PhD: University of Utah, 2003
Internship: Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
Postdoctoral Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Research Interests: A major focus in my current work is the application of interpersonal concepts to understanding race-related health disparities. Discrimination, stigma, and behaviors such as social vigilance may have important health consequences for the individual as well as shape the experience and potentiate the health risk of others. Within this work I am focusing on issues of Hispanic health, particularly the epidemiological referred to as the Hispanic Mortality Paradox.