People

Collaboratory Director / Principal Investigator

Ana Cristina Terra de Souza Lindsay, DrPH, DDS, MPH

Professor, Department of Exercise & Health Sciences

Dr. Lindsay is a community-based public health researcher trained in pediatric dentistry and maternal and child health. Her public health research program and scholarship focus on achieving health equity through understanding and reducing disparities in health. Her primary program of research focuses on improving lifestyle behaviors and preventing obesity during the critical early life stages of pregnancy and early childhood. Her secondary program of research focuses on the application of mixed methods to address cancer health disparities among Latin American populations and more recently Cape Verdean populations with a special emphasis on the prevention of HPV-associated cancers.

Undergraduate Research Assistants

	Jackelyne Abranches Department of Exercise and Health Sciences		Oriana Barros Department of Biology
	Nachalie Rodriguez Cruz Department of Exercise and Health Sciences		Axel Hernandez Department of Biology
	Samuel Ortega Department of Exercise and Health Sciences		Pamella Reis Department of Exercise and Health Sciences

Research Associates

	Celestina Antunes Department of Exercise and Health Sciences
	Virginia Moreno Arango Department of Exercise and Health Sciences
	Doris Lucero Department of Biology
	Aysha Pires Department of Exercise and Health Sciences
	João Pereira Department of Exercise and Health Sciences
	Madelyne Valdez Department of Exercise and Health Sciences
	Thais Vilasboas Department of Biology

Graduate Research Fellows

	Ana Luiza Peres Baldiotti, DDS, MSc Visiting Research Scholar, Department of Urban Public Health PhD Candidate, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, UFMG - Brazil
	Denisse Delgado, MPP, BA PhD Candidate, Public Policy, McCormack Graduate School of Public and Global Studies
	Monica Pereira, BS, MPH