Teresita Rocha-Jiménez, PhD, CISS | Universidad Mayor

Teresita Rocha-Jiménez, PhD, MA

Assistant Professor

teresita.rocha@umayor.cl


Center clusters

health and aging, social relationships and cohesion, institutions and regulation

Areas of expertise

Public health, global health, international migration, HIV/sexually transmited infections

Studies

PhD in Public Health, Global Health,University of California, San Diego - San Diego State University, USA 2019
Master in Latin American Studies,University of California, San Diego, USA 2013
Bachelor's degree in International Relations,Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), México 2009
Biography

Teresita Rocha Jiménez has a PhD in Public Health, concentration on global health, from the University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University, a master of Latin-American Studies from the University of California, San Diego and a bachelor´s degree in International Relations from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). For her master and doctoral studies, Dr. Rocha was awarded full-tuition scholarships from the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, CONACYT y UC-Mexus. Since 2011, Dr. Rocha has focused on studying how the migration experiences and mobility influence sexual health of sexual workers and the mental health of immigrants in transit at both the north and south borders of Mexico. Dr. Rocha has experience with qualitative and mixed methods research, along with geospatial methods.



Other Affiliations

University of California, San Diego

Editorial Boards

There aren`t Editorial Boards to show

PUBLICATIONS
31 March 2025

Teresita Rocha-Jiménez, PhD, MA ,

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmh.2025.100328

Loreto Watkins, Francesca McLare, Lindsey Carte, Carla Olivari, Kenya Lazos

01 October 2024

Teresita Rocha-Jiménez, PhD, MA , Antonia Díaz-Valdés Iriarte, PhD, MSW ,

10.4067/S0718-48082024000300353

Mercado-Órdenes, M., Brito, D., Antipichun, A., Díaz-Valdes, A. y Rocha-Jiménez, T

01 July 2024

Teresita Rocha-Jiménez, PhD, MA , Antonia Díaz-Valdés Iriarte, PhD, MSW ,

https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-1472.2024.75300

Annika C. Hogan, Ana Karen Espinoza, Antonia Díaz-Valdes, Emnet Sisay, Teresita Rocha-Jiménez

20 June 2024

Teresita Rocha-Jiménez, PhD, MA ,

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmh.2024.100230

Jaramillo Contreras, Andrea Carolina and Cabieses, Báltica and Knipper, Michael and Rocha-Jiménez, Teresita

17 April 2024

Teresita Rocha-Jiménez, PhD, MA , Nicolás Montalva, PhD ,

https://doi.org/10.1002/eahr.500209

McLaren, F., Mercado, M., Montalva, N., Watkins, L., Antipichun, A., Cheristil, J., & Rocha-Jiménez

https://doi.org/10.3390/adolescents4010011

Servin, A.E.; Macklin, R.; Wilkerson, S.; Rocha-Jiménez, T.; Rangel, G.M.; O’Bryan, S.E.; Fisher, C.B.

01 December 2023

Teresita Rocha-Jiménez, PhD, MA ,

https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5281.2023.74353

Antipichún, A., Poblete, C., & Rocha-Jiménez, T.

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16726-0

Teresita Rocha-Jimenez, Carla Olivari, Alejandra Martínez, Michael Knipper & Báltica Cabieses

Follow us

Foto Gente

Contact

Badajoz 130, Las Condes Office 1305 Santiago, RM 7560908 Chile
+56 2 2518 9894|ciss@umayor.cl