Maria Jose Sanchez Roman
Professional Summary
- 2021 - Present, PhD Student Health Promotion, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE.
- 2020 - Master of Public Health, Community-Oriented Primary Care, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington D.C.
- 2020 - Capstone Experience, Latino Center of the Midlands, Omaha, NE.
- 2019 - Research Program Assistant, School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
- 2018 - Research Program Assistant, Health Equity Research Lab, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA.
- 2016 - Clinical Research Fellow, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Education
- 2021 - Present, PhD Student Health Promotion, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE.
- 2020 - Master of Public Health, Community-Oriented Primary Care, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington D.C.
- 2014 - Clinical Research Fellow Practice, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA.
- 2012- Doctor of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.
Professional Interests
- Health disparities (gender, race/ethnicity)
- Immigrant health
- Mental health awareness, help seeking behaviors, access to care
- Chronic disease prevention and promotion
- Acculturation and assimilation
Selected Publications
- Alvarez, C., Diaz-Ramos, N., Quiles, R., Sanchez, M. J., Weeks, K., & Cooper, L. A. (2022). Puerto Rican healthcare workers' perspectives on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on their role, patient care, and mental health. Journal of nursing scholarship: an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, 10.1111/jnu.12820. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12820
- Alvarez, C., Sabina, C., Brockie, T., Perrin, N., Sanchez-Roman, M. J., Escobar-Acosta, L., ... & Hill-Briggs, F. (2022). Patterns of adverse childhood experiences, social problem-solving, and mental health among Latina immigrants. Journal of interpersonal violence, 08862605211072159.
- Partovi, R., Calzada, E. J., Roche, K. M., Little, T. D., & Sanchez Roman, M. J. (2022). The Mediating Role of Home-School Dissonance in Linking Maternal Discrimination to Latin American-Origin Adolescent Academic Performance. Journal of research on adolescence: the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence, 10.1111/jora.12719.
Presentations
- Speaker, Cambio de Colores Conference, June 8, 2023. Bienvenidos a Nebraska: Implementation of a mental health promotion program with Latino migrant farmworkers.
- Speaker, Cambio de Colores Conference, June 24, 2022. Panel: Attitudes, perceptions, and experiences of essential meatpacking workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Presentation: Worker’s recommendation to improve safety and health. Virtual.
Certifications
- Mental Health First Aid – Adult. Instructor. Certification, December 2022.
- BLS and First Aid instructor. Certification, November 2022.
- QPR instructor. Certification, June 2022.