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Guadalupe X. "Suchi" Ayala |
 Guadalupe X. "Suchi" Ayala, Ph.D., M.P.H. is an Associate Professor in the Division of Health Promotion in the Graduate School of Public Health at San Diego State University. She has an M.A. in Experimental Social Psychology (1997), an M.P.H. in Health Promotion (2002) and a Ph.D. in Clinical Health Psychology from the San Diego State University-University of California San Diego Joint Doctoral Program (2002). She completed her clinical residency at the University of Washington, School of Medicine and began her faculty career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health. Currently, she is Principal Investigator of four interventions targeting diet, physical activity, and chronic disease management. The first study, funded by the National Cancer Institute, is testing the efficacy of an environmental change intervention in small grocery stores to increase access to and sales of fruits and vegetables, as well as consumption among store customers in North Carolina. The second study, funded by the American Cancer Society, is testing the efficacy of an intervention to improve Latino family functioning to promote consumption of fruits and vegetables. The third study, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is testing the effectiveness of a promotor-based intervention to promote physical activity and park use among residents of South San Diego County. The fourth study, funded by the Peers for Progress network, is evaluating a volunteer peer support intervention to promote diabetes control. She is also Co-Director of the CDC-funded San Diego Prevention Research Center and a Co-Investigator on the NHLBI-funded Hispanic Community Health Study (Proyecto SOL). Her research activities have produced over 50 manuscripts and book chapters. She teaches Advanced Health Promotion Theories to doctoral students and Health Promotion Intervention Methods to master's level students.
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