Interests
My educational interests are in environmental public health, critical thinking, and policy to improve health equity. These interests form the basis of my educational goals, which are:
- to promote the application of health determinants in developing and testing hypotheses for disease in individual patients and in communities,
- to develop interdisciplinary learning across the broad range of disciplines that encompass environmental health, and
- to develop educational content in environmental health and disparities epidemiology for learners and researchers to apply in preventive medicine and public health.
I have had the opportunity to apply my educational interests and expertise to a wide variety of graduate, professional and clinical programs across the UNM Health Sciences Center.
Expertise
As an environmental health scientist with expertise in conducting interdisciplinary, community-based environmental and health disparities epidemiological research, my educational expertise aligns with this history. I have developed a strong track record in problem-based and team-based teaching, and in developing multidisciplinary curriculum, courses and lectures to for students, residents and junior faculty working to complete masters theses, doctoral dissertations, grant proposals and publications. My specific areas of expertise are:
- Small group facilitation in critical thinking, hypothesis development and testing integrating the principles of population health,
- Interacting with diverse groups of learners and research mentees from academic and professional programs across the Health Science Center, and
Developing courses to meet the educational competencies in public health, preventive medicine, and cultural humility.
