Jimenez Lab
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Español: En español
The Jimenez Lab aims to improve access to healthcare for children from Hispanic/Latinx and migrant backgrounds. It focuses on transitions of care between hospital, community and school settings using systems-based culturally and linguistically relevant interventions. Our research recognizes the relationship between migration and access to care and uses patient-centered approaches that acknowledge migrant experiences and how such experiences shape their interactions with healthcare providers and systems.
Nathalia Jimenez, MD, MPH
Nathalia Jimenez, MD, MPH, is Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Equity Diversity and Inclusion for the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She is a pediatric anesthesiologist and principal investigator at Seattle Children’s Research institute, and Associate faculty at the Latino Center for Health. Her research focus on health disparities and patient outcomes in Latinx children. Her work, funded by a K23 grant from NICHD, documented large long-term disparities in disability after Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) among Latinx children specially among children of immigrant parents. She developed and pilot-tested a culturally and linguistically concordant patient navigation program to bridge TBI care between hospitals and community services. She is currently funded by an R01 from NICHD to test the efficacy of this program in a multicenter effort.
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Alyssa Virtue, MPH
Research Coordinator
- Abraham Correa-Medina, BS, third-year medical student, University of Washington School of Medicine
- Arianna Flores-Cisneros, BA, research patient navigator, April 2023 to July 2025
- Tasnia Alam, BA, research assistant
- Alyssa Virtue, MPH
- Lorena Lozano, MA, research patient navigator, March 2022 to May 2023
- Edgar Lopez-Baez, MPH, graphic designer, consultant, 1st BIEN Educational Booklet
- Henri Coronado-Volta, BA, first-year MPH student, University of Washington School of Public Health. NEAT Program 2023. Development of TBI Resources guide for Hispanic patients from Alaska.
- Gustavo Romero, BA, Middlebury College. NEAT Program 2022
- Jordyn Warner, University of Washington pre-nursing student, Summer Scholars Program 2022