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Sheilla R. Madera
Sheilla R. Madera is a professor at Florida International University’s (FIU) Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies and associate director of the Research Center for Health and Society, housed at FIU’s Center for Research on US Latino HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse. She is the former executive director of Puerto Rico’s Commission for the Prevention of Violence and past president of the Psychological Association of Puerto Rico. She has multiple publications in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes, published seven books and participated extensively in academic forums in North America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and Europe while disseminating her work. She has received multiple research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NICHD, NIDA, NIMH, NIA, NIMHD and NCI). Her research interests are currently related to health outcomes in contexts marked by economic and natural disasters, as is the case of Puerto Rico. She addresses specific topics including migration, access to healthcare and the role of communities in developing health-related resistance strategies (e.g. community acupuncture and access to independent energy sources).
Contact: Global and Sociocultural Studies, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, SIPA 334, Miami, FL 33199, USA.