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Core
Faculty:
Professional & Research Interests
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Manuel Bayona, M.D., MS Ph.D.
Director
Teaching Areas: Biostatistics and
Epidemiology.
Research Interest: Biostatistics for
epidemiologists and Cancer epidemiology.
Current/Past PH Activities: Current: Teaching
biostatistics for epidemiologists and conducting
cancer epidemiology research. Past: Teaching
biostatistics for epidemiologists ,Conducting
research on asthma epidemiology and infectious
diseases. Conducting epidemiological surveillance. |
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Pedro Amador, M.D.,
MS
Assistant
Professor
Teaching Areas: Promotion Health and
Fundamentals of Public Health
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Carolina Alvarez Garriga,
M.D., S.C.P.,
Dr.PH
Assistant Professor
Research Interest: Asthma epidemiology
and Tropical disease epidemiology .
Current/Past PH Activities: Current: Teaching
epidemiologic research methods, conducting research
on asthma epidemiology and epidemiology of tropical
diseases. Past: Teaching epidemiology and
epidemiological evaluation of social determinants of
disease, conducting research on asthma and
epidemiology of tropical diseases |
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Vivian Green,
LND, MS, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Teaching Areas: Nutrition, Administration
Health and Forensic Epidemiology.
Research Interest: Community Nutrition,
Infant food patterns, pediatric growth charts,
nutritional survey
Current/Past PH Activities: Current:
Nutritional Outreach; Puerto Rico Nutritional
Survey; Nutritional conferences to the community
mainly in impoverished areas; development of the
Puerto Rico growth chart for the pediatric
population; Director of the Nutritional Research
(PSM); foundational member of the Puerto Rican
Association for the Nutritional and Obesity Studies;
Clinical Research. Previous: Public Health Social
Marketing (Director of “Health Recommends You”,
Puerto Rico Department of Health); Community
Nutrition; Nutrition and COPD; Nutrition Education
for MD.
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R. Iván Iriarte,
M.D., MS
Full Professor
Teaching Areas:
Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Medical Ethics .
Research Interest: Alternative Medicine.
Current/Past PH Activities: Current: Clinical Research;
endometriosis and acupuncture; community service;
therapy through music; Tai chi for arthritis
patients.
Previous: clinical research; community service
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Lisa Norman, MA, Ph.D.
Associate
Professor
Teaching Areas: Research Methods, Social
Epidemiology, Social Basis of Behavior, Statistics,
Demography.
Research Interest: Prevention HIV.
Current/Past PH Activities: Currently,
formative research study examining HIV risk among
impoverished women living in public housing in
Puerto Rico; co-investigator of HIV seroprevalence
study of crack cocaine users in St. Lucia. Previous
studies include HIV knowledge, attitudes and
behaviors study of students at the University of the
West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.
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Mayra Roubert,
MS, Dr.PH
Associate
Professor
Teaching Areas:
Environmental Health, Microbiology, Environmental
Problems and Management, Risk and Exposure
Assessment, Waste Management .
Research Interest: Environmental Health
Education, Water and Soil Nitrates Assessment.
Current/Past PH Activities: Current:
Environmental Health Program for Chicken Farmers;
Identification of Cryptosporidium in Non PRASA
drinking water system; Heavy Metals in Water and
Fish Tissues; Hazardous and Non Hazardous Management
Assessment at PUCPR. |
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Diego Zavala,
MS, Ph.D.
Associate
Professor
Teaching Areas:
Biostatistics, Injury Prevention and Control.
Research Interest: Violence Prevention,
Cancer Research, Surveillance System.
Current/Past PH Activities: Current: Injury
Surveillance in Emergency Room in Africa (5
countries) and America (Bolivia); Disaster
Operations; Homicides and Suicides Surveillance.
Previous: Early detection of stomach cancer; Cancer
Registries; Health Survey (BRFSS). |
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