Main menu

<script>
  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
  })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
 
  ga('create', 'UA-25343253-2', 'calpoly.edu');
  ga('send', 'pageview');
 
</script>

Leadership Team

Leadership Team and Executive Committee

The mission of this committee is to ensure that the Center is meeting its overall objectives. The executive committee is the decision-making body of the Center. This Committee governs the Center operating procedures and policies, funding allocations, hiring, and committee memberships.  

Alison Ventura 

Scientific Director

Executive Committee Member 

 

  • Kinesiology & Public Health, Bailey College of Science and Mathematics
  • Core Areas: Family health, infant and child feeding

Sarah Keadle 

Associate Director of Research Training & Fellowships

Executive Committee Member

 

  • Kinesiology & Public Health, Bailey College of Science and Mathematics
  • Core Areas: Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior Assessment, Epidemiology

Julia Alber

Associate Director of Communication & Advocacy

Executive Committee Member 

 

  • Kinesiology & Public Health, Bailey College of Science and Mathematics
  • Core Areas: Health Communication, Cancern Prevention, Tobacco Prevention

Laura Backus

Executive Committee Member 

 

  • Animal Science, College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences
  • Core Areas: Family and women’s health; prevention and treatment of obesity and related cardiometabolic diseases; clinical trials

Todd Hagobian

Executive Committee Member 

 

  • Kinesiology & Public Health, Bailey College of Science and Mathematics
  • Core Areas: Prevention and treatment of obesity and related cardiometabolic diseases; metabolism; body composition; endocrine disruptors

Amy Lammert

Executive Committee Member 

 

  • Food Science & Nutrition, College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences
  • Core Areas: Sensory Science, Food Product Development

KAREN MUÑOZ-CHRISTIAN

Executive Committee Member 

 

  • World Languages and Cultures,
    College of Liberal Arts 
  • Core Areas: Linguistic & Cultural Adaptations of Lifestyle Intervention for Spanish Speaking Populations

Suzanne Phelan

Executive Committee Member 

Past Scientific Director

 

  • Kinesiology & Public Health, Bailey College of Science and Mathematics
  • Core Areas: Family and women’s health; prevention and treatment of obesity and related cardiometabolic diseases; clinical trials

ERIC ESPINOZA-WADE

Executive Committee Member 

 

  • Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
  • Core Areas: Rehabilitation engineering, wearable sensing, machine learning, neuroscience

CINDY XIN WANG

Executive Committee Member 

 

  • Marketing, Orfalea College of Business 
  • Core Areas: Consumer psychology, pricing and product perception, brand relationships, and marketplace inclusion through prosocial marketing

 

Related Content

Cal Poly U-RISE

U-RISE at Cal Poly will provide research opportunities to students from underrepresented groups and develop their identities as scientists. Students will leave inspired and prepared for success in graduate school in the biomedical field.

Learn More Here

Support Learn By Doing

Give Now Button

Your donations matter! Support CHR students, faculty, and staff.

Learn More

Faculty Affiliate Program

Connect. Collaborate. Amplify your health research. Join a cross-disciplinary network of Cal Poly faculty advancing health research and scholarship.

Learn More

Senior Research Affiliate Program

Lead. Partner. Expand your research impact. Deepen your collaboration with CHR through grant affiliation, administrative partnership, and leadership opportunities.

Learn More

Learn About Our Research

See how CHR faculty and students are addressing today’s most pressing health challenges through innovative research.

Learn More