CSDE Research Areas:
- Health of People and Populations
- Migration and Settlement
In the News:
- Ornelas and Colleagues Evaluate School-based Intervention to Promote Healthy Eating Among American Indian Children (01/25/2024)
- Equity in Childhood Vaccination is Studied in New Research by Ornelas and Mokdad (01/12/2024)
- Ruiz and Ornelas Publish New Research on Cigarette Use Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Veterans (11/17/2023)
- Aspen Institute Names India Ornelas as a 2023 Ascend Fellow! (10/12/2023)
- Ornelas & Team Awarded Population Health Initiative Pilot Research Grant (06/13/2022)
- New Study from Williams, Ornelas, and Co-Authors Explores Discrimination and Alcohol Use Among Latino Men (06/03/2022)
- Population Health Initiative COVID-19 Grants Catalyzed UW Research Community (03/23/2021)
- India Ornelas Quoted in Crosscut Article on Healthcare Disparities (02/08/2021)
- CSDE Affiliates Awarded PHI COVID-19 Grants (05/02/2020)
- The Health of Undocumented Latinx Immigrants: What We Know and Future Directions for Research (01/24/2020)
- Heather Hill Appointed to Population Health Initiative Executive Council (09/03/2019)
- India Ornelas Evaluates the Effectiveness of a Pilot Program to Increase Cancer Screening Among Female Refugees (12/19/2017)
- India Ornelas Awarded $3 Million NIH Grant to Research Latina Health Disparities (11/14/2017)
- Emily Williams and India Ornelas Study Queer Latina Sexuality (07/05/2017)
- René Flores and India Ornelas Honored with Latinx Faculty Awards (05/22/2017)
- India Ornelas Weeds Out Cancer Risks with Garden Project (03/13/2017)
India Ornelas’ research focuses on racial and ethnic health disparities, social determinants of health, Latino and immigrant populations, and health promotion interventions. She conducts community-based participatory research– to identify how social and cultural factors influence health disparities in racial/ethnic minority and immigrant communities. She employs both qualitative and quantitative methods in order to obtain a richer understanding of both the causes and consequences of health disparities and design interventions. She has published on these topics in Social Science and Medicine, Annual Review of Public Health and the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. She is currently working with community partners, Casa Latina and El Centro de la Raza, to test an intervention to reduce stress and prevent depression among Latina immigrant women.