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)

• 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.

• 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.

• 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