Exploring Health Equity and Experiential Learning: Fall 2024 Pizza and Prof with Daniel López-Cevallos

By Nina Prenosil

Community
Image of CHC Landscape, Daniel Lopez Cevallos, and text: Pizza and Prof, Honors Hub, Thursday November 14, 4 p.m., UMass Community is Welcome, RSVP Recommended, In his talk, Professor López-Cevallos will offer an overview of his nearly two decades of health equity research, and highlight how undergraduate students have played a role in these efforts. Drawing from his experiences, he’ll share advice on how CHC students can get involved in public health-related research.

On November 14th at 4:00 p.m., Daniel López-Cevallos, Associate Professor of Community Health Education, will join the Honors College for its Pizza and Prof Night. This event is a great opportunity for students to connect with faculty and learn about how they can get involved in research for their Honors Thesis and beyond! López-Cevallos will discuss his work in Latinx health equity research and how experiential learning can positively impact undergraduate students.

What will be discussed at this year’s Pizza and Prof? 

López-Cevallos will discuss his past and current research on Latinx health equity, drawing on his own experiences from the past two decades. He will also engage with attendees about how transformative experiential learning can be for them and will allot time to chat with students interested in his research area. López-Cevallos and his research team were recently published in Emerald Insight for their research on the impact of COVID-19-related school closures in Latin America. The article is titled, “COVID-19 School Closures in Latin America: Untangling Approaches Impacting Student Health and Wellbeing.”

Daniel Lopez-Cevallos with a group of community members

Why you should attend this talk

López-Cevallos encourages students to attend this talk to get to know him on a personal level. He strongly believes that professional and personal connections are essential for the success of undergraduate students and appreciates that CHC is providing a space to connect students with faculty.

“Take advantage of the opportunity and come and ask interesting questions and engage in conversation.”

López-Cevallos will also discuss in more detail how and why students should get involved in research on campus. He explained that participating in research early on is an excellent way to engage with the university and build a professional network. He will offer advice on overcoming the nerves that often accompany the beginning of the process and share how he has connected with his past and current research students.

The Fall 2024 Pizza and Prof will be held in the Honors Hub. If you are interested in attending, RSVPs are encouraged. 

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