Tatiana A. Kohlmann

Research Interests: 

Health communication, racial health disparities, health communication in non-native language, oral health, aging and life course studies

Tatiana Kohlmann currently works as a Senior Research Associate with the VCU School of Medicine for Dr. Brown's Lab and the HCDI Shared Resource within VCU's Massey Cancer Center. Her past research experiences have focused on investigating and alleviating health disparities affecting immigrant and low-income populations. 

With a background in sociology and aspirations to lead research in gerontology, she bases her contributions on sociological theories in racial health disparities throughout the life-course. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Delta (International Sociological Honor Society), since 2018, and recipient of the Joe Morolloa Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement Award in 2019. 

Education:

Undergraduate Education

• BA Sociology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2019 

• BA Psychology, National Autonomous University of Mexico [UNAM: Acronym in Spanish]

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Green, T., Shipman, J., Valrie, C., Corona, R., Kohlmann, T., Valiani, S., & Hagiwara, N. (2021). Discrimination and Health Among First-Generation Hispanic/Latinx Immigrants: the Roles of Sleep and Fatigue. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-021-01149-7

• Raskin, Rasnick, R., Kohlmann, T., Zanin, M., Bilodeau, J., & Akinkugbe, A. (2022). Oral Health, Health Service Utilization, and Age at Arrival to the U.S. among Safety Net Patients. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(3), 1477–. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031477

Selected Conference Presentations 

•  Manzano, Abigail*, Tatiana Kohlmann, Aderonke A. Akinkugbe, and Sarah Raskin. Correlation of Acculturation in the U.S. and Oral Health Knowledge (poster). VCU UROP Spring 2020 Research Forum (online). 2020. Available at: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/uresposters/376/ 

• Nunez, Jenifer Euceda*, Tatiana Kohlmann, Aderonke A. Akinkugbe, and Sarah Raskin. The Effect of Education on Knowledge of Dental Care and Hygiene in Adults (poster). VCU UROP Spring 2020 Research Forum (online). 2020. Available at:  https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/uresposters/368/ 

• In collaboration with Dr. Susan Bodner-Daren. Developing Student Understanding of Medical Sociology and the Life Course through Research Intensive, Community Service Learning. Eastern Sociological Society Conference, Baltimore, MD, 2018.