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Alíxida Ramos-Pibernus
Alíxida Ramos-Pibernus is an assistant professor at the School of Behavioural and Brain Sciences of Ponce Health Sciences University. She is also a researcher, licensed clinical psychologist and rehabilitation counsellor by training. She completed her postdoctoral training at the Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies, School of International and Public Affairs at Florida International University. She has dedicated her entire career to understanding the role of social, cultural and environmental factors that foster the health disparities experienced by Latinx transgender and non-conforming populations. Her research, supported by the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute, aims to understand and address the interrelated and multilevel factors that foster cancer-related health disparities (cervical and breast) among Latinx transgender women and transgender men in the United States and the Caribbean. She has also worked on understanding social and structural issues impacting the well-being of gender-diverse populations.
Contact: School of Behavioural and Brain Sciences, Ponce Health Sciences University, 388 Zona Industrial Reparada 2, Ponce 00716, Puerto Rico.