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Leonel Vela, MD, MPH

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Syndi Ortiz
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Population Health
HCEBL 3.124
Syndi.Ortiz@utrgv.edu
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The faculty and staff in Population Health are members of the Rio Grande Valley community and are committed to helping make it healthier by partnering with and involving the community in research. Nearly every study the division is involved in includes the community in some way. We are grateful for the help we receive from the community. We could not do our work without the valuable contributions from our community members, community organizations, advocacy groups, Community Health Workers and Promotoras, local clinics, hospitals, and other educational institutions.

We want to thank our community partners for their trust in us and commitment to working with us to improve the health of people in our community.

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Edinburg, TX 78541
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Harlingen, TX 78550
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Brownsville, TX 78520
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