Education

• B.A.  University of Guadalajara, Mexico  2007
• M.Sc.  Queen's University, Canada  2010
• Ph.D.  Queen's University  2014

Background

I am a North American product. I completed my undergraduate training in Mexico, my graduate training in Canada, and my post-doctoral training in the US. I am an implementation scientist working at the intersection of lifestyle medicine and chronic conditions. My work focuses on testing implementation strategies to integrate proven health interventions and practices in real-world settings. Currently, I have a K01 award from NHLBI focused on estimating the cost-effectiveness of diverse implementation strategies for integrating cardiovascular disease prevention in routine HIV care. I also work building implementation research capacity in low- and middle-income countries and am Associate Program Director for the NIH-funded COllaborative research, implementation, And LEadership training to address chronic Conditions across the lifecoursE (COALESCE).

Scholarly Interest

• Implementation science
• HIV
• Diabetes
• Cardiovascular disease
• Physical Activity
• Behavior change

Selected Publications

Articles

Galaviz KI, Estabrooks P, Jauregui E, Janssen I, Lee RE, Lopez y Taylor J, Ortiz-Hernandez L, Levesque L (2017). Evaluating the effectiveness of physician counseling to promote physical activity in M?xico: an effectiveness-implementation hybrid study. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 7(4), 731-740. PMCID: PMC5684085.

Galaviz KI, Weber MB, Straus A, Haw JS, Narayan KMV, and Ali MK (2018). Global diabetes prevention interventions: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of the real-world impact on incidence, weight and glucose. Diabetes Care, 41(7), 1526-1534. PMCID: PMC6463613.

Galaviz KI, Narayan KMV, Manders OC, Torres-Mejia G, Goenka S, McFarland DA, Reddy KS, Lozano PR, Magana-Valladares L, Prabhakaran D, and Ali MK (2019). The public health leadership and implementation academy for non-communicable diseases. Preventing Chronic Disease, 16(180517), E49. PMCID: PMC6513477.

Argumedo Garcia G, Lopez-Taylor JR, Gaytan-Gonzalez A, Gonzalez -Casanova I, Gonzalez -Villalobos MF, Jauregui A, Jauregui Ulloa E, Medina C, Pacheco S, Perez Rodriguez M, Resendiz E, Retano R, Rodriguez Martinez MP, and Galaviz KI (2020). Mexico 2018 Report Card on the Physical Activity for Children and Youth: Full Report. Pan-American Journal of Public Health, 44:e26. PMCID: PMC7178555.

Galaviz KI, Breland JY, Sanders M, Breathett K, Cerezo A, Gil O, Hollier JM, Marshall C, Wilson JD, Essien UR. Implementation Science to Address Health Disparities During the Coronavirus Pandemic (2020). Health Equity, 4(1);463?467. PMCID: PMC7585610.

Galaviz KI, Schneider MF, Tien PC, Althoff KN, Ali MK, and Brown TT (2021). Expanding the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score for predicting diabetes incidence in people living with HIV. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, 37(5):373-379. PMCID: PMC8112710.

Galaviz KI and Barnes GD (2021). Implementation science opportunities in cardiovascular medicine. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 14:e008109. PMID: 34148352.