Latina health pioneer

Amelie Ramirez: Public Health Pioneer
Jeremy Nisen--HispanicBusiness.com, April Issue

Amelie G. Ramirez, DrPH, is a public health pioneer, but that should come as no surprise for a woman who has been breaking stereotypes and demanding equality for decades.

She gives much of the credit to her work ethic. As a young career woman in the 1970s, she worked until the day her first child was due -- and was back on the job less than a month later. Since, she has steadily risen through the ranks and is now a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics and the Director of the Institute for Health Promotion Research at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

That position allows her to battle for the rights of women and underserved populations in the public health arena, and, in doing so, she has become an inspiration to other women.

"I've devoted myself over the past three decades -- in research, community outreach, mentorship, and speaking engagements -- to try to eliminate health disparities," said Dr. Ramirez, who is one of the 25 women being honored by HispanicBusiness Magazine. CLICK HERE FOR MORE.