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Public Health and Social Inequalities

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Varinia Leiva- Peña
University of Concepción
2
Belén Liedo
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
3
Laura Ines Amada
Universidad de Buenos Aires
4
Víctor Montes López
Unknown
5
Enrique S López Loyo
Academia Nacional de Medicina Venezuela
6
Estelle Carde
Université de Montréal
7
Natalia Fernanda Lobaisa
Universidad de Buenos Aires
8
Mariel Heredia Morales
Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa
9
Stefano Angeleri
University of Limerick
10
Irene Del Mastro N.
University of California, Los Angeles

Rising Stars Papers

1
Navigating autonomy, privacy, and ageism in robot home care with aged users: A preliminary analysis of ROB‐IN
Bioethics|2024
7 cit.
2
Emotional Labor and the Problem of Exploitation in Roboticized Care Practices: Enriching the Framework of Care Centred Value Sensitive Design
Science and Engineering Ethics|2024
5 cit.
3
The prevalence of victimization and polyvictimization in sexual minority adolescents in Spain
Child Abuse & Neglect|2025
3 cit.
4
Inseguridad alimentaria en adultos yoreme-mayo del noroeste de México
Sapientiae|2024
0 cit.
5
Author-meets-readers: Irregular Migrants and the Right to Health by Stefano Angeleri
Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly|2024
0 cit.
6
A Primary Health Care-Anchored Migrant Right to Health: Insights from a Qualitative Study in Colombia
PubMed|2024
0 cit.
7
Job Stress and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Nurses of Public Hospitals in Los Mochis, Mexico
Salud Ciencia y Tecnología|2025
0 cit.
8
Seeds of praxis: human rights education with community health leaders in mixed migrant-host communities
Human Rights Education Review|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Sarah E. Wakeman
Harvard University
2
Edna Méndez
National Institute of Genomic Medicine
3
Álvaro Passi‐Solar
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
4
Elisa Chilet‐Rosell
Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx
5
Rodrigo Rojas‐Andrade
Universidad de Santiago de Chile
6
José Tomás Mateos
Universitat de Lleida
7
Benjamín Vicente-Parada
University of Concepción
8
Rosario Rosales-Jiménez R.
National University of Tres de Febrero
9
Ana Lucía Recamán
Universidad Del Valle De Cuernavaca
10
María Guadalupe Ruelas‐González
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
The Incidence and Disparities in Use of Stigmatizing Language in Clinical Notes for Patients With Substance Use Disorder
Journal of Addiction Medicine|2023
45 cit.
2
The Validity and Reliability of the PHQ-9 and PHQ-2 on Screening for Major Depression in Spanish Speaking Immigrants in Chile: A Cross-Sectional Study
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health|2022
40 cit.
3
Mental Health Services in Colombia: A National Implementation Study
International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services|2023
37 cit.
4
Predictors of engagement and retention in care at a low-threshold substance use disorder bridge clinic
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment|2022
35 cit.
5
Redefining Child Protection
Obstetrics and Gynecology|2022
24 cit.
6
Rapid Methadone Induction in a General Hospital Setting: A Retrospective, Observational Analysis
Substance Abuse|2023
21 cit.
7
Evaluating disparities in prescribing of naloxone after emergency department treatment of opioid overdose
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment|2022
17 cit.
8
Design and validation of a scale of core components of community interventions in mental health
The International Journal of Health Planning and Management|2023
13 cit.
9
The Impact of Addiction Consultation and Medication for Opioid or Alcohol Use Disorder on Hospital Readmission
Journal of General Internal Medicine|2025
11 cit.
10
Teachers as School Mental Health Professionals and their Daily Practices
School Mental Health|2024
9 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Anthony B. Zwi
UNSW Sydney
2
Rafael Lozano
University of Washington
3
Sergio Aguilar‐Gaxiola
World Federation for Mental Health
4
Julio Frenk
University of California, Los Angeles
5
María Luisa Vázquez
Consortium for Health and Social Catalonia
6
Patrick Van der Stuyft
Ghent University Hospital
7
Francisco Armada
Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
8
Carlos Álvarez‐Dardet
University of Alicante
9
Douglas H. Ubelaker
Smithsonian Institution
10
Gustavo Nígenda
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
The Lancet|2012
14.3k cit.
2
Health professionals for a new century: transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent world
The Lancet|2010
5.8k cit.
3
Standards for Data Collection from Human Skeletal Remains
Medical Entomology and Zoology|1994
3.9k cit.
4
Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
The Lancet|2014
1.7k cit.
5
Disease control priorities in developing countries
Salud Pública de México|2006
1.6k cit.
6
The global burden of injuries
American Journal of Public Health|2000
1.3k cit.
7
El informe mundial sobre la violencia y la salud.
Biomédica|2002
1.1k cit.
8
A framework for assessing the performance of health systems.
PubMed|2000
931 cit.
9
Progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 on maternal and child mortality: an updated systematic analysis
The Lancet|2011
893 cit.
10
Measuring universal health coverage based on an index of effective coverage of health services in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
The Lancet|2020
695 cit.

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