Department of Public Health
Kara Zografos, Dr.P.H., M.P.H.
Educational Background
Dr.P.H. Public Health Education, Loma Linda University 8/03-6/07
M.P.H. Health Promotion and Education, California State University, Fresno 8/99-8/02
B.S. Community Health: Health Promotion and Education, California State University, Fresno 5/94-5/99
Certification: Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES)
Professional Employment
8/16 - Current: Chair, Department of Public Health, California State University, Fresno
01/14 - 05/16: Director, Master of Public Health Program, California State University, Fresno
01/14 - Current: College Assessment Coordinator, College of Health and Human Services, California State University, Fresno
08/13 - Current: Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, California State University, Fresno
08/07 - 05/13: Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health, California State University, Fresno
1/06 - 8/07: Part-Time Lecturer, Department of Public Health, California State University,
Fresno
8/05 - 05/07: Internship Coordinator, Department of Public Health, California State
University, Fresno
6/05 - 7/05: Teaching Assistant, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Loma
Linda University
9/02 - 9/03: Program Associate/Asthma Camp Coordinator, American Lung Association
of Central California
9/00-9/02: Part-Time Lecturer, Department of Public Health, California State University,
Fresno
Teaching Experience
PH 90 - Contemporary Health Issues (online)
PH 91 - Introduction to Human Sexuality
PH 100 - Community Health
PH 104 - Global and Cultural Issues in Health
PH 109 - Epidemiology
PH 114 - Health Behavior
PH 128 - Holistic Health and Alternative Medicine
PH 131 - Principles of Health Education
PH 133 - Health Education Methods
PH 135 - Human Disease
PH 202 - Advanced Public Health Statistics
PH 225A - Foundations of Health Promotion
Publications
12/10 Zografos, K., Hopp Marshak, H, Neish, C., & Dyjack, D. (2007). The Effects of an Adolescent Asthma Education Intervention on Knowledge, Intention, Behavior, Self-Efficacy, and Self-Consciousness.
Submitted: Zografos, K., Krenz, V., & Yarmo, K. Protective Alcohol-Use Behavior Utilization
among a Sample of College Students
Journal: American Journal of Health Education.
Creative Activities
Member - Society for Public Health Education, Washington, D.C.
Member - American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C.
University, Community, and Professional Service
Faculty Advisor - Student Public Health Association
Awards/Recognition Received
5/12 - Outstanding Advisor of the Year
11/11 - Horizon Award
5/11 - Outstanding Advisor or the Year
10/10 - Club and Organization Advisor of the Month Award
5/10 - Faculty Recognition Award
5/08 - Outstanding Advisor of the Year Award
5/07 - Outstanding Advisor of the Year Award
6/07 - Loma Linda University Chancellor's Award
5/06 - CSU Chancellor's Doctoral Incentive Program Award
1/06 - Loma Linda University Selma Andrews Scholarship
7/04 - Loma Linda University Gerken-Neish Scholarship Award
11/99 - American Cancer Society Volunteer of the Year Award
5/99 - Outstanding Undergraduate Health Education Major of the
Year Award
8/97 - Public Health Scholarship Award
5/94 - Daughters of Penelope Scholarship Award
4/98-8/02 - Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, California State University, Fresno
10/97-8/02 - Golden Key National Honor Society, California State University, Fresno
Chair & Associate Professor
Department of Public Health
Office: McL 184
Phone: (559) 278-5988
Email: Kzografos@csufresno.edu