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Loretta W. Matheson

Research Analyst, Emergency Medicine

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Mail Code: 5119
lorettam@stanford.edu

Emilin Maria Mathew

Masters Student in Computer Science, admitted Autumn 2023
Stanford Student Employee, Emergency Medicine

BioScientist-technologist passionate about designing accessible healthcare solutions

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Mail Code: 5768
emilinm@stanford.edu

Waverly Mayer

Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator, Emergency Medicine

Current Role at StanfordAssistant Clinical Research Coordinator
Stanford School of Medicine
Emergency Medicine Research

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Mail Code: 5768
wmayer33@stanford.edu

Cameron McClure

Clinical Instructor (Affiliated), Emergency Medicine

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cameron_mcclure@brown.edu

BioEsmeralda Melgoza, PhD, MPH, CHES is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University's School of Medicine. Her research examines health inequities in the U.S. healthcare system, with a focus on emergency medical services provided in the prehospital setting and the emergency department. She centers her research on the experiences of underserved populations, including Latine/Hispanics, older adults, and people with limited English proficiency. She is trained in both quantitative and qualitative methods. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals, including JAMA Network Open, Medical Care, the Journal of the American Heart Association, Health Affairs Scholar, Prehospital Emergency Care, and SSM-Qualitative Research in Health, among others. She is a current recipient of a grant from the CARESTAR Foundation.

Dr. Melgoza received her PhD in Community Health Sciences from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and a minor in Gerontology from the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. Her dissertation research was funded by an R36 grant from the National Institute on Aging. Dr. Melgoza is a former Senior Research Analyst at the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute and an alumna of the Yale Ciencia Academy at Yale University. She is bilingual in English and Spanish. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, mentoring, and hiking.