Katie Trejo Tello

About Dr. Trejo Tello

• Education

  • National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Center “Global Health Equity Scholars” Postdoctoral Fellow, CRONICAS Centro de Excelencia en Enfermedades Crónicas, Universidad Cayetano Peruana Heredia

  • Ph.D. Public Health (Health Promotion and Disease Prevention), Florida International University

  • B.S. Biology, University of Miami

• Research Interests

  • Behavioral risk factors for chronic disease
  • Nutrition and physical activity behaviors
  • Hispanic health
  • Social network influences on health
  • Cultural and social theories of health promotion
  • Health disparities

• Courses Taught

  • HEAL 215: Intro to Public Health
  • HEAL 216: Personal and Community Health
  • HEAL 230: Global Health
  • HEAL 460: Public Health Administration

• Publications

  • Lancaster, A., and McInvale Trejo, K., (Submitted) “Motor skills assessment tools as predictors of childhood overweight and obesity.”
  • McInvale Trejo, K., and Shaw-Ridley, M. (2021) “Barriers and enablers to nutrition and physical activity in Lima, Peru: an application of the Pen-3 cultural model among families living in pueblos jóvenes.” Ethnicity and Health, 26(6), 911-921.
  • McInvale Trejo, K., and Shaw-Ridley, M. (2020) “Peruvian Parents Perceptions of Children’s Obesity.” California Journal of Health Promotion, 18(1), 17-28.