Erica G. Soltero, PhD

Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Arizona State University

500 North 3rd Street

Phoenix, Arizona 85004

Phone: 602-496-0194

Email:

EDUCATION/TRAINING

2007-2011Bachelor of Arts in Kinesiology: Sports Medicine Rice University

2011-2016Doctor of Philosophy in Health and HumanUniversity of Houston

Performance, Obesity Studies

Dissertation: Evaluating and Comparing Food Environment Policies and Resources in U.S. and Mexican School Neighborhoods

Mentor: Rebecca E. Lee, PhD

2016-Postdoctoral TrainingArizona State University

Mentor: Gabriel Q. Shaibi, PhDs

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

2008-2011Research Assistant Department of Ecological and Evolutionary

Biology, Rice University

Role: Data collection and entry, assisted with fieldwork.

2011Research Fellow Texas Obesity Research Center, University of Houston

Role: Literature reviews and annotated abstracts

2011-2013Project Director Science & Community: Ending Obesity in Early

Childhood, Texas Obesity Research Center, University of Houston

Role: Data management, development of academic-community partnerships, intervention implementation, undergraduate student mentor.

2013-Project Coordinator Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,

College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona

State University

Role: Data management, assist with grant and manuscript writing, administrative duties (IRB, human resources, budget), project management, undergraduate student mentor.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

2012-Member International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and

Physical Activity

2013-Member Society of Behavioral Medicine

2013-Member International Society for Physical Activity and Health

2016-Member The Obesity Society

HONORS AND AWARDS

2011Research Fellow Department of Health and Human

Performance, University of Houston

$1500

2012Conference Active Living Research

Scholarship $300

2016 Special Recognition Pediatric Obesity,

The Obesity Society

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Under Review

Soltero EG, Ledoux TA, O’Connor DP, Moore QL, Berger Cardoso J, Lee RE. Characterizing and comparing food environment policies in Houston, Texas and Guadalajara, Mexico. Health Policy and Planning. (Under Review).

Soltero EG, Ledoux TA, O’Connor DP, Moore QL, Berger Cardoso J, Lee RE. Methods, challenges and recommendations for conducting cross-country policy comparisons. Health Policy. (Under Review).

Soltero EG, Ledoux TA, O’Connor DP, Moore QL, Berger Cardoso J, Lee RE. Cross-country comparison of school neighborhood food environments in Houston, Texas and Guadalajara, Mexico. Journal of School Health. (Under Review).

Lee RE, Soltero EG, Ledoux TA, Sahnoune I, Saavadra F, Parker N, Mama SK, McNeill L. Sustainability via Active Garden Education (SAGE): Translating policy to practice to meet physical activity and nutrition guidelines in early care and education. Public Health Nutrition. (Under Review).

Lee RE, Soltero EG, Jáuregui A, Mama SK, Barquera S, Jáuregui E, Lopez y Tailor JR, Ortiz Hernández L, Lévesque L. Contribution of Neighborhood Street Scale Elements to Physical Activity in Mexican School Children: A Cross Sectional Analysis.Environment & Behavior. (Under Review).

Mama SK, McNeill LH, Soltero EG, Edwards RO, Lee RE. Contribution of Psychosocial Factors to Physical Activity in Women of Color in the SAving Lives Staying Active (SALSA) Study. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. (In Press)

In Print

  1. Soltero EG, Cerin E, Lee RE, O’Connor TM. Associations between objective and self-report measures of traffic and crime safety in Latino parents of preschool children. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 2016.
  1. Shin CN, Soltero EG, Mama SK, Sunseri C, Lee RE. Association of Discrimination and Stress with Cardiometabolic Indicators in Ethnic Minority Women. Journal of the American Society of Hypertension. 2016.
  1. Mama SK, Leach HJ, Soltero EG, Lee RE. Improved physical activity screening enhances intervention effectiveness in ethnic minority women: A longitudinal study. Health Promotion Practice. 2016.
  1. Hutchens A, Soltero EG, Barquera S, Lévesque L, Jauregui E, Lopez y Taylor J, Lee RE. Influence of parental perception of school safety and gender on children's physical activity in Mexico: A cross sectional study.Salud Publica de Mexico. 2015.
  2. Layne CS, Parker NH, Soltero EG, Rosales Chavez J, O’Connor DP, Gallagher MR, Lee RE. Are physical activity studies in Hispanics Meeting Reporting Guidelines for Continuous Monitoring Technology? A systematic review. BMC Public Health. 2015. 15:917.doi:10.1186/s12889-015-2266-4.
  1. Soltero EG, Ledoux TA, Lee RE. Feasibility and Acceptability of Adapting the Eating in the Absence of Hunger Assessment for Preschoolers in the Classroom Setting. Eating Behaviors. 2015. 19:68-71. PMID:26172567.
  1. Jauregui A, Soltero EG, Hernández-Barrera L, Santos-Luna R, Barquera S, Jauregui E, Lévesque L, López-Taylor J, Ortiz L, Lee RE. A multi-site study of environmental correlates of active commuting to school in Mexican children. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 2015 Aug 13.PMID:26284941.
  1. Lee RE, Parker N, Hallett A, Soltero EG, Kao D, Modelska M, Kudia O, Rifai H, O’Connor DP. Physical Activity Policy, Access to Resources and Community Health Norms in CORD. Health, Behavior and Policy Review. 2015 Jul 4. doi:
  1. Jauregui E, Pacheco AM, Soltero EG, O'Connor TM, Castro CM, Estabrooks PA, McNeill LH, Lee RE. Using the RE-AIM framework to evaluate physical activity public health programs in México. BMC Public Health. 2015 Feb 19;15:162. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1474-2. PubMed PMID: 25881249.
  1. Soltero EG, Mama SK, Pacheco AM, Lee RE. Physical activity resource and user characteristics in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (Recursos para la actividad física y características de los usuarios en Puerto Vallarta, México). Retos: Nuevas tendencias en Educacion Fisica, Deporte y Recreacion. 2015. 28:203-206.
  1. Soltero EG, Hernandez DC, O'Connor DP, Lee RE. Does social support mediate the relationship among neighborhood disadvantage, incivilities, crime and physicalactivity? Preventive Medicine. 2015 Jan 3; 72C:44-49. PMID: 25562756.
  1. Leach HJ, Mama SK, Soltero EG, Lee RE. The influence of sitting time and physical activity on health outcomes in public housing residents. Ethnicity & Disease. 2014 Summer;24(3):370-5. PMID: 25065081.
  1. Lee RE, Mama SK, Adamus-Leach HJ, Soltero EG. Contribution of Neighborhood SES and Access to Quality Physical Activity Resources to Physical Activity in Ethnic Minority Women over Time. American Journal of Health Promotion.2014 Feb 13. PMID: 24524382.
  1. Lee RE, Soltero EG, Mama SK, Saavedra F, Ledoux TA, McNeill L. Developing a Transcultural Academic-Community Partnership to Arrest Obesity. International Quarterly of Community Health Education. 2014;34(3): 215-33. PMID: 25030103.
  1. Mama SK, Soltero EG, Ledoux TA, Gallagher MR, Lee RE. Solving the obesity epidemic: Voices from the community. Nursing Inquiry. 2014;21(3):192-201. PMID:24372868.
  1. Lee RE, Adamus-Leach H, Cheung KC, Soltero EG, Lopez III YL, Saavedra F, Noor M, Mama

SK. Researching Those Who Have the Most to Gain: Focused PhysicalActivity Promotion in Lower Socioeconomic Populations. CurrentCardiovascular Risk Reports. 2012.

Book Chapters

Lee RE, Adamus-Leach HJ, Soltero EG, Vollrath KR, Hallett AM, Parker NH, Cross M, Mama SK, Ledoux TA. Obesity: An Ecologic Perspective on Challenges and Solutions. In: Stein N, ed. Public Health Nutrition: Principles and Practice for Community and Global Health. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning. Due March 10, 2014. ISBN-13: 9781449692049.

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS/CONFERENCE ACTIVITY

Nagle-Williams A, Patrick DL, Soltero EG, Konopken YP, Keller CS, Castro FG, Olson ML, Shaibi GQ. Lifestyle Intervention Improves Body Perception Independent of Weight Loss among Obese Latino Youth. Obesity Society, November, 2016.

Soltero EG, Patrick DL, Nagle-Williams A, Konopken YP, Keller CS, Castro FG, Olson ML, Shaibi GQ. Comprehensive Lifestyle Intervention Improves Quality of Life in Obese Latino Youth. Presented at the annual meeting of The Obesity Society. New Orleans, Louisiana, November,2016.

Lee RE, Jauregui A, Soltero EG, Jauregui E, Lopez y Taylor J, Barquera S., Ortiz Hernandez L,

Levesque L. Association of Physical Activity Resource Quantity and Quality to Physical Activities in Mexican Children. Presented at the Active Living Research Annual Meeting. Hilton Clearwater Beach, Florida, February 1, 2016.

Soltero EG, Lee RE, Smith L, Rosales-Chavez J, Larkey LL. Impact of Latin dance and tai chi on

physical activity and body composition in breast cancer survivors. Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington D.C. 2015.

Lee RE, Jauregui E, Soltero EG, O’Connor TM, Castro CM, Estabrooks PA. Evaluation of Physical

Activity Public Health Programs in México. Presented at the annual conference of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 2015.

Lee RE, Soltero EG, Ledoux TA, Mama SK, Levesque L, McNeill LH. Sustainability via Active Garden Education: A CBPR Project for PA and F&V intake in Preschoolers. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2015;49 (Supplement 1): s134-135.

Hutchens, AM, Soltero, EG, Barquera, S, Levesque, L, Jauregui, E, Lopez Y Taylor, J, & Lee, RE. Parental perception of safety and gender influences on children’s physical activity levels in Mexico. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.2015;49(Supplement 1): s202.

Lee RE, Soltero EG, Ledoux TA, Mama SK, Levesque L, McNeill LH. Sustainability via Active

Garden Education: A CBPR Project for PA and F&V intake in Preschoolers. Symposium, Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Antonio, TX, 2015.

Jauregui A, Hernández-Barrera L, Santos-Luna R, Leves qué L, Soltero EG, Barquera S, Jauregui E,

López y Taylor J, Ortiz L, Lee RE. A multi-site Study of environmental correlates of active commuting to school in Mexican children. Presented at the Active Living Research Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, February 25, 2015.

Lee RE, Soltero EG, Jauregui A, Mama SK, Barquera S, Jauregui E, Lopez y Taylor J, Ortiz

Hernandez L, Levesque L. Neighborhood Street Scale Elements and Physical Activity in Mexican School Children. Presented at the Active Living Research Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, February 24, 2015.

Soltero EG, Mama SK, Parker N, Lee RE. Physical activity resource and user characteristics in

Puerto Vallarta, México. Presented at the Active Living ResearchAnnual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2015.

Lee RE, Mama SK, Soltero EG, Pacheco A, Hernandez LO, Lopez y Taylor J, Jauregui Ulloa E,

Lévesque L. Adapting the Physical Activity Resource Assessment (PARA) Instrument to Evaluate Type, Access, Size and Quality of Physical Activity Resources in Mexico. Presented at the Active Living Research Annual Meeting.San Diego, CA, March 9-12, 2014.

Tolentino L, Soltero EG, Lee RE, Levesque L, Barquera S. Characterization of Food and

Beverages Sold Around Public Elementary Schools in Mexico City. Presented at the annual conference of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, San Diego, CA, 2014.

Soltero EG, Mama SK, Levesqué L, Jauregui E, Lopez y Taylor J, Lee RE. The Association

Between Dietary Habits and Sedentary Behaviors in Mexican School Aged Children. Presented at the 5th International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2014.

Lee RE, Soltero EG, Mama SK, Jauregui E, Lopez y Taylor J, Levesque L. Association of

Physical and Sedentary Activities to Body Composition in Mexican Children. The 5th International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2014 (Poster Presentation).

Lee RE, Mama SK, Soltero EG, Pacheco A, Hernandez LO, Lopez y Taylor J, Jauregui Ulloa E, Lévesque L. Adapting the Physical Activity Resource Assessment (PARA) Instrument to Evaluate Type, Access, Size and Quality of Physical Activity Resources in Mexico. Presented at the Active Living ResearchAnnual meeting, San Diego, CA, March 9-12, 2014.

Soltero EG, Mama SK, Adamus-Leach HJ, Lee RE. Ethnic identity and neighborhood cohesion and trust impact body mass index and body fat in African American and Hispanic women. Poster presented at the 34th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Francisco, CA, March 20-23, 2013. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2013;45(Supplement):s123.

Mama SK, Adamus-Leach HJ, Soltero EG, Lee RE. Attendance, social support and motivational readiness lead to increased physical activity in women participating in a pilot Latin dance intervention. Poster presented at the 34th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Francisco, CA, March 20-23, 2013. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2013;45(Supplement): ,s137.

Pacheco A, Soltero EG, Mama S, Parker N, Adamus-Leach H, Lee RE. Calidad y uso de los recursos de la actividad física en adultos y jóvenes. Presented at the 15 Congreso de Investigación en Salud Publica, Cuernavaca, México, March 6-8, 2013.

Soltero EG, Galaviz K, Harden S, Almeida F, Allen K, Berrey M, Mama S, Smith E, Lee RE,

Estabrooks P. Revisión de las intervenciones de actividad física entre los hispanos utilizando el marco RE-AIM. Presented at the 15 Congreso de Investigacion en Salud Publica, Cuernavaca, México, March 6-8, 2013.

Adamus-Leach HJ, Mama SK, Soltero EG, Lee RE. The Influence of Sitting Time and Physical

Activity on Health Outcomes in Public Housing Residents. Presented at the Active Living Research Annual meeting, San Diego, CA, February 26-28, 2013.

Mama SK, Soltero EG, Adamus-Leach HJ, Lee RE. Effects of weight status perceptions and access and quality of physical activity resources on physical activity adoption in African American and Hispanic or Latina women. Presented at the Active Living Research Annual meeting, San Diego, CA, February 26-28, 2013.

Adamus-Leach HJ, Mama SK, Soltero EG, Lee RE. Physical and emotional health, depression and physical activity Adoption. Poster presented at the 34th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Francisco, CA, March 20-23, 2013. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2013;45(Supplement):s229.

Soltero EG, Mama SK, Lee RE. The Impact of Home Availability on Fruit & Vegetable Consumption in Low-income Minorities. Paper presented at the Texas Obesity Research Center Biennial Conference, Houston, TX, November 6, 2012. Published in International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Abstract Submissions, 2012;6(2):Article 31.

Pacheco A, Soltero EG, Mama SK, Lee RE. Association between physical activity resource quality

and use in Mexicans through objective observation. Poster presented at the Texas Obesity Research Center Biennial Conference, Houston, TX, November 5, 2012. Published in International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Abstract Submissions, 2012;6(2):Article 25.

Mama SK, Soltero EG, Ledoux TA, Lee RE. Solving the Obesity epidemic in African American and Hispanic communities: Voices from the community. Poster presented at the Texas Obesity Research Center Biennial Conference, Houston, TX, November 6, 2012. Published in International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Abstract Submissions, 2012;6(2):Article 1.

Lee RE, Mama SK, Adamus-Leach HJ, Soltero EG. Contribution of neighborhood SES and physical activity resource quality to changes in physical activity in minority women. Paper presented at the Active Living Research Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, March 14, 2012.

Soltero EG, Mama SK, Lee RE. The Impact of Home Availability on Fruit & Vegetable Consumption in Low-income Minorities. Paper presented at the Texas Obesity Research Center Biennial Conference, Houston, TX, November 6, 2012.

INVITED TALKS

Guest Lecturer, Viva Maryvale: Using community & Collaboration to Create Change. Course: Community-Based Participatory Research Strategies. Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, November, 2016.

Invited Workshop Speaker, Characterizing the Food Environment and its Impact on Dietary Habits in Mexican Schoolchildren. 17th Annual Hopsital Civil de Guadalajara Conference, Guadalajara, México, February, 2015.

Guest Lecturer, Environmental Assessments: The Pedestrian Environment Data Scan and the Physical Activity Resource Assessment. University of Houston, Houston, Texas, December 2012.

Invited Workshop Speaker, Environmental Assessment Data Collection. Universidad Autónoma

Metropolitana, México City, México, June, 2012.

MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER

Journal of Health and Place

Health Education & Behavior

Eating Behaviors

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