Sadye Paez Errickson, PhD, MPT, MPH

Education and Training:

Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Fellow
January 2010 – present

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
From 2008 to present
Public Health Leadership, Global Health (concentration)
MPH, December 2010

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
From 2003 to 2008
Human Movement Science
PhD, May 2008

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Maternal and Child Health LEND Fellow
Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning
From July, 2003 to June, 2006

University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida
From 2001 to 2003
Physical Therapy
M.S., August 2003

University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida
From 1996 to 2001
Micro & Molecular Science
B.S., May 2001

Rank:

Assistant Professor

Expertise:

Health and wellness theory and application
Health promotion interventions in exercise (e.g., Latina adolescents, fitness Testing Among Bariatric Adults)
Cultural competence and diversity

Teaching:

Faculty Co-coordinator, Student Service Learning Trip to Guatemala

PHYT 824 – Health and Wellness – A 3-hour distance education course for our third year DPT students.
PHYT 823 – Chronic Disabilities – A 2-hour distance education course for our third year DPT students.

Research interests:

My research interests focus on applied health promotion interventions in exercise to establish cultures of wellness in a range of community settings. In particular, I would like to investigate the reciprocity between the environment, individual exercise behavior, and subsequent health outcomes, specifically obesity and related behavioral risks across the lifespan and especially among minority and underserved populations. I would also like to analyze leadership strategies, particularly issues related to cultural competence, which contribute to creating and establishing norms for cultures of wellness in organizations and communities which might include employer, school, and/or community exercise programs.

Representative publications for each area of interest:

Peer Reviewed Publications:

Paez S, Maloney A, Kelsey K, Wiesen C, Rosenberg A. “Parental and Environmental factors associated with Physical Activity Among Children Participating in an Active Video Game.” Pediatric Physical Therapy,2009;21:245-253.

Maloney AE, Bethea TC, Kelsey K, Marks JT, Paez S, Rosenberg A, Catellier DJ, Hamer RM, Sikich L. “A Pilot of a Video Game (DDR) to Promote Physical Activity and Decrease Sedentary Screen Time.” Obesity, 2008;16:2074-2080.

Invited Commentary:

Paez Errickson, S.,Alvarez, M., Forquera, R., Whitehead, T., Fleg, A., Hawkins T., Newsom, C., Schoenback, V. Invited commentary. “What will Health Care Reform Mean for Minority Health Disparities?” Public Health Reports. (in print, anticipate March/April 2011)

Non-Peer Reviewed Publications:

UNC PT Outreach Blog. http://uncptoutreach.blogspot.com/ March 2010.

Dusing SC, Rosenberg A, Paez S. “Physical Therapy for Children with MPS Disorders – Parents.” The National Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) Society, Inc., 2005.
Dusing SC, Rosenberg A, Paez S. MSPT. “Physical Therapy for Children with MPS Disorders – Professionals.” The National Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) Society, Inc., 2005.

Paez S. Contributing researcher: North Carolina Institute of Medicine, “North Carolina Institute of Medicine Safety-Net Task Force Report” (specifically: Project Access) Chapel Hill, NC, 2004.
Paez S. Contributing researcher: North Carolina Prevention Partners Report Card, 2004/2005.