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Ana Teixeira
University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics 915 Greene Street, Room 435D
Columbia, SC 29208 Phone: +803-777-7563, Fax: 803-777-2524
Email: [email protected]
CURRENT POSITION
October 2015 present Interim Director, Office for the Study of Aging,
Arnold School of Public Health
July 2014 present Research Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina
EDUCATION
Ph. D. Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009
M.A. Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2002
M.A. Intercultural Relations, Universidade Aberta, Portugal, 1996
B.A. (Licenciatura) Sociology, Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa, Portugal, 1989.
RESEARCH SPECIALIZATIONS
Social determinants of health, Mental Health, Aging, Programs and Policies focused on health and
aging, Migrant health and Migrant Aging, Health Organizations.
PUBLICATIONS
Moore, Spencer, Teixeira, Ana, and Stewart, Steven. 2014. “Network social capital reduces the chances of smoking relapse: a two-year follow-up study of urban-dwelling adults.” American Journal of Public Health (in press)
Teixeira, Ana A., Hanvey, Louise; Tayler, Carolyn; Barwich, Doris; Baxter, Sharon, and Heyland, Daren. 2013. “What do Canadians think of Advanced Care Planning? Findings from an online opinion poll.” BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care (published online October 4, 2013, doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000473)
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Moore, Spencer, Stewart, Steven, and Teixeira, Ana. 2013. “Decomposing Social Capital inequalities in health.” Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JECH Online First, published on November 20, 2013 as 10.1136/jech-2013-202996)
Teixeira, Ana, and Albuquerque, Rosana. 2007. “Portugal: Country Report.” In: European Migration: A Sourcebook. Anna Triandafyllidou and Ruby Gropas (eds.) Ashgate Publishers
Moore, Spencer, Teixeira, Ana, and Shiell, Alan. 2006. “The Health of Nations in a Global Context: Trade, Global Stratification, and Infant Mortality Rates.” Social Science & Medicine, July 2006, (63): 165-178.
Teixeira, Ana, and Albuquerque, Rosana. 2005. “Active Civic Participation of Immigrants in Portugal.” Country Report prepared for the European Research Project POLITIS, Oldenburg, University of Oldenburg, Germany (http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/politis-europe/9812.html).
Teixeira, Ana. 1999. “A Empresa Étnica Chinesa como um Caso de Familismo Empresarial.” (The Chinese Ethnic Business as a Case of Entrepreneurial Familism). Actas da Semana Cultural Chinesa, Lisboa: Instituto de Ciencias Sociais e Politicas.
Teixeira, Ana. 1998a. “Entrepreneurs of the Chinese Community in Portugal.” in: The Chinese in Europe, Gregor Benton and Frank Pieke (Eds.) London, Macmillan Press.
Teixeira, Ana. 1998b. “A Importância Económica da Diáspora Chinesa no Mundo: o Caso dos Empresários Chineses em Portugal.” (The Economic Importance of the Chinese Diaspora in the World: the Case of the Chinese Entrepreneurs in Portugal.) Actas da Semana Cultural Chinesa, Lisboa: Instituto de Ciencias Sociais e Politicas.
Teixeira, Ana. 1992. “The Learning Regimes.” In: Distance Education for Europe, Armando Rocha Trindade. Lisboa: Universidade Aberta.
Costa, Maria L., and Teixeira, Ana. 1991. “L’Universidade Aberta Portoghese e le sue Attività.” IAD/Instruzione a Distanza, 3, 1991, Università Degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, pp. 37-44.
MANUSCRIPTS IN SUBMISSION
Teixeira, Ana and Dias, Sónia. "Labor market integration, immigration experience, and psychological distress in a multi-ethnic sample of immigrants residing in Portugal." submitted to Ethnicity & Health
Moore, Spencer, Ana Teixeira, and Steven Stewart. “Do age, psychosocial, and health characteristics alter the weak and strong tie composition of network extensity in urban adults?” submitted to Social Science and Medicine – Population Health.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS: REPORTS AND MANUALS
Dubé, Laurette; Beauvais, Janet; Teixeira, Ana et al (2010) “Scoping Review of health Economic Studies of Chronic Diseases Consequences and Preventive National and International Interventions and Public Policies, with Knowledge Synthesis and Critical Analysis of key Systems Sciences
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Economic Models. Final Report.” Montreal: McGill University, Brain to Society Systems Approach to Lifestyle Choice.
Teixeira, Ana. 2007. Economy and Society (SOCI 415). Carolina Course Online. Friday Center/Department of Sociology. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Moore, Spencer and Teixeira, Ana. 2000. American Society (SOCI 410). A Three Semester Hour Independent Studies Course (Lessons 10, Lesson 12, and Lesson 14) (remaining manual originally authored by Kent Redding), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Pereira, José and Teixeira, Ana (translation and adaptation). 1995. Manual de Gestão de Exportação para PME’s. Lisboa, Universidade Aberta (original title: Export Management for SME’s; authors: Cuyvers, Ludo; Erik Franckx; and Corry Hancké).
PAST PROFESSIONAL & ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2013 - 2014 Personal sabbatical leave (Center for Migrations and Intercultural Relations (CEMRI), Research Group on Women’s Studies. Universidade Aberta, Portugal, Lisbon).
2012 - 2013 Post Doctoral Fellow End-of-Life Studies, Department of Medicine & Kingston General Hospital, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
2012 Marie Curie Fellow at Centro de Malária e outras Doenças Tropicais, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Lisbon, Portugal (Foundation for Science and Technology)
2009-2012 Research Consultant. Some of the organizations I offered consultancy include McGill University (McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) /Brain to Society Diagnostic Project) and Kingston Community Health Centers.
2008- 2009 Instructor. Friday Center for Continuing Education/ Department of Sociology, UNC-Chapel Hill.
2004- 2005 Senior Research Assistant. Centre for Health and Policy Studies, University of Calgary, Canada.
1999-2003 Doctoral Fellow. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -Department of Sociology/ Praxis Program, Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal.
1994-2002 Tenure track faculty (Lecturer), Department of Social Sciences and Humanities & Center for Migrations and Intercultural Relations (CEMRI). Universidade Aberta, Lisbon.
1990-1994 Program Manager. Cabinet for International Educational Projects. Universidade Aberta. Lisbon.
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GRANTS AND AWARDS
2015 Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living (PI. James Davis, GHS)
PI for Subward to conduct the Evaluation of the Program entitled “GHS-REACH: A Caregiver Coaching Intervention for High Risk Patient/Caregivers to Extend Dementia Capable Services.
2015 Office of the Vice President for Research, University of South Carolina, South Carolina Resilience to Extreme Storms: Research on Social, Environmental, and Health Dimensions of the October 2015 Catastrophic Flooding funding initiative (PI: Spencer Moore, USC)
Co-PI. “Mapping and assessing the health and social resiliency of the flood affected community-dwelling elderly across interpersonal and organizational networks.”
2012 Marie Curie Co-Fund (European Union)/ Welcome Grant (Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal)
Research Assistant Professor contract to develop research at the Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Portugal
2005-2006 National Science Foundation, U.S.A.
Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant Award No. SES-0503221.
1999-2003 Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal).
Doctoral Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Sociology. Covered living expenses plus tuition for 52 months.
1998 Foundation Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal.
Travel grant to participate and present a paper at the International Sociological Association World Congress, Montréal, Quebec.
1994-1995 Orient Foundation, Portugal.
M.A. Fellowship. Covered research fixed expenses for 12 months.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2012 Principal Investigator. Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Portugal. Project: “Migration, social stratification and mental health: a study of social disparities in immigrants’ mental health in Portugal.” (in collaboration with Dr. Sonia Dias). Sponsor Marie Curie Co-Fund Program and Foundation for Science and Technology. Grant funds for 3 years.
2003-2008 Doctoral research. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Sociology; Project: “Swimming with dolphins. A Study in Organizational Legitimacy
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Processes in the Southern California Tuna Industry”. Sponsor: National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant Award No. SES-0503221; $7,500 (2005-2006); and Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia. Doctoral dissertation abroad - UNC - Chapel Hill, Department of Sociology (1999-2003).
2004 - 2005 Senior Research Assistant. Centre for Health and Policy Studies, University of Calgary; Project: “Contextualizing and Assessing the Social Capital of Seniors Living in Congregate Housing Arrangements”, Sponsor: Canadian Institute for Health Research (CHIR).
2005- 2006 Politis National Expert for Portugal (in collaboration with Rosana Albuquerque). European Research Project POLITIS, University of Oldenburg, Germany; Project: “Active Civic Participation of Immigrants in Europe.”
2004 Senior Research Assistant. Centre for Health and Policy Studies, University of Calgary; Project: “Public Health Preparedness and Responsiveness in Alberta: An Inter-Organizational Relations Study of Public Health Preparedness and Response Networks”, Sponsor: Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research.
2001-2002 Research Assistant. Department of Sociology, UNC-Chapel Hill; Project: “Democracy Denied, 1905-1915: Intellectuals and the Fate of Constitutional Revolutions”. Sponsor: NSF.
1996-1999 Research Coordinator for Portugal. CEMRI/Universidade Aberta/ CERFE, Italy; Project: “Practices of social and economic integration of immigrants in five selected European countries.” PI-Center: CERFE Group, Italy. Other Partners: University of Uppsala (Sweden), CIEMI (France), CASI-UO (Belgium); Sponsor: European Union Directorate General V (Social Policies).
1994-1995 – M.A. Research. Universidade Aberta, Project: “Diáspora and business culture: Chinese entrepreneurs in Portugal.” Sponsor: Fundação Oriente.
1994-1995 Research Coordinator for Portugal. Universidade Aberta, Project: “Innovation in Business and the response of business to the strategies being adopted by the U.K. and Portuguese governments and the European Community”. PI-Center: Henley Management College, United Kingdom. Portuguese Sponsor: Institute for Small and Medium Enterprises.
1991 Researcher. Universidade Aberta/ President’s Cabinet; Project “Distance Education for Europe - terms of reference for a European Distance Education Structure”. Sponsor: Commission of the European Communities. Place: Universidade Aberta.
1990-1991 Researcher. Universidade Aberta/ President’s Cabinet, Project: “PRO-DELTA - a survey of the demand and supply market for training using high-end technology in Portugal”. Sponsor: European Community Program DELTA.
1988 Researcher. FAOJ (Support Fund to Youth Organizations); Project: “Action-research project in the Chelas N2 district (Lisbon): Training socio-cultural agents for socially excluded youth populations”. Lisbon.
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SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
2013 Taylor, C, Hanvey, L., Teixeira, A., et al. “Engagement in advance care planning: do region-wide interventions work?” BMJ Support Palliat Care 2013 3: 233-23
2010 Teixeira, Ana e Spencer Moore. “Educational attainment moderates the association between national happiness and personal affect across Europe.” European Public Health Association, Amsterdam.
2006 Teixeira, Ana. “Building and Losing Legitimacy in the Tuna Industry.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Montréal, Quebec.
2005 Moore, Spencer; T. Riley, A. Teixeira, C. Collier, V. Haines, A. Shiell. “Social Capital in Context: Understanding Trust and Participation from the Perspective of Seniors in Congregate Housing.” American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
1998 Teixeira, Ana. “Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation: a Case Study of Chinese Entrepreneurs in Portugal”, International Sociological Association, International Sociological Association World Congress, Montréal, Quebec.
1998 Teixeira, Ana. “A Empresa Etnica Chinesa como um Caso de Familismo Empresarial.” (The Chinese Ethnic Business as a Case of Entrepreneurial Familism.) Invited speaker for the 2nd Chinese Cultural Week, Institute for Social and Political Sciences, November, Lisbon, Portugal.
1997 Teixeira, Ana. “A Importância Económica da Diáspora Chinesa no Mundo: o Caso dos Empresários Chineses em Portugal.” (The Economic Importance of the Chinese Diaspora in the World: the Case of the Chinese Entrepreneurs in Portugal.) Invited speaker for the 1st Chinese Cultural Week, Institute for Social and Political Sciences, Lisbon, Portugal.
1997 Teixeira, Ana. “Analysis and Comparison of Immigrant Organizations and Groups in three Migrant Portuguese Speaking Communities in the Netherlands”, The European Research Centre in Migration and Ethnic Relations (ERCOMER), Utrecht University, Research Summer School, Hydra, Greece.
1996 Gomes, Ana Paula and Ana Teixeira. “Tirar a Vida, Contar a História. A Representação Social do Homicídio: uma Leitura da Imprensa” (Taking the Life, Telling the Tale. The Social Representation of Homicide: a Media Analysis), Portuguese Association of Sociology Annual Congress, Lisbon, Portugal.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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2008-2009 Instructor, Course: Economy and Society (SOCI 415). This course was offered since Spring 2008 for Spring, Fall and Summer), through The Friday Center for Continuing Education/ Department of Sociology, UNC-Chapel Hill.
2007 Instructor, Course: Complex Organizations and Bureaucracies (SOCI 410), Summer Session, Department of Sociology, UNC-Chapel Hill.
2002- 2003 Instructor, Course: American Society (SOCI 110), Independent Studies Program, The Friday Center for Continuing Education/ Department of Sociology, UNC-Chapel Hill.
1996 Instructor. Course: Introduction to Sociology. Undergraduate program. European University (Business School), Lisbon.
1996-1999 Instructor, Undergraduate and Teachers’ Training Programs (Distance Education). Universidade Aberta, Lisbon. Courses: Introduction to Sociology, Didactic for Economic and Social Sciences, and Sociology of Migrations.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Reviewer for: PLOS-One, Social Forces, Sociological Forum, Ethnic and Racial Studies
Politis National Expert (2005 – 2006)
Elected Member of the Senate of Universidade Aberta (1998-1999)
