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UCIHPC's current staff includes Daniel Stokols, Ph.D.
and Gerald B. Sinykin, M.D., and Senior Research Associates Shari G.
McMahan, Ph.D., C.H.E.S., H. C. "Chip" Clitheroe, Jr., M.S.A.,
Kimari J. Phillips, M.A., C.H.E.S., Tracy E. Bidwell, M.P.H., Juliana
Fuqua, and Jacqueline Guzzetta. Brief biographical sketches of each are
presented here.
Daniel Stokols, Ph.D. Dr. Daniel Stokols is a Professor of Social
Ecology and Dean Emeritus of the School of Social Ecology at the
University of California, Irvine. He received his B.A. degree at the
University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His current research examines
the effects of physical and social conditions within work environments
on employees' health, performance, and social behavior. Additional
research areas include the health and behavioral impacts of
environmental stressors such as traffic congestion and overcrowding,
aircraft noise, and residential relocation; and the application of
environmental design research to urban planning and facilities
management. Professor Stokols is past President of the Division of
Population and Environmental Psychology of the American Psychological
Association (APA) and is a Fellow of Divisions 9, 27, and 34 within APA
and of the American Psychological Society. He has served as Associate
Editor of Environment and Behavior, and as an Editorial Board Member of
Basic and Applied Social Psychology and the Applied Social Psychological
Annual. He was Director of the National Institute of Mental Health
Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Training Program in Environmental Demands,
Human Development, and Health at UC Irvine between 1981-1986. Dan has
served on the Board of Directors of California Health Decisions and is
currently Co-Director of the UCI Health Promotion Center. Dan was a
recipient of the Annual Educator Award from the International Facility
Management Association in 1988, and the Annual Career Award of the
Environmental Design Research Association in 1991. As a principal
investigator for UCIHPC's recently completed Worksite Injury and Illness
Prevention Study, Dan's responsibilities included research design and
methodology, data analysis, and preparation and delivery of academic
papers describing project results. Dan's current responsibilities as one
of the principal investigators of the Small Business Workplace Wellness
Project include funding agency contact, research design, coordination of
preparation of a Manager's Guide to Workplace Wellness, data analysis,
and reporting program results. Gerald B. Sinykin, M.D. Jerry Sinykin, M.D. is a co-founder of UCIHPC,
and an active family practice and occupational health physician in
Orange County, California. Dr. Sinykin completed Bachelor of Science and
M.D. degrees at the University of Minnesota, and served an internship at
Long Beach Veteran's Administration and Los Angeles County hospitals.
Dr. Sinykin has served as a Senior Aviation Examiner for the Federal
Aeronautics Administration, the Director of Student Health Services at
the University of California, Irvine (UCI), a senior lecturer at UCI's
School of Biology, and conducted a private practice emphasizing family
medicine in Newport Beach, California. Dr. Sinykin's current
professional positions include staff physician at Hoag Memorial
Presbyterian Hospital in Newport Beach, assistant clinical professor at
UCI's Medical School, and Medical Director of the Fluor Corporation. Dr.
Sinykin has held positions as Chief of Staff at Hoag Hospital and Irvine
Medical Center, President of the Orange County (California) Academy of
Family Practice, and Associate Editor of the Journal of the American
College Health Association. Dr. Sinykin's community involvement includes
membership on the board of directors of the Irvine Medical Center,
Irvine Health Foundation, and S.O.S. Free Clinic. Dr. Sinykin received
UCI's highest recognition, the Extraordinarius Award, in 1979. Dr.
Sinykin is a member of the American, California and Orange County
Medical Association and Academy of Family Practice, and the American
Occupational Health Association and the Western Occupational Medicine
Association. Dr. Sinykin contributes guidance and advice to all aspects
of UCIHPC, including development of conceptual and theoretical
foundations for research activities, and formulation of services
delivery models and methods. Shari G. McMahan, Ph.D., C.H.E.S. Dr. Shari McMahan is an Associate Professor of
Health Science in the Division of Kinesiology and Health Promotion at
California State University Fullerton.
She received her B.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Social Ecology at the
University of California, Irvine, and her M.S. degree in Health Science
at California State University Northridge. Her Ph.D. dissertation
concerned the effects of living near high voltage electrical
transmission lines. Her current research emphasizes the health
consequences of exposure to a variety of environmental and occupational
health stressors, including exposure to low frequency electromagnetic
fields (EMF's). Shari is also interested in the public policy
implications of legislation such as California's Injury and Illness
Prevention Act, proposed national and state ergonomics standards,
implications of an aging workforce, and effective modes of risk
communication between safety professionals and the public. Shari has
served on the Board of Directors of the Orange County Section of the
American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) and is past Chairman on
the National AIHA Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation. Shari currently
serves as V.P. Health – Elect for the Southwest District of the
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
In May, 1998, Dr. McMahan was inducted as a Special Advisor for the
California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
Shari became a certified health education specialist (C.H.E.S.)
in October 1995. Shari is also a reviewer for the American Journal of
Health Promotion. She has developed and taught courses in occupational
health, health promotion, occupational/ergonomics, personal health, and
lifetime fitness. Shari's responsibilities as a principal investigator
for the Worksite Injury and Illness Prevention Study included developing
the mnemonic training device ("REACH OUT") which was at the
heart of the project, participant recruitment, presentation of all
training workshops, data analysis, reporting of results, and preparation
of academic papers concerning project results. Shari currently
collaborates with the UCIHPC and provides input on data analysis and
future center directions.
H. C. "Chip" Clitheroe, Jr., M.S.A. Chip Clitheroe is a doctoral candidate in the
School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine (UCI). He
holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Notre
Dame and a Masters of Science in Administration degree from UCI. His
doctoral dissertation concerns contextual factors affecting the
creativity of practicing architects. Other research interests include
defining a contextual approach to field research, the effect of the
college experience on the development of attitudes and professional
goals, and the presentation of environment-behavior research in formats
appropriate for practicing environmental design professionals. Chip's
teaching experience includes undergraduate courses at UCI's School of
Social Ecology, a long-term faculty position at California State
Polytechnic University, Pomona and associations with the Extension
Programs at UCI and California State University at Long Beach. He has
presented courses in the areas of environmental psychology, facilities
design research, professional practice, and decisionmaking. Clitheroe's
professional and community involvement includes membership in the
Environmental Design Research Association (current Chair of the
Professional Practice Network), Board Member of The Architecture
Foundation of Orange County, and an Honorary Member of the Orange County
Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Chip has been a
research associate of the University of California, Irvine Health
Promotion Center since its inception in 1988. His responsibilities as a
principal investigator for UCIHPC's Worksite Injury and Illness
Prevention Study included preparation of research instruments, data
analysis, and project management. His current research responsibilities
for the Small Business Workplace Wellness Project include development
and analysis of a workplace wellness appraisal instrument, preparation
of business-oriented reports and presentations concerning the project,
coordination with related researchers, and program management. Kimari J. Phillips, M.A., C.H.E.S.Project DirectorKimari Phillips serves as Manager of the UCI Health Promotion Center and as Project Coordinator of the Small Business Workplace Wellness Project, a longitudinal study funded by The California Wellness Foundation between 1996-2002. Ms. Phillips is also Project Coordinator for the Trandisciplinary Core Research Project within the UCI Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center (TTURC), funded by the National Institutes of Health between 1999-2004. As Project Coordinator, Ms. Phillips is involved in all facets of the two projects, including the development of research and intervention instruments, data analyses, and scientific reports, as well as financial management and staff supervision. Ms. Phillips holds a B.A. degree in Psychology and Social Behavior from the University of California, Irvine, and an M.A. degree in Health Psychology Education from Stanford University. Ms. Phillips’ research interests and publications are in the fields of health education, health psychology, behavioral medicine, and community and worksite health promotion. Ms. Phillips has presented research and poster sessions regarding the Small Business Workplace Wellness Project at annual conferences of the Association for Worksite Health Promotion and the American Journal of Health Promotion and meetings of the Los Alamos Community Health Care Roundtable and the Orange County Wellness Coalition. On behalf of the UCI Health Promotion Center, she also has presented at and served as a member of the California Department of Health Services’ Employee Health Promotion Workgroup in Sacramento. Since 1996, she has been a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES), and since 1999, she has served as Program Chair on the Board of Directors for the Orange County Wellness Coalition.
Tracy E. Bidwell, M.P.H.Tracy E. Bidwell, MPH, is the Case-Study Coordinator for the Small Business Workplace Wellness Project at UCIHPC. Tracy received her B.S. in Exercise Science from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a Masters in Public Health in Health Policy and Management from Emory University. She most recently worked for the University of South Carolina Prevention Center as a coordinator for projects and programs related to physical activity and community health promotion. Her primary responsibilities were: 1) to manage two national training courses in physical activity research and promotion, and 2) to provide assistance in health promotion program planning and project development to the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control. While living in South Carolina, Tracy was very active in the South Carolina Governor's Council on Physical Fitness, chairing the Multi-Use Trails Committee, and she served on the State Trails Advisory Board. She is a member of the American Public Health Association and the Local Government Commission. Her research interests focus on policy and environmental interventions to promote physical activity in communities, schools, and worksites. Tracy’s primary responsibilities as Case-Study Coordinator include designing and implementing a case/field study of workplace wellness consultation services in local businesses. In addition to providing and evaluating direct services to the businesses involved in the project, the case study involves diagnosing the healthfulness of the companies, identifying high impact leverage points, and selecting appropriate strategies to assist employers in moving through a continuum of commitment to workplace health promotion. In September, 1998, Tracy will begin as a Ph.D. student at UCI in Urban and Regional Planning, specializing in community health planning. |
