About Me
Christina M. Pacheco, JD, MPH, (she/her) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. She has a secondary appointment in Population Health. Pacheco graduated from William Mitchell College of Law in 2008 with her Juris Doctor (JD) and from the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) in 2016 with her Master of Public Health (concentration in Social & Behavioral Health). She is pursuing an interdisciplinary PhD in bioinformatics and public administration at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Pacheco has worked in public health for over 14 years, policy and law for more than 16 years, and social justice and racial reconciliation for over 20 years. She has aided in the development of culturally tailored public health interventions, particularly in tobacco, environmental health, healthy eating, and physical activity.
Ms. Pacheco is a community-based participatory researcher whose interests focus on health inequities faced by Indigenous, Latino, and rural communities. She wants to understand how social impediments (determinants) impact health for Indigenous, Latino, and rural communities.