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Illinois Global Institute Center for Global Studies

Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo

Associate Professor

Additional Campus Affiliations

Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Community Health
Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Associate Professor, Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity
Associate Professor, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Affiliate, Center for Social & Behavioral Science

Recent Publications

Non, A. L., Clausing, E. S., Lara-Cinisomo, S., & D’Anna Hernandez, K. L. (2025). COVID-19-Related Risk, Resilience, and Mental Health Among Mexican American Mothers Across the First Year of the Pandemic. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 12(1), 49-58. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-023-01849-2

Lara-Cinisomo, S., Melesse, B., & Mendy, M. E. (2024). Demographic and COVID-19-Related Factors Associated with Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms Among African American and Latina Women in a Midwestern State. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 11(1), 36-44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-022-01495-0

Lara-Cinisomo, S., Mendy, M. E., Non, A. L., Avalos, J., Marquez, J., & D’anna-Hernandez, K. (2024). Solutions From Mexican-Descent Perinatal Women To Pandemic-Related Food, Mental Health, And Health And Safety Stressors. Health Affairs, 43(4), 573-581. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2023.01492

Platt, R., Polk, S., Barrera, A. Z., Lara-Cinisomo, S., Hirschhorn, L. R., Graham, A. K., Musci, R. J., Hamil, J., Echavarria, D., Cooper, L., & Tandon, S. D. (2024). Mothers and Babies Virtual Group (MBVG) for perinatal Latina women: study protocol for a hybrid type-1 effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial. Trials, 25(1), Article 606. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08423-z

D’Anna-Hernandez, K., Lara-Cinisomo, S., & Non, A. (2023). Changes in mental health symptoms and sociocultural factors across the COVID-19 pandemic in mothers of Mexican descent. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 26(5), 625-637. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-023-01345-w

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