Director: Marcelo Tolmasky, Ph.D.
Dept. Biological Science
California State University Fullerton
800 N State College Boulevard
Fullerton, CA 92831-3599
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Phebe Kwee, Angel Magaña, Juan Carlos Ruiz-Malagon, Shade Kirjava, Celina Morales (former scholar), Stephanie Martinez, Dr. Pimbucha Rusmevichientong (US mentor), Dr. Michele Wood (US mentor), Dr. Marcelo Tolmasky (Director), Dr. Maria Soledad Ramirez (US mentor), Christian Buchanan, Gisselle Diaz, Nicholas Furtado, Carolina Dominguez Maldonado, Dayna Melton (Administrative Assistant).
Mentor: Dr. Cynthia Davis
Present position: Antech Diagnostics - Fountain Valley, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations:The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the CDU HIV Community Outreach and Testing Program in Los Angeles County: findings from calendar year 2018 through June 2023
Mentor: Dr. Cynthia Davis
Present position: In training (Graduate Student, University of California Irvine)
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: HIV preventative care
Mentor: Dr. Mark Edberg
Present position: In training (Public Health, California State University Fullerton)
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Community-based PrEP initiation project in Washington, DC
Conserve, D. F., Tun, W., Hickson, D. A., Gomez-Berrospi, J., Janson, S., Rinola, B., Durkin, M., Buchanan, C., Morris, C., Saleeban, A., Olughu, K., Pulerwitz, J., Kerrigan, D. 2023. Adapting a community-based intervention to address social determinants of health influencing pre-exposure prophylaxis services for Black adults in Washington, District of Columbia: A study protocol. PLoS One 18:e0290631
Department of Community Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mentor: Dr. Kriengkrai Srithanaviboonchai
Present position: In training
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Air pollution knowledge, awareness, and practices in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Department of Community Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mentor: Dr. Kriengkrai Srithanaviboonchai
Present position: In training (Graduate Student, Public Health, University of California Irvine)
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Kirjava, S., Kitro, A., Sapbamrer, R., Assavanopakun, P., Malasao, R., Rusmevichientong, P., Wood, M. 2025. An Analysis of Hearing Status and Hearing Healthcare Utilization of English-Speaking Expatriates in Thailand. Audiol Neurootol 30:422
Department of Community Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mentor: Dr. Kriengkrai Srithanaviboonchai
Present position: In training (Graduate Student, Public Health, California State University Fullerton)
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: air pollution knowledge, awareness, and practices in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Fundacion Instituto Leloir, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mentor: Dr. Angeles Zorreguieta - Dr. Manuel Carrillo
Present position: MSc (graduated), Graduate student, in training
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Brucellosis, a challenge to public health
Mentor: Dr. Manuel Carrillo
Present position: In training (Biology major, California State University Fullerton)
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: HIV and cancer on disadvantaged groups in Argentina
Fundacion Instituto Leloir, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mentor: Dr. Angeles Zorreguieta - Dr. Manuel Carrillo
Present position: In training (Biology major, California State University Fullerton)
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Brucellosis, a challenge to public health
Mentor: Dr. Alfonso Soler-Bistue - Dr. Manuel Carrillo
Present position: MSc (graduated), Graduate student, in training
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Cholera, a major global heath threat
