College of Public Health

Institute for Public Health Practice, Research and Policy

Sato Ashida

Sato Ashida, PhD

  • Email: sato-ashida@uiowa.edu
  • Office: N411 CPHB
    Phone: (319) 384-1477

Title(s): Professor, Faculty Council Co-Chair
Department: Community and Behavioral Health

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