Caroline A. Macera

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SDSU

Bio

Caroline A. Macera (emeritus: 2015) served as a professor in the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Associate Director of the SPH from 2007-2014. In addition to teaching and serving as chair for Master’s students, she was a key faculty member in the Joint Doctoral Program in Public Health for students in the Epidemiology emphasis. She was a former team leader for epidemiology and surveillance with the Physical Activity group at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Her research interests included the study of physical activity and aging as well as chronic diseases in general. In addition to over 200 peer-reviewed publications, she co-authored a book entitled, “Physical Activity and Public Health Practice” and an undergraduate text book entitled “Basics of Epidemiology: The Distribution and Determinants of Disease in Humans.”