Sadye Paez Errickson, MSPT, PhD, MPH

Sadye Paez Errickson, MSPT, PhD, MPH

Division of Physical Therapy
Department of Allied Health Sciences
3028 Bondurant Hall, CB# 7135
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7135
OFFICE: (919)843-8647 FAX: (919)966-3678

Email address: spaez@med.unc.edu

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Research Background & Interests

Applied Health Promotion Interventions in physical activity investigating the reciprocity between the environment, individual behavior, and subsequent health outcomes, particularly among Latinos

Analyzing leadership strategies, particularly relating to cultural competence, which contribute to creating and establishing norms for cultures of wellness

UNC-CH PT Guatemalan Service Learning Project

 

Current Research

FIT-BAR: Fitness Testing Among Bariatric Adults.

Worksite Wellness, focusing on physical activity environmental and policy interventions.

UNC-CH PT Guatemalan Project: Maximizing Acquisition of

Cultural Competency Skills through Service Learning in a Developing Country

 

Education

MPH, The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2010, Public Health Leadership, Global Health

PhD, The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2008, Human Movement Science

MSPT, University of Central Florida, 2003, Physical Therapy

BS, University of Central Florida, 2001, Micro and Molecular Biology

 

Teaching

PHYT 823, Topics in Chronic Disability

PHYT 824, Topics in Health and Wellness

 

Selected 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.

 

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)

 

Professional Societies

APTA, Section on Health Policy & Administration, since 2010

 

Cross Cultural and International Special Interest Group, since 2010

 

American Physical Therapy Association, since 2001

 

UCF Alumni Association, since 2001

 

Honors

Nomination (by Lee McLean, Associate Dean and Chair, SOM), AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar, Spring 2010

 

UNC-CH K30 Clinical Research Trainee Scholar, August 2009 to July 2011

 

Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Fellow

January 2010 – present

 

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Federal Public Health Traineeship, August 2009 to December 2009

 

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Federal Public Health Traineeship, August 2008 to December 2008

 

Physical Therapist, Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics

Maternal and Child Health LEND Fellow

Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

From July, 2003 to June, 2006