Overview
Health Disparities, Access to Health Care, Women's Health, Latino Health Care, Chronic Disease Management, Socioeconomic Determinants of Health. Population Health.
Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health
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2026 - Present
Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine,
Family Medicine and Community Health
Recent Scholarly Works
Beyond the right expert: Multimorbidity requires expertise in integration
Journal article Future Healthcare Journal · December 1, 2026 Full text CiteMedicaid Expansion for La Comunidad Latina in North Carolina: Community Health Workers' Role in Outreach.
Journal article J Racial Ethn Health Disparities · March 7, 2026 PURPOSE: The Fostering Insurance Enrollment among Latinos in North Carolina (FIEL-NC) Project evaluated the experiences of Latino/a/e/x or Hispanic individuals (herein referred to as la comunidad Latina, as preferred by the community) with Medicaid enrollm ... Full text Link to item CiteMedicaid Is an Important Driver of a Healthier North Carolina, But Not Enough to Dismantle Persistent Health Inequities.
Journal article N C Med J · December 23, 2025 Medicaid expansion has improved coverage for low-income North Carolinians, but persistent racial and geographic inequities limit its impact. Despite early gains and innovative social-care pilots, Black and Hispanic communities continue to face barriers to ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
FIEL-NC Immigrant Access Collaborative
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust · 2026 - 2027KBR 2.0 Project FIEL NC (Fostering Insurance Enrollment among Latinx in NC)
Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust · 2024 - 2026Increasing Health Insurance Enrollment for the comunidad latina
Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust · 2022 - 2024View All Grants
Education
National University of Rosario Faculty of Medicine (Argentina) ·
1990
M.D.