Estrella Welcomed by School of Public Health and Brownsville Community

梅拉·埃斯特雷拉（Mayra Estrella）博士，博士的助理教授，布朗斯维尔的乌西省休斯顿公共卫生学院的流行病学，人类遗传学和环境科学系，几年前首次参观了里奥格兰德谷（Rio Grande Valley）。她参加了在德克萨斯州拉雷多（Laredo）和哈林根（Harlingen）的野外学习计划，重点介绍边境健康问题。该地区和文化使她想起了波多黎各的家。

Estrella was living in Chicago and never imagined she would eventually take a position at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Brownsville. That first exposure to the Rio Grande Valley did have an important impact, as it shifted her interest from statistics to social aspects of lived experiences of the population, and how the social determinants of health influence chronic disease.

“我了解了与健康结果和健康差异有关的社会和结构性因素。我在波多黎各也看到了类似的问题。我意识到需要制定计划来满足参与者在边缘化社区中的特殊需求。” Estrella说。

Estrella在社区健康方面的博士研究使她能够与芝加哥的大型墨西哥裔美国人和移民人口合作。她在中西部拉丁裔卫生政策和研究中心的研究生助理工作中，她的糖尿病赋权计划（DEEP）的工作使她受到社区卫生工作者的深远影响。beplay苹果手机能用吗

She and her husband are thrilled to have made the move south to Brownsville from Chicago, where they feel welcomed and at home. “Brownsville and the Valley have such a friendly and welcoming culture, familiar to us as Latinos who grew up in Puerto Rico. The climate and living near the ocean again is a nice change as well,” she said.

As for Estrella’s research and plans for the future, she says her next steps are to become involved with local issues. “I’m excited to learn more about the work and needs of this community. I am observing and listening so I can find the areas where I will be of most service.”

尽管Estrella继续在芝加哥开始正在进行的研究项目，但她已经与beplay苹果手机能用吗UTRGV的当地调查员陷入了进展，这些调查员正在对阿尔茨海默氏症在里奥格兰德山谷（RGV）的高度盛行，这是里奥格兰德谷阿尔茨海默氏症阿尔茨海默氏症资源中心的少数人老年化研究中心的盛行。

埃斯特雷拉（Estrella）希望她的beplay苹果手机能用吗研究将导致随着人口增长的年龄的增长，为护理人员提供有效的预防工作和计划​​。凭借美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）职业发展奖，她正在研究与拉丁美洲裔健康衰老相关的保护因素，并更多地了解有关脑健康的神经心理学和脑部MRI结果。她还将教授研究生，并在到目前为止与学生的互动受到启发。

“I feel very welcomed and at home here in Brownsville and look forward to serving this very deserving community through my research and scholarship.”