Jason A Mendoza, MD, MPH

General Pediatrics

On staff since July 2013

Children's Title: Attending Physician

Academic Title: Professor and Associate Program Head, Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center; Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement, Fred Hutchinson/UW Cancer Consortium; Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Department

Research Center: Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development

"Through my teaching and clinical work among immigrant and disadvantaged populations to my research that seeks to close the gap in physical activity and nutrition outcomes among underserved communities, I have devoted my career to the relentless pursuit of equity in medicine and public health. I am also dedicated to training the next generation of faculty and staff who will take on these challenges, especially those who are underrepresented in our ranks."

• Biography

  Dr. Mendoza is a general pediatrician, University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine professor of pediatrics, UW adjunct professor of health services, and Core Faculty for the UW Nutritional Sciences Program. He teaches and practices general pediatrics at the Pediatric Clinic at Harborview Medical Center, King County's safety net hospital. He is the associate director of community outreach and engagement at the Fred Hutchinson/UW Cancer Consortium, where he leads the Consortium's Office of Community Outreach and Engagement. He is also the associate program head of the cancer prevention program in the division of public health sciences at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. He leads several research projects on eliminating inequities in physical activity and nutrition among racial/ethnic minorities and children with chronic diseases, and his research program is based in the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development at the Seattle Children's Research Institute.

  Dr. Mendoza earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago and subsequently attended Rush Medical College where he earned his MD. He received his pediatric residency training at the UW/Seattle Children's Hospital and pursued advanced health services/community-engaged research training through the UW Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, where he also earned a MPH through the UW School of Public Health. He spent his early faculty career at Baylor College of Medicine in the Children's Nutrition Research Center and Academic General Pediatrics. He subsequently returned to the UW/Seattle Children's in 2013.

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    InREACH Lab

    Our lab's research seeks to eliminate inequities in childhood physical activity and nutrition outcomes among racial/ethnic minorities and socioeconomically disadvantaged populations through innovative behavioral interventions and policies in school and community settings.

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    Seattle Concussion Research Collaborative

    We are the Seattle Concussion Research Collaborative (SCRC) lab, housed at Seattle Children’s Research Institute. Our lab is comprised of clinicians, researchers, public health specialists, and community representatives who are working together to better understand concussion risk and concussion prevention in children,

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• Awards and Honors

  Award Name	Award Description	Awarded By	Award Date
  Research Award for Community Cancer Education, National Minority Cancer Awareness Week		M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	2009
  NIH Pediatric Loan Repayment Program		NIH	2007 - 2013
  Alpha Omega Alpha			2000

• Publications

  Other Publications

  • Mendoza JA, Baker KS, Moreno MA, Whitlock K, Abbey-Lambertz M, Waite A, Colburn T, Chow EJ
    A Fitbit and Facebook mHealth intervention for promoting physical activity among adolescent and young adult childhood cancer survivors: A pilot study.
    28618158 Pediatric blood and cancer, 2017 Dec. : 64(12)
  • Mendoza JA, Haaland W, Jacobs M, Abbey-Lambertz M, Miller J, Salls D, Todd W, Madding R, Ellis K, Kerr J
    Bicycle Trains, Cycling, and Physical Activity: A Pilot Cluster RCT.
    28668251 American journal of preventive medicine, 2017 Oct. : 53(4)481-489
  • Schoenfelder E, Moreno M, Wilner M, Whitlock KB, Mendoza JA
    Piloting a mobile health intervention to increase physical activity for adolescents with ADHD.
    28373931 Preventive medicine reports, 2017 June : 6210-213 PMCID:PMC5374871
  • Villa-González E, Ruiz JR, Mendoza JA, Chillón P
    Effects of a school-based intervention on active commuting to school and health-related fitness.
    28056914 BMC public health, 2017 Jan 5 : 17(1)20 PMCID:PMC5216538
  • Moreno MA, Waite A, Pumper M, Colburn T, Holm M, Mendoza J
    Recruiting Adolescent Research Participants: In-Person Compared to Social Media Approaches.
    27976951 Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking, 2017 Jan. : 20(1)64-67
  • Flores G, Mendoza FS, Fuentes-Afflick E, Mendoza JA, Pachter L, Espinoza J, Fernandez CR, Arnold DD, Brown NM, Gonzalez KM, Lopez C, Owen MC, Parks KM, Reynolds KL, Russell CJ
    Hot topics, urgent priorities, and ensuring success for racial/ethnic minority young investigators in academic pediatrics.
    27938389 International journal for equity in health, 2016 Dec 9 : 15(1)201 PMCID:PMC5148862
  • Dawson-Hahn E, Pak-Gorstein S, Matheson J, Zhou C, Yun K, Scott K, Payton C, Stein E, Holland A, Grow HM, Mendoza JA
    Growth Trajectories of Refugee and Nonrefugee Children in the United States.
    27940678 Pediatrics, 2016 Dec. : 138(6) PMCID:PMC5127061
  • Thompson D, Cantu D, Ramirez B, Cullen KW, Baranowski T, Mendoza J, Anderson B, Jago R, Rodgers W, Liu Y
    Texting to Increase Adolescent Physical Activity: Feasibility Assessment.
    27338994 American journal of health behavior, 2016 July : 40(4)472-83 PMCID:PMC4922515
  • Mendoza JA, Baranowski T, Jaramillo S, Fesinmeyer MD, Haaland W, Thompson D, Nicklas TA
    Fit 5 Kids TV Reduction Program for Latino Preschoolers: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.
    26572093 American journal of preventive medicine, 2016 May : 50(5)584-92 PMCID:PMC5108181
  • Cerin E, Baranowski T, Barnett A, Butte N, Hughes S, Lee RE, Mendoza JA, Thompson D, O'Connor TM
    Places where preschoolers are (in)active: an observational study on Latino preschoolers and their parents using objective measures.
    26928561 The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 2016 Feb 29 : 1329 PMCID:PMC4772489
  • Dawson-Hahn EE, Fesinmeyer MD, Mendoza JA
    Correlates of Physical Activity in Latino Preschool Children Attending Head Start.
    26035861 Pediatric exercise science, 2015 Aug. : 27(3)372-9 PMCID:PMC4627590
  • Pumper MA, Mendoza JA, Arseniev-Koehler A, Holm M, Waite A, Moreno MA
    Using A Facebook Group As An Adjunct To A Pilot mHealth Physical Activity Intervention: A Mixed Methods Approach.
    26799887 Studies in health technology and informatics, 2015 : 21997-101
  • Cerin E, O’Connor TM, Mendoza JA, Thompson DI, Lee RE, Hughes SO, Baranowski T
    A Child-Centered Scale of Informal Social Control for Latino Parents of Preschool-Aged Children: Development and Validation.
    PMCID in Progress Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2015 : 37(4)541-559
  • Oreskovic NM, Blossom J, Robinson AI, Chen ML, Uscanga DK, Mendoza JA
    The influence of the built environment on outcomes from a "walking school bus study": a cross-sectional analysis using geographical information systems.
    25545924 Geospatial health, 2014 Nov. : 9(1)37-44 PMCID:PMC4296597
  • Mendoza JA, Matshaba M, Makhanda J, Liu Y, Boitshwarelo M, Anabwani GM
    Food insecurity and CD4% Among HIV+ children in Gaborone, Botswana.
    24798763 Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), 2014 Aug 1 : 66(4)414-8 PMCID:PMC4205044
  • O'Connor TM, Cerin E, Lee RE, Parker N, Chen TA, Hughes SO, Mendoza JA, Baranowski T
    Environmental and cultural correlates of physical activity parenting practices among Latino parents with preschool-aged children: Niños Activos.
    25011669 BMC public health, 2014 Jul 10 : 14707 PMCID:PMC4226995
  • Liu GC, Mendoza J
    There and back again: safety and health on the journey to school.
    24709925 Pediatrics, 2014 May : 133(5)915-6
  • Thompson D, Cantu D, Bhatt R, Baranowski T, Rodgers W, Jago R, Anderson B, Liu Y, Mendoza JA, Tapia R, Buday R
    Texting to Increase Physical Activity Among Teenagers (TXT Me!): Rationale, Design, and Methods Proposal.
    24622344 JMIR research protocols, 2014 Mar 12 : 3(1)e14 PMCID:PMC3967196
  • Mendoza JA, Liu Y
    Active commuting to elementary school and adiposity: an observational study.
    24443901 Childhood obesity (Print), 2014 Feb. : 10(1)34-41 PMCID:PMC3922227
  • O'Connor TM, Cerin E, Hughes SO, Robles J, Thompson DI, Mendoza JA, Baranowski T, Lee RE
    Psychometrics of the preschooler physical activity parenting practices instrument among a Latino sample.
    24428935 The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 2014 Jan 15 : 113 PMCID:PMC3903032
  • Mendoza JA, McLeod J, Chen TA, Nicklas TA, Baranowski T
    Correlates of adiposity among latino preschool children.
    23250380 Journal of physical activity & health, 2014 Jan. : 11(1)195-8 PMCID:PMC3750103
  • Nicklas TA, Liu Y, Stuff JE, Fisher JO, Mendoza JA, O'Neil CE
    Characterizing lunch meals served and consumed by pre-school children in Head Start.
    23701867 Public health nutrition, 2013 Dec. : 16(12)2169-77 PMCID:PMC4205170
  • Baranowski T, O'Connor T, Hughes S, Sleddens E, Beltran A, Frankel L, Mendoza JA, Baranowski J
    Houston... We have a problem! Measurement of parenting.
    23837847 Childhood obesity (Print), 2013 Aug. : 9 SupplS1-4 PMCID:PMC3824087
  • Davison KK, Mâsse LC, Timperio A, Frenn MD, Saunders J, Mendoza JA, Gobbi E, Hanson P, Trost SG
    Physical activity parenting measurement and research: challenges, explanations, and solutions.
    23944918 Childhood obesity (Print), 2013 Aug. : 9 SupplS103-9 PMCID:PMC3746238
  • Mendoza JA, Paul ME, Schwarzwald H, Liu Y, Martinez R, Nicklas TA, Baranowski T
    Food insecurity, CD4 counts, and incomplete viral suppression among HIV+ patients from Texas Children's Hospital: a pilot study.
    23377704 AIDS and behavior, 2013 June : 17(5)1683-7 PMCID:PMC3664131
  • O'Connor TM, Cerin E, Robles J, Lee RE, Kerr J, Butte N, Mendoza JA, Thompson D, Baranowski T
    Feasibility study to objectively assess activity and location of Hispanic preschoolers: a short communication.
    23733298 Geospatial health, 2013 May : 7(2)375-80 PMCID:PMC4568846
  • Mendoza JA, Cowan D, Liu Y
    Predictors of Children's Active Commuting to School: An Observational Evaluation in Five US Communities.
    23575275 Journal of physical activity & health, 2013 Apr 5 : PMCID:PMC3749259
  • Chen TA, O'Connor TM, Hughes SO, Frankel L, Baranowski J, Mendoza JA, Thompson D, Baranowski T
    TV parenting practices: is the same scale appropriate for parents of children of different ages?
    23548115 The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 2013 Apr 2 : 1041 PMCID:PMC3623785
  • Baranowski T, Chen TA, Mendoza JA, O'Connor T, Baranowski J, Jago R
    Prospective BMI category change associated with cardiovascular fitness change.
    22935738 Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 2013 Feb. : 45(2)294-8 PMCID:PMC3552042
  • Mendoza JA, McLeod J, Chen TA, Nicklas TA, Baranowski T
    Convergent validity of preschool children's television viewing measures among low-income Latino families: a cross-sectional study.
    23270534 Childhood obesity (Print), 2013 Feb. : 9(1)29-34 PMCID:PMC3604787
  • Mendoza JA, Nicklas TA, Liu Y, Stuff J, Baranowski T
    General versus central adiposity and relationship to pediatric metabolic risk.
    22149935 Metabolic syndrome and related disorders, 2012 April : 10(2)128-36 PMCID:PMC3339386
  • Mendoza JA, Salmon J, Sallis JF
    Partnerships for progress in active living: from research to action.
    22243900 Health & place, 2012 Jan. : 18(1)1-4
  • Mendoza JA, Watson K, Chen TA, Baranowski T, Nicklas TA, Uscanga DK, Hanfling MJ
    Impact of a pilot walking school bus intervention on children's pedestrian safety behaviors: a pilot study.
    22243904 Health & place, 2012 Jan. : 18(1)24-30 PMCID:PMC3259456
  • Mendoza JA, Watson K, Baranowski T, Nicklas TA, Uscanga DK, Hanfling MJ
    The walking school bus and children's physical activity: a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial.
    21859920 Pediatrics, 2011 Sept. : 128(3)e537-44 PMCID:PMC3164094
  • Mendoza JA, Watson K, Nguyen N, Cerin E, Baranowski T, Nicklas TA
    Active commuting to school and association with physical activity and adiposity among US youth.
    21597121 Journal of physical activity & health, 2011 May : 8(4)488-95 PMCID:PMC3115568
  • Mendoza JA, Watson K, Baranowski T, Nicklas TA, Uscanga DK, Nguyen N, Hanfling MJ
    Ethnic Minority Children's Active Commuting to School and Association with Physical Activity and Pedestrian Safety Behaviors.
    21874160 The journal of applied research on children : informing policy for children at risk, 2010 Sep 30 : 1(1)1-23 PMCID:PMC3160673
  • Mendoza JA, Hubsmith D
    Walking to school and away from obesity.
    20530371 Health affairs (Project Hope), 2010 June : 29(6)1274; author reply 1275
  • Mendoza JA, Watson K, Baranowski T, Nicklas TA, Uscanga DK, Hanfling MJ
    Validity of instruments to assess students' travel and pedestrian safety.
    20482778 BMC public health, 2010 May 18 : 10257 PMCID:PMC2887818
  • Mendoza JA, Watson K, Cullen KW
    Change in dietary energy density after implementation of the Texas Public School Nutrition Policy.
    20184994 Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 2010 March : 110(3)434-40 PMCID:PMC2853227
  • Park J, Hilmers DC, Mendoza JA, Stuff JE, Liu Y, Nicklas TA
    Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and obesity in adolescents aged 12 to 19 years: comparison between the United States and Korea.
    20052351 Journal of Korean medical science, 2010 Jan. : 25(1)75-82 PMCID:PMC2800028
  • Mendoza JA, Levinger DD, Johnston BD
    Pilot evaluation of a walking school bus program in a low-income, urban community.
    19413910 BMC public health, 2009 May 4 : 9122 PMCID:PMC2680829
  • O'Donnell SI, Hoerr SL, Mendoza JA, Tsuei Goh E
    Nutrient quality of fast food kids meals.
    18996876 The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2008 Nov. : 88(5)1388-95
  • Nicklas TA, O'Neil CE, Mendoza J, Liu Y, Zakeri IF, Berenson GS
    Are energy dense diets also nutrient dense?
    18845705 Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 2008 Oct. : 27(5)553-60 PMCID:PMC2769989
  • Park J, Mendoza JA, O'Neil CE, Hilmers DC, Liu Y, Nicklas TA
    A comparison of the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in the United States (US) and Korea in young adults aged 20 to 39 years.
    18818169 Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition, 2008 : 17(3)471-82
  • Mendoza JA, Zimmerman FJ, Christakis DA
    Television viewing, computer use, obesity, and adiposity in US preschool children.
    17894878 The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 2007 Sep 25 : 444 PMCID:PMC2131753
  • Mendoza JA, Drewnowski A, Christakis DA
    Dietary energy density is associated with obesity and the metabolic syndrome in U.S. adults.
    17229942 Diabetes care, 2007 April : 30(4)974-9
  • Mendoza JA, Drewnowski A, Cheadle A, Christakis DA
    Dietary energy density is associated with selected predictors of obesity in U.S. Children.
    16614423 The Journal of nutrition, 2006 May : 136(5)1318-22
  • Tarini BA, Mendoza JA
    Use of serum electrolyte panels in gastroenteritis.
    15805404 Pediatrics, 2005 April : 115(4)1109; author reply 1109-10
  • Ringold S, Mendoza JA, Tarini BA, Sox C
    Is duct tape occlusion therapy as effective as cryotherapy for the treatment of the common wart?
    12361441 Archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine, 2002 Oct. : 156(10)975-7

• Presentations

  Presentation Title	Event	Location	Date
  Addressing Risk of Obesity: Innovative Approaches to Old School Ideas	Illinois Transdisciplinary Obesity Prevention Program 2013 Biennial Symposium	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL	Oct 4, 2013
  Injury and Obesity Prevention on the Way to School	Injury Prevention Webinar. Childrens Hospital Association	Alexandria, VA	May 21, 2013
  Active, Healthy and Ready to Learn: SRTS and Childrens Health	Webinar	America Walks, Portland, OR	Aug 8, 2012