PhD Candidate in Social and Pharmacoepidemiology
University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health
Theo Beltran MPH is a doctoral candidate studying social and pharmaco- epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and recently awarded an F31 fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health for his dissertation. His research will assess mental health care utilization patterns among transgender patients in a large claims database using computational phenotypes. Beltran previously completed his MPH in Health and Social Behavior at the University of California, Berkeley. His research is situated at the intersection of social and pharmaco-epidemiology in order to utilize advanced epidemiologic methods to understand and ultimately address health inequities among historically marginalized populations. He has a 1 year old hound that keeps him very busy and loves biking, soccer, and trying new cuisines.