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Preventive Pros
This podcast is brought to you by the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at Keck School of Medicine of USC. Join us as we dive into the population and public health topics involved in our research and initiatives. Meet our researchers and learn first-hand what they are up to in the field, why this work is so important, and what the future may hold.
Preventive Pros
Native Americans and Diabetes with Claradina Soto, PhD, MPH
Claradina Soto, PhD, MPH (Navajo/Jemez Pueblo) is an associate professor in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences. She has over 20 years working with American Indian and Alaska Native populations in public health, collaborating with urban and Tribal communities in CA to reduce and prevent mental health disparities, cancer prevalence, commercial tobacco use, and substance use and opioid use disorders. She collaborates on several research projects funded by NIH/FDA, Tobacco Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP), Department of Health Care Services, California Tobacco Control Programs and the Office of Health Equity. She teaches courses in the Master of Public Health and Health Promotion programs at USC and mentors undergraduate and graduate students. Soto is a longtime advocate for the AI/AN communities and other priority populations to advance health equity and reduce health disparities. Soto is principle investigator on projects within the Initiative for California American Indian Health Research and Evaluation (I-CAIHRE).
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