Education
| University of California, Irvine |
B.S. |
1980 |
Biological Sciences |
| University of California, Irvine |
B.A. |
1986 |
Sociology |
| University of California, Los Angeles |
M.P.H. |
1988 |
Public Health |
| University of California, Los Angeles |
Dr.P.H. |
2003 |
Public Health |
Professional Positions
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1988 |
Evaluation Consultant,
CARE Dominicana, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
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1989 |
Regional Technical Advisor,
Save the Children, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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1990 - 1991 |
Project Coordinator,
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles
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1992 - 1996 |
Research Analyst,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/UCLA/RAND, Los Angeles, CA
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1997 - 2003 |
Senior Research Associate,
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami
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2004-present |
Research Assistant Professor,
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami
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Research Interests
Health services research, maternal and child health, international health, research methods and applied biostatistics
Selected Publications
Metsch LR, Pereyra M, del Rio C, Gardner L, Duffus WA, Dickinson G, Kerndt P, Anderson-Mahoney P, Strathdee SA, Greenberg AE. "The Delivery of HIV Prevention Counseling by Physicians at HIV Medical Care Settings in Four U.S. Cities." American Journal of Public Health, 2004; 94(7):1186-92.
McCoy CB, Pereyra M, Metsch LR, Collado-Mesa F, Messiah SE, Sears S. "A Community-Based Breast Cancer Screening Program for Medically Underserved Women: Effect on Disease Stage at Diagnosis and Hazard of Death." Pan American Journal of Public Health, 2004; 15(3):160-7.
Metsch LR, Pereyra M, Miles CC, McCoy CB. "Welfare and Work Outcomes after Substance Abuse Treatment." Social Service Review. 2003; 77(2):237-254.
Metsch LR, Pereyra M, Brewer TH. "Use of HIV health care in HIV-seropositivecrack cocaine smokers and other active drug users". Journal of Substance Abuse, 2001; 13:1-13.
Metsch LR, McCoy HV, McCoy CB, Miles CC, Edlin BR, Pereyra M. "Use of health care services by women who use crack cocaine." Women and Health, 1999; 30(1):37-53.
Metsch LR, McCoy CB, Miller M, McAnany H, Pereyra M. "Moving substance-abusing women from welfare to work." Journal of Public Health Policy, 1999; 20(1): 36-55.
Metsch LR, McCoy CB, McCoy HV, Pereyra M, Trapido E, Miles C. "The role of the physician as an information source on mammography." Cancer Practice, 1998; 6(4): 229-6.
Wood DL, Halfon N, Sherbourne CD, Mazel R, Schuster M, Hamlin JS, Pereyra M, Camp P, Grabowsy M, Duan N. "Increasing immunization rates among inner-city African American children: A randomized trial of case management." JAMA, 1998; 279(1):29-34.
Halfon N, Wood DL, Valdez RB, Pereyra M, Duan N. "Medicaid enrollment and health services access by Latino children in inner-city Los Angeles." JAMA, 1997; 277(8):636-641.
Hamlin JS, Wood DL, Pereyra M. "Inappropriately timed immunizations: Types, causes and their relationship to record keeping." American Journal of Public Health, 1996; 86(12):1812-1814.
Wood D, Halfon N, Pereyra M, Hamlin JS, Grabowsky M. "Knowledge of the childhood immunization schedule and of contraindications to vaccinate by private and public providers in Los Angeles." Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 1996; 15(2): 140-145.
Wood DL, Pereyra M, Halfon N, Hamlin JS, Grabowsky M. "Vaccination levels in Los Angeles public health centers: The contribution of missed opportunities to vaccinate and other factors." American Journal of Public Health, 1995; 85(6):850-853.
Rosenthal P, Wood DL, Greenspoon JS, Pereyra M. "Hepatitis B virus serology in pregnant women: transmittal of results from obstetricians to pediatricians in California." Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 1995; 4(11):927-31. |
