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Office for Community Health Leadership and Staff

Leadership


Photo: Arthur Kaufman, MD

Arthur Kaufman, MD - Vice Chancellor, Office for Community Health; Distinguished Professor, Family and Community Medicine

Email:  akaufman@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (505) 272-1936
Photo: Mario Pacheco, MD

Mario Pacheco, MD - Associate Vice Chancellor for Hispanic/Latino Health

Email:  mapacheco@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (505) 699-7310
Photo: Laura Parajon, MD, MPH

Laura Parajon, MD, MPH - Executive Director, Office for Community Health; Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine

Email:  lparajon@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (505) 272-1936

Administration


Photo: Sylvia Baker

Sylvia Baker - Administrative Assistant II

Email:  sbaker@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (505) 272-1936
Photo: Celeste Cole

Celeste Cole - Financial Analyst

Email:  ccole@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (505) 272-9445
Photo: Susan Oldfield

Susan Oldfield - Administrative Coordinator

Email:  stoldfield@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (505) 272-1936

Area Health Education Centers


Photo: Helene Silverblatt, MD

Helene Silverblatt, MD - Professor, Psychiatry and Family Medicine, Program Director, New Mexico AHEC

Email:  hsilverblatt@salud.unm.edu
Photo: Maria Ward

Maria Ward - Program Specialist

Email:  mward@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (505) 272-9761

Coalition for Hispanic and Latino Health Equity


Photo: Mario Pacheco, MD

Mario Pacheco, MD - Associate Vice Chancellor for Hispanic/Latino Health

Email:  mapacheco@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (505) 699-7310
Photo: Francisco Ronquillo, PA, MA

Francisco J. Ronquillo, PA, MA - Health Extension Officer

Email:  fronquillo@salud.unm.edu

Community Health Worker Initiatives


Photo: Anna Goodwin, CCHW

Anna Goodwin, CCHW - Program Coordinator, Community Health Worker Initiatives and Emerging Infections Programs

Email:  amgoodwin@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (505) 272-8813
Photo: Alisa Lucero

Alisa Lucero - Community Health Worker

Email:  aslucero@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (505) 433-7725
Photo: Mercedes Ortega-Kennedy

Mercedes Ortega-Kennedy - Community Based Research Data Manager

Email:  mmortega@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (505) 301-3418
Photo: Susie Reyes, CHW

Susie Reyes, CHW - Community Health Worker

Email:  smreyes@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (505) 414-4093
Photo: Yadira  Salazar-Sánchez, BS, BA, MPH Candidate, CCHW

Yadira Salazar-Sánchez, BS, BA, MPH Candidate, CCHW - Community Health Worker

Email:  YSalazarSanchez@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (505) 926-1655
Photo: Donna Sandoval, BCJ

Donna Sandoval, BCJ - Program Planning Manager

Email:  dosandoval@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (505) 272-3492
Photo: Marisa Santos

Marisa Santos - Certified Community Health Care Worker

Email:  misantos@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (505) 926-1589
Photo: Ivette Yen Bibb, LCSW, LADAC

Ivette Yen Bibb, LCSW, LADAC - Senior Operations Manager

Email:  ivettebibb@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (505) 203-5983

Emerging Infections Program


Photo: Kathy Angeles, MPH

Kathy Angeles, MPH - Surveillance Officer

Email:  kangeles@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (505) 249-6295
Photo: Lisa Butler, MPH

Lisa Butler, MPH - Surveillance Officer

Email:  lbutler@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (505) 272-3777
Photo: Kristina Flores, Ph.D.

Kristina Flores, Ph.D. - Surveillance Officer

Email:  kflores@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (505) 272-6698
Photo: Sarah Khanlian, MPH

Sarah Khanlian, MPH - Surveillance Officer

Email:  skhanlian@salud.unm.edu
Photo: Sarah Lathrop, DVM, PhD

Sarah Lathrop, DVM, PhD - Principal Investigator, Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) Professor of Pathology

Email:  armiso@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (505) 272-3783
Photo: Erin Phipps, DVM, MPH

Erin Phipps, DVM, MPH - Principal Investigator Clostridioides difficile Infection, Multi-site Gram Negative Surveillance Initiative, Candidemia Surveillance

Email:  ephipps@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (505) 272-6697
Photo: James Willis,

James Willis, - CDI/MuGSI

Email:  jaawillis@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (505) 272-2017

Health Extension Rural Offices


Photo: Juliana Anastasoff, MS

Juliana Anastasoff, MS - Health Extension Officer, Northern Region

Email:  janastasoff@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (575) 613-6233
Photo: Alisha Herrick, MPH

Alisha Herrick, MPH - HERO Affiliate, Southwestern Region

Email:  aherrick@swchi.org
Photo: Chantel Lovato, MBA

Chantel Lovato, MBA - Partner HERO, Guadalupe County

Email:  clovato.gcdc@gmail.com
Phone:  (505) 573-5492
Photo: Elaine Luna, LSW

Elaine Luna, LSW - HERO Affiliate, Northern Region

Email:  eluna@luna.edu
Photo: Mark McDonald, NM-P, CCP-C

Mark McDonald, NM-P, CCP-C - Partner HERO, Colfax County

Email:  mmcdonald364@gmail.com
Phone:  (505) 681-8393
Photo: Marnie Nixon, MA, CPM

Marnie Nixon, MA, CPM - Health Extension Rural Officer (HERO)

Email:  mnixon01@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (575) 520-2305
Photo: Evelyn Rising, MSEd

Evelyn Rising, MSEd - Health Extension Officer, Southern Region

Email:  ejrising@salud.unm.edu
Photo: Francisco Ronquillo, PA, MA

Francisco J. Ronquillo, PA, MA - Health Extension Officer

Email:  fronquillo@salud.unm.edu
Photo: Helen Tso, BS

Helen Tso, BS - Health Extension Officer, Northwestern Region

Email:  helentso@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (505) 436-6295

Native American Coalition for Community Health and Wellness


Photo: Joaquin Baca, MSPH

Joaquin Baca, MSPH - Program Director

Email:  jfbaca@salud.unm.edu

New Mexico Immunization Coalition


Photo: Maggie June

Maggie June - Program Specialist

Email:  mjune@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (505) 220-1027
Photo: Anna Pentler, MPH

Anna Pentler, MPH - Executive Director, New Mexico Immunization Coalition

Email:  apentler@salud.unm.edu

Research and Evaluation


Photo: Molly Bleecker, MA

Molly Bleecker, MA - Research Scientist

Email:  mbleecker@salud.unm.edu
Phone:  (505) 272-0388

About OCH

UNM Health Sciences Center is connecting with communities across New Mexico and in Albuquerque to:

  • Provide services and resources
  • Collaborate and partner with others to build strong and healthy communities
  • Study and solve health problems