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Aresha Martinez-Cardoso, PhD

Dr. Aresha Martinez-Cardoso is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Chicago, where she leads the Embodying Racism Lab. An interdisciplinary population health researcher, Dr. Martinez-Cardoso investigates the intersections of race, policy, and social determinants of health by pairing epidemiological methods with social science theory. The bulk of her research focuses on the health and well-being of Latinx and immigrant populations in the United States.



Her research has been published in leading journals such as Social Science & Medicine and Current Diabetes Reports and funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institute on Aging, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.



Through her teaching, research, and service, Dr. Martinez-Cardoso is committed to advancing health equity and ensuring that interventions and policies center the voices of marginalized communities. She holds a Ph.D. in Health Behavior and Health Education from the University of Michigan and an M.S. in Community Health Sciences from UCLA. Prior to her current position, she was a Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago.