My interest in public health emerged from my desire to apply my analytical skills to serve the underrepresented minorities and marginalized populations on the U.S.-Mexico border and beyond, with a focus on substance use and sexually transmitted infections.

• Pride Constituent - Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (06/28/2020)
• University Service Award, 10 Years of Service - UT El Paso (03/03/2020)
• Recognition at Posada Trans 2018 - Transgender Community of Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua (12/02/2018)
• Research Engagement Advisory Council, TransFORWARD - TransFORWARD (10/29/2018)
• Grand Marshal, El Paso Sun City Pride Parade - El Paso Sun City Pride (06/02/2018)
• Pillars of Public Health Award - City of El Paso, Department of Public Health (01/16/2018)
• Nominated for the Path Builder for the Department of Public Health - Department of Public Health (12/20/2017)
• 2015-2016 Health Related Organization of the Year, UTEP Student Organization Leadership Awards, Students for Public Health (SPH) - UTEP Student Engagement & Leadership Center (SELC) and the Student Government Association (SGA) (04/30/2016)
• 2015-2016 Student Organization of the Year for the College of Health Sciences, UTEP Student Organization Leadership Awards, Students for Public Health (SPH) - UTEP Student Engagement & Leadership Center (SELC) and the Student Government Association (SGA) (04/30/2016)
• 2016-2017 UTEP Student Engagement and Leadership Center, Gold Standard Organization, Students for Public Health (SPH) - UTEP Student Engagement & Leadership Center (SELC) and the Student Government Association (SGA) (04/30/2016)
• Recognition Reception, Community Activities Program 2015, Consul Jacob Prado - Mexican Consulate of El Paso (04/28/2016)
• 2016 UTEP Honors Convocation - Honor Society of the UTEP CHS (04/17/2016)
• UTEP College of Health Sciences, Research and Travel Award ($500) - UTEP College of Health Sciences Research and Travel Committee (10/02/2015)
• Community Engagement Award - Department of Public Health Sciences (05/07/2015)
• 2015 Straight Ally Faculty Award - 8th Annual Rainbow Graduation Reception (05/02/2015)
• Graduate Research Award - 8th Annual Rainbow Graduation Reception (05/02/2015)
• 2014-2015 Collegiate Organization of the Year for the College of Health Sciences, UTEP Student Leadership Awards, Students for Public Health (SPH) - UTEP Student Engagement & Leadership Center (SELC) and the Student Government Association (SGA) (04/25/2015)
• NIDA Women & Sex/Gender Differences Junior Investigator Travel Award ($1000) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (04/02/2015)
• Campus Office of Undergraduate Research Initiatives (COURI) Provost's Summer 2014 Student Research Assistant Program - UTEP Provost’s Office (05/20/2014)
• NIDA Summer Institute Tuition Scholarship recipient for the 2014 Summer Institute on Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) (€1350) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (04/14/2014)
• 2013 Interdisciplinary Research Training Institute (IRTI) for Hispanic Drug Abuse, Fellow - National Hispanic Science Network (NHSN) on Drug Abuse and National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) (06/01/2013-06/30/2013)
• CHS Nomination for the UTEP 2013 Outstanding Thesis Award - Department of Public Health Sciences (02/01/2013-02/28/2013)
• CHS Honors Reception, Public Health Sciences Honoree, hosted by Dr. Kathleen A. Curtis, Dean of the College of Health Sciences - Department of Public Health Sciences (12/01/2012-12/31/2012)
• CHS Honors Reception, Public Health Sciences Honoree, hosted by Dr. Kathleen A. Curtis, Dean of the College of Health Sciences - Department of Public Health Sciences (05/01/2012-05/31/2012)
• Department of PHS Honors Award Recipient - Department of Public Health Sciences (05/01/2012-05/31/2012)
• Fellowship Travel Award ($800) - Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC) (04/23/2012)
• 2nd Place Team, Students for Public Health (SPH) - AIDS WALK EL PASO 2011 "Band together, Walk together" (10/22/2011)
• Achievers Award Nominee - Western Association of Educational Opportunity Personnel (WESTOP) (01/01/2010-12/31/2010)
• SGA Miners Planting Globally Award, Students for Public Health (SPH) - Student Government Association (SGA), “Think Globally, Act Locally / Miners Planting Globally!” (10/10/2010)
• Summer Research Training Institute on Hispanic Drug Abuse, Fellow - National Hispanic Science Network (NHSN) and National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) (06/01/2007-06/30/2007)
• Diversity Supplement Recipient - NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (08/01/2006-08/31/2006)
• Doctoral Student Award Recipient - San Diego Fellowship Program (08/01/2005-08/31/2005)

• Ph D in Public Health (Epidemiology), U.C. San Diego & San Diego State University (2009)
• MA in Applied Statistics, U.C. Santa Barbara (2001)
• BS in Mathematics, U.C. Santa Barbara (1998)

• Differences in Substance Use and Sexual Risk by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Among University and Community Young Adults in a U.S.-Mexico Border City Health Promotion Practice/SAGE Publications 22 4 (2021), Oralia Loza, Thenral D. Mangadu, Joao B. Ferreira-Pinto, Priscilla Guevara.
• Health Disparities in Access to Health Care for HIV Infection, Substance Abuse, and Mental Health among Latino Men who Have Sex with Men in a U.S.-Mexico Border City Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services 33 3 (2021), Oralia Loza, Elias Provencio-Vasquez, Bibiana M. Mancera, Joseph De Santis.
• COVID-19 & YOU: Experiences of Sexual and Gender Diverse Texans During COVID-19 Pandemic (2021), Phillip W. Schnarrs, Oralia Loza, Erica Ciszek, Yona Elias-Curry, Sheridan Aguilar, Mark A. Bond, Aliza Norwood, The Texas COVID-19 & You Coalition.
• Methamphetamine Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors among Men who have Sex with Men in a Mexico-U.S. Border City The American Journal on Addictions (2020), Oralia Loza, Zulieka V. Curiel, Oscar Beltran, Rebecca L. Ramos.
• Healthcare and Social Services Providers Who Serve Sexual and Gender Minorities in a U.S.-Mexico Border City Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 20 6 (2018), Oralia Loza, Carlos R. Alvarez, David Torres.
• Developing Trans-Affirming Health Services in an Underserved Area: An Intersectional Approach Transgender Health 3 1 (2018), Oralia Loza, Paulina Hernandez, Jessica Calderon-Mora, Shaked Laks, Marie Leiner, Sireesha Reddy, Patricia Lara, Hector Granados.
• Sexual Risk Associated with Having Sex with Men in the Among Men Who Use Methamphetamine in a Mexico-U.S. Border City The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) 80th Annual Scientific Meeting (2018), Oralia Loza, Joao B. Ferreira-Pinto, Maria Elena Ramos Rodriguez, Rebecca L. Ramos.
• Sexual Risk Associated with Having Sex with Men in the Among Men Who Use Methamphetamine in a Mexico-U.S. Border City 2018 Joint NIDA International Forum (2018), Oralia Loza, Joao B. Ferreira-Pinto, Maria Elena Ramos Rodriguez, Rebecca L. Ramos.
• Prevalence and Correlates of HCV among people who inject drugs and their non-injecting sex partners in a México-U.S. City [Prevalencia y correlaciones del virus de la hepatitis C entre personas que se inyectan drogas y sus parejas sexuales en una ciudad fronteriza de México-EE.UU.] Boletín de Atención Integral de Personas con VIH, Centro Nacional para la Prevención y Control del VIH/SIDA (CENSIDA) 5 1 (2018), Oralia Loza, Leilani Attilio, Rebecca L. Ramos, Maria E. Ramos, Joao B. Ferreira-Pinto, Jorge Duque Rodríguez.
• Use of lead glazed ceramic-ware and lead-based folk remedies in a rural community of Baja California, Mexico Global Health Promotion 25 1 (2018), Michael D. Welton, Alfonso Rodriguez-Lainz, Oralia Loza, Stephanie Brodine, Miguel Fraga.
• Drug Use and Sexual Risk Associated with Having Sex with Men in the Last 12 Months among Men Who Use Methamphetamine in a Mexico-U.S. Border City (VIDA METH PILOT Study) 17th Annual International Conference, National Hispanic Science Network (2017), Oralia Loza, Joao B. Ferreira-Pinto, Maria Elena Ramos, Rebeca Ramos.
• Substance Use by Immigrant Generation in a U.S.-Mexico Border City Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 19 5 (2017), Oralia Loza, Ernesto Castaneda, Brian Diedrich.
• Exploring the Two Trigger Fingers Thesis: Racial and Ethnic Differences in Officer Involved Shootings Contemporary Justice Review: Issues in Criminal, Social, and Restorative Justice 20 1 (2017), Robert J. Duran, Oralia Loza.
• A Qualitative Exploratory Study on Gender Identity and the Health Risks and Barriers to Care for Transgender Women Living in a U.S.-Mexico Border City International Journal of Transgenderism (WPATH Journal) 18 1 (2017), Oralia Loza, Oscar Beltran, Thenral D. Mangadu.
• Increasing our advocacy capacity through HIV Community Mobilization: Perspectives from emerging and mid-Career Professionals Health Promotion Practice 18 1 (2017), Irene Ovalle, Oralia Loza, David Peralta-Torres, Jacob Martinez, Kristen Hernandez, Holly Mata.
• A Qualitative Exploration of Perceived Gender Differences in Methamphetamine Use among Women who use Methamphetamine on the Mexico-U.S. Border Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse 15 4 (2016), Oralia Loza, Rebeca Ramos, Maria Teresa Hernandez, Joao B. Ferreira-Pinto, Susana A. Villalobos.
• Increasing our advocacy capacity through HIV community mobilization: Perspectives from emerging and mid-career professionals. (2016), Ovalle, Oralia Loza, David Peralta-Torres, Jacob Martinez, Kristen Hernandez, Holly J. Mata.

• Impact of COVID-19 on Health and Access to Healthcare and Social Services among Sexual and Gender Diverse Texans: Differences by Race and Ethnicity (2021), Volume Virtual, Phillip W. Schnarrs, Oralia Loza, Erica Ciszek, Aliza Norwood, Mark A. Bond, Yona Twena, Sheridan Aguilar, The COVID-19 & You Coalition.
• Impact of Name Change and Gender Marker Correction in Identity Documents to Housing Related Factors among Transgender Texans (2021), Volume Virtual, Oralia Loza, Oscar Beltran, Adri Perez.
• COVID-19 & You: Gender Diverse Texans, COVID-19, and Mental Health (2020), Volume Austin, TX, Phillip W. Schnarrs , Oralia Loza, Yona M. Twena, Sheridan G. Aguilar, Erica Ciszek, M. B. Cooper, Aliza Norwood, The COVID-19 & You Texas Coalition .
• Gender-Affirming Voice Therapy (2020), Volume Austin, TX, Yona M. Twena, Sam Clubb, Cassidy Laminack, Patricia Lara, Oralia Loza.
• COVID-19 & You Survey (2020), Volume Austin, TX, Phillip W. Schnarrs , Oralia Loza, Erica Ciszek, M. B. Cooper, Aliza Norwood, The COVID-19 & You Texas Coalition .
• Health Disparities in Access to Health Care, HIV Infection, Substance Abuse, and Mental Health Among Latino Men who Have Sex with Men in a U.S.- Mexico Border City (2020), Volume Hollywood, FL (online), Oralia Loza, Elias Provencio-Vasquez, Bibiana Mancera, Joseph De Santis.
• Health Disparities in Access to Health Care, HIV Infection, Substance Abuse, and Mental Health Among Latino Men who Have Sex with Men in a U.S.- Mexico Border City (2020), Volume Hollywood, FL (online), Oralia Loza, Elias Provencio-Vasquez, Bibiana Mancera, Joseph De Santis.
• Legalized Violence: Thirty-Five Years of Officer Involved Shootings in Denver, Colorado (2020), Volume Denver, CO, Robert Duran, Oralia Loza.
• Public Health Perspectives on Transgender Health (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, Oralia Loza.
• 'Safer Sex Education in the LGBTQIA+ Community' With Dr. Oralia Loza and Community Panel (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, Oralia Loza.
• Public Health Perspectives on Transgender Health (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, Oralia Loza.
• Listener Perception as a Measure of Voice Modification Treatment Effectiveness in a 22-Year-Old Transwoman (2019), Volume Oakland, CA, April Gutierrez, Patricia Lara, Oralia Loza, Deena Peterson.
• LGBTQ: We are Still Here (2018), Volume El Paso, TX, Jesus Cisneros, Oralia Loza, Joel Estrada, Sofia Lopez.
• Sexual Risk Associated with Having Sex with Men in the Among Men Who Use Methamphetamine in a Mexico-U.S. Border City (2018), Volume San Diego, CA, Oralia Loza, Joao B. Ferreira-Pinto, Maria Elena Ramos Rodriguez, Rebecca L. Ramos.
• Sexual Risk Associated with Having Sex with Men in the Among Men Who Use Methamphetamine in a Mexico-U.S. Border City (2018), Volume San Diego, CA, Oralia Loza, Joao B. Ferreira-Pinto, Maria Elena Ramos Rodriguez, Rebecca L. Ramos.
• Thirty-five Years of Legalized Violence: Officer Involved Shootings in Denver, Colorado (2018), Volume Toronto, Canada, Robert Duran, Oralia Loza.
• HIV-Related Research on the U.S.-Mexico Border (2018), Volume El Paso, TX, Oralia Loza.
• Relationship between Alcohol outlet Density, Neighborhood Factors, and Crime in the City of El Paso, Texas, 2012-2016 (2018), Volume El Paso, TX, Daniela Marquez, Oralia Loza.
• Drug Use and Sexual Risk Associated with Having Sex with Men in the Last 12 Months among Men Who Use Methamphetamine in a Mexico-U.S. Border City (VIDA METH PILOT Study) (2017), Volume Phoenix, AZ, Oralia Loza, Joao B. Ferreira-Pinto, Maria E. Ramos, Rebecca L. Ramos.
• Discussion on Gender Dysphoria (2017), Volume El Paso, TX, Oralia Loza.
• Supporting Youth Coming Out (2017), Volume El Paso, TX, Oralia Loza.
• Health Care and Social Services Providers Serving Sexual and Gender Minorities in El Paso, TX (2017), Volume Ft. Worth, TX, Oralia Loza, David Torres, Carlos R. Alvarez.
• Panel Participant, *TRANSforming Health Care Practice: The Basic Principles of LGBT Health, El Paso Transgender Health Initiative Group (2017), Volume El Paso, TX, Hector Granados, M.D., Sireesha Reddy, M.D., Oralia Loza, Marie Leiner, Ph.D., Patricia Lara.
• Healthcare and Social Services Providers Serving Sexual and Gender Minorities (2017), Volume El Paso, TX, Oralia Loza, David Torres.
• “Exploring the Two Trigger Fingers Thesis: Racial and Ethnic Differences in Officer Involved Shootings” during the Panel Breakout Session "Encountering the Police: Studying Latin@ and Black Peoples' Experiences, Interactions, and Perceptions" (2016), Volume New Orleans, LA, Robert Duran, Oralia Loza.
• Healthcare and Social Services Providers Serving Sexual and Gender Minorities (2016), Volume El Paso, TX, Oralia Loza, David Torres.
• “Designer Drugs on the Border” [“Drogas de diseño en la frontera”] (2016), Volume El Paso, TX, Maria Elena Ramos, Oralia Loza.
• “Substance Use by Immigrant Generation, Gender, Crossborder Mobility, and Housing Status in a U.S.-Mexico Border City” during the Panel Breakout Session “Race and Drugs” (2016), Volume Seattle, WA, Oralia Loza, Ernesto Castaneda.
• 'the Purple Pages of El Paso': Healthcare and Social Services Providers Serving Sexual and Gender Minorities (2016), Volume El Paso, TX, Oralia Loza, Carlos R. Alvarez, David Torres.

• Border Positive-Reinforming Opportunity Project
• UTEP Minority Serving Institution - Community Based Organizations (MSI-CBO) Partnership for Integrated Substance Abuse (SA), HIV and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Prevention
• Hispanic Health Disparities Across Cultures in Latin America: Collaborative Research For The 21st Century, Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training (MHIRT)
• UTEP Vulnerability Issues in Drug Abuse (VIDA) Project
• Preventing Suicide among Sexual and Gender Diverse Young Adults in Primary Care in Texas