Carlos A Reyes Ortiz

Monday/Tuesday 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday/Thursday 1:00- 2:00 p.m.
Online by appointment

PHC 7715 Planning Administration Health Education-Promotion (Spring) Wed 3-5:30 pm
PHC 7981 Advanced Research in Public Health Practice (all semesters) (independent research)
PHC 6704 Applied Community-Based Research Methods (Summer) Wed 3-5:30 pm
PHC 5608 Public Health & Aging (Summer) Thu 3-5:30 pm
PHC 6441 Health Inequities in American Populations (Fall) Tu 3-5:30 p.m.
PHC 7504 Advanced Theory Health Education (Fall) Wed 3-5:30 p.m.

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Carlos A. Reyes-Ortiz is an Associate Professor of Behavioral Science and Health Education at the Institute of Public Health, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. He teaches several courses, advise, and mentor research for MPH and DrPH students. He obtained his medical degree (6-year program) and residency training in Family Medicine (3 years) at the University of Valle in Cali, Colombia. He completed four years in Geriatric Medicine fellowships (Madrid, Spain; Richmond, Virginia; Dearborn, Michigan). He earned his PhD in Preventive Medicine & Community Health/ Health Services Research Track at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. He has taught at undergraduate and graduate levels at medical schools, gerontology programs, and public health schools. He has conducted research on health disparities, aging, and geriatric syndromes among the Hispanic populations in the United States and other Latin American & Caribbean countries and cancer health disparities. He has experience analyzing large population-based studies or surveys and clinical databases. His research support includes AHRQ, DOD, NIH (Fogarty), NCCAM, NCI (Fellow), ASCO Foundation, UCLA/ Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Scholar), Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, United Way of Tarrant County, COLCIENCIAS (Colombia), and US Fulbright Scholarship (twice; host Colombia).

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• Public health and aging
• Community Health
• Minority health
• Falls/ fear of falling/ frailty, abuse/ neglect/self-neglect or mistreatment,
• Adverse childhood experiences/ stressful events
• Latino aging
• Dementia- Alzheimer’s disease
• Nutrition and cancer prevention
• Cancer disparities (melanoma; prostate, breast, cervical & colon cancer)
• International/global health
• Depression
• Religiosity and mental health
  

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• Associate Professor 2019-present
  Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL
• Associate Professor & Geriatrician 2014-19
  UTHSC & McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX
• Visiting Lecturer 2013-14
  Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
• Associate Professor 2011-12
  Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
• Associate Professor 2008-11
  UNTHSC, Fort Worth, TX
• Assistant Professor & Research Scientist, 2006-08
  UTMB, Galveston, TX
• Associate Professor & Geriatrician 2000-02
  Valle University, Cali, Colombia
• Assistant Professor & Geriatrician 1996-99
  Valle University, Cali, Colombia
• Rural Physician 1982-83
  Hospital Piloto, Jamundi, Valle, Colombia

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•  Reyes-Ortiz CA, et al. Racial Discrimination and Multimorbidity Among Older Adults in Colombia: A National Data Analysis. Prev Chronic Dis. 2023;20:E34. See other articles at Pubmed (search as reyes-ortiz c)
  
• News: Interview by Concha Leon Portilla in a YouTube program for older adults in Mexico: “Sanar nuestra infancia en la Tercera Edad”, May 2023 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX7N5joP1Vw
  
• News: Interview from a Newspaper ‘Hoy’ from Cordoba, Argentina “Infancia, traumas y vejeces’ report published, May 2023. At https://hoydia.com.ar/columnistas/club-de-la-porota/infancia-traumas-y-vejeces/
  
• Abstracts presenter at the Gerontological Society of America, Tampa, Florida, November 2023
  
• Abstract at International Cancer Education Conference (ICEC), Toronto, Canada, October 2023.
  
• Guest Lecturer and Researcher: IX Latin American and Caribbean Congress – COMLAT, International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics – IAGG. Medellín, Colombia. May 17-20, 2023.
  
• Abstract at International Cancer Education Conference (ICEC), College Park, October, 2022.
  
• Abstracts presenter at the American Geriatrics Society, Orlando, Florida, May 2022
  
• Guest Lecturer at the "XXI Symposium on Health Research: scientific production facing the challenges of global health", University of Valle, Cali, Colombia, October 20, 2021.
  
• Guest Lecturer at the XXV National Congress of Geriatrics and Gerontology 2021 of Chile, Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology of Chile, October 7, 2021.
  
• Abstract at the International Cancer Education Conference (ICEC), Virtual, October 12-16, 2021.
  
• Abstracts presenter at the APHA Annual meeting, Virtual, October 2021
  
• Guest Lecturer at XIX Simposio de Investigaciones en Salud “Educación Superior en Salud: Autonomía, Calidad y Financiación, October 24, 2017, Cali, Colombia.
  
• Guest Lecturer at XI Congreso Peruano y VII Congreso Internacional de Gerontologia y Geriatria in Lima – Peru, October 7, 2017
  
• Guest Lecturer at Miami Geriatric & Palliative Medicine Grand Rounds, Bruce W. Carter Veteran Affairs Medical Center, on September 28, 2017
  
• Physician Licenses in States of Georgia and Texas 2014-25
  
• Honorary Visiting Professor, Valle University School of Medicine, Cali, Colombia 2009-
  
• Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) Certification (passing USMLE steps1-3) 2001-present
  
• Received funding from Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program, NIH (Fogarty), NCCAM/NIH, NCI, ASCO Foundation, Donald W. Reynolds
• Foundation, United Way of Tarrant County, COLCIENCIAS (Colombia).

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• Fulbright U.S. Scholar (host Colombia) 2022-23
  
• Award for commitment to teaching and research, Program in Geriatrics, Valle University, Cali, Colombia, 2022
  
• First place oral presentation, Colombian Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics in Bogota Colombia, Sept 29-30, 2022
  
• Fulbright U.S. Scholar (host Colombia) 2017-18
  
• First Place Oakwood 10th Annual Evidence Based Practice Conference, Southgate, MI, 2014
  
• Health Quality Scholar, Multicultural Health and Healthcare Research Network, UCLA & Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, January 15 to Nov 14, 2008
  
• Fellow for the 2008 Workshop on Behavioral Methodologies in Cancer Research for Under-Represented Investigators, NCI-NIH & Kellogg Health Scholar Program, San Diego, CA
  
• Fellow of the Sealy Center on Aging, UTMB, Galveston, 2007-
  
• First Place Research Award oral presentation, Colombian Association of Gerontology & Geriatrics, 7th Biannual Meeting, Cartagena, Colombia June 23-26, 2006.
  
• American Society of Clinical Oncology Foundation Merit Award, 2006 Prostate Cancer Symposium, San Francisco, CA
  
• American Society of Clinical Oncology Foundation Merit Award, 2005 Prostate Cancer Symposium, Orlando, FL
  
• American Geriatrics Society: Geriatrics Recognition Award, 1997-2001
  
• Valle University Medical School: “Javier Gutiérrez Jaramillo” Award for the Teaching Spirit, 1998

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• PHC 7715 Planning Administration Health Education-Promotion
  
• PHC 6704 Applied Community-Based Research Methods
  
• PHC 5608 Public Health & Aging
  
• PHC 6441 Health Inequities in American Populations
  
• PHC 7504 Advanced Theory Health Education
  
• PHC 6910 PUBLIC HLTH PRAC II
  
• PHC 7981 Advanced Research in Public Health Practice
  

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