Fatima Muñoz
Dr. Fatima Muñoz is the Associate Vice President of Health Support Services at San Ysidro Health (SYHealth), a high-performing Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) providing care to over 127,000 patients throughout San Diego County. In her current role, she oversees Research and Health Promotion, HIV and LGTBQ+, Mobile Health Services, and Nutrition/WIC services. Fatima completed her medical training and earned a Master’s in Public from Universidad Autónoma de Baja California in Mexico, followed by postdoctoral training at the University of California San Diego. She possesses over 20 years of public health and clinical research experience working in health promotion programs and epidemiological research studies, specifically among underserved populations.
Fatima’s expertise in public health issues spans both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border with an emphasis on the elimination of health disparities. Her research portfolio includes chronic diseases, HIV and Tuberculosis prevention and treatment, and the impact of bi-national access to care on health policy. She has also explored the potential of mHealth technology to improve treatment adherence and reduce the burden of diseases like diabetes, TB, and HIV. In 2016, SYHealth was awarded the All of Us Research Program from the National Institute of Health, where Dr. Muñoz served as the Principal Investigator for SYHealth for 6 years. In this capacity, she and her team contributed to the development and implementation of the program successfully engaging Spanish-speaking participants. She has also been a site PI and Co-I in multiple clinical studies aimed at understanding and eliminating health disparities in underserved populations. Most recently, Dr. Muñoz has been a member of the Advisory Council for the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine (CIAPM), by recommendation from the California State Senate. She is committed to expanding the mission of SYH to further address health disparities and access to care issues among our most vulnerable communities.