PhD Student Profile
Melina Rodriguez She/her/hers, MPH
Research Interests & Projects
Melina Rodriguez (she/her), MPH, is a doctoral student in the Department of Health
Behavior and Health Equity at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and
a Rackham Merit Fellow. Her research interests focus on understanding how social and
structural conditions shape health inequities among immigrant and other structurally
marginalized populations. She grounds her work in community-engaged approaches, drawing
on over eight years of community organizing experience. Her previous work includes
examining the health and safety of Latine day laborers and domestic workers responding
to climate-related disasters in California, and exploring the impacts of COVID-19
among Southeast Asian American communities in Los Angeles.