Vianca Colón | Florida FIRST

Graduate Research Assistant

Vianca M. Colón Burgos is a PhD student at Florida State University College of Nursing and is a Graduate Research Assistant for Dr. Carli Culjat in the Center of Population Science for Health Equity and Florida FIRST program. Mrs. Colón earned her Bachelor’s in Nursing Science (BSN) and her Master’s in Medical-Surgical Nursing (MSN) with a Role in Education from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico in Barranquitas. Her research interests include improving health disparities and health literacy in maternal-infant health to improve outcomes in Hispanic/Latino populations.

About the FIRST Program

The FIRST program supports hiring of 6 early-stage tenure-track faculty. The FIRST Cohort holds a primary appointment in one of the Equity Research Corner centers in addition to their tenure-track appointment in departments appropriate to their research

Departments

College of Nursing
College of Medicine
Department of Psychology

Research Centers

Center of Population Sciences for Health Equity (CPSHE)
Center for Translational Behavioral Science (CTBS)