Dr. Mónica Ramírez-Andreotta has been a part of the University of Arizona Superfund Research Program (UA SRP) since 2005, first as Research Translation Core Coordinator, and then as a Training Core Fellow earning her PhD in 2012. She then left to train as a post-doc and become Assistant Professor of Health Sciences at Northeastern University in Boston, MA working in the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute there. In 2015 Ramírez-Andreotta returned to the UA as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, and she continues to collaborate with UA SRP with seed funding from the Center for Environmentally Sustainable Mining. Following the success of her dissertation project, Gardenroots: The Dewey-Humboldt AZ Garden Project, Ramírez-Andreotta has continued her work investigating the uptake of metals by edible plants.
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Leaders Across Borders (LaB), a leadership program created by the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission to improve the health of communities located along the border, recently selected University of Arizona Superfund Research Program (UA SRP) Research Translation Core (RTC) Principle Investigator, Dr. Monica Ramirez-Andreotta, to participate in their 2016 program. There will be 20 participants, 10 from each side of the US-Mexico border, in the 2016 LaB cohort. LaB aims to build leaders with binational ties who will work to redefine public health standards in the border region, which extends approximately 100 kilometers to the north and south of the border. Issues prevalent in these communities include chronic, degenerative, and infectious disease; maternal and child health deficiencies; mental health and addiction issues; and limited access to healthcare. As an environmental health researcher and advocate for communities facing exposure to environmental contamination, Dr. Ramirez-Andreotta was selected for the program based on her expertise in environmental monitoring and pollution science, community engagement techniques, and her commitment to furthering the field of enviornmental health. Participation in the LaB program will allow Dr. Ramirez-Andreotta to expand her expertise as a health professional by: 1) developing subject matter expertise needed to work in the border region, and 2) involving her in a united community of health professionals who are both sensitive to and active in border health reform.
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