Marcela Carvajal-Suarez, MPH

• 2018-Present, Community Outreach Specialist, Center for Reducing Health Disparities, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
• 2016-2018, Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Reducing Health Disparities, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
• 2011-2014, Information System Coordinator for the Surveillance and Control of the Environmental Risk Factors Project of the City of Medellin, College of Public Health, University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia

• 2017, MPH in Epidemiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
• 2006, Bachelor’s in Health and Environmental Resource Management (BS), Antioquia University, Medellin, Colombia

Ms. Carvajal-Suarez's work focuses on community-based health research and education initiatives, with a particular emphasis on occupational health and safety with immigrant workers in agriculture and food production industries as well as the translation of research to practice.

• Ramos A.K, Dinkel, D, Trinidad, N, Carvajal-Suarez, M, Schmeits, K, Molina, D, Boron, J (2023). Acceptability of intergenerational physical activity programming: A mixed methods study of Latino aging adults in Nebraska. Journal of Aging and Health,
• Rowland, S.A., Ramos, A.K., Carvajal-Suarez-M., Trinidad, N., Johnson-Beller, R., Struwe, L., & Pozehl, B. (2021). Musculoskeletal pain and cardiovascular risk in Hispanic/Latino meatpacking Workplace Health & Safety, 69(12). DOI: 10.1177/2165079921101690
• Ramos, K., Carvajal-Suarez-M., Trinidad, N., Quintero, S., Molina, D., Johnson-Beller, R., & Rowland. S.A. (2021). Health and well-being of Hispanic/Latino meatpacking workers in the Midwest: An application of the Health Belief Model. Workplace Health & Safety, 69(12), 564-572. DOI: 10.1177/21650799211016907
• Ramos, A.K., Lowe, A., Herstein, J.J., Trinidad, N., Carvajal-Suarez, M., Quintero, S.A., Molina, D., Schwedhelm, S., & Lowe, J.J. (2021). A rapid-response survey of essential workers in Midwestern meatpacking plants: Perspectives on COVID-19 response in the workplace. Journal of Environmental Health, 84(1), 16-25.
• Ramos, A.K., Carvajal-Suarez, M., Trinidad, N., Quintero, S., Molina, D., & Rowland, S. (2021). “No somos maquinas” (We’re not machines): Worker perspectives of safety culture in meatpacking plants in the Midwest. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 64(2), 84-96. DOI: 10.1002/ajim.23206

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