Department of Surgery Faculty
Lizette Villarreal, MA
Faculty Associate
Assistant Director, South Texas Poison Center
Division: Emergency Medicine
Email: villarrealc@uthscsa.edu
Education:
PhD in progress, Applied Demography in Health, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, 2006-present
MA, Counseling, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, 2004
BA, Child Psychology, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas, 2003
Postgraduate training:
2004, Internship, Counselor-in-Training, The Children's Bereavement Center of
South Texas, San Antonio, Texas
2004, Internship, Counselor-in-Training, Frances Rhodes Elementary School, San Antonio, Texas
Research interests: Injury prevention, health disparities, behavioral sciences, program evaluation
Research support:
2005-2008 Texas Department of Transportation,
The Madrina-Padrino Traffic Safety Project -
(Completed); Principal Investigator.
2007-2008 University Health System, A Su Salud Program - (Completed); Co-Investigator.
2006-2007 Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Shattered Dreams: Reinforcing and expanding an underage drinking prevention project - (Completed); Co-Investigator.
2005-2006 Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Shattered Dreams: Expanding an underage drinking prevention program (Competing continuation) - (Completed); Co-Investigator.
2004-2005 Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Shattered Dreams: Expanding and evaluating an underage drinking and driving prevention program (Competing continuation) - (Completed); Co-Investigator.
Publications:
Forrester MB, Villarreal CL.
Comparison of
Desvenlafaxine and Venlafaxine Ingestions Reported to Texas Poison Centers.
J Pharm Technol 2011;27:35-40.
Cohn SM, Price MA, Villarreal CL. Trauma and surgical critical care workforce in the United States: a severe surgeon shortage appears imminent. J Am Coll Surg. 2009 Oct;209(4):446-452.e4. Epub 2009 Aug 20.
Villarreal, CL, Salazar, CI (2007) The Madrina-Padrino Traffic Safety Project: A curriculum for promoting traffic safety in Hispanic communities. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, South Texas Injury Prevention and Research Center.
Salazar, CI, Villarreal, CL, Sunil, T. (2007). A State-Level Evaluation of an Underage Drinking and Driving Prevention Program. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Salazar, CI, Villarreal, C.L. (2007). A Statewide Assessment of an Underage Drinking and Drinking and Driving Prevention Program. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, South Texas Injury Prevention and Research Center.
Price, MA, Kelly, P. J., Salazar, C. I., Owen, SV, Villarreal, C. L., Villarreal, R., Stewart, R. M. (2005). Applying behavioral theory to an innovative school-based underage drinking and impaired driving prevention program. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Price, MA, Salazar, CI, MuÒ#241'oz, CL, Owen, S.V. (2004) A Quasi-experimental Evaluation of the Shattered Dreams Program. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, South Texas Injury Prevention and Research Center.
Price, MA, Guerra, C., MuÒ#241'oz, CL, Salazar, CI (Eds.). (2004) Shattered Dreams: A Guide for Program Planners (2nd ed.). University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, South Texas Injury Prevention and Research Center.
Abstracts:
Villarreal, CL, Salazar, CI Villarreal, R. The Madrina-Padrino
Project: Partnering for Prevention in the Hispanic Community. Poster
presented at the National Conference on Highway Safety Priorities
(Lifesavers) Conference, Chicago, IL, April 2007.
Salazar, CI, Villarreal, CL, Mika, V. S. Villarreal, R.. The Madrina-Padrino Traffic Safety Project: Partnering for prevention in the Hispanic community. Abstract accepted for presentation to the 87th annual meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association, Albuquerque, NM March 2007.
Salazar, CI, Villarreal, CL, Villarreal, R. A Statewide assessment of an underage drinking and driving prevention program. Abstract accepted for presentation to the 87th annual meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association, Albuquerque, NM March 2007.
Villarreal, C. L., Price, M. A., Salazar, C. I., Fornos, L.B., Mika, V.S., Douglass, S., Villarreal, R., Stewart, R.M. Improving child passenger safety practices among Hispanics: Strategies for prevention. Abstract submitted for presentation to the 57th annual meeting of the Society for Public Health Education, Boston, MA, November 2006.
Salazar, C. I., Villarreal, C. L., Mika, V.S., Price, M. A., Brooks, M., Hughes, N. A qualitative examination of associated risk for drinking and driving among adult Hispanic males in San Antonio, Texas. Abstract submitted for presentation to the 57th annual meeting of the Society for Public Health Education, Boston, MA, November 2006.
Presentations, letters to the editor, invited lectures, etc.:
2009, Addressing health care disparities in delivering poison center services to
Spanish speakers in Texas.' Health Disparities Conference, New Orleans, LA.
2009, 'Regional poison center hourly call-taker staffing and call volume.' 29th International Congress of the European Association of Poison Centres and Clinical Toxicologists, Stockholm, Sweden.
Villarreal, C. L. Madrina-Padrino Traffic Safety Project: Addressing traffic safety in border communities. Accepted for presentation at the Save A Life Conference, Fort Worth, TX, August 2008.
Villarreal, C. L. Madrina-Padrino Traffic Safety Project: An Innovative Traffic Safety Project Aimed at Hispanics. Accepted for presentation at the Mothers Against Drunk Driving: Hispanic Partnership Training, Dallas, TX, April 2008.
Villarreal, C. L. Madrina-Padrino Traffic Safety Project: An Innovative Traffic Safety Project Aimed at Hispanics. Accepted for presentation at the Southwestern Social Science Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, March 2008.
Villarreal, C. L., Whitewolfe, A. A Su Salud Program: A Health Marketing Campaign Aimed at Hispanics. Accepted for presentation at the Southwestern Social Science Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, March 2008.
Villarreal, C. L., Whitewolfe, A. The Madrina-Padrino Project: Partnering for Prevention in the Hispanic Community. Presented at the annual Save A Life Summit, San Antonio, TX, June 2007.
Biosketch: Lizette Villarreal is responsible for the daily operation and management of the South Texas Poison Center as Assistant Director. Lizette holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Child Psychology from the University of the Incarnate Word, and a Master of Arts in Counseling from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Ms. Villarreal is currently working on her dissertation for her Doctorate of Philosophy in Applied Demography at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
As a member of the Department of Surgery faculty, her research areas of expertise include Hispanic unintentional injury, social and economic health disparities in minority communities, program evaluation, and health survey research. Lizette's previous research work has focused on the development and evaluation of school-based prevention programs in the areas of underage drinking and impaired driving, child passenger safety, safety belt use, injury prevention, and traffic safety. Mrs. Villarreal's research has been published in national peer reviewed journals, and her work is continuously highlighted at professional conferences around the nation.
Honors and Awards:
Spring 2007- Spring 2008 Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research: Scholar (Cynthia Lizette Muñoz)
2007-2008 National Dean's List (Cynthia Lizette Muñoz)
Professional societies:
Community Action Team for the Texas Transportation Institute
Chair, Circles of San Antonio Community Coalition (COSA)
Alliance Against Underage Drinking and Impaired Driving
Statewide Coordinator: Texas Statewide Shattered Dreams Coalition
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
San Antonio Traffic Jam Coalition
Bexar County DWI Task Force
Bexar County Child Fatality Review Team
Bexar County Suicide Prevention Coalition
State Employee Charitable Campaign Coordinator
Youth Mental Health Council
Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council for Trauma - Injury Prevention
