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Joshua Rivera-Custodio
Joshua J. Rivera-Custodio is a doctoral student in the clinical psychology Ph.D. programme at the School of Behavioural and Brain Sciences, Ponce Health Sciences University. He also works as a research assistant at the Health Equity Research Lab within the Ponce Research Institute. His research addresses the impact of oppression on the health of socially excluded individuals, particularly gender minorities living in Puerto Rico. Likewise, he has clinical experience working with disproportionately affected populations, including individuals living with HIV, individuals with serious mental illnesses and survivors of gender-based violence. He has previously coordinated the Behavioural Health Student Research Symposium of Southern Puerto Rico and was editor for the peer-reviewed journal Health and Human Behaviour. He also has experience as a teaching assistant in graduate-level courses, including grant writing, qualitative research methods and social psychology.
Contact: School of Behavioural and Brain Sciences, Ponce Health Sciences University, 388 Zona Industrial Reparada 2, Ponce 00716, Puerto Rico.