Meet the Staff
Dr. Maria Idali Torres, Director
Maria Idalí Torres is the current director of the Gastón Institute, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She obtained a PhD from the University of Connecticut and a MS in Public Health from the University of Massachusetts. Prior to her current position she spent 17 years as a professor of public health at the UMass Amherst campus, and another 15 years practicing health education in community and school settings. Dr. Torres’ research and publications have focused on the promotion, protection, and maintenance of health in Puerto Rico and Massachusetts. Most recently, she has been working on Latino youth sexual health disparities and the prevention of teenage pregnancy. She has received numerous grants and awards for her work at the local, state, and national levels. (full bio).
Staff
Ivelisse Caraballo
Research Administrative Coordinator
617.287.4879
Keisha Dixon
Business and Operations Coordinator
617.287.4835
Pablo Goldbarg
Research Communication and Dissemination Coordinator
617.287.5732
Phil Granberry
Senior Research Associate (bio)
Jim O'Brien
Editor
Sarah Rustan
Research Associate/Data Analyst
617.287.5769
Eduardo Siqueira
Coordinator of Transnational Brazilian Project (bio & works)
617.287.4863
María Idalí Torres
Director
617.287.5790
Research Associates
Melissa Colón
Consultant
Dharma Cortés
Research Associate
Virginia Diez
Research Associate
Julian Jefferies
Research Associate
Faye S. Karp
Research Associate
Mario Muñoz
Research Associate
Hosffman Ospino
Research Associate
Interns
2012
Diego Gómez-Aristizábal
Graduate Research Assistant
Eriliza Guerrero
Research Assistant
Tariana V. Little
Research Assistant
Aida Palencia
Research Assistant
Beninson Peña
Research Assistant
Kevin Valencia
Office Assistant
2011
Cristina Araujo Brinkerhoff
Research Assistant
Carolina Gonzalez
Research Assistant
Riqueldys Peña
Accounting and Finance
2010
Angel Cosme
Research Assistant
Aline Da Fonseca
Research Assistant
Andrew Flannery Aguilar
LLOP Teaching Assistant
Diana Mercado
Program Assistant
Anjuli Manrique
Research Assistant
