Alexandra Rodriguez
As an interdisciplinary researcher, Alex Rodriguez, MPH, mobilizes evidence about the preventative and rehabilitative impacts of arts engagement for mental health into practices and policies that will create equitable infrastructure for communities to thrive.
Currently, Rodriguez is a Public Health PhD candidate at the University of Florida, concentrating in Social and Behavioral Sciences, and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholar. Through the UF Center for Arts in Medicine, she has contributed to national and international research, including centering arts engagement as a health behavior, defining arts participation for public health, and co-authoring a WHO report on the arts and health in the US. Rodriguez also recently served as National Research and Impact Associate for One Nation/One Project, a national arts and health initiative across 18 U.S. cities. In addition to her research, Alex is a Think Tank Board Member for the American Journal of Public Health and developed UF’s Honors course, Leveraging the Arts to Promote Public Health.
Interests
Arts in Mental Health; Arts and Health Policy; Arts for Youth Mental Health; Mixed Methods Research; Qualitative Research