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Eduardo Esteban Bustamante PhD

Assistant Professor, Kinesiology and Nutrition

University of Illinois Chicago

About

Eduardo Esteban Bustamante, PhD, FACSM, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (2006) and a Doctor of Philosophy in Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Rehabilitation from the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) (2013). Dr. Bustamante completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Prevention Institute (2015). Dr. Bustamante’s expertise lies in Exercise Psychology with an emphasis on ADHD and community-engaged intervention research. His research focuses on generating evidence-based lifestyle interventions that promote physical and mental health among children and families in underserved communities. 

Title Description Investigator(s) Category Status
BUILT: Building Unstoppable families through Intergenerational Lifestyle Transformation Project BUILT is a pilot intergenerational lifestyle intervention for children with ADHD and Disruptive Behavior Disorders.
  • PI Eduardo Esteban Bustamante PhD
  • Co-I Tara G. Mehta PhD
ACCESS for Mental Health On-going
BUILT: Building Unstoppable families through Intergenerational Lifestyle Transformation Project BUILT is a pilot intergenerational lifestyle intervention for children with ADHD and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
  • PI Eduardo Esteban Bustamante PhD
Community Based Children and Family Mental Health Services Research Program On-going
Leaders @ Play Our team has been collaborating with the Chicago Park District for the past decade to develop and implement strategies that capitalize on the inherent opportunities present in recreation to support and promote children’s mental health. Leaders @ Play was a program designed to promote mental health for participating adolescents and support healthy behavioral, social, and emotional funct
  • PI Tara G. Mehta PhD
  • Co-I Stacy Frazier PhD
  • Co-I Marc S. Atkins PhD
  • Co-I Dana Rusch PhD
  • Co-I Eduardo Esteban Bustamante PhD
  • Co-I Angela L. Walden PhD
Community Based Children and Family Mental Health Services Research Program Completed

*System-generated list from psychiatry research website.