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Bibiana M. Mancera

Director
Community Engagement - Border Biomedical Research Center

Research Professor
Biological Sciences
Science (College of)
Border Biomedical Research Center (BBRC)

Office Building: Chemistry and Computer Science Building
Office Room: 3.0304
Phone: (915) 747-8288
Email: barias@utep.edu

Bio

I am one of the NIH FIRST tenure-track Assistant Professor cohort and the BBRC Director of Community Engagement. My research and programs focus on health equity and the elimination of Hispanic health disparities.

Education

Ph D in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso (2016)
M.Ed in Higher Education Administration, The University of Texas at El Paso (2007)

Publications

Rapid shift from SARS-Cov-2 Delta to Omicron sub-variants within a dynamic southern U.S. borderplex Viruses (2023), Elisa Robles, Jonathon E. Mohl, Lisett Contreras, Ana P. Betancourt, Bibiana M. Mancera, Robert A. Kirken, Georgialina Rodriguez.
Rapid Shift from SARS-CoV-2 Delta to Omicron Sub-Variants within a Dynamic Southern U.S. Borderplex. Viruses 15 3 (2023), E Robles-Escajeda, Jonathon E. Mohl, L Contreras, A P. Betancourt, Bibiana M. Mancera, Robert A. Kirken, Georgialina Rodriguez.
Impulsivity, Sexual Compulsivity, and Sexual Risk Behaviors among Hispanic Men Who Have Sex with Men in a U.S.–Mexico Border City Issues in Mental Health Nursing 43 12 (2022), Bibiana M. Mancera, Elias Elias Provencio-Vasquez, Oralia Loza, Joseph P. De Santis.
Utilizing a Social Ecological Health Promotion Framework to Engage Diverse Populations for Recruitment in the All of Us Precision Medicine Program Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship 13 2 (2021), Bibiana M. Mancera.
Community Engagement Practices at Research Centers in U.S. Minority Institutions: Priority Populations and Innovative Approaches to Advancing Health Disparities Research International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 12 (2021), Tabia H. Akintobi, Payam Sheikhattari, Emma Shaffer, Christina L. Evans, Kathryn L. Braun, Angela U. Sy, Bibiana M. Mancera.
Health Disparities in Access to Health Care for HIV Infection, Substance Abuse, and Mental Health among Latino Men who Have Sex with Men in a U.S.-Mexico Border City Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services 33 3 (2021), Oralia Loza, Elias Provencio-Vasquez, Bibiana M. Mancera, Joseph De Santis.

Presentations

Strategies to increase vaccine uptake among older adults and people with disabilities (2023), Volume Webcast, Bibiana M. Mancera, Margie E. Padilla, Cassie Heffner, Shirley Bonneni.
Reduce the Risk/Reduce el Riesgo: Partnering with CHWs to conduct COVID-19 outreach and navigation among Hispanics in rural and underserved areas of the Borderplex region (2022), Volume Boston, MA, Bibiana M. Mancera.
Long COVID & Bivalent Vaccines (2022), Volume El Paso, TX, Bibiana M. Mancera.
COVID-19 Implementing Community-based Approaches to Increase SARS-CoV-2 Testing among an Underserved and Vulnerable Hispanic Population (2022), Volume Virtual, Bibiana M. Mancera.
Long COVID & Bivalent Vaccines (2022), Volume .El Paso, TX, Bibiana M. Mancera.
Impulsivity, Compulsivity and Sexual Risk Behaviors among Hispanic Men who Have Sex with Men in a U.S.-Mexico Border City (2021), Volume Washington, D.C., Joseph De Santis, Bibiana M. Mancera, Oralia Loza, Elias Provencio-Vasquez.
Radio Reduce el Riesgo (2021), Volume El Paso, TX, Bibiana M. Mancera, .
Research Centers in Minority Institutions (NIH) Panel. (2021), Volume Virtual, Bibiana M. Mancera.

Grants

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Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2024	BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.	11959	Syllabus

Past Courses

No info available.

Course Evaluations

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Bio

Ph D in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso (2016)
M.Ed in Higher Education Administration, The University of Texas at El Paso (2007)

Publications

Rapid shift from SARS-Cov-2 Delta to Omicron sub-variants within a dynamic southern U.S. borderplex Viruses (2023), Elisa Robles, Jonathon E. Mohl, Lisett Contreras, Ana P. Betancourt, Bibiana M. Mancera, Robert A. Kirken, Georgialina Rodriguez.
Rapid Shift from SARS-CoV-2 Delta to Omicron Sub-Variants within a Dynamic Southern U.S. Borderplex. Viruses 15 3 (2023), E Robles-Escajeda, Jonathon E. Mohl, L Contreras, A P. Betancourt, Bibiana M. Mancera, Robert A. Kirken, Georgialina Rodriguez.
Impulsivity, Sexual Compulsivity, and Sexual Risk Behaviors among Hispanic Men Who Have Sex with Men in a U.S.–Mexico Border City Issues in Mental Health Nursing 43 12 (2022), Bibiana M. Mancera, Elias Elias Provencio-Vasquez, Oralia Loza, Joseph P. De Santis.
Utilizing a Social Ecological Health Promotion Framework to Engage Diverse Populations for Recruitment in the All of Us Precision Medicine Program Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship 13 2 (2021), Bibiana M. Mancera.
Community Engagement Practices at Research Centers in U.S. Minority Institutions: Priority Populations and Innovative Approaches to Advancing Health Disparities Research International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 12 (2021), Tabia H. Akintobi, Payam Sheikhattari, Emma Shaffer, Christina L. Evans, Kathryn L. Braun, Angela U. Sy, Bibiana M. Mancera.

Presentations

Strategies to increase vaccine uptake among older adults and people with disabilities (2023), Volume Webcast, Bibiana M. Mancera, Margie E. Padilla, Cassie Heffner, Shirley Bonneni.
Reduce the Risk/Reduce el Riesgo: Partnering with CHWs to conduct COVID-19 outreach and navigation among Hispanics in rural and underserved areas of the Borderplex region (2022), Volume Boston, MA, Bibiana M. Mancera.
Long COVID & Bivalent Vaccines (2022), Volume El Paso, TX, Bibiana M. Mancera.
COVID-19 Implementing Community-based Approaches to Increase SARS-CoV-2 Testing among an Underserved and Vulnerable Hispanic Population (2022), Volume Virtual, Bibiana M. Mancera.
Long COVID & Bivalent Vaccines (2022), Volume .El Paso, TX, Bibiana M. Mancera.

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 3192 - Professional Development Sem.

Section

11959

Syllabus

Past Courses

No info available.

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