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NIMHD Director’s Seminar: Willy Prado, PhD
Guillermo (Willy) Prado, PhD, presented his work at the NIMHD Director’s Seminar Series, which highlights prominent researchers who are advancing the science of minority health and health disparities. Dr. Prado serves as Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Dean of...
Dr. Audrey Harkness Research Update
Dr. Audrey Harkness, Principal Investigator in CLaRO's first cohort of Pilot Studies, was recently named Principal Investigator of a study within a National Institutes of Health P30 grant. SOMOS Alianza: Developing a Strategic Alliance across Three HIV Epicenters to...
Dr. Cynthia Lebron Receives NIH K01 Award
CLaRO researcher Cynthia Lebron was recently awarded a National Institutes of Health K01 grant to develop and pilot the feasibility of a social media-based, bilingual, multigenerational entertainment education intervention for primiparous Hispanic pregnant women and...
Dr. Daniel E. Jimenez Awarded Tenure
We are pleased to announce that Daniel E. Jimenez, PhD, a Principal Investigator in CLaRO's first cohort of Pilot Studies, has recently been awarded tenure at the University of Miami. The title of Dr. Jimenez's CLaRO Pilot Study was "Preventing Cardiometabolic...
Mario De La Rosa elected to Florida Academy of Sciences
We are proud to announce that Dr. Mario De La Rosa has been elected to the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL). The induction will take place during the Annual Meeting of the Academy to be held in Orlando on Friday and Saturday, November 5...
A Mentoring Match Made in … the Pandemic?
Second-year PhD student Maria Jose Baeza Robba (Article originally published on the University of Miami, School of Nursing and Health Studies website: https://www.sonhs.miami.edu/research/featured-research/a-mentoring-match-made-in-the-pandemic/index.html)Second-year...
Gay8 (Gay Ocho)
Gay8 (Gay Ocho), Miami, FL Gay8 is the largest Latinx LGBT event in the United States, drawing some 80,000 people annually. Held each February on the famous "Calle Ocho" of Miami's Little Havana, the theme of this year's Gay8 was "Libertad" (Freedom). The day-long...
CLaRO Training Institute – January 2022
CLaRO's Investigator Development Core hosted a Training Institute on January 11, 2022. This Training Institute was titled “Latino Health Disparities Research Training Institute.” Due to ongoing concerns with the Omicron variant of COVID-19, this Training Institute...
Fighting COVID-19 Disparities: CLaRO joins NIH’s Community Engagement Alliance
By Robin Shear Article originally published in Spring 2021 edition of Heartbeat. Heartbeat magazine is the official alumni publication of the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies. The ray of hope COVID-19 vaccines represent has been tempered by...
Implementation Science Symposium
Implementation Science Symposium CLaRO hosted a virtual Implementation Science Symposium on Monday, May 24th, 2021 from 12:30-5:00 pm. The symposium featured experts in implementation science and health disparities, including Dr. Gregory Aarons (UC San Diego), Dr....