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LATIN AMERICANIST FACULTY

Name: Maria Zuniga
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Pediatrics; Director, Program Evaluation
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University, 1999

Field of Expertise: Zuniga is an expert on behavioral epidemiology, community based research and HIV/AIDS health and service access issues in the US-Mexico border.

Region of Interest: U.S.-Mexico Border Region

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Selected Publications:

  • With Nader, PR, Sawyer, MH, De Guire, M, Prislin, R, and Elder, JP. " A Prenatal Intervention Study to Improve Timeliness of Immunization Initiation in Latino Infants." Journal of Community Health, 28(2): (2003) 151-165.
  • "Assesing an Intensive School-Based Assistance Program to Enroll Uninsured Children," co-author. Journal of School of Health, 72(7): (2002) 273-277.