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Associate Professor & Associate Dean
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dr. Bertha Hidalgo is an Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Epidemiology, Associate Dean for the Office of Access & Engagement at the UAB School of Public Health, and Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology. She holds degrees from Stanford University, the University of Southern California and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She leads research programs in genetic epidemiology and dissemination science. Dr. Hidalgo has a highly productive record of peer-reviewed research in relevant research areas with publications as lead or co-lead author in high-impact journals including Nature, Scientific Reports, Diabetes, American Journal of Public Health, with over 100 publications in total as lead, co-author or senior author. She has attained research funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association, and internal funding from UAB. Dr. Hidalgo is the past chair of the Minority Affairs committee and President-Elect of the American College of Epidemiology, as well as a long-standing member on the NHLBI Board of External Experts. Dr. Hidalgo is also recipient of the 2019 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Early Career Achievement Award.
