Mercedes Morales-Aleman, PhD — Associate Professor

Dr. Morales-Alemán is an assistant professor in the Department of Community Medicine and Population Health and the Institute for Rural Health Research. Her research focuses on sexual health and health care access among ethnic minority women in the US South. Her studies have been funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS/NIH) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Dr. Morales-Alemán also teaches and advises students in the Population Health Sciences Master’s in Science (MS) Program. She serves as the chair of the College of Community Health Sciences Committee for Academic Diversity and Inclusion.