Jessica Calderon-Mora, DrPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Population Health
Operational Director of the Cancer Prevention & Control Program, Livestrong Cancer Institutes
DrPH, Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences
UTHealth School of Public Health
MPH, Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences
UTHealth School of Public Health
About
Jessica Calderon-Mora, DrPH, received her master’s and doctoral training at the UTHealth School of Public Health with a focus on health promotion and behavioral sciences. Her work focuses on health disparities and cancer prevention in the Latinx community.
She has served as co-investigator, co-program director and program director for several Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas-funded prevention programs. Her research focus has been primarily on cervical cancer screening and the human papillomavirus vaccination. Calderon-Mora hopes to expand her work in HPV self-sampling and cervical cancer prevention among the Latinx community throughout Texas.
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American Public Health Association
CHW Section Secretary-Elect, 2023-2024 -
Cancer Alliance of Texas
Disparities Priority Area Workgroup & Cervical Cancer Screening Priority Area Workgroup -
Texas HPV Coalition
Awareness & Advocacy Group