Michelle Ramirez, PhD, MPH
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Michelle Ramirez, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Contact Info:
Office: Kline Hall 203
Phone: 215.596.8548
Fax: 215.596.7625
Email: m.ramirez@usp.edu
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Education
- PhD, Anthropology, University of Iowa, 2002
- MPH, Health Education/Health Promotion, Portland State University, 2007
Prior Positions
- NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow, Oregon Health and Science University, 2003-2005
- Senior Research Associate, Kaiser Center for Health Research, 2005-2006
- Research Assistant Professor, Portland State University, 2006-2007
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Anthropology
- Medical Anthropology
- Sex, Gender & Equality
- Qualitative Research Methods for Social Science
Research Interests
Medical Anthropology, Gender, Sexuality, Cancer, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Mexico, U.S. Latinos
Selected Research Awards
| 2005-2007 |
National Cancer Institute, Minority Supplement to Health Related Quality of Life in Colorectal Cancer Survivors with Stomas: “Women, Sexuality and Stomas.” |
| 2001–2002 |
National Institute of Health/National Institute on Aging, Minority Dissertation Research Grant in Aging. |
| 1999–2000 |
National Science Foundation, Dissertation Research Grant. |
Selected Recent Publications
Ramirez M, McMullen C, Grant M, Altschuler A, Hornbrook MC, Krouse R. Figuring Out Sex in a Reconfigured Body: Experiences of Female Colorectal Cancer Survivors with Ostomies. Women & Health in press.
Altschuler A, Ramirez M, Grant M, Hornbrook M, Herrinton L, Krouse R. The Influence of Husbands’ Support on their Wives’ Psychosocial Adjustment to Having an Ostomy Resulting from Colorectal Cancer. Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing, May-June 2009; 36(3): 299-305.
McMullen, CK, Hornbrook, MC, Grant, M, Baldwin, CM, Wendel, SC, Mohler, MJ, Altschuler, Ramirez, M, Krouse, RS. The Greatest Challenges Reported by Long-Term Colorectal Cancer Survivors with Stomas. Journal of Supportive Oncology, April 2008; 6(4):175-82.
Vuckovic, NH, Gullion, CM, Williams, LA, Ramirez, M, Schneider, J. Feasibility and Short-term Outcomes of a Shamanic Treatment for Temporomandibular Joint Disorders. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, November-December 2007; 13 (6): 18-29.
Ramirez M, Maty, S, McBride L. Gender, Health and Prevention. In Prevention is Primary: Strategies for Community Wellbeing. Cohen L, Chavez V, Chehimi S (Eds). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2007.
Ramirez, M. Manufacturing Heterosexuality: Hormone Replacement Therapy and Menopause, In Urban Oaxaca. Culture, Health and Sexuality, November-December 2006; 8 (6): 545-558.