Gender Studies and Sexual Health
The World Health Organization’s reflect growing evidence that sex and gender are critical determinants of health – with gender influencing risk-taking and health-seeking behaviors, and sex driving biological susceptibility to illnesses. In an effort to better understand and address sex and gender-based health inequalities, including sexually transmitted infections and experiences of intimate partner violence, the WHO is now disaggregating health data by these categories.
Faculty in the College of Health Sciences investigating gender and sexual health are contributing to the body of knowledge within these fields, and have a variety of specializations including gender diversity and health; women’s health; HIV and STI interventions; and intimate partner violence. The College is also home to Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s Minority AIDS Research Center (MARC).
CHS Leaders in Gender Studies and Sexual Health
Dr. Patricia Lara
Clinical Associate Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
plara2@utep.edu
Specialization: Voice and gender identity
Dr. Oralia Loza
Professor of Public Health
oloza@utep.edu
Specialization: Ethnic and gender health disparities; U.S.-Mexico border health; LGBT health; transgender care; HIV, Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), and sexually-transmitted infections (STIs); sexual risk behaviors; substance use.
Dr. Thenral Mangadu
Professor of Public Health Sciences
Peter de Wetter Endowed Professor in Health Sciences
tmangadu@utep.edu
Dr. Brooke Merritt
Assistant Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Director, PRIDE Laboratory
bmmerritt@utep.edu
Specialization: Projection and perception of speaker gender through speech
Dr. Eva Moya
Chair and Professor of Social Work
Orville Edward Egbert, M.D. Endowed Professor in Health Sciences
emmoya@utep.edu
Specialization: Intimate partner violence; HPV
Dr. Yok-Fong Paat
Professor of Social Work
ypaat@utep.edu
Specialization: Intimate partner violence; family violence; sexual health
