{"id":38671,"date":"2011-08-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2011\/08\/01\/spotlight-on-new-faculty-meet-asia-sikora-ph-d\/"},"modified":"2011-08-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T05:00:00","slug":"spotlight-on-new-faculty-meet-asia-sikora-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2011\/08\/01\/spotlight-on-new-faculty-meet-asia-sikora-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on new faculty &#8211; Meet Asia Sikora, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Asia Sikora, Ph.D., assistant professor in the department of health promotion, social and behavioral health in the College of Public Health, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.<\/p>\n<p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"250\" cellspacing=\"10\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AsiaSikora711.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:7pt; line-height:150%;\">Asia Sikora, Ph.D., <\/span><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE><B>Name:<\/B> Asia Sikora, Ph.D. <\/p>\n<p><B>Title:<\/B> Assistant professor in the department of health promotion, social and behavioral health<\/p>\n<p><B>Research interests:<\/B> Social determinants of health, aging, dementia and  obesity.<\/p>\n<p><B>Education:<\/B> Ph.D., policy analysis and management, Cornell University<\/p>\n<p><B>Previous positions: <\/B><br \/>\n<UL><LI>Research assistant, Cornell University; and<br \/>\n<LI>Research assistant, University of Colorado Denver.<\/UL><\/p>\n<p><I>All UNMC departments are encouraged to send information on new faculty members to UNMC Today at <a href=\"mailto:today@unmc.edu\">today@unmc.edu<\/a>. 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