Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Pediatrics
Hematology/Oncology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
Education
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship at The University of Texas School of Public Health
- 12/2013 - Houston, Texas, United States
- Cancer Prevention
- PhD from The University of Texas School of Public Health
- 05/2011 - Houston, Texas, United States
- Epidemiology
- MPH from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
- 05/2006 - New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Parasitology
- BS from Tulane University
- 05/2004 - New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Professional Interests
- Behavioral Epidemiology
- Health Disparities
- Cancer Prevention
Professional Statement
I am a Behavioral Epidemiologist with research expertise in health disparities and preventive healthcare utilization among immigrants, racial/ethnic minorities, and the medically underserved. I am particularly interested in the intersection of nativity, race/ethnicity, and cervical cancer. Much of my work focuses on the design, implementation, and evaluation of behavioral and health system interventions to address cancer health disparities among the medically underserved. My current research involves evaluating the effectiveness and implementation of mailed self-collected human papillomavirus (HPV) testing kits for cervical cancer screening; and multi-level health system and community-based interventions to improve HPV vaccination, e-cigarette prevention, and cervical and colorectal cancer screening.
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Languages
Spanish
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