Elizabeth Macias Rojo
Project Director
Pandemic Prep & Response
Chancellor/EVC/FAS

Education & Training

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• PhD Population Health Sciences Duke University 2027
• MA International Relations IE University 2012

Interests

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• Health Equity
• Meaningful Community Engagement
• Climate Change and Health

Publications (8)

Top publication keywords:
RacismExtreme HeatHot TemperatureUrban PopulationHeat Stress DisordersHealth PersonnelNorth CarolinaHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeVaccinationRural HealthVirtual RealityPapillomavirus InfectionsCommunicationRural PopulationPapillomavirus Vaccines

• Navigating the heat: implementation challenges and opportunities for heat alert communication and rural health data infrastructure.
  Frontiers in public health 2026 Rojo EM, Bosworth HB
• Understanding and addressing the health impacts of wildfires on Latines in California.
  The journal of climate change and health 2026 Rojo EM, González DJX, Schwarz L, Nava PC, Mascareñas A, Castillo F, Bosworth HB, Perez-Ramos JG
• Evaluation of a novel virtual reality training intervention to address implicit bias among healthcare workers, using an implementation science framework.
  PloS one 2025 Olmos-Rodriguez M, Anicete LM, Wilson N, Gutierrez-Mock L, Bailenson JN, Mirzazadeh A, Harris OO, Dandu M, Welty S, Fernandez A, Rojo EM, Harris S, Taylor KD, Reid MJA
• The Health Equity Action Network Research Coordinating Center Facilitates Meaningful Community Engagement to Promote Health Equity.
  American journal of public health 2025 Pardo EN, Joseph G, Rojo EM, Beyene S, Taylor KD, Charlebois ED, Gansky SA, Rhoads KF
• ¿De Dónde Eres? Latine Identity and Representation in Health Statistics.
  American journal of public health 2024 Mitsdarffer ML, McSorley AM, Rojo EM, Pérez-Ramos JG
• COVID-19 vaccine uptake and barriers among Indigenous language speakers in Mexico: Results from a nationally representative survey.
  PLOS global public health 2024 Abascal Miguel L, Mendez-Lizarraga CA, Rojo EM, Sepúlveda J
• Low Human Papillomavirus Vaccination in a Low-Income Urban Population.
  Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2023 Rojo EM, Taylor KD, McFarland W
• The first Tanzanian Conference on Emergency Medicine.
  African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence 2016 Sawe HR, Rojo EM, Obogo M, Mfinanga JA, Kulola I, George U, Mwafongo VG