Mislael Valentín-Cortés, PhD, MPH, MSW

• PhD, Epidemiological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2024
• MPH, Health Behavior & Health Education, University of Michigan, 2019
• MSW, Social Policy & Evaluation, University of Michigan, 2019
• BA, English & Social Science, Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez, 2017

Research interests:

Social and environmental epidemiology, climate change and disasters, structural health inequities, mixed-methods approaches in epidemiology, mental health, reproductive health, global health

Projects:

Estudio Sobre Clima, Ambiente, Bienestar, y Equidad en Puerto Rico (CABE-PR)

Puerto Rico Testsite for Exploring Contamination Threats (PROTECT)

The Pregnancy Research on Inflammation, Nutrition, & City Environment: Systematic Analyses Study (PRINCESA)

The Michigan Farmworkers Project (MFP)

Study of Environmental Exposure of Mothers and Infants Impacted by Large-Scale Agriculture (SEMILLA)

• Buxton, M.A., Castillo-Castrejon, M., Valentín-Cortés, M.A., Sanchez, B.N., O’Neill, M.S., Vadillo-Ortega, F. (2023). “Cohort Profile: The Pregnancy Research on Inflammation, Nutrition, & City Environment Systematic Analyses Study (PRINCESA) Cohort, 2009-2015.” European Journal of Epidemiology. DOI: 10.1007/s10654-023-01040-1 

• Iglesias-Rios, L., Valentín-Cortés, M.A., Moberg, K., Marin, D., Fleming, P.J., O’Neill, M.S., Handal, A.J. (2023). “The Michigan Farmworker Project: A community-based participatory approach to research on precarious employment and labor exploitation of migrant, seasonal, and H2-A farmworkers.” Labor Studies Journal. DOI: 10.1177/0160449X231196227

• McCullagh, M., Valentín-Cortés, M.A., D’Souza, C., Batterman, S., Neitzel, R., Berrios-Thomas, S., Zhen, H., and O’Neill, M.S. (2021). “Integrating Interprofessional Collaborative Practice into Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety Education: Results of a Feasibility Study.” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002549 

• Benavides, Q., Doshi, M., Valentín-Cortés, M.A., Militzer, M., Quinones, S., Kraut, R., Rion, R., Bryce, R., Lopez, W.D., and Fleming, P.J. (2021). “Immigration Law Enforcement, Social Network Ties, and Health for Latino Immigrant Families in Southeastern Michigan.” Social Science & Medicine. Doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114027

• Valentín-Cortés, M.A., Benavides, Q., Bryce, R., Rabinowitz, E., Rion, R., Lopez, W., and Fleming, P.J. (2020). “Application of the Minority Stress Theory: Understanding the Mental Health of Undocumented Latino Immigrants." American Journal of Community Psychology. Doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12455

• Handal, A.J. Iglesias-Rios, L., Fleming, P., Valentín-Cortés, M.A., & O’Neill, M.S. (2020). “Essential” but expendable: Farmworkers during the COVID-19 pandemic – The Michigan Farmworker Project. American Journal of Public Health. Doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305947