Incoming PhD Student Class of 2012
CRUSADA / C-SALUD Faculty and staff would like to extend a heartfelt welcome to the incoming class of Student Scholars in Health Disparities! We look forward to working with this motivated group of researchers as they explore and examine the important issues surrounding minority health and health disparities.
Karen Fortuna
Discipline: Social Work
Gira J. Ravelo
Discipline: Social Work
Diana Sheehan
Discipline: Epidemiology
Christine Spadola
Discipline: Social Work
Research Interests
Student Scholars in Health Disparities
- Fortuna, Karen: Research Interests include health services needs of older persons with mental illness.
- Ravelo, Gira J: Research Interests include health disparities in older adults.
- Sheehan, Diana: Research Interests are in the areas of epidemiology, health disparities, and access to and quality of care.
- Spadola, Christine: Research Interests include racial and ethnic disparities in physical and mental health, obesity and obesity surgery, substance use and abuse, health psychology, grief and loss.