The University of Miami Center of Excellence for Hispanic Health Disparities Research (El Centro) is dedicated to the creation and dissemination of scientific knowledge to improve the health of Hispanics.

The primary mission of El Centro is to advance the scientific development and evaluation of culturally-tailored interventions in a constellation of behaviorally-rooted health conditions that disproportionately affect Hispanics

( Please click on each of the categories to see the recent publications by El Centro Faculty)

 

 

Established in 2007 through a five-year grant from the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health, (1P60 MD002266-01, Nilda  P. Peragallo, Principal Investigator), El Centro will contribute to the well-being of the fastest growing and most diverse ethnic group in the United States

Located at the School of Nursing and Health Studies, El Centro also facilitates research collaborations with community and academic partners.