Cynthia Pando
Health Services Research & Policy PhD Student
University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Bio: Cynthia is a PhD candidate in Health Services Research, Policy, and Administration at the University of Minnesota. Cynthia holds a bachelor's degree in Behavioral Neuroscience and Sociology and a master's degree in Sociology from Lehigh University. Previously, she was a research assistant at State Health Access Data Assistance Center, where she worked on multiple state-focused projects, including Minnesota's Community and Uninsured Profile. She was a pre-doctoral Population Health T-32 NICHD trainee at the Minnesota Population Center.
Her dissertation focuses on the indirect effects of the 2017 proposed public charge rule, an immigration policy, on Medicaid enrollment and healthcare experiences of US-citizen Latinx children with immigrant parents.
Area of Emphasis: Sociology of Health and Illness
Dissertation Advisor: Kathleen Call, PhD
Research Interests
Immigrant Health Policy, Latinx Health, Health Inequities and Disparities, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Intersectionality, Social Construction
Education
M.A. in Sociology, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
B.A. in Behavioral Neuroscience and Sociology (double major) and Health, Medicine, and Society (minor), Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Select Publications
Pando, C., Santaularia, N. J., Erickson, D., Lust, K., & Mason, S. M. (2022). Classes of lifetime adversities among emerging adult women by race/ethnicity and their associations with weight status in the United States. Preventive Medicine, 154, 106880. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106880
Pando, C., Tait, M. E., McGuire, C. M., Perez-Sanz, S., Baum, L., Fowler, E. F., & Gollust, S. E. (2022). Health Insurance Ad Messages Targeted to English- and Spanish-Speaking Populations in a Period of Limited Federal Investment in Marketplace Outreach. Medical Care Research and Review, 10775587221101296. doi: 10.1177/10775587221101295
Tait, M., Pando, C., McGuire, C., Perez-Sanz, S., Baum, L., Fowler, E., & Gollust, S. (2022). Picturing the populations who could benefit from health insurance access expansions: An analysis of US health insurance television ads airing in 2018. World Medical & Health Policy. https://doi.org/10.1002/wmh3.549
Remaining Publications on Google Scholar
Professional Affiliations
Abstract Reviewer and Member, AcademyHealth
Abstract Reviewer and Member, American Public Health Association
Abstract Reviewer and Member, Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science
Journal Reviewer, Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Journal Reviewer, Politics and Life Sciences
Journal Reviewer, Stress and Health
Member, American Sociological Association
Member, Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management.
Member, Minnesota Population Center
Member, Population Association of America
Contact
Email: pando009@umn.edu