Vice-Chair for Research
Associate Professor,
Department of Family & Preventive Medicine,
RUSH Medical College
Pronouns:
She/Her
Co-Chair, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Workgroup
Director, Multicultural, Diversity and Latinx Health Equity Program
Education
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
PhD, Clinical Psychology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Clinical Psychology Internship, The University of Chicago Medical Center
MS, Clinical Psychology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
BA, University of Hawaii at Manoa
AA, Kapiolani Community College
Research Areas
Culture-centered health care, culturally proficient obesity (diet, physical activity, and body image) interventions and assessments for Latinxs, Blacks, and Filipinos using community-engaged approaches, disparities in weight loss after bariatric surgery, cancer and cardiometabolic disease in Latinxs, community health workers, binge eating, emotional eating, weight control smoking in diverse ethnic groups, surgical disparities