Lisa
A. Pualani Sánchez-Johnsen, Ph.D. Assistant
Professor (Researcher), Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Research
Center of Hawaii
Ph.D (Clinical Psychology, Health
Psychology Specialization), Finch University of Health
Sciences/The Chicago Medical School;
M.S. (Clinical Psychology), Finch University of Health Sciences/The
Chicago Medical School
Dr.
Sánchez-Johnsen’s research focuses on the
development of culturally proficient cancer risk reduction
assessments and interventions for diverse ethnic groups.
Dr. Sánchez-Johnsen’s specific interests are
in the areas of obesity, dietary intake, eating pathology/body
image, physical activity, and smoking cessation in Latinos,
Filipinos, and other ethnic minority groups. Additional research
interests focus on understanding aberrant eating and weight
control behaviors in ethnic minorities, such as eating disorders,
body image discrepancy, weight-control smoking, and unhealthy
dietary behaviors.
Dr. Sánchez-Johnsen
is the current recipient of a National Institutes of Health
(NIH)-National Cancer Institute K01 Career Development Award
and an NIH-National Institute of Minority Health and Health
Disparities Research Contract. She is also the past recipient
of a NIH-Individual Predoctoral National Research Service Award,
NIH-Postdoctoral and Predoctoral Minority Supplement Awards,
and numerous awards and fellowships from the Hispanic Scholarship
Fund, the Hawai’i Community Foundation, and other organizations
for her work in ethnic minority health promotion and disease
prevention.
As
Principal Investigator of a five-year NCI-K01 Career Development
Award, Dr. Sánchez-Johnsen's
research focuses on the development and implementation of a
culturally proficient physical activity, dietary, and body
image intervention for overweight Latino non-smokers and smokers.
Additional studies include the development of breast, colorectal,
and prostate cancer studies that address obesity, dietary intake,
eating pathology, and smoking cessation in Latinos, Filipinos,
and Native Hawaiians. Dr. Sánchez-Johnsen’s publications
and national presentations focus on how researchers, educators,
and clinicians can develop culturally proficient interventions
for underserved and ethnic minority populations.
Dr. Sánchez-Johnsen’s
professional activities include serving as the Editor-in-Chief
of the official publication of the National Latina/o Psychological
Association; an Executive Board Member of the National Latina/o
Psychological Association; Editorial Board Member of the Journal
of Youth and Adolescence; the Past Chair of the Ethnic Minority
and Multicultural Health Group of the Society for Behavioral
Medicine (SBM); and an elected member of the Board of Directors
for the Midwest Association of Latino Psychology.
Selected
Publications
Sánchez-Johnsen
L, Spring B, Sommerfeld B, Fitzgibbon M. Weight concerns and
smoking in Black and White female smokers. Addict Behav (In
Press).
Fitzgibbon
ML, Stolley MR, Schiffer L, Sánchez-Johnsen LA, Wells
AM, Dyer A. A combined breast health/weight loss intervention
for Black women. Prev Med 40:373-83, 2005.
Sánchez-Johnsen
L, Cuéllar I. Culturally competent assessment and evaluation
of culturally diverse clients. In: Cross-Cultural Psychology,
Negy CG, ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon Publishers.
Sánchez-Johnsen
LA, Fitzgibbon ML, Martinovich Z, Stolley MR, Dyer AR, Van
Horn L. Ethnic differences in correlates of obesity between
Latin-American and Black women. Obes Res 12:652-60, 2004.
Fitzgibbon
M, Sánchez-Johnsen L. Reduction of health risk in ethnic
minority populations. In: Clinical Handbook of Health Psychology,
Camic P and Knight S, eds. Seattle, WA: Hogrefe & Huber
Publishers, p 343-56, 2004.
Sánchez-Johnsen
LA, Dymek M, Alverdy J, le Grange D. Binge eating and eating-related
cognitions and behaviors in ethnically diverse obese women.
Obes Res 11:1002-9, 2003.
