 Professional Summary
Melissa A. Gutierrez currently serves as the lead evaluator on the “Controlling Pediatric Asthma Through Collaboration and Education” project. The project is a statewide intervention funded by the Illinois Department of Public Health, which focuses on asthma management and education for children and their families. Prior to joining the Sinai Urban Health Institute, Gutierrez worked at the Iowa Prevention Research Center where she specialized in designing, facilitating and evaluating a Community Based Participatory Research study that focused on the health of rural communities. Through her work with various communities she has come to believe that it is only through community collaboration that improvement in health outcomes transpire. Her research interests include health disparities, geography of health, community development and child and adolescent health. Education
M.S., Community & Behavioral Health, University of Iowa, 2006
B.A., Geography, University of Iowa, 2002 | 
