Dr. Garza is a health behavior scientist with expertise in value of the future, risk communication, and judgment and decision-making. She has conducted intervention studies that leverage incentives for health behavior change and have used innovative technologies, including virtual reality, to influence perceived risk of chronic disease and empathy for others. She is also a Faculty Fellow in her university’s teaching and learning center where she supports faculty development initiatives and conducts educational research and the scholarship of teaching and learning.
Research:
- Behavioral Economics
- Risk Perception
- Digital Health
- Socio-Behavioral Pharmacy
- Immersive technologies
