Sponsored by the D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership
Friday, November 7, 2025
9 AM-4:30 PM
Dr. Carla Alvarado, Director of Research at The AAMC Center for Health Justice, will present the Keynote lecture Objectively subjective: the role of research in policy decisions.
As director of research at The AAMC Center for Health Justice, Dr. Carla Alvarado ensures the quality of research and the application of asset-based and intersectionality frameworks to the center’s research to inform policies and actions that address health inequities.
Carla’s expertise ranges from nursing, public health, health policy and population health to intersectionality and health equity. She has previous experience in industry, government, academic, and nonprofit settings that include entities like Cigna/ Evernorth; the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (US DHHS ONC/ASTP). Across these settings, Carla has championed, operationalized, and implemented activities related to providing equal opportunity to all, as well as projects focusing on health equity.
Carla obtained a doctoral degree in public health with a focus on health policy from Oregon State University College of Public Health and Human Sciences. Her dissertation delved into quantitative application of the intersectionality framework to investigate disparities in health outcomes and health care utilization patterns. Carla earned a master’s in public health with a focus on management, policy, and community health from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health.
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"The event was well organized and interesting as always. We appreciate having this forum for our students to share their research. From what I've seen Seven Rivers has always been top notch. " - Faculty attendee 2021
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Materials from Past Seven Rivers Undergraduate Research Symposiums
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