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Kimberly Page, PhD

Dr. Kimberly Page, Ph.D., MPH is a Professor in the Department of Medicine at UNM HSC, in the Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Preventive Medicine.  She is well known for her research on hepatitis C especially among people who use drugs. She has led many kinds of research, almost all of which is very community-centered. Dr. Page leads the Southwest Clinical Trials Network Node (SW-CTN), funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.  The goal of the SW-CTN is to advance research and the field of promising science-based prevention and treatment delivery to people patients with substance use disorders in a variety of treatment settings and with diverse populations. Dr. Page is dedicated to improving health of New Mexicans by advancing prevention and treatment of substance use disorders.

Janet Page Reeves, PhD: 

Reeves-Page is a cultural anthropologist with training in political economy. I am a Tenured Professor and Vice Chair for Research for the Department of Family & Community Medicine, and the Director of Research for the Office for Community Health at the University of New Mexico. I have a strong and unique background in theoretically grounded research and community-based applied work. My work is infused with an appreciation for the salience of using a holistic approach as a foundation for understanding complex social issues. I have extensive research, applied, and community experience working on themes related to social drivers of health, cultural adaptations of interventions, and patient/community engagement. For the development of this toolkit, I provided expertise and input based on my experience with community-driven and community-engaged research, and I assisted with an internal evaluation of our process.

Ivan de la Rosa, PhD

Iván A. de la Rosa, Ph.D., LMSW, is an Associate Professor at the School of Social Work at New Mexico State University. He also holds a concurrent faculty appointment as a behavioral/social science researcher at the Southern New Mexico Family Medicine Residency program at Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces. He earned his Ph.D. in Social Work and Sociology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1998 and completed a one-year postdoctoral residency at the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan.

Dr. de la Rosa has extensive practical experience in crisis intervention counseling for immigrants in New York City and is a seasoned program evaluator with expertise in maternal and child health. He currently serves as a PRN behavioral health social worker at Memorial Medical Center and is the designated program evaluator for the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo in El Paso, TX. Dr. de la Rosa's research primarily focuses on violence and trauma, with a special emphasis on identifying risk and protective factors in US/Mexico borderland communities.

Marie Alice Scott, PhD

Dr. Mary Alice Scott is an Associate Professor for the Anthropology department focusing on Medical Anthropology. Her research interests include critical ethnographic analysis of health, health care, and health policy in the United States, with particular focus on the U.S.-Mexico border region. Her country of expertise is Mexico.

Christina Phillips

Maria Sanchez, MPH, MS

Maria Sanchez, MPH, MS, is a Clinical Research Manager in the Department of Internal Medicine at The University of New Mexico Health Sciences. Her current research interests are in biostatistics, health equity, infectious/chronic diseases, maternal/child wellbeing, environmental health, and substance use research. She has worked on several research studies funded by the National Institutes of Health. She is also embarking on a new academic venture, pursuing a PhD in Health Equity Sciences with a concentration in Biostatistics at UNM’s College of Population Health.

Andrew Gorvetzian, MA

Andrew Gorvetzian is a PhD candidate in Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology at the University of New Mexico. His dissertation focuses on language revitalization programs and collaborative research methods with Garifuna communities, an Afro-Indigenous group in Central America. In addition to this, he is interested in the potential of interdisciplinary teams to address a wide range of complex social issues relating to education and public health. 

Joe Albright

Cynthia Killough, MA

Cynthia Killough is a Community Engagement Liaison Specialist with the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Clinical and Translational Science Center. Through her work, Ms. Killough strives to increase the number of underrepresented populations in health research with a focus on New Mexico populations. Ms. Killough is a native New Mexican with family roots in Mexico, has a master’s degree in psychology, served in the US Army National Guard, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Health Communication. 

Randall Benalli