Melissa Valerio

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About

Dr. Melissa Valerio-Shewmaker is a Professor in Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences and serves as the Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs. Her primary areas of focus include research design, program design and evaluation, intervention mapping and community engagement. She has been involved in research focused on prevention and management of chronic illness including type 2 diabetes prevention and management, asthma, cancer prevention and screening and patient-provider communication. She conducts research supported by CDC, NIH, PCORI, Texas DSHS and foundations. She has served as PI for studies assessing understanding of type 2 diabetes risk, adolescent diabetes prevention, healthy families using multi-level approaches and community strategies to understand maternal health needs, father engagement and care coordination strategies to promote early entry into prenatal care and maternal outcomes. Dr. Valerio teaches Intervention Mapping and Community Health Needs Assessment.

Center Affiliation

• Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research
• Hispanic Health Research Center

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Research Interests

• Adolescent Health
• Cancer
• Cardiovascular Disease
• Community Health
• Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders
• Health Services / Outcomes Research
• Implementation Science
• Maternal and Child Health
• Population Health
• Prevention and Wellness
• Program Evaluation
• Social Determinants of Health
• Women’s Health