Dr. Isabel F. Almeida (formerly Ramos)
Isabel F. Almeida is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chicano/Latino Studies at the University of California, Irvine. She also holds an affiliation appointment in the Department of Psychological Science. She received her B.A. in psychology from the University of California, Riverside and her Ph.D. in Health Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to beginning her faculty appointment, she was a Chancellor’s ADVANCE Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Irvine.
Dr. Almeida’s program of research investigates how psychological, biological, and socio-cultural factors interact to influence perinatal health among Latinas living in the US. Her work seeks to understand how cultural factors influence prenatal emotional health among Latinas, and the physiological pathways linking emotional health to birth outcomes and offspring health. If you would like to know more about her research, please visit her faculty website.