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Oralia Loza

Professor
Public Health Sciences
Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

Office Building: Health Sciences and School of Nursing Building
Office Room: HSSN 405
Phone: (915) 747-7232
Email: oloza@utep.edu

Expertise: See Research Profile in Expertise Connector

Bio

My interest in public health emerged from my desire to apply my analytical skills to serve the under-studied and vulnerable populations on the U.S.-Mexico border and Texas focusing on drug use and sexual behaviors.

Awards and Honors

Leadership in the Community - Borderland Rainbow Center (BRC) and Latino Commission on AIDS (10/12/2023)
CHS Graduate Marshal of Students - UTEP College of Health Sciences (CHS) (12/01/2022-12/31/2022)
LGBTQ+ Border Heroes Cards: Honoring LGBTQ+ Leaders and Influencers of the Borderland - Borderland Rainbow Center (BRC), Diversity and Resiliency Institute of El Paso (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
Pride Constituent - Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (06/28/2020)
Recognition at Posada Trans 2018 - Transgender Community of Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua (12/02/2018)
Research Engagement Advisory Council, TransFORWARD - TransFORWARD (10/29/2018)
Grand Marshal, El Paso Sun City Pride Parade - El Paso Sun City Pride (06/02/2018)
Pillars of Public Health Award - City of El Paso, Department of Public Health (01/16/2018)
Nominated for the Path Builder for the Department of Public Health - Department of Public Health (12/20/2017)
2015-2016 Health Related Organization of the Year, UTEP Student Organization Leadership Awards, Students for Public Health (SPH) - UTEP Student Engagement & Leadership Center (SELC) and the Student Government Association (SGA) (04/30/2016)
2015-2016 Student Organization of the Year for the College of Health Sciences, UTEP Student Organization Leadership Awards, Students for Public Health (SPH) - UTEP Student Engagement & Leadership Center (SELC) and the Student Government Association (SGA) (04/30/2016)
2016-2017 UTEP Student Engagement and Leadership Center, Gold Standard Organization, Students for Public Health (SPH) - UTEP Student Engagement & Leadership Center (SELC) and the Student Government Association (SGA) (04/30/2016)
Recognition Reception, Community Activities Program 2015, Consul Jacob Prado - Mexican Consulate of El Paso (04/28/2016)
2016 UTEP Honors Convocation - Honor Society of the UTEP CHS (04/17/2016)
UTEP College of Health Sciences, Research and Travel Award ($500) - UTEP College of Health Sciences Research and Travel Committee (10/02/2015)
Community Engagement Award - Department of Public Health Sciences (05/07/2015)
2015 Straight Ally Faculty Award - 8th Annual Rainbow Graduation Reception (05/02/2015)
Graduate Research Award - 8th Annual Rainbow Graduation Reception (05/02/2015)
2014-2015 Collegiate Organization of the Year for the College of Health Sciences, UTEP Student Leadership Awards, Students for Public Health (SPH) - UTEP Student Engagement & Leadership Center (SELC) and the Student Government Association (SGA) (04/25/2015)
NIDA Women & Sex/Gender Differences Junior Investigator Travel Award ($1000) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (04/02/2015)
Campus Office of Undergraduate Research Initiatives (COURI) Provost's Summer 2014 Student Research Assistant Program - UTEP Provost’s Office (05/20/2014)
NIDA Summer Institute Tuition Scholarship recipient for the 2014 Summer Institute on Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) (€1350) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (04/14/2014)
2013 Interdisciplinary Research Training Institute (IRTI) for Hispanic Drug Abuse, Fellow - National Hispanic Science Network (NHSN) on Drug Abuse and National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) (06/01/2013-06/30/2013)
CHS Nomination for the UTEP 2013 Outstanding Thesis Award - Department of Public Health Sciences (02/01/2013-02/28/2013)
CHS Honors Reception, Public Health Sciences Honoree, hosted by Dr. Kathleen A. Curtis, Dean of the College of Health Sciences - Department of Public Health Sciences (12/01/2012-12/31/2012)
CHS Honors Reception, Public Health Sciences Honoree, hosted by Dr. Kathleen A. Curtis, Dean of the College of Health Sciences - Department of Public Health Sciences (05/01/2012-05/31/2012)
Honors Award Recipient - Department of Public Health Sciences (05/01/2012-05/31/2012)
Fellowship Travel Award ($800) - Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC) (04/23/2012)
2nd Place Team, Students for Public Health (SPH) - AIDS WALK EL PASO 2011 "Band together, Walk together" (10/22/2011)
Achievers Award Nominee - Western Association of Educational Opportunity Personnel (WESTOP) (01/01/2010-12/31/2010)
SGA Miners Planting Globally Award, Students for Public Health (SPH) - Student Government Association (SGA), “Think Globally, Act Locally / Miners Planting Globally!” (10/10/2010)
Summer Research Training Institute on Hispanic Drug Abuse, Fellow - National Hispanic Science Network (NHSN) and National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) (06/01/2007-06/30/2007)
Diversity Supplement Recipient - NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (08/01/2006-08/31/2006)
Doctoral Student Award Recipient - San Diego Fellowship Program (08/01/2005-08/31/2005)

Education

Ph D in Public Health (Epidemiology), U.C. San Diego & San Diego State University (2009)
MA in Statistics, U.C. Santa Barbara (2001)
BS in Mathematics, U.C. Santa Barbara (1998)

Publications

Development and pilot of an interdisciplinary health education program to address health disparities for gender-diverse persons at the U.S./Mexico border International Journal of Transgender Health (2024), Brooke Merritt, Oralia Loza, Patricia Lara, Christopher G. Medlin, Andi Tiscareno.
Development and pilot of an interdisciplinary health education program to address health disparities for gender-diverse persons at the U.S./Mexico border International Journal of Transgender Health (2024), Brandon M. Merritt, Oralia Loza, Patricia Lara, Christopher G. Medlin, Andi Tiscareno.
Development and pilot of an interdisciplinary health education program to address health disparities for gender-diverse persons at the U.S./Mexico border International Journal of Transgender Health (2024), Brandon M. Merritt, Oralia Loza, Patricia Lara, Christopher G. Medlin, Andi Tiscareno.
Associations Between Geosocial Sexual Networking App Use and Drug Use, Partner Type, and Sexual Behaviors Among Sexual Minority Men During the First Shelter-In-Place Order of the Coronavirus Pandemic in Texas [ABSTRACT] Drug and Alcohol Dependence 260 Supplement July 1, 2024, Abstracts from the 2023 Annual Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) (2024), Oralia Loza, Nqobile Nzama, Oscar Beltran, Aliza Norwood, Phillip Schnarrs.
Understanding the Experiences of Latinx LGBTQ Texans at the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic Journal of Homosexuality 71 10 (2024), Armin Dorri, Oralia Loza, Mark A. Bond, Erica Ciszek, Yona Elias-Curry, Sheridan Aguilar, Paul Fliedner, Aliza Norwood, Amy L. Stone, M. Brett Cooper, Vanessa Schick, J. Michael Wilkerson Jr., Paige P. Wermuth, Robert A. Yockey, Phillip Schnarrs.
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.
Gender Differences in Methamphetamine Use Initiation and Trajectory of Use Among People Who Use Methamphetamine in a Mexico-U.S. Border City Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment 20 4 (2021), Oralia Loza, Priscilla Guevara, Amir G. Hernandez.
Impact of name change and gender marker correction on identity documents to structural factors and harassment among transgender and gender diverse people in Texas Sexuality, Gender & Policy 4 2 (2021), Oralia Loza, Oscar Beltran, Adri Perez, Jamison Green.
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.
Differences in Substance Use and Sexual Risk by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Among University and Community Young Adults in a U.S.-Mexico Border City Health Promotion Practice/SAGE Publications 22 4 (2021), Oralia Loza, Thenral Mangadu, João B. Ferreira-Pinto, Priscilla Guevara.
COVID-19 & YOU: Experiences of Sexual and Gender Diverse Texans During COVID-19 Pandemic University of Texas Libraries (2021), Phillip W. Schnarrs, Oralia Loza, Erica Ciszek, Yona Elias-Curry, Sheridan Aguilar, Mark A. Bond, Aliza Norwood, The Texas COVID-19 & You Coalition.
Methamphetamine Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors among Men who have Sex with Men in a Mexico-U.S. Border City The American Journal on Addictions 29 2 (2020), Oralia Loza, Zuleika V. Curiel, Oscar Beltran, Rebeca Ramos.

Presentations

Police Shootings: A Public Health Problem for the United States of America (2024), Volume San Francisco, CA, Robert Duran, Oralia Loza.
Plenary Poster Session 4, "The Associations with Depression and Anxiety and Housing Conflict and Safety and Economic Stability among LGBTQ+ Youth in the Family, Housing, and Me (FHAM) Project" (2024), Volume Atlanta, GA , Oralia Loza, Amy L. Stone, Brandon A. Robinson.
Panel II: State Crime and Police Violence: The scope, its landscape, and its discourses (2024), Volume Bogota, Colombia, Robert Duran, Oralia Loza.
PCORI SGMY Suicide Prevention Grant: Reach Out and Connect (ROC) (2024), Volume El Paso, TX, Oralia Loza, Phillip Schnarrs.
Moderated Panel: Debunking the War on Drugs - The Importance of Harm Reduction [INVITED] (2024), Volume Mexico City, Laura Guzman, Nathan Smiddy, Oralia Loza, Alex H. Kral.
An Interdisciplinary Educational Approach to Address Gender Diverse Health Disparities in a Predominantly Hispanic/Latinx Community (2023), Volume Boston, MA, Brandon M. Merritt, Patricia Lara, Sofia Carranza, Ariadna Hernandez, Oralia Loza.
An Interdisciplinary Educational Approach to Address Gender Diverse Health Disparities in a Predominantly Hispanic/Latinx Community (2023), Volume Boston, MA, Brandon M. Merritt, Patricia Lara, Sofia Carranza, Ariadna Hernandez, Oralia Loza.
An Interdisciplinary Health Education Program to Address Gender Diverse Health Inequity in an Underserved, Predominantly Hispanic/Latinx community – Lessons Learned (2023), Volume El Paso, TX, Brandon M. Merritt, Christopher G. Medlin, June Contreras, Lori Silva-Edwards, Oralia Loza.
An Interdisciplinary Health Education Program to Address Gender Diverse Health Inequity in an Underserved, Predominantly Hispanic/Latinx community – Lessons Learned (2023), Volume El Paso, TX, Brandon M. Merritt, Christopher G. Medlin, June Contreras, Lori Silva-Edwards, Oralia Loza.
Engaging in Stakeholder Driven Research: Patient and Stakeholder Perspectives Panel Discussion (2023), Volume Austin, TX, Oralia Loza.
Best Practices for Working with Transgender People (2023), Volume Houston, TX, Robert Anchondo, Oralia Loza.
Associations Between Geosocial Sexual Networking App Use and Drug Use, Partner Type, and Sexual Behaviors Among Sexual Minority Men During the First Shelter-In-Place Order of the Coronavirus Pandemic in Texas (2023), Volume Denver, CO, Oralia Loza, Nqobile Nzama, Oscar Beltran, Aliza Norwood, Phillip Schnarrs.
An Intersectional Analysis of Officer-Involved Shootings: A Focus on Age and Sex. Session Title: Police in the Americas II: Excessive Forces (2023), Volume San Juan, Puerto Rico, Robert Durán, Oralia Loza.
Conducting LGBTQ+ Health Research in Texas and U.S.-Mexico Border (2023), Volume Las Cruces, NM, Oralia Loza.
An Interdisciplinary Health Education Program to Address Gender Diverse Health Inequity in an Underserved, Predominantly Hispanic/Latinx community (2023), Volume El Paso, TX, Brandon M. Merritt, Oralia Loza.
An Interdisciplinary Health Education Program to Address Gender Diverse Health Inequity in an Underserved, Predominantly Hispanic/Latinx community (2023), Volume El Paso, TX, Brandon M. Merritt, Oralia Loza.
An Interdisciplinary Health Education Program to Address Gender Diverse Health Inequity in an Underserved, Predominantly Hispanic/Latinx community (2023), Volume El Paso, TX, Brandon M. Merritt, Oralia Loza.
Associations between Living on the Texas-Mexico Border, Drug Use, and Sexual Behaviors among Men who have Sex with Men during the First Shelter-in-Place Order in 2020 (2022), Volume Chicago, IL, Nqobile Nzama, Oralia Loza, Phillip Schnarrs.
Name Change and Gender Marker Correction for Transgender and Gender Diverse in Texas (2022), Volume UTEP Centennial Museum, El Paso, TX, Oralia Loza.
Impact of Name Change and Gender Marker Correction on Identity Documents to Structural Factors and Harassment Among Transgender and Gender Diverse People in Texas (2021), Volume Austin, TX, Oralia Loza, Oscar Beltran, Adri Perez, Jamison Green.
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.
Impact of Name Change and Gender Marker Correction on Identity Documents to Structural Factors and Harassment and Among Transgender and Gender Diverse People in Texas (2021), Volume online, Oralia Loza, Oscar Beltran, Adri Perez, Jamison Green.
Impact of Name Change and Gender Marker Correction on Identity Documents to Structural Factors and Harassment among Transgender and Gender Diverse People in Texas (2021), Volume El Paso, TX, Oralia Loza, Oscar Beltran, Adri Perez, Jamison Green.
The COVID-19 & You Survey: Mental health, preventative behaviors, and coping strategies in sexual and gender diverse Texans during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021), Volume Denver, CO, Yona Elias-Curry, Sheridan Aguilar, Oralia Loza, Erica Ciszek, Aliza Norwood, Brett Cooper, Phillip Schnarrs.
Impact of COVID-19 on Health and Access to Healthcare and Social Services among Sexual and Gender Diverse Texans by Race, Ethnicity, and Gender (2021), Volume El Paso, TX, Oralia Loza, Phillip W. Schnarrs.
Impact of COVID-19 on Health and Access to Healthcare and Social Services among Sexual and Gender Diverse Texans: Differences by Race and Ethnicity (2021), Volume Virtual, Phillip W. Schnarrs, Oralia Loza, Erica Ciszek, Aliza Norwood, Mark A. Bond, Yona Twena, Sheridan Aguilar, The COVID-19 & You Coalition.
Impact of Name Change and Gender Marker Correction in Identity Documents to Housing Related Factors among Transgender Texans (2021), Volume Virtual, Oralia Loza, Oscar Beltran, Adri Perez.
COVID-19 & You: Gender Diverse Texans, COVID-19, and Mental Health (2020), Volume Austin, TX, Phillip W. Schnarrs , Oralia Loza, Yona M. Twena, Sheridan G. Aguilar, Erica Ciszek, M. B. Cooper, Aliza Norwood, The COVID-19 & You Texas Coalition .
Gender-Affirming Voice Therapy (2020), Volume Austin, TX, Yona M. Twena, Sam Clubb, Cassidy Laminack, Patricia Lara, Oralia Loza.
COVID-19 & You Survey (2020), Volume Austin, TX, Phillip W. Schnarrs , Oralia Loza, Erica Ciszek, M. B. Cooper, Aliza Norwood, The COVID-19 & You Texas Coalition .
Health Disparities in Access to Health Care, HIV Infection, Substance Abuse, and Mental Health Among Latino Men who Have Sex with Men in a U.S.- Mexico Border City (2020), Volume Hollywood, FL (online), Oralia Loza, Elias Provencio-Vasquez, Bibiana Mancera, Joseph De Santis.
Health Disparities in Access to Health Care, HIV Infection, Substance Abuse, and Mental Health Among Latino Men who Have Sex with Men in a U.S.- Mexico Border City (2020), Volume Hollywood, FL (online), Oralia Loza, Elias Provencio-Vasquez, Bibiana Mancera, Joseph De Santis.
Legalized Violence: Thirty-Five Years of Officer Involved Shootings in Denver, Colorado (2020), Volume Denver, CO, Robert Duran, Oralia Loza.

Grants

Preventing Suicide among Sexual and Gender Diverse Young Adults in Primary Care in Texas (01/01/2022 - 07/31/2027) - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) via the University of Kentucky (previously UT Southwest Medical Center - Dallas)
Collaborative Research: How Does Non-Parental Relatives Support Impact the Housing Stability and Safety of LGBTQ Youth Over Time and into Young Adulthood? (09/01/2023 - 08/31/2025) - NSF Sociology Program via Trinity University
An Interdisciplinary, Health Education Program to Address Gender Minority Health Inequity in an Underserved, Predominantly Hispanic/Latinx Community (10/01/2022 - 08/31/2023) - UTEP CHS CAP2 Grant

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section
Fall 2025	PUBH 5305 - Biostatistics in Public Health	11179
Fall 2025	CHSC 6390 - Directed Study	14231
Fall 2025	CHSC 6398 - Dissertation	11846
Fall 2025	CHSC 6399 - Dissertation	14275
Fall 2025	PUBH 5395 - Graduate Project I	18326
Fall 2025	PUBH 5396 - Graduate Project II	18334
Fall 2025	PUBH 5397 - Graduate Research Project	18341
Fall 2025	CHSC 6385 - Independent Study	14185
Fall 2025	PUBH 5358 - Independent Study	12335
Fall 2025	CHSC 6305 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci I	11932
Fall 2025	CHSC 6388 - Research Applications	14209
Fall 2025	PUBH 5398 - Thesis I	11927
Fall 2025	PUBH 5399 - Thesis II	11926
Fall 2025	PUBH 5399 - Thesis II	15039
Summer 2025	CHSC 6390 - Directed Study	31509
Summer 2025	CHSC 6398 - Dissertation	31510
Summer 2025	CHSC 6399 - Dissertation	31511
Summer 2025	PUBH 5397 - Graduate Research Project	32394
Summer 2025	CHSC 6385 - Independent Study	31507
Summer 2025	PUBH 5358 - Independent Study	32388
Summer 2025	CHSC 6388 - Research Applications	31508
Summer 2025	PUBH 5398 - Thesis I	32400
Summer 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	31181

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2025	PUBH 5305 - Biostatistics in Public Health	11179
Fall 2025	CHSC 6305 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci I	11932
Fall 2025	PUBH 5398 - Thesis I	11927
Fall 2025	PUBH 5399 - Thesis II	11926
Spring 2025	PUBH 5302 - Epidemiology for Pub Hlth Prof	21057	Syllabus
Spring 2025	CHSC 6306 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci II	22489	Syllabus
Spring 2025	PUBH 5399 - Thesis II	21072
Fall 2024	PUBH 5305 - Biostatistics in Public Health	11307	Syllabus
Fall 2024	CHSC 6305 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci I	12137	Syllabus
Fall 2024	PUBH 5398 - Thesis I	12132
Fall 2024	PUBH 5399 - Thesis II	15860
Spring 2024	PUBH 5302 - Epidemiology for Pub Hlth Prof	21163	Syllabus
Spring 2024	CHSC 6306 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci II	22792	Syllabus
Spring 2024	PUBH 5398 - Thesis I	21170
Spring 2024	PUBH 5399 - Thesis II	21178
Fall 2023	PUBH 5305 - Biostatistics in Public Health	11539	Syllabus
Fall 2023	CHSC 6305 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci I	12520	Syllabus
Fall 2023	PUBH 5398 - Thesis I	12515
Fall 2023	PUBH 5399 - Thesis II	12514
Spring 2023	PUBH 5302 - Epidemiology for Pub Hlth Prof	21262	Syllabus
Spring 2023	CHSC 6306 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci II	23077	Syllabus
Spring 2023	PUBH 5398 - Thesis I	22871	Syllabus
Spring 2023	PUBH 5399 - Thesis II	21280	Syllabus
Fall 2022	PUBH 5305 - Biostatistics in Public Health	12764	Syllabus
Fall 2022	CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking	18807
Fall 2022	CHSC 6305 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci I	14938	Syllabus
Fall 2022	PUBH 5398 - Thesis I	14929
Fall 2022	PUBH 5399 - Thesis II	14928
Spring 2022	PUBH 5302 - Epidemiology for Pub Hlth Prof	21590	Syllabus
Spring 2022	CHSC 6306 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci II	24490	Syllabus
Spring 2022	CHSC 6388 - Research Applications	24087
Spring 2022	PUBH 5399 - Thesis II	21608
Fall 2021	PUBH 5305 - Biostatistics in Public Health	12762	Syllabus
Fall 2021	CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking	19583	Syllabus
Fall 2021	CHSC 6305 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci I	14903	Syllabus
Fall 2021	CHSC 6388 - Research Applications	14680
Fall 2021	PUBH 5398 - Thesis I	14894
Fall 2021	PUBH 5399 - Thesis II	14893
Spring 2021	PUBH 5302 - Epidemiology for Pub Hlth Prof	21742	Syllabus
Spring 2021	CHSC 6306 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci II	24870	Syllabus
Spring 2021	PUBH 5399 - Thesis II	21762
Fall 2020	PUBH 5305 - Biostatistics in Public Health	12953	Syllabus
Fall 2020	CHSC 6305 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci I	15148	Syllabus
Fall 2020	PUBH 5398 - Thesis I	15139
Fall 2020	PUBH 5399 - Thesis II	15138
Spring 2020	PUBH 5302 - Epidemiology for Pub Hlth Prof	21992	Syllabus
Spring 2020	PUBH 5396 - Graduate Project II	27467
Spring 2020	CHSC 6306 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci II	25413	Syllabus
Spring 2020	PUBH 5399 - Thesis II	22014
Fall 2019	PUBH 5305 - Biostatistics in Public Health	13161	Syllabus
Fall 2019	CHSC 6305 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci I	15517	Syllabus
Fall 2019	PUBH 5398 - Thesis I	15508
Summer 2019	CHSC 3380 - Special Topics in Health Sci	36341
Summer 2019	CHSC 5380 - Special Topics in Health Sci	36342
Spring 2019	PUBH 5302 - Epidemiology for Pub Hlth Prof	22114	Syllabus
Spring 2019	CHSC 6306 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci II	25813	Syllabus
Spring 2019	PUBH 5399 - Thesis II	22137
Fall 2018	PUBH 5305 - Biostatistics in Public Health	13410	Syllabus
Fall 2018	PUBH 5395 - Graduate Project I	18942
Fall 2018	PUBH 5397 - Graduate Research Project	16930
Fall 2018	CHSC 6305 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci I	15964	Syllabus
Fall 2018	PUBH 5399 - Thesis II	15951
Summer 2018	CHSC 3380 - Special Topics in Health Sci	35758	Syllabus
Summer 2018	CHSC 3380 - Special Topics in Health Sci	35762	Syllabus
Summer 2018	CHSC 5380 - Special Topics in Health Sci	35759	Syllabus
Summer 2018	CHSC 5380 - Special Topics in Health Sci	35763	Syllabus
Spring 2018	PUBH 5302 - Epidemiology for Pub Hlth Prof	22276	Syllabus
Spring 2018	PUBH 5397 - Graduate Research Project	26504
Spring 2018	CHSC 6306 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci II	26381	Syllabus
Spring 2018	PUBH 5398 - Thesis I	25985

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Spring 2025	PUBH 5302 - Epidemiology for Pub Hlth Prof	21057	Evaluation
Spring 2025	CHSC 6306 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci II	22489	Evaluation
Fall 2024	PUBH 5305 - Biostatistics in Public Health	11307	Evaluation
Fall 2024	CHSC 6305 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci I	12137	Evaluation
Spring 2024	PUBH 5302 - Epidemiology for Pub Hlth Prof	21163	Evaluation
Spring 2024	CHSC 6306 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci II	22792	Evaluation
Fall 2023	PUBH 5305 - Biostatistics in Public Health	11539	Evaluation
Fall 2023	CHSC 6305 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci I	12520	Evaluation
Spring 2023	PUBH 5302 - Epidemiology for Pub Hlth Prof	21262	Evaluation
Spring 2023	CHSC 6306 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci II	23077	Evaluation
Fall 2022	PUBH 5305 - Biostatistics in Public Health	12764	Evaluation
Fall 2022	CS 1310 - Intro-Computational Thinking	18807	Evaluation
Fall 2022	CHSC 6305 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci I	14938	Evaluation
Spring 2022	PUBH 5302 - Epidemiology for Pub Hlth Prof	21590	Evaluation
Spring 2022	CHSC 6306 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci II	24490	Evaluation
Fall 2021	PUBH 5305 - Biostatistics in Public Health	12762	Evaluation
Fall 2021	CHSC 6305 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci I	14903	Evaluation
Spring 2021	PUBH 5302 - Epidemiology for Pub Hlth Prof	21742	Evaluation
Spring 2021	CHSC 6306 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci II	24870	Evaluation
Fall 2020	PUBH 5305 - Biostatistics in Public Health	12953	Evaluation
Fall 2020	CHSC 6305 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci I	15148	Evaluation
Spring 2020	PUBH 5302 - Epidemiology for Pub Hlth Prof	21992	Evaluation
Spring 2020	CHSC 6306 - Quantitative Meth-Hlth Sci II	25413	Evaluation

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Awards and Honors

Leadership in the Community - Borderland Rainbow Center (BRC) and Latino Commission on AIDS (10/12/2023)
CHS Graduate Marshal of Students - UTEP College of Health Sciences (CHS) (12/01/2022-12/31/2022)
LGBTQ+ Border Heroes Cards: Honoring LGBTQ+ Leaders and Influencers of the Borderland - Borderland Rainbow Center (BRC), Diversity and Resiliency Institute of El Paso (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
Pride Constituent - Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (06/28/2020)
Recognition at Posada Trans 2018 - Transgender Community of Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua (12/02/2018)
Research Engagement Advisory Council, TransFORWARD - TransFORWARD (10/29/2018)
Grand Marshal, El Paso Sun City Pride Parade - El Paso Sun City Pride (06/02/2018)
Pillars of Public Health Award - City of El Paso, Department of Public Health (01/16/2018)
Nominated for the Path Builder for the Department of Public Health - Department of Public Health (12/20/2017)
2015-2016 Health Related Organization of the Year, UTEP Student Organization Leadership Awards, Students for Public Health (SPH) - UTEP Student Engagement & Leadership Center (SELC) and the Student Government Association (SGA) (04/30/2016)
2015-2016 Student Organization of the Year for the College of Health Sciences, UTEP Student Organization Leadership Awards, Students for Public Health (SPH) - UTEP Student Engagement & Leadership Center (SELC) and the Student Government Association (SGA) (04/30/2016)
2016-2017 UTEP Student Engagement and Leadership Center, Gold Standard Organization, Students for Public Health (SPH) - UTEP Student Engagement & Leadership Center (SELC) and the Student Government Association (SGA) (04/30/2016)
Recognition Reception, Community Activities Program 2015, Consul Jacob Prado - Mexican Consulate of El Paso (04/28/2016)
2016 UTEP Honors Convocation - Honor Society of the UTEP CHS (04/17/2016)
UTEP College of Health Sciences, Research and Travel Award ($500) - UTEP College of Health Sciences Research and Travel Committee (10/02/2015)
Community Engagement Award - Department of Public Health Sciences (05/07/2015)
2015 Straight Ally Faculty Award - 8th Annual Rainbow Graduation Reception (05/02/2015)
Graduate Research Award - 8th Annual Rainbow Graduation Reception (05/02/2015)
2014-2015 Collegiate Organization of the Year for the College of Health Sciences, UTEP Student Leadership Awards, Students for Public Health (SPH) - UTEP Student Engagement & Leadership Center (SELC) and the Student Government Association (SGA) (04/25/2015)
NIDA Women & Sex/Gender Differences Junior Investigator Travel Award ($1000) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (04/02/2015)
Campus Office of Undergraduate Research Initiatives (COURI) Provost's Summer 2014 Student Research Assistant Program - UTEP Provost’s Office (05/20/2014)
NIDA Summer Institute Tuition Scholarship recipient for the 2014 Summer Institute on Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) (€1350) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (04/14/2014)
2013 Interdisciplinary Research Training Institute (IRTI) for Hispanic Drug Abuse, Fellow - National Hispanic Science Network (NHSN) on Drug Abuse and National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) (06/01/2013-06/30/2013)
CHS Nomination for the UTEP 2013 Outstanding Thesis Award - Department of Public Health Sciences (02/01/2013-02/28/2013)
CHS Honors Reception, Public Health Sciences Honoree, hosted by Dr. Kathleen A. Curtis, Dean of the College of Health Sciences - Department of Public Health Sciences (12/01/2012-12/31/2012)
CHS Honors Reception, Public Health Sciences Honoree, hosted by Dr. Kathleen A. Curtis, Dean of the College of Health Sciences - Department of Public Health Sciences (05/01/2012-05/31/2012)
Honors Award Recipient - Department of Public Health Sciences (05/01/2012-05/31/2012)
Fellowship Travel Award ($800) - Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC) (04/23/2012)
2nd Place Team, Students for Public Health (SPH) - AIDS WALK EL PASO 2011 "Band together, Walk together" (10/22/2011)
Achievers Award Nominee - Western Association of Educational Opportunity Personnel (WESTOP) (01/01/2010-12/31/2010)
SGA Miners Planting Globally Award, Students for Public Health (SPH) - Student Government Association (SGA), “Think Globally, Act Locally / Miners Planting Globally!” (10/10/2010)
Summer Research Training Institute on Hispanic Drug Abuse, Fellow - National Hispanic Science Network (NHSN) and National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) (06/01/2007-06/30/2007)
Diversity Supplement Recipient - NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (08/01/2006-08/31/2006)
Doctoral Student Award Recipient - San Diego Fellowship Program (08/01/2005-08/31/2005)

Ph D in Public Health (Epidemiology), U.C. San Diego & San Diego State University (2009)
MA in Statistics, U.C. Santa Barbara (2001)
BS in Mathematics, U.C. Santa Barbara (1998)

Publications

Development and pilot of an interdisciplinary health education program to address health disparities for gender-diverse persons at the U.S./Mexico border International Journal of Transgender Health (2024), Brooke Merritt, Oralia Loza, Patricia Lara, Christopher G. Medlin, Andi Tiscareno.
Development and pilot of an interdisciplinary health education program to address health disparities for gender-diverse persons at the U.S./Mexico border International Journal of Transgender Health (2024), Brandon M. Merritt, Oralia Loza, Patricia Lara, Christopher G. Medlin, Andi Tiscareno.
Development and pilot of an interdisciplinary health education program to address health disparities for gender-diverse persons at the U.S./Mexico border International Journal of Transgender Health (2024), Brandon M. Merritt, Oralia Loza, Patricia Lara, Christopher G. Medlin, Andi Tiscareno.
Associations Between Geosocial Sexual Networking App Use and Drug Use, Partner Type, and Sexual Behaviors Among Sexual Minority Men During the First Shelter-In-Place Order of the Coronavirus Pandemic in Texas [ABSTRACT] Drug and Alcohol Dependence 260 Supplement July 1, 2024, Abstracts from the 2023 Annual Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) (2024), Oralia Loza, Nqobile Nzama, Oscar Beltran, Aliza Norwood, Phillip Schnarrs.
Understanding the Experiences of Latinx LGBTQ Texans at the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic Journal of Homosexuality 71 10 (2024), Armin Dorri, Oralia Loza, Mark A. Bond, Erica Ciszek, Yona Elias-Curry, Sheridan Aguilar, Paul Fliedner, Aliza Norwood, Amy L. Stone, M. Brett Cooper, Vanessa Schick, J. Michael Wilkerson Jr., Paige P. Wermuth, Robert A. Yockey, Phillip Schnarrs.

Presentations

Police Shootings: A Public Health Problem for the United States of America (2024), Volume San Francisco, CA, Robert Duran, Oralia Loza.
Plenary Poster Session 4, "The Associations with Depression and Anxiety and Housing Conflict and Safety and Economic Stability among LGBTQ+ Youth in the Family, Housing, and Me (FHAM) Project" (2024), Volume Atlanta, GA , Oralia Loza, Amy L. Stone, Brandon A. Robinson.
Panel II: State Crime and Police Violence: The scope, its landscape, and its discourses (2024), Volume Bogota, Colombia, Robert Duran, Oralia Loza.
PCORI SGMY Suicide Prevention Grant: Reach Out and Connect (ROC) (2024), Volume El Paso, TX, Oralia Loza, Phillip Schnarrs.
Moderated Panel: Debunking the War on Drugs - The Importance of Harm Reduction [INVITED] (2024), Volume Mexico City, Laura Guzman, Nathan Smiddy, Oralia Loza, Alex H. Kral.

Preventing Suicide among Sexual and Gender Diverse Young Adults in Primary Care in Texas (01/01/2022 - 07/31/2027) Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) via the University of Kentucky (previously UT Southwest Medical Center - Dallas)
Collaborative Research: How Does Non-Parental Relatives Support Impact the Housing Stability and Safety of LGBTQ Youth Over Time and into Young Adulthood? (09/01/2023 - 08/31/2025) NSF Sociology Program via Trinity University
An Interdisciplinary, Health Education Program to Address Gender Minority Health Inequity in an Underserved, Predominantly Hispanic/Latinx Community (10/01/2022 - 08/31/2023) UTEP CHS CAP2 Grant

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