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Ruth Yanes Bengoa

MPH Student in Healthcare Management
Clinical Research Coordinator
UTHealth Houston Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

International Medical Graduated (IMG) from El Salvador. Currently obtaining a Masters in Public Health with a concentration in Healthcare Management from the University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) at Houston. With experience in the clinical, academic and research field.

Education

Medical Degree – Universidad Dr. Jose Matias Delgado, La Libertad, El Salvador

Masters of Public Health - University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health - Houston, Texas

Research

  • Research areas: Social determinants of health, health disparities, minority groups and health policies.

Publications:

  • Vivian Levy, Ruth Yanes Bengoa, Priscilla Padilla Romero, Jenna Bollyky, Upinder Singh. Successful recruitment of monolingual Spanish speaking Latinos to university phase II and III outpatient COVID-19 clinical treatment trials in Northern California. Contemporary Clinical Trials. Volume 120, 2022, 106891. ISSN 1551-7144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2022.106891. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1551714422002178)

  • Biochemical bases of neuropathic pain and its treatment with lidocaine as an adjuvant to opioids. Literature review. Sinapsis Journal, El Salvador · Feb 28, 2018

  • Caracterizacion de pacientes adultos con diagnostico de enfermedad celiaca pertenecientes a ACELYSES, Sinapsis Journal. El Salvador.