Sara Perez
By Rebecca Gerber onFOCUSUsing an interdisciplinary approach encompassing economics, social justice, and public health, Sara’s research aims to contribute to evidence-based, equit…
Monica De La Cruz
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSMonica’s research interest focuses on ways to ameliorate family poverty as a means to positively impact children’s health, specifically…
Lupita Quintana
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSPesticides have been influential drivers of modern society and food production, yet their toxicity to humans and the environment…
Danae Ross
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSBringing an interdisciplinary lens to the study of Black maternal/parental health, Danae's work centers the physical and mental health…
Natasha D. Williams
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSBroadly, Natasha’s research works to expose and address mental health inequities experienced by marginalized populations. More specifically, her work…
TyKera Marrow
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSThe general mistrust and anticipation of stigmatization that Black Americans feel in general, concerning the medical context and larger…
Shana McClain
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSShana’s research explores alternative justice approaches for survivors of intimate and interpersonal violence and, more specifically, how those approaches…
Sofia “Sofi” Cárdenas
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSIn her research, Sofi uses interdisciplinary methodologies to assess the intersection of biological and social processes impacting parent caregiving…
Sione Lynn Pili Lister
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSSione (she-oh-nay) is passionate about centering the lived experiences of people of color in examining how the law is…
Shlon A. Smith
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSShlon’s research interests center around addressing the academic and mental health needs of students in low-income and urban communities.…
Shannon Whittaker
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSCurrent research perpetuates a narrow understanding of built and social environments as static hubs where “bad health” only occurs…
Sally Ryman
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSTransgender and gender diverse individuals experience multiple disparities in health outcomes and access to care. Transfolk, especially transwomen of…
Rumana S. Rabbani
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSCommunity health workers (CHWs) are frontline workers with lived experience of their communities, yet historically have been a marginalized…
Mudia Uzzi
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSMudia’s research is focused on violence and trauma in urban communities. He aspires to create place-based interventions that redress…
Noah Triplett
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSAlthough great strides have been made in developing effective treatments for youth mental health problems, they are often not…
Natalie Aileen Larez
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSStudents spend most of their time in school systems, and at the same time, they don’t exist in a…
Morgan D. Farnworth
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSMorgan's research focuses on the role of government in advancing health equity. Applying an interdisciplinary lens to the opioid…
Mi’Chael N. Wright
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSIn recent years, there have been studies that have shown that social media is heavily associated with mental health,…
Melissa Horner
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSMelissa’s research interests cohere around examining the social structures of everyday, ongoing settler colonialism in the U.S. while also…
Melinda M. Adams
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSMelinda is a doctoral student in Native American Studies and also conducts research in Environmental Policy and Management at…
