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Mayte Restrepo-Ruiz, PhDAssistant Professor
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- Overview
- Education & Training
- Teaching
- Committees & Organizations
- Research
- Publications
- Presentations
Mayte Restrepo, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at UConn Health. Dr. Restrepo’s research focuses on understanding the impact of violence and adverse experiences on mental health outcomes and the buffering effects of resilience factors. She recently led the development of a data infrastructure system to track Adverse and Positive Childhood Experiences in Connecticut adolescents. As a result of this work, a new data platform, the PACE data portal (https://www.ctdata.org/ct-pace-portal), provides information on the prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in the state and the disparities in ACEs exposure based on gender, race and ethnicity, and sexual orientation. This work has demonstrated the importance of using surveillance data to inform prevention efforts.
Education
Awards
| Degree | Institution | Major |
|---|---|---|
| BA | Universidad Nacional de Colombia | Psychology |
| MA | University of Connecticut | International Studies with an Emphasis in Latin America |
| MPH | University of Connecticut | Public Health |
| PhD | University of Connecticut | Public Health |
Awards
| Name of Award/Honor | Awarding Organization |
|---|---|
| Travel Award to participate in the Organization for the Study of Sex Difference annual meeting in Bergen, Norway | NIH Office of Research on Women's Health |
| Service-Learning Faculty Fellow | University of Connecticut |
| Emerging Scholar Fellow | Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation |
| Dissertation Research Fellow | UConn Human Rights Institute |
| Graduate Research Fellowship | UConn Institute for Human Rights |
| Whetten Foundation Travel Fund | UConn Institute for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, El Instituto |
| Susan S. Addiss Award in Applied Public Health Practice | Department of Public Health Sciences, UConn |
| American Public Health Association-Maternal and Child Health Fellow | American Public Health Association |
| Professional Development Scholarship | Organization of American States |
| Graduate Research Grant | UConn Human Rights Institute |
| Robert G. Mead, Jr. Fellowship in Latin American Studies | UConn Institute for Latin American and Caribbean Studies |
Dr. Restrepo teaches Global Health and Mixed Methods in Public Health Research. She also teaches community engagement and qualitative methods in research.
| Name & Description | Category | Role | Type | Scope | Start Year | End Year |
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| UConn Office of Outreach and Engagement Steering Committee | Advisory Committee | Member | UConn-Storrs | University | 2023 | |
| Diversity Champions Committee – UConn Health | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | UConn Health | Local | 2023 | |
| Hispanic Health Council Board of Directors | Advisory Committee | Member | External | Local | 2021 | |
| Women and Health Together for the Future | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | International | 2021 | |
| American Public Health Association | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | National | 2020 | |
| Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | International | 2018 | |
| Graduate Public Health Curriculum Planning Committee | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | UConn Health | Local | 2016 |
- Links between Social Determinants of Health (community violence, poverty, employment, education, discrimination) and multiple forms of violence impacting youth (child maltreatment, teen dating violence, bullying, school violence).
- Effects of adversity and violence exposure in mental health outcomes for racial/ethnic and sexual minority youth.
- Factors at the community level (community cohesion/trust, safety, physical environment) and interpersonal level (caring adults, family support, belongingness) that prevent or reduce the likelihood of interpersonal violence and buffer the effects of adversity on mental health problems (suicide, depression).
- Implementation of data-to-action community-based participatory research strategies with minorities to enhance community advocacy and social change.
Journal Articles
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Armed conflict effects in intimate partner violence: Revealing pathways using the socioecological framework.
Global Public Health 2024 Aug;19(1):1-17
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Armed conflict exposure and mental health: examining the role of imperceptible violence.
Medicine, conflict, and survival 2023 Jun;1-23
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Human Rights, Stigma, and Substance Use.
Health and human rights 2020 Jun;22(1):51-60
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Factors Enhancing Resilience among Youth Exposed to Marco-Level Violence in Latin America (in print)
Trauma, Violence, & Abuse 56
Book Chapters
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Plan Colombia’s Impact on the Forced Displacement Crisis. In: International Migration and Human Rights.
University of California Press, 2009. 2009 Jan;
Case Reports
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CE20-2006: Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences: Data to Action (PACE: D2A) State of Connecticut Final Report
2023 Dec;
Websites
| Title or Abstract | Type | Sponsor/Event | Date/Year | Location |
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| ARMED CONFLICT AND WOMEN’S INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE RISK IN COLOMBIA | Talk | NHI ORWH & Organization for the Study of Sex Differences | 2024 | Bergen, Norway |
| Armed Conflict Exposure and Mental Health: Examining the Role of Imperceptible Violence (APHA). | Talk | APHA Annual Meeting | 2023 | Atlanta, GA |
| Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in Contexts of Armed Conflict: The Case of Colombia (TUFH-International Virtual Conf) | Poster | TUFH Regional Virtual Conference for the Americas | 2023 | Virtual |