Amanda M. Gutierrez, M.P.H.

Email

ag3@bcm.edu

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

PhD from Harvard University: 05/2027 - Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Health Policy (Political Analysis)

Honors & Awards

Fulbright Scholarship: English Teaching Assistant Award grantee to Madrid, Spain; Fulbright U.S. Student Program (09/2013 - 06/2014)

Health Policy Research Scholar: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (09/2023 - 07/2027)

Professional Interests

Health Policy
Public Health
Health Equity
Hispanic/Latino Health

Professional Statement

Amanda M. Gutierrez, MPH is a public health researcher focused on improving access to quality health care for medically underserved populations. Currently, she is a Health Policy PhD candidate in Political Analysis at Harvard University. Her areas of expertise include access to care, public health policy, and health equity, with a focus on Hispanic/Latino populations. She has worked internationally in Central and South America around improving health education and care access as well as conducting health systems research, and has over ten years of experience researching the ethical, legal, and social implications of genomic technologies. Her current research includes a policy-focused qualitative study exploring stakeholders' views nationwide on how to improve engagement of US Hispanic/Latino communities with genetic testing for hereditary cancer risk. She also conducts research on improving language access in health care for limited English proficient populations in the US. She is interested in policy translation and the intersection of empirical health research and public policy. She received her BA from Rice University in 2013 and her MPH in global health with a specialization in maternal and child health from Harvard University in 2020.

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 Apr ; 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 Dec 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.
Gutierrez AM, Robinson JO, Outram S, Smith HS, Kraft S, Donohue K, Biesecker B, Brothers K, Chen F, Hailu B, Hindorff L, Hoban H, Hsu R, Knight S, Koenig B, Lewis K, Lich KH, O’Daniel J, Sasaki SO, Tomlinson G, Waltz M, Wilfond B, Ackerman S, Majumder MA. " Examining Access to Care in Clinical Genomic Research and Medicine: Experiences from the CSER Consortium " Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 2021 ; 5 (1) : e193.
Pubmed PMID: 34888063.
Gutierrez AM, Schneider SC, Islam R, Robinson JO, Hsu RL, Canfield I, Guerrini CJ. " Experiences of Stigma in the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic " Stigma and Health. 2022 Jan ;
Pubmed PMID: 32592670.
Gutierrez AM, Robinson JO, Raesz-Martinez R, Canfield I, Majumder MA, Scollon S, Desrosiers LR, Hsu RL, Allen-Rhoades W, Parsons DW, Plon SE, McGuire AL, Malek J.. " Views of Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer and Their Oncologists Toward Patients' Participation in Genomic Research " Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. 2023 Jan ;
Pubmed PMID: 36595372.
Gutierrez AM, Robinson JO, Smith HS, Desrosiers LR, Scollon S, Canfield I, Hsu RL, Schneider NM, Parsons DW, Plon SE, Allen-Rhoades W, Majumder MA, Malek J, McGuire AL. " Genomic sequencing research in pediatric cancer care: Decision-making, attitudes, and perceived utility among adolescents and young adults and their parents.. " Genetics in Medicine. 2024 May 14; In press

Projects

Considerations for Equitable Engagement of Hispanic/Latino Populations with Hereditary Cancer Risk Testing: NIH National Cancer Institute (09/2020 - 03/2022)
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

Funding

A Case Study on Latinx Community Perspectives about Creating a Cancer Genomic Variant Commons #3R01CA237118-02S1: (09/01/2020 - 03/31/2022); Grant funding from NIH National Cancer Institute; Role: Post-Master's Trainee (PIs: Drs. Robert Cook-Deegan & Amy McGuire). The purpose of this study is to identify challenges and potential policy solutions related to access to genetic testing for hereditary cancer risk among Hispanic/Latino populations in the US.

Intellectual Property

Method and Apparatus for Dose Measurement: 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