Carlos Juan Crespo
Dean
Professor
College of Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology and Nutrition
Contact
Building & Room:
169 CMET
Address:
808 S. Wood St.
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About
Dr. Carlos Crespo's main area of research involves the epidemiology of physical activity in the prevention of chronic diseases, and research on minority health issues. He lists more than 100 publications and has been a contributing author to five textbooks on minority health and sports medicine, and more than 30 government reports, including the Surgeon General’s Report on Physical Activity and Health. He received the 1997 U.S. Secretary of Health Award for Distinguished Service as part of the Salud para su Corazon campaign, and in 2003 became a Health Disparities and Minority Health Scholar from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities at NIH. He has served in the Board of Trustees for the American College of Sports Medicine, Oregon Health Policy Board, and the Executive Leadership Team of the NIH Diversity Program Consortium. He currently serves in a CDC Advisory Committee for the Community Guide for Physical Activity, and the Physical Activity Alliance Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee. He is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal Cities and Health.
Selected Grants
National Institutes of Health, Enhancing Cross-disciplinary Infrastructure and Training at Oregon (EXITO), Principal Investigator
National Institutes of Health, Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement at PSU (URISE at PSU), Principal Investigator
Oregon Higher Education Commission, College Access Program, Project Director
Genentech Foundation, Pathways Leading to Uninterrupted Success (PLUS), Principal Investigator
Selected Publications
Service to Community
Dr. Crespo has served as an advisor for the World Health Organization, the Pan American Health Organization in areas of Healthy Eating, Active Living, Aging in Place, Urban Health and Sustainability, and Health and Housing. He was a member of the National Advisory Council for the Active Living Research Initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. He is also as an advisor for NIH and CDC.
Professional Leadership
Board of Trustees, American College of Sports Medicine
Director, Collaborating Center in Urban Health and Sustainability, World Health Organization
Reviewer, Center for Scientific Research, National Institutes of Health
Advisor, Community Guide for Physical Activity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Notable Honors
2012, Leadership Recognition Award, Oregon Latino Agenda for Action
2010, Lifetime Contribution Award, Asociacion Puertorriquena de Educacion Fisica
2005, Alumnus of the Year Award, Loma Linda University School of Public Health
1997, US Secretary of Health Distinguished Service Award, US Department of Health and Human Services
Education
DrPH, Loma Linda University, 1989
MS, Sports Health, Texas Tech University, 1986
BS, Chemistry, Inter American University of Puerto Rico—San German, 1980