IT'S OFFICIAL -- I'll be joining the UC Merced team as a TT Assistant Professor this Fall 2023! An honor, a blessing, a dream. So ready for this next stage! La chamaquita de Puerto Rico. Producto UPR. Por siempre jíbara. 🇵🇷♥️ #DraRiveraGonzález #comingsoon

A weekend with Rock Lee 💚 A quick pause in his training to enjoy “leisure” time together. He was an absolute champ and even slept through a busy basketball game. 😆

Had too much fun these past few days with my new #UCM peeps. So excited for the big move this summer. See you again soon, Merced!

I was able to present two of our team’s posters today during the #ScientificDay conference hosted by La Alianza in PR! Titulo V - RCM @HispanicRes

𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐑 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐎 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀 𝐇𝐎𝐘 | Servicio Nacional de Meteorología extiende Vigilacia de Calor Excesivo para 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐎 Puerto Rico hasta el domingo mientras que 𝟓𝟒 municipios se encuentran con un Aviso y Advertencia de Calor para el día de hoy.

Dra. Rivera GONZÁLEZ, porque madre tengo 🎓 #gradweek

Dra. Rivera-González 🇵🇷 Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel Univ. Representando a Bayamón, Canóvanas y Utuado con mi alma entera. #ProductoUPR

a few other pics from commencement 🎉@ScarlettBellamy Javier López Rios 🇵🇷🏳️‍🌈

Safe to say, this dude has been loving campus so far! 🐾 UC Merced

Se va acabando mi 1er semestre como profesora universitaria... ¡que muchas lecciones aprendidas! Mucho crecimiento en muy poco tiempo y lo que falta. Sumamente agradecida de vivir esta etapa en #UCMerced rodeada de tanta gente maravillosa. 🫶🏽

It’s a beautiful day on campus today 😻

Excited to share about this recently funded NIH project that aims to assess the impact of preparedness+response efforts on the physical and mental health of residents affected by the 2023 Maui wildfire. (And my first co-investigator role!) Read more: hawaii.edu/news/2024/07/1…

‼️ New pub alert: ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.21… Muchas cosas tienen que cambiar para un mejor sistema de salud en #PuertoRico. Aquí compartimos algunos retos a nivel federal:

ℹ️ In this paper, we look at shifts in hospital capacity in #PuertoRico across 10yrs by health region - a shrinking trend that presents a major threat to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery and local population health. nature.com/articles/s4159…

Gov. Josh Green (Hawai'i) just highlighted our project. It's an honor to be part of this group and get to work on such important and impactful research! governor.hawaii.gov/main/uh-resear…

Traveled to UC Merced for the weekend to support my three #UROC_SURI students after their 9 weeks of hard work this summer! So beyond proud of them. 🥹

A step in the right direction for data availability and research in Puerto Rico. Looking forward to this! census.gov/newsroom/blogs…

La propuesta de Juan Dalmau para salud universal fue reseñada el Harvard Public Health Magazine. Lean este artículo para entender la propuesta. Hay una aportación mía sobre la historia de la salud en PR. 9 Millones y carlos (vibe describer) ✍️ harvardpublichealth.org/policy-practic…

One of the students in my lab shared her work IN SPANISH at the 1st Annual Symposium for Inclusive Excellence. Thank you UC Merced for embracing the diversity on campus! It was enriching to hear research presented in so many different languages.

Worth the read on misinformation re: #Medicaid nbcnews.com/health/health-…