Jimenez Lab
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Español: En español
The Jimenez Lab aims to improve access to healthcare for children from Hispanic/Latinx and migrant backgrounds. It focuses on transitions of care between hospital, community and school settings using systems-based culturally and linguistically relevant interventions. Our research recognizes the relationship between migration and access to care and uses patient-centered approaches that acknowledge migrant experiences and how such experiences shape their interactions with healthcare providers and systems.
Nathalia Jimenez, MD, MPH
Dr. Nathalia Jimenez is a professor and vice chair for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She is an adjunct professor in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health in the School of Public Health. She works as a pediatric anesthesiologist at Seattle Children's. She is also a principal investigator at Seattle Children's Research Institute's Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development and an associate faculty member at the Latino Center for Health.
Her research focuses on health outcomes among minority populations, especially Hispanic children. Her initial work includes studies on multiple influences, on the assessment and treatment of pain, including differences in responses to opiates among Hispanic children, and language barriers for pain assessment and treatment of children of non-English-speaking families.
Currently, she is funded by an NIH grant (R01-NICHD) studying transitions of care after traumatic brain injury (TBI) for Hispanic/Latinx children. In this multicenter grant, she is evaluating the effectiveness of culturally and linguistically relevant community interventions to facilitate adherence to treatments and return to school among these children.
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Celeste Garcia, MPH
Clinical Research Coordinator I
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Andrea Oliva, MS
Supervisor, Clinical Research
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Sebastian Roa, BA
Research Patient Navigator
- Abraham Correa-Medina, BS, third-year medical student, University of Washington School of Medicine
- Arianna Flores-Cisneros, BA, research patient navigator, April 2023 to July 2025
- Tasnia Alam, BA, research assistant
- Alyssa Virtue, MPH
- Lorena Lozano, MA, research patient navigator, March 2022 to May 2023
- Edgar Lopez-Baez, MPH, graphic designer, consultant, 1st BIEN Educational Booklet
- Henri Coronado-Volta, BA, first-year MPH student, University of Washington School of Public Health. NEAT Program 2023. Development of TBI Resources guide for Hispanic patients from Alaska.
- Gustavo Romero, BA, Middlebury College. NEAT Program 2022
- Jordyn Warner, University of Washington pre-nursing student, Summer Scholars Program 2022