Claradina Soto, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences
Biography
Dr. Claradina Soto (Navajo/Jemez Pueblo) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine in the Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research. She has over 20 years working with American Indian and Alaska Native populations in public health, collaborating with urban and Tribal communities in CA to reduce and prevent mental health disparities, cancer prevalence, commercial tobacco use, and substance use and opioid use disorders. She collaborates on several research projects funded by NIH/FDA, Tobacco Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP), Department of Health Care Services, California Tobacco Control Programs and the Office of Health Equity. She teaches courses in the Master of Public Health and Health Promotion programs at USC and mentors undergraduate and graduate students. Dr. Soto is a longtime advocate for the AI/AN communities and other priority populations to advance health equity and reduce health disparities.
Publications
Examining multilevel influences on parental HPV vaccine hesitancy among multiethnic communities in Los Angeles: a qualitative analysis.
BMC Public Health. 2023 Mar 22;23(1):545. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15318-2. Epub 2023 Mar 22. PubMed PMID: 36949438; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10031192.
Exploring Culturally Based Treatment Options for Opioid Use Disorders Among American Indian and Alaska Native Adults in California.
J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2022 Jul;83(4):613-620. doi: . PubMed PMID: 35838440; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9318704.
Project SUN: Pilot Study of a Culturally Adapted Smoking Cessation Curriculum for American Indian Youth.
J Drug Educ. 2022 Jul 5;:472379221111542. doi: 10.1177/00472379221111542. Epub 2022 Jul 5. PubMed PMID: 35788160;
Substance and Behavioral Addictions among American Indian and Alaska Native Populations.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Mar 3;19(5). doi: 10.3390/ijerph19052974. Epub 2022 Mar 3. PubMed PMID: 35270667; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8910676.
Centering racial justice for Black/African American and indigenous American people in commercial tobacco product regulation.
Prev Med. 2022 Jun 15;:107117. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107117. Epub 2022 Jun 15. PubMed PMID: 35716811;
Courses Taught
- Culture, Lifestyle, and Health
- Foundations in Health Education and Promotion
- Gender and Minority Health Issues
- Practice of Public Health
- Culture and Health: Global Perspectives
- Introduction to Health Promotion and Disease Prevention