HESC 410-Community Health, HESC 411- Promoting Health in Multicultural Populations, HESC 520- Advanced Community Health, HESC 540- Health promotion and Disease Prevention

Dr. Tanjasiri received her masters and doctoral degrees in Community Health Sciences from the UCLA School of Public Health. Prior to coming to CSUF, she was a researcher and lecturer at UCI’s School of Social Ecology and UCLA’s School of Public Health. In addition to her professional work, Dr. Tanjasiri also serves 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.

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Dr. Tanjasiri’s research focuses on the community health needs of diverse populations, especially Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). Dr. Tanjasiri’s research involves collaborative, community-based participatory research principles and techniques, and health issues of interest include tobacco prevention, cancer early detection and cancer control.

Dr. Tanjasiri is the Principal Investigator of WINCART: Weaving an Islander Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training, which is a five year, NCI funded collaborative with 8 community-based non profit organizations and 4 other universities. She is the Co-PI on a two year NIH funded 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.