• Ph D in sociology, social work, psychology, University of Texas at Austin (2006)
• MSW in Social work , University of Pennsylvania (1995)
• BA in Psychology, University of Massachusetts (1993)

• Evaluating A Community-Based Walking Program: A Mixed Methods Assessment of Community Capacity. Journal of Physical Activity and Health (2024), Lindsay Spitz, Roy Valenzuela, Jennifer Salinas.
• Resilient Communities: Aging in Place (2024), Jennifer Salinas, Mary Miller, Roy Valenzuela.
• Using the RE-AIM Framework to evaluate the implementation process of a tailored-education program to reduce obesity-related cancers in El Paso, Texas. BMC Public Health (2024), Jennifer Salinas, Roy Valenzuela.
• Characterization of an At-Risk Population for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) in a Primary Care Setting along the U.S.-Mexico Border. Journal of Transcultural Nursing (2024), Lindsay Spitz, Stefan Saadiq, Navkiran Shokar, Marc Zuckerman, Roy Valenzuela, Nancy Kasner, Jennifer Salinas.
• Change in Nutrition Behavior among Mexican Americans after Participating in an Obesity-related Cancer Education Program. Cancer Control (2024), Mary Miller, Jennifer Salinas, Roy Valenzuela.
• Neighborhoods and Cardiovascular Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality Outcomes 17 1 (2024), Kiarri Kershaw, Jared Magnani, Anna Diez Roux, Marlene Camacho-Rivera, Elizabeth Jackson, Amber Johnson, Gayenell Magwood, Lewis Morganstern, Jennifer Salinas, Mario Sims, Mahasin Mujahid.
• Neighborhoods and Cardiovascular Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes (2023), K N. Kershaw, J W. Magnani, A V. Diez Roux, M Camacho-Rivera, E A. Jackson, A E. Johnson, G S. Magwood, L B. Morgenstern, Jennifer Salinas, M Sims, M S. Mujahid.
• Repeated walking challenge campaign participation increases step averages among Mexican Americans living in an inactive U.S.-Mexico border community Discover Social Science and Health (2023), Jennifer Salinas.
• The Implementation of Evidence-Based Obesity Education Curricula to Prevent Cancer in a Predominantly Mexican-American Community on the U.S.-Mexico Border. Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 38 1 (2023), R Valenzuela, A Morales, J Sheen, S Rangel, Jennifer Salinas.
• Abstract P164: Using Mixed Methods to Assess Community Based Participatory Research Implementation: Assessment of a Walking-Based Health Intervention Program Circulation - American Heart Association 147 Supp1 (2023), Lindsay Spitz, Jennifer Salinas, Roy Valenzuela.
• Engagement in Physical Activity Improves after Participation in Pasos Para Prevenir Cancer-An Obesity-Related Cancer Prevention Program in El Paso, Texas. International journal of environmental research and public health 19 18 (2022), R Valenzuela, S Saadiq, S Cobos, Jennifer Salinas.
• An ORBIT Phase 1: Design study of a citywide employer-based walking challenges in a predominantly Mexican American metropolitan area. Journal of health psychology 27 4 (2022), Jennifer Salinas, R Valenzuela, J Sheen, M Carlyle, J Gay, A Morales.
• An electronic medical records study of population obesity prevalence in El Paso, Texas. BMC medical informatics and decision making 22 1 (2022), Jennifer Salinas, J Sheen, N Shokar, J Wright, G Vazquez, O Alozie.
• Walking Engagement in Mexican Americans Who Participated in a Community-Wide Step Challenge in El Paso, TX. International journal of environmental research and public health 18 23 (2021), S Saadiq, R Valenzuela, J Wang, Z Yin, D Parra-Medina, J Gay, Jennifer Salinas.
• What are the contextual risk factors for low colorectal cancer screening uptake in El Paso County, Texas? Spatial cross-sectional analysis BMJ Open (2020), Jennifer Salinas.
• Using Electronic Medical Record Data to Better Understand Obesity in Hispanic Neighborhoods in El Paso, Texas. International journal of environmental research and public health 17 12 (2020), Jennifer Salinas, J Sheen, M Carlyle, N K. Shokar, G Vazquez, D Murphy, O Alozie.

• Evidence-based intervention to improve walking engagement in public school employees in El Paso, Texas. (2024), Volume Minneapolis, MN, Jennifer Salinas.
• Pasos Para Prevenir Cancer: A Lifestyle Intervention to Improve Healthy Eating and Active Living. (2024), Volume Webinar, Jennifer Salinas.
• 50k4Life: A SMART Design Randomized Clinical Trial to Increase Walking Engagement among El Paso County School District Employees. (2024), Volume El Paso Texas, Jennifer Salinas.
• Understanding and Addressing Obesity on the Texas-Mexico Border. (2023), Volume El Paso Texas, Jennifer Salinas.
• Using Mixed Methods to Assess Community Based Participatory Research Implementation: Assessment of a Walking-Based Health Intervention Program. (2023), Volume Boston, MA, Lindsay Spitz, Jennifer Salinas, Roy Valenzuela.
• Pasos Para Prevenir Cancer: A Multilevel Prevention Program. (2022), Volume Online Lecture, Jennifer Salinas.

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