UT Health San Antonio

Patricia Chalela, DrPH

Associate Professor at the Institute for Health Promotion Research at UT Health San Antonio

Associate Director for Education and Training Programs

Patricia Chalela is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Health Promotion Research at UT Health San Antonio and the Associate Director for Education and Training Programs. Her expertise include social and behavioral sciences,health communications and health promotion, and health disparities research. Her main research interests are in chronic disease prevention and control,particularly the role of epidemiological, environmental, and individual psychosocial factors on health and disease, and racial/ethnic disparities with an emphasis on Latino populations. She is also co-leading several studies involving the use of mobile technology to promote smoking cessation among young adults, improving adherence to endocrine hormonal therapy among breast cancer patients through a phone application, and implementing culturally tailored programs to increase participation of minorities in clinical research.