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Meet the FIU Researchers Series

FIU’s C-BIRG consists of a comprehensive and multidisciplinary research group devoted to the design, implementation, and evaluation of community-based interventions for problems facing multicultural urban populations. Researchers attempt to bridge applied clinical science, state-of-the-art methodologies, and public health research approaches, in order to address pressing prevention and treatment research problems. These scholars maintain an expanding portfolio of locally- and federally-funded research projects designed to evaluate the effectiveness of community-based interventions with multicultural populations, as well as develop and test theory and models related to community-based intervention with multicultural urban populations.

Additionally, the scholars at LACC address such topics as development prospects in Central America and southern Mexico, immigration and diaspora communities, and the success of alternative development plans in drug-producing regions. LACC has received significant funding for projects designed to increase the quality of education on Latin America and the Caribbean and to introduce curriculum reform. Through its Institute for International Professional Services, LACC also has led and commissioned studies of Florida’s services economy and its links to the region.

EXPERTS
Mario De La Rosa, Professor School of Social Work Office: PCA 354b Phone: 305-348-5794 Fax: 305-348-7405 Mario.Delarosa@fiu.edu http://latinohiv.fiu.edu/about_us/our_staff.htm http://swjpa.fiu.edu/Research/display_form.asp?ID=149
Eric Wagner, Professor, C-BIRG Director Stempel School of Public Health & Social Work Office: MARC 310 Phone: 305-348-5612 Secondary Phone: 305-348-8307 Fax: 305 348-5801 Eric.Wagner@fiu.edu http://ssph.fiu.edu/social_work/faculty_wagner.html http://swjpa.fiu.edu/Research/display_form.asp?ID=60 http://chua2.fiu.edu/faculty/wagnere/extras/Wagner%20CVMarch%202004.pdf
Andres Gil, Vice President for Sponsored Research Administration Professor, School of Social Work Office: MARC 431a Phone: 305-348-0556 Secondary Phone: 305-348-2494 Fax: 305-348-6389 Andres.Gil@fiu.edu http://cbirg.fiu.edu/staff.htm http://osra.fiu.edu/staff/gil.htm
Luis Salas, Assoc. VP Sponsored Research Professor, Criminal Justice Director, Center for The Administration of Justice Office: MARC 331 Phone: 305-348-5952 Fax: 305-348-4700 Luis.Salas@fiu.edu http://law.fiu.edu/int_comp_law/luiss.htm http://caj.fiu.edu/
Eduardo Gamarra, Professor Political Science Office: DM 480 Phone: 305-348-2226 Secondary Phone: 305-348-2227 Fax: 305-348-3765 Eduardo.Gamarra@fiu.edu http://www.fiu.edu/~polsci/faculty/egamarra1.htm http://lacc.fiu.edu/gamarra/
Steven Heine, Professor and Director Institute For Asian Studies/SIPA Office: DM 300 Phone: 305-348-1788 Secondary Phone: 305-348-1914 Fax: 305-348-6586 Steven.Heine@fiu.edu http://www.fiu.edu/~heines/ http://www.fiu.edu/~heines/Resume-HEINE.pdf
Richard Olson, Professor Political Science Office: DM 484b Phone: 305-348-6398 Secondary Phone: 305-348-2226 Fax: 305-348-3765 Richard.Olson@fiu.edu http://www.fiu.edu/~polsci/faculty/rolson1.htm
Brian Fonseca International & Military Affairs Applied Research Center (ARC) Office: EC 2273 Phone: 305-348-2330 Fax: 305-348-2390 Brian.Fonseca@fiu.edu
Jerry Miller, Assoc Director Military Programs Applied Research Center Office: EC2171 Phone: 305-348-6623 Fax: 305-348-1852 Jerry.Miller@fiu.edu

Last updated May 18, 2009 2:07 PM