Qualitative Analysis - Thematic Coding & Analysis

Dr. Dharma Cortes

Dr. Dharma E. Cortés has been conducting community-based research with Latinos in the U.S. for more than 25 years, focusing on acculturation, health, mental health, obesity prevention, and access to healthcare. She has made major contributions to the understanding of the process of acculturation, cultural, language, and literacy issues among Latinos in the United States through several of her publications and research activities. As a public health researcher, she has devoted her professional career to study and address health disparities. She received a Ph.D. in Medical Anthropology from Harvard University, and she is an Instructor at Harvard Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry and Senior Scientist and Instructor at the Health Equity Research Laboratory at Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School. She is also the Director of Latino Projects at Environment & Health Group, and is a co-founder of The Philanthropy Connection.