Faculty Profile for Dr. Keya Sen

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Dr. Keya Sen
Assistant Professor — School of Health Administration
ENC 250
phone: (512) 245-3508
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 University of North Texas
Ph.D. Health Services Research, August 2020
Dissertation: “The Relationship between Social Isolation and Wellbeing in Older Adults”
The State University of New York
M.S. Community Health
The University of Calcutta
B.Ed. Education

Teaching Interests

 Healthcare Quality Improvement, Healthcare Culture and Management, Global Public Health, Community Health Education and Promotion, Health Informatics, Health Services Administration

Research Interests

 Social Isolation
Life Course and Aging
Community-Based Participatory Research for enhancing the quality of life for Older Adults

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Shanmugam, R., Fulton, L., Kruse, C. S., Beauvais, B. M., Betancourt, J. A., Pacheco, G. J., … Sharma, A. (2024). The effect of COVID-19 on cancer incidences in the U.S. Https://Doi.Org/10.1016/j.Heliyon.2024.E28804., Shanmugam, R., Fulton, L., Kruse, C. S., Beauvais, B., Betancourt, J., Pacheco, G., ... & Sharma, A. (2024). The effect of COVID-19 on cancer incidences in the US. Heliyon, e28804., 1–41.
  • Beauvais, B. M., Kruse, C. S., Ramamonjiarivelo, Z. H., Pradhan, R., Sen, K., & Fulton, L. V. (2023). An Exploratory Analysis of the Association Between Hospital Labor Costs and the Quality of Care. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 16, 1075–1091. https://doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S410296
  • Ramamonjiarivelo, Z. H., Osborne, R., Renick, O., & Sen, K. (2022). Assessing the effectiveness of intergenerational virtual service-learning on loneliness and ageism: A pre-post study. Healthcare, 10(5), 1–10. https://doi.org/doi: 10.3390/healthcare10050893
  • Sen, K., Ramamonjiarivelo, Z., Renick, O., Laheji, N., Randall, O., & Beauvais, B. M. (2024). Examining the Effect of Contactless Intergenerational Befriending Intervention on Social Isolation Among Older Adults and Students’ Attitude Toward Companionship: Content Analysis. JMIR Aging, Vol 7 (2024)(e47908). https://doi.org/10.2196/47908
  • Shanmugam, R., Betancourt, J. A., Pacheco, G. J., & Sen, K. (2023). Indexing of US Counties with Overdispersed Incidences of COVID-19 Deaths. Mathematics, Mathematics 2023, 11, 3112. https://doi.org/10.3390/math11143112.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2024 ACHCA Chapter/District Achievement Award, American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA). October 2023 - March 7, 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidentail Distinction for Excellence in Scholarly Activities, Texas State University. September 8, 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement for Excellence in Scholarly Activities, Texas State University. August 19, 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Best Paper in Innovative Education, Green Cities Conference. June 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Faculty Excellence Award, Minnesota State University. 2021

Selected Grants

  • Biediger-Friedman, Lesli M (Principal), Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Co-Principal), Villagran, Melinda Morris (Co-Principal), Johnson, Cassandra (Co-Principal), Renick, Cecil O (Co-Principal), Hwang, Sangchul Scott (Supporting), Mendez, Francis A (Supporting), Sen, Keya (Supporting), Ramamonjiarivelo, Zo H (Supporting), Shanmugam, Ram (Supporting), Charles, Joni S J (Supporting). NUEVA - Nutrition for Underserved Elders Via Application, United States Department of Health and Human Services - Administration for Community Living, Federal, $2764270. (Submitted: March 10, 2022, Funded: August 1, 2022 - July 31, 2027). Grant.
  • Sen, Keya. Service-Learning Excellnce Program, Texas State University, $500. (Funded: 2022). Grant.
  • Sen, Keya (Principal), Chee, Kyong (Co-Principal), Mandal, Sujata (Co-Principal), Hwang, Sangchul (Co-Principal). Incontinence Management Program for Older Adults (Regional NSF I-Corps MVP), Texas State Regional I-Corps Site for Entrepreneurship, Texas State University, $4800. (Submitted: September 2022, Funded: December 2022 - March 2023). Grant.
  • Sen, Keya (Principal), Chee, Kyong (Co-Principal), Mandal, Sujata (Co-Principal), Hwang, Sangchul (Co-Principal). Incontinence Management Program for Older Adults (Regional NSF I-Corps Mini), Texas State Regional I-Corps Site for Entrepreneurship, Texas State University, $3000. (Submitted: September 2022, Funded: November 2022 - January 2023). Grant.
  • Sen, Keya (Supporting). Hill Collaborative Grant, Syracuse University, Federal. (Funded: 2016 - 2017). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Member
American College of Healthcare Administrators (ACHCA)
June 14, 2023-Present
Coordinator
Translational Health Research Center, TXST
2022-Present
Fellow
Service-Learning Excellence Program at TXST
2021-Present
Member
MHA Comprehensive Examination Committee, TXST
2021-Present
Participant
Marketing Endeavors for International Student Admission, TXST
2021-Present