Catherine West, Program Coordinator

Catherine West is responsible for the planning, coordination, and supervision of the daily operational activities of the FACES for the Future program. Catherine A. R. West, graduated from Brown University in Providence, RI with a bachelor’s degree in Community Health in 2003. She has worked extensively with communities of color. For her honors thesis, she studied in Mexico for 5 months and conducted qualitative ethnographic research with undocumented and documented Mexican immigrants in Providence, RI about access to health care and social cohesion. As a Health Career Connection intern, she worked with the Latino community in Boston, MA to design program implementation and evaluation materials for an asthma initiative in the homes, schools, and community. She provided health education and referrals for low socioeconomic patients of color at Rhode Island Hospital. She has tutored elementary, high school, and college students in English, Spanish, Mathematics, Writing, and Public Speaking.

Ms. West’s professional interest and focus is racial/ethnic health disparities. She has co-authored two epidemiologic publications entitled “The Influence of Patient Race in Providers’ Contraception Recommendations” and “Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities in the Pharmacologic Management of Heart Failure among US Nursing Home Residents”. Ms. West has also produced two bilingual resource guidebooks about asthma and access to healthcare, respectively. She enjoys dancing, playing soccer, baking, and reading. She was born in Saudi Arabia, identifies as multiracial, and is bilingual in Spanish and English.