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

• LGBTQ+ Border Heroes Cards: Honoring LGBTQ+ Leaders and Influencers of the Borderland - Borderland Rainbow Center (BRC), Diversity and Resiliency Institute of El Paso (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
• 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 Statistics, U.C. Santa Barbara (2001)
• BS in Mathematics, U.C. Santa Barbara (1998)

• Gender Differences in Methamphetamine Use Initiation and Trajectory of Use Among People Who Use Methamphetamine in a Mexico-U.S. Border City Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment 20 4 (2021), Oralia Loza, Priscilla Guevara, Amir G. Hernandez.
• Impact of name change and gender marker correction on identity documents to structural factors and harassment among transgender and gender diverse people in Texas Sexuality, Gender & Policy 4 2 (2021), Oralia Loza, Oscar Beltran, Adri Perez, Jamison Green.
• 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 University of Texas Libraries (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.

• Associations between Living on the Texas-Mexico Border, Drug Use, and Sexual Behaviors among Men who have Sex with Men during the First Shelter-in-Place Order in 2020 (2022), Volume Chicago, IL, Nqobile Nzama, Oralia Loza, Phillip Schnarrs.
• Name Change and Gender Marker Correction for Transgender and Gender Diverse in Texas (2022), Volume UTEP Centennial Museum, El Paso, TX, Oralia Loza.
• Impact of Name Change and Gender Marker Correction on Identity Documents to Structural Factors and Harassment Among Transgender and Gender Diverse People in Texas (2021), Volume Austin, TX, Oralia Loza, Oscar Beltran, Adri Perez, Jamison Green.
• Impulsivity, Compulsivity and Sexual Risk Behaviors among Hispanic Men who Have Sex with Men in a U.S.-Mexico Border City (2021), Volume Washington, D.C., Joseph De Santis, Bibiana M. Mancera, Oralia Loza, Elias Provencio-Vasquez.
• Impact of Name Change and Gender Marker Correction on Identity Documents to Structural Factors and Harassment and Among Transgender and Gender Diverse People in Texas (2021), Volume online, Oralia Loza, Oscar Beltran, Adri Perez, Jamison Green.
• Impact of Name Change and Gender Marker Correction on Identity Documents to Structural Factors and Harassment among Transgender and Gender Diverse People in Texas (2021), Volume El Paso, TX, Oralia Loza, Oscar Beltran, Adri Perez, Jamison Green.
• The COVID-19 & You Survey: Mental health, preventative behaviors, and coping strategies in sexual and gender diverse Texans during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021), Volume Denver, CO, Yona Elias-Curry, Sheridan Aguilar, Oralia Loza, Erica Ciszek, Aliza Norwood, Brett Cooper, Phillip Schnarrs.
• Impact of COVID-19 on Health and Access to Healthcare and Social Services among Sexual and Gender Diverse Texans by Race, Ethnicity, and Gender (2021), Volume El Paso, TX, Oralia Loza, Phillip W. Schnarrs.
• 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.

• 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