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About Dr. Arelis Moore

Arelis Moore de Peralta (MD, MEd, MPH, Dominican Republic; PhD, Clemson University) is a medical epidemiologist and social scientist with experience in health disparities research in the United States (US) and Latin America. She is an associate professor of community health, with an inter-disciplinary appointment at the Department of Languages, Clemson University (CU). Her primary interest is understanding the role of the social determinants of health in the disparities and inequities experienced by minority populations and communities of color in the US and Latin America; as well as developing innovative and culturally relevant community development initiatives to promote health and well-being. Her current research includes Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) to address health disparities and to promote partnerships to build healthier communities. As part of her community engagement and research endeavors at CU, she was the director of the Center for Community Services (CCS), an activity of CU/IFNL located in Simpsonville, SC, and its Hispanic family outreach and support program “Café Cultura”. Through her public health work, which span for about 25 years, Dr. Moore has focused on developing systems and policies that promote health equity, as well as in finding mechanisms to empower low-resource communities in developing partnerships, systems changes, and advocacy to improve their own health and wellbeing. She has assisted, as a community leader and advocate, local and national advocacy groups and grassroots multicultural coalitions in developing and implementing initiatives and projects to reduce health disparities and to promote health equity. Dr. Moore’s work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters on community-engaged research and cross-cultural health. Dr. Moore has received several community engagement awards, as well as the Vera Paster Award in October 2009 in recognition of her work with Latinx immigrants. She also received a Graduate Student Advising and Mentoring Award in 2015, and Bradley Mentoring Award on Creative Inquiry in 2018, at CU. Dr. Moore formerly was a faculty member in the School of Medicine at the Ibero-American University (UNIBE) in Santo Domingo. She coordinated disease preventative and control programs in the Ministry of Public Health in the Dominican Republic. She was also a national and international epidemiology consultant for international cooperation agencies including the Panamerican Health Organization (PAHO), UNICEF, USAID, and the CDC.

Positions

Present Associate Professor of Community Health, Clemson University ‐ Languages Department
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Research Interests

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Professional Service and Affiliations

2020 - Present Director at Large, Board of Directors/Membership Committee- Co-chair/MDPTF Memb, Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice
2019 - Present Editorial board member: Associate editor, Epidemiology International Journal
2018 - Present Editorial board member, International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice
2018 - Present Member, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
2018 - Present Council Member and Health Disparities Subcommittee member, Prisma Health Multi-cultural Advisory Council
2015 - Present Fellow Blue-ribbon international group of scholars: Kempe-Haruv, The Kempe Foundation/The Kempe Center and The Haruv Institute
2012 - Present Peer Reviewer, Health Promotion Practice
2012 - Present Peer Reviewer, Hispanic Health Care International
2012 - Present Peer Reviewer, International Journal for Equity in Health
2012 - Present Peer Reviewer, Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
2012 - Present Peer Reviewer, Journal of International Migration
2012 - Present Peer Reviewer, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Disparities
2012 - Present Member, National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity
2012 - Present Peer Reviewer, Teaching and Learning in Medicine
2020 - 2020 Panel reviewer: Biomedical Sciences., NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
2012 - 2019 Vera Paster Award Selection Committee member, American Orthopsychiatric Association; Now: Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice
2018 - 2018 Panel reviewer: Cultural Anthropology and Linguistics., NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
2012 - 2017 Editorial board member, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
2013 - 2014 Grant reviewer, Susan G. Komen South Carolina
2012 - 2013 The Mobilizers: Capstone Project team member, Diversity Leadership Initiative, Furman University
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Honors and Awards

  • Honorable Mention, Zenobia Lawrence Hikes Woman of Color in the Academy Award, Virginia Tech University, 2020
  • Inducted as a member of the Dominican Republic National Scientific Career cohort. DR Ministry of Superior Education, Science and Technology, 2019
  • Award to a Woman that Makes a Difference in our Community, WREN, PASOs, the Hispanic Alliance and Safe Harbor, 2019
  • Phil and Mary Bradley Award for Mentoring in Creative Inquiry, Clemson University, 2018
  • HEHD College Award of Excellence in Graduate Student Advising/Mentoring, Clemson University, 2015
  • South Carolina Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, President’s Award for outstanding achievement in community development. 2012
  • Kimbrough & Melton Parents Award for outstanding achievement in International Family and Community Studies, 2010
  • Vera Paster Award for a graduate students or postdoctoral fellow’s promising research and public service related to enhancement of the well-being of people of color. American Orthopsychiatric Association. 2009
  • Individual Award for extraordinary achievement in implementation of the Expanded Program of Immunization, PAHO, DR. 2003
  • Individual Award for extraordinary achievement in the introduction of the Pentavalent vaccine in the Dominican Republic (DTP/HB + Hib), UNICEF, DR. 2001
  • Individual Award for extraordinary achievement in implementation of the reform process in Health Region V (East Region), USAID, DR. 2005

Courses

Education

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2007 - 2011 PhD, Doctoral Degree in International Family & Community Studies, Clemson University ‐ Institute on Family & Neighborhood Life
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2004 - 2006 MEd., Master’s degree in Higher Education, Universidad Iberoamericana - Dominican Republic ‐ School of Education
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1994 - 1996 MPH, Master’s degree in public health with a concentration in Epidemiology, Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo ‐ School of Public Health
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1984 - 1990 MD, Doctor of Medicine, Universidad Tecnologica de Santiago ‐ School of Medicine
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Contact Information

Arelis Moore, MD, PhD, MPH, MEd.
Associate Professor of Community Health
Department of Languages
Clemson University
504 Strode Tower Clemson, SC 29634

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ORCID

Social Epidemiology Research-Publications (18)

Epidemiological Studies in the Dominican Republic-Publications (5)