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Appendix E: Committee Member Biographical Sketches
Appendix E: Committee Member Biographical Sketches
Pages 481-488
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, is professor of epidemiology and kinesiology in the School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living at the University of Texas Health Science CenterHouston and in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education at the University of Texas at Austin. He is founder and director of the University of Texas Physical Activity Epidemiology Program, where he is responsible for student training, research, and community service related to physical activity and public health.
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Specifically, he uses motivation theories to develop an innovative physical education curriculum that encourages behavioral change and enhances child and adolescent knowledge about physical activity. His recent research has focused on cognitionand motivation-based intervention on physical activity behavioral change in children and adolescents.
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She is responsible for overseeing staff in physical education, health education, safety education, Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) , driver education,
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Previously she served as special advisor on youth fitness to the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports; president of the Florida Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Dance and Sport; and chair of the Sport Development Committee for the United States Olympic Committee, USA Field Hockey.
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He has led and participated in several multidisciplinary research teams examining both longitudinal descriptive and randomized population-based interventions for improving physical activity and nutrition. He has been a visiting scholar at the Stanford University Institute for Communication Research, a Fogarty International Center fellow, and an investigator on Pacific Rim Indigenous Health.
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Robinson investigates the effects of various environmental and behavioral influences on motor skills competence, physical activity participation, and cardiometabolic health in pediatric populations and the implementation of school-based interventions to promote motor skills and physical activity. She is the principal investigator on an RWJF Active Living Research grant titled "School reform: The role of school and physical education policy on children's physical activity in Alabama's Black Belt Region," and she has received funding from NIH and the Alabama State Department of Education.
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Dr. Sanchez-Vaznaugh's research includes studies on the impact of school-based nutrition and physical education policies on population patterns of childhood obesity and fitness overall and across racial/thnic e groups and the potential role of nearby school environments in the variability of obesity and fitness levels among children attending public schools.
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She has served on the evaluation team for two multisector, place-based obesity prevention initiatives and has led various statewide and multi-state projects to evaluate school wellness policy implementation and school nutrition legislation. Currently, she heads the strategy-level evaluation of Kaiser Permanente's Healthy Eating Activity Living initiative in Northern California and focuses on school and community environmental measures for the national, Healthy Communities Study funded by NIH.
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