Jason A Mendoza, MD, MPH

Jason A Mendoza, MD, MPH

Specialties

  • Children's Title: Attending Physician
  • Academic Title: Professor and Associate Program Head, Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center; Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement, Fred Hutchinson/UW Cancer Consortium; Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Department
  • Research Center: Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development
  • On Staff Since: July 2013
"Through my teaching and clinical work among immigrant and disadvantaged populations to my research that seeks to close the gap in physical activity and nutrition outcomes among underserved communities, I have devoted my career to the relentless pursuit of equity in medicine and public health. I am also dedicated to training the next generation of faculty and staff who will take on these challenges, especially those who are underrepresented in our ranks."

  • Biography

    Dr. Mendoza is a general pediatrician, University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine professor of pediatrics, UW adjunct professor of health services, and Core Faculty for the UW Nutritional Sciences Program. He teaches and practices general pediatrics at the Pediatric Clinic at Harborview Medical Center, King County's safety net hospital. He is the associate director of community outreach and engagement at the Fred Hutchinson/UW Cancer Consortium, where he leads the Consortium's Office of Community Outreach and Engagement. He is also the associate program head of the cancer prevention program in the division of public health sciences at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. He leads several research projects on eliminating inequities in physical activity and nutrition among racial/ethnic minorities and children with chronic diseases, and his research program is based in the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development at the Seattle Children's Research Institute.

    Dr. Mendoza earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago and subsequently attended Rush Medical College where he earned his MD. He received his pediatric residency training at the UW/Seattle Children's Hospital and pursued advanced health services/community-engaged research training through the UW Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, where he also earned a MPH through the UW School of Public Health. He spent his early faculty career at Baylor College of Medicine in the Children's Nutrition Research Center and Academic General Pediatrics. He subsequently returned to the UW/Seattle Children's in 2013.

    Board Certification(s)

    Pediatrics

    Education

    Rush Medical College at Rush University, Chicago, IL
    University of Washington, Seattle, WA

    Residency

    Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA
    University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

    Fellowship

    University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

    Research Description

    Dr. Mendoza is a Principal Investigator in the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development at the Seattle Childrens Research Institute. His research seeks to eliminate inequities in childhood physical activity and nutrition outcomes, with a focus on racial/ethnic minorities and socioeconomically disadvantaged populations through innovative behavioral interventions in school and community settings. His studies have been funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NCI, NHLBI, and NIDDK) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Active Living Research Program). 
    Dr. Mendoza leads research on (1) reducing Latino preschoolers' screen time, such as television viewing, to prevent obesity; (2) increasing elementary schoolchildren's' physical activity, such as through the Walking School Bus, Bicycle Train, and other Safe Routes to School programs; and (3) promoting adolescent and young adult physical activity through wearable mobile health (mHealth) devices. 
    Dr. Mendoza also co-leads research examining household food insecurity and other social determinants of health among youth and young adults with diabetes.

  • Related Resources

    • InREACH Lab

      InREACH Lab

      Our lab's research seeks to eliminate inequities in childhood physical activity and nutrition outcomes among racial/ethnic minorities and socioeconomically disadvantaged populations through innovative behavioral interventions and policies in school and community settings.

    • Seattle Concussion Research Collaborative

      Seattle Concussion Research Collaborative

      We are the Seattle Concussion Research Collaborative (SCRC) lab, housed at Seattle Children’s Research Institute. Our lab is comprised of clinicians, researchers, public health specialists, and community representatives who are working together to better understand concussion risk and concussion prevention in children,

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