Purpose of Meeting:
This meeting was held to welcome new faculty, students, staff, community stakeholders, and other friends of the Center, as well as provide an update on Center activities, Cores, and Studies within the NIMHD 5-year Center of Excellence renewal for Health Disparities Research. The meeting was held in the Graham Center of Florida International University’s Modesto A. Maidique Campus.Click to view Meeting Agenda
CRUSADA / C-SALUD Speakers:
Mario De La Rosa, PhD
Director, CRUSADA;
PI, Administrative & Research Cores
Mary Jo Trepka, MD
Associate Professor, Epidemiology;
PI, Research Education & Training Core
Frank R. Dillon, PhD
Assistant Professor, Social Work;
PI, Recent Latina Immigrant Research Subproject;
Co-I, Research Education and Training Core
Patria Rojas, PhD
Senior Behavioral Health Scientist, FIU;
PI, Community Core
Guest Speakers at this event:
Susan J. Rubio Rivera, MSSA
Executive Director MUJER
Michele Ciccazzo, PhD, RD
Interim Dean, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work
Florida International University
Mary Helen Hayden, Ed.D.
Director, School of Social Work,
Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work
Florida International University
Principal Investigators of the Center presented updates on their Cores and Research Studies. Links to Adobe PDF versions of those presentations are provided below.
CRUSADA | C-SALUD NIMHD Exploratory
- Center of Excellence Center Update
Mario De La Rosa, PhD
Director, CRUSADA;
PI, Administrative & Research Cores - C-SALUD: Overview of Research Education and
Training Core and Mentorship Program
Mary Jo Trepka, MD
Associate Professor, Epidemiology;
PI, Research Education & Training Core - Social Determinants Predicting Trajectories of
HIV with Recent Latina Women Immigrants
Frank R. Dillon, PhD
Assistant Professor, Social Work;
PI, Recent Latina Immigrant Research Subproject;
Co-I, Research Education and Training Core - Project Salud: HIV Risk Reduction in High Risk
Hispanic Migrant Workers in South Florida
Authored by: Jesus Sanchez, PhD
PI, Latino Migrant Worker Research Subproject
(Presented on Dr. Sanchez’s behalf by Center Faculty) - Community Core: Latina Immigrant HIV and Substance
Abuse Prevention Intervention Program
Patria Rojas, PhD
Senior Behavioral Health Scientist, FIU;
PI, Community Core
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