Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health and Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University; Associate Director of Population Health and Health Equity, Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering
Age: 35
Education: B.S., chemical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.S., biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.S., engineering, the University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., biomedical engineering, Boston University; and M.P.H., global health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Career mentors: Catherine Klapperich, Boston University; Adriana Velazquez Berumen, World Health Organization; and Erin Kobetz, University of Miami
Words of encouragement/wisdom: Be very intentional about what you choose to take on and how you choose to spend your time. Remember that ‘No’ is a complete sentence.
As a biomedical engineer focused on community healthcare, Dr. Natalia Rodriguez, assistant professor of public health and biomedical engineering at Purdue University, has turned her distinguished scientific background toward addressing issues such as homelessness, cancer, and HIV in underserved communities.
