Rate My Professor Kathryn Derose

Derose's research interests encompass social determinants of health, community-based participatory research, faith-based organizations, immigrants' health care access, Latino populations, and multilevel interventions in Latin America and the United States. She employs mixed quantitative and qualitative methods to design and evaluate interventions addressing HIV prevention and care, obesity, food insecurity, physical activity, mental health, substance use, and veteran reintegration. She has authored more than 140 scientific publications, including highly cited papers such as "Immigrants and health care: sources of vulnerability" (Health Affairs, 2007), "Limited English proficiency and Latinos’ use of physician services" (Medical Care Research and Review, 2000), and "Parks and physical activity: why are some parks used more than others?" (Preventive Medicine, 2010). Key works include church-based interventions like "Eat, Pray, Move" for obesity (American Journal of Health Promotion, 2019) and HIV stigma reduction (AIDS and Behavior, 2016). Derose received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2005. She leads NIH-funded projects, including the $3.4 million ProMeSA II efficacy trial in the Dominican Republic, testing urban gardens and peer nutritional counseling for food-insecure people with HIV, and a $4.4 million church- and park-based physical activity intervention for Latinos in Los Angeles. Her work fosters multisectoral partnerships to tackle structural health disparities.