PhD Students

Philemon Buadee, BSN, RN

Reseaching Interest: The role mental health plays in the treatment and care of people living with HIV.

Karen Daniela Neira Fernández

Reseaching Interest: Maternal–child health, obesity prevention, digital health, Latinx populations, health disparities.

Charles Nukunu Gagbe

Research Interest:

Brannon W. Lynn

Reseaching Interest: Mental health and trauma among sexual and gender minorities affected by intimate partner violence.

Abdul-Manaf Mutaru, BSN,MPH,RN

Research Interest: Maternal-Child Health, Social, Environmental and Biological determinants of Positive child health; Neurodevelopmental outcomes of underserved populations

Jazmin Ramirez BSN, RN

Interest: Maternal/ Child Health

Macarena Calderón Silva

Research Interest: 

Theodora Tertus, BSN, RN

Research Interest: Social determinants of risky sexual behavior, Intimate Partner Violence, and sexual violence Aro-Caribbean populations

Lina Paola Buitrago Ubaque, BSN, RN

Research interest: Sociocultural factors of health, , chronic conditions, and cardiometabolic risk in Hispanic/Latino populations