Title(s): Professor, Faculty Council Co-Chair
Department: Community and Behavioral Health
Office: N411 CPHB
Phone: (319) 384-1477
Dr. Ashida is a member of the University of Iowa Center on Aging and is an Aging Mind and Brain Initiative (AMBI) faculty member. Her training background consists of health behavior theories, gerontology and aging, program development and implementation, social network methodology, and public health genomics. Her previous work includes evaluation of social influence and its impact on motivation to undergo health screening and to improve lifestyle (diet, physical activity), the roles of social support and engagement on health, and social resources that facilitate behaviors.
Courses Taught
- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (online version)
- Health Promotion in an Aging Context
- Advanced Intervention Research
Research Interests
- Examine the roles of social networks and relationships in health and health-related behaviors, and develop strategies to positively influence such social factors.
- Identify and influence modifiable social factors to facilitate healthy aging
- Understand the roles of genomic information in health-related beliefs and behaviors
Background
In the News
- Iowa research finds new app supports improved care for persons living with dementia
- Older, Wiser, and Prepared for Disasters
- Ashida co-authors study on unpaid caregivers of persons living with dementia
- Disaster PrepWise helps older adults prepare for disruptions
- Ashida receives Carver Trust Associate Professor Advancement Award
- Ashida helps older adults prepare for emergencies
- Ashida developing program to keep most vulnerable safe
- Ashida helps area seniors prepare for disaster with PrepWise
- Ashida named IIPHRP Policy Fellow
- The Complicated Costs of Caregiving
- Ashida cited in story on aging services
- Ashida comments on support networks for Iowa’s aging population