Drexel FIRST Health Equity Seminar featuring Dr. Adolfo Cuevas
Thursday, March 6, 2025
11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Join Drexel FIRST and hear from Adolfo G. Cuevas, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of
Social and Behavioral Sciences at NYU's School of Global Public Health, and
serves as Ddeputy director of the Center for Anti-Racism, Social Justice, and
Public Health.
Cuevas research focuses on how discrimination and other
psychosocial stressors affect health across the lifespan, employing
epidemiological, psychological, and biological approaches to explore these
relationships.
For his contributions to research on race, racism, and health, Dr. Cuevas
was named one of the National Minority Quality Forum’s 40 Under 40 Leaders in
Minority Health and received the Diversity Scholar Award from the Nutrition
Obesity Research Center at Harvard University.
Talk Title: "Addressing Racial Health Disparities Within Hispanic Communities:
Challenges and Opportunities". Hope to see you there!
Contact Information
Katlyn Wright
kw3239@drexel.edu