Ph.D. Student Profile
Melina Rodriguez She/her/hers, MPH
Research Interests & Projects
Melina Rodriguez (she/her/hers), 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 center on immigrant health, community
resilience and sustainability, and policy-driven health disparities. She draws on
over eight years of community organizing experience to bridge theory and practice,
ensuring that her research is responsive to community needs and grounded in lived
experience. Her previous work includes examining the health and safety of day laborers
and domestic workers responding to climate-related disasters in California, and exploring
the impacts of COVID-19 on Southeast Asian American communities in Los Angeles.