Nancy Romero-Daza facts for kids
Nancy Romero-Daza is a medical anthropologist with an appointment as associate professor at the University of South Florida. From 1994 to 1998, she worked for the Hispanic Health Council in Hartford, Connecticut in several capacities, including senior research scientist. Her work covers many different areas of medical anthropology, including HIV/AIDS, women's health, health problems in the inner city, and infant mortality, among others. Romero-Daza's geographical areas of interest include Costa Rica, Southern Africa, and the United States.
Background
Romero-Daza began her academic career in linguistics, obtaining her Bachelor of Arts degree in Modern Language at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia in 1984 and her Master of Arts in Linguistics at the State University of New York at Buffalo in Amherst, New York in 1998. She then stayed at the State University of New York at Buffalo to obtain her Master of Arts (1990) and her PhD in anthropology (1994).
Between 1994 and 1998, she worked at the Hispanic Health Council as ethnographer Student Intern Coordinator, Women and Chemical Dependency Unit Coordinator, AIDS Education and Prevention Unit Coordinator, and Senior Research Scientist. While there she worked with medical anthropologist Merrill Singer.
In 1998, Romero-Daza accepted an appointment at the University of South Florida as an assistant professor in the anthropology department. In 2005 she was named associate professor and continues to work in that capacity. From 2009 to 2012 she served as the graduate director in the anthropology department. From 2000 to 2013 she was the co-director of the Globalization and Community Health Field School in Monteverde, Costa Rica. This field school is an educational and research institute that provides graduate and undergraduate students the chance to learn qualitative and quantitative methods to conduct community-based health research. Romero-Daza was project director for six seasons in Monteverde and is currently working on an NSF-funded research project on the impact of tourism on food security in the surrounding geographical area.
Scholarship
During her time at the Hispanic Health Council, Romero-Daza studied AIDS, violence, and health issues. Through her research on HIV/AIDS in North America and Africa, Romero-Daza focused on the need for HIV/AIDS research that looks at the social, political, and economic contexts of HIV/AIDS epidemics, concentrating specifically on both the local and global contexts.
Recognition
- University of South Florida, Office of the Provost, Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor Award (2005)
- University of South Florida, Hispanic Heritage Faculty Award (2007)
- Selected by the CDC as a reviewer for the HIV/AIDS Special Emphasis Panel (February 2004 and September 2004)
- Recognition for her contribution to the Community Based Education Program at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine (1996–1997)
