihuahuan Desert Herpetologica 78 2 (2022), James D. Emerson, Dominic L. DeSantis, Vicente Mata-Silva, Amy E. Wagler, Vicente Mata-Silva.
Analysis of Food and Housing Insecurity among University Students at a Public Hispanic-Serving Institution Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition (2022), Eva M. Moya, Amy Wagler, Jessica Ayala, Matt Crouse, Araceli Garcia, Gregory Schober.
Food and Housing Security at a US Hispanic-Serving Institution: An Examination Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Frontiers in Public Health 10 (2022), Amy E. Wagler, Gregory S. Schober, Silvia M. Chavez Baray, Jessica Ayala-Demeo Brown, Paul Dessauer, Eva M. Moya.
A Randomized and Controlled Research Study Assessing the Emotions and Beliefs of Future Middle School Science Teachers toward Terrestrial Isopods Insects 13 3 (2022), Ronald R. Wagler, Amy E. Wagler.
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.
Foraging and scavenging behaviour of the prairie rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis): no evidence that envenomation cues facilitate kleptoparasitism of struck prey Amphibia-Reptilia 42 4 (2021), Mark S. Teshera, Rulon W. Clark, Amy E. Wagler, Eli Greenbaum.
Fear and loathing of cockroaches American Entomologist 67 1 (2021), Ronald R. Wagler, Amy E. Wagler.
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.
Analyzing Food and Housing Insecurity among College Students at a Hispanic Serving Institution Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition (2021), Eva M. Moya, Gregory S. Schober, Jessica Ayala-Demeo Brown, Amy E. Wagler.
Foraging and scavenging behavior of the prairie rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis): no evidence that envenomation cues facilitate kleptoparasitism of struck prey Amphibia-Reptilia (2021), Mark Teshara, Amy E. Wagler, Rulon Clark, Eli Greenbaum.
Functional Connectivity differences between two culturally distinct prairie vole populations: insights into the prosocial network Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging (2021), Richard Ortiz, Craig Ferris, Amy E. Wagler, Bruce Cushing.
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.
An Efficient and Flexible Multiplicity Correction for High-dimensional Chi-square Distributed Endpoints Mathematical Biosciences adn Engineering 18 5 (2020), Amy E. Wagler, M. McCann.
Characteristics of Health Care Workers with COVID-19 in Mainland China: Rapid Containment of COVID-19 among Health Care Workers Journal of Infectious Disease and Therapy (2020), Mingkun Zhan, Robert L. Anders, Min Zhang, Bihua Lin, Amy E. Wagler, Liliana Acosta Alvarez, Panfeng Liang.
Baseline Characteristics of the 2015-2019 First Year Student Cohorts of the NIH Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD ) Program Ethnicity & Disease 30 4 (2020), Keith C. Norris, Heather E. McCreath, Karsten Hueffer, Stephen B. Aley, Gabriela Chavira, Christina A. Christie, Catherine M. Crespi, Carlos Crespo, Gene D’Amour, Kevin Eagan, Lourdes Echegoyen, Andrew Feig, Maryam Foroozesh, Lourdes R. Guerrero, Kelly Johnson, Farin Kamangar, Laura Kingsford, William LaCourse, Nicole Marie-Gerardi MacCalla, Leticia Marquez-Magana, Ambika Mathur, Kenneth Maton, Shiva Mehravaran, Danielle X. Morales, Terry Nakazono, Elizabeth Ofili, Kolawole Okuyemi, Laura Ott, Audrey Parangan-Smith, Christine Pfund, Dawn Purnell, Arleigh Reynolds, Phillip J. Rous, Carrie Saetermoe, Katherine Snyder, Jamboor K. Vishwanatha, Amy E. Wagler, Steven P. Wallace, Teresa Seeman.
The Effects of a Brief Motivational Intervention for Alcohol Use through Stages of Change among Non‐Treatment Seeking Injured Patients Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (2020), Craig A. Field, Dylan K. Richards, Yessenia Castro, Jose Antonio Cabriales, Amy E. Wagler, Kirk von Sternberg.
Integrative Framework for Long-Term Activity Monitoring of Small and Secretive Animals: Validation With a Cryptic Pitviper Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8 169 (2020), Dominic L. DeSantis, Vicente Mata-Silva, Jerry D. Johnson, Amy E. Wagler.
BUILD Peer Mentor Training Model: Developing a structured peer-to-peer mentoring training for biomedical undergraduate researchers. Understanding Intervention 11 (2020), Danielle X. Morales , Amy E. Wagler, Angelica Monarrez.
Characterization of Instructor and Student Behaviors in CURE and Non-CURE Learning Environments: Impacts on Student Motivation, Science Identity Development, and Perceptions of the Laboratory Experience. CBE—Life Sciences Education 19 1 (2020), David Esparza, Amy E. Wagler, Jeffrey Olimpo.
Characterization of instructor and student behaviors in CURE and non-CURE learning environments: Impacts on student motivation, science identity development, and perceptions of the laboratory experience CBE-Life Sciences Education 19 1 (2020), David Esparza, Amy E. Wagler, Jeffrey Olimpo.
Mathematics, statistics, and (Jewish) culture: Reflections on connections White Plum Publishing (2020), Lawrence M. Lesser, Amy E. Wagler.
Baseline Characteristics of the 2015-2019 First Year Student Cohorts of the NIH Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD ) Program Ethnicity & Disease 30 4 (2020), Keith C. Norris, Heather E. McCreath, Karsten Hueffer, Stephen B. Aley, Gabriela Chavira, Christina A. Christie, Catherine M. Crespi, Carlos Crespo, Gene D’Amour, Kevin Eagan, Lourdes Echegoyen, Andrew Feig, Maryam Foroozesh, Lourdes R. Guerrero, Kelly Johnson, Farin Kamangar, Laura Kingsford, William LaCourse, Nicole Marie-Gerardi MacCalla, Leticia Marquez-Magana, Ambika Mathur, Kenneth Maton, Shiva Mehravaran, Danielle X. Morales, Terry Nakazono, Elizabeth Ofili, Kolawole Okuyemi, Laura Ott, Audrey Parangan-Smith, Christine Pfund, Dawn Purnell, Arleigh Reynolds, Phillip J. Rous, Carrie Saetermoe, Katherine Snyder, Jamboor K. Vishwanatha, Amy E. Wagler, Steven P. Wallace, Teresa Seeman.
Integrative Framework for Long-Term Activity Monitoring of Small and Secretive Animals: Validation with a Cryptic Pitviper Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution/Section Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology 8 (2020), Dominic L. DeSantis, Vicente Mata-Silva, Jerry D. Johnson, Amy E. Wagler.
Mentoring undergraduate students in research: Faculty barriers and benefits. The Chronicle of Mentoring and Coaching 4 1 (2020), Angelica Monarrez, Amy E. Wagler, D. Morales, D. Seira, Lourdes Echegoyen, A. Ramirez.
The effects of brief motivational intervention for alcohol misuse through readiness to change (2020), Craig A. Field, D.K. Richards, Y. Castro, J. Cabriales, Amy E. Wagler, K von Sternberg.
The Moderating Effect of Faculty Mentorship on Undergraduate Students' Summer Research Outcomes CBE: Life Sciences (2020), Angelica Monarrez, D. Morales, Lourdes Echegoyen, D. Seira, Amy E. Wagler.

Presentations

A Freshman Year Research Intensive Sequence for Improving Inclusive Equity in Research Training (2025), Amy E. Wagler, Lourdes Echegoyen, Guadalupe Corral, Tolulope Adeyina, Rafael Aguilera.
Become your students' best supporter to champion their mental health and wellness (2024), Amy E. Wagler, Lorena Orozco.
Employing Exploratory Graph Analyses (EGA) and Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) in Investigation of the Underlying Latent Structure of the Mentor Competency Assessment: A comparative study at an HSI (2024), Amy E. Wagler, Angelica Monarrez.
What They Remember May Not Be What They Understand: A Study of Mnemonic Recall and Performance by Introductory Statistics Students (2024), Megan E. Mocko, Amy E. Wagler, Lawrence M. Lesser.
Aguilera, R., Monarrez, R., Corral, G., Wagler, A., & Echegoyen, L. E. (July 8-10, 2024). Developing the biomedical Researchers of the Future at a Hispanic Serving Institution (2024), Volume Baltimore, MD, Rafael Aguilera, Angelica Monarrez, Guadalupe Corral, Amy E. Wagler, Lourdes Echegoyen.
Developing the biomedical Researchers of the Future at a Hispanic Serving Institution (2024), Amy E. Wagler, Rafael Aguilar.
Food and Housing Security at the University of Texas at El Paso (2024), Volume UTEP IDRB , Eva M. Moya, Silvia M. Chavez Baray, Gregory S. Schober, Amy E. Wagler, Jessica Ayala-Demeo Brown.
Networking Opportunities for HSIs to Develop Equitable and Effective Evaluation Approaches. (2024), Azuri L. Gonzalez, Amy E. Wagler, Anne-Marie Núñez.
Movement, home range size, and habitat use of Eastern Black-tailed Rattlesnakes (Crotalus ornatus) in the northern Chihuahuan Desert (2022), Volume Rodeo, New Mexico, James Emerson, Dominic L. DeSantis, Vicente Mata-Silva, Amy E. Wagler, Jerry D. Johnson.
our (Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education) work on educational mnemonics (2022), Volume (ended up being virtual), Megan Mocko, Lawrence M. Lesser, Amy E. Wagler, Wendy S. Francis.
Navigating Tenure and Promotion: Pursuing your Research Agenda with Purpose (2022), Volume UTEP, Eva Moya, Amy Wagler.
Navigating Tenure and Promotion: Pursuing Your Research Agenda with Purpose (2022), Volume UTEP, El Paso, TX , Eva M. Moya, Amy E. Wagler, Carleton H. Brown.
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.
Who do students talk to about their course research? An investigation of CURE students' ego networks (2021), Volume Virtual, David Esparza, Amy E. Wagler, Aimee A. Hernandez, Jocelyn Zachariah, Jeffrey T. Olimpo.
Integrating radio telemetry and accelerometry to monitor the spatial and temporal movement patterns of snakes (2021), Volume Phoenix, Arizona, Dominic DeSantis, Anna Tipton, Reagan Thornton, Rulon Clark, Vicente Mata-Silva, Jerry D. Johnson, Jorge Diosdado, Amy E. Wagler.
Who do students talk to about their course research? An investigation of CURE students' ego networks (2021), David Esparza, Amy E. Wagler, Aimee A. Hernandez-Gaytan, Jocelyn Zachariah, Jeffrey Olimpo.
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.
Which Mnemonics do College Students Recall, Explain, and Apply? (2021), Megan Mocko, Amy E. Wagler, Lawrence M. Lesser, Wendy S. Francis.
Opportunities and Pathways to Biomedical Research Careers: Program Outcomes at a Large HSI (2021), Volume Virtual, Angelica Monarrez, Thomas McCabe, Lourdes Echegoyen, Amy E. Wagler.
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 influence of gender on students' perceptions of their peers' research proficiency in course-based undergraduate research experiences and traditional laboratory courses (2020), Volume Virtual, David Esparza, Amy E. Wagler, Aimee A. Hernandez, Jeffrey T. Olimpo.
The Influence of Gender on Students' Perceptions of their Peers' Research Proficiency in Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences and Traditional Laboratory Courses (2020), David Esparza, Amy E. Wagler, Aimee Hernandez-Gaytan, Jeffrey Olimpo.

Grants

Project DATx: Data Analytics for Texas

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section
Fall 2025	CHSC 6390 - Directed Study	15369
Fall 2025	CHSC 6398 - Dissertation	15378
Fall 2025	CHSC 6399 - Dissertation	15386
Fall 2025	CHSC 6385 - Independent Study	15361
Fall 2025	CHSC 6388 - Research Applications	15360
Fall 2025	PUBH 5398 - Thesis I	12337
Fall 2025	PUBH 5399 - Thesis II	17832
Summer 2025	CHSC 6390 - Directed Study	33551
Summer 2025	CHSC 6398 - Dissertation	33555
Summer 2025	CHSC 6399 - Dissertation	33558
Summer 2025	CHSC 6385 - Independent Study	33541
Summer 2025	CHSC 6388 - Research Applications	33545
Summer 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	31445

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2025	PUBH 5399 - Thesis II	17832
Spring 2025	CHSC 6385 - Independent Study	26604
Spring 2025	PUBH 5357 - Selected Topics-Public Health	27784
Spring 2025	PUBH 5399 - Thesis II	28197
Fall 2023	DS 6399 - Dissertation II	17278
Fall 2023	DS 6390 - DS Research Collaborative	15608
Fall 2023	STAT 5396 - Graduate Research	15606
Fall 2023	STAT 6396 - Graduate Research	17702
Fall 2023	STAT 5195 - Graduate Seminar	10809
Fall 2023	STAT 6195 - Graduate Seminar	15609
Fall 2023	MATH 4399 - Indiv Studies in Mathematics	13578
Fall 2023	DS 6335 - Intro to DS Collaborations	14882
Fall 2023	STAT 6370 - Special Topics	17542
Fall 2023	STAT 6370 - Special Topics	17700
Fall 2023	STAT 6370 - Special Topics	17701
Summer 2023	DS 6390 - DS Research Collaborative	35478
Summer 2023	MATH 4399 - Indiv Studies in Mathematics	33433
Spring 2023	DS 5339 - Data Visualization	27343
Spring 2023	DS 6339 - Data Visualization	27434
Spring 2023	DS 6398 - Dissertation I	27748
Spring 2023	DS 6390 - DS Research Collaborative	27747
Spring 2023	STAT 6396 - Graduate Research	27754
Spring 2023	MATH 4399 - Indiv Studies in Mathematics	27943
Spring 2023	STAT 6370 - Special Topics	27749
Spring 2023	STAT 6370 - Special Topics	27750
Spring 2023	STAT 6370 - Special Topics	27751
Fall 2022	DS 6390 - DS Research Collaborative	19982
Fall 2022	STAT 5396 - Graduate Research	20435
Fall 2022	MATH 4399 - Indiv Studies in Mathematics	16812
Fall 2022	DS 6335 - Intro to DS Collaborations	19392
Fall 2022	STAT 5370 - Special Topics	20436
Fall 2022	STAT 5370 - Special Topics	20450
Fall 2022	STAT 5399 - Thesis 2	16656
Summer 2022	DS 6390 - DS Research Collaborative	36555
Summer 2022	STAT 5396 - Graduate Research	36678
Summer 2022	MATH 4399 - Indiv Studies in Mathematics	33825
Summer 2022	STAT 5398 - Thesis 1	36556
Spring 2022	DS 6390 - DS Research Collaborative	29588
Spring 2022	STAT 5370 - Special Topics	28106
Spring 2022	STAT 5385 - Statistics in Research	29361
Spring 2022	STAT 5399 - Thesis 2	26483
Spring 2022	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	23956
Fall 2021	DS 6390 - DS Research Collaborative	20043
Fall 2021	STAT 5396 - Graduate Research	19923
Fall 2021	MATH 4399 - Indiv Studies in Mathematics	16731
Fall 2021	DS 6335 - Intro to DS Collaborations	18569	Syllabus
Fall 2021	STAT 5370 - Special Topics	17752
Fall 2021	STAT 5398 - Thesis 1	17582
Summer 2021	DS 6390 - DS Research Collaborative	36395
Summer 2021	STAT 5370 - Special Topics	36336
Summer 2021	STAT 5399 - Thesis 2	33978
Summer 2021	MATH 4370 - Topics Seminar	35022
Summer 2021	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	33009
Spring 2021	DS 5339 - Data Visualization	28442	Syllabus
Spring 2021	STAT 5399 - MS Thesis	27472
Spring 2021	STAT 5370 - Special Topics	29469	Syllabus
Fall 2020	STAT 5335 - Applied Experimental Design	18803	Syllabus
Fall 2020	STAT 5398 - MS Thesis	17929
Fall 2020	STAT 5370 - Special Topics	18105	Syllabus
Summer 2020	STAT 5396 - Graduate Research	35174
Summer 2020	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	33166
Spring 2020	STAT 5399 - MS Thesis	29193
Spring 2020	STAT 5370 - Special Topics	28489	Syllabus
Spring 2020	STAT 5329 - Statistical Programming	26377	Syllabus
Spring 2020	MATH 4370 - Topics Seminar	27816	Syllabus
Fall 2019	STAT 5195 - Graduate Seminar	19565
Fall 2019	STAT 5398 - MS Thesis	19260
Fall 2019	STAT 5370 - Special Topics	19515
Fall 2019	STAT 5329 - Statistical Programming	16837	Syllabus
Fall 2019	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	14647
Summer 2019	STAT 5396 - Graduate Research	36347
Summer 2019	MATH 4370 - Topics Seminar	36616
Spring 2019	STAT 5195 - Graduate Seminar	24688
Spring 2019	MATH 4399 - Indiv Studies in Mathematics	29262
Fall 2018	STAT 5335 - Applied Experimental Design	18259	Syllabus
Fall 2018	MATH 4399 - Indiv Studies in Mathematics	19504	Syllabus
Fall 2018	MATH 4399 - Indiv Studies in Mathematics	19598	Syllabus
Summer 2018	MATH 4399 - Indiv Studies in Mathematics	35028
Summer 2018	STAT 5399 - MS Thesis	35976
Spring 2018	MATH 4399 - Indiv Studies in Mathematics	29351
Spring 2018	MATH 4199 - Individ Studies in Mathematic	29400
Spring 2018	STAT 5399 - MS Thesis	29071
Spring 2018	STAT 5329 - Statistical Programming	28180
Spring 2018	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	25534

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Fall 2023	STAT 5195 - Graduate Seminar	10809	Evaluation
Fall 2023	STAT 6195 - Graduate Seminar	15609	Evaluation
Fall 2023	DS 6335 - Intro to DS Collaborations	14882	Evaluation
Spring 2023	DS 5339 - Data Visualization	27343	Evaluation
Spring 2023	DS 6339 - Data Visualization	27434	Evaluation
Fall 2022	DS 6335 - Intro to DS Collaborations	19392	Evaluation
Spring 2022	STAT 5385 - Statistics in Research	29361	Evaluation
Fall 2021	DS 6335 - Intro to DS Collaborations	18569	Evaluation
Spring 2021	DS 5339 - Data Visualization	28442	Evaluation
Fall 2020	STAT 5335 - Applied Experimental Design	18803	Evaluation
Spring 2020	STAT 5329 - Statistical Programming	26377	Evaluation

Bio

Dr. Amy Wagler is a Professor of Public Health at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). She is PI on the NIH REC of BUILDing SCHOLARS, ONC GET PHIT project, and NSF El Paso Partnership for PBL.

Awards and Honors

CUSA UTEP Faculty of the Year - CUSA (01/01/2025-01/31/2025)
Provost's Faculty Fellow-in-Residence for Civic Engagement - Provost Office (08/31/2016)
Student's Choice Teaching Award for Department of Mathematical Sciences - College of Science (05/01/2016-05/31/2016)
Associate Editor of Journal of Statistics Education - Journal of Statistics Education (01/01/2016-01/31/2016)
Associate Editor of STEW (STatistics Education Web): An online peer-reviewed journal of the American Statistical Association. (01/01/2014-12/31/2014)
Nominated for Regents Award for Outstanding Teaching - University of Texas Regents (01/01/2014-12/31/2014)
2014 University of Texas System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award. - UT System Regents (06/01/2014-06/30/2014)
2014 Harry J. Meeuwsen Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award - UTEP Sun Conference (02/01/2014-02/28/2014)
Carl E. Marshal Award for 2007: Outstanding Ph.D. Graduate in Statistics (01/01/2007-12/31/2007)
Mu Sigma Rho - National Statistical Honor Fraternity (01/01/2004-12/31/2004)
Robert D. Morrison Award (01/01/2003-12/31/2003)

Ph D in Statistics, , Oklahoma State University (2007)
MS in Statistics, Oklahoma State University (2003)
BS in Mathematics, The University of Texas of the Permian Basin (1995)

Publications

The Additive Effect of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation and Resistance Training on Muscle Mass and Strength Journal of Applied Physiology (2025), Sudip Bajpeyi, Gabriel Navarez, Amy E. Wagler, Jehu Apaflo, Andrew McAinch.
The additive effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation and resistance training on muscle mass and strength. European journal of applied physiology (in press), G Narvaez, J Apaflo, Amy E. Wagler, A McAinch, Sudip Bajpeyi.
Student-Centered Factors Influencing Inclusion in Biomedical Majors among First-Year Undergraduate Students PLOS One 19 12 (2024), Amy E. Wagler, Selena Ngyuen, Kala Mehta, Laura Ott, Katy Snyder, Jennifer Lindwell, Heather McCreath, Karina Rodriguez.
BUILDing SCHOLARS: A Program Exemplar at a Hispanic Serving Institution to Develop Biomedical Researchers PLOS One 12 (2024), Amy E. Wagler, Guadalupe Corral, Angelica Monarrez, Clarissa Reyes, Lourdes Echegoyen.
Retention and Graduation of STEM Students at a Majority Hispanic Serving Institution: Effect of Participation in a Freshman Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences Sequence The Chronicle of Coaching and Mentoring 8 1 (2024), Lourdes Echegoyen, Rafael Aguilera, Tolupe Adeyina, Clarissa Reyes, Guadalupe Corral, Amy E. Wagler.

Presentations

A Freshman Year Research Intensive Sequence for Improving Inclusive Equity in Research Training (2025), Amy E. Wagler, Lourdes Echegoyen, Guadalupe Corral, Tolulope Adeyina, Rafael Aguilera.
Become your students' best supporter to champion their mental health and wellness (2024), Amy E. Wagler, Lorena Orozco.
Employing Exploratory Graph Analyses (EGA) and Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) in Investigation of the Underlying Latent Structure of the Mentor Competency Assessment: A comparative study at an HSI (2024), Amy E. Wagler, Angelica Monarrez.
What They Remember May Not Be What They Understand: A Study of Mnemonic Recall and Performance by Introductory Statistics Students (2024), Megan E. Mocko, Amy E. Wagler, Lawrence M. Lesser.
Aguilera, R., Monarrez, R., Corral, G., Wagler, A., & Echegoyen, L. E. (July 8-10, 2024). Developing the biomedical Researchers of the Future at a Hispanic Serving Institution (2024), Volume Baltimore, MD, Rafael Aguilera, Angelica Monarrez, Guadalupe Corral, Amy E. Wagler, Lourdes Echegoyen.

Project DATx: Data Analytics for Texas

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