About the Health Promotion Research Institute

The HPRI, established in 2009, is located at California State University, Fullerton and is a university-wide institute that is housed in the College of Health and Human Development.

Director

Sora Park Tanjasiri, Dr.P.H, M.P.H.

Director, Health Promotion Research Institute
Phone: 657-278-4592
Email: stanjasiri@fullerton.edu

Sora Park Tanjasiri, DrPH, MPH, is a Professor in the Department of Health Science and Director of the Health Promotion Research Institute at California State University, Fullerton. Her research focuses on the community health needs of diverse populations, particularly Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). Her scholarship applies community-based participatory research principles and techniques to understanding and addressing cancer health disparities, include tobacco prevention, cancer early detection and survivorship. She has served as PI or Co-PI on more than a dozen extramurally funded cancer-related studies of AAPIs, including Principal Investigator of the five year, NCI-funded U01 Community Network Program called WINCART: Weaving an Islander Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training.