Faculty

Center Director: Dr. Sora Park Tanjasiri, DrPH, MPH

Dr. Sora Park Tanjasiri is Associate Professor in the Department of Health Science at California State University, Fullerton. Her work focuses on the community health needs of diverse populations, particularly Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). Dr. Tanjasiri’s scholarship involves participatory action research principles and techniques, and health issues of interest include tobacco prevention, cancer early detection and cancer control. She is the Principal Investigator of WINCART: Weaving an Islander Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training, which is a five year, NCI funded U01 collaborative with 8 community-based non profit organizations and 4 other universities. Dr. Tanjasiri is also the Co-PI on a two year NIH funded R03 study to increase cervical cancer screening among Thais, a three year study to map pro- and anti-tobacco influences in Cambodian and Chamorro communities, a four year project to decrease breast, cervical, colon, prostate and liver cancers among Chinese and Koreans, and a five year CDC-funded effort to increase breast and cervical cancer screening among Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander women.

In addition to her professional work, Dr. Tanjasiri has also served as an advisor to numerous non-profit organizations and coalitions, including the Board of Directors of the Orange County Asian Pacific Islander Community Alliance, the Advisory Committee of the Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment and Leadership (a national Asian American and Pacific Islander tobacco control network), and the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s Asian American/Pacific Islander National Advisory Committee. Dr. Tanjasiri received her masters and doctoral degrees in Community Health Sciences from the UCLA School of Public Health.

Telephone: (714) 278-4592

Email: stanjasiri@fullerton.edu

Dr. Cheryl Cooky – for more information, see website at http://hhd.fullerton.edu/knes/Faculty/cooky/cooky.html