Hortensia Amaro, Associate Dean of the Bouvé College of Health Sciences, has been named one of the 100 Most Influential Individuals for the Latino community in Massachusetts during 2009 by El Planeta, the leading publication for the Hispanic market in Massachusetts.
Dr. Amaro is Distinguished Professor of Health Sciences and of Counseling Psychology, and Director of the Institute on Urban Health Research.
Dr. Amaro is also involved in organizing the first university- wide Health Research Exchange, to be held 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on Friday, February 19 in 272 West Village F. Bouvé College of Health Sciences together with the College of Arts and Sciences invites interested faculty to participate.
The goal of the exchange is to enable NU faculty and affiliated scholars whose research focuses on some dimension of public health, health status, health care, health policy, ethics, and administration, health care services utilization or health disparities to share their work with colleagues and foster collaboration across programs and colleges. To participate, please submit your name and a short title of your focus area to Aileen Ochoa (a.ochoa@neu.edu) by Friday February 12.
Or, for more information, contact Hortensia Amaro at h.amaro@neu.edu or Chris Bosso bosso@neu.edu.
