Vanessa Gonzalez
DrPH Student
DrPH Program
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About
I am a nonprofit grantmaking professional that is committed to supporting sleep health equity and science that matters and is accessible to patients, practitioners and the public. I am currently the Director of Grant Programs at the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation, where I oversee the development, implementation, and tracking of outcomes and the impact of grant programs by applying grantmaking best practices, increase collaborative efforts with external funding agencies and non-profit organizations on mutual areas of interest, and ensure diversity, equity, inclusion are core to all programs. My public health interests are in dissemination and implementation of evidence-based interventions for underserved populations and increasing the diversity of the clinical and research workforce.
Selected Publications
Gamaldo C, Buenaver L, Chernyshev O, Derose S, Mehra R, Vana K, Walia HK, Gonzalez V, Gurubhagavatula I; OSA Assessment Tools Task Force of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Evaluation of Clinical Tools to Screen and Assess for Obstructive Sleep Apnea. J Clin Sleep Med. 2018 Jul 15;14(7):1239-1244. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.7232. PMID: 29991434; PMCID: PMC6040793.
Service to Community
Chair, PEAK Grantmaking Midwest Chapter
Education
Master of Public Health, Epidemiology; University of Illinois at Chicago
Bachelor of Science, Kinesiology; University of Illinois at Chicago
Licensures and Certifications
Certificate in Nonprofit Management, University of Illinois at Chicago