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Aresha Martinez-Cardoso

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Chicago
DepartmentPublic Health Sciences
AddressChicago IL 60637
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    Dr. Aresha Martinez-Cardoso is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Chicago, where she leads the Embodying Racism Lab. An interdisciplinary population health researcher, Dr. Martinez-Cardoso investigates the intersections of race, policy, and social determinants of health by pairing epidemiological methods with social science theory. The bulk of her research focuses on the health and well-being of Latinx and immigrant populations in the United States.

    Her research has been published in leading journals such as Social Science & Medicine and Current Diabetes Reports and funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institute on Aging, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

    Through her teaching, research, and service, Dr. Martinez-Cardoso is committed to advancing health equity and ensuring that interventions and policies center the voices of marginalized communities. She holds a Ph.D. in Health Behavior and Health Education from the University of Michigan and an M.S. in Community Health Sciences from UCLA. Prior to her current position, she was a Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago.

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    University of Michigan , Ann ArborPhD2018Health Behavior and Health Education
    University of California Los Angeles, Los AngelesMS 2013Community Health Sciences
    University of California Los Angeles, Los AngelesBA2010Latin American Studies
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    2019 - 2021National Institute of Health Loan Repayment Program, National Institutes on Minority Health and Health Disparities
    2023 - 2024National Institute of Health Loan Repayment Program , National Institutes on Minority Health and Health Disparities

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    R21AG089148     (MARTINEZ-CARDOSO, ARESHA MAREE)Sep 1, 2024 - Aug 31, 2026
    NIH
    Evaluating the roles of healthcare and community factors on healthcare disparities among aging immigrants
    Role: Principal Investigator
    K01MD019318     (MARTINEZ-CARDOSO, ARESHA MAREE)Jun 25, 2024 - Jan 31, 2029
    NIH
    Investigating structural drivers of maternal and child health inequities: a geospatial and data science approach
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Martinez-Cardoso A, Monahan E, Garza A, Wallace N, Martinez-Cardoso A. Addressing Social Determinants of Health to Promote Health Equity for Latinx Families: A Mixed-Methods Study of the DULCE Intervention. Fam Community Health. 2025 Jul-Sep 01; 48(3):207-222. PMID: 40300070.
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    2. López-Hinojosa I, Zhang J, López-Hinojosa K, Baig AA, Tung EL, Martinez-Cardoso A. "We have to lie low … that sort of poisons me more and more": A qualitative study of violent political rhetoric and health implications for Spanish and Chinese speaking immigrants. Soc Sci Med. 2024 01; 341:116504. PMID: 38134713.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    3. Tamayo LI, Haque SE, Islam T, Ahmed A, Rahman M, Horayra A, Tong L, Chen L, Martinez-Cardoso A, Ahsan H, Pierce BL. Returning personal genetic information on susceptibility to arsenic toxicity to research participants in Bangladesh. Environ Res. 2024 Jan 01; 240(Pt 2):117482. PMID: 37879393; PMCID: PMC10842833.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. Jao NC, Martinez-Cardoso A, Vahora M, Tan MM. The role of smoking history in longitudinal changes in C-reactive protein between Black and White older adults in the US. Prev Med Rep. 2022 Aug; 28:101885. PMID: 35855919; PMCID: PMC9287345.
      Citations: 1     
    5. Lin Q, Paykin S, Halpern D, Martinez-Cardoso A, Kolak M. Assessment of Structural Barriers and Racial Group Disparities of COVID-19 Mortality With Spatial Analysis. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 03 01; 5(3):e220984. PMID: 35244703; PMCID: PMC8897755.
      Citations: 25     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    6. Martinez-Cardoso AM, Geronimus AT. The Weight of Migration: Reconsidering Health Selection and Return Migration among Mexicans. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 11 19; 18(22). PMID: 34831894; PMCID: PMC8624630.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Geronimus AT, Bound J, Mitchell C, Martinez-Cardoso A, Evans L, Hughes L, Schneper L, Notterman DA. Coming up short: Comparing venous blood, dried blood spots & saliva samples for measuring telomere length in health equity research. PLoS One. 2021; 16(8):e0255237. PMID: 34407110; PMCID: PMC8372921.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    8. Martinez-Cardoso A, Jang W, Baig AA. Moving Diabetes Upstream: the Social Determinants of Diabetes Management and Control Among Immigrants in the US. Curr Diab Rep. 2020 08 28; 20(10):48. PMID: 32857197; PMCID: PMC9328159.
      Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Novak NL, Geronimus AT, Martinez-Cardoso AM. Change in birth outcomes among infants born to Latina mothers after a major immigration raid. Int J Epidemiol. 2017 06 01; 46(3):839-849. PMID: 28115577; PMCID: PMC5837605.
      Citations: 127     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Vargas Bustamante A, González Block MA, de la Sierra LA, Martínez Cardoso A. Redressing the limitations of the Affordable Care Act for Mexican immigrants through bi-national health insurance: a willingness to pay study in Los Angeles. J Immigr Minor Health. 2014 Apr; 16(2):179-88. PMID: 22940913.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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