Health Assistant
Resume:
PEDRO RIVERA VILLEGAS, PH.D.
Calle Caimito C-* Urb. Villa Criollos
Caguas, Puerto Rico 00725-4032
787-***-**** Fax
**************@*******.***
EDUCATION
August 1995 Ph.D. in Health Education
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Specialty in Community Health Education
May 1986 to May 1989 MS.Ed. in Health Education
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Specialty in School Health Education
August 1983 to May 1985 Credits in Medicine
School of Medicine
Universidad Central del Caribe
Cayey, Puerto Rico
January 1981 to December 1981 Credits in Medicine
School of Medicine
Universidad de Monterrey
Monterrey, México
August 1975 to May 1979 B.S. in Natural Sciences
Biology/Mathematics
University of Puerto Rico
Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
July 1989 to October 1989 School of Epidemiology
Centers for Disease Control
Miami, Florida
WORK HISTORY AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
June to July 2016 Lecturer
San Juan Bautista School of Medicine. Graduate Program in Public Health. Caguas, Puerto Rico. Teach Health Promotion and Diseases Prevention.
January 2003 to present Assistant Professor
Universidad del Turabo. Graduate Program in Education. Gurabo, Puerto Rico. Teach Research in Education Courses, Health Promotion and School Education Courses.
Chair of Dissertation Committees of doctoral students researching health related topics.
January 2008 to December 2008 Program Manager
Puerto Rico Department of Education. Health Education Program. Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
January 2002 to December, 2002 External Evaluator
Comprehensive Health and AIDS Network for a Good Education (C.H.A.N.G.E)
Puerto Rico Department of Education. San Juan, Puerto Rico
January 1998 to 2003 Lecturer
Universidad Metropolitana. San Juan, Puerto Rico
Teach graduate courses in Exercise Physiology, Development of Health Promotion Programs, Human Biology and Basic Biology.
August 1999 to May 2002 Program Director
National Hispanic Bilingual Educational Program (NHBEP) and Consorcio Educativo para la Protección Ambiental (CEPA)
Equity Research Corporation, Washington D.C.
NHBEP is a program aimed to educate bilingual engineers by cooperative agreements between universities in Puerto Rico and the United States. CEPA is an educational consortium between universities in Chile, México, Puerto Rico and the United States to design and implement environmental protection programs. Funded by the Department of Energy.
July 1998 to July 1999 Executive Assistant to the President
Inter American University. San Juan, Puerto Rico
January 1996 to 1998 Assistant Vice-Chancellor for Evaluation and
Development
Assistant Professor,
School of Environmental Affairs
Universidad Metropolitana. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
January 1996 to July 1996 Chair
Department of Science and Technology, Universidad Metropolitana. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
August 1995 to January 1996 Chair
Department of Science and Technology, Turabo University. Gurabo, Puerto Rico.
January 1993 to May 1994 Research Assistant
Vanderbilt University Institute of Public Policy. Nashville, Tennessee.
Conducted research and consulting on U.S. race relations and conflict resolution.
November 1990 to August 1991 Program Coordinator Assistant
The Student Wellness Center. Southern Illinois University. Carbondale, Illinois.
Liaison between the Hispanic student community at SIU-C and the Special Populations program of the Wellness Center. Assisted in the development, implementation and evaluation of health education programs for Hispanic students. Coordinated and followed-up student, faculty, and administration focus groups as part of a needs assessment study. Adapted and translated into Spanish health education related literature for Hispanic students. Represented the Wellness Center in the SIU-C AIDS Task Force. Assisted in the coordination of the SIU-C Hispanic Awareness Week.
January 1990 to July 1990 Community Health Educator
East Harlem Healthy Heart Program. New York City.
Developed community based ongoing cardiovascular health education programs run by volunteers. Identified sites, designed the programs, trained and supervised volunteers, monitored programs and prepared regular evaluation reports. Organized cholesterol and hypertension screening for the East Harlem/El Barrio communities. Participated regularly in a radio talk show as a guest speaker on cardiovascular health.
August 1989 to December 1989 Instructor
Universidad del Turabo, Department of Sciences and Technology. Gurabo, Puerto Rico.
Taught Biology 101, 102 and Environmental Health courses to undergraduate students.
May 1989 to July 1989 Health Educator
Department of Services Against Addiction, Drug Prevention Office. Humacao, Puerto Rico.
Organized volunteer’s committees throughout eastern Puerto Rico to increase awareness of the need for community initiatives to prevent drug and alcohol abuse.
January 1988 to December 1988 Public Health Advisor
Centers for Disease Control, Sexually Transmitted Diseases Control Program. Miami, Florida.
Outreached, interviewed and counseled patients with sexually transmitted diseases. Pre- and post test counseling for HIV positive individuals.
January 1983 to May 1983 Instructor
Royal Nurse School. New York City
Taught basic anatomy and physiology courses.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
January 1988to July 1990. Cardiovascular health and nutrition segment in Gilda Mirós’ morning radio talk show at a Spanish language radio station in New York City.
Member of the Task Force for the Implementation of Wellness Centers. Puerto Rico Department of Health.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Designed and implemented an ongoing Student Health Advocates Program in Universidad del Turabo in Gurabo, Puerto Rico for the promotion of sexual health behaviors, including prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections and addictive substances behaviors.
Designed a Health Profile Project for the Municipality of Caguas
August 2002 to Present. Member of the Puerto Rico State Agency for the Approval of Public Postsecondary Vocational, Technical Institutions and Programs.
(HIV/AIDS education program for middle schools in Puerto Rico). Puerto Rico Department of Education, Health Education Program.
Seminario Evangélico de Puerto Rico. Design and organization of a symposium on addictive behaviors.
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
April 11-12, 1997 Travel Grant
Council on Undergraduate Research
April Dialogue (NIH, NSF)
1986 - 1988 Graduate Dean's Fellowship
Graduate School
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
1991-1995 Illinois Consortium for Educational Opportunities Award
Graduate School
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
RESEARCH
Rivera Villegas, P.A. (1995). A Phenomenological Approach to Compliance to Antihypertensive Treatment in Puerto Ricans. Unpublished doctoral dissertation in Community Health Education, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Rivera Villegas, P.A. (1989). Analysis of articles on Hispanics published in health education related journals, 1983-1987. Unpublished masters’ thesis in school health education. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
LANGUAGES PROFICIENCY
Spanish and English.
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