Andrea M. Lopez, MA

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy at the University of New Mexico

Andrea Lopez, MA, is doctoral student from the Department of Anthropology. She grew up along the United States/Mexico border, in El Paso, Texas, and completed her bachelor of arts degree in anthropology at San Francisco State University, with a focus on urban anthropology and substance use. In 2007, she received a master’s degree in anthropology from the University of New Mexico. Her broad research areas include: medical anthropology, urban anthropology, community-based participatory research methods, public health, HIV/AIDS, substance use, health inequities, and gender and health.

Scholar Testimonials

The RWJF Center for Health Policy has given me the tools to participate in health policy discussions across the disciplines. I have been able to explore the contributions of qualitative anthropological approaches to health policy. I could not have pursued this kind of research without the support of the Center.