Email

ag3@bcm.edu

Positions

Senior Research Assistant

Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
ELSI Research Program
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy (Office)

One Baylor Plaza
Suite 310D
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Education

MPH from Harvard University T.H Chan School of Public Health

03/2020 - Boston, Massachusetts United States

Global Health, Maternal and Child Health

BA from Rice University

05/2013 - Houston, Texas United States

Kinesiology, Global Health Technologies

Honors & Awards

Fulbright Scholarship

Madrid, Spain

Fulbright U.S. Student Program (09/2013 - 06/2014)

Professional Interests

• Minority Health and Health Disparities
• Hispanic/Latino Health
• Public Health Policy
• Global Public Health
• Infectious Disease and Vaccine Policy

Selected Publications

• Gutierrez AM, Hofstetter JD, Dishner EL, Chiao E, Rai D, McGuire AL "A Right to Privacy and Confidentiality: Ethical Medical Care for Patients in United States Immigration Detention." Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics. 2020 April ; 48 (1): 161-168. Pubmed PMID: 32342781
• Gutierrez AM, Statham EE, Robinson JO, Slashinski MJ, Scollon S, Bergstrom KL, Street RL, Parsons DW, Plon SE, McGuire AL "Agents of Empathy: How Medical Interpreters Bridge Sociocultural Gaps in Genomic Sequencing Disclosures with Spanish-Speaking Families." Patient Education and Counseling. 2018 December 10; S0738-3991 (18): 31016-4. Pubmed PMID: 30581014
• Gutierrez AM, Robinson JO, Statham EE, Scollon S, Bergstrom KL, Slashinski MJ, Parsons DW, Plon SE, McGuire AL, Street RL "Portero versus Portador: Spanish Interpretation of Genomic Terminology during Whole Exome Sequencing Results Disclosure." Personalized Medicine. 2017 14 (6): 503-514. Pubmed PMID: 29749861
• McGuire AL, Pereira S, Gutierrez AM, Majumder MA "Ethics in Genetic and Genomic Research." In Mazur KA & Berg SL (Eds.), Ethical Issues in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 2020 Springer Nature (Chapter 6): 91-110.

Projects

Considerations for Equitable Engagement of Hispanic/Latino Populations with Inherited Cancer Risk Testing

National Cancer Institute (09/2020 - 03/2023)

Texas KidsCanSeq: Evaluating utility and improving implementation of genomic sequencing for pediatric cancer patients in the diverse population and healthcare settings of Texas

National Human Genome Research Institute

BASIC3: Baylor Advancing Sequencing in Childhood Cancer Care

National Human Genome Research Institute

Intellectual Property

Design Patent #8535277 (Approved)

A small low-cost clip that prevents overdosing when using an oral syringe to dispense liquid oral medication.

Co Inventors: Maria Oden, Julia Lukomnik, Cindy Dinh, Carlos Amaro

Languages

Spanish