Gilberto Lopez is a social scientist with training in medical anthropology and public health. He is interested in political economy and social determinants of health, and how they play a role in the formation of conceptualizations, attitudes, and behaviors of health and illness among marginalized populations.
Gilberto is a doctoral student at the Harvard School of Public Health, where he is studying social and behavioral sciences. He also received his M.A. in medical anthropology from Southern Methodist University and his M.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
Lopez’s lecture, “Social Determinants of Immigrant Health: How Place Matters”, will focus on his research on Mexican (im)migration and the importance of place on health and well-being.
His past research has included:
- Depression and migration in a Mixteco migrant community in Mexico
- Cancer screening communication among older Latina women
- Diabetes and migration in a binational migrant community in central Mexico
- Sexuality and HIV among heterosexual-identifying Latino immigrant men who have sex with men;
- Cardiovascular disease among Latinos in East Los Angeles
