Biography

Carlos S. Zometa, PhD, MSPH, has been at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for four years. He is a Behavioral Scientist in the Partnership Management Team in the Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support (OSTLTS) and is responsible for providing management and oversight of several National Public Health Organizations funded by CDC. He also served as a coordinating scientist at the Guide to Community Preventative Services for two and a half years. He graduated from the University of Florida (BS in Microbiology and Cell Science) and the University of South Florida (MSPH in Tropical Diseases and PhD in Interdisciplinary Education). After obtaining his PhD in 2004, Dr. Zometa became a fellow in the W. K. Kellogg Community Health Scholars Program at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. His research focused on the prevention of diabetes in underserved communities. He conducted two evaluation studies for the CDC funded REACH Detroit Partnership. Then in 2006, as an assistant research scientist at the University of Michigan School of Social Work, he collaborated on an NIH and HRSA funded trial to reduce health disparities in African American and Latina women ("Healthy Moms on the Move"). Lastly, his public health research interests include the development of curriculum, training individuals to implement community or school-based programs, and the evaluation of interventions that reduce HIV/AIDS in adolescents and young adults or interventions that prevent type-2 diabetes in African American and Latino populations.