Dr. Kristina Vatcheva

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1 Dr. Kristina Vatcheva The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Mathematical and Statistical Science (956) EDUCATION PhD, The University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston, 2015 Major: Epidemiology MS, University of Sofia "St. Kliment Ohridski", 1996 Major: Mathematics BS, University of Sofia "St. Kliment Ohridski", 1994 Major: Mathematics EMPLOYMENT Academic - Post-Secondary Assistant Professor, UTRGV (September 2017) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UTSPH (January 1, July 30, 2017) Part-time Faculty, UTRGV (September 1, May 31, 2017) Full-time and Part-time Lecturer, UTB (August 1, December 31, 2009) Professional Data Management Analyst, UTSPH (September 1, December 31, 2016) Computer Programmer, PUB (November 1, May 30, 2007) Computer Application Development Programmer/Analyst, BCBS, SC (June 1, September 1, 2005) Chief expert, Privatization Agency, Sofia, BG (September 1, June 30, 2000) Computer programmer and Network developer, Town Library, Montana, BG (January 1, August 30, 1997) Licensures and Certifications Independent Applying the QM Rubric (APPQMR), Quality matters. (March 2017) Challenge Based Instruction (CBI), Center of Excellence in STEM Education, UTRGV, TX. (December 2016) Computer Application Development/Programmer, Midlands Technical College, Columbia SC. (May Generated on Jun 28, 2018 Page 1 of 6

2 2003) Teacher in Mathematics and Computer Science, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Sofia, Bulgaria. (May 1996) PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles C Gill, Kristina Vatcheva, J Pan, B Smulevitz, D McPherson, M Fallon, J McCormick, S Fisher-Hoch, and S Laing. Frequency of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Subclinical Atherosclerosis Among Young Mexican Americans.. The American journal of cardiology. 119, no. 11 (June 2017): G Watt, Kristina Vatcheva, D Griffith, B Reininger, L Beretta, M Fallon, J McCormick, and S Fisher-Hoch. The Precarious Health of Young Mexican American Men in South Texas, Cameron County Hispanic Cohort, Preventing chronic disease. 13, (August 2016): E113. Kristina Vatcheva, M Lee, J McCormick, and M Rahbar. Multicollinearity in Regression Analyses Conducted in Epidemiologic Studies.. Epidemiology (Sunnyvale, Calif.). 6, no. 2 (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2016) J Jiao, G Watt, M Lee, M Rahbar, Kristina Vatcheva, J Pan, J McCormick, S Fisher-Hoch, M Fallon, and L Beretta. Cirrhosis and Advanced Fibrosis in Hispanics in Texas: The Dominant Contribution of Central Obesity.. PloS one. 11, no. 3 (March 2016): e Ariana Garza, Kristina Vatcheva, J Pan, M Rahbar, M Fallon, J McCormick, and S Fisher-Hoch. Liver and Other Gastrointestinal Cancers Are Frequent in Mexican Americans.. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities. 3, no. 1 (March 2016): R Olvera, S Fisher-Hoch, D Williamson, Kristina Vatcheva, and J McCormick. Depression in Mexican Americans with diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes.. Psychological medicine. 46, no. 3 (February 2016): G Watt, Kristina Vatcheva, L Beretta, J Pan, M Fallon, J McCormick, and S Fisher-Hoch. Hepatitis C virus in Mexican Americans: a population-based study reveals relatively high prevalence and negative association with diabetes.. Epidemiology and infection. 144, no. 2 (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2016): S Wu, S Fisher-Hoch, B Reninger, Kristina Vatcheva, and J McCormick. Metabolic Health Has Greater Impact on Diabetes than Simple Overweight/Obesity in Mexican Americans.. Journal of diabetes research. 2016, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2016): R Olvera, D Williamson, S Fisher-Hoch, Kristina Vatcheva, and J McCormick. Depression, obesity, and metabolic syndrome: prevalence and risks of comorbidity in a population-based representative sample of Mexican Americans.. The Journal of clinical psychiatry. 76, no. 10 (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2015): e Leslie Meyer, Kristina Vatcheva, S Castellanos, and B Reininger. Barriers to Disaster Preparedness among Medical Special Needs Populations.. Frontiers in public health. 3, (September 2015): 205. Kristina Vatcheva, S Fisher-Hoch, M Rahbar, M Lee, R Olvera, and J Mccormick. ASSOCIATION OF TOTAL AND DIFFERENTIAL WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNTS TO DEVELOPMENT OF TYPE 2 DIABETES IN MEXICAN AMERICANS IN CAMERON COUNTY HISPANIC COHORT.. Diabetes research (Edinburgh, Scotland). 1, no. 4 (September 2015): S Fisher-Hoch, Kristina Vatcheva, M Rahbar, and J McCormick. Undiagnosed Diabetes and Generated on Jun 28, 2018 Page 2 of 6

3 Pre-Diabetes in Health Disparities.. PloS one. 10, no. 7 (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2015): e B Reininger, J Wang, S Fisher-Hoch, A Boutte, Kristina Vatcheva, and J McCormick. Non-communicable diseases and preventive health behaviors: a comparison of Hispanics nationally and those living along the US-Mexico border.. BMC public health. 15, (June 2015): 564. S Laing, B Smulevitz, Kristina Vatcheva, M Rahbar, B Reininger, D McPherson, J McCormick, and S Fisher-Hoch. Subclinical atherosclerosis and obesity phenotypes among Mexican Americans.. Journal of the American Heart Association. 4, no. 3 (March 2015): e Kristina Vatcheva, M Lee, J McCormick, and M Rahbar. The Effect of Ignoring Statistical Interactions in Regression Analyses Conducted in Epidemiologic Studies: An Example with Survival Analysis Using Cox Proportional Hazards Regression Model.. Epidemiology (Sunnyvale, Calif.). 6, no. 1 (February 2015) A Wilkinson, Kristina Vatcheva, A Pérez, B Reininger, J McCormick, and S Fisher-Hoch. Anxiety, depression and smoking status among adults of Mexican heritage on the Texas-Mexico Border.. Hispanic journal of behavioral sciences. 36, no. 3 (August 2014): E Ver Hoeve, A Codlin, F Jawed, A Khan, L Samad, Kristina Vatcheva, M Fallon, M Ali, S Niaz, J McCormick, and S Fisher-Hoch. Persisting role of healthcare settings in hepatitis C transmission in Pakistan: cause for concern.. Epidemiology and infection. 141, no. 9 (September 2013): S Laing, B Smulevitz, Kristina Vatcheva, Anne Rentfro, D McPherson, S Fisher-Hoch, and J McCormick. High prevalence of subclinical atherosclerosis by carotid ultrasound among Mexican Americans: discordance with 10-year risk assessment using the Framingham risk score.. Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.). 29, no. 10 (November 2012): S Queen, B Smulevitz, Anne Rentfro, Kristina Vatcheva, H Kim, D McPherson, C Hanis, S Fisher-Hoch, J McCormick, and S Laing. ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC ABNORMALITIES AMONG MEXICAN AMERICANS: CORRELATIONS WITH DIABETES, OBESITY, AND THE METABOLIC SYNDROME.. World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases. 2, no. 2 (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2012): S Fisher-Hoch, Kristina Vatcheva, S Laing, M Hossain, M Rahbar, C Hanis, H Brown, 3rd, Anne Rentfro, B Reininger, and J McCormick. Missed opportunities for diagnosis and treatment of diabetes, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia in a Mexican American population, Cameron County Hispanic Cohort, Preventing chronic disease. 9, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2012): PRESENTATIONS Kristina Vatcheva. "Testing for Statistical Interaction in Cox Regression Model in the Case of Non-Proportional Hazards in One of the Covariates Involved in the Interaction Eect," The 33rd International Workshop on Statistical Modelling 2018, Statistical Modelling Society, Brostol, UK. (July 17, 2018) Eduardo Gonzalez and Kristina Vatcheva. "Prevalence and Factors Associated with Statin Prescription in Atherosclerotic," 2018 Spring Student Statistics research Conference (SSRC), School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences and Statistical Consulting Center, Edinburg-Brownsville. (May 5, 2018) Jasmine Luke and Kristina Vatcheva. "Prevalence and Factors Associate with Hypertension Among UTRGV Students According to New Guidelines," 2018 Spring Students Statisctics research Generated on Jun 28, 2018 Page 3 of 6

4 Conference (SSRC), School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences and Statistical Consulting Center, Edinburg-Brownsville. (May 5, 2018) Eduardo Gonzalez, Kristina Vatcheva, and Vicente Aparicio. "Prevalence and Factors Associated with Statin Prescription in Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Patients," Engaged Scholar Symposium, UTRGV Office of Engaged Scholarship & Learning, Edinburg, TX. (April 11, 2018) Kristina Vatcheva. ""Multicollinearity in regression analysis conducted in epidemiological studies"," 7th Annual Statistical Days, Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University, Kingsville, TX. (February 16, 2018) Clarence Gill, Kristina Vatcheva, Nahid Rianon, Miryong Lee, Beverly Smuelvitz, David McPherson, Joseph Mccormick, Susan Fisher-Hoch, and Susan Laing. "Association of Visceral Adipose Tissue, Metabolic Risk Factors, and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Mexican Americans." AHA Scientific Sessions 2017, Anaheim, CA. (November 14, 2017) Nelson Gonzalez, Marlene Garcia, Kristina Vatcheva, Audrey Choh, Gordon Watt, Susan Laing, Joseph Mccormick, Susan Fisher-Hoch, and Anand Prasad. "Multivariate Predictors of Subclinical Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease in Mexican Americans: Results From the Cameron County Hispanic Cohort Study." AHA Scientific Sessions 2017, Anaheim, CA. (November 14, 2017) Neha Paul, Kristina Vatcheva, Beverly Smulevitz, Emma Molina, David McPherson, Joseph McCormick, Susan Fisher-Hoch, and Susan Laing. "Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction and Metabolic Risk Factors in Mexican Americans." AHA Scientific Sessions 2017, Anaheim, CA. (November 13, 2017) Juliana Lopez, Lisa Mitchell-Bennett, Maria Zolezi, LuBeth Perez, Mayra Saldana, Kristina Vatcheva, Leslie Meyer, Seth Patterson, and Belinda Reininger. "Coordinated Care beyond Clinical Settings for Patients with Uncontrolled Diabetes." APHA 2017 Annual Meeting and Expo, Atlanta, Georgia. (November 7, 2017) Maria Zolezzi, Lisa Mitchell-Bennett, LuBeth Perez, Mayra Saldana, Kristina Vatcheva, Juliana Lopez, Leslie Meyer, Seth Patterson, and Belinda Reininger. "Effectiveness of Diabetes Self-education in Patients with Uncontrolled Diabetes." APHA 2017 Annual Meeting and Expo, Atlanta, Georgia. (November 7, 2017) Nelson Gonzalez, Marlene Garcia, Kristina Vatcheva, Audrey Choh, Gordon Watt, Susan Laing, Joseph Mccormick, Susan Fisher-Hoch, and Anand Prasad. "The prevalence of subclavian artery stenosis in Mexican Americans: Results from the Cameron county Hispanic cohort." UTRGV School of Medicine s Inaugural Research Symposium., Edinburgh, TX. (August 12, 2017) Kristina Vatcheva. "Statistical interaction in regression analysis conducted in Epidemiologic studies," Coastal Bend Mathematics and Statistics Symposium, Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University, Kingsville, TX. (April 1, 2017) Anand Prasad, Nelson Gonzalez, Malaz Mohamad, Marlene Garcia, Gordon Watt, Kristina Vatcheva, Susan Laing, Joseph Mccormick, and Susan Fisher-Hoch. "The Prevalence of Subclinical Lower Extremity Peripheral Arterial." The American College of Cardiology 66th Annual Scientific Session & Expo 2017, Washington, DC. (March 17, 2017) TEACHING Courses Taught Generated on Jun 28, 2018 Page 4 of 6

5 Applied Statistics for Health Applied Statistics for SEMS Elementary Statistical Methods Intro to Biostatistics Probability & Statistics Research Experience in Math Statistical Methods Directed Student Learning Doctoral Advisory Committee Member. Norma Mendiola, "Assessment of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Outcomes for Hispanic Women living in the Rio Grande Valley", Other (outside UTRGV). (October 2017) Undergraduate Supervised Research. Eduardo Gonzalez, "Engaged Scholar Award:"Prevalence and factors associated with statin use in patients with clinical ASCVD", School of Mathematical and Statistical Science. (January 3, May 31, 2018) SERVICE Department Service Committee Member, BS. (September 2017) Committee Member, Recruitment and Outreach committee. (September 2017) Committee Member, Statistics Committee. (September 2017) Other, 2018 Spring Students Statistics Research Conference (SSRC). (April 12, May 5, 2018) Committee Member, Elementary Statistics Core assessment. (March 23, 2018) University Service Task Force Member, PhD Survey Team. (January 2018) Development Activities Attended Summer Writing Retreat, "2018 UTRGV ADVANCE Summer Writing Retreat," UTRGV. (May 20, May 26, 2018) Workshop, "Faculty Learning Community (FLC): Community Engaged Scholarship," Center for Teaching Excellence, UTRGV. (January 31, May 2, 2018) Workshop, "Preparing for Your 1st Year Review-Expectations & Dossier Preparation," Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Diversity. (November 14, 2017) Workshop, "Knewton," Knewton. (November 09, 2017) Workshop, "Independent Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR)," QM, UTRGV. (November 03, 2017) Generated on Jun 28, 2018 Page 5 of 6

6 Workshop, "From lecturing to dynamic lecturing: The type of lecture matters," Center for Teaching Excellence, UTRGV. (November 2, 2017) Faculty Development Session, "Funding opportunities," Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Diversity, UTRGV. (October 26, 2017) Workshop, "Webassign from Cengage," Cengage. (October 17, 2017) Workshop, "NFSP Workshop I: Enhancing Your Teaching Effectiveness," Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Diversity. (October 13, 2017) Workshop, "VAQUEROS Culture of Service Excellence," Employee Training, UTRGV. (October 12, 2017) Resource Fair, "Supporting Faculty & Student Success," Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Diversity. (September 07, 2017) Workshop, "Big Data Analytics: Theory and Methods," Department of Statistics and Data Sciences, UT Austin. (June 5, June 9, 2017) Workshop, "Large Scale Data Analysis with Hadoop and Spark," Department of Statistics and Data Sciences, UT Austin. (June 5, June 9, 2017) Workshop, "Challange Based Instruction (CBI)," Center of Excellence in STEM Education, UTRGV. (December 16, December 17, 2016) Professional Service Reviewer, Journal Article, BMC Cardiovascular Disorders (April 2, 2018) Reviewer, Journal Article, BMC Cardiovascular Disorders (January 22, February 5, 2018) Reviewer, Journal Article, Scientific reports (December 4, December 5, 2017) Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Diabetes Research (May 1, May 20, 2017) Professional Memberships Statistical Modelling Society (SMS) (May 2018) American Statistical Association (ASA) (February 2018) Generated on Jun 28, 2018 Page 6 of 6