PhD student
Department of Epidemiology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
College of Public Health
Professional Summary
- 2023-present, Graduate Assistant, Department of Epidemiology
- 2022-2023, Data Analyst for Emerging infections program in Tennessee, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- 2018-2020, Research Assistant INCAP (Nutrition Institute of Central America and Panama) –CIIPEC (Research Center for the prevention of chronic diseases), Guatemala City
- 2018, Clinician and outreach coordinator, HIVOS/ OTRANS RN, Guatemala City
- 2017-2018 Resident Physician, Hospital “El Pilar” Guatemala City
Education
- 2022, MPH (Global Health), Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
- 2021, Master in Public Policy and Monitoring and Evaluation
- 2017, MD, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
Professional Interests
- Life course Research
- Women’s Health Research
- Global Health
- Social Determinants of Health
Selected Publications
- Hernández-Galdamez, D., Mansilla, K., Peralta, A. L., Rodríguez-Szaszdi, J., Ramírez, J. M., Roche, D., Fort, M. P. (2021). Monitoring Study Participants and Implementation with Phone Calls to Support Hypertension Control During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of a Multicomponent Intervention Trial in Guatemala. Global Heart, 16(1), 77.http://doi.org/10.5334/gh.954
- Fort, M. P., Mundo, W., Paniagua-Avila, A., Cardona, S., Figueroa, J. C., Hernández-Galdamez, D., Mansilla, K., Peralta-García, A., Roche, D., Palacios, E. A., Glasgow, R. E., Gulayin, P., Irazola, V., He, J., & Ramirez-Zea, M. (2021). Hypertension in Guatemala's Public Primary Care System: A Needs Assessment Using the Health System Building Blocks Framework. BMC health services research, 21(1), 908. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06889-0
- Paniagua-Avila, A., Fort, M. P., Glasgow, R. E., Gulayin, P., Hernández-Galdamez, D., Mansilla, K., Palacios, E., Peralta, A. L., Roche, D., Rubinstein, A., He, J., Ramirez-Zea, M., & Irazola, V. (2020). Evaluating a multicomponent program to improve hypertension control in Guatemala: study protocol for an effectiveness-implementation cluster randomized trial. Trials, 21(1), 509. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04345-8
Professional Affiliations
- Society of Epidemiological Research