University of Northern Colorado Colorado School of Public Health Campus Box 89 Greeley, CO 80639
Education
Postdoctoral Fellow, Kellogg Community Health Scholars Program, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
PhD, Health and Behavioral Sciences, the University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO
MPH, Community Health, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
MA, Gerontology, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
BA, Anthropology, Gerontology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Professional/Academic Experience
2021-present, Adjunct Professor, Colorado School of Public Health at the University
of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
2019-present, Evaluation and Program Improvement Coach, National Network of Public
Health Institutes
2018-present, Adjunct Professor, Colorado School of Public Health at CU Anschutz Medical
Campus, Aurora, CO
2013-present, Research, Education & Development Administrator, City and County of
Denver, Department of Public Health & Environment, Denver, CO
2011-2012, Interim Executive Director, Partnerships for Healthy Communities/Community
Enterprise, Commerce City, CO
2007-2011, Assistant Professor, Community and Behavioral Health, Jiann-Ping Hsu College
of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
Research/Areas of Interest
Food justice, access and policy
Mixed methods program evaluation
Community-based participatory research
Language justice, access and policy
Health literacy
Publications/Creative Works
Gunaldo, T., Mason, M., Harrison-Bernard, L., Davis, A., Andrieu, S. Brisolara, K.,
Brown, A., Goumas, A., Kreko, A., Roi, C., Sanne, S., Wall, O., Yue, X., Zamjahn,
J., Patrick-Esteve, J. (under review). Qualitative analysis of pre-licensure student
perceptions of ingroup professional stereotypes. Journal of Interprofessional Education
& Practice.
Farewell, C., Puma, J., Mason, M., Pierce, P., Shimomura, M., Harms, M. (2018). Training
child care inspectors to deliver health messaging: A quality improvement pilot project.
Health Promotion Practice.
Lawrence, R., Scott, A., Robinson, K., Haywood, C., Mason, M. (2015). Social and behavioral
implications of National Collegiate Athletic Association sickle cell trait screening:
The athlete perspective. Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association.
Mason, M. (2014). Food system policies and population health: Moving toward collective
impact in Denver. City and County of Denver, Department of Public Health and Environmental,
Denver, CO.
Watson-Johnson, L.C., Bhagatwala, J., Reyes-Garcia, C., Hinojosa, A., Mason, M., Meade,
C.D., Luque, J.S. (2012). Refinement of an educational toolkit to promote cervical
cancer screening among Hispanic immigrant women in rural southeast Georgia. Journal
of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 23(4): 1704-1711.
Hotchkiss, R.B., Mason, M., Albright, J.R. (2012). Provider perceptions of electronic
medical records and e-prescribing and their integration into safety net clinics. International
Journal of Public Policy, 8(1/2/3), 79-91.
Luque, J.S., Mason, M., Reyes-Garcia, C., Hinojosa, A., Meade, C.D. (2011). Salud
es vida: Development of a cervical cancer education curriculum for promotora outreach
with Latina farmworkers in rural southern Georgia. American Journal of Public Health,
10112, 2233-2235.
Yeary, K.K., Mason, M., Greene, P. (2011). A community-based approach to translational
research addressing breast cancer disparities. Translational Behavioral Medicine,
1(2), 224-23.
Havens, B., Yonas, M., Mason, M., Eng, E., & Farrar, V. (2011). Eliminating inequities
in healthcare: Understanding perceptions and participation in an anti-racism initiative.
Health Promotion Practice, 12(6), 848-857.
Honors and Awards
Fellow, Regional Institute of Health & Environmental Leadership, Advanced Leadership
Training Program
Employee of the Year, City and County of Denver, Department of Public Health & Environment
