Nursing’s Adrian Juarez selected as CEPP Community-Based Health Disparities Research Mentoring fellow
Adrian Juarez, PhD, RN, assistant professor in the UB School of Nursing
By Sarah Goldthrite
Published March 22, 2016 This content is archived.
Adrian Juarez, PhD, RN, assistant professor, was selected as the first Civic Engagement and Public Policy (CEPP) Community-Based Health Disparities Research Mentoring Fellow for the 2015-2017 period.
Forward-thinking, community-minded
Juarez, whose research interests include LGBT health, HIV prevention and US-Mexico community health, proposed the project “HIV Risk and Substance Abuse in Trans-Latinas on the Texas-Mexico Border” with four collaborators in Texas: City of El Paso Health, The Empowerment Group, Hidalgo County Department of Health and the Valley AIDS Council.
Yu Ping Chang, PhD, RN, associate dean for research and scholarship, served as Juarez’s internal (UB) mentor. Juarez also received mentorship from Alexandra Garcia, PhD, RN, associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing.
The CEPP Community-Based Health Disparities Research Mentoring Fellowship aims to support health disparities researchers through interdisciplinary mentorship and provides two fellowship opportunities for UB faculty members or teams to advance their community-based research in the area of health disparities.
Visit the CEPP to find out more about this program.
