Personal Statement
Dr. Myaskovsky has more than 20 years of experience as a researcher, educator, and mentor. With multidisciplinary training in social psychology & clinical epidemiology, she has pursued a research career focused on bringing social & behavioral science to bear on the field of health services research. Her federally funded research focuses on the social determinants of health and using a multi-method and multi-disciplinary approach to identify and understand disparities in healthcare processes and outcomes; and to develop interventions to reduce health disparities in people with kidney disease and other chronic conditions. She has taught courses on healthcare disparities, research design, medical writing, and grant writing, and mentors junior faculty, fellows, and graduate students.
You can see all the work that is happening at CHEK-D at the following web site: https://hsc.unm.edu/research/centers-programs/chek-d/
Areas of Specialty
1. Healthcare Disparities Research
2. Health Services Research
3. Treatment of Kidney Disease
4. Kidney Transplantation
5. Organ Donation
Education
06/1993- BA in Psychology & Women’s Studies - University of California, Los Angeles, CA
06/1995 - MA in Experimental Psychology - California State University, Northridge, CA
12/2001- PhD in Social Psychology - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
12/2004- Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Clinical Epidemiology - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
12/2005- Health Services Research Fellowship - VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Undergrad: University of California, Los Angeles
Graduate: California State University
Doctoral: University of Pittsburgh
Languages
- English
- Russian