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Leonel Villa Caballero
Edgar Gutierrez
Toni Jones
Vicente M. Reyes
Miguel T. Robinson

Leonel Villa CaballeroM.D.and Ph.D.
IRACDA Fellow in Department Family and Preventive Medicine
Email:lvillaca@ucsd.edu

Education
M.D., 1988, National Polytechnic Institute
M.S., 2002, National University (UNAM)
Ph.D., 2007, National Polytechnic Institute 
                       
Employment
Postdoctoral Scholar, UCSD School of Medicine, 2007- present

Research Interests
I am a clinician –scientist with background in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Public Health. M research interests are in the areas of diabetes, obesity, and nutrition  particularly among Latinos living in the U.S. I have special interest on issues related to health disparities and acculturation associated with chronic health conditions in those populations. I am currently developing a dietary and physical activity intervention using electronic mobile devices (cell phones and PDA’s) to prevent obesity among Spanish and English-speaking Latinos with overweight. I am also a Co-PI’s  along with SDSU in the Study of Latinos (SOL study) http://www.cscc.unc.edu/hchs/ and the  director of  Taking Control of Your Diabetes Latino initiative (TCOYD) since 2003.

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

  1. Villa-Caballero L: Globalization and Bioethics on health care resources. Gaceta Med Mex 2004;140: 28-31
  2.  Andrade Barreto OA, Villa-Caballero L: Diagnostic Radiology in the technological age. Comparison between two models. Gaceta Med Mex 2005;141:425-429
  3. Polonsky W, Fisher L, Guzman S,  Villa-Caballero L, Edelman S. Psychological insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes: the scope of the problem.Diabetes Care 2005;28:2543-45
  4. Villa-Caballero L, Caballero-Solano V, Chavarría-Gamboa M, Linares-Lomeli P,Torres-Valencia E, Medina-Santillán R, Palinkas L: Obesity andsociodemographic status in Mexican children at the US-Mexico Border. Am J Prev Med 2006;30:197-203
  5. Edelman SV, Villa-Caballero L: Amylin replacement therapy in patients with type1 diabetes. Diabetes Educ 2006; 32 (Suppl 3) S119-127
  6. Villa-Caballero L, Edelman V. S: Clinical effects of incretin mimetic and amylinanalog hormones. Emergency Med 2006; Suppl April,  7-9
  7. Villa-Caballero L, Nava-Ocampo A., Frati-Munari Alberto C., Rodríguez de León SM., Becerra–Pérez A R, Ceja Rosa M, Ponce–Monter H:  Hemodynamic and Oxidative Stress profile after exercise in type2 diabetes.  Diab Res Clin Pract 2007;75:285-291.
  8. Villa-Caballero L, Andrade-Barreto OA, Caballero-Solano V: Globalization and Health Challenges at the San Diego-Tijuana Border. Gac Med Mex 2008; in press

Recent Teaching
Bio100 Lectures – Diabetes, Depression, Obesity  (3 lectures)
Health effects of poor nutrition and Health effects of acculturation, SDSU Graduate School of Public Health (2 Lectures)
Ethnic differences in health and disease and Acculturation effects in diabetes and cardiovascular disease, UCSD School of Medicine (2 Lectures)

Honors
American Diabetes Association “Cielo” Award, 2006
Fellow of the American College of Physicians                                       

Contact Information:
Family and Preventive Medicine           
University of California San Diego
School of Medicine 9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA. 92093-0622
Email: lvillaca@ucsd.edu
Website:  http://ihccm.ucsd.edu/faculty/villa.html

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