1. San YsidroHealthCenter, SanDiegoState UniversityResearch:
Publications:
1. Castaneda, S. F., Xiong, Y., Gallo, L. C., Yepes-Rios, M., Ji, M., Talavera, A. C., Mendoza, P. M., Talavera, G. A.
Colorectal Cancer Educational InterventionTargeting Latino Patients attendinga CommunityHealthCenter. Journal of
PrimaryCare andCommunityHealth, 3(3):164-169, 2012
2. Yepes-Rios M, ReimannJOF, Talavera A, Ruiz de Esparza A, Talavera GA. Predictors ofColorectal Cancer Screening
among Mexican Americans at a CommunityClinic. Am J PrevMed, 30(3):204-210, 2006
Abstracts:
1. Martinez P, LaHousse SF, Talavera A, GalloLC, Ji M, Talavera G, Yepes-Rios M. Colorectal Cancer Educational
Intervention TargetingLatinoPatients Attending a CommunityHealth Center. Presentedat the American
Association for Cancer EducationConference, San Diego, CA, October 2010.
2. Mumman M, Jindal D, LaHousse SF, Talavera G, Ji M, Gallo L, Yepes-Rios M. Exploring the Relationship between
Cancer Worry, Cancer Fatalistic Beliefs, and Colorectal Cancer Screening Intentions among Latinos. Presentedat the
American Associationfor Cancer Education Conference, SanDiego, CA, October 2010.
3. Jindal D, MummanM, LaHousse SF, Talavera G, Ji M, Gallo L, Yepes-Rios M. Colorectal Cancer Beliefs Predicting
Screening Intentions among Latinos. Presentedat the AmericanAssociation
4. Poast JL, Yepes-Rios M, Perez-JordanA. Pilot Program Shows Case Management Improves Outcomes AmongHigh
RiskHispanic Border PopulationTreatedat a CaliforniaCommunityHealthCenter. Poster, Societyof General
InternalMedicine, 31st Annual Meeting, April2008.
5. Yepes-Rios, M. “Knowledge, Attitudes andBeliefs Relatedto Colorectalcancer and Colorectal Cancer Screening,”
presentation at “MobilizingUtahfor Latino Cancer Research, Training and Awareness,” Redes en Accion:The Latino
Cancer Network and the Universityof UtahHuntsmanCancer Institute (Invited presentation), 2003
6. Ruiz de Esparza A, ReimannJ, Talavera G, Yepes-Rios, M. ColorectalCancer Screening:IdentifyingBarriers to
Screening in the LatinoPopulationPodiumPresentation at the 4th AnnualRedes en AccionNational Steering
Committee Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 2003.
7. Pilot Project Research Panel, 4th Annual Redes en AccionNational SteeringCommittee Meeting, San Antonio, TX,
2003.
Grants:
1. Improving Heart Failure Outcomeswith Intensive Case Management, SanDiegoEXPORT Center ofMinorityHealth
and HealthDisparities, NIH, San DiegoState University, $70,000 - co-I, 2007
2. Redes enAccion Southern RegionNetwork, LatinoCancer Network, co-I
3. Colorectal Cancer ScreeninginPrimaryCare Practice: Promoting ColorectalCancer Screeningamong Latinos,
$275,000 - co-I, 2003
4. Colorectal Cancer Screening:Identifying Barriers to Screening ina LatinoPopulation, RedesenAccion/NCI, $50,000 –
PI, 2003
