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Shenazar Esmundo DrPH(c), MPH

Graduate Research Assistant, DrPH Candidate
  • Center for Public Health Practice
  • Department of Community & Behavioral Health

Shenazar Esmundo also known as Shane, is a first-generation Filipina-American pursuing her DrPH in Community and Behavioral Health at Colorado School of Public Health. Shane's work background is in community outreach and engagement, cancer prevention, and health equity research with a dedicated focus on Asian American communities. Her interests include community health worker (CHW) workforce development, qualitative methodologies, diversity, equity, inclusion, and community-centered engagement.

Shane is a Graduate Research Assistant for the Patient Navigation & CHW Training program, assisting with program evaluation and health equity-related efforts. Shane's dissertation aims to explore the impact of oppression within the CHW workforce and identify strategies to create systems change.

Areas of Expertise

  • Community health workers
  • Qualitative research methods
  • Health equity
  • Program evaluation
  • Outreach and engagement

Education, Licensure & Certifications

  • DrPH, Community and Behavioral Health, University of Colorado Anschutz (in progress)
  • MPH, Community Health, California State University, Northridge
  • BS, Public Health, California State University, Los Angeles

Awards

  • Student Leaders in Public Health, Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center, 2024
  • APHA Kaiser Permanente Community Health Scholarship, The American Public Health Association and Kaiser Permanente, 2022

Colorado School of Public Health

CU Anschutz

Fitzsimons Building

13001 East 17th Place

3rd Floor

Mail Stop B119

Aurora, CO 80045


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