Yaritza Benitez, MPH Candidate

Yaritza Benitez, BA

Data Analytic and Measurement Coordinator, Health Data Analytics Group and the Measurement Methods Group

Ms. Yaritza Benitez coordinates the efforts of the Health Data Analytics Group and the Measurement Methods Group. She has been in her role since 2021 and has supported various researchers and their research teams in different areas such as data management, data analytics as well as support using different Electronic Data Capture (EDC) systems such as REDCap Cloud, REDCap Academics, Qualtrics, and ilumivu mEMA. Her research interests lie in understanding and reducing health disparities among minorities. Ms. Benitez graduated with her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from SDSU in 2016. She has volunteered and worked at the SDSU Research Foundation since 2014 in different projects at the Institute for Behavioral and Community Health and at South Bay Latino Research Center.